Re construction work letter from Rose Malott in service
Miss Rose Malott writes from Rahway New Jersey and Miss Bonnie Malott from Camp Devens Massachusetts detailing reconstruction work aiding disabled soldiers and sailors. The letter describes vocational training, hospital facilities, and Red Cross efforts, noting fire safety upgrades and ongoing patient care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misses Rose
Bonnie Malott
Boanie Maloti
Camp Devens
Mass
Rose Malol
U. Ss. General Hospital
Surgeon General
U.S. Arms
American Red Cross
Red Cross
K. of C
Innef Rahway
France
England
Hospital notes and parade plans amid wartime drills
A hospital resident recovers from a major thyroid operation at a veterans’ hospital in Rochester while staff drills and a Liberty Loan parade plan unfold. Bonnie aids the Yankee Division at Camp Devens, and birth and visit anecdotes from Eureka and Buffalo accompany race trip guests in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifth Avenue
Bonnie
Camp Devens
Simpll
Bedford Limestone Wins 12-9 Over Bloomington at Washington Park
A large crowd saw Bedford Limestone defeat Bloomington 12 to 9 Sunday afternoon. G Lemon pitched well until Beal finished, Taylor pitching two strong innings. Douthitt and Shellhouse were Bloomington’s battery, with Douthitt praised as a fine young pitcher and noted as the son of Bedford center-fielder Charles Douthitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Limestone
Bloomington Club
Washington Park
G. Lemon
Bedford
Beal
Taylor
Cap Lemon
Douthitt
Shellhouse
Bloomington
Limestone
Charles Douthitt
Lawrence County Court House
Pretty Home Wedding Unites Harris and Miller in Indiana
Miss Mabel Reginia Harris wedding Mr. Howard Arthur Miller took place at the Bell home on Twelfth street with Rev. R W Toole officiating. Miller, a bookkeeper and cashier for National Biscuit Company in Shreveport La, and Harris, a Strupe Sherritt printer, plan to reside in Shreveport after a short stay in Indianapolis. Guests included Mrs James Newkirk Bess Newkirk and others from Indianapolis Seymour and Dugger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bell
Twelfth Street
Mabel Reginia Harris
Howard Arthur Miller
National Biscuit Company
Shrreveport
R. W. Toole
Jock
Thos. B. Harris
South I Street
Strupe & Sherritt Job Printing Office
Indianapolis
Shreveport
James Newkirk
Bess Newkirk
Della Spencer
Salem
Josie Cuddsbee
Seymour
Tomer Harris
Juanita
Dugger
Lieut Col J Brooks Nichols to Receive British Distinguished Service Order
Mrs J R Voris reports the Detroit born Lieut Col J Brooks Nichols is to receive Britain’s Distinguished Service Order for gallantry against Bolsheviks. He will be honored at Westminster Abbey in June, receiving the award from King George. Nichols, now in Archangel Russia, led a detachment on the Vologda sector and is a Yale alumnus and former Louisville resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Voris
J. Brooks Nichols
Detroit
Michigan
Louisville Courier-Journal
Col. Nichols
Archangel
Russia
Westminster Abbey
Col.Nichols
King George
Nichols
Louisville
Rosa Dunlap
Bors
Joseph B. Dunlap
Vologda
Louisvil
Condition Reported For Van's Overseas Return
Mr and Mrs D P Gillen of Leesville received two messages about their son WH Gillen. One said he arrived safely from overseas and was at Newport News the other said he was in a very serious condition. Mr and Mrs Homer Franklin of Indianapolis were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs C E Franklin on N Street and have returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Gilen
Leesville
Gillen
Newport News
Homer Franklin
Indianapolis
C. E. Franklin
N Street
Rout and Rodgers Wed in Bedford Area Church Ceremony
Owen Wesley Rout, prosperous young farmer three miles east of Bedford, wed Maude Alice Rodgers Sunday at one o'clock. The Christian church parsonage hosted the ceremony with 8. S. Lappin officiating. Mrs. Walter Nager and Miss Vernelia Woody accompanied the couple before their departure to start life at their rural home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Wesley Rout
Bedford
Maude Alice Rodgers
Christain Church
S. Lappin
Walter Nager
Vernelia Woody
Memorial Services At Leesville Methodist Church
About 1000 residents attended memorial services at Leesville Methodist Church on Sunday. Pastor Hey Bivens of the Tunnelton circuit delivered a high quality address in the neighborhood as the church and yard reached capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesville
Board Reorganizes Review Panel in County Office
The board of review met in the county assessor's office and organized. The session adjourned with plans to resume equalizing tax assessments on Wednesday. A program will guide the process with each county unit allotted days to appear before the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Married by Justice at East Side Court Office
Eather Cain of Dark Hollow and Grace Irene Grow of Bedford wed at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon with Justice J.L. Smith officiating at his office on the east side of the public square. The couple will reside in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eather Cain
Dark Hollow
Grace Irene Grow
Bedford
Justice J.L. Smith
Mrs. Cain
Marriages and a fatal racetrack accident reported
Notices list transfers of property from Robert Stephen and others in East Oolitic to spouses in the same area. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Chas Smith returned from Indianapolis after witnessing a fatal crash where Lecocq and his mechanic died before the grandstand, with onlookers nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Smith
Indianapolis
Lecocq
Death of Mrs Frank Sipes in Paoli Shocks Bedford Area
Mrs Frank Sipes a former Bedford resident died at her home in Paoli on Saturday at age 32. Her sister Miss Pearl Sipes of Springville, visiting Bedford, learned of the death and returned from Paoli. Funeral and burial were held Sunday. Surviving are husband and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Sipes
Springville
City
Paoli
Frank Sipes
Ape
Bedford
Young Askew narrowly escapes serious baseball injury
Richard Askew, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Askew, was struck by a baseball at Washington Park during the Bedford Bloomington game Sunday. The ball hit his right cheek and shoulder, causing a gash and bruised shoulder. He was rushed to a physician who dressed the wounds and said the lad would be all right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Harry E. Askew
Washington Park
Bedford- -Bloomington
Overhauling Southeastern Station Resumes in Bedford
Work on the interior of the Southeastern passenger station and offices resumes after months. Crews from Terre Haute arrived to continue renovations. The Bedford station is planned to become one of the nicest and most up to date in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre. Haute
Bedford
Indiana
Paoli Banquet Boosts Plan for Large Sanitarium Project
Manon Agent Wylie Cathcart reports a Paoli booster banquet with over a hundred prominent businessmen and residents from nearby towns. Senator Batts and a Vincennes district senator attended and urged support for a proposed single building sanitarium occupying an entire block. Mrs. Nelson Henderson rushed to Bloomfield to tend to her mother Lizzie Burk 78 noted as seriously ill.
