Eight Year Old Pearl Steele Hurt in North I Street Fall
Pearl Steele, eight, daughter of Mr and Mrs Marshall Steele, suffered a serious accident Wednesday evening while playing at S L Keach's new house on North I street. She fell into the basement area, screams brought neighbors, George Meinzer was first to assist. She sustained severe facial injuries with no broken bones, and while stabilizing, the accident may leave facial scars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Steele
Marshall Steele
S.L. Keach
George Meinzer
Local Religious Meetings and Indiana G A R Event
Elder S M Brown of Medora and Elder Dixon of Fort Ritner held meetings at Pinbook Saturday night and Sunday. Dixon preached at Disney Sunday at 3 pm. Mrs J P Flinn and daughter Emily are ill with no prospects of recovery. Maggie Harris cared for children of the family. Forty thousand attended the Indiana G A R encampment in Indianapolis on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Brown
Medora
F. M. Dixon
Fort Ritner
Dixon
Disney
D. A. Lee
Jacob Mathes
Bono
J.P. Flinn
Emily
Maggie Harris
Ohio
New City Council meets amid busy first session
New City Council convened at City Hall with Mayor Johnson presiding. Debates on items include park funding, police coverage, school board representation, and requests to abolish the City Attorney post. Standing committees chosen cover claims, finance, police, law, streets, waterworks, and parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Denniston
McKinley
Rowland
Radley
Hackett
Buchanan
Blackburn
F.E. Stipp
Lawrence Park
Frank Drebobel
S. S
Brooks
Houston
Reid
Cyrus
Riley Foddrill
Indiana Faithful in the Civil War Remembered in Numbers
The article recounts Indiana’s Civil War mobilization with 208367 volunteers forming 166 regiments and 25 batteries. It notes key actions from Fort Donelson to Gettysburg, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Atlanta, honoring commanders Morton and Thomas and the return of 25000 Hoosier soldiers home from Atlanta to the Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Oliver P. Morton
Philips
Richmond
McClellan
Antietam
Burnside
Fredericksburg
Chanpellorsville
Gettysburg
Sheridan
Shenandoah
Cold Harbor
Spottsylvania
Laurel Hill
Po River
Bethseda Church
Petersburg
Lee
Shilo
Vicksburg
Stove River
Mission Ridge
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Thomas
Memorial Day Proclamation from Indiana Governor Mount
The 1900 Memorial Day proclamation urges observing the holiday with reverence, closing businesses, decorating graves, and honoring both fallen and living soldiers. It quotes Governor James A. Mount and cites general orders of the Grand Army of the Republic, stressing patriotism and sacred remembrance. The text also includes 1891 1895 1897 statutes and fishing restrictions rather than related to the proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount
Grand Army of the Republic
James A. Mount
Indiana
Deafness Cure Promise in Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement declares deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated by constitutional remedies. It links deafness to inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure many cases, offers one hundred dollars for incurable deafness, and promotes other Hall products from Toledo Ohio with druggist distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Tree
Po Cuerney & Co
Toledo
Drurgist
Th. Hall
Allen's Foot Ease powder promises quick foot relief
Allen's Foot Ease is advertised as a powder that cures painful smarting swollen feet and ingrowing toenails, soothes corns and bunions, and makes tight shoes feel easy. It claims to treat sweating, callouses, and tired feet, with a trial package free and mail order available from Allen S Olmsted in Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S, Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Rail and rail yard notes from the S I region
Railroad activity reports show S I engineers surveying Linton for switches and a steam shovel crew aiding at Jasonville. Foreman changes at the S I round house, depot foundations at Centerville, and heavy freight moves to Seymour target Indianapolis amid track updates and personnel shifts.
