Local Notes and Visits Mark Week in Bedford
Ill three months convalescing Miss Anna Lehey. numerous visitors including Hiram Henderson of Heltonville and Mrs Mary Blake guest of daughter on West 18th. Moves of oil outfit to Bridgeport Ill. trips to Sullivan Ill. Father Lannert to Emmettsburg Md for Alumni banquet and Jamestown Exhibition. turkey crop damaged by cold wet spring. Grand Army recruiting drive planned. dime social for Christian church. Methodist Dr John Poucher to preside in Campbellsburg with final conference year sermons anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Henderson
Heltonville
C. E. Skerd
Mary Blake
Charles Guthrie
West 18Th Street
John Poucher
New Albany
Methodist Church
Campbellsburg
Wash
Poucher
Shields Win Public Square Improvement Bid
The City Council accepted Ewing Shields bid for the public square paving in Indiana and Brazil block materials after Hoffmans bid was rejected for nonconforming specs. Shields will grade immediately and obtain brick while K V brick from Louisville was considered but Indiana block preferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Brazil
Fred Hoffman
Ewing Shields
Mickles” &, Minnick
Hoffman
Shields
K. V. Brick
Louisville
Mathes
Lackman & Loos Carnival Co
Fire Department
Caldwell Under Bond in Arkansas Bribery Case
Caldwell a senior partner of Caldwell & Drake of Columbus Indiana surrendered in Little Rock Arkansas on bribery charges. He faces two indictments with two counts each and has posted a 10000 pound bond. The case relates to 1905 Arkansas legislative probes alleging he paid lobbyists nearly 20000 dollars to influence state house construction reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Caldwell
Caldwell & Drake
Columbus
Ind
Monroe County
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Caldwell
Bond
State of
Indiana
Supreme Court
Squirrels season opens July 1 under new law
The open season for shooting squirrels runs July 1 to October 1 with a license required for all non landowners at $1. In Marion County licenses are issued by the Fish and Game Commission. elsewhere by the county clerk. Officials report a large crop of young squirrels and vow stricter enforcement against violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Fish and Game Commission
Fish and Game
E. E. Earle
Marion
Earle
Monon freight trains suffer damage and delays in multiple incidents
A string of Monon mishaps delayed freight movement. Early morning two cars derailed near Wea, another tank car derailed on a passenger train No 4. In the afternoon No 73 collided with No 45 at Lowell causing no injuries but four freight cars wrecked and engine damage. Evening cars rolled down the east main at Lafayette, colliding with a new arrival, smashing two furniture cars and blocking the main track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monon
Berry
Wea
Jim Kahley
Grundy
Lowell
Lafayette
Burroughs Street
Bedford City Debates Street Carnival Morals and Law
A letter to Bedford officials argues street carnivals are unlawful and morally corrosive. It cites Burns Statutes forbidding obstructing public highways, recalls past riots and social harms, and questions merchant support and potential profits for promoters.
Pocket book found with seventy five dollars under Englewood school
Robert Ingle found a woman's pocket book beneath the Englewood schoolhouse during work on an addition. It contained 75 dollars in greenbacks, the largest bill a fifty. No name or other contents were in the book. the money remains in Ingle's possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Englewood
Robert Ingle
Engiewood School
Newton Ikerd
South I Street
Ikerd
George Ridge
Wood Still
Newton Skerd
Tine Chastain
John Chastain
Ingle
Tunnelton
East 16Th Street
Death of Cecil Morgan 17 Year Old Local High School Student
Cecil Morgan son of Dr J R Morgan died after a long heart illness. He was 17 years old and would have graduated this year from the local high school. He attended Main Street Christian church and belonged to Kappa fraternity. Funeral is set for Wednesday at 3 pm from the South Main residence with Rev E Richard Edwards officiating. interment at Crown Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Morgan
Cecil
Main Street Christian Church
Kappa’s
South Main Street
