Local Notes Skyline: Moves, Visits and Births Across Town
Ezra Allen visits Tunnelton Saturday while Miss Achsah Bennett goes to Avoca. Mrs. Jane Henderson’s house is being repainted. Joe Huff of Indian Springs and Miss Ethel Fields return from Williams. A daughter born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Stephenson. Chas Greyson heads to Trinity Springs for a few days. Miss Ella Faubion visits grandfather J. C. Faubion at Heltonville. E. K. Dye and family ride to Bloomington by buggy. Rev. M. A. Wood of Louisville preaches at Buddha Baptist. Eld. James Small and wife visit Trinity Springs. Mrs. Mary East returns from Heltonville. Miss Alma Schultz ill with throat trouble on West 16th. Dr. J. H. Gunn and wife guests of J. A. Gunn. George E. Parks returns to Detroit after visit. Tom Durbin of Terre Haute and Ida Landis of Clay City in town. H. H. Walls offers farm loans in Southern Indians. Local church crowd reports a good meeting. Pension attorney A. W. Jones secures a $12 monthly pension for Sarah M. Gilbert. B. W. Sherrill returns from Gunpowder, N. C. Postmaster salaries boosted: Mitchell to 1600, Linton 1500, West Baden 1200, Loogootee 1200, Bloomfield 1500, Greencastle 2200. Invitations go out for the June 23 wedding of Minnie Luedtke and W. H. Colgrove at the bride’s home.
Arm Breaks at Old Hoosier Mill Claim Belts
Frank Kinder, who recently returned from service in the Philippines, suffered a broken right arm when his clothes were caught in a belt at the Old Hoosier mill Saturday. Doctors say the injury is not likely to be dangerous.
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Frank Kinder
Hoosier Mill
Kinder
Philippines
Local Notes Highlight Fayetteville Visitors and Summer Plans
Fayetteville visitors Jas A Kern J Bass Samuel Simpson J N Geter and others travel through town while several residents plan trips and renovations. New homes on West 13th Street near completion. a Tribe of Ben Hur grave decoration is slated for June 23. Spanish-American War pensions rise with 5,565 paid by June 1. 37,095 applicants noted.
Clothing firm eyed for Bedford site by visiting representative
A big clothing company that makes jeans pants and overalls sent a representative to Bedford Thursday night to survey the area for potential factory setup. The party noted previous production at the State Reformatory was halted by new law and is being advised by Supt. Herr to locate in Bedford.
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Bedford
State Reformatory
Supt
Herr
Local notices from Westport and surrounding towns
A compilation of short mentions lists residents and visitors in the area. People from Westport Bryantsville Heltonville Williams Disney Bloomington Greencastle and other nearby places are noted as in town visiting returning home or traveling to events. A planned wedding at the First Christian church is announced with reception dates afterward.
Glorious Fourth planned by Oddfellows of Orleans
The Oddfellows of Orleans will celebrate the Glorious Fourth at that place. Wheat harvest will begin on the sandy bottom lands in this county the last of the week. The Bird Union Sunday school held Children’s Day exercises with 16th street orchestra delivering music. The Terre Haute Grocers’ Excursion description sent from Paris. A dam proposal in Vernon aims to create a Muscatatuck reservoir for excursions.
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The
Oddfellows of
Orleans
Aurore
Paris
France
E. L. Pearson
Terre Haute
Bedford
Bird Union
16Th Street
J. A. Rowe
Wm. Russell
A. H. Green
Death by Scalding at Acme Quarry in Bloomington
An accident at the Acme stone quarry in the Clear creek district leaves Luther Lasure dead from severe scalding. Frank McPhetridge sustained serious injuries, with Kemper Ray and others injured when a traveler overturned during loading onto a freight car. The quarry, owned by John Rawle and Chicago capitalists, is the scene of the fatality with the rest of the town’s notices and local happenings following in brief notices.
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Bloomington
Ind
Acmestone
Clear Creek
Luther Lasure
Frank McPhetridge
Kemper Ray
Bedford
John Stewart
James Gillaspie
Lasure
McPherridge
Acme
John Rawle
Chicago
Wicker Wil Pitch In Dayton Louisville Ball Game
H. P. Raponey and G. A. Those who have friends buried at Breckenridge Cemetery are urged to meet soon to clean or hire cleanup. El W. Fish travels from here to visit Portland Mills and Terre Haute then returns to Kansas City.
