Political maneuvers and nominations in IndianaDistricts
County offices contested include Auditor John M Gainey Treasurer William H West and Sheriff James F Smith. Miers’s bid for Permanent Chairman of the Democratic State Convention falters as the Indianapolis Sentinel notes his jokes about subscribers. Chaney, Sullivan, favored Republican nominee for Congress in the Second District. East, Bloomington, eyed for Pellet Judge. Bloomington urged to push a reader into office to keep party discipline. Spencer Democrat backs East’s bid and criticizes Miers.
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John M. Gainey
William H. West
James F. Smith
Miers
Indianapolis Sentinel
The
Sentinel
Washington Gazette
John C. Chaney
Sullivan
Congress
Chang
J. C. Chaney
Linton Record
Jobo
Rhino” East
Bloomington
Bedford Democrat
John
Spencer
Davis
Welman
Democratic Standard
United States Helped Cuba Rise From Spanish Rule
The United States aided Cuba's emancipation after 1898 and has since provided vast support. It financed wars costs, fed destitute Cubans, paid insurgent troops, built roads and railways, improved postal services, founded schools, and eradicated yellow fever. The Globe-Democrat credits U.S. actions as transformative for Cuba.
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United States
Cuba
Spain
Philippines
Globe-Democrat
Miers as Democratic presidential candidate urged by editor
The Call endorses Congressman Robert W. Miers for the 1904 Democratic nomination, praising his breadth to unite factions and noting his strong congressional defeat of the writer. Replies from rivals accuse the Sullivan Times editor Welman of misrepresentation while defending Democratic principles and integrity amid primary disputes in Sullivan county and opposition to East for appellate judge.
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Call
Robert W. