Jolly Ambrose Nickless Waves Through Washington Chase
Nickless, escapee from Bedford jail, fled as Washington officers pursued him to his father in law Andrew Helton’s west end home. He vanished upon arrival and was followed for about a mile before the trail went cold amid reports of armed locals and threats. The fugitive is described as a rapid sprinter, roaming west of the city to stay in running condition.
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Jolly Ambrose Nickless
Bedford
Andrew Helton
West End
Gates
Geyer
Ambrose
Boxtown
Nickless
Helton
Washington Herald
St Patricks Day Weather Tale and Irish Genealogy
A humorous account of St Patrick’s Day weather and Irish ancestry myths. The piece notes warm springlike conditions, many celebrants in green, debates over St Patrick’s birthday, and a clerk’s quip about twins and two saints as a playful reflection on tradition and conviviality.
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Old Ireland
Pat
Mulcahy
Indiana forestry reserve seeks 2000 acres in south
W H Freeman secretary of the state board of forestry sent letters to real estate men in southern Indiana asking for bids on 2000 acres for a forestry reserve and nursery. Legislature provided funds but cap is eight dollars an acre. Bids due by March 24 with site selection afterward. Reserve will be planted with local tree varieties.
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Indiana
W. H. Freeman
State Board of Forestry
Roof fall injures Albert Ashcraft in fall at East 15th Street property
Albert Ashcraft suffered a serious accident while repairing a roof on East 15th Street property occupied by J. C. Jocelyn. The support gave way, he fell headfirst onto a scaffold, breaking the left arm at the wrist, injuring the nose, fracturing the left leg, and sustaining other bruises. He will be home for several days and unable to work for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Ashcraft
Mr. Ashcraft
East 15Th Street
J. C. Jocelyn
For Her Sake at Stone City Opera House March 21
The Russo-Siberian four act drama For Her Sake arrives at the Stone City Opera House on March 21. Olga the serf and Prince Valdemar Radetsky confront caste laws, with plots from the secret police and family rivals complicating their romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone City Opera House
Olga
Valdemar Radetsky
Russia
Indiana passes tax exempt bond law for investors
An act by the Indiana Legislature, signed by Gov. Durbin, exempts all future bonds notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the state or municipalities from taxation. Effective May 1, the measure aims to provide safe investments for those with idle money seeking modest interest returns.
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Indiana
Durbin
Evangelist Homer Adamson Visits Salem Meeting
Evangelist Homer Adamson of Ellettsville spent a brief time in the city Thursday. He has led a protracted meeting for two weeks at the Church of Christ in Salem with strong attendance and interest. He returned on the south-bound evening train and will resume the Salem meeting for another week or more. Adamson, though young, is already noted as a leading preacher among his brethren.
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Homer Adamson
Ellettsville
Church of Christ
Court Upheld $2000 Judgment Against Stone Company
Appellate Court affirmed a $2000 award to the widow and child of a worker killed when a derrick collapsed. The court ruled the decedent’s widow character cannot be used to defense for an administrator’s negligence claim. Police records showed improper behavior by the widow, but the judge said damages depend on the conduct of those who may share in the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Stone Company
Monroe County
Bloomington
Railroad Notes From Indiana Rail Lines And Workers
The report covers crew changes at Monon Bedford with foreman shifts, a missing watch of Samuel Whisnand on freight run 71, and forthcoming Baltimore & Ohio emigrants to Pittsburg and Western states. It notes wage increases for Monon shop workers, new electric depot lighting at Salem, a through chair car between Chicago Indianapolis French Lick, more Sunday excursions, and rail perils staffing. It also cites wage demand threats May 1, railroad construction delays from high waters, and a government boon paying $1000 to families of railway mail clerks killed in service with casualty stats.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
French Lick
Monon
Vincennes
Indiana
Linton
Elnora
Evansville
Indiana Lines
Pennsylvania
Chicago & Erie
Lake Shore
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Michigan Central
Congress
Sam
Market Prices Forecast for Hogs Cattle Sheep and Grains
Price prophecies suggest hog prices peak now and fall, finish cattle rise, good grazers in strong demand, and sheep in buyers market. Wool opens at 18 cents for top wool. Wheat has peaked and will decline while corn holds near current levels with a downward bias. Oats show no clear trend due to manipulation, and hay prices are expected to collapse with straw too cheap to haul.
Indiana Game Law Changes Explained by Deputy AG
Deputy Attorney General C M Hadley reviews the new Indiana game law bill, noting few major changes. It bans railroad transport of wild fowl, restricts squirrel hunting to before August, extends duck season for licensees, requires photo IDs on licenses, bans hunting rabbits with ferrets, and cites past quail bill attempts and legislative sentiment.
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General Assembly
C. M. Hadley
Senate
Coats
Lopp
Committee On Rights and Privileges
Cy” Powell
Logansport
Pyramids
Ghireh
Pike’s
Indiana Extends Rural Mail Delivery With Road Repair Law
The governor signs a bill mandating highway repair on rural free delivery routes. Township trustees must allocate 5 percent of road funds to emergencies and ensure drainage and clear passage. Indiana highlights $12 million federal support and quotes S. B. Rathbone Jr on prompt road repair to avoid route detentions. Geo Dugan ships cut stone for World’s Fair in St. Louis, with 26 cars ready for delivery as construction advances.
