Elopement Claimed of Bedford Girl Gilberta Jester
Gilberta Jester sixteen and George Ferguson twenty two from Bedford eloped Sunday night to Indianapolis to marry. They were detained before a license could be issued, Miss Jester sent to a detention home, Ferguson held on bonds as authorities arranged consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilberta Jester
George H. Furgeson
Bedford
Ind
Furgeson
Miss Jester
Thomas Jester
South H Street
Indianapolis
North Bloomington Street
Richard Coleman
Coleman
Sergi
Hagerman
Golinisch
Pastin
Jester
Iier
Gilberta
Limestone Rates Settled After Long Public Review
The public service commission reached a final agreement with shippers and carriers on ground limestone rates. The compromise sets rates between railroad proposals and the commission’s earlier order, saving about 55 percent on sixth class freight, per Commissioner John F. McClaure who oversaw the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Indiana
Wood
Railroad Commission
John F. McClaure
June Indiana births and deaths report details
Indiana reports 4193 births and 2885 deaths in June. Triplets born to Mr and Mrs William F Farwig of Richmond. Starke County highest birth rate 28.5. Pulaski lowest 10.9. Fifty two deaths by self destruction and murders totaling nine. Heat and lightning caused nine. Auto and other vehicle crashes killed twelve. Rail accidents caused forty two fatalities. Drownings numbered sixty. poisonings fourteen. TB caused 3388 deaths. cancer 166. Deaths 64 and older 958. under one year 357. One Smallpox and one Pellagra death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
William F. Farwig
Richmond
Bertha Josphine
Cora Bele
Colburn Wilson
Starke County
Pulaski County
Confess Thes From Cars In Lafayette Train Incident
Lafayette Ind July 21 Fred Heid and Leslie Drake both 21 confessed to breaking into a freight train in Lafayette and stealing several cases of whiskey and large quantities of tobacco. Heid was arrested in Chicago and Drake at Monon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Fred Heid
Leslie Drake
Heid
Chicago
Atal Drake
Williams couple to sail to Bristol for six weeks aboard yacht
John P D Williams arrived from Indianapolis to bid farewell to his parents Col V V Williams and family. He and his wife depart Wednesday via Buffalo and Montreal to Bristol England for an extended visit with Mrs Williams sister Mrs William Mitchell and family. They will enjoy a six weeks Mediterranean Sea trip on Mr Mitchell's yacht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John PD. Williams
Indianapolis
V. V. Williams
Buffalo
Montreal
Bristol
England
Adultery Alleged in Craig Divorce Suit in Lawrence
Mollie Craig files for divorce from Louis Craig in Lawrence circuit court alleging adultery and cruel treatment including striking and kicking. They married in October 1899 and separated July 18 1913. alimony is sought as deemed just, with the defendant named as adulterous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Craig
Lawrence
W. F E. Clark
Louis Craig
Pollard Seeks Divorce From May Belle Pollard
John Pollard files for divorce in the Lawrence Circuit Court alleging cruel treatment. Married January 23, 1912 and separated July 20, 1913. He claims May Belle Pollard nagged and quarrelled, restrained him from town, and failed to care for his children from a former marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pollard
Borulf
Lawrence
May Belle Pollard
Farewell Social Held For Mrs Graves In Town
The Women’s Relief Corps hosted a Monday night social at Mrs. Frank Graves’s West 15th street home. About thirty five attended to bid Mrs Graves farewell before she departs next week to join her husband in Chicago. Georgia Malott provided music while ice cream and cake were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Relief Corps
Frank Graves
West 15Th Street
Dinner Entertainment By Mrs Parks Guests Listed
Mrs Susan A Parks hosted a Tuesday dinner at East 16th Street with Rev and Mrs Edwards and son Edward of Kokomo Indiana Mr and Mrs Homer West of Louisville Mrs Kate Mulky and son Francis of Oklahoma City Miss Margaret and Laura Mason and Mr and Mrs Frank Hamer of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan A. Parks
East 16Th Street
Edwards
Edward
Kokomo
Ind
Homer West
Louisville
Kate Mulky
Francis
Oklahoma City
Okla
Margaret
Laura
Mason
Frank Hamer
This City
Chickens Stolen From Horatio Harryman Henery
Thieves raided Mrs. Horatio Harryman at West 12th Street and carried off thirty five Rhode Island Red chickens from a hennery. Weather was hot and birds were left unprotected. A rigid search will be made and those responsible will be prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio Harryman
West 12Th
Bullet fired through window at Bedford Furniture and Carpet Co
A bullet shattered the large plate glass window of Bedford Furniture and Carpet Company at 15th and I streets Monday night after closing. A two inch hole was found in the glass and glass fragments covered the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Furniture and Carpet Company
15Th and I
Watermelon shipments start three weeks early in Petersburg
Petersburg Indiana farmers prepare to ship the first home grown melons this Friday, three weeks earlier than last year, noting 32 to 45 pound fruit with good flavor. They will ask Purdue University to host a lady bug hatchery to combat blue lice harming cantaloupes. California operates a Sierra Nevada bug hatchery supplying insects to growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
Purdue University
Canteloupes
Indiana
California
Sierra Nevada
Funeral held for Jacob Eads after fatal lightning strike
A large funeral was held in the Knight neighborhood for Jacob Eads who was killed Friday while riding a binder in an oats field at Belmont. Rev. Monroe Swindler led the service and burial followed in the local church cemetery on the Oscar White farm. Witness Oscar White, a few yards behind the machine, saw Eads fall. Eads died instantly with no visible injuries to his body and the binder was undamaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight
