Eastern Star lodge to be organized at Salem
Paoli News notes an Eastern Star lodge to be organized in Salem. Local items include residents and visitors such as Mr. Wm Speer of Erie Mrs. Tom Miller of Heltonville and Miss Elizabeth Moran heading to Austin Minn. Also listed are marriage licenses issued Lisle Holmes Rosella Steele Charles Stewart Dell Leatherman and Ambrose Braden’s shooting incident in Mitchell.
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Salem
Lisle G. Holmes
Rosella Steele
Charles B. Stewart
Dell E. Leatherman
Local Notes Include Marriages and Business Moves
Will Owens returns home from Oklahoma. H D Manus ill at his North O Street home. Jumbo gas well at Petersburg sold for 18000 dollars. Valentine Summers and Nancy Rush receive a marriage license. Mrs Eva Denniston and Miss Lettie Payne visit Seftonville friends. Mrs C R Perdue becomes forelady at Stone City Manufacturing Co. Blooming ton guest of John Quill and family. Farmers leaving Harrison County for Nebraska and the West. Harry Thickston of Victor visits his mother on West 15th Street. Florence Garrett visits Miss Emily Louise Houston. Emily Louise Houston back from Danville visit with Mrs Cannon and Miss Durham. Samuel Bennett considers selling his Harrodsburg farm and moving to town. Miss Lula Wilson visits Miss Dot Colwell in Salem Leader. T J Brooks attends case in Bedford. A nameless young man frostbitten on drive from French Lick to Mitchell. Mrs H H Chess ad mispriced eggs. should read 1.00 per 15 eggs. West Baden skating rink covers twenty acres or more. Evangelist O M Davis of Trinity Springs preaches at Williams Church of Christ. Davis plans move to Olney Illinois. Brown County farmers threaten boycott Bloom ington over bad roads. Dirt road from Stephens Pike to Brown County line two miles impassable in Salt Creek township. 24 miles of dirt road macadamized in Hamblin township a year ago for better access to Columbus. Farmers cite Bloom ington as nearer but impeded by road conditions.
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Brown County
Bloomington
Salt Creek Township
Hamblin Township
Columbus
Births and local notices fill town column headlines
Notices record births at the home of Mr and Mrs Henry McGregor and Mr and Mrs Claud Richards, local visits by George Speer A M Faris C Spencer and Logan McDonald, sugar tapping prospects after cold snap, and comments on the cost of publishing a newspaper amid community events and business mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McGregor
Claud Richards
Ned Mitchell
South E Street
Missionary Meeting At Pentecost Church Bedford Ind
Rev and Mrs Frank Hotle return missionaries from India will lead a missionary meeting at Pentecost Church Bedford Ind Saturday evening February 28 at 7 30. They bring a rescued native Hindu girl who will sing and testify in her tongue. The event features idols and curios for exhibition and explains salvation and orphanage rescue work in India. All are invited admission free and a freewill offering.
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Frank
Hotle
India
Bedford
Ind
Washington Birthday Celebration at Relief Corps Hall
The Washington birthday program at Relief Corps Hall Monday night featured songs and recitations about Washington and McKinley. Judge Wilson and J W Harris gave addresses, Blanche Stevens performed, and Martha Taylor sang. An audience sing along preceded an old fashioned spelling match with two prizes awarded.
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Washington
Relief Corps Hall
America
Elias Fish
Wilson
Blanche Stevens
McKinley
J. W. Harris
Martha Taylor
Georgia
Crew Dodd
John Emery
Lincoln
Bedford Folks and Local Notices Roundup
Issued to James Morrison and Alice Hutton. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Martin have moved to Campbellsburg. Arthur Drake home from Linton sick. Mrs. C. A. Knight returns from Shoals. Edward Hartman of Bartholomew visiting cousins John and Ed Hartman. Mrs. Ann Butler of Erie returns from Troy Kansas. Archie Day, son of Jesse Day, improving after coast ing accident. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hazel return to Englewood. Hazel resumes blacksmithing there. Mrs. Homer Crawford and children return to Victor. Bedford Encampment No. 80 moves meeting nights to Fridays. next meeting Feb 27. J. W. Harvey bought over 00 worth of green hides from Bedford butchers. Dr. H. M. Burnham called to Georgia to treat horse break. Wild geese pass over city heading southeast. Attorney A. W. Jones receives notice of increased soldiers’ allowances to several named men dating to July 1897. Prof. Thomas Jackson joins Bedford Business College as penman, bringing noted skill and experience to the school.
Obituaries Honor Scoggan and Farmer in Local Notices
Mrs. George Scoggan died at her daughter’s home in Peerless on Saturday at 2 am. The funeral was at 1 pm Sunday from the family home and interment followed in the Scoggan graveyard. James D. Farmer, aged nearly 82, died at the home of his son in the northwest part of town from heart failure. His funeral was at 2:30 pm Sunday from the First Methodist Church with burial at Green Hill Cemetery.
