Misses Franklin sisters in India report health and work updates
Letters from Stella Josepha and Mildred Franklin to Bedford parents describe Stella recovering from jungle fever, Josepha resuming school work in Damoh, and both sisters preparing evangelistic outreach in Harda with native Christian helpers. Mildred plans future travel and shared duties.
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Misses Franklin
Franklin Sisters
India
Bedford
Miss Stella
Josepha
Damoh
Central Provinces
Stella
Damob
Harda
Mildred
Miss Thompson
Frank Ferguson
Bloomington
Ferguson No.1
Bedford to host a string of top drama acts this season
Beginning Christmas week and through January 31, Manater Johnson of New Stone City promises a high class festival of performances. The Payton Sisters tour after Muncie and Terre Haute. Faust with Porter J. White. Side Tracked. Lincoln J. Carter in Down Mobile. Creston Clarke in Hamlet or Richelieu. Daisy and Alvin Jocelyn headlining. A Home Spun Heart closes the run. diverse plays endorsed by patrons and critics alike.
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Mana—ter Johnson
New Stone City
Payton Sisters
Payton
Muncie
Anderson
Terre Haute
Porter J. White
Faust
Janu
Jule Walters
Bedford
Stone City
Lincoln J. Carter
All Stars
Mobile
South
Creston Clarke
Richelieu
Booth
Daisy
Missouri
Alvin Jocelyn
Hal Reid
Johnson
The American Quarries Begin Oolitic Stone Work at Fishing Creek
The American Quarries Company of Cleveland and Worthington begins a new oolitic limestone quarry on the east bank of Fishing Creek Indiana six miles east of Mitchell in Lawrence County. The site, connected to the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway at Rivervale, shows 25 feet of buff stone beneath 25 feet of blue stone with overburden and weathering conditions noted.
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Stone
New York
American Quarries Company
Cleveland
Worthington
Fishing Creek
Mitchell
Lawrence County
Ind
Kentucky
Salem
Twin Creek
Cleveland Company
Harrodsburg
Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway
Rivervale
Ingersoll
Blodgett
Bedford
W. H. Blodgett
Indianapolis News
United States
Mexico
Canada
Boston
Philadelphia
Indiana State Capitol
Mississippi State House
Monon
Southern Indiana
Baltimore & Onie Southwestern
Indiana
John R. Walsh
Walsh
Wslsh
Ndianapolis Southern
Royal Baking Powder Tea Biscuit Guide
A short note asserts 15 minutes suffices to bake a delicious tea biscuit using Royal Baking Powder as directed. It emphasizes a pure, true leavener for best results.
Fossil Rich Limestones Highlight Quarry Prospects in Kentucky
The Harrodsburg limestone lies beneath the oolitic stone with coarse crystals and large calcite grains. The Mitchell limestone above contains gray chert and residual material. Cleveland company reportedly owns or options 1,300 acres of oolitic stone land, signaling potential expansion in the coming years.
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Harrodsburg
Mitchell
Cleveland Company
T. C. Horms
Stone trade drives boom in Indiana limestone fields
The 1901 slate of prices for oolitic limestone boosted quarry profits and spurred new openings as demand surged nationwide. Monroe and other counties see gains, with end-of-line revenue from stone traffic reportedly covering southern rail costs. Weather and local notices pepper notes on lifters, boats, and residents.
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Monroe County
Monon Railway
Lafayette
Louisville
Grandpa Hicks and the Crying Corn Weather Prophet
A Nebraska farmer Grandpa Dix trusted Hicks in Missouri for climate guesses. Hicks warned of cold and later crop pests. In one year a warm March led to a predicted storm. Dix planted anyway. The winter frost killed pests, saving the crops and proving Hicks right for the state.
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Renville
Grandpa Rix
Hicks
Mizzoury
Jappapy
Grandpa Dix
Nebraska State Journal
Mitchell Church Burned and Local Officials Confer
A large two story brick Baptist church in Mitchell was destroyed by fire on a cold Sunday forenoon. The blaze started around a second floor radiator and nearly the entire Sunday School room burned before 10:20 AM. The organ, worth 1100, and the building, valued around 6000 with 3000 insurance, were lost. Afterward Presbyterians and Methodists offered space for services as Baptists plan to alternate worship locations until rebuilding.
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Baptist
Mitchell
Lawrence County Academy
Baptists
Methodists
Fright-Tied Heartbeat Ends Life of Local Boarder
Mrs. Sarah Reedy of the 1 and 14th streets boarding house died suddenly Sunday night from a heart attack brought on by fright. Neighbors say boisterous boarders, influenced by elixir dispensaries, caused the uproar that triggered her ailment. She died shortly after being carried to A. J. Hayward's next door. A bricklayer named John Beard or Baird is blamed for causing the disturbance.
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Sarah Reedy
A. J. Hayward
John Beard
Baird
Sight of city from Ellison hill inspires local praise
Uncle Alex Reid recalls a recent drive 9 miles northwest of town to the Ellison place 56 feet above Bedford offering an unobstructed view of the city lights. He notes the area’s pretty scenery will attract a future skilled photographer who will reveal its true value.
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Alex Reid
Ellison Place
Bedford
Reid
Surveyors map new Southern Indiana railroad line
Surveyors arrived from the northeast to lay out a prospective line through Sullivan and into the southwest. They work from near Jackson Hill and Jasonville toward Lewis in Vigo County, tapping coal fields as they pass Sullivan. Officials refuse to comment on the project.
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Southern Indiana Railroad
Jackson Hill
Jasonville
Sullivan
Southern
Indiana
Indianapolis
Lewis
Vigo County
Sullivan Cor
Terre Haute
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Linton
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Palestine
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Mr. Dodds
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Mitchell Tribune
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T. C. Hopkins
Syracuse University
Slate Geological Survey of
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Putnam County
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Montgomery
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Pinhook
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James B. Wilder
Vinson V. Williams
Isaac H. Crim
State Board of Health
Stone City Club
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Bedford Public Library
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Paoli Republican
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North Bedford
Arlie Veach
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Bertie Williams
Janie Calhan
Elsie Taylor
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Nell Holiday
Ida Emery
Lula Parham
Anna Bray
Craggy Quigley
Cora Bray
Henry Jamison
Charlie McBride
Ira Bray
Bert Parham
Eddie McGuire
Will Fletcher
Clyde Quackenbush
Henry Acton
Walter Malicoart
Everett Bozarth
Clarence Massey
Will Russel
Onis Malton
George Williams
Charles Schafer
Chicago
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Uncle Sam
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S&c
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John C. Darrell
East 16Th Street
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Heltonville News
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