Vast New Gun to Be Tested at Sandy Hook
The United States will test its largest gun at Sandy Hook, a 16-inch rifle weighing 130 tons with a 2400-pound projectile. The test could determine $100,000,000 in funding for forty similar guns. the setup uses electric firing and a timber steel carriage, with explosive charges from 1100 to 2000 pounds adjusted by range.
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Indiana Forestry's Purpose and Statewide Timber Future
The State Board of Forestry report by W. H. Freemen urges timely action to protect Indiana's timber, noting 692,738 acres of potential timber lands mainly in northern and southern regions. It argues for demonstration projects to show farming communities the economic value of reforestation and outlines differing state goals from New York, Pennsylvania, and national efforts.
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United States
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Pennsylvania
High School Receives Guest Soloist Carlton Lane
Carlton Lane sang a solo at the High School Tuesday morning with Miss Georgia Duncan as accompanist. The attendance report for the month ending January 16 shows 32 tardies, 2145 days present, 943 days absent, and 194 withdrawals.
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Carlton Lane
Georgia Duncan
Mr. Lane
Miss Knox
Rail wage hikes and rail safety data reported in 1902
Discussion notes a potential ten percent wage increase for railroad workers, raising annual wages by about 45 million dollars. It cites Interstate Commerce Commission data on three months ending September 30, 1902, with 265 deaths and 2,613 injuries in train accidents plus broader 12,007 total casualties. It also covers higher operating costs, new hires, and 2,448 accidents with 2.2 million dollars in damages. It mentions Representative Miers replying to a pension proposal, arguing funds already cover soldiers and dependents, not heirs.
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Miers
Indianapolis Journal
Homeseekers Excursions Offer First and Third Tuesdays
One fare plus two dollars for round trips on the first and third Tuesdays each month to destinations in the South and West. Call ticket agents for rates and more information. H. P. Rapiey, G. A.
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Demand for Monroe county farms fuels regional market
The Bloomington World notes a surge in Monroe county farm sales with many buyers from Northern Indiana. Farms fetch 30 to 850 per acre as grazing and fruit-friendly land draws in settlers from Tipton and Clinton counties. The piece also covers local contracting firms Koerner & Bailey and recent church and library projects involving Koerner family members.
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Harrodsburg
Tipton
Clinton
Bloomington World
Local residents visit and travel notices mixed with church and medical updates
In Bartlettsville and nearby areas residents deal with illnesses including Smith Lowder and his wife while doctors in Bedford and Smithville consult. Several locals visit relatives in Guthrie Heltonville Marshall and surrounding townships amid church services and mill operations. Travel ads promote round trip fares to multiple western and midwestern cities with details available through Indiana Delis agents.
Local business changes and community updates
J W Barger delivered 150 fine dress rabbits to Bedford market. L H Thrasher shop sold to H C Wright and Ollie Smallwood. John Franklin gravely ill with pneumonia at Mrs McClelland’s home with poor prospects. Ziba Owens’ restaurant sold to King Bros Elsie and Williams of Paoli. Mike O Connell nursing broken leg. Culvert construction contracts awarded to Harry France and Luther Slinkard for streets near Colitic and the hill to Bedford, repairs to begin soon. Henry Black and Robert Whitlock avoided a fatal accident from a charcoal heater. both sick after exposure, Mrs France credited for alerting.
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McClelland
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King Bros
Elsie
Williams
Paoli
Orange County
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Mike
Harry France
Luther Slinkard
Oolitic
Beaford
Henry Black
Robert Whitlock
Beddoes Accepts Secretary Role With General Tee
George Beddoes of this city has left Bedford for Mitchell to join General Fitzhugh Tee of Richmond as his secretary. The general will speak at Vincennes this evening. Beddoes will accompany him to Nashville for the Robert E. Lee monument unveiling, then to Cincinnati. Beddoe, about 24, previously a stenographer and private secretary to Vice President Greene of the B&O railroad, is the son of ex-mayor Beddoe and is staying in town.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Lee
Nashville
Tenn
Robert E. Lee
Primary results set for First Ward council seat
The Republican Primary in the First Ward produced votes for Geo A Bates 121 Robt H Sproull 105 Peter Withman 62 Fred N Strout 54. Voters urged to contact listed letters for advertised notices.
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Peter Withman
Fred N. Strout
Local Notables and Transactions Dominate Monday Ledger
Frank Young and Ron Henderson visited Monday. John H Litton spent several days last week across the river selling nursery stock. John Parks bought William Simpson's town property for 750 dollars. Miss Ellen Combs, staying with Alfred Guthrie, left for Springville. Thomas Cooper learned of a grand jury bill at Bedford and returned to settle. John Jackson, William Simpson, William M Lee, Thomas Cooper and Dr T M Donica were at Bedford. Alfred Guthrie butchered a beef Friday. Elisha Lee is poorly and limited in activity.
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Bono
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Wm Simpson
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Springville
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Bedford
Grand Jury
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Wm. M. Lee
TM. Donica
Elisha Lee
Local notes from Tunnelton and Buddha region
A cluster of brief items notes social visits and illnesses in Tunnelton and Buddha including Rev. Davis holding a meeting, Dell Simpson's cold, Henry Walters relative with typhoid, and Dr. Boyd's planned visit. Hog purchases, corn conditions, and weather effects on harvest are mentioned along with a farmer trying a new crop and a penny‑pinching tale about drilling silver through a pocket. A math curiosity from Revelation closes the column.
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St. John
Heaven
Cheap Southern and Western Fare From Gall Office
Very cheap rates now in effect to points in the South and West. Call at the ticket office for particulars or address H. P Radney, GA.
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