Local notices from Linton area report illnesses and moves
Reed Bass returns from Mattoon while Little Raymond Stevens and Mrs. Wallace Queen are ill. Several people travel, marriages licenses issued, and coal shortages persist. Midland Portland Cement elects G. W. McDaniel as director and VP. Smallpox noted in Newberry with mild cases across five families.
Local Notes From Seymour and Surrounding Towns
George Kimbrell and family are in Indianapolis. Mrs Belle Shields left Monday for Terre Haute. Mrs Laura Cooper is confined to her home with grip. Charles H Cooper of Tunnel ton was in the city Thursday. James D Simpson from Butte Montana visits relatives. The little son of Robi Fultz is ill at their home on KE 16th street. Henry and James Embree of Bryantsville were in town Tuesday on business. Green Blackwell and Rebecca Mitchell issued notices. Fred Leatherman of Orleans visited relatives and friends Sunday. Elmer Corbin slowly improving at home. Mrs Mary Tharp from Bedford returned home last eve. Lon Linsey and family moved to Luther Darnell property on 22nd street. T H Anderson and wife of Bedford visited Ed gar Allen and wife for supper Monday night. Mrs Anderson remained for a longer visit.
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Bedford Cold Temperatures and Coal Mine Car Shortage
Bedford endured 4 to 8 below zero with a westerly wind intensifying the cold. Linton field mines could output 30 percent more coal if cars were available, as most mines have operated under two thirds of annual time due to car shortages. Also, H L Reis of Bedford Quarries Co. is rumored to depart for Cleveland to oversee Walsh interests. A Monon engineer’s twin brother visited from Danville to inspect engine 207, soon to leave the shop. a Pennsylvania train from Indianapolis fought a four foot snow drift near Southport, requiring three engines to pull free, with Bedford residents Johnson Coleman, Homer Guthrie, and J R Pope aboard.
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Bedford News Briefs Mixed Births and Local Notes
ElT born to Mr and Mrs Melvin Clark a daughter and to Mr and Mrs Chas Denton a nine pound son. A son born to Mr and Mrs Ever et Henderson on W 13th Street and a fine son to Mr and Mrs John Hartman. John L Mitchell on Hast 16th Street welcomed a 10 pound boy. Hon John Riley is very sick. W F Angle of Mitchell visited Bedford Monday. Marriage license issued to Daniel A Hackler and Lola P Cathers. Clyde Hon has accepted a job in Terre Haute. Mrs Clifford Dresbach visited Bedford friends. Washington talks of a new city hall with 2000 dollars in sinking fund. S M Williams sold dry goods stock to EK R Dobbins and will return to Loogootee, Dobbins selling stock at Oolitic. Citizens National Bank directors bought coal for Charity Committee in Bedford. Bedford Elks completed lodge work and returned after enjoyable entertainments. Maud Kimbrell and Lizzie Kimbrell visited grandmother Mrs Turley in Orleans, 95th birthday dinner for Mrs Turley.
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EK. R. Dobbins
Loogootee
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Oolitic
Woman hurt after icy fall on West 12th street
Mrs Walter Green of West 12th street slipped on an icy back door step Wednesday and sustained a painful fracture of the right arm near the wrist. The report appears in Bloomington World with broader local items on rail projects, rail safety, and a federal court damages case involving Jennings and Judge Baker.
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Walter Green
West 12Th Street
Local News Sparks and Infrastructure Notes Roll In
In Bloomington and nearby towns reporters note visiting residents from Ft. Ritner, ongoing rail labor shifts with new engineers and promotions, and repairs. A small house fire near I street destroys belongings, while Monon engineers plan trestle updates and road straightening. Louisville coal shortages threaten rising prices as winter tightens.
Carpenters Refitting Deckard Room After Fire Damage
Carpenters are busy refitting the Deckard room on J street after a recent fire damage. Theo Short of Williams visited the city Monday on business and called at this office. Algin Shrout, master mechanic at Mitchell Cement mill, was here on business Saturday. Willis Holiman teaching near Leesville attended Institute in the city Saturday. Olin Bundy formed a law partnership with John R. East & Son, to be Hast Bundy & Hast. The Columbian Relief Fund Association paid Henry thirty dollars for sick benefits and John Golds nineteen dollars and nineteen cents for accidental injury. Monroe county docket equals 250 cases for the term opening Monday, the largest in its history. Luther Darnell moved his family to Caxton to farm. Mrs. David Green and two children returned to Chicago Friday morning after visits here. The Northwest gates remark from Bloomfield News ends with a prophetic note about a scorcher next summer.
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Bloomington
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Jagde Wilson
Thanks to Mr Oliver Spaulding and friends
A note of appreciation for kindness in the death and burial of Clyde Everhart. The piece also covers Eaglesville coal output during cold weather with price details and wagons loaded, a Westport revival at the Methodist Church that wiped a $500 debt, and remarks on miners wages, eight hour day, and coal costs as discussed in the Indianapolis Journal.
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Clyde Everhart
Eaglesville
Old No. 1
Westport
Indianapolis Journal
Bedford City Court Faces Long Term After Trials
Circuit Court reports judge Wilson adjourned after a term filled with hard contested trials four hung juries and heavy docket. The Lynch saloon case failed to reach verdict, Gould v Light Co. awarded $50 to plaintiff then reversed, and Mary Moore won damages from Southern Indiana Railroad later reduced on judge’s orders to 417 dollars with possible appeal.
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Social Postponed Then Rescheduled For Jan 16
An event announced for Saturday evening January 10 at Mrs John Wilder's home was postponed to Friday evening January 16. All members are urged to attend the social gathering. A surprise party celebrated Mrs Holiman's 47th birthday at the home of Mr and Mrs M M Holiman on January 9 with guests including Mr and Mrs Will Pierce, Mr and Mrs Wilber Dubgon and son, Mr and Mrs Taylor McGuire, Mr and Mrs Asa Sappenfield and daughters, Mr and Mrs Charles Coulter, Mr and Mrs Joe Bailey, Mrs Hamer and daughter Ethel, Mrs Hazel and daughter Della, Miss Sue Parham, Ella Duncan, Ora Duncan, and Mabel Emery. Music and taffy pulling followed. Guests departed wishing more birthdays. The Southern Indiana railroad will lay 70 pound steel rails between Seymour and Cortland, to equip the Seymour to Terre Haute line by next week. Byers and Boyd sold their interest in the corner store at 7th and streets to Preston Van Cleve of Courtland, Ind. The new firm becomes Patton and Van Cleve, with Alvin Tabor clerking.
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Charles Coulter
Joe Bailey
Hamer
Ethel
Hazel
Della
Sue Parham
Ella Duncan
Ora Duncan
Mabel Emery
Byers & Boyd
Preston van Cleve
Courtlano
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Illinois Central brakeman named for Evansville division
Fred Lemon accepts a position on the Illinois Central Evansville division with headquarters at Mattoon. The town reports a smallpox case leading Bloomfield officials to suspend public meetings and close schools for a week amid broader regional updates and local notices.
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Illinois Central
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Evansville
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