Several Local Residents Move or Visit From Tunnelton to City
Frank Heitger is home from Arkansas. Charles H. Cooper of Tunnelton and John Flinn, also of Tunnelton, were in the city Monday. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McCain moved to the old Thornton homestead on L-street. Caney Boyd and family of Fayetteville visited James Matthews. Dr. R. M. Weir, Bloomington pension examiner, was in town on business. Haase and Owen left for Chicago to stock up on spring clothing. Mrs. H. H. Friedley and son returned to Indianapolis. Frank Knobel to relocate his family to Louisville next spring. Tom Whitted plans to move to Oklahoma. Homer Guthrie moves to J. H. Crim house. Leudtke family to live on South G. Street. Adar v Bedford Quarries Co. trial ends in a hung jury. N. B. McPike returns to Heltonville. A. L. Donaldson lands a $30,000 pike road contract in Lawrence County. A school city may borrow 2 percent of taxables beyond the civil city's limit. Ora McIntyre leaves Tunnelton for St. Louis to resume work. Jeanette Lemon excused from Franklin College to prepare her thesis. Miss Lemon plans to graduate in June. A free-for-all fight at Vinegar Hill school after Adventist meeting ends with battered youths and drawn firearms. All Lin ton slot machines boxed and shipped to Chicago. city crackdown ends their operation.
Bedford News Briefs Highlight Local Movements and Ventures
Stanley Murray clerked for W A Webb. Jas Bridwell of Bryantsville visited town Saturday. John M Henderson came from Paoli. L W Spencer, Georgia telephone man, was in town Tuesday. Marriage licenses issued to Willard E Allen Edith Glover Milton Goldsby Clara Harrison Win Strange Carrie Webb. W A Ragsdale Jr moved to South H and 19th. Dr J T Freeland expands South G property. Mr Mrs Homer Guthrie moved into Reis house on 13th. Paoli Milling erecting first class gain elevator near depot at Salem. Clare Stone returned from Kentucky visiting family. employed at new asphalt mine. Misses Lois Allen Julia Anna Turley of Orleans High School visited Bedford. Repeats: Anna Julia Turley Lois Allen of Orleans visited. Greene county coal prospects to be sold or leased. six railroads imply busy digging season. Mr Mrs Wm Noe visited Freetown. brought heirloom chair aged about a hundred years. Travis Carter Company shipped two large oak mantels to Bedford for Carnegie library reading room. Mantels likely the finest ever made in Seymour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Carter Company
Bedford
Carnegie Library
Seymour
Seymour Democrat
County Orders Bar Starks From Liquor License
The county commissioners issued an order blocking Charles Starks of El Nora from obtaining a liquor license for two years. He opposed the license via a power of attorney remonstrance and, curiously, had signed the remonstrance and was counted as a remonstrator against his own application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Starks
Elnora
Smallpox Epidemic Worsens in Jasonville Indiana
C C Williams president of Jasonville Town Board telegraphs the State Board of Health secretary urging urgent action as the smallpox outbreak grows. Authorities refuse quarantine enforcement and the county commission refuses to pay quarantine expenses. Williams asks the secretary to come at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Williams
Town Board
Jasonville
Ind
State Board of Health
Births and local notices from Seymour Democrat
Born Thursday to Mr and Mrs Charles Duncan a fine set of twins a son and daughter. Five years ago next Sunday the battleship Maine was blown up. Mrs Sam Bennett visits her daughter Mrs W S Jordan. S B Lowe attended court in Browns town Tuesday forenoon. Geo F Moore sold property on Washington Ave to Fred Reuter. Miss Ela Speer returned from extended visit with relatives. W S Jordan lumber dealer confined at home with grip. Tilden Howard joined Cannedy Bros barber shop. Homer Sheeks moved to Mrs Martha A Green’s east 19th street home. Mrs Florence Summers recovering from illness. Her daughter Mrs Pearl Smith visiting. Hodge and Ferguson undertakers received new delivery wagon. Mrs A D Wilson of Bedford visiting sister Mrs B B Sperry two miles south. Seymour Democrat. Issued to John Davis and Amanda C Flynn Zimri Bridwell and Mattie Newkirk Richard Bright and Ottie Thomas. Mrs Charley Taylor returned from Louisville and stays with husband at Rowe Monumental Works. The 49th Indiana Infantry to hold annual reunion at Valparaiso February 19 and 20. Anti-Saloon League of Indiana designates Sunday February 22 as Anti-Saloon Sunday with churches statewide expected to observe.