Town
Jacob Eads
Belmont
Eads
Monroe Swindler
Oscar White
Mr. White
Bloomington
Town marshal charged with arson in Salem Indiana
Grant McCory town marshal was arrested on charges of arson conspiring to commit a felony swindling an underwriter and burning to defraud an insurance company He was released on bond after appearing before Justice Davis Attachés of the state fire marshal's office filed papers and say a torch was hired to burn a barn owned by his wife last March destroying seven horses and other property valued at 1000 dollars A former McCory employee is also suspected missing from Salem in connection with another arson charge Salem is a dry town by option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ind
Grant McCory
Davis
Washington County
McCory
Temperanuce
Ork
Mr and Mrs Avis McDonald Visit Virginia Gaussin
Mr and Mrs Avis McDonald of verre Taute are visiting Minste ginia Gaussin on South I Street, according to the current society note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avis McDonald
Verre Taute
Minsteginia Gaussin
South I Street
Auto Fire Truck Proposal Shown to City Leader
Fillmore Tyson of Ahrens-fox Fire Engine Co Cincinnati met with Mayor Fields to discuss acquiring an auto fire truck like Bloomington’s. The vehicle carries a 45 gallon chemical tank booster pump and 1200 feet of hose with three ignition systems. Tyson, ex chief of the Louisville Fire Department, demonstrated the truck in Bloomington and supporters favor relocating the current hose and vehicle to the north part of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore Tyson
Ahrens-fox Fire Engine Company
Cincinati
Ohio
Bloomington
Tyson
Louisville Fire Department
Mayor Fields
Brazil Ind drill team to visit for work on July 29
The local order of Eagles have secured the drill team of Brazil Indiana to confer work on a large class of candidates July 29. The team has a strong record with many capital prizes in state drilling contests and will arrive by Monon railroad carrying all equipment to conduct the instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eagles
Brazil
Ind
Monon
Bedford Team Defeated at Elletsville
The Ellettsville baseball team defeated the Bedford Welter Wights 9 to 5 at Ellettsville Sunday. Bedford scored five runs in the seventh inning on errors by Ellettsville. Notable Ellettsville players included Parks the pitcher and Hartley the catcher with a large crowd witnessing the season’s biggest turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellettsville
Bedford
Bedford & Wallner Railroad Leads in Grade Crossing Compliance
The Bedford and Wallner railroad became the first in the state to comply with the new grade crossing law by filing all required information on its two crossings and sending photographs. The commission uses these details to address grade separation issues and related problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford & Wallner, Railroad
AS BIT CH COPPEAKER AT SPARKSVILLE
Miss Effie Reynolds of Sparksville was bitten on the ankle by a head snake while picking blackberries several miles from home. She lay in a field until night before being found by her father. The poison spread but has been counteracted and she is gradually improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Reynolds
John Reynolds
Sparksville
Paroled Murderer Daniel Neal Granted Six Month Release
Daniel Neal, a life term prisoner for murder, received a six month parole from Governor Ralston. His health is failing and it is uncertain he will survive the period outside prison. Neal will stay with his mother and family in Greene County. He was jailed July 8, 1911, later in the prison hospital, with Warren E. Fogarty supporting the parole to allow him to die outside the walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralston
Daniel Neal
Neal
Greene ‘County
Waren E. J. Fogarty
Police Court Notices and Local Social Roundup Highlights
Harry Phillips appears in police court and is fined one dollar and costs. Typhoid fever affects Perry Fender, Daily Mail carrier and son of James Fender, at his South I Street home. A. Friedman returns from Louisville visiting Mrs. Friedman at Norton infirmary, with Mrs. Friedman to remain three more weeks. Mrs. Anna Strain of Harrodsburg and Miss Mattie Strain of Chicago visit Bloomington. guests of Mr. and Mrs. J L Gyger. Mr. and Mrs. A J Horner of Campbellsburg visit their niece Mrs. Charles Lee who is seriously ill on G Street. Rev. Father Wagner of St Meinards Seminary visits Rev. Father M H Bogeman and supplies Catholic pulpit at Bedford in Lannert’s absence. Mrs. Florence Crane moves to 714 Lincoln Avenue and hosts friends as improved health allows. Mrs. Ernest Sharp returns to Bedford after a visit with brother Samuel Cook. Mrs. Ray Cook of Bedford visits. Yared Smith travels via Zelma to Washington to join his wife. Charles Smith assists in completing the big plusmium job J J Quinn has at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Wagner
St. Meinards Seminary
M. H. Bogemann
Madison Street
Bedford
Lannert
Bloomington
Yared Smith
Zelma
Washington
Charles Smith
J.J. Quinn
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South II Street
Ferguson
Seni
Indianapolis Star
Qos Basie
Reeve
Lawrence Circuit Court
WAC. Socil
Georgia Malott
Detroit Times
Pourdi R
Hennery
West 12Th Street
Bedford Furniture and Car
Pet Company Place
MccCory
Roger W. Wallace
James P. White
Bitch Coppeaker
Greene County
Harry Phillips
Perry Fender
James Fender
South I
The
Daily Mail
A. Friedman
Anna Strain
Harrodsburg
Mattie Strain
East
J.L. Gyger
A. J. Horner
Campbellsburg
Charles Lee
G Street
Florence Crane
H Street
Lincoln Avenue
Ernest Sharp
Samuel Cook
Ray Cook
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