Iron Beds on Display at Hopce & Ferguson
Mayfield farmer from Silverville visited the city. Tom Wayeart plans a 60 room addition to his French Lick Hotel. John Day passed navy exams in Louisville and trains at Norfolk. Southern Indiana railway earned 76 765 in November, up 22 847 from last year. Hickle broke two fingers at the Leesville band mill. doctor says recovery ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom ‘Wayeart
French Lick
John Day
Navy
Louisville
Norfolk Navy Yard
Southern Indiana Railway Company
L W. Hickle
Heltonville
Leesville
Martin
Mr. Hickle
Bedford unions organize trades and shop rules arise
The Bloomington Star notes a wave of unionization at Bedford with barbers forming the latest group to fill offices. Clerks already regulate store hours, and kitchen mechanics, potato peelers, and growler rushers are expected to join, signaling broad labor organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Bloomington
Local News Briefs From Orleans Progress Examiner
Ill cashier Miss Demma Kimbrel stays home on East 16th street. Mrs. Bert Dye returns from Indianapolis. Mrs. Walter Wright injures knee cutting kindling. Mrs. Kittie Brown visits her son-in-law James A. Zaring. Willard Miller visits Jas. Chesnut family after Illinois trip. Jerry Miller returns to Regular Army post. Capt. H. A. Snyder undecided about Florida trip for health. Miss Belle Pate resumes teaching after illness. Thanksgiving Offering at First Christian Church reported 1805 collected. Ralph B. Carlton arrives from Washington to spend holidays. Mrs. Addison Younger loses a dark dress waist. finder to Dr. Duncan’s. Uncle Jep Knight laid up after a bad fall. no bones broken. T. T. Ray and son Fred go to Oklahoma City for the winter. Bedford and Mitchell represented well. town filled with young men and social visits.
Slump in Democratic Vote Highlighted in Second District
The Late Election results show a significant Democratic vote decline in the Second District compared with two years earlier, listing figures for Owen Monroe Lawrence Daviess Greane Sullivan Koox Martin and Linton Call. The piece also notes Scranton’s white slave issue with little girls working all night in factories for small wages and criticizes enforcement of laws protecting children and regulating employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen
Monaroe
Lawrence
Daviess
Greane
Sullivan
Koox
Martin
Linton Call
Scranton
Terre Haute Express
Local notes and notices from a town paper
Multiple brief items report illnesses and recoveries, a marriage license for James Cassidy and Viola Robins, travel to Louisville, new employment at Livingston Bros, a building project in Heltonville, evangelist Adamson’s Pekin visit, a infant death from pneumonia, a funeral at 17th and J streets, pension news for Minerva S Quigley, resignation and new partnership at a machine shop in Bledford, a failed petit larceny jury, Lafayette engine shop progress, and a New Year reception planned by the First Christian church with roll call and program notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
First Christian Church
Roll Of Honor At Cross Lanes School District No 7
The third month of school from Nov 17 to Dec 12 1902 lists Nellie Castella Della Parham Sarah Dalton Blaine Dodd George Dodd Claud Parham Mary Rariden Ruby Day Rath Hilliott Dorothy Rariden James Scoggan Barney Day Criss Dalton Laura Dalton Elmo Graham Bennie Scoggan Gracie Ard Oscar Cook Fred Parham Ada Dalton Lola Parham Eunice Graham as not tardy or absent. Total enrollment 52. Attendance 925 days Absent 79 Average daily attendance 51.4 Percent 92.1. Tardy 39 Time lost by tardiness 740 97.9 percent punctuality. Charles Mason Teacher.
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Cross Lanes
Nellie Castella
Della Parham
Sarah Dalton
Blaine Dodd
George Dodd
Claud Parham
Mary Rariden
Ruby Day
Rath Hiliott
Dorothy Rariden
James Scoggan
Barney Day
Criss Dalton
Laura Dalton
Elmo Graham
Bennie Scoggan
Gracie Ard
Oscar Cook
Fred Parham
Charles Mason
Local Notices and Social Roundup From Indiana Town
Miss Bessie Pierce starts as saleslady at Cr Baker's Racket store while Bert Wicker returns from Terre Haute after factory work. James Batman visits from Mitchell en route to Bloomington to see Hon Ira Batman. Sam Porter injures his foot packing stone at Hoosier quarry. Jacob Boodie dies in Buffalo NY after a brief illness. buried in Jasonville. Two infant deaths, one from pneumonia, reported around Thomas and Thomasson families. Smallpox fears rise in Newberry with no quarantine. Clay City conditions recalled. Delta Kappa Club merges with Hoosier Club and moves to Post Office area. Citizens express thanks to neighbors and O A P for support during sickness and death.
