Groundhog Shadow Forecasts Return of Cold Weather
The report details Mr groundhog’s morning sighting of a shadow indicating six more weeks of wintry, cold weather as temperatures plummet from noon slush to zero by morning. It also notes a court change in the Ruddrick versus Carter case and fisheries chief Z T Sweeney addressing widespread rabbit shooting inquiries about seasonal protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks
Democrat
James Ruddrick
Ralph Carter
Bloomington
Another Street Railway Franchise Granted by County Board
County Commissioners Monday granted a franchise for another street railway. The route matches last summer’s plan by the County Board and City Council, serving the city core and extending to politic. A prior project’s failure casts doubt on this scheme’s viability. In Paoli a jury awarded Dath Steele administrator for Wilbur Mason damages of 6250 after Mason, an Norton Reed Stone Company employee, was killed by a belt on a shaft. He left a wife and one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dath Steele
Wilbur Mason
Paoli
Lawrence
Norton-Reed Stone Company
Fagan Opens Terre Haute Office for Southern Indiana Line
P M Fagan manager of the city office of the Southern Indiana railway opened the new Terre Haute House office this morning allowing patrons to transact business without a depot trip. The upgrade reflects growing traffic and parallels other recent management-installed improvements. In a separate item, Miss Lorrella Brown celebrated her 12th birthday with a gathering on North Street, entertaining friends who brought gifts and played games before refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Fagan
Southern Indiana Railway
Terre Haute House
Terre Haute
Lorrella Brown
North S Street
Miss Lorrella
Willis Walker
Aggie Walker
Valentine Summers
Mary Brown
Willis Gardner
Fay Roberts
Olive Cooper
Lara McBride
Wilber Owens
Marguerite Reid
Homer Knight
Edna Gregory
Frank McBride
Tessie Gregory
Glen Knight
Georgia Gardner
Russell Johnson
Nellie Pratt
Charley Owens
Willie Kramer
Amanda Owens
Harry Johnson
Goldie Henderson
Rena Gregory
Corda Sears
Southern
Indiana
Tucks
McFall
Prairieton Road
First Street
T. H
Terre Haute Tribune
Indiana High School Contests Set For May In Bloomington
Details and the programme for the Indiana Athletic and Oratorical Association meeting to be held in Bloomington on May 23 are finalized. Indiana University will run athletics on Jordan Field with prizes including medals and a banner. oratorical prizes total 40 dollars, musical and instrumental prizes will be awarded. several high schools are set to participate, including Salem Mitchell Bedford Washington Bloomington and Orleans. Brides and details note the money comes from admissions to contests and that this is the third year of such events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana Athletic and Oratorical Association
Bradt
Indiana University
Jordan Field
Salem
Mitchell
Bedford
Washington
Orleans
Bloomington High School
Louisville High School
Coroner's Report on Elmer Wicker Death at Bainbridge
Coroner King files the inquest on Elmer Wicker, Monon conductor, killed after a rear train collision on a yard engine crew. Witnesses say the train ran on orders at eight or nine miles per hour on a sharp curve with a red rear light. a brake man was absent at the rear of the first train. Wicker died after being pinioned between engine and tender. another engine had to be hitched to free him. The report notes no blame assigned. Also noted: 1902 January began mild, then winter with snow and ice. Acme Stone Co. secures a $100,000 New York contract for building stone, employing about 40 cutters, with day and night shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Elmer Wicker
Monon
Bainbridge
Chas Long
Jas Callahan
Chas Mitchell
Elsworth Davis
Prince Brooks
Wicker
Greencastle Banner Times
Acme Stone Company
Bloomington
New York
Acme
Chicago
Joseph Jones
Knox County
New York Tribune
Long Pullman and train conductor routes stretch across the nation
The article notes speedier trains extend runs for train and Pullman car conductors. It details routes from Chicago to Des Moines, Omaha to Cheyenne and Ogden, and Chicago to Portland. It mentions round trips nearly 4000 miles for sleeping car crews, six day cross country runs, and a $75 monthly pay for Illinois Central conductors.
