Surprise for Mrs. August Dussard by Bird Sunday School
Sixty five Bird Sunday school members gathered at Mrs. August Dussard's home south of the city on Thursday evening with large pans of popcorn to honor her before the family moves to the city. She organized the neighborhood Sunday school two years ago, growing it to about one hundred members, and she received a china cake set as a token of appreciation for leading the effort.
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August Dussard
Bird
Bryantsville Pike
Representative Noble Malett Arrives Suspected Influenza
Noble Malett of Jamelton and Mrs. Malett, who attended the Indianapolis legislative session, arrived Wednesday night and are believed to be ill with influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Malett
Jamelton
Tragic Gas Death Of Mrs Kurrie In Chicago Home
INKL FA HS AD of Chicago March 13 reports Edna T Kurrie wife of Harry R Kurrie president of the Chicago Indiana polis and Louisville Railroad died by inhaling gas while under nurse care. The Kurries resided in Chicago during winter and in their Indiana home in summer. Mrs Kurrie born Sept 18 1882 married Dec 5 1999 leaving two sons aged 8 and 5. President Kurrie was in New York. funeral services to be held after arrangements by undertaker Wright.
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Chicago
Edna T. Kurrie
Harry R. Kurrie
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad
Rensselaer
Ind
Firman
Simon Thompson
H. R. Kurrie
Kurrie
Bedford Soldier to Arrive Home From West Baden
Edwin E. Bates son of Mr and Mrs Henry Bates will return home Saturday on a short furlough from the United States hospital at West Baden He is suffering from shell shock and was wounded by shrapnel He was in France for three months and landed in the United States February 12 after a month in a New Jersey hospital
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Edwin E. Bates
Henry Bates
United States
West Baden
France
New Jersey
Minnie Houston v City of Bedford in damages suit
Minnie Houston filed a $5,000 damages suit against the City of Bedford for injuries from a rough sidewalk in Bloomington. The complaint, filed March 22, 1917 in Lawrence Circuit Court, alleges internal injuries from the fall.
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Minnie Houston
City
City of
Bedford
Bloomington
Lawrence
Lodge School Of Instruction Draws Local Delegations
Delegations from Orleans Mitchell Leesville and Bedford lodges attended a district inspection at the Masonic Temple. The event featured a School of Instruction with AEB and F C degrees practiced and a Master degree conferred by Bedford. Ladies from Eastern Star served a luncheon after adjournment.
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Orleans
Mitchell
Leesville
Bedford Lodge
Masonic Temple
Bedford
Graham
Elkhart
AEB
F. C
Pleasant day hosted by Mrs Harry Krenke on farm outing
Mrs Harry Krenke east of the city entertained friends Thursday with a farm visit. The guests traveled by car and enjoyed a delightful day followed by a delicious twelve o'clock dinner. Attending were Mrs Wm J Benzel and daughter Mabel, Mrs John Haase, and Mrs Augusta Szcezepansky.
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Harry Krenke
Wm. J. Benzel
Mabel
John Haase
Augusta Szcezepansky
Telegraph Operators and Yard Workers Receive Back Pay
Telegraph operators on the Monon and yard men in the Lafayette shops received four months back pay Tuesday. Operators averaged about 140 dollars each while yard workers were paid 45 to 50 dollars per man.
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Monon
Lafayette
Local Draft Boards Ordered to Close in Indiana
All Indiana draft boards must close by March 206th under orders from Provost Marshal General Crowder. Maj. Robert Baltzell says the state will close by March 31st. Bedford resident G. L. Wilking announced moving his son Lester to farm the old Wilking place in Baker township. Shoals News reports Mrs. John R. Pearson returned from Indianapolis after funeral services for her aunt Mrs. Samuel Pickens influenza death. John B. Goff, formerly of this city, now of Festus Mo, visited here briefly with relatives before returning home.
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A. L. Lane
Lyons Methodist Church
Ralph Hays
Indiana
General Crowder
Robert Baltzell
G. L. Wilking
Bedford
Julia A. Stacey
Wilking
Baker Township
Lester Wilking
Shoals News
John R. Pearson
Indianapolis
Samuel Pickens
John B. Goff
Festus
Veterans News and Local Notes from the Lakeside Area
Mrs Elia Cramer learns her son Claude Box wounded in France is at Walter Reed hospital and improving and hopes to return home soon His civilian plans include training at a vocational school in Washington for a new line of work John A Rowe Jr Clyde D Hunter and guest Estill S Woods of Lexington Ky visit Peoria parents over the weekend Fred Matthews now of Hammond announces the birth of daughter Catharine Eldove March 17 Miss Mary Johnson travels to Terre Haute to visit relatives Billy Schelbert former Southeastern railway conductor now agent at Seymour passes through en route to Terre Haute upon learning his brother Gus is near death at the Terre yards
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Elia Cramer
Red Cross
Washington, D.C
Claude Box
France
Walter Reed Hospital
Box
John A. Rowe Jr
Clyde D. Hunter
Estill S. Woods
Lexington
PePauw
Billy” Schelbert
Southeastern Railway
Seymour
Terre
Haute
Gus
Southeastern
Brothers in arms and kinship span wartime routes
Stanley Reynolds of 1135 W 14th Street receives a letter from his brother Quincey T Reynolds of Lafayette formerly Bedford detailing early WWI service with the first division, France, trenches, raids and prisoners. Ambrose Gyger informs Newport News plans to muster out soon after two years in France with Co E 53rd battery. Other brothers, Curt in Battle Creek and Dick in Gibraltar.
