Bedford Citizens News and Updates Amid Local Happenings
Thomas Faris of Tunnelton and Mrs Uiata Smallwood visit Bedford while Mrs Gaines and Mrs Toon are noted as in town. Reports of illness, travel, and household projects fill the column along with Ben Hur tickets sales, a new electric light plant possibility for Campbellsburg, and local business notes.
Local notes from various towns report figures in health and politics
Thomas J. Flinn of Pinhook visits the city Morday while Charley Hamilton and family return from Westport. A Bloomington man seeks a divorce over tobacco use. Typhoid fever tightens its grip on Stanley Chrisler and County Commissioner Amos Scoggan. Mitchell’s James M. Edwards visits. James Morris leaves Ramsey. Pension increases reach John Egars via A. W. Jones. Mrs. Julissa LaForce seeks rheumatism treatment in Martinsville with son Dave. Charles Payne leaves S. I. painting for Bedford work. Myrtle Langley visits Bedford and samples Paoli waters. The South Side Stone Co undertakes a big cutting contract for Terre Haute. rainfall risks flooding. A Ben Hur excursion stirs Senator Rice’s hotel meal. New Indiana law directs owners to clear drifting obstructions from streams. Martinsville raises $65,000 factory fund and sells 115 acres for lots. Bedford coach Bob Wicker’s smallpox scare disrupts baseball plans. Indiana University notes coach Horne’s hiring status.
Local notes and regional updates from Seymour area
City residents seen in town include Charlie B Rogers John Mead and J C Lamb with Harrells near Heltonville reporting three smallpox cases. Gov Durbin vetoes inheritance tax bill. Prof Faris may relocate to Sheridan Wyoming. Weather and rivers highlight rising White River Muscatatuck and Mutton Creek. Circus prospects discussed by B F Wallace with many shows planned. Smiley Matthewson shooting case updates and bond posted.
Illness lists and local moves fill Bloomington notes
Mrs Ed Hartman and others are listed as sick while several residents report improved health. John W Williams is confined by illness and districts note moving households and job changes. A marriage license is issued to Richard McBride and Mary Henry. Fears rise over a house fire blamed on domestic troubles as Hiram Kline lies severely burned and his wife and son flee to stay with Delaney McHenry amid investigation into arson and assault charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kline
Stinesville
Burns
Kline
Matthew
Bloomington
Dunn
Delaney McHenry
East
Marrigep-Wednesday Nuptials At South H Street
Marriage reported for Charley Craig to Miss Pearl Lamb on South H Street with ceremony conducted by Hitler W. B. Chrisler. In Senate Bill No. 271 railroads must equip locomotives with power brakes and automatic couplers by 1904. penalties apply for violations, with exceptions for four wheeled cars. companies liable for damages from noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrigep
South H Street
Hitler W. B. Chrisler
Charley Craig
Miss Pearl Lamb
Obed Lamb
Williams
Federal Building Site Debate Near Public Square
The city debates site for a federally funded post office using a $6,000 appropriation. Officials aim for a corner plot within one block of the square, seeking at least 15,000 square feet. Treasury correspondence from March 9, 1903 outlines the method for securing sites.