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James D. Farmer
M. BE
Green Hill Cemetery
Julius Heitger
St. Vincent de Paul’s Catholic Church
George Scoggan
Will Jackson
Peerless
Walter Scoggan
South G Street
Irvine and Whitney
Scoggan
Lawrence County
Ho BE. Parmer
Mr. Farmer
Fayetteville
Bedford
M._E
R. Scott Hyde
Illnesses and travels noted in Bedford area updates
Local residents face medical issues and travel, with Noah Mullin ill with appendicitis and Mrs. Chas Richards visiting family in Bedford. Others include Elza Smith in town on business, Noah Naugie returning home from Ottumwa, and George Jenkins moving to Indianapolis to aid the Pentecost Orphanage project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Naugie
John Naugie
Ottumwa
George Jenkins
Indianapolis
Live Poultry Car and Rural Route Bill Report
Farmers urged to bring poultry butter eggs and other produce to the live poultry car with spot cash offered. The article also notes a snowdrift caused travel disruption and a pending Indiana bill to keep rural free delivery routes passable with fines for delays and a 5 percent road fund emergency reserve.
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Arthur Jordan Co
Monon Station
J. W. Harvey
Mahaffie Echoes Cost Rule in Final Advice
Mahaffie urges readers that the best option is often the cheapest in the long run, stressing frugality and wise spending as a guiding principle.
Miners Fight Deputies In W Va. 3 Killed In Clash
At Stammford City West Virginia a dawn clash between rioting miners and two posses led by Sheriff Cook and Deputy Cunningham left three miners dead two mortally wounded and several others hurt. Seventy three arrests were made as the injunction of Federal Judge Keller loomed. A separate note reports wild geese flying southward amid a blizzard with local observer Uncle William Russell offering a whimsical meteorological interpretation.
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Stammford City
W. Va
Cook
United States
Cunningham
Keller
Comos Club Enjoys Weekly Meeting at Mrs Whitney Home
The Comos Club met at West Sixteenth Street home of Mrs H C Whitney. In the cinch contest Mrs Clarence Drnbar won first prize a Haviland China cake plate. second prize went to Mrs Louis Mayer a jardiniere. consolation prize to Miss Iva Jordan a pickle dish. Refreshments were fruit salad whipped cream coffee and cake. Guests included Mesdames L Livingston and John Brow Miss Ethel Pitts and Selah Conklin. Absent were Mrs C Auerback and Mrs Morris Mayer.
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Comos Club
H. C. Whitney
West Sixteenth Street
Clarence Drnbard
Louis Mayer
Jardiniere
Iva Jordan
Mesdames L. Livingston
John Brow
Ethel Pitts
Selah Conklin
C. Auerback
Morris Mayer
City of Louisville and Queen City chase old record
The steamers City of Lou isville and Queen City started from New Orleans this morning to attempt to beat the record set by the old Robert E. Lee. They left under full pressure seeking the fastest time.
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City of
Louisville
Queen City
New Orleans
Robert E. Lee
Police Court Fines in City Saloon Fight and Vinegar Hill Cases
Harve Mitchell pleaded guilty in Mayor's Court for his role in a Friday night free for all at Quill's saloon and was fined. Other offenders in the same incident have warrants out. Collins the north side butcher was fined for killing stock inside city limits and notes broader violations. Mayor rendered judgments in Vinegar Hill cases with multiple fines totaling 25 to 100 dollars and related costs. arrangements to stay amounts were made.
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W. Harve Mitchell
Mayor’s Court
Quill’s Saloon
Collins
North Side
Mayors Court
Vinegar Hill
John Shrout
Shrout
Everett Marley
Marley
Orvilla Mitchell
Mitchell
Monroe County Court Dockets Include Several Divorces and Trials
In a Monroe county circuit court session, H A Todd and Emma Reid each received divorce pledges from their spouses. Several cases for liquor law violations by Alfred and Harry Terrell of Huron were continued, and Speer vs Teague was moved to Monroe county for trial.(Key figures include Bloomington residents involved in bastardy cases against James Rodgers, resulting in a double verdict of acquittal after extensive deliberations.)