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Manon
Wylie Cathcart
Paoli
Batts
Vincennes
Nelson Henderson
Bloomfield
Lizzie Burk
Vario
Burk
Deser tion Charged in Lawrence Court Divorce Suit
Grace Riley filed for divorce from Cecil Riley in Lawrence circuit court alleging separation on September 10 1917 and desertion. They married January 5 1917 and have one child named Louise. The complaint seeks monthly child support payments to the court.
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Grace Riley
Robert L. Mellen
Lawrence
Cecil Riley
Chiia
Widith Louise
Burning of Old Bedford Hotel Recalls 1866 Fire Lore
The piece recounts a two story frame hotel on the corner of 1st and I streets that burned in 1866. Captain Hugh Erwin, then County Treasurer, escaped by jumping from a south window as a whiskey-fueled arsonist later confessed to burning the Barnes Hotel. The author adds family reminiscences of 1818 settlement, the Dive schoolhouse, and recollections of teachers and local figures in Bedford Indiana.
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Daily Mail
Mail
Hendricks-Seibert
Barnes
1Sth
Hugh” Erwin
Dean Barnes
Fiiois
Dive
Williams
Jacob Shields
Joshua Carter
Louisville
Kentucky
Vinans
Indiana
Vina
Joseph Rawlins
Jina
Breckenridge
Samuel Anderson
Lewis
Cooper
Caswell Burton
Jeff Reynolds
Milton Parks
Posy Parke
R. OV
Engagement Of Miss Vay Hardwick And Lieut McKnight
Former Bedford girl Miss Vay Hardwick and Lieutenant William J McKnight announced their engagement Tuesday evening at a party. Miss Laura Hartman Miss Vay Stringer and Miss Nelle Conder arranged the concealed announcements in small baskets of flowers at the supper table. The wedding is planned for June with guests including Ida Hastings Grace Axtell Margaret Axtell Nelle Wood Mildred Looker Emma Buschmann Gertrude Forrest Helen Stain and Mrs Maurice Breunig and Mrs Iona Lindsay. McKnight has served over fifteen years in the army and is the son of James McKnight of Pleasant Run vicinity in this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Hartman
Vay Stringer
Nelle Conder
Miss Hartman
Ida Hastings
Grace Axtell
Margaret Axtell
Nelle Wood
Mildred Looker
Emma Buschmann
Gertrude Forrest
Helen ‘Stain
Maurice Breunig
Iona Lindsay
Indianapolis ‘News
Funeral for Joe Taylor Held at Mother’s Home
Joe Taylor who was electrocuted at Blosomingto on Monday morning was brought to the city and lies in state at his mother’s home on Twenty second street between Grand and Elstreet. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 PM and burial will follow at Beech Grove. The funeral is private due to scarlet fever in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Taylor
Ion Twenty Second Street
Grand Elstreest
Beech Grove
Marriage Invitation for Anna Gaha and Leo Bailey Sehn
The Buribuchergs announce the marriage of their daughter Anna Gaha to Leo Bailey Sehn on June 10 1919 at 9:30 AM at the First Presbyterian church Bloomington. Col Vinea Williams, 78, longtime Republican leader and first Bedford mayor, visited last week and may join the centennial celebration. Thos Roland, B&O roadmaster from Seymour, was in Bloomington to discuss Bedford branch interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Buribucherg
Anna Gaha
Leo Bailey Sehn
First Presbyterian Church
Bloomington
Vinea Williams
Ile
Bedford
Grand Army
Thos. Roland
Seymour
City
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Drs. Mayo
Gouitre
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Texas
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Harvey Lane
Eureka
Frank Whiting
Bert Whiting
Buffalo
Jamey Whiting
H. C. Whiting
West Sixteenth ,Street
Bel Reginia Harris
Lrs
London
E. B. Thornton
James Thornton
Yale
Owen
Wesley
Leesville Meth
Robert Stephen
East Oolitic
Bessie Covey
Charles L. Caress
Elnora
Gladys Hannah
Lawrenc County
Howard Arthur Milter
Mabel Regina Harris
Lawrence County
Mrs. Har
Ry E. Askew
Southeastern
Monster
Cecil
Vas
Riley
Bedford, Ind
Miss Vay
J. McKnight
Vay Hardwick
William J. McKnight
Mother Wednes
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