Explosion at Harbaugh and Schooley Welding Plant
A Wednesday 2:45 blast at the Harbaugh and Schooley oxy acetylene welding shop leveled the plant. Injured Glenn Murray fatally burned, Delmar Smale escaped with minor injuries, and several others suffered cuts, burns, and shock as debris damaged neighboring businesses and windows. Investigators cite a possible tank leak and note the cause remains unknown.
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Glenn Murray
Schooley
G. W. Murphy
Glenn
Duncan
Murphy
Nothr
Murphy Shoe Store
Murphy Place
Harbaugh & Schooley Place
Maher
Democrat
Place Pera
Three County Farms Enter Names Under New Law
Recorder Chapman opens the Register of Farm Names to record farm titles. Farmers pay one dollar to title their property and prevent duplicate farm names in the county. Moses F. Dunn names Fields Farm, EE J lher names Brookside Farm, and Main Sheeks names Industry Farm.
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Indiana
Chapman
Moses F. Dunn
Brookside
City to contest large judgment in Bedford damage suit
Attorney for the city, 7. kK. Ventey, will file a motion for a new trial after Miss Josephine Meare received a judgment. The matter is set to be considered next week at Bedford as city attorneys argue the award exceeds the facts and constitutes injustice.
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Kk. Ventey
Bedford
Josephine Meare
Woorington
Eran
Miller improving at City Hospital after engine strike
Via Vo Miller, seriously injured two weeks ago when struck by an engine while sitting on the track, is improving at City Hospital and expects to leave in about two weeks, according to the Seymour Republican.
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Via Vo Miller
Seymour
Land Offer Rejected for 1000 Acres Near Iarrodsburg
The penal commission reports that John Nance’s bid for 1000 acres near Iarrodsburg has been rejected. The tract is identified as the old Armstrong farm, per the Bloomington Telephone.
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Penal Commission
John Nance
Iarrodsburg
Burglary Suspect Bert Chestnut Taken After Illness
Bert Snake Chestnut, wanted on burglary charges for the Reliable Meat Market break in on East 16th Street, was found at his father’s Washington Avenue home and taken to the county jail Thursday after police deemed jail unsafe due to his illness. An affidavit was filed in circuit court Friday to advance the case without a preliminary trial.
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Washington Avenue
Pleasant
East 16Th Street
Chestnut
Special Judge Rules Relief Fund Dues Collectible By Ex Employees
Special Judge Thomas J. Brooks in Bedford holds that the 1907 act restricting relief organizations is constitutional and that an ex employee can recover dues paid into such funds after leaving the railroad. The ruling, from the Hagan versus B and O Southwestern case, addresses statewide questions and may reach the supreme court.
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Thomas J. Brooks
Bedford
Swails
Charles B. Hagan
B. & O. Southwestern Railroad Company
Ite
Lawrences County
Brooks
O. H. Montgomery
Southwestern
Supreme Court
Indiana
Seymour Republican
Death follows acetylene explosion at bicycle shop
Mrs. Schooley heard the blast while downtown and reached the scene minutes after, finding her husband James Schooley dead. James had lived in the city for years and co owned a bicycle and gun shop with his partner. He leaves the widow and eight children. Fire crews battled smoke as a small tank failed to explode and a stove fire was put out.
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Mr. Harbaugh
James Schooley
Martin County
Jim
Vergil Chastain in Transit to Indianapolis
Vergil Chastain of Campbellsburg traveled through the city Tuesday morning while en route to Indianapolis on a business trip.
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Vergil Chastain
Campbellsburg
Indianapolis
Unusual Reunion as Five Elderly Sisters Meet
A large family gathering at Mrs. Mary Lewis of Jay Mitchell marked a rare reunion of five sisters, the eldest over eighty five and the youngest sixty three, visiting from Illinois and Orleans. A festive dinner featuring turkey and elaborate sides followed the visit of Mrs EW Wright and others, with relatives traveling from Rivervale and West Fourteenth Street.
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Mary Lewis
Jay Mitchell
EW Wright
Illinois
J.rank Diamer
Rivervale
Priscilla Hamer
Lewis
Abs. Fanny Walls Improves Amid Illness Anew
The notice reports Abs. Fanny Walls improving after a severe attack of tonsillitis. It also notes the two year old son of Misa Mic icheli of South IL. street faces a threatened pneumonia attack.
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Misa Micicheli
Pneumonina
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Glen Murphy Badiy
Delmar Smale
Harbaugh & Schooley Establishment
Gless
Tiarbaugh & Schooley
Recorder's Office
Thase
Meu
Bert
John Hughs
Stalker
Emmmittee
Ireland
John H. Edwards
Mary I. Huehs
John A. Hughs
Warren H Hughs
Willian Hughs
Mary E. Hughs
Wiliam Hughs
Mary E. Uughs
William Hughs
Mary E. Jughs
John A. Jughs
Warren Hughs
Mary J. Tlughs
Fannie Unruh
Cook County
Tiem
Mars J. Hughs
Bissell
McCormick Bros
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