Christian Endeavor Notes and Local Updates
The Church Endeavor group reports visitors at last Sunday’s meeting and a 5:45 start due to union services. Two members Will Russell and Doyle Dodds are now in Oklahoma City with good positions. A temperance lesson is planned with the theme Lessons from Ben Hadad’s Defeat. Frank M. Cosner builds and improves at his shoe store. Indiana House passes a bill to ban quail shooting for three years amid farmer support and nationwide remonstrances.
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The
Baptist Church
Russell
Doyle Dodds
Oklahoma City
Africa
Miss Willard
Bén Ladad
Bro. Edwards
Ben-hadad
Indiana
House of Representatives
Senate
St Valentine Festivity and Baptist Church Auction Notes
Festive Valentine party details with committee roles, decorations, toasts, and humor at a Bedford social. Also church fundraising history, mortgage notes, and pledges for the First Baptist Church April 22 anniversary, plus Epworth League announcements and guidance for spiritual goals.
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First Baptist Church
Board of Trustees
Monon Railroad Expands Crews and Adds Side Track
The Monon Railroad plans a new side track at Horse Shoe 5500 feet long. Engineer James McMahon is on sick leave at his Bedford home. Engineer Fred Evans returns home as his baby Walter is ill. The railroad will add a second crew on the first division due to rising freight. Indiana Senate railroads committee backs consolidating railroads. Monon surveyors from the north travel to Linton. Indianapolis Southern surveyors begin Groundhog Day work with six weeks planned. Two coaches to be built at Jeffersonville for the Airline. The Chicago and Bloomington Stone Co. buys a locomotive for quarry switching with Alva Boroff as engineer. Monon hauls Michigan potatoes to the South, including a 20-car shipment. Engine 206 breaking in under Heavenridge and Suggs, to return to freight service. Firemen Bert Martin and J. J. Cleary pass examinations and become engineers in emergencies. Walter Hepley of Smithville, injured in a derrick fall, returns to work soon. Wrecking boss John Holcomb also back on the road. A distant railroad chain allocates bootblack, parlor, and tailor services at one terminal to keep conductors and brakemen free from expenses. Older firemen may get seats on the right side of the cab as engineers. Charles Franks, previously a Bloomington-Louville fireman, passes the exam. Cleary and Martin to be examined. Margaret Wren sues husband Michael Wren for support. he deserted last December and earns $100 monthly as a Southern Indiana railroad engineer. wife seeks $40 monthly for herself and child and railroad payments.
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Walter Hepley
Smithville
Monon
Horse Shoe
John Holcomb
Margaret Wren
Circuit
Michael Wren
Wren
Southern Indiana Railroad
Eral
Carothers
Washington
Flora
St. Louis
John R. Walsh
Hilnara
Evansville
Southern Indiana
T. §. Wallace
G. F. Brill
P. J. Werber
H. S. Boardman
E. B. Schmidt
J. T. Cassell
Warrick County
Winslow
Pike County
Petersburg
White River
Daviess County
High Banks Ferry
Harrison Township
Aikman Creek
Glendale
Veale Creek
Daviess
Washington Herald
Railroad News and Coal Route Surveys Across Indiana
Long article covers railroad executives like Monon’s McDoel and E. & T. H. plans to scale mail by reweighing, wage talks, and constructive mileage debates. Reports survey work for a Walsh route through Warrick and Daviess counties, coal fields, and potential St Louis access. Also mentions Southern Railway line into West Baden French Lick with Monon ties and possible electric link. Creatore to perform at Bloomington.
Frances Willard memorial service at Dr Newlands home
The memorial service for Frances Willard was held at Dr Newland's home on Friday afternoon February 13. A program featured songs Willard favored and a brief funeral review highlighting the affection for her at her old home in Evans ton and the sorrow at her death. A Frances Willard Memorial Fund piece was read and the group urged continued work for temperance and union organizing nationwide.
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Frances’ Willard
America
Bo Rax Club Aims At Welfare Yet Plots Against Bedford
The Oolitic News describes the Bo Rax Club as an ancient Christian group in Oolitic whose stated goal is the welfare of suffering humanity while allegedly plotting against Bedford. Membership is small and fixed, including Ex alted Sovereigns Sam Brashear William Wright Homer Thrash er Harry France, their apprentice Yank Gowan and Old Sock the coon dog. The piece notes their stringent honesty and colorful reputations, with names offered as curative for a sick man.
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Oolitic
Bo Rax Club
Oolitic News
Bedford
Sam Brashear
William Wright
Homer Thrasher
Harry France
Yank Gowan
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Christian Endeavor
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Ol Hunter
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Directoire
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J. T. Freeland
C. H. Emery
A. J. McDonald
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W. A. Mitchell
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E. Richard Edwards
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Terre Haute
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J. J. Cleary
Menon
Charles Franks
Louisville
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Burt Martin
Terre Haute Cazette
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Mr. Saught
Vermont
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Indianapolis Journal
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J. A. Gunn
Lawrence County
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Bloomington World
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Sproull Bros
Blue Lick
Loogootee Tribune
T. H. Withers
Mitchell
Austin Withers
Anselm Wood
Mitchell Dairyman
W. H. Gillette
Ind
Gray & Williams
Hill Street
Sinois Central Railroad
Louisville Courier Journal
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