E. Richard Edwards
Joe R. Morgan
Kokomo
L. A. Morgan
Illness Improves Of Leesville Resident Miss Elta Consalus
Miss Elta Consalus of Leesville who has suffered from dropsy and is being cared for by Dr. Cottom’s household shows marked improvement. Also notices a Mutual Accident Insurance Company vacancy for a district supervisor paying 100 dollars monthly plus travel expenses. Applicants must provide detailed personal and work history. A Bedford motor party of five ladies and four gentlemen traveled in two autos and a steamer to reach Indianapolis via French Lick and Brownstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam DeCrow
Broad Ripple
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Elta Consalus
Leesville
Mutual Accident Insurance Company
Lemcke Bldg
Ind
Tom Taggart
Bedford
Short’s
French Lick
Brownstown
Bedford Federal building contract to Barnes Brothers
Barnes Brothers of Marion bid 48 000 for Bedford Federal building work and win the contract the lowest of six bids, if they accept changes by the Treasury supervising architect. Budget limits force brick and terra cotta, wood framing, and furniture costs to fit 44 000 total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Barnes Brothers
Marion
Bedford Federal Building
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Taylor
Local Deaths and Notices From Bedford Area
Multiple obituaries and notices from Bedford area items report deaths of Ale Hatfield Gageby at age three after six weeks illness. Mrs A E Dickinson wife of A E Dickinson president of Bedford Quarries Co, died suddenly in Chicago. Lavina Hall of near Leesville buried at Hinderlidher cemetery. Cecil Morgan 17 died in Kokomo after heart and liver trouble. Wade Rockwell 22 of Lehigh Portland Cement Co died, body sent to Wellston Ohio. Miss Sarah Holloway 34 died of tuberculosis near town. Francis Ravin Tewell died at home 2002 South J street, funeral at Catholic church and burial at Green Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ale Hatfield Gageby
Frank Gageby
Linton
Ale Hatfield
Bedford
Hatfield House
M. E
R. S. Hyde
Green Hill
Chicago
A. E. Dickinson
Bedford Quarries Co
Wade Rockwell
Lehigh Portland Cement Co
Mitchell
Sarah Holloway
First Baptist Church
Beech Grove
Tewell
Francis Ravin Tewell
South J Street
Green Hill Cemetery
School and town treasurer figures listed for multiple townships
A fragmented list shows tax or financial figures for Flinn township Pleasant Run Perry Indian Creek Spice Valley Marion Bone a Bethe Shawswick Marshall Guthrie Mitchell School Board Bedford School Board Town Treasurer Mitchell City Treasurer Bedford Town Treasurer Huron Town Treasurer Ooliat with amounts ranging from 138.98 to 18 321.80 and totals in the thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flinn Township
Pleasant Run
Perry
Indian Creek
Mitchell School Board
Bedford School Board
Mitchell
Bedford
Huron
Ooliat
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Kuppenheimer
Ederheimer Stein & Co
Extragood
America
Reese
Anna Lehey
John Castella
Illinois
Nina Rbridwell
Sullivan
Frank Bridwell
West 13Th Street
Marks Place
Bridgeport, Ill
Hattie Jones
Nelle Naugle
Home Telephone Company
Frank Leonard
Owensburg
Prof
Jones
Elmina Fowler
3. W. Turpin
Springville
Miss Fay Turpin
Ames Woods
Central States Bridge Co
John L. Woods
Jasob Radcliff
Louis Radcliff
North O Street
Mountain Springs
Ezra Cane
Fred Owen
Tennessee
Mr. Owen
John Owen
Bright
Owen
O Street
Fred Hodges
Charles Coosy
Greencastle
Andy Stone
Charles McHugh
Father Lannert
Emmettsburg
Maryland
W. A. Ketcham
Zaring
West 16Th Street
Christian Church
Mary Schafer
Alia Short
Frances Hon
Hilton
James Taylor
Noyes
Bedford Handle Co
Reath
Henry Orrell
Seymour
Dillsboro
Cincinnati
Ulis
Harley Jackson
Riverview Cemetery
Mark E. Smith
Board of Charities
City
County Board of Children’s Guardian
Lawrence County
Rock, Ark
Cornwall
City of
Kiko
Dapres
T W. Box
Ine
Bedford, Indiana
Ira C. Batman
Milton B. Hottel
Salem
Lakewood
Uus
Globe
Bedford Wills
Bedford Stone
Dickinson
Rockwell
Wellston
Ohio
Oliver Bivins
Sherman
Texas
This
Alexander Bigins
Holloway
B. A. Wadsworth
L Smith
Wadsworth & Smith
Franklin
reSee
Cleary Sale of Lace
Citizens Trust Company
John G. Hogan
South Side Public Square
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