Brambleites Face Bedford Loss as Bramble Team Fails
A Bramble community baseball venture from Bram ble organized a team that traveled to Bedford to play the Stone City lads. Third baseman Swayze blundered in the second inning enabling Bedford to score three runs and put the Brambleites on the defensive.
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Farmer Boys
Bramble
Bedford
Big Stone City Boys
Swayze
Bedford Boys
Brambleites
Loogootee Tribune
Blue Hole blast rocks quarry lifting waste stone
A large blast at the Blue Hole quarry near Hast Bedford caused the earth to shake and windows to rattle. Drilled holes 75 feet long and 20 feet deep were charged, lifting a 20 by 20 by 75 foot mass of waste rock about 30 feet over the blue ledge before settling back. Few rocks flew and a blue flame appeared in the fissure as observers praised the display.
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Hast Bedford
Blue Hole
Lightning Strikes Multiple Homes Across Town
A storm Saturday night brought lightning to Easy George’s house between N and O streets, causing a scorch hole and shocking Lloyd Sawyer who was repairing a cistern line. Will Wallheiser’s roof shed shingles and let in a few holes, while Jefferson Browning’s place east of Kurtz burned, including the residence and contents. Mrs Browning and children escaped with a severe shock. Also, Jacksonville Texas ships peaches to northern markets daily, and Bainbridge freight brakeman Leon Ray from Monon fights smallpox while isolated at home.
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Easy George
O Streets
Lloyd Sawyer
Fred Fletcher
Tom Sirox
Sawyer
Will Wallheiser
South J Street
Mrs. Wallheiser
Jefferson Browning
Kurtz
Jacksonville
Tex
Texas
Leon Ray
Bainbridge
Monon
Ray
Crawfordsville
Fairgrounds
Rock throwing prodigy and rail road prognostications from Bloomington Star
The piece recalls Isaac Chitwood famed for killing nine squirrels with rocks during a hunt and notes his skill contrast with firearms. It then argues against building the Indianapolis Southern railway, citing competition with Monon and others, bond market resistance, and prior failure to float bonds. The Bloomington Star predicts the same old subsidy excuse will doom the project.
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Indianapolis Southern Railway
Monon
Louisville & Nashville
Pennsylvania
Evansville
Terre Haute
Monroe
Greene
Sullivan Counties
Indianapolis Southern
Bloomington Star
Prospecting triped West ends with Oklahoma City plan
Hon Seymour Riddle returned from an eight day western prospecting trip visiting Lincoln Omaha and Cheyenne. He met Friday with Hon W J Bryan at Bryan's country home near Lincoln. Riddle will locate permanently in Oklahoma City and move within two months while likely remaining active in the campaign.
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Seymour Riddle
West
Lincoln
Omaha
Cheyenne
Riddle
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Oklahoma City
Bloomington
Best time to trim trees is late summer say nurseryman
A nurseryman advises trimming trees in the latter part of summer rather than spring. He says most trees need little pruning mainly to remove dead limbs and allows large cuts in July when sap is minimal to aid healing. He warns against leaving long stumps and notes trimmed limbs should look natural with no obvious sign of pruning.
Nellie Bullitt Grant Burned To Death In Indiana
Miss Nellie Bullitt Grant of New Orleans, aged 25, burned to death at her grandmother Virginia Bullitt’s Lawrenceport home after entering a barn to search for eggs. Her clothes caught fire and the barn burned behind her. She died without regaining consciousness. cause unclear, possibly a match. Remains to be taken to Louisville for burial.
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Mitchell
Ind
Nellie Bullitt Grant
New Orleans
Virginia Bullitt
Lawrenceport
Kentucky
Louisville
Clark and Lerber seize La Salle Springs resort site
W H Clark and Stanley Chrisler of this city hold possession of La Salle or Brassine Springs on White River in Martin County. The property includes a premier mineral spring, a 27 room hotel, and forest land with half a mile of White River frontage. It is described as an ideal hunting and fishing resort.
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Clark
Stanley Chrisler
la Salle
Brassine Springs
White River
Martin County
America
Corner stone laid for Franklin Indiana church
The Christian church at Franklin Indiana has laid a Bedford stone corner stone for a handsome new church costing $25,000. It will be one of the state’s most modern buildings. The Sun day Cincinnati Enquirer ran a long account and picture. Nearby Louisville boasts an onion field yielding 20,000 bushels, with locals visiting at every pleasant evening as Editor Henry Watterson grieves for the country amid the misty fields.
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Mike Malott
Rosie Brown
Cincinnati
Indiana
Hoosier
Christian Church
Franklin
Ind
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Louisville
Henry Watter— Son
Monon excursion train brings Bedford crowd to city
The Chicago bound Monon excursion car reached this city Monday around 4 PM with a large group of passengers. It had left Chicago Sunday at 7 AM and had until 9 PM for sight seeing. Bedford sold 127 tickets here and 161 along the line of the B and B. Travel time was excellent both ways.
