Wedding Bells at Bride’s Home in Bedford
At the bride’s home on Thursday at 5 p m the wedding of William Sease and Miss Cora Dussard occurred with Elder James Small officiating. The bride wore a blue gown with white trimmings and carried white roses. The ceremony was witnessed by immediate family and a few friends, followed by a fine supper. Mrs Sease, a well known Bedford girl, will reside in a new cottage on 18th street with her husband who works at the B&O Railway blacksmith shops.
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William Sease
Cora Dussard
James Small
18Th Street
Sease
Urbana
Indianapolis
Will Steinhagen Dead A Naval officer dies in Havana
Will Steinhagen, young lieutenant in the US Navy, died in Havana Cuba from malaria while on a nine months cruise aboard the Vixen. Born in Bedford and raised in Indianapolis he rose from newsboy to Naval Academy graduate and married Miss Evangeline Bellis of Annapolis. Arlington Cemetery burial planned with local tributes and a noted Indianapolis Journal feature.
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Bedford
Havana
Cuba
Will Steinhagen
United States Navy
Young Steinhagen
Chris Steinhagen
Navy
Indianapolis
Annapolis
Steinhagen
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Naval Cemetery
Arlington
Indianpolis
W. H. Steinhagen
Olive Street
William H. Steinhagen
Vixen
Havana Harbor
Representative Overstreet
Annapolis Academy
A. A. Young
Emmerich
Overstreet
Naval Academy
George Brown
Woodruff Place
Admiral Brown
Naval Aca
Journal
St. Louis
Alabama
Cuban Coast
Evangeline Bellis
Allen B. Philputt
Central Christian Church
Philputt
Dr. Philputt
Smallpox Case Quarantined In Local County
John D. Sellars, returned from Indian Territory, contracted smallpox and is quarantined at his West 20th Street home with guard Lee Potter. It is the county’s first winter case. Exposed individuals including John Goff and family, Marion Taylor and family, Jake McVey and family, Lewis Temyer and family, John Li Helms and family have been quarantined by City Health Officer Freeland and City Marshal Frank Russell.
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John D. Sellars
Indian Territory
West 20Th Street
Lee Potter
Freeland
Frank Russell
John Goff
Marion Taylor
Jake McVey
Lewis Temyer
John Li. Helms
Sheriff Lindley and Chess Rural Clash in 1868
Zachariah Lindley led Orange County’s regulars with a long sheriff tenure. James Chess, a large reckless neighbor near the Lawrence line, clashed often ending when Chess trapped the sheriff, forcing him to dance, then fled. Chess mocked Lindley with a self styled poem, sued for libel over $6,000, settled out of court, later faced counterfeiting, reached Supreme Court, and died after a long prison term.
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Orange County
Zachariah Lindley
Sheriff Lindley
James Chess
Lawrence County
Lindley
Chess
Royal Baking Powder promotes pure healthful baking
The ad claims alum baking powders are unhealthy and warns consumers that Royal Baking Powder contains no alum. It asserts Royal is pure, healthful, and superior for family use, directing readers to ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO. in New York.
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Royal Baking Powder CO
William
New York
Pension Increases for Veterans and Local Industry Plans
A. W. Jones secures higher pensions for veterans George Robertson, John Childers, and Robert Inman, with monthly raises from eight to ten dollars and seventeen to twenty four dollars respectively. Martinsville plans to start a sassafras oil business as a new factory in town, led by Thad S. Ranta and A. M. Bain. Wires Bros. face a blackmail threat over their Campbellsville mill, while a night watch is appointed amid local anger. Conductor Al Hunter and Engineer Brooks Bishop haul 17 loads of coal from Linton to Bedford in brutal cold, keeping fuel and mills running as workers endure arctic conditions.
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al Hunter
Brooks Bishop
Linton
Bedford
Protracted meeting and quarry lore in Weddleville
Evangelist Austen Sommer held a Friday protracted meeting at the Church of Christ in Weddleville Jackson County. The article notes nearby whetstone quarries near Hindostan and their early 19th century export route to New Orleans and England, once rejected by Britain as from Hindostan. It also covers Sunday church services with Eld. Harry Bullock preaching, remarks on Christian steadfastness, and a Christmas sermon by Mr. Small on No Room For Jesus, plus a note that the prayer meeting will shift to Thursday.