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Rock Island No 21
Chicago
Des Moines
Union Pacific
Omaha
Cheyenne
Ogden
Denver
Northwestern
Portland
Ore
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Vancouver
Victoria
Sioux City
New Orleans
Virginia code on spousal discipline sparks debate
The article notes a Virginia provision allowing a husband to whip his wife if no whip or sapling larger than a little finger is used. It argues the vague standard could let some husbands use a rake handle for moral suasion about household duties and cooking errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Wheat outlook bleak as drought cripples crop potential
State Statistician Johnson warns wheat is nearly half killed due to a dry autumn and winter with minimal snow. He notes larger acreage this year but expects poor results, while urging theatregoers in Bedford to avoid late entrances that disrupt performances and annoy other patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Royal Baking Powder Promoted As Safe for All Baked Goods
An old advertisement asserts that hot rolls muffins and cakes made with Royal Baking Powder may be freely eaten without fear of indigestion, implying consumer trust in the product's healthfulness and digestibility.
Art Lecture Illuminates Masterpieces and Cities
Mrs. Joseph R. Voris hosts a Friday talk on Art by S. B. Lowe with piano solos by Miss Potter and Miss Gainey. Lowe’s slides compare engravings and paintings like the Sistine Madonna and display architecture styles from Moscow to Rome. Joseph I. Irwin of Columbus donates and sells land totaling 5 000 for a Carnegie library site, with $15 000 Carnegie grant. building to rise in Bedford stone.
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Joseph R. Voris
Lowe
Moscow
Kremlin
St. Petersburg
Florence
Vienna
Rome
Joseph I. Irwin
Columbus
Ind
Carnegie Library
Andrew Carnegie
Pleasant Evening Of Junior Class Entertainment
The Junior Class of the High School enjoyed a Saturday evening at William L. Walls home on West 14th Street with a class prophecy by Miss Mae Brooking. The piece looked back to 1927 and the futures of twenty Junions, including teachers, a blacksmith, a newspaper editor, and a chemist, ended with notes on marriages and recognitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Walls
West 14Th Street
Mae Brooking
Monon Trains Collide On Siding In Indiana
Southbound and northbound Monon passenger trains crashed on a siding at Monon Indiana. both engines wrecked and a baggage car damaged. Train crews unhurt. The report also quotes Honolulu paper on the U S training ship Mohican arriving from Lower California with 300 cadets, staying ten days, then to Mare Island.
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Lafayette
Ind
Monon
Will Day
U. S
Isis D. Day
U.S
Navalrow
Lower California
Mohican
Hilo
Honolulu
California
San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
Spellman Bride Mamie Spellman Brides Seymour Engineer
Benjamin Spellman a popular engineer of the Southern Indiana Railroad married at Seymour on Wednesday to Miss Mamie Malone now Mrs Mamie Spellman. The couple arrived and are guests of Mr and Mrs S E Brazelton at their home on South Franklin Greensburg News reports.
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Benjamin Spellman
Southern Indiana Railroad
Seymour
Mame Malone
Mamie Spellman
Ben
S. I
Elysian Fields of
Paradise
Mrs. Spellman
S. E. Brazelton
South Franklin
Greensburg
Tax ferrets in Indiana show rise in county searches and penalties
Indiana Supreme Court upholds county commissioners power to hire expert accountants for locating sequestered property. The ferrets tabulate voters, property, and mortgages to uncover unreported assets, leading to corrected records, penalties, and tax duplicates. A Knox county case revealed bribery and large unreported mortgage holdings, with fines and added litigation costs. Other notes include business moves and the Indiana Wool Growers Association meeting set for Crawfordsville February 19.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Indiana
Ferret
Jones
Ajoining
Laghean
Bedford contractors inspect rock road route in county
Robert Clark and Ambrose Sears of Bedford surveyed a gravel road project here Tuesday. Greene county trader H. C. Morgan bought four loads of sheep from Rezi Overton and a carload of cattle and hogs from Arthur Ward, the sheep valued at about $2,000. Dean Guthrie began the Loogootee mail run Monday, walked part of the way due to icy roads, then rode back after a meeting rig was sent to meet him.