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Monon
Chicago
Windy City
Bedford
Jackson
Lincoln Parks
General Superintendent Lowell Takes Leave After Accident
George K. Lowell of the Monon, badly crippled with two injured hands, plans a vacation to recover. During Chicago freight handlers strike, Lowell, Trainmaster Quimby and Superintendent Parker aided operations, Lowell even after being knocked out on the second day, now seeks rest and recovery.
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George K. Lowell
The
Monon
Chicago
Mr. Lowell
Quimby
Parker
Lowell
Farmer uses tar streak to deter chinch bugs in corn
A Wayne county farmer shields his corn by laying a smooth strip between corn and wheat and applying a coal tar streak along it. Using a homemade bucket funnel, he runs tar along three sides of the field at a cost of $1.50, and no chinch bugs cross the barrier.
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Wayne County
Telephone network proposal links 25 phones to wider system
The Central Union Telephone Co. proposes building a local telephone system if a new company forms here with at least twenty five phones. Subscribers would gain access to lines in this and neighboring counties, totaling about 2,500 instruments. After arrangements with Home Telephone Co., about 2,000 more phones could be connected.
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Central Union Telephone Co
Home Telephone Co
Odon Journal
Deaths and town notes from Bedford area
Death of Jacob H. Miller after several days illness prompts arrangements and travel by Charles E. Hall. County Clerk Boone Leonard reports 308 marriage licenses and 39 divorces in the year ending June 30 in Lawrence county. Mrs. Mary Karem departs for Beirut to join her family in Bedford on return. A proposed stone company on the David Guy farm seeks 8,000 dollars for four acres with core drilling planned. Lightning shocks terrify Monon southbound passengers near Battle Ground. A Bedford clerk helps locate Louis B. Fretz, who may harm himself, amid reports of his whereabouts and altered identities and his past as a writer.
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Boone Leonard
Lawrence County
David Guy
W. S. Hooper
Frank Kern
Mattoon
W. L. Whitted
Ed. F. Hall
Ren. C. Smith
Samuel Bray
Adams Bros
Bloomington
Monon
Battle Ground
Lafayette
Louis B. Fretz
Ft. Wayne
Avenue
Fretz
Frank Russell
Indianapolis Journal
Gorsline
Bedford
Ind
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Road
Frietz
Auburn Junction
Fort Wayne
F. B. Lewis
Garrett Bank
Chicago
Garrett
Bedford Beats Bloomington In Amateur Baseball Game
Bloomington offered a weak lineup at the Fairground against Stone Citys star Charlie Bringham, who fanned 17 with two hits allowed. Bedford catcher Johnson balked earlier, leading to a solo Bloomington run on passed balls, while Bringham’s pitching and Matt Bringham’s fielding powered the Bedford victory 9 to 1.
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Bloomington
Stone Citys
Fairground
Johnson
Bedford
Pike
Charlie Bringham
Matt Bringham
31st Regiment Reunion Planned for Bloomington
Bloomington Tribune reports the 31st Regiment reunion to be held in Bloomington on August 27 and 28. Citizens are urged to dress well and warmly welcome the veterans who served to victory under the flag.
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Bloomington
Local Nine Challenge for 94 Mile Championship
Heltonville News reports a proposed regional baseball challenge inviting clubs within a 94 mile radius to contest for the championship. The plan would have extended to 104 miles but Bedford and home plates at Bob Wicker’s town were avoided by the team.
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Bedford
Bob Wicker
Heltonville News
Cholera Camp Chief In Philippines Reports 50 Cases 47 Die
Dr Fletcher Gardner, surgeon in the US Army in the Philippines, says he has temporarily taken charge of a cholera camp on Mindoro Island. In four days there were 50 cholera cases with 47 deaths. Bloomington Tele. W S Blatchley notes pickles planted first Sunday in June to deter bugs. Monon railroad president reports rail and coal car orders, earnings steady despite Chicago freight handler strike.
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Fletcher Gardner
U. S.army
Philippines
Mindoro Island
Bloomington
W.S. Blatchley
Indiana
W. H. MccDoel
Monon
Indianapolis
Vincennes
Chicago
The
Robbers Take Clothes From St Louis Man in Daviess County
W. H. Rounds, a former St. Louis solicitor en route to Cincinnati, was robbed aboard passenger train No. 12 near the Shops. Two men forced him to disrobe and handed over his money watch and fine suit. They fled up the track. police traced them to a woods near Maysville but failed to arrest them.
