County board endorses 5000 for monument fund
Lawrence County commissioners Friday recommended the county council appropriate 5000 to erect a monument under Moses F. Dunn’s will provisions totaling 16000 if 5000 is raised locally. A Bedford Hospital and Monumental Association committee asked about 5000 for the City Hospital purchase, but no plan was offered.
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Board of Commissioners
ofLawrence County
Moses F. Dunn
Bedford Hospital and Monumental Association
Plea of Bernard McCartney to Two Charges Filed
Bernard McCartney pleaded guilty in Lawrence circuit court on Friday afternoon to intoxication and to assault and battery against Ed Owens. He was fined $2 and costs for intoxication and $25 and costs for assault and battery related to a shooting at the Brngsdale and Smith store that injured Fd Gwens. A court of inquiry followed the incident with affidavits filed in circuit court.
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Bernard McCartney
Lawrence
Ed Owens
Rrngsdale & Smith
Fd Gwens
Ragtime Culture Critique at Indiana University Talk
Professor Percival Chubb of the University of New York warned that American culture relies on ragtime music and newspapers, with little readership of classics. He said vaudeville and movies replace traditional drama and that national culture is bankrupt when people gather en masse.
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America
Percival Chubb
School of Pedagogy
University of New York
Indiana University
Bedford and Bloomington Knights Initiate 35 Candidates
On Sunday December 14 Bedford Council No 1266 and Bloomington Council No 1006 plan a joint initiation with about 35 candidates. High Mass at 10:30 a.m. at St Vincent de Paul church, procession in body, followed by degree work by Loogootee and Vincennes Councils and a church hall banquet. Contracts for printing and supplies awarded by the Board of Commissioners with Thornton Levy Company and Otis & Brooks as bidders.
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Bedford
Bloomington
St. Vincent de Pani's Church
Loogootee
Vincennes
Board of Commissioners
Thornton Levy Company
Otis & Brooks
Local Elk To Give Christmas Gifts To City Children
The Elks committee led by Martin and Senator Lanz has arranged a Christmas distribution for city children. Over seven hundred toys and dolls will be handed out Christmas morning at 10 o'clock at the Elks home at Fifteenth and K streets.
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Od. Martin
Charles W. Lanz
Elks
Fifteenth
K Streets
Martin
Mr Las
Inured Wn Mp Rov Inured Wn Mp Rov Inured Wn Mp Rov
Alva Carr Williams son of Mr and Mrs John Williams East 16th street was seriously injured six weeks ago and is now able to be up again. He was a sign painter for the B and O S W railway and was trapped between Seymour and Lawrenceburg by a train while trying to move his 1200 pound car from the track. He strained his bowels and suffered a serious injury butDr Medtock Brownstown reports the crisis has passed and he should recover to normal soon.
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Alva Carr Williams
John Williams
16Th Street
Seymour
Lawrenceburg
Br. Medtock
Brownstown
McPike Brothers Prepare Move to East Sixteenth Street
Charles McPike of Peerless plans a house setup on East Sixteenth Street for his brother Curtis who will assume custodian duties at the courthouse starting January 1. Curtis, recently injured in a fight with former George, is not yet fully recovered but will begin work at year’s start. James Williams of Williams was in town Friday on business.
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Charles McPike
Peerless
East Sixteenth Street
Curtis McPike
Court House
McPike
Fromer George
James Williams
Williams
Auto Wreck At Corner Of Fifteenth And K Street
A two car crash on Thursday night at 15th Street and K Street caused minor damage to Dr. R. B. Short’s car and Kittie Caress’s taxicab. Both drivers swerved to avoid a collision and escaped injury. Caress thought street lights on 15th were cab signals, narrowly averting serious harm.
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R. B. Short
Kittie Caress
Dr. Short
K Street
Kittie
Dr .Short
15Th Street
Mr. Caress
Caress
Load of stone moved on Monor train to Cleveland
The night crew of the American Express Company loaded five blocks of stone weighing 5,191 pounds onto Monor train No. 4 in five minutes. The stones were bound for Cleveland Ohio.
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American Express Company
Monor
Cleveland
Ohio
Revival Meeting At Regular Baptist Church
A revival meeting is in progress at the Regular Baptist Church on 24th Street. Services run day and night with Doyle Radcliff leading, assisted by Revs. Stiles and Gilbert from Shoals. All invited to attend. meetings to continue for several days.
