Fifth Annual Basketball Tournament Opens at Local Gym
The fifth annual district basketball tournament begins at Bedford High School gym with 13 teams including Bloomington supporters and a band. Orleans beats Williams 38 to 28 in the opening game as Paoli overwhelms West Baden 19 to 5. Scottsburg and Smithville loom as strong contenders for the sectional title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Tiet School
Orleans Staj
Tims
Chy F
Bloomington Beems
Bedford
State Board of Athletic Control
Bloomington
Purdue
Trestonville
Scottsburg
French Lick
Paoli
West Baden
Murray
Farlow
Smithville
Chambers
Stewart
Ketchum
Dr Norman Byers Appointed Intern at Indianapolis City Hospital
Dr Norman Byers recently graduated from Indiana Medical School and secured an interne position at Indianapolis City Hospital. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lincoln Byers of Oolitic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Byers
Indiana Medical School
Indianapolis
Byers
Lincoln Byers
Heltonville Transfers and Court Update
Wesley Wayne Newland of Heltonville transfers to Alice I Martin of Heltonville. The police court trial of Ray Baker for provoke is continued to Friday at 2 pm. Mrs Mary Langley returns home to Anderson after visiting Mrs Jennie Sego. Rev C L Lively, Louisville minister, attended the ordination service at Heltonville church and returned home. John E Williams of near Williams reported business in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Wayne Newland
Heltonville
Alice I. Martin
Ray Baker
Mary Langley
Jennie Sego
Anderson
Tangley
Bedford
C. L. Lively
Louisville
Clarence Mitchell
Army hospital closures announced by War Department
The War Department said no patients will be sent to the private hospital at West Baden Indiana after May 1. The Long Beach New York hospital will be cleared of patients by March 15, and West Baden will be abandoned June 30 with buildings returned to owners. Patients at West Baden will be moved to Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
N. Y
Ireland
West Baden
Ind
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Agatha Society Holds Thursday Meeting at Benzel Home
Members of the Agatha Society gathered Thursday afternoon at Mrs. William J. Benzel’s South U Street home. The social gathering included needlework and a pleasant lunch was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agatha Society
Wm. J. Benzel
South U Street
Funeral Services for Dr Gardner Held at Red Cross
Funeral services were conducted at Red Cross on Thursday afternoon for Dr Joseph Gardner who had long aided the community. Interment followed at Green Hill in the family plot with floral arrangements abundant and pallbearers from the family. Relatives and friends including Major and Mrs Fletcher Gardner of Bloomington and Mrs Lydia Swift of Evansville attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Joseph Gardner
Green Hill
Fletcher Gardner
Bloomington
Thomas Gardner
Indianapolis
Josephine Malott
Lydia Swift
Evansville
Dietrich
Omaha
Nebraska
Death of Mrs. Hiram Murphy Near Shawswick
Mrs Rosella Murphy wife of Hiram Murphy died Friday morning at 3 30 at her home near Shawswick following influenza and childbirth. She leaves a large family of children. Funeral services were held at Pleasant Run at 11 Saturday forenoon and burial will be there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosella Murphy
Hiram Murphy
Shawswick
Pleasant Run
Funeral for Kersey Riggs 21 in Spice Valley
Kersey Riggs aged 21 of near Mitchell died in Kansas City Missouri from influenza pneumonia after two weeks away to study mechanics. He was a 1917 Mitchell High School graduate married in August to Margaret Neal. Survived by widow, parents, sister Emma and brothers Ralph Amos and Elmer. Funeral at Spice Valley church Sunday at 2 pm with burial in Spice Valley cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kersey Riggs
Hiram Riggs
Mitchell
Kansas City
City Hospital
Mitchell High School
Margaret Neal
Spice Valley Baptist Church
Emma
Ralph
Amos Riggs
Red Cross
Elmer Riggs
Oklahoma
Petri Sol Ends Pain Says Advertiser
An advertisement claims Petri Sol ends aches and pains including backache stiff joints pleurisy rheumatic pains and sore muscles. It lists drug stores selling the product at 25 and 50 cents.