Stone Sawyers Strike Rumor Denied by Union President
Henry Owens, president of the Stone Lawyers Union, denies a Thursday paper report that the stone sawyers are striking for an eight hour day. The item also notes Fred Edmondson’s visit to Johnstown and other county matters including a wage suit and rising farm land values across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Stone Sawyers
Henry Owens
Pres
Stone Lawyers Union
Struck By a Train Near Manor Yards
A man named D. F. Clendennin of east 18th street was hit by a B and B work train near the Manor yards at the Junction on Tuesday morning while en route to Rowe's Monumental Works. He suffered a head gash and bruises but was not in serious danger. Senator William N. Matthews of Bedford, 58, joked about his aged appearance and war-day stories while recounting his youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F. Clendennin
East 18Th Street
Rowe’s Monumental Works
William N. Matthews
Bedford
S. of
Matthews
Indianapolis News
Local notes and visits from Mitchell area residents
Theodore Lyon engineer at Mitchell cement mill visited town this Saturday. Motions for new trials filed in Paoli in McCarrell and Wallace cases. Mrs Ike Denniston improving after three weeks illness. Miss Vada Chestnut went to Springville to stay with relatives. Mrs Dr Fleetwood returned to Kurtz after visiting Bedford relatives. A C McKee installing electric bells in county offices linked to telephone. Zollman and Wilson liverymen traveled to Louisville on business and back the same day. Harry Thickston of Victor Indiana visiting with his parents. Mrs Martha Hutson and daughter and Mrs Dr Fleetwood of Kurtz visited Mrs C A Knight. Noble McPheeters back from Paoli. Mrs Lute Reynolds of Bedford to Westport to join husband in railroad position. Peter Mahan of Marion township near Mitchell visited Bedford and called at Malm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lute Reynolds
Bedford
Westport
Seymour
Deaths and funerals announced in Bedford area
Mort Green received a telegram Monday morning announcing the death of his niece Lillis Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Green, in Louisville, Kentucky. The funeral was held in Campbellsburg on Tuesday. Mrs. Anna Darrell died Wednesday at about 80, aged about 80 years, a longtime Bedford resident of 45 years. Her funeral was Thursday at 2:30 from John C. Darrell’s residence on East 16th Street, with Rev. Whitney officiating. Burial followed at Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mort Green
Nice
Lillis Green
James &. Green
Louisville, Ky
Campbellsburg
Anna Darrell
Bedford
John C. Darrell
East 16Th Street
Whitney
Green Hill Cemetery
Crothersville union plans strike over Washingtons birthday ritual
Crothersville school boys organize a union and threaten a strike to avoid being forced to recite pieces on Washingtons birth day anniversary. Maj. Will B. Talbott slowly recovers from rheumatism and uses two canes to walk, with wishes for a speedy recovery. Attorney A W Jones in Mitchell reports pension allowances for Sarah C Nugent widow of Levi A Nugent Red Cross and Canada Ragsdale widow of John Ragsdale Bedford. Free rural mail routes and good roads noted as lacking in Floyd county. Band Saw Mill reports a huge white oak log in Crothersville, enough to produce 5058 feet of lumber. Reorganization of New Albany Stonecutters Union with officers elected and plan to rejoin American Federation of Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Jones
Mitchell
Sarah C. Nugent
Levi A. Nugent
Red Cross
Marriages and local notices from the week
Marriages occur in the region with Win Strange and Miss Carrie Webb of Ooliti wed by Judgeler Christopher, Amanda Flinn and John Davis unite near Sanborn, Miss Ina Ferguson visits Fayetteville relatives. Local and health news report typho malarial fever in Trinity and six scarlet fever cases in Kurtz and Clearspring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrigd
Chrisler
Carrie Webb
Ooliti
Davis-Flinn
Amanda C. Flinn
John Davis
Sanborn
Davis
John Hawkins
Trinity
Kurtz
Clearspring
Kodak For Sale 3x3 Eastman Camera Cheap
Kodak for sale, 3 by 3 Eastman model nearly new, very cheap for cash. Address Kodak, Mal office. Various short notices follow about residents visiting Indianapolis and other towns, a vaccination order, art purchases, state treasury work, and poultry industry notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kodak
Chemistry class lab rush prompts crowded room and costs
Tuesday afternoon the two Chemistry sections worked together in the laboratory, a hive of fifteen students crowded by apparatus. The larger class raises questions on future space as two students share equipment. a list details costs for two students totaling 1.95 dollars and credits will be issued after return of items. Additional notes cover an amusing Bedford Opera House incident, Monroe county stone industry prospects, veterans pension issues, and actress Mabel Howard entering a Cincinnati sanatorium for morphine treatment after peritonitis.