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Robert Clark
Ambrose Sears
Bedford
Rock Road
H. C. Morgan
Greene County
Rezi Overton
Arthur Ward
Dean Guthrie
Loogootee
Lasca
Smiley
Dean
Odon Journal
Light smallpox case in Orleans prompts quarantine talk
Mitchell Tribune notes Miss Lydia Murray in Orleans shows a light form of smallpox, prompting expected quarantine and vaccination orders. The piece contrasts Indiana’s outbreak numbers with vaccination issues and praises the 22d U S Infantry’s long vintage and notable campaigns in Cuba and the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Murray
Orleans
Indiana
Mitchell Tribune
Gentry Enters Harness Horse Industry as Breeder
H B Gentry of Bloomington Indiana, famed for Gentry Dog and Pony shows, plans a major harness horse breeding operation. He has purchased stud Ed Winters 2:12 1/2 and several brood mares from Kentucky and Indiana, aiming for 30 to 40 mares and three top sires, with possible matings to Rex Americus and Patchen Wilkes stock. The piece also notes new Monon engines 212 and 213, Cushman’s Philippines appointment, and the Bauer Bros. Seymour stores sale to S Strauss due to debt.
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H. B. Gentry
Gentry
Bloomington
Ind
Indianapolis
Middle West
Ed Winters
Jay Bird
Allerton
Lady Hay
Hambrino
Ed Winter
Miss Sibley
Electric Bellis
Hinder Wilkes
Juanita
Nutrix
Alcatraz
Nutula
Nutwood
Kentucky
Indiana
Rex Americus
Sterling R. Holt
Patchen Wilkes Farm
Lexington
Onward
Patchen
Wilkes
John Audubon
News
Seymour
M. Bauer & Bro
S. Strauss
Gold Mine
Bauer Bros
Cuban Nine Defeats Yankees 14 to 2, Question of Self-Governance
A Cuban baseball nine beat the Yankees by 14 to 2. The Alexandria Press asks what further evidence would anyone seek of their fitness to govern themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria Press
Dr Laughlin Seeks Republican Nod for Joint Senator
Dr. C K Laughlin announces candidacy for Republican nomination to represent Lawrence, Orange and Martin Counties in the Joint Senate. A well known physician and stalwart Republican, he vows to act for state and party interests and is urged as a strong choice since Lawrence county has no current candidate. A separate Lafayette dispatch reports the Monon passenger train wreck near this city killing farmer H W Mitchell, age 36, who rode in a top bogey wrapped for cold weather. His horse and buggy were destroyed. he died shortly after, leaving a widow and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. KE. Laughlin
Lawrence
Orange
Martin
McLaughlin
Lawrence County
Laughlin
Monon
Lafayette
H. W. Mitchell
No. 10
Mitchell
Monon Depot in Lafayette Starts Modern Decor Project
Decorators began work at the new Monon depot at Fifth and North, with contractor W. T. Lockwood of Lafayette in charge. Burlap walls will receive colorings, aiming for a modern finish that should make the station a pride to Lafayette and the Monon system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monon
Fifth and
North Streets
W. T. Lockwood
Lafayette
New Two Story Brick School Planned for Smithville
Smithville in southeast Monroe County will gain a modern brick school costing about 5000 dollars. Trustee Warring has accepted plans, with Clear Creek township advisory board approving. The two story four room building includes an office for the trustee, hard oak interiors, seating for 45 per room, furnace heat, slate roof, and a March 1 contract letting. Construction starts soon to finish before fall opening, marking a shift from typical one story frame township schools in Monroe County.
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Smithville
Monroe County
Warring
Clear Creek Township
Prestige and advertising as business capital
The text argues advertising builds prestige sometimes more than direct sales. Firms may use space to enhance reputation, keeping sales as a secondary outcome, and must avoid diluting trust by selling inferior goods. It cites established brands that endure beyond active leadership as proof of value.
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Old
Chicago Times
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Z. T. Sweeney
Fisheries and Game
Nelson Fritz
Adams
Morris
John Feister
Michigan City
New Albany Tribune
Montgomery
Minnie F. Williams
Francis Ora Williams
Monon Railroad
Williams
Cyrus Callahan
Callahan
S. B. Lowe
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Jane Knight
Shadrach Knight
Arkansas
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Greene Counties
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Mooresville
W. S. Blatchley
Jennings County
Thomas Dussard
Odd Fellows
Monon Construction
Indiana Stone Railroad
National Quarry
Indiana Wool Growers’ Association
Court House
Crawfordsville
C. S. Plumb
Albert C. Potter
U. S&s. Infantry
Philippines
Manila American
Ballance
Rosales
Aguinaldo
Wikoff
Cuba
Egbert
Potter
Merrell-Soule CO
Syracuse, N. Y
Nan
H. E. Cushman
Bloomfield
Roosevelt
Cushman
Senator Beveridge
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