Mafeking fighting reports and Senate pension for Lawton widow
The Senate approved a bill granting a $100 monthly pension to the widow of Gen. Henry W. Lawton. There were reports of heavy fighting near Mafeking with suspected British gains and awaited relief news from London. Also noted: a hotel fire in Chicago left three dead, one missing, fourteen injured, and other 1900s political and church events across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Henry W. Lawton
Kentucky
Newport News
Mafeking
Aguinaldo
Manila
London
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Atlanta
Northern Presbyterian
St. Louis
Cumberland Presbyterian
Chattanooga
Indianapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
S. D. Shattuck
Republicas
Michigan
John C. Fremont
Knoxville
Tenn
Louisiana
Ohio
Louisville
Gov. Smith
Montana
Clark
United States
Salem
Ind
J. K. Howard
W. G. Clinton
J.C. Lawler
Carner
New Baptist Church
Thompson
Havana
Neeley
Reeves
Maya and
Mascaro
Water tank plan to save engine time on trips
9090 President McDoel of the Monon tells the Indianapolis Journal there is no truth in a report that Monon trains will use the K I bridge into Louisville after June 1. C H Daily, an air brake expert, presented G E Radley with a fine nickel finished lantern as part of a class on roads out of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radley
Blackburn
Hackett
Houston
Bedford
McDoel
The
Monon
Indianapolis Journal
Louisville
C. H. Daily
G. E. Radley
S. L
William A. Clark
Senate
Montana
Clark
Parade ceremonies and Boer news top a busy dispatch
Mounted Videttes and the University Band led a city parade with Grand Sire Alfred Pinkerton delivering the dedicatory address. The Home flag was raised by C. C. Binkley as British forces retake Dundee and Mafeking reports surface. In Congress a committee vote supports a constitutional amendment to define and regulate trusts across corporations and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Band
Indianapolis
Bodine
Stars and Stripes
C. C. Binkley
Alfred Pinkerton
Boston
Baker
Dundee
Mafeking
House
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Buddha News: Rainless Observations and Local Happenings
Farmers await rain as corn planting nears completion and melons look rough in the frost. Baptist church construction begins at Buddha. Sam Hubbard improves but cannot work. Will Dodds buys a bicycle. Sam Hubbard’s horses suffered from wire fence injuries. The community mourns a storekeeper, and a total solar eclipse is praised for its rarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob
Baptist Church
Buddha
Sam Hubbard
Will Dodds
Commencement Exercises Attract Large Fayetteville Crowd
A large crowd attended the commencement exercises here Saturday night with the hall crowded. Mrs. Claudie Carmichael of Springville and several local families visited or traveled to nearby towns including Bedford Orleans Owensburge and Coxton.
Local Notices and Oddities from Fayetteville Township
A Fayetteville notice column reports Nora Sears leaving for the West after a year in Missouri, Democratic Trustee candidate Luther Kern passing through en route to White River for sand, Parker returning home from Caledonia, and Wm. H. Boye hauling logs for LeLean Pie. It notes Rose Nickless confined with measles, a freak colt and mule near Old Union, and quirky local anecdotes including a long vine romance that ends with the suitor still swinging years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Sears
Fayetteville
Missouri
Luther Kern
White River
B. Parker
Cale
Jack Kerns
Wm. H. Boye
Mt. Olive
LeLean Pie
Ais Rose Nickless
L. Pace
Dr. Mitchell
Old Union
Fyffe
G. C. Smith
Salt Creek
Center of the Earth recollections and local notes
Center of the Earth notes a frost damaged gardens and a few deaths and weddings. Luther Kirk is gone for a job at Colitic. Joseph Parker and wife visited J. M. Faucetts. J. T. Beard and Will Culmer report losses of a mare and a steer. Benjamin Adamson and wife moved to Bedford. F. M. Kern buys their farm. Emily Massey and Dollie Massey visited Mrs. Louder and Maggie Massey. Moore family of Jarrodsburg visited Wa. Moore and wife. May 6 marked the first wedding of Hapangap Brassfield and Orlena Chambers on Brassfield’s farm near Harrodsburg. Armstrong and Clay Holmes families drove to Avoca. Mabel Faucett studying music in Bloomington visits home. Road Supervisor Johnson urges four days of work for 95 workers amid hopes roads improve. Eva Brassfield visits from Springville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frost
Luther Kirkman
Joseph Parker
J. M. Faucetts
J. T. Beard
Will Culmer
Benjamin Adamson
Bedford
Adamson
F. M. Kern
Emily Massey
Dollie Massey
C. Louder
Maggie Massey
Joseph Moore
Jarrodsburg
Moovre
Harth
Hane Gap Brassfield
Orlena Chambers
Mr. Brassfield
Harrodsburg
Armstrong
Clay Holmes
Avoca
Mabel Faucett
Bloomington
Johnson
Eva Brassfield
Springville
Grain-O Promises Coffee Substitute For All Ages
Try Grain O a grain based drink praised for its rich mocha like color and gentle digestion suitable for children and adults. Priced 15c and 25c per package it is sold by grocers and touted as a coffee replacement.