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Alfred Terrell
Harry Terrell
Huron
Speer
Teague
P. M. B. Stone Co
Monroe County
Mary McCoy
James Rodgers
Bloomington
Rodgers
State of Indiana
Henry P. Pearson
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Tom Miller
Heltonville
Fred Leatherman
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Lester Chesnut
Lincoln St
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Abbie Winder
Ellettsville
George Hollars
Bloomfield
L. BE. Payne
Rev. Alford
Scottsburg
The
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Myrtle Draper
Paoli News
Elizabeth Moran
Austin
Minn
Indiana
Ambrose Braden
William Compton
W. F. Mitchell
Williams
Congressman Miers
U.S. Bureau of Engraving
Thomas Harris
Bedford Business College
Fred Fletcher
Joseph Johnson
Lizzie Messick Burton
A. T. Jones
Abydel
Mary McVey
Paoli Republican
E. B. Crowe
Hugh McGuire
McGuire
Crowe & McGuire
Frank O. Stannard
Springville
A.M. Murphy
Green Bay
Wis
Grandeur
F. W. Albree
Kingston
Ontario
Canada
Nettie Lowder
Red Nutwood
Sherwood
West Side Square
Will Owens
Oklahoma
H. D. Manus
North O Street
Petersburg
Josephine Pietzuch
Clear Creek, Ind
Valentine Summers
Nancy EB. Rush
Eva Denniston
Lettie Payne
Seftonville
C. R. Perdue
Stone City Manufacturing Co
J. C. Cornwall
John Quill and Family
North 1 Street
Harrison County
Nebraska
Western States
Harry Thickston
Victor, Ind
Samuel Thickston
West 15Th Street
Florence Garrett
Frankfort
Emily Louise Houston
Joseph G. Cannon, Jr
Miss Durham
Danville, Il
Samuel Bennett
Harrodsburg
Lula Wilson
Dot Colwell
Salem Leader
T. J. Brooks
Martin S. Bough
Bedford Quarries Co
French Lick
Progress Examiner
H. H. Chess
Leesville
West Baden
O. M. Davis
Trinity Springs
Church of Christ At
Mr. Davis
Olney
R. H. Williams
Opera House
Slock
Mrs. Thos. Bair
St. Valentine Day
George Speer
A. M. Faris
Indian Springs
C. Spencer
Logan McDonald
Ed Cooley
Odon
Pryantsville
Odd Fellows Building
Margaret
Ed. Pearson
Miss Bessie Pace
Jacob Weaver
Thomas Box
Ted Leehey
Greencastle
Mr. Leehey
R. M. Henderson
Sparksville
Broom
Joe Ortheise
Home Telephone Co
Preston Rider
Scott County
Iowa
Missionary Meeting
Ayer
Buckingham
R. P. Hall & Co
Nashua,n.h
James Newkirk
Moses F. Clinton
Sylvanus Jackson
W. F. Brewer
James Morrison
Alice Hutton
W. C. Martin
Campbellsburg
Arthur Drake
Linton
C. A. Knight
J. T. Martin
Shoals
Edward Hartman
Bartholomew County
John and
Ed Hartman
Ann Butler
Rev
Elmer Butler
Troy
Kansas
Archie Day
Jesse Day
Richard Hazel
Englewood
Mr. Hazel
Homer Crawford
East 15Th Street
Arthur Jordan Produce House
Bedford Butchers
H. M. Burnham
E. EH. Trowbridge
A. W. Jones
Francis M. Lemon
California
George Robert— Son
Avoca
Robert D. Stroud
Thomas Jackson
Jackson
M Su
Yaphac
Jack Dan
John Browning
Stewart Co
Kentucky
Bruce Allen
Kansas City
W. A. Hiltone
Heitger
Noah Mullin
Kern Armstrong
Deal
Mrs. Jennings
Larter
OS. Morgan
Catherine Prentice
New Albany
Bedford Friends
Elza Smith
Chas. Richards
Lafayette
Hiram Perry
Hendee
W. G. Kimberlin
McCordsville
J. H. Kimberlin
Rathbone
Ginghams and
Percales Nessivea
Wilson's Bargain Store
Mahaffie
Lora Trueblood
Peter Burrell
Seymour
William Henry Russell
Russell
Harry Knapp
Hamilton, O
Knapp
Samuel Gompers
Harrison
Chicago
Teamsters’ Union
Lois Webb
Edgar Carter
Frank Rariden
George Bridwell
Monon
Carmen
Creature
Ul Iy
New York
Orville Mitchell
Holmes
Jim Sam Fisher
Mayor's Court
Joe Lovell
Circuit Court
H. A. Todd
Tessa Todd
Emma Reid
Marcus D. Reid
Ambrose Nickless
Andy Fine
Southern Indiana By. Co
Martin Bough
Lawrence
Greene County
W. S. Holcombe
Offe
Elijah White
Spice Valley Township
Port Williams
Bryantsville Pike
Mary E. Springer
Alexander & Harris Attorneys-At-Law
Bedford - Inoffice
Gunn
Hodge & Ferguson
East Side
Bedford, Ind
J.W. ‘Trainor
Indians
Jas. G. Stull
P. B. May
Haase & Owen's
Undertakers
East Side Square
C. H. Emery
Lin
North Bedford
Dennistor
East End
5Th Street
H H
CHESS
Leesville, Ino
Richey CO
Benzel Black Bedford
Dales Jeweler & Graduate Optician
Dunn
Big Clearing Sale
East & East
Bough
Brooks & Brooks
Henry Cox
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