How County Officials Are Paid in Various Counties
The article lists fixed salaries and fee structures for county officers including Auditor Recorder Treasurer Sheriff Clerk and others. It details how fees are collected turned into the treasury and how surpluses or deficits affect pay, plus specific per diem and per service fees for routine duties and court-related work. It also notes the auditor as county council clerk and cites notices on salaries for superintendent judge prosecuting attorney coroner surveyor and a local social mention of Miss Carrie Elison returning to Elwood to teach after holidays.
Bedford City Council Adopts Schoolhouse Bond Resolution
The Bedford Common Council approves a resolution urging the state legislature to authorize bonds for constructing an eight room school and enlarging the high school due to inadequate current facilities. Councilman Walter G. Owens resigns and may be replaced. Robert Sproull is favored as successor. A water rate issue for Ebner Ice Co. is sent to the Waterworks Committee. Local figures include John Buoyd fined for coal transport on a protected road.
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Cognon Council
Bedford
Board of Secral Trustees
City of Bedford
City High School
Board of School Trustees
City Hall
East Bedford
City of
Walter G. Owens
Owens
Roberts& Sproull
Ebner
No Mexican Looting Debate Stirs Indianapolis Figures
Indiana readers learn James C. Carlton of Be'ford defends claims about looting in Mexico during the war. He asserts the 1847 to 1848 campaign by General Scott’s army saw strict discipline and no church lootings, while recounting the Plan of Ayutla era vault concealments. The Bloomington Star runs a rail contest and notes salary chatter at American Express plus Indianapolis Southern railway coal land options and future development.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James C. Carlton
Be'ford
National Association of
M Xicat
William J Baker
Tord
Ohio
Mexico
Carlton
Scott
Mac
Indiana
Vera Cruz
Mxico
Valley of Mexico
Carleton
Baker
Mr. Carlton
City
Associated Press
College of
Sous Vouzeaioes
Ayutta
Mexico City
Bloomington Star
Indianapolis Southern Railway
Joho T. Woodward
Greene County
Monroe County
Brown County
Bloomington Township
Bloomington World
Lawrence County 1902 law approved September 3 1902
Legal notice records approval of a Lawrence County Indiana ordinance for the year 1902 dated September 3 1902. The item records official action by county authorities and notes the approval date.
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Lawrence County
Indiana
Wages and Wrecks Highlight 1902 Rail News
The Mitch ell Lime Co. gave workers five cents per day worked plus a Christmas family treat, with $15.65 paid to those who worked full time. Wreck coverage at Quincy described as heart wrenching with severe animal injuries and blame placed on a section man. Rail promotions, engine transfers, and record Baldwin output for 1902 are noted, including 1520 finished locomotives and a yearly tonnage rise. Indianapolis reports the Trainmen demand a bureau of train inspection and strict examiner requirements for telegraph operators and railways.
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Mitchell Lime Co
Mitchell Tribune
Quincy
Monon
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Indianapolis
Ind
Legislative Committee of the Order of
General Assembly
Bureau of
New Year Celebration Hosted by Miss Fern Runnels Attended by Local Youth
Miss Fern Runnels hosted a New Year gathering with friends on a Wednesday evening. Guests included Mary Day Hattie Massey Carrie Owens Rosa Owens Mary Holcombe Susie Huffines Adah Pope Euphemia Cook Noble Quackenbush Luther Vantayle Robert Bailey Travis Brownscombe Warren Runnels Edgar Carter. The event featured whipped cream and cake as 1903 began and the crowd welcomed the new year with a hearty yell. Separately Shoals residents react to B and O S extending service with two miles of track, with trains limited to six miles per hour by town ordinances.
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Mary Day
Hattie Massey
Carrie
Rosa Owens
Mary Holcombe
Susie Huffines
Adah Pope
Euphemia Cook
Messrs
Noble Quackenbush
Luther Vantayle
Robert Bailey
Travis Brownscombe
Warren Runnels
Edgar Carter
Sullivan County Rebels Formerly Opposed to Union Cause
The Indianapolis Journal notes Sullivan County officials and most residents once resisted Indiana laws removing sheriffs. It recalls 1861 65 hostility to the Union, including acts against loyalists in Sullivan town and the 1865 fatal track incident involving Governor Morton and Professor Fletcher. Henry B. Hilton returns to Terre Haute.
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Sullivan County
Indiana
Adjutant General
Sullivan
Morton
Ohio River
Fletcher
Dudley
Indianapolis Journal
Walshs Chicago magnate visits Terre Haute for Evansville plans
John R. Walsh, a major Chicago financier with rail and quarry interests, surveys proposed Evansville extensions with his team. He tours Terre Haute, reviews charts, dines at the Terre Haute House, and meets with L. T. Dickason and J. W. Thompson while remaining largely private and unswayed by reporters.
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John R. Walsh
Evansville
Oue
Elnoral
Terre Haute
Evanville
Rockport
Walsh
Evansvile
Chicago Chronicle
Chicago
Indiana
Bedford
J. W. Thompson
R. Hamill
Terre House
L. T. Dickason
The
Monon
Mr. Dickason
Thompson
S. I
Alleged Poisoner Sought After Arson Suspect Arrested
A Bedford region incident reports Curt Smith and a Jackson county constable pursuing Rome Anderson on a charge of attempting arsenic poisoning of his mother in law wife and infant. Police secured a warrant after flour analysis confirmed arsenic presence and Anderson was captured near Brownstown aboard a train. Local history notes a race to warn relatives and a possible lynching mood among residents. A separate item notes gold found in Posey township and Home Telephone Company buying chestnut poles from Greenville township farmers.
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Curt Smith
Jackson County
India
Tom Tindall
George W. Holmes
Rome Anderson
Holmes
Brownstown
Anderson
Curtis Smith
Bedford
Surprise
Bedford Depot
The
Home Telephone Company
Greenville Township
New Albany
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Eureka Harness Oil
Bf Standard Oil CO
Lawrence
County Offi
Carrie Eilison
Soho S. Ramsey
Elwood
Man Owens
John Buoyd
Knox County
Vincennes
Lillian Berry Reid
Brooke Orchestra
Miss Reid
Whitelaw Reid
American Express
Frank Reed
Bob Campbell
John D Alexander
Dr. W. Sherwood
Isaac N. Glover
WM. Erwin
Walter W. Burton
James H. Eversole
County Council
Munaer
Aenes
W.H. West
Sant Ruu
Perry
Indiana Creek
Byice Valley
Pal
Marion Township
Boro Township
Shawswick
Marshall Township
Harop
Town of Oolitic
Mark Phiefer
John Marsh
F. M. Huffman
Clarey
Michigan City
Frank Schultz
Shoals
Town Board of Trustees
Corporation
Henry B. Hilton
W. HE. Chapman
Bryantsville
William J. Bryan
Laporte Herald
George Bowers
Posey Township
Harrison County
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