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Bedford Mail
Thomas J. Brooks
Fred B. Otis
Otis & Brooks, Proprietors
Republican
Winfield T. Durbin
Newton W. Gilbert
Union RE. Hunt
William H. Hart
Leopold Levy
William L. Taylor
Supreme Court
Charles F. Remy
Benjamin F. Johnson
Frank L. Jones
Supreme Court—1st Dist
James H. Jordan
Supreme Court—ith Dist
Leander J. Monks
Hugh H. Hanna
Charles W. Meller
Martin W. Fields
George Cook
W. W. Borden
Frank Little
Allen B. Powell
William A. Brough
William A Johnson
M. H. Quinn
Robert W. Harrison
Eli Stansbury
Uth
Quincey A. Myers
Harry J. Parks
Simpson E. Low
Congressional
Peter R. Wadsworth
Daviess County
Judicial
10Th Circuit
Robert G. Miller
Monroe County
Litvia Adamson
Lawrence Circuit
Boone Leonard
William H. West
Benjamin F. Keithley
James F. Smith
Jacob R. Pope
Amos W. Scoggan
George B. Ross
Walter Malott
Perry Woolery
Starge
Isaac N. Glover
John D. Alexander
James H. Eversolf
Walter Burton
Daniel W. Sherwood
Stephen A. Bartlett
William Erwin
Curtis E. Ray
George Glover
Coleman Duncan
Edmund B. Thornton
Joseph R. Voris
Eli B. Stephenson
J.H.O. France
Fred Byers
Joseph McBrayer
Charles R. Smith
John Castillo
William A. Campbell
Indiana G. A. R
Hackett, Radley
NLR
Hawkins
Robert Sprou
Dussard
Murphy
Beech Grove Cemetery
John Newland
Prereen Pngetibaneer
Newland
Ile Woo
Ditabedinates Alone Co
Elewtrie Light Co
Bedford Fire Co
Fleetion Board
1St Ward
Election Board
Tnd
Electon Board
Greist & Johnson
Waterworks Claims
Peasae Bess
Bowden
Doyhe Boweben
Dewatin
Fleary Mfe. Co
National Meter Co
Bao John Piquiin
Fisher Bros
Jona J. Chesnut
Work Crey
North Street
I Street Opera Licetac
Old Street
Lotrag
Blackstone
W.ow
FG Uson
Indiana Game Laws
S. I
Linton
Jim Haley
Jasonville
M. F. Cull
Charley Cramer
Centerville
S.I
Seymour
Sol Uake
Fred Hatfield
Jake Whitenback
Riverside
Foreman Smith
Extra Gang No. 7
Tom Allen
S Shops
Washington
James Walsh
Southern Indiana’ Ry
John Clark
Mitchell
Willow Valley
Academy of Science
Commissioner of Fisheries and Game
Skimmer Strout
Monon Round House
BE. &T
Charley Wilson
Greensburg
Odd Fellows
Clarence Quackenbush
Vincennes
Joe Bailey
Edgar Lucas
B.&o.sw
G. A. Hamer
Western Union Telegraph Co
S. L. Round House
Duluth
Minn
O& I
Telegraphic News
Juba
Catubig
Samar
Geo. MacArthur
Philippines
Indiana Odd Fellows
Wabash
Terre Haute
Claudie Carmichael
Frank Sears
Orleans
J. W. Adamson
Fin Gyger
Miss Maude
Otto Kern
Hackier
Coxton
Perley Perkins
Jd. M. Potter
Hldridge Lackey
Clay Inman
Owell
W. A. Sears
John Pinkston
Owensburge
John R. Walsh
W. H. Smith
Thomas O. Daggy
Cashiel
WM. Erwin
Assi Cashier
Bedford National Bank
William H. Smith
Vinson V. Williams
Daggy
George W. McDaniel
James
Herrine
Golicus
Center
Panama
Machias
Colon
Hidward Kelly
James Fox
John M. Burke
Jeffersonville
Fox
Kelly
Burke
J.W. Trainor
D.d-S
Via An
Phapel Saa UB
Plymouth
Leesville
H. H. Chess
Lelsville
Indian Creek Township
Lawrence County
Board of Commissioners
Bedford Road
J. T. George
Thomas Tinsley
Dark Hollow
Board of County Commissioners
Indians
Amanda J. Ridge
Man Tin C. Ridge
James Elsey Herington
Shorty
Mitchell,nd
Harvey Voyle
George P. Parks
17Th & I St
M. F. Dunn
H. P. Pearson
Dunn & Pearson Attorneys
Dunn Building
North Side Square
Bedford, Ind
E. B. Stephenson
South Side
Gunn Building
C. H. Emery
15Th and
Ksts
Gunn
Eagle Clothing
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rocks
Frank Bailey
George Wilkes
Abdallah
Wilhelm
Fair Ground
Stephenson Bros. & Co
Richard B. Short
Iindianga
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