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Regular Baptist Church
24Th Street
Doyle Radcliff
Stiles
Gilbert
Shoals
Threatens High Water From Rain Sleet Threatens Salt Creek
Rain and sleet drive Salt Creek to flood stage as Homer Clark reports rapid rise near Bedford Oolitic. He predicts the creek will be bank full tonight and possibly spill into the low bottoms. Also notes family visit and a hospital patient with blood poisoning.
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Salt Creek
Homer Clark
Bedford
Oolitic
Bedford Foundry Denies Large War Order Rumor
Bedford Foundry and Machine Company officials Friday denied reports that they had accepted a large war order. They stated the rumor was absolutely false when asked about any such contract.
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Bedford Foundry & Machine Company
Married Louis Etchison and Delila Maegerlein in Indianapolis
Louis Etchison and Delila Maegerlein were married at the bride’s brother Rev D M Howen's home in Indianapolis after obtaining a license from County Clerk Jackson. The groom works as an engineer at the Southern Indiana Power Company in Williams. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Maegerfein and well regarded in the area. They traveled to their home Friday morning following the ceremony.
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Louis Etchison
Indianapolis
Etchison
D. M’ Howen
Taft Avenue
Jackson
Southern Indiana Power Company
Wil
Delila Maegerfein
George Maegerfein
Southern caucus gains control of lower house chairmanships
Democratic caucus action gives the South thirty seven of fifty eight committee chairmanships in the new House. North and West hold twenty one top posts. Only one senior post goes to a non southern Democrat, Rep Fitzgerald of New York. Major issues include defense policy split between naval and military committees.
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House of Representatives
Congress
New House
Washington
Sun
North
South
Representative Fitzgerald
New York
Former Lawrence County Man Died In Azusa California
George Trogdon, about 75, long familiar to local residents for his Heltonville upbringing before moving to California about 30 years ago, died Sunday in Azusa of stomach cancer. His niece and nephew in law Everett and Mrs. Trogdon of Azusa informed his parents Ches and Ingalls.
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Ches. Ingalls
Inlaw
Everett Trogdon
Azusa
California
George Trogdon
Heltonville
Lawrence County
AG Opinion Limits Penal Farm Spending To Appropriated Funds
Attorney General Stotsenberger rules that money not appropriated cannot be used to run the Penal farm. He notes the finance board cannot transfer funds between pools for Penal farm support. only an emergency use from the contingent fund is possible. Local notes report Mabel Fortner ill with pneumonia and visitors and political figures passing through in Lake County and nearby communities.
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Stotsenberger
State Finance Board
White River Flood Threat Sees Five Foot Rise
White River rose five feet Thursday night and continued climbing Friday at rates up to four inches per hour. The river neared low bottom areas with prospects of reaching higher ground if rains stop. By late Friday, the rise slowed to about three and a half inches per hour.
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White River
Death of Louis A Walker in lingering illness
Louis A Walker age 41 died at his North L Street home after more than a year of illness. He was a machinist and is survived by his wife three daughters and one son. Funeral arrangements will be set after relatives arrive from out of town.
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Louis A. Walker
L Street
Winter dangers of Christmas trees and high pressure boilers
The piece warns that Christmas trees with candles pose fire risks and notes electric lighting improves safety but urges care with wiring. It argues winter fires stem from overheated stoves and boilers and questions the safety of high pressure boilers and heating appliances amid cold snaps.
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Tle
Jack Frost
County Board rescinds order to advertise Chess road
The Board of Commissioners of Lawrence County Friday rescinded an order to advertise the road in Bono Township known as the Chess road. The action comes amid controversy over two new roads in the township.
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Board of Commissioners of
Lawrer Thce County
Bono Township
Chess Road
Valley Club Hosts Xmas Plan At Mrs Sherwood Home
The Bryantsville Valley Club gathered Wednesday at Mrs. John Sherwood’s home. Needlework was in vogue as plans were made for the Christmas meeting and gift exchange at Miss Gladys Taber’s home on December 22. Ice cream cake and coffee were served.
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Bryantsville Valley Club
John
Gladys. Taber
Finger splinter through finger traps carpenter
Jesse Teague a local carpenter Thursday afternoon ran a wood splinter entirely through one finger. He could not remove it and Dr. Mattox was called. The report notes the incident amid other dated remarks from the Bloomington Star about President Wilson's personal life and preparedness.
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Jesse Teague
Dr. Mattox
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