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Breckenridge Cemetery
el W. Fish
Portland Mills
Putnam County
John Alexander
Terre Haute
Tom Williams
Kansas City
Burton Glover couple wed in Orleans ceremony
Turley Burton a young attorney of this city and Miss Lora Glover of Orleans were married at Orleans on Wednesday afternoon and arrived in Bedford that night to begin housekeeping on North I street with best wishes from all.
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Turley Burton
Lora Glover
Orleans
Bedford
Man Punished for Borrowing Umbrella in Storm
Obe Frye of Bloomington admitted taking Dr Rogers' umbrella Friday during a severe thunderstorm. Judge Mar tin sentenced him to one to three years in the Southern Reformatory, fined $1 and deprived him of voting for five years. First Indiana case of legal punishment for umbrella borrowing.
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Rogers
Obe Frye
Bloomington
Martin
Southern Reformatory
Indiana
City Police Court case notes on vile conduct and trials
Jake Acton visits house of ill fame and pays 318.50. Charles Walker pays 18.50 for same offense. Andy Bruce fined 318.50 for frequenting and associating. Libbie Riley pleads guilty to keeping a house of ill fame with costs totaling 19. State cases from Mitchell for assault and battery with intent to kill and with intent to murder plus carrying a deadly weapon set for trial before Judge Stephenson Wednesday at 10 a.m.
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Jake Acton
House of Ill Fame
Chas. Walker
Andy Bruce
Libbie Riley
Frank Dale
James Jones
Mitchell
Stephenson
Monon engine 89 sets Southern Indiana rail record
Monon engine 89 pulled train No 3 from Chicago to Louisville 323 miles in one night setting a Southern Indiana record. Engineer Richards also hauled five loaded passenger cars with freight engine No 26, 14 miles in 14 minutes between Seymour and Bedford.
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Monon Engine
Chicago
Louisville
Richards
Indiana
Seymour
Bedford
Popular Excursion To Cincinnati By Ohio Rail Road
The B and O S W R R will sell tickets to Cincinnati and return on June 28 for 1 25 round trip. See small bills for particulars. Mrs Henry Rothwisch and daughter Rachel visited Mrs Geo M Dodd and returned to their Columbus Indiana home today. Mrs Rothwisch was formerly Miss Allie Rouse.
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Cincinnati
Henry Rothwisch
Rachel
Geo M. Dodd
Columbus
Ind
Rethwisch
Allie Rouse
Mitchell and Gore Tie May In Crosslane Home
Ralph Mitchell and Mattie Gore wed at Robert Duncan home near Crosslane Wednesday at 8 30 in the evening. Clay Duncan and Craggie Mitchell stood as witnesses. The couple plan to reside in the city soon and have the good wishes of many friends.
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Ralph Mitchell
Mattie Gore
Robert Duncan
Crosslane
J. W. Newland
Clay Duncan
Craggie Mitchell
Saint John’s Day celebration in Bedford by Rus sell Lodge No. 9
On Sunday July 23 1901 Rus sell Lodge No 9 F and A M Mitchell will celebrate Saint John’s Day in Bedford with a welcome by Hon Robert N Palmer. Grand Master D W Caine of Seymour will lecture at the Court House at 1 30 pm. There will be good singing and all invited. FLT Frazier W M P C TERRELL Sec A peddling wagon near Bedford Produce Co packing house Sunday evening was blown by a Monon engine causing a broken wagon tongue and tangled team but no further harm.
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Russell Lodge No. 9
Mitchell
Bedford
Robert N. Palmer
D. W. Caine
Seymour
Court House
Flt. Frazier
W. M
C. Terrell
Bedford Produce Co
Southern
Indiana
Acme Quarry Traveler Wreck Kills One In Indiana
A traveler wreck at the Acme quarry near Clear Creek four miles south of Bloomington occurred when trestlework failed on a structure in use three months. Luther Lasure 22 of Spencer died two hours after scalding. Frank McPherridge and John Stewart of Bloomington were badly hurt. William Ray of Bedford, quarry carpenter, was wounded in multiple places. The Acme quarry is largely owned by John Rawle of Chicago with about 75 men. Joseph Jones is the superintendent and William Roberts has recently become mill superintendent.