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Congress
Bedford
Williams
Treasury Department
Washington
Monon Railroad
Monon
Foote
Dunihue
15Th and K
Rippey
Real Estate Transfers in Lawrence County March 10 1903
List shows 32 transfers in Lawrence County Indiana for the week ending March 10 1903. Names include Sarah Allstott Maggie Doush Malcolm Buker Sylvester Moore Opal Armstrong Hannibal Monical Melinda J Goodlett John W Monical Wm P Duncan Robt S Duncan Thomas Lemonds Charles E Burch Florence D Burch Chloe M Saillee Wesley Worhies Ferdinand Deford John B Bridwell Thomas S Whitted Walter Speer Lula Ragsdale Nannie Walter Clinton Elisha Johnson Rosa Bowman Mary D Messick Martha J Huff Nate Iddings Wm Trowbridge Standard Oil J W Malott W L Kern Logan McDonald Josiah Trueblood Thomas Hardwick Noble Hardwick Homer Hardwick Hirsha G Johnson Geo W Browning Wm C Roberts J W Gilson Chas W Pate Wm Sowder Levi Presnell Elizabeth Jewell Carrie Moore J E Pitts Alice Pitts Jack Patton total 24 209 dollars in all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Deford
eJohn B. Bridwell
Limestone
Thomas S Whitted
Walter Speer
Pleasant Run
Lula Ragsdale
Nannie
Walter Clinton
Malott & Thornton
Bedford
Elisha Johnson
Rosa Bowman
T. W. Thornton
Mary D. Messick
Martha J. Huff
Nate Iddings
Wm. Trowbridge
Spice Valley Township
Standard Oil Company
J. W. Malott
W. L. Kern
J. W
Minnie Vorhies
Silverville
J. W. Gilson
Chas W. Pate
R. BE. Parks
Wm. Sowder
John C. Sowder
Bartlettsville
Marshall Township
KH. E. Farmer
Anderson Goodman
Hast Oolitic
I.E. Pitts
Ethel Pitts
Shanswick Township
Population center shifts east of railroad on East 16th
The article notes a favorable site on East 16th street within distance limits and suggests the population center will move east of the railroad in the coming years. Cheaper sites are cited as supporting these last mentioned locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East 16Th Street
Bedford
John Denniston
East End
Born-To Durhams of New Albany A Son
Announcement from Mr and Mrs Joseph Durham of New Albany born March 9 a son arrives at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Durham
New Albany
Circuit Court Dockets and Mississippi Flood Alerts
The State vs Obe Hart was continued to the next term with Hart released on own recognizance. Hobbs vs Salem Bedford Stone Co heard by Judge Wilson. Estate matters heard by Judge Wilens. Hart larceny case to pursue new affidavit. Everett Hawkins vs George Doyle Co verdict for $1200 for a broken leg. Another Hawkins suit seeking $5000 damages on trial. Owens and Massey convicted of cruelty to animals. Shulty still at large. Mississippi flood situation worsening with New Orleans levee strain and Memphis flood stage forecast. Missouri lands inundated. Caruthersville levee breach. rain continues south. Ohio River rising. Paducah and Cairo forecast to reach fifty feet. White River damages in Indiana. hundreds homeless. Saawneetown likely flood impact. trains halted by backwater. river may reach 1898 levels with high drownings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Hawkins
George Doyle & Co
Wilson
McHenry Owen
Duncan & Batman
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Memphis
Missouri
Caruthersville
Ohio River
Weather Bureau
Paducah
Cairo
White River
Indiana
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Thomas Faris
Tunnelton
City
Uiata Smallwood
Tadianapolis
Foster’s
the Corner
Bessie Buckles
W. G. Gaines
Marion Township
Jas. Toon
North J Street
