Bedford crowds blamed for Thanksgiving football uproar
The piece recounts Washington teams blamed for chaos at Bedford Ind hosting, detailing loud cheering, signaling disruption, and claims of crowd interference. It contrasts Washington reports with Terre Haute papers praising Bedford players and noting Washington’s prior defeat, calling rooting vital to football culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bedford
Terre Haute
Rodarmel
Washington Braves
Terre Haute Tribune
Ind
Jurgerson
Hamill
Terre Haute Gazette
Washington Grounds
Behind Mothers Skirts They Are Arrant Boobies
A fragmentary line criticizes players as unworthy on the strenuous and bloody gridiron, reflecting harsh sports rhetoric from a past era. No clear event or names survive in the readable text.
Indianapolis Southern railroad claims no build to city
Chicago press reports John R. Walsh denies any plan to extend the Indianapolis Southern railroad to Indianapolis. Walsh says coal shipments to the city occur now at fifty cents a ton via agreement with the Big Four, negating the proposed line. Additional notes cover evangelist Byron Martin, corn wreck salvage near Miller Spring, a sixty five pound catfish in White river, the Duncan family reunion, the death of Matthew Donahue, and Monroe County appellate affirmation on a stone railway condemnation suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John R. Wash
Southern Indiana Railroad
Chicago National Bank
Indianapolis Southern Railroad
Walsh
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Southern
Fire destroys Elmer Lovell home on Poor Farm road
A Sunday afternoon blaze gut a log dwelling east of Crosslane on the Poor Farm road, destroying the home and most contents while the Lovell family was away. The structure was old but comfortable. cause remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Lovell
Crosslane
Franciscan College Lays Rail Route Claim for Indiana
Indiana rail officials receive Catholic clerical letters urging a line into Spencer County to serve the St. Bernard Franciscan complex seven miles from rail and home to six hundred pupils. The rummage sale dispute pits charity-minded women against some ministers who deride the effort as unsanitary and unchristian while supporters insist proceeds aid religious works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Southern Railway
Spencer County
Franciscan College of St. Berurad
Athanas Schmitt
Indianapolis
Evansville
Louisville
United States
Walsh Buys Trinity Springs to Unite Two Indiana Resorts
John R. Walsh, head of Southern Indiana Railroad and Chicago financier, has purchased Trinity Springs in Martin County to join it with nearby Indian Springs. Plans include a modern stone hotel at Indian Springs, an observatory on Bear Hill, a reservoir, and a new hotel at Trinity, creating a large wooded estate and a premier regional health resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Walsh
Southern Indiana Railroad
Chicago Millionare
Trinity Springs
Martin County
Indian Springs
America
Bear Hill
Trinity
Monon Wreck and Rail Disruptions Reported
A Monon freight train left Monon and wrecked two miles south of town when a wheel flange failed, derailing five box cars but injuring none. Main line cleared by 1 pm. passenger trains rerouted via Seymour. Also noted were a corn crib fire at Hazel Smallwood’s farm, and a sale offer from Prof. Charles Rice. A No. 15 engine incident near New Albany caused a one-and-a-half hour delay. Planet visibility survey mentions Venus through Saturn, plus Uranus barely seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Strout
Benton
Red Gate
Leatherwood Cut
Seymour
Indiana
Bedford
Rivervale
Electric Light Works
Monon
Lon Terrell
Southern
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
One Hundredth Birthday Fete in Washington County
Sunday in Washington county five miles north of Salem Mrs Polly Cauble celebrated her hundredth birthday surrounded by descendants to the fifth generation. A large tent and three long tables hosted a feast as villagers arrived by Monon and wagons to honor her milestone. Born in North Carolina she crossed the old wilderness road to Indiana and has lived on her farm most of her life. She has eleven children forty three grandchildren and several great and two great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Salem
Polly Cauble
James Cauble
Mrs. Cauble
North
Carolinia
Kentucky
Indiana
Mitchell-Larter Wedding in Bedford Home
Miss Fanny Larter and Mr. Jerome Mitchell were married at the bride’s East 7th Street home with Rev. Chrisler officiating. The groom, a Seymour, Indiana prominent young man, and bride planned to reside in Seymour after a wedding trip. They received many practical presents amid well wishes for a long, happy life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Larter
Jerome Mitchell
East 7Th Street
Chrisler
Royal Baking Powder Advertisement
Royal Baking Powder promises constant freshness and full strength in any climate or season. Each can maintains purity with grape cream of tartar and thorough leavening action. Produced by ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO. New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Baking Powder CO
William
New York
Labor Union organized at Lehigh Cement Co.