Police Court Notes On Town Offenders And Trials
Homer Dillman paid a fine and costs for intoxication under Judge Fletcher. Frank Moore and Billy Burke were arrested or banished from town for drunkenness. Bone Shorty Lockman jailed to serve an old fine. Bo Shrout faced charges after a religious meeting disturbance. A special constable’s raid was thwarted by armed residents. Will Stark, charged with pocketing $45 from Henry Paugh, faces a preliminary hearing. The McPhetridge suit over a 1901 quarry accident continued. Fireman promotions at Monon discussed with Charles Franks to receive an engine soon. John Cleary and Burt Martin to be examined for engineer roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bo Hamp Shrout
Marshal Russell
Shrout
Vinegar Hill
Will Stark
Henry Paugh
Stark
Stone City Opera House
Monon
Charles Franks
Bloomington
Louisville
Strang
Franks
John Cleary
Burt Martin
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Frank Heitger
Arkansas
Charles H. Cooper
Tunnelton
John Flinn
C. A. McCain
Thornton
L-street
Caney Boyd and Family
Fayetteville
James Matthews
R. M. Weir
City
John Haase
John W. Owen
Chicago
H.H. Friedley and Son
Edith Friedley
Indianapolis
Frank Knobel
Tom Whitted
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Homer Guthrie
W. P. Malott
West 14Th Street
J. H. Crim
West 13Th Street
H. L. Reis
Gus Leudtke
Leudtke
South G Street
Winstandley Adar
Lindley
Bedford Quarries Co
Paoli
N. B. McPike
County
West
Coffeyville
Kansas
Heltonville
A. L. Donaldson
Pike
Lawrence County
Ora McIntyre
Ella Ketcham
St. Louis
Jeanette Lemon
Franklin College
Franklin
Linton
West Side Square
Stanley Murray
W. A. Webb
Jas, Bridwell
Bryantsville
John M. Henderson
L. W. Spencer
Georgia
Willard E. Allen
Edith Glover
Luman Gilson
Lafayette
W.A. Ragsdale, Jr
John B. Malott
South H and 19Th Streets
J. T. Freeland
C. A. Knight
Williams
Fred Adams
Milton Goldsby
Clara Harrison
Win Strange
13Th Street
Paoli Milling Company
Salem
Clare Stone
Kentucky
Lois Allen
Julia
Anna Turley
Orleans High School
That City
Anna
Julia Turley
Orleans
Greene County
Wm. Noe
Mr. Noe
Freetown
R. H. Williams
Charles Duncan
Will McDaniel
Maine
Mrs
Sam Bennett
Mrs. W. S. Jordan
S. B. Lowe
Brownstown
Geo. F. Moore
Washington Ave
Fred Reuter
Ela Speer
W. S. Jordan
Tilden Howard
Cannedy Bros
Homer Sheeks
Martha A. Green
East 19Th Street
White River
Florence Summers
Pearl Smith
Hodge & Ferguson
Undertakers
J. Wallheiser & Son
A. D. Wilson
B. B. Sperry
Amanda C. Flynn
Zimri Bridwell
Mattie Newkirk
Richard Bright
Ottie Thomas
Charley Taylor
The
Rowe Monumental Works
49Th Indiana Infantry
Valparaiso
James Keigwin