Bloomington Family Reunion Welcomes Home WW II Soldier
Mr and Mrs R B Leonard and son Richard returned home after attending a reunion to greet Walter Buddy N Matthews who arrived home Friday night from overseas. Master Richard Askew recovered from a weeklong illness and can go out. Miss Cleary and Miss Denny, city school teachers, are back from Louisville and Salem respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Leonard
Richard
Bloomington
Walter
Buddy) N. Matthews
Harry Donica Rejoins Western League with Omaha Team
Warry Donica, third baseman, signs with the Omaha Nebraska club for the season. He reports April first in Omaha, with his family planning to join him later in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warry Donica
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha
Closed Meeting Ends at Silvervile Baptist Church
Reverend H B Sanders and his brother Reverend W A Sanders concluded a two week protracted meeting at Silvervile Baptist Church and returned to Mitchell. They report a successful gathering with several new memberships. The former minister serves as the church's regular pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Sanders
W. A. Sanders
Silvervile Baptist Church
Mitchell
Silvervile Church
Quackenbush Seized In Orleans Yards By Monon Detective
In Orleans the Monon detective Fred Bowen arrested Delbert Quackenbush at 3 a m in the railway yards on an old charge of receiving stolen goods and he is held in the Lawrence county jail to be processed. Quackenbush gave the name Johnson and was not recognized immediately. He had recent residence in Pennsylvania. Also in Indiana, Alfred D. Chambers is adjudicated bankrupt in the District Court for the District of Indiana. A first meeting of creditors will be held March 24 1919 in Bedford to prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt.
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Newberry
Bloomfield
Bloomfield Democrat
Delbert Quackenbush
Orleans
Lawrence County
Monon Company
Quackenbush
Fred Bowen
Monon
Johnson
Pennsylvania
District Court of the United States
District of
Indiana
Alfred D. Chambers
Bedford
Lawrence
W. E. Clark
United States Supreme Court
Gravel Road Petition Seeks 1919 Improvement Spanning Heltonville to Linn County Line
Lawrence County Indiana petitions the Board of Commissioners to grade drain and pave two and three quarters miles of the Heltonville and Clear Spring road in Pleasant Run Township. The plan calls for a 18 foot grade with a 12 foot macadamized center and six inch side layers using crushed stone or gravel. Ten year bonds are requested under Indiana highway law. Hearing set for April 8 1919 before the county commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auditor
Lawrence County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Pleasant Run
Pleasant Run Township
Heltonville and
Clear Spring Road
Clear Spring
Zelma
Lawrence
Jackson
Heltonville
General Assembly
J. W. Fountain
William H. Speer
Board of Commmissioners
Said County
WM. M. Denniston
Notice of Commissioner Sale of Real Estate in Bedford
Commissioner of the Lawrence Circuit Court will sell at public auction on March 17 at 10:00 a.m. in Bedford Indiana the real estate Lot 12 in Moreland Subdivision of Lots 6 7 8 9 and 10 in South Bedford. The sale will be on the premises for cash only and at not less than two thirds the appraised value. The proceeding arises from the case William Schroer vs Carrie Schroer docket 9609.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawren& Circuit Court
Wiliam Schroer
Carrie Schroer
Bedford
Ind
Moreland
South
Indiana
Jackson County Grand Jury Reports Record Indictments
Jackson County braces for busy term as February session yields twenty one indictments. More than 150 witnesses examined. scope broader than recent years. Prosecutor Lawe notes delay of criminal docket until next week and praises revived grand jury for addressing law violations in secret proceedings. Born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Harley Short Englewood a son Robert Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Seymour
Grand Jury
Mark Twain
Mark
Twain
Harley Short
Englewood
Robert Franklin
Notice of Administration in Lawrence County
The Circuit Court of Lawrence County Indiana appoints Edward J. Anderson as administrator of the estate of Karl E. Anderson deceased. The estate is alleged to be insolvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Lawrence County
State of
Indiana
Noeful Brinegar
Tate
Lela Brinegar
Robert. L. Mellen
Karl E. Anderson
Edward J. Anderson
Administrator's Sale of Real Estate in Indiana
The Lawrence Circuit Court will oversee an administrator led public auction of 45 acres in Lawrence County near Springville on March 1, 1919 at 10 a.m. The sale covers two parcels with one mortgage of 802 dollars and taxes due 1919. Bids include separate and combined offers with taxes for 1919 and 1920 due. cash in hand. Property located northeast of Springville, part of section 11 township 6 north range 2 west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. Parker
Lawrence Circuit Court
State of Indiana
Springville
Indiana
Lawrence County
Towit
Bloomington
Guthrie Road
Edgar W. Finch
Harrodsburg
Kirksville
Bedford
Thomas A. Parker
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Busick
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Metsinger
G. McElhaney
Pleasant
N. Ballard
F. H. Moore
F. Cc
Ballard
Grigsby
Moocre
Paoli—Murray
Ellis
H. Moore
C. Ballard
Felkner
G. Moore
Scotts‘burg
Morris
John E. Williams
Willaams
Fort Ben
India
Washington
Mrs. Wil
Liam J. Benzel
Ternoon
Dr. Gardner
Petrisol
Richard Askew
Miss Cleary
Denny
Salem
Harry Donica
Bowen
Vera Adamson
Caroline Meglemre
Lafay
Merle
Charlies A. Burnett
Honorable Board of Commissioners of
Brownstown
S. B. Lawe
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