News notes that a Labor Union was formed on Saturday with about a hundred members, many from Lehigh Cement Co. Management initially refused to recognize the union. Three workers were discharged and about 75 refused to work, but most returned after further talks, and production resumed normally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Lehigh Cement Co
Mitchell Commercial
Byers Matches Geo W House in Checkers Challenge
Fred Byers played Geo W House in a checkers match on December 1. House won 26 games to Byers 13. Letters from Mrs Nelson Murphy say she and her husband relocated to Terre Haute and are pleased with their new home and position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Byers
Geo. W. House
House
Byers
Nelson Murphy
Terre Haute
Indiana University Lecture Board features 1901 1903 concert course
J M Clinton announces in this city a lecture and concert series for 1901 to 1903 totaling ten performances. Guests include Richard Pearson Hobson, Bourke Cochran, Elbert Hubbard, Theodore Thomas with his Chicago Orchestra, Sherwood Musical Combination, and Banda Rossa. Also notes Henry Henley’s ill health and a private sanitarium in Lake Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Clinton
Indiana University Lecture Board
Richard Pearson Hobson
Merrimac
Bourke Cochran
New York
Elbert Hubbard
Raycrofters
Theodore Thomas
Chicago
United States
Sherwood
Sorrentino
Banda Rossa
Italy
Indiana University
Bedford
Rail rivals and proposed lines into Indianapolis debated
A circulation of rumors ties the Baltimore and Ohio to the Indianapolis Southern project seeking an independent line from Cincinnati and St Louis into Indianapolis. The Monon presses a coal route into the city, pairing with the Indianapolis & Vincennes line to Mooresville with plans to link into Indianapolis and northward, as natural gas decline pushes coal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio
Indianapolis Southern
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Ohio & Mississippi Ry
Bedford
Ind
Lawrenceburg
Vincennes
Dearborn
Ripley
Jennings
Jackson
Lawrence
Martin
Daviess
Knox
Bedford Triumphs Over Washington And Terre Haute In High School Football
Bedford defeats Washington 11 to 0 and 5 to 0 against Terre Haute with strong rushes from captain Edwards and quarterback Crooke. Newcomer Orin Mitchell shines, Hillis and Tid Wallace key in both games, and Root-Ball notes list Washington and Bedford lineups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Washington Boys
Washington
West
Bedford Boys
Edwards
Owens
Capt. Edwards
Hillis
Tid Wallace
Wilson
Murphy
Clark
McKinley
Hair
Owen
C. Creager
Mantyte
A. Creager
Benzel
Roberts
Mitchell
Casey
Boyd
Colbert
Crooke
Football game notes and upcoming rail plans in Indiana
The report details a Thanksgiving football game between Terre Haute and Bedford with players named Ragsdale Hatley Brown Edwarda Rodarmel Iseminger Mitchell and Tome ley amid a friendly crowd and profitable prospects. It also notes a planned Monon Railroad route from Greene county toward Bloomington and Gosport with discussions of competing Indianapolis Southern aims and local rail surveys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragsdale
Hatley
Brown
Edwarda
Rodarmel
Iseminger
Washington
Radspinner
Bedford
Mack Norton
Heiger
Voris Norton
Diamond Found in Morgan County Indiana 1900 Split Into Two Greenish Stones
A 32 carat octahedroid diamond with a yellow tint and central flaw was found in Morgan County while panning for stream gold from glacial drift. It was cut into two stones of 1 and 11-16 carats, both with a greenish yellow color, sold to R L Rouse and purchased by C H Nordyke. State Geologist Blatchley notes similar small diamonds in the area from glacial deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Indiana
Plum Creek
Pearce County
Wis
Brown
Morgan Counties
Stanley
R. L. Rouse
Indianapolis
Gold Creek
Martinsville
C. HE. Nordyke
Cincinnati
W. S. Blatchley
Blatchley
Railroad Drive Aims At Columbus Link to Coal Fields
W A Mooney and P H McCormack returned from Chicago where they met John R Walsh of the Southern Indiana railroad. They were appointed by the Commercial Club to seek a line from Columbus to Azalia or other point connecting with Southern Indiana to form a direct Richmond to Indiana coal fields route. Walsh favors the plan but is not ready to propose. he will visit soon and may consider in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Monon Railroad Company
Greene County
The
Monon
Bloomfield
Gosport
Indianapolis Southern Road
Indianapolis Southern
West Baden
Seymour Republican
P. H. McCormack
Chicago
John R. Walsh
Southern Indiana Railroad
Commercial Club
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Dianapolis Southern
Byron EB. Martin
Pekin
Elnora
Church of Christ
Miller Spring
Bedford Liverymwen
White River
David Green
John Spangler
Thomas Green
Campbellsburg
Duncan
West Kirkwood Avenue
J. W. Newland
Lycurgus Duncan
Isis Day
William Duncan
Robert, Cage, Clay
Nannie Duncan
Bloomington
Matthew Donahue
Thomas Donahue
Duffy” Donahue
Monroe
William Strain
Indiana Stone Railway Company
Mr. Strain
Stone Railway
Strain
Railway Company
Hazel Smallwood
Harrodsburg
Charles Rice
Ringling Brothers
Baraboo
New Albany Tribune
Kokomo
Southern Railway System
J. P. Morgan
Jasper
Rockport
Journal
Mitchell-Larter
J. E. Henley
Henry Henley
Lake Geneva
N. Y
Henley
Palmer House
W. H. McDoel
Mooresville
Indianapoli
Gome
McDoel
Indianapolis Journal
Orin ‘Mitchell
Bedford Athletic Team
Enis
Hill
Wallace
Boruff
Guthrie
Ellis
Merrell-Soule CO
Syracuse
N.Y
Lee Mitchell
Tomeley
Mike Torphy
Irvine Matthews
Franklin
Richmond
John Bowman
Politic
Henry Mc@fregor
Frank Huff
H.p.radley
West 15Th Street
E. & T. H. Railroad
City of
Ohio’street
Paucette Brothers
S. F. Hunter
Frank. Huff
Arthur Shuffleberger
Mort Greene
S. I
Daniel Sommer
Preedom
Orange County
City
Morday
Jacob Wallheiser
Sommer
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