Southern Indiana shifts rail power with new engines and cars
The Southern Indiana notes four Baldwin engines and one passenger engine added recently with more on the way. The line also received 550 new cars and 550 coal and 50 box cars, plus an order for 500 coal cars due by March 1. Extensions loom as rumors link the Indiana line to Centralia and Illinois Southern, with talks of a cross-state consolidation to rival western routes. W T Moore eyes Hamer's cave sulphur well for a possible resort development.
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Southern
Indiana
Baldwin
Barney Smith Car Company
Dayton
Centralia
Illinois Southern
Illinois Line
John W. Walsh
John R. Walsh
Terre Haute
Chester
Ill
Mississippi
Bismarck
Iron Mountain
Santa Fe
W. T. Moore
Hamer’s Cave
Mitchell Commercial
Political clash ends in convention turmoil in Lawrence county
Tuos J. Brooks recounts a factional split in Marion township Republicans. A prior agreement for fair delegate division was broken by Munson, triggering a heated clash at Mitchell and a decisive rally that toppled “King Bill.” Brooks labels the act treacherous and politically dishonest. Other columns promise further details.
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Lawrence County
Marion Township
Munson
Bedford
Mitchell
Johnson
Congress
Mr. Munson
Nat A. Hill
Bloomington
Republican Party
King
Bill
Tuos J. Brooks
Skunk Farm Planned in Rutherford Township
Walter Summers reports on Isaiah Fry preparing a truck patch skunk farm on his land in Rutherford township. Fry digs a 16 inch ditch, fills it with crushed rock, and constructs a high fencing system before stocking with strong skunks for large scale revenue. Summers notes kittens captured in the hills as seed stock and questions how many can be raised given skunk hide values.
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Walter Summers
Isaiah Fry
Rutherford Township
Mr. Summers
Mr. Fry
Summers
Fry
Loogootee Tribune
Suit Over Damages From Monon Railroad Bridge Collapse
Suit filed in Putnam Circuit Court seeks two thousand dollars from the Monon Railroad for destruction of Reeves Company traction engine through the overhead bridge at Putnamville last August. The complaint alleges the bridge was unsafe, forty years old, not repaired for seven years, and negligently weakened by rotten timbers. Engine was pulled down and broken, then moved away. Reeves holds a mortgage on the engine. Brakemen deaths cited from memory as 17 to 25 over 40 years.
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Putnam
Monon Railroad
Putnamville
Reeves Company
Henry Moser
Mass Convention of Republicans at Lawrence Court House
The Lawrence County Republican mass convention gathered at the court house in Jan 11 with about 1000 voters. David Y Johnson as permanent chair reflected on Republican triumphs under Lincoln Grant and Roosevelt and called for unity and a large county majority while endorsing McKinley and Roosevelt era policy.
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County Central Committee
Lawrence County
David Y. Johnson
Republican Party
Rome
Lincoln
Grant
Tam
Monroe
Party of Progress
Willam McKinley
McKinley
Indiana
Circuit Court
Central Committee
Monroe County
Bedford Republicans Clash Over Manson Comeback
City Editor Strupe details a heated Bedford Courthouse mass convention where faction fighting between Munson and Bedford rings culminated in T. J. Brooks instructing forAttorney General and D. Y. Johnson for Congress. Brooks accused Munson of treachery as Boruff and Mitchell voices clashed. the crowd sided with Brooks and the event ended as a rare, lively political melee.
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Strupe
Bedford
Pearson
Munson
T. J. Brooks
D. Y. Johnson
Congress
Brooks
Col. Munson
Will Brooks
Manson
J. E. Boruff
Boruff
Mitchell
Woman attempts suicide at boarding house in Martin County
Miss Nora Walls a 21 year old from Martin County living at C. J. Horsey's West 13th street boarding house took carbolic acid Friday afternoon with suicidal intent. Dr Freeland treated her by washing out her stomach and she rests but recovery not certain. The incident stemmed from a misunderstanding with Will Horsey. A separate note reports Joseph Lemon, a Monroe county poor asylum escapee, found in Bowling Green Kentucky after travelling on foot for five weeks. The rest covers local business moves and civic notes including Dagley's move to Sandborn, free city delivery debate, Moron road switch work at Salem, bridge repairs, Al W. Hunter's council bid, Indiana National Guard expansion, stone cutters’ union wage scale in Bloomington, and contractor bidding readiness.
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Nora Walls
Martin County
C. J. Horsey
West 13Th Street
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Turley Burton
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James B. Duncan
Frank Vance
Eli B. Stephenson
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Wm. McKinley
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J. Hickson
Smrru
Thomas
J. Brooks
Thomas J. Brooks
David Y.johnson
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W. H. Martin
Henry Martin
Chas. McCarrell
J.H. Smith
J. B. Duncan
W. V. Willams
Sam Simpson
W. F. Brooks
J. A. Zaring
H. P. Pearson
Samuel Mitchell
G. M. Foster
H. H. Edwards
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August Unkel
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Noble L. Moore
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Howard Chitty
Frank Woods
Anselm Wood
Wm. Munson, Sr
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Wes Walker
H. G. Curry
Walter W. Bur
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Uncle Sam
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James E. Boruff
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Fred
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Allen Edwards
Gus Nugent
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W. H. Hart, Sr
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Alfred Younger
George Slaughter
Andrews
Moses B. Lee
Geo. Slaughter
John Jackson
G. A. Hayes
Lou Stewart
Albert Flinn
John Allen, Jr
Guthrie Township
L. D. Boyd
Clarence Harris
Burton Lee
Perry Township
Oliver Holmes
Joseph Parker
Clay Holmes
Wm. Hammond
Congressional Park
Stannard
Paul Short
Charles Mason
L. A. Jackson
Sylvanus Jackson
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C. C. Prow
Elmer McKnight
E. E. Mitchell
Sylvester Moore
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J. M. Blackburn
Ziba Chambers
Robert Anderson
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M Williams
Hershal Moore
Geo. Hendrickson
W. EF. Mitchell
Bart Cole
Jacob Bossert
Uriah Quackenbush
John Hobson
Frank Weaver
Perry Woolery
Geo. Goldsmith
J. H. Ramsey
Joel L. Hobbs
W. B. Hunter
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J. T. Faubion
Joe Faubion
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J. L. Faubion
T. J. Daniels
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Trimble Witsman
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H. H. Chase
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Henry Landreth
C. A. Smith
Trimble
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Tom Dodd
Davin Y. Johnson
Fred B. Otis
T. J. Wright
American Quarry Company
Stonington
Mitchell Tribune
W.T. Myers
Brookston
Ind
Geo. W. House
Mr. House
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Cincinnati Commerciall Tribune
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F. M. Lemon
J. H. Boruff
Joseph Lemon
Monroe County Poor Asylum
Bowling Green
E. O. Dagley
Sandborn
Vanmeter
Salem
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Stock Yards
al W. Hunter
Monon
Hunter
Genena Ward
Indiana Ional Guard
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