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Acme
Clear Creek
Bloomington
Luther Lasure
Spencer
Frank McPherridge
John Stewart
William Ray
Bedford
John Rawle
Chicago
Joseph Jones
William Roberts
Town clash ends with shooting in Bedford district
Town Marshal Fred White and Mark Cloyd of Huron filed affidavits against a local gang. John McQueen was shot four times and believed dead. Cloyd was grazed and unhurt. The clash drew deputies and left McQueen possibly fatally wounded as townsfolk faced courts and threats of revenge. Washington, June 18. Court scolding followed as Bedford women pressured dismissals for saloon indictments.
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Fred White
Mark Cloyd
Huron
Stephenson
John McQueen
McQueen
Justice’s Court
Sol Terrell
Alf Terrell
White
Terrells
Albert Daniel
Tom Brinksworth
Joe Ray
Marion Smith
Claud Smith
Cloud Smith
Smith
Cloud
McQeen
Cloyd
Smith & Wesson
Bedford
Washington
Ind
Mamie Ageton
Lillian Shields
Laura Jackson
Houghton
Indiana Crop Report for Week Ended June 18
The Indiana climate and crop bulletin notes local rains and warmer weather. Corn grows rapidly with some replanting due to cutworms. wheat matures and fills well though southern fields yellow and rusts injure early crops. hail and wind damage in some localities. Rye, barley, potatoes, oats, hay, and vegetables show varying yields. tobacco transplanted and thriving. fruit abundant though apples drop in the south and many remain on trees in the north.
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Indiana
Switzerland
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E. A
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Hamer
Northeast Corner Square
Ezra Allen
Tunnelton
Achsah Bennett
Avoca
Jane Henderson
Joe Huff
Indian Springs
Miss Ethel Fields
Williams
E. B. Stephenson
Chas. Greyson
Trinity Springs
Ella Faubion
J. C. Faubion
Heltonville
E K. Dye
M. A. “Wood
Louisisville
Buddha Baptist Church
James Small
Mary East
Alma Schultz
West 16Th Street
J. H. Gunn
Springville
J. A. Gunn
George E. Parks
Susan Parks
Detroit
Tom Durbin
Durbin
Ida Landis
Clay City
H. H. Walls
Minnie Knott
Isis Reath
Will Pender
Cyrus Mills
Trinity
A. W. Jones
Sarah M. Gilbert
Charles Gilbert
B. W. Sherrill
Gunpowder
N.C
Linton
West Baden
Loogootee
Bloomfield
Greencastle
Minnie Luedtke
Ft Ritner
W. H. Colgrove
Albert Luedtke
Carr Township
Seymour Republican
Jas. A. Kern
Fayetteville
J. Bass
Nelia Sears
Henry Isom
Georgia
E. C. Consalus
Samuel Simpson
Shawswick
J. B. Gabbert
Pleasant Run
Dr. McLaughlan
Kurtz
August Schulz
West 13Th Street
Pearl Baker
Hattie Henry
City
A. J. Turpin
Lee Brown
B. PF. Malott
Morton Duncan
J. N. Geter
Adah E. Allen
Douglass McAfee
Tribe of
Ben Hur
Grant Roberts
John Bough
W. A. Ragsdale
Jessie
South H Street
H. H. Edwards
Indiana University
Arthur Sears
Ray Cook
Brassine Springs
John Reath
Jim Owens
Fred Dunihue
Henry Archillas
I. N. Glover
Stanley Skerd
Blackwell
Oklahoma
Sylvania
Hoosier
Leesville
Ft. Ritner
Harry Beddoe
St. Louis
H. C. Barnard
Washington Democrat
