Bedford Tennis Team Wins Most Singles Matches
A Friday tennis event at Southern Indiana Normal courts in Mitchell saw Bedford players A M Irvine A B Lowder Ray Boruff Will Martin plus Johnson Matchon Bair Moore from Mitchell contesting. Bedford won all singles except one, praised the opponents hospitality, with plans for a rematch at Washington Park. J W Thompson of the Southern Indiana Railroad reported growing business coal stone traffic and steel work along the line. Denton Pope, ex-county resident, visited from Oklahoma and owns a 6000 acre cattle ranch near Gage. Monroe county towns vote subsidies for the Indianapolis Southern railroad amid doubts about Jackson county route.
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Southern Indiana Normal Grounds
Mitchell
Bedford
A. M. Irvine
A. B. Lowder
Ray Boruff
Will Martin
Messrs. Johnson
Matchon
Bair
Moore
Washington Park
J. W. Thompson
Southern Indiana Railroad
Indianapolis Journal
Denton Pope
Oklahoma
J. R. Pope
Lawrence County
Mr. Pope
Gage
When the Johnnies Came To Town
Thirty nine years ago yesterday July 10 1863 John Morgan's raiders about 3000 strong neared Salem. Cannons gleamed east of the road as town guards formed at the depot. Rebels rode Majin street pursuing home guards and killed John H Wible while wounding others. They robbed stores burned depots levied on mills and took horses. Merchant losses totaled about 14540 dollars with horses stolen during Morgan's brief raid through Salem per the Salem Leader.
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John Morgan
Salem
Roscoe Morris
Col
Sayles
Horace Heffren
Morgan
Dennis Hill
Majin Street
Mounted Home Guards
John H. Wible
Henry Hoar
Joshua Buttorff
Salem Leader
Drowned Swimmer Near Columbus In Driftwood River
Las tus Foster, a 19 year old emigrant from Ireland, drowned while swimming at a Driftwood River camp ten miles north of Columbus Indiana. He was in a church choir picnic from the Tabernacle Christian church. He was a nephew of Elder James Small, famed Christian evangelist and former Bedford Christian church pastor.
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Columbus
Ind
Lastus Foster
Driftwood
Here
Tabernacle Christian Church
Ireland
James Small
Bedford Christian Church
Bedford Normal closes with varied program and debate
The Bedford Normal closed Friday morning with literary exercises. A debate on railroads versus steamships, featuring Messrs Brim and Dalton and Misses Bowman and Dalton, favored steamships. The event included piano and violin solos by Miss Huffines and others, with Prof James Troop of the Purdue experiment station commenting on seventeen year locust warnings and confirming minimal damage to nursery stock after inspecting hundreds of acres.
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Bedford Normal
Messrs
Brim
Dalton
Bowman
Huffines
Estella Huffines
Lola Patton
Ella Beaver
James Troop
Purdue Experiment Station
Indiana
Troop
Wicker’s late strikeout spree for St Louis in 12th inning draw
St Louis and Brooklyn battled to a 7 to 7 tie after 12 innings as Bob Wicker relieved Murphy and struck out the first three batters in the 12th. He fanned Dolan Hughes and Flood to spark a remarkable finish praised by the Globe-Democrat. Also notes include Mrs. Elizabeth Todd of Monroe county visiting in her 102nd year and a mule killed on the Monon track near Red Gate with $150 appraisal.
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St. Louis
Brooklyn
Murphy
Wicker
The
Globe-Democrat
Dolan
Flood
Hughes
Elizabeth Todd
Monroe County
G. F. Todd
Elnora
North Carolina
Aceon River
Clemenstine
Elnora News
James Knight
Miller Place
Red Gate
Elder Jos Franklin to Return to Anderson
Elder Jos Franklin of Bedford Indiana plans to move his family back to Anderson and spend his remaining days there. He left Anderson fifteen years ago for Bedford after twenty five years in the area and was a pioneer Christian church pastor and first county superintendent of public instruction. He has retired from the ministry and has three daughters who are missionaries in India, including Stella who is visiting Anderson.
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Hiter Jos
Franklin
Bedford
Ind
Anderson
Christian Church
India
Stella
Anderson Daily News
Hilder Joseph Franklin
Fisher Maddux Wedding in Bedford City Home
A pretty wedding united Bert Fisher and Miss Nannie Maddux Thursday at Thomas Carico's South F street home. Rev Father Bogemann performed the ring ceremony as sweet peas roses and lilies decorated the parlor. Bride wore India linen with ribbon and lace. they plan to reside in Orleans. John Torphy, longtime P.M.B. quarries superintendent, will join Romana Stone Co. in Indianapolis.
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Thomas Carico
Bert Fisher
Nannie Maddux
Father Bogemann
Bedford
Mary Office
Bedford Democrat
Orleans
Bedford Fair to Open in September with Full Exhibits
Bedford fair organizers met Saturday to finalize plans for a September exhibition. They aim for a first class event, urging strong support from business interests and residents, arguing the county fair is a better, cheaper public good than a street fair. Meanwhile Indiana boasts the fastest mile under fifty seconds on a noted track between Elkhart and Goshen, as Big Four and Lake Shore trains race toward Indianapolis with eager passengers amid spirited rail rivalry.