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Louisville & Nashville Road
Louisville
St. Louis
United States
Board of Commissioners
Trus— Tees
Trus—Tees
Post Office Department
Indiana
S. B. Rathbone, Jr
Rural Free Delivery
Hoosier
Geo. Dugan
Mississippi River Flood Deepens With Levee Breaches
The White River has fallen into its banks as rains end and flood danger grows near Memphis. The St. Francis levee at Trice's Landing Ark broke, creating a crevasse a half mile wide. Levees fail at St Thomas Pecan Point and Fogleman Landing amid rising displacements and calls for boats. News notes New Orleans outlook improves with levee breach downstream. The coming wedding of Miss Lola Hazel of Bloomington to Joseph H Campbell of Bedford is announced for March 31 at the Hazel home.
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White River
Mississippi
Memphis
St. Francis
Trice's Landing
Ark
St Thomas
Pecan Point
Fogleman’s Landing
New Orleans
Texas Pacific
Bougere
Lola Hazel
Bloomington
Joseph H.campbell
Bedford
Miss Hazel
W. A. Hazel
Candy box guessing winner and barber shop move news
Albert Colvin, a Telegraph messenger boy, won seven dollars and fifty cents in a candy box guessing contest at Miller's Candy Store by predicting 1775 pieces. the jar held 1773. Charles H. Maddux moved his barber shop Monday morning to the west room in the Bedford National Bank Building, adding four chairs and noting improved light. Bradley & Son report 12 cars of cut stone billed for John Pierce’s Indianapolis Federal Building project, with 14 other cars loaded and a large stock awaiting use.
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Albert Colvin
W. A. Telegraph
Miller’s
Colvin
Charles H. Maddux
New Bedford National Bank
Edward Y Mason to give grand organ recital
Mr Edward Y Mason, professor of organ at Ohio Wesleyan University, will present a grand pipe organ recital at the First M E Church on Thursday evening March 26. He presides over one of the largest organs in the country and has earned high praise for his artistic work and style.
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Edward Y. Mason
Mason
Ohio Wesleyan University
Local notices and moves round Heltonville and county
Mr and Mrs Alexander and their daughters Ida and Mary moved three miles north of the city to live with their daughter in Heltonville. George Smith plans to leave town after selling his North J street meat shop. James Mathews returns from Bedford after decorating the new library and Methodist church, now employed locally. Mrs John Holland age seventy seven died in western Jackson county after fifty years in the area and never rode a railroad train despite hearing its whistle nearby.
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George Smith
North J Street
North End
George
James Mathews
Bedford
Bailey & Koerner
Methodist Church
Bedford Sinceeigher
Bloomington Telephone
John Holland
Jackson County
Novel pine imitation wallpaper used in war paper line display
The war paper line introduces a nearly perfect pine imitation ready for varnish. The Chicago Branch stairway to Walters' photo gallery will be finished with weather proof varnish. A death notice from Owensburg reports Mrs. Charlotte Sentney aged 68, mother of Wm S Sentney, died of consumption after a lingering illness. funeral to be held Sunday.
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E. E. Trueblood
Chicago
Walters
Owensburg
Charlotte Sentney
Wm.s. Sentney
Richards pen article in Cosmopolitan on Lenbach
Mrs Louise Parks Richards wrote an eight page article in Cosmopolitan for March titled Von Lenbach the Man and Painter. It was illustrated with eleven portraits and described as the most interesting piece in the issue. Richards then departed for Constantinople to continue writing in the Orient.
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Louise Parks Richards
J. C. Culmer
Spencer
Cosmopolitan
von Lenbach
Southern Indiana Teachers Association Meets in Vincennes
The Southern Indiana Teachers Association meets in Vincennes on April 9 10 and 11 with two school days off for B H S students. Washington high school seniors plan a lecturer for graduation with a possible salutatory and valedictory and class history. A B H S class play is planned for commencement. A visitor from Armenia named Boagini addressed students explaining Armenian script and language challenges and urging attendance at the Presbyterian Church that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Indiana Teachers’ Association
Vincennes
Washington Herald
Washington High School
B. H.S
Hammer Strikes Italian Blacksmith in Quarry Quarrel
In Hoosier quarry Tuesday afternoon Bowen grabbed a hammer and struck Fred Gretchen twice in the head after a dispute over a tool. Gretchen lies seriously but not fatally hurt and was returned to town for medical care. Bowen has not been arrested.
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Hoosier
Bowen
Fred Gretchen
Gretchen
Bedford Limestone Corner Stone For Federal Building
Limestone block from Bedford Indiana will serve as the cornerstone at the northeast corner of the new Federal building. The stone will include a receptacle for future documents and an engraved inscription noting the laying date. Steel floor beams for the first floor are expected to be in place by early next week.
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Bedford
Ind
North Street
Federal Building
Federal
Indianapolis News
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Terre Haute
Board of Health
Evangelist Omer Porter
Indian Springs
Clara Dillman
Trinity Springs
Geo. W. House
Stone City
Old Ryan Stand
Lawrence County
John Mercier
State Board of Health
St.Patrick
Oireland
Patrick
Aien
the Carpenter Company
Greencastle
Harrodsburg
K. C. Gerkin
Paoli
G. W. House
Aulcorn
Stone City Saloon
Fred Hodge
John Rough
James Rae
W.S. Long
Samuel Whisnand
Cloverdale
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburg
Locust Point
Boggs Creek
Loogootee
Salem
Salem Leader
Sary
White River Way
Boagini
Presbyterian Church
Fred Leatherman
Orleans
Arthur Standiford
Levi Skerd
City
Mr. McCracken
John Rittenhouse
North I Street
Margaret Tucker
W. H. Fidler
Everett Dunlay
Bedd
Orleans Progress
Eixamin
Charley Patton
A. L. Donaldson
Pike
Bloomington World
Mercia Hoaglane
The
Public Library Commission
Wm. Grossback
Sellersburg
Mary Grossback
A. A. Sandefur
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Jeffersonville
J. L. Holmes
Sandefur
Mr. Holmes
Mitchell, Paoli
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