Kent Denniston
W. M. Denniston
Kent
Simmons Hardware Co
Elgin
Rogers Bros
Cole & Gam Bell
Henry Strigall
Mrs
Sam Rickard
Logan
the County Board of Review
Ella Anderson
Harrodsburg
W.H. Huffis
Walter McCelland
A. R. Vansickle
Joseph Simpson
Bono Township
Frank Hennon
Suter Marrison
W. C. Sherwood
Willie Gardner
Art Allen
Purdue
Pinhook
E. Smith
Wallace Walker
North I Street
Lawrence Fry
A. W. Brown
Freetown
Charles E. Pearson
San Antonio
Texas
Florence Faubion
Alma
Mabel Schmizer
Peerless
Hild
John Williams
M. Guthrie
W. C. Pitman
Fayettsville
Elizabethtown
Chester Ingalls
West Side
E. W. Poindexter
Topeka, Kansas
Ale Hatfield
John B. Malott
Ellison
8Th and I Streets
Nellie Beigle
Sadie Anderson
Covington
Fred Goss
Elnora
Mr. Goss
Eli W. Fish
Amos Fish
Mr. Fish
Co. J, 4Th Indiana Regt
Sam DeCrees
Westport
Carrie Melter
Tom Withers
Bryantsville
G. M. Norman
James Bolton
Reny Bowden
Charles Knight, Sr
Maggie Crawford
Disney
Cora Giles
Roy Stone
Rosco White
Charlie Wires
Walter Burton
Hatfield LaForce
Taylor Roberts
James Matthews
S. K. Hogan
Democrat
Bart Sears
Robert Newland
Edwina Day
Lewis May
Elmer Nixon
Bessie Owens
Stella Wolfe
Anderson Bodenhamer
Chadwick
Shelbyville
Grace Carson
J.U
Sam Weaver
D. B. Guthrie
Martha Miller
Albert Lovell and
Owensburg
Ernest Cumry
John Caley
Lawrenceport
Bessie Kent
Kentucky
Mary McLaughlin
Herman H. Boyd
Lola Box
First Christian Church
North N Street
Mathes & Ramsay
Tilford & Mathes
Northeast Corner Public Square
Tindows
Wilson's Bargain Store
Wm. Noe
Jackson County
BE. E. Mitchell
Tom Martin
Salem
Washington County
Stella Underwood
Valionia
P.M. Russell
Paoli
Rev
John Vantyle
Limestone
D. C. Ray
Jeffersonville
J. S. Kersey
James A. Kern
Lebanon
W.C. Allen
Frank D. Hatfield
Mabel LaForce
Ralph W. Mitchell
Mattie M. Gore
Cornelius M. Waggoner
May L. J. Inman
Springfield
Hindostan
Buffalo
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
O. M. Davis
Bethel Church of Christ
Christian Church
Mr. Davis
French Lick
Taggart-McDoel Company
Indianapolis News
Clinton J. Warren
Vernon
Muscatatuck
Indianapolis
Lousville
Monroe County
Theo Davis
Popcorn
Hugh Atkinson
13Th Street
David Fish
Basil Miller
West 12Th Street
Arthur Pratt
East 15Th Street
Bright
Sarah Duncan
Campbellsburg
Jake Martin
Seigel Ferguson
Lehey
18Th
Iowa
Charles Pollard
Mt. Hope
Martin County
Bro. Treat
Austin Sommers
Church of Christ
Wicker Wil Pitch
Monon
Bills
H. P. Raponey
G. A
Burton-Glover
W. M. Dobbins
City Police Court
B. B. Marley
New Union
Pitman’s
J. A. Rogers
Greensburg
Allie Phipps
W. N. Culmer
North G Street
Mitchell-Gore
Acme Quarry Traveler
Elmer Wells
Indiana Crop Report
Christian Endeavor
Palmer
Denver
Alice M. Lowder
Russia
Count Cassini
Gage
R. Lt. Royse
Brown
Morgan Counties
Bear Creek
Brown County
Martinsville
Morgan County
Hanger
Derbyshire
Miss Strong
McCooney
Hutton
J. W. Prichard
Mitchell's Drug Store
McCormi
Calion Adam Gentz
Guthrie
East Side Public Square
DR. HH
Braktan
South Side Square
I. Gades
Messick & Dodd
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