Jeffersonville
Fred Edmondson
J. W. Hudson
Thomas H. Edmondson
Johnstown
Ferguson Contracting Firm
Sup’t W. V
Indiana
W.D. Dalton and Wife
Mayer Ades
Israel B. Ades
Theodore Lyon
Mitchell Cement Mill
McCarrell and Wallace
Ike Denniston
Vada Chestnut
Springville
Dr. Fleetwood
A. C. McKee
Zollman & Wilson
Harry Thickston
Victor, Ind
Samuel Thickston
Martha Hutson
Noble McPheeters
French Lick
New Albany
Peter Mahan
Marion Township
Bedford Monday
Ayer
Buckingham
R. P. Hail &Co
Nashua
N.H
Ikerd
William McKinley Ikerd
John Ikerd
Stonington
Lawrenceport
Sowder
Smith Sowder
Bartlettsville
GREEN
Darrell
Crothersville
Washington
Will B. Talbott
Floyd County
Canada Ragsdale
John Ragsdale
Seymour Republican
New Albany Stonecutters’ Union
Peter Sohn
Columbus Sands
James Flynn
Andrew Schmitt
Wow. Matthews
Wm. Crumbo
Wm. Welsh
American Federation of Labor
Ina Ferguson
D. J. Kinser
Harrodsburg
Epsie George
California
Harmon Friedley
Jesse
Walter Scoggan
George Scoggan
Kate Williams
Miss Emma
Salem Leader
Orleans Progress Examiner
So Dodds
Mahaffie
B.B. Marley
T. H. Anderson
J Street
Little Mae
George Mathieu
Elias Wicker
Ft. Ritner
K. R. Burton
J.J. McFarlin
Zella Locklear
Mrs. J. Larter
George W. McDaniel
F. M. Cosner
Saltillo
Patrick Fitzgibbons
Henry F. Campbell
BE. B. Stephenson
Geo. W. McDaniel
Lincoln League
Cash ‘Scoggan
Chadron, Neb
Ed. Orrill
Marengo
G. W. Cook
Denver, Co
Cook
W. D. Ewing
Washington City
Mitchell Tribune
Louisa Parks Richards
Indianapolis Art Association
Samuel Richards
Anderson
Public Library Committee
Richard
Nat A. Gill
Mr. Hill
John Graham
Bloomfield
John Reed
State Auditor’s Office
Levy
Henry Levy
Missouri
Stone City
Opera House
Sige
Lincoln J. Carter
Nire
NIC
PARTY
Levi Keithly
Monroe
Seward & Co
Hunter Bros
Diamond Stone Company
Pension Department
House
Bruce Carr
American Book Company
College Hill
Cincinnati
Mabel Howard
William Gillette
Charles Frohman
Miss Howard
East
Heart of
Indianapolis Journal
Cosner
16Th
J Streets
Public Square
Homer Dillman
Fletcher
Frank Moore
Policeman Myers
Billy Burke
Myers
Billy
Bone Shorty Lockman
Lucy Malone and
Charleston, Ill
Jennings Larter
Frank McPhetridge
Acme- Bedford Stone Company
Clear Creek
McPhetridge
J. E. Henley
Stone Company
Martin
Ira Batman
W. S. Richey CO
Benzel Black Bedford
W. S. Holcombe
Offe
Alexander & Harris Attorneys-At-Law
Bedford India Office
Gunn
East Side
Bedford, Ind
J. W. Trainor
Alli
Jas. G. Stull
P. B. May
AE Legal Business
Haase & Owen’s Clothing
F. E. Stipp
East Side Square
C. H. Emery
Bis Clearing Sale
Dales Jeweler & Graduate Optician
Vnorth Sipe
Dunn
Wiss
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