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Indiana
Elkhart
Goshen
Big Four
Lake Shore
Indianapolis
Twentieth Century Limited
Lake
Bloomington Lawyers Challenge Election Legality Over Railroad Involvement
Legal minds in Bloomington question Tuesday’s railroad election as illegal and oppose tax collection. They argue Indiana election law was flagrantly violated by ballot printing, watcher oversight, and improper supply of tickets, with railroad funded expenses cited as improper voter influence.
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Bloomington
Indiana
Indianapolis Southern
Figures on farms show Indiana prosperity in 1900
The 1900 census shows Indiana farmers prospering beyond 1890 with farm product value rising 115.8 percent from 94.7 million to 204.5 million. Farm property, land and machinery also increased, with 23,000 more farms and 11,000 more owners since 1890. The piece notes party policy and tariffs affecting farming and industry, plus local notes on a birthday party, church services, and railroad land acquisitions and speculation around Southern Indiana’s belt line and possible sales of the Southern Indiana railway.
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Indiana
Indiana Steel Workers Get 10 Percent Wage Rise Today
Gas Belt Labor News notes United States Steel corporation raises wages for Indiana mill common laborers by 10 percent effective immediately, lifting pay from 1.50 to 1.65 dollars per day. Skiled workers unaffected due to existing agreements. total national impact about 4 million dollars annually benefiting 10,000 men.
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Gas Belt Labor News
Indiana
United States Steel Corporation
McAbee
State Charities Report Shows Large 1901 Savings in Indiana
The Board of State Charities reports that Indiana hospital per capita maintenance costs for the insane dropped to 173.87 in 1901 from 227.38 in 1801, saving taxpayers 193 010.57 for four hospitals. Costs at the Soldiers Home and other institutions fell from 222.79 to 174.33 per capita in 1901, suggesting potential state savings of 118 342.16. Overall, savings across four correctional institutions and related facilities total about 400,000 for 1901 versus 1891, praised as a credit to Republican governance and urged as a vote for Republican legislative candidates to reduce state debt.
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Board of State Charities
Indiana
Southern Indiana Railway Adds Stone Vice Bay Window Station
The Southern Indiana Railroad plans a new stone vice bay window at its passenger station. It will be built on the north side near the agents quarters and will enhance the station, already the handsomest in Southern Indiana.
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Southern Indiana Railroad
Indiana
Mrs Cather’s hen hatches thirteen eggs into brood of twelve
Mrs M E Cather found a setting hen that produced one chick after three weeks. She briefly disturbed the nest, breaking another egg from the remainder, and a healthy chick emerged. She returned the first chick to the nest and two days later released a brood of twelve fine chickens.
Burglary at Oolitic Store Hits Jewelry and Hats
Thieves broke into Miller Owens Co. store in Oolitic early Friday and stole about $100 in jewelry, several hats, and other items. No clues for the robbers. Mrs. Jacob H. Miller, traveling salesman for a Louisville liquor house, was summoned to Sandusky, Ohio, where her husband lay ill with heart trouble. He briefly faced death but later revived and is improving.
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Jacob H. Miller
Sandusky
Miller
Louisville
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Bedford
Indiana Institution for the Blind a model of work and economy
Special correspondence from Indianapolis outlines the Indiana Institution for the Education of the Blind as a historic, well managed school near the city center. It details its industrial and musical programs, student demographics, per capita costs, staff, and strict administration. Senator Beveridge and Fairbanks plans, plus Governor Durbin’s health trip, are noted alongside editors’ outings.
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Indiana Institution For the Blind
Pioneer State Schools For the
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Dubois
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Ohio
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Dearborn
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Noble
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Newton
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Pulaski
Lake Starke
Porter
Moszkowski
Mascagni
Olivers deny endorsing Southern Bloomington project
The statement released by Indianapolis Southern claiming the Olivers abandoned their proposed road is incorrect. The Monon accepted the Olivers' concessions, which led to the decision not to build, and the Olivers have not endorsed the Southern Bloomington Times.
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Indianapolis Southern
Olivers
Indianapolis
Monon
Bloomington
Indiana Freight Flows and Strike Impact Highlight Chicago Route
Indiana ships large coal and stone to Chicago and three quarters of grain bound for the Atlantic coast moves via Chicago. The freight handlers’ strike threatens rail revenue and lowers prices for grain, coal, and stone producers.
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Indiana
Chicago
Atlantic Coast
Indiana Republicans Promote Debt Reduction and Fiscal Reform
The article praises Republican control in Indiana for cutting state debt and reducing taxes. It cites auditor fee reforms since 1895, noting large sums previously collected in fees would have gone to private coffers under old rules. It argues GOP candidates defend public office against graft and back economy, honesty, and sound finances.
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Governors Mount
Durbin
Republican Party
Indiana
Auditor of State
Inensrance
State Auditor
Isaac Chitwood Recovers From Farm Well Incident
Isaac Chitwood has fully recovered from the shock of being buried and then rescued from a cave-in at the Lane Townsend farm last Thursday morning. On Sunday he was taken to his brother’s home at Needmore in Brown County according to the Martinsville Reporter.
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Martinsville
Ind
James Chitwood
Chitwood
Lane Townsend
Townsend
Joseph Prather
Prather
Isaac Chitwood
Lane Townsend Farm
Needmore
Brown County
German M. B. church pastor serves Jeffersonville
Rev. Harvey Severinghaus of Jeffersonville is now pastor of the German M. B. church in that city. The church is in prosperous condition with morning services in German and evening services in English. Mrs. Severinghaus is in good health while their young daughter is suffering from whooping cough.
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Harvey Severinghaus
Jeffersonville
M. B
Severinghaus
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