Damages cases loom as term progresses at Bedford Court
The docket includes Minnie O Johnson v S I Ry for damages postponed to later term. John Stewart v Bedford Indiana Stone Co jury could not reach verdict and was discharged. Lay v American Quarries Co at Stonington involved a settlement paying wages during recovery. Stewart v Indiana Bedford Stone Co postponed due to Lay case. Philips v unnamed defendant settled for 500 after a derrick accident. Attorneys include H P Pearson J H Edward and J H Underwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie O. Johnson
S. I. Ry. Co
John Stewart
Bedford Indiana Stone Co
The
Southern Indiana Railway Co
Dark Hollow
Lay
American Quarries Co
Wilson
Stonington
H. P. Pearson
J. H. Edward
J. H. Underwood
John B. Elam
Indianapolis
Stewart
Indiana Bedford Stone Co
Robin Roost
Duncan & Batman
Mr. Blam
Brooks & Brooks
Geo. Philips
Philips
P. Pearson
John R. Hast
John 3. Blam
City Police Court Passes Severe Penalty for Disturbance
Johnson White faced Mayor Smith on a disturbing Pentecost meeting charge. Found guilty, he receives 25 dollars and costs, 10 days in jail, and a suspended sentence to leave town and not return, with work on streets if seen nearby. John Slinkard arrives at the Reformatory from Lawrence county for shooting at Frank Jones, to serve two to fourteen years. while jailed in Bedford he marries Ollie Bowen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson White
Smith
Payne
White
John Slinkard
Reformatory
Lawrence County
Frank Jones
Oolitie
Bedford
Ollie Bowen
Jones
Jeffersonville
Courier Journal
United States
Ann
Wer
Nois
Albert Cosner
Indiana
Albert Gosner
Hugh S. Bass
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Alaskas
N. B
B.B. Marley
Loans I Insurance
A. D. Press
Mitchell
Lesley Gainey
Orlitic
Hopce & Ferguson
Mayfield
Silverville
Tom Jackson
Hardinsburg
John “Crip” Mitchell
State Reformatory
Isaac Crouch
Orleans
Iit al
Chas. H.keys
West 12Th Street
Mr. Keys
Crawfordsville
Trasis
Paoli
Envious Bloomington
Lulu
Dr. Lowder
Popcorn
Boyce & Ferguson’s
John Brown
Sunday
S.williams
Albuquerque
New Mexco
Oscar Medaris
Grace Bass
Nation
L. A. Morgan's
Hamer & Day's
Demma Kimbrel
McCormick Bros
East 16Th Street
Bert Dye
Walter Wright
Kittie Brown
Campbellsburg
James A. Zaring
Willard Miller
Jas. Chesnut
Illinois
Jerry Miller
James Chesnut
Regular Army
A. Snyder
Florida
Belle Pate
Ralph B. Carlton
P.O. Department
Washington, D. C
Addison Younger
North I Street
Valley School House
Dr. Duncan
Jep Knight
T. T. Ray
Fred
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Ray
R. H. Williams
Cross
Ayer
Buckingham
R. P. Halt & Co
Nashus
N. H
Clifford Stark
Ed Swerd
Boss Shoe Store
William A. Hubbard
Martha Ann Green
James Cassidy
Viola Robins
Lew Wease
T. H. Taylor
Lula Suffridge
J. W. Dobson
Emma Wilder
Lizzie Kimbrel
Livington Bros
Williams Milling Co
Sentney Adamson
Springville
Church of Christ
Pekin
Washington County
Alabama
Adamson
Walter
Johnson
17Th
J Streets
Green Hill Cemetery
A. W. Jones
Minerva S Quigley
James Quigley
Edward Sohn
New Albany Manufacturing Company
Charles Gondor
Bledford
Ambrose Nickless
Nickless
Motion Shops
Lafayette
Roll of Honor
Ertie Bivins
Chicago
Jesse W. Mann
Rosa M Sherks
Bessie Pierce
Cr. Baker’s
Bert Wicker
Terre Haute
James W Batman
Ira C. Batman
Bob Wicker
Joe Heiger
Indiana University
Sam Porter
Hoosier
Jacob Boodie
August Bach
Buffalo
N. Y
George Thomas
Peerless Quarry
Jasonville
Newberry
Clay City
George Thomasson
Freetown
Southern Indiana
Delta Kappa Club
New Smith Building
South I Street
Hoosier Club
Emma J Ennis
William N. Ennis
Fora A. Sargent
Wilson's the Holiday Store
Wilson's Bargain Store
Ed LaForce
Jackson
Erie
Hope & Ferguson
Andy Lantz
Anna Owen
Columbus
James Harvey
Ada A. Butler
John
Williams
Monon
Round House
M. F. Allen
J G. McKinney
S. A. Snyder
Daisy Hanners
Martha A. Green
Leater Chesnut
Vada Chesnut
HopaGce & Ferguson
South Q Street
al W. Richardson
B. B. Marley
South Side
Fayetteville
K. K. Kern
Emerson Short
Presbyterian Church
Wotloe
Adrian P. Davis
O.P. M. Davis
Butlersville
Ind
Quarles
John Beasley
Buddha
John Short
14Th
Hamer & Days
Hopce & Ferguson’s
W.S. Richey Co
Hodge & Ferguson
Acme Bedford Stone Company
Washington City
Express
Reading
M. E
Hulettsville
Emily Elrod
Chicago Branch Dry Goods House
X’mas
X'Mas
Dry Goods Dept
Pers
Cloaks
Capes
M. Auerbach
Ills
Co. Auerbach
Grocery Department
Jardiniers
PEDES
Palmeto, Fla
Circuit Court Notes
Sapenstein
Dreboble
Beovitz
Lawrence County Farmers’ Institute
Sapenstien
Dreyhoble
Bedford Quarries Co
Abe Beevitz
8. I. Ry
Gapenstien
City Police Court
IW. S. Richey CO
Benzel Black Bedford
W.S. Holcombe
Offe Over Haase & Gwens
Alexander & Harris Attorneys-At-Law
Bedford India Office
Gunn
East Side
Bedford, Ind
J. W. Trainor
HAMER
Northeast Corner Square
Jas. G. Stull
P B May
Allegal
House & Owen
F. E. Stipp
South Street
East Side Square
C. H. Emery
15Th and
Lsts
Dale’s
R. E. Dale
E Jeweler
Graduate Optician
North Side Sq
the Landlord Promoting Co
Masonic Temple
Hopge & Frereuson’s
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