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Stanley Reynolds
W. 14Th Street
Quincey T. Reynolds
Bedford
Lafayette
France
Quincy T. Reynolds
Inf
A. EB. F
Germany
Nat Gyger
Ambrose Gyger
Newport News
Co. E 53Rd Battery
Curt
Battle Creek
Mich
Gibralter
Spain
Funeral for Miss Augusta Bahr Held at Second M E Church
The funeral for Miss Augusta Bahr who died Thursday at her home on East Eighteenth Street was held Sunday at 2 oclock from the Second Methodist Church. Interment followed at Green Hill. The obituary omits the sisters names, later listed as Mrs Bert Parham Mrs Elmer Baugh and Miss Grace Bahr.
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Augusta Bahr
Eighteenth Street
Second Methodist
Green Hill
Miss Bahr
Bert Parham
Elmer. Baugh
Grace Bahr
Dear Mother Letter From Soldier in Camp A 727
A 1919 letter from Robert E Goodsey at Camp A 727 to his mother reports good health aside from a slight cold. He notes no mail since arrival, recalls receiving four to five letters daily before, mentions writing on a machine then by pen, and asks if her correspondence and a letter via Corps Harry Bridwell have arrived. He hopes his friend is home.
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Haq
O. K
Harry Bridwell
Robert
E, Goodsey
Pleasant Run Club Meeting and Community Notices
The Pleasant Run Club met with Mrs Richard Rowland on March 12. Papers discussed Florida purchase and Raleigh in Virginia. poems about the war and quotes by James Russell Lowell were shared. Miss Straight spoke on tuberculosis work. Refreshments were served. The Red Cross fund rose to 125 dollars and two Belgian blankets were knitted. Funeral services for a person will be Tuesday at Erie church with interment at Erie cemetery.
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Pleasant Run Club
Richard
Rowland
Florida
Walter Raleigh
Virginia
James Russell
Lowell
Straight
Our County
Red Cross
G. M. Norman
Bedford
Te Erie
Erie
Francis Herbert Webb Dies of Pneumonia at 24
Francis Herbert Webb aged 24 a school teacher died Thursday afternoon at his Dark Hollow home from influenza and pneumonia. He is survived by his widow. Private funeral services were held Saturday at 11 o'clock at New Union with burial there. Mrs Webb is also ill with influenza and complications.
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Fracis Herbert Webb
Dark Hollow
New Union
Analysis of American Casualties in France in World War I
The official report by Gen. March shows 1,396,000 Americans in action in France with 240,197 casualties. Divisions with highest losses include Second and First regulars, Thirty-second Wisconsin/Michigan Guard, and the Rainbow Division. Five months of WWI warfare yielded about 20 percent casualties, far heavier than Civil War rates in proportionate time.
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March
France
Pennsylvania
Hinds’ National Guard
Phisterer
Courie of Mrs Voris Severely Injured in Louisville Crash
Mrs J R Voris sustained serious injuries in an automobile wreck near Louisville caused by a tire burst. Passengers included Mrs Clarence Lebus a cousin of Mrs Voris and others. the limousine struck a telegraph pole as it descended a grade near Bullskin Creek.
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J. R. Voris
Clarence Lebus
Louisville
Petrified Peach Found by Henry Acton in Garden
Henry Acton of Fast 7th Street discovered a nearly perfect petrified peach in his garden. The fruit shows where it was attached to the stem and makes a rattling seed sound when shaken. The tree was planted by his uncle James Rhaum, an early local plasterer and Civil War veteran who died years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Acton
Fast 7Th Street
James Rhaum
Henry
Letter from Delbert Stephenson from France foretells summer return
John T. Stephenson received a morning letter from his son Delbert, stationed at Bagnaux in France. He reports good health and ample rations and does not expect to return before summer. Delbert sent Fay a French souvenir handkerchief bearing an embroidered emblem and the number 1919.
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Delbert
Bagnaux
France
Fay
Argonne Heroism Highlighted by Remembrance Editorial
The article stresses the enduring valor of American soldiers in World War I. It praises the army’s performance in France, especially the Argonne battles, calling the engagement a peak of American heroism and a decisive, record-setting clash in history.
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France
America
Argonne
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General Hospital No. 35
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Ko Ko
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Katisha
Elise O'Connell
Ray Boruff
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Terre ‘Haute
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