Campbellsburg
Fred Bailey
North Bedford
Ambrose Nickless
Red Cross
Hettie Barbey
Frank Diener
Buffalo, New York
Jacob Wallheiser
Daniel V. Riddle
Greene County
Broomfield
Linton
John J. Pairchilds
Ellis
Dr. Freeland
John Gabbard
Jerry Watson
Mitchell
Ambrose Braden
Mr. Snapp
7Th Street
North End
Louisville
Joyce Coleman
New York
C.T. Brown
Shoals
Ed Ragsdale
Great Falls
Montana
J.J. Fairchilds
Worthington
A. W. Jones
Tillman H. Poindexter
H. T. Nightengale
Evansville
Mr. Nightengale
Sullivan
Arthur Jordan Co
Manor Station
J. W. Harvey
Erdman Smith
Salem
Thomas J. Flinn
Pinhook
Morday
Charley Hamilton
Westport
Crawford Johnson
Stanley Chrisler
James M. Edwards
Amos Scoggan
Cross— Lane
Mesdames
Dave Johnson
M. Allen
Heltonville
W.S. Richey Co
Mc.Cormick Bros
Wes Stephenson
James Morris
Ramsey
Jasper County
Anna Aker
John Egars
Fayetteville
Julissa LaForce
Martinsville
Dave LaForce
Charlie Payne
The
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Myrtle Langley
R. L. Langley
Paoli
Paoli News
South Side Stone Company
Brownstown
J. R. Pope
Bob Wicker
St. Louis
Horne
Indiana University
R. H. Williams
Cross
Ayer
Buckingham
R. P. Hall & Co
Nashua
N.H
Charlie B. Rogers
Loogootee
John Mead
J.C. Lamb Tha Williams Poultryman
Harrell
Gov. Durbin
Prof
C. HE. Faris
Sheridan
Wyoming
Gordon Batman
James Batman
Elizabeth Mathes
Hilettsville
Frank Denniston
Indianapolis
John Vestal
Plainfield
Ind
Hendricks County
Southern Indiana
Muscattituck
Mutton Creek
Seymour
Peru
B. F. Wallace
Barnum & Bailey
Mr. Wallace
Smiley-Matthewson
Elnora
Odon
Smiley
Matthewson
Grove
James Dobbs
Thomas H. Edmondson
Ed Hartman
George Allen
Guthrie
Dan Eckley
Olney
Ill
Mrs. R. C. Cosner
Cincinnati
Fred Preeman
Hast 15Th Street
John W. Williams
Richard B. McBride
Mary A. Henry
Addie V. Smith
Arthur M. Guthrie
Odd Fellows Building
John Quill
Linden
J. C. Jocelyn
Felix Skerd
John Castillo
Charles W. Davis
J. G. Ades
Hiram Aker
South K Street
Hudson Houses
H Street
Henry Lancaster
South F Street
John Skerd
Les Christopher
Near
Leatherwood
Mrs. Newland Caress
Texas
Arkansas
John Carr
W. F. Brewer and
Mrs. Carr
Elkhart
George Heiger
Winslow
John Mitchell
James
Wiieay
Yara
Brussels
Wilk
Federal Building
Cation of Post Office
Lawrence County
A.b.dye
Sarah Allstott
Maggie Doush
Rawlins
Malcolm Buker
Sylvester Moore
Opal Armstrong
Hannibal Monical
Wm P.duncan
Robt. S. Duncan
Duncan
Shawswick
Melinda J Goodlett
John W Monical
Spice Valley
United States
H. A. Taylor
Thomas Lemonds
Charles E Burch
Florence D Burch
Chloe M Saillee
Wesley Worhies
John A. Guan
Logan Mc Donald
Stillson
Sarah McNeese
Logan McDonald
Armenus Nail
Adm’r
Josiah Trueblood
Thomas Hardwick
Everett Hardwick
Indian Creek Township
Noble
Homer Hardwick
J. W. Vorhies
Carrie E. Moore
Jack Patton
W. D. Williams
S.T
Thos. Dusard
Circuit Court
Hart
Hobbs
Salem-Bedford Stone Co
Edward L. Moore
Frances Cobb
Wilens
Obe Hart
Hawkins
Roscoe Lake
Clarence Massey
Claud Shulty
Benton, Ill
Saawneetown
W. S. Holcombe
Offe
Alexander & Harris Attorneys-At-Law
Gunn
Carpets East Side
Bedford, Ind
J. W. Trainor
East Side
Alli
Jas. G. Stull
F. E. Stipp
South Street
Undertakers
East Side Square
Black Bat Hosiery
Chicago
B. B. Marley
South Side Square
H. H. Chess
Leesville, Ind
Brown Leghorn
Kentucky
C. H. Emery
IW. S. Richey CO
Benzel Black Bedford
Union Dental Co
Sarantec
Union Dental Foster Building
Nort Bedford
Royal Blue Barred
Plymouth Rocks
Jack Dan
John Browning
Jack
S Itewart Co
James Newkirk
Leesville
Reahe
PVA
Wilson's
North Side
Dunn Buili
Ding