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Washington
Daviess County
St. Louis
W. H. Rounds
Cincinnati
Rounds
Maysville
Maple Valley
Mr and Mrs Andrew Jackson Brosius Visit Relatives Then To New York
Mr and Mrs Andrew Jackson Brosius are guests of Hd Garvey and family and will visit relatives in Springville before departing for New York City. Mrs Brosius was formerly Miss Ollie Garvey, sister of Ho Garvey. The couple are vaudeville performers with a solid national reputation and hold engagements across the country.
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Andrew Jackson
Brosius
Hd Garvey
Springville
New York City
Ollie Garvey
Ho Garvey
Building Stone Output Gains Noted From 1900 To 1901
The 1901 building stone value rose to 15,112,600 from 10,572,598 in 1900, a gain of 4,440,002. Crushed stone used for roads and other works climbed from about 6,500,000 in 1900 to 8,500,000 in 1901, up over 2,000,000.
Monarch Stone Company Expands Quarry with New Equipment
The Monarch stone company plans rapid quarry expansion this week at the 20d cut with expectations of high quality and ample quantity. If prospects hold, the site will be equipped with top machinery and connected by a switch to the Monon line, Bloomington Telephone reports.
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Monarch” Stone Company
Monon
Bloomington
Monon Name Tied to Rivers and Rail Line Origin
Historians recount Monon’s name from the Little and Big Monon rivers and describe how the railroad through town lent its name to the Monon route. Residents cling to hope of restoring railroad shops moved from Lafayette back to Monon, where they were first established.
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Monon
Chicago
Indianapolis
Indiana
Kankakee
Lafayette
Peaches in Short Supply After Frost Hit Southern States
An officer from a major fruit concern warns that Texas and Georgia peaches will flood markets for the next ten days to two weeks, then vanish as frost killed crops in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Southern Indiana. Consumers are urged to buy now.
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Texas
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Courier Journal
Bedford Democrat Sold to Charles P. Butler
The Bedford Democrat was sold at private sale to Charles P. Butler of North Vernon Indiana. Butler will take charge and continue the Democrat organ for Lawrence County. He has fifteen years experience as editor and publisher of the North Vernon Sun and is a practical printer and politician. The price paid for the Daily and Weekly Democrat was $4000.
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Bedford Democrat
Charles P. Butler
North Vernon
Indiana
Butler
Jennings County
Charles H. Webchrer
Lawrence County
Democrat
Look Out For Injun War Party At Bedford Fairground
Bedford warned of a Tuesday arrival by Northwest Indians described as professional ball players from tribes such as the Sem inoles Shawnees and Sioux. They boast strong records from 1898 to 1901 and aim to challenge the Stone City Base Ball Club at the Fairground, with notable players listed and claims of extensive touring and success.
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Bedford
Northwest
Stone City
Fairground
United States
Buck Heart
Babar-ma-in-we-ding
Minnesota
Henry Weston
Santee Agency
Albert Ninham
Wisconsin
Elk
Henry Moore
Pine Ridge
Romey Duquis
Santee
Spotted Crow
Iron Hye
Winnebago
Cochita
Redskins
Lincoln
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bedford's Phone Fight Drives Prices Down for Public
Editorial warns against monopolistic price hikes as Bedford considers rerouting Ruddick’s telephone franchise. It cites public outcry for affordable service, noting two rival systems may harm the people less than high rates. Also reports social visits and railcar innovations amid local notes.
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Eureka
Standard Oil Company
New Albany
Amsterdam
Harrison County
Congress
Bob Miers
Capt. Ghaney
Sullivan County
Miers
Plainfield
Western Road
John Burch
Stanford
Yoho
Mr. Burch
William Sample
Henry Oliver
Smiths
Jones
Kiss
White River Temple No
Rathbone Sisters
Lizzie Coleman
Ida Ades
E. Junior
Mabel Mayer
Delia Gregory
Emma Harris
Sallie Campbell
Mollie Montgomery
Anna House
Bertha Owens
Isaac Chitwood
Brown County
Chitwood
Jacob H. Miller
Charles E. Hall
Upper Sandusky
Hamer & Day
Mr. Miller
Mary Karem
New York
Beirut
Syria
Linton
Bedford 9
University Town
Charley Bringham
Edford
M. Bringham
Ragdale
Bringham
Hendricks
Hunterd
Hardesty and Hill
Hughes
Rf. Martin
Judah
Akers
Ragsdale
M.ringham
Brivzham
Brock
Ince
Mathes
Ingledow
Hunter
Steward
Launshaw
I W. Launshaw
Braves
State Board of Tax Commissioners
W. H. McDoel
Monon Railroad
Michigan City
Indiana Stone Railroad
Bedford Stone Railway
Ruddick
Central Union
Mary
Hamilton
Dayton
Roachdale
American Car and Foundry Company
Jeffersonville
Colier
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