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Monon
The
Orleans
French Lick Springs
Brankfort
Lafayette
Indiana
Austen Sommer
Weddleville
Jackson County
Church of Christ
French Lick
America
Prentiss
Martin County
Hindostan
White River
New Orleans
New York
England
Harry Bullock
Christ
Mr. Bullock
Mr. Small
Bedford
John Bull
Small
Jesus
Mary
Bullock
W. A. Schaff
Terre Haute
M. E
Painter Falls 70 Feet From Smokestack Injury
Sam P. Smith, painter and steeple climber, fell 70 feet from a 75 foot smokestack at Blue Hole quarry when a wooden seat board broke. He survived with a broken right arm and possible delayed injuries, transported home after initial treatment.
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Samuel P. Smith
Blue Hole
Smith
Southern Indiana plans Terre Haute offices moves
Ter re Haute prepares for Southern Indiana Railway general offices to move from Bedford to Terre Haute by year end. Superintendent J W Thompson and Chief Engineer F W Ranno will head operations from Grand Opera House and Terre Haute House rooms. Officials include Witty Murphy Roseman and others, with legal action over contract costs cited against American Guarantee Company.
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F. W. Ranno
Tenth and
Ohio Streets
Southern Indiana Company
Pabst Brewing Company
J. W. Thompson
Southern Indiana
Bedford
Terre Haute
Chicago
Indiana
Grand Opera House
Terre Haute House
Messrs. Watson and
Beggs
Col. South
R. G Watson
Thompson
Seventh Street
Terre
Vandalia
Logansport
Foote's Grave Pond commemorates Yale graduate Ziba Foote
In Gibson county Indiana a small pond earned the name Foote's Grave Pond for the death of Ziba Foote a Yale alumnus who died while surveying lands with Harard Mansfield's Northwestern surveys party in 1806 His burial site near the pond became a local legend as the Foote family later recovered his remains and placed them in limestone rock with an inscription noting his birth in 1785 and death in 1806.
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Indiana
Gibson County
Foote
Ziba Foote
Connecticut
Yale College
Cincinnati
New West
Harard Mansfield
Northwest
David Sanford
Maumee River
Ohio
Sanford
William Rector
Wabash
Rector
Ziba
Winthrop Foote
Bedford
Ind
EH. T. Cox
Little Pond
Newtown
Conn
Gro. S. Corrman
Indianapolis Journal
The Care Of Cats And A New Book Pussy Meow
A review notes Louise Patterson's Pussy Meow as a cat's eye human guide echoing Black Beauty. It argues cats deserve better care, cites intelligence and trainability, and urges kindness to curb cruelty while two local households journey to Bartlettsville for holidays.
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Louise Patterson
Pension attorney secures higher monthly support for Moses Love
A. W. Jones of Mitchell obtained an increase in Moses Love of Seymour's pension from $14 to $17 per month. Theodore Heiger returns from Louisville for Christmas while employed by Nanz & Neuner and pursues a floriculture course. Mrs. W. A. Mitchell and her daughter Miss Tryphenia Mitchell visit Ashland, Wis. Ranse Brown, veteran Louisville accommodation engineer, remains seriously ill and unlikely to resume work soon. Local youths enjoy coasting, especially along North I Street from the square to the B and O depot, with a long slide about no blocks.
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A. W. Jones
Mitchell
Moses Love
Seymour
Theodore Heiger
Louisville
Nanz & Neuner
I Street
Public Square
B. & O. Depot
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Cyrus Davis
Indiana House of Representatives
Charles Aiken
Sullivan County
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Daviess County
Miers
Aiken
Forest Richardson
Des Moines
Iowa
Mercury
Odon Journal
Taylor
George Robertson
Avoca
John Childers
Robert Inman
Silverville
Martinsville
Sassafras
Thad S. Ranta
A. M. Bain
Wilbur
Wires Bros
Campbellsburg
Saltillo
Campbel Jsburg
Sam Smith
Reed Bass
Lafayette Courier
McDoel
Motive Power
Gill
Charles Coller
Julia Marlowe
Washington Herald
Spearsville
Hamblen
James Wray
Brown County
Franklin Star
S. IL
Frank Carico
Charles J. Tindall
Anna B. Carlton
Harry S. Tindall
Kate M. Carlton
William J. Hinds
Frances M. Stipp
David J. Willock
Norma Magers
Everett B. Martindale
Cora M. Turner
Noah D. Alvis
Noah
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company
United States
American Guarantee Company
Schuh & Gannon
Cairo
Ill
Mississippi
Holton
Nebraska
North Vernon
Hayden
Rogers Bros
Merrell-Soule Co
Syracuse, N.Y
Joseph Askh—worth
Evansville
Mrs. Louis Schultz
Bartlettsville
Mrs. Schultz
C. L. Norman
W. A. Mitchell
Tryphenia Mitchell
Ashland, Wis
City
John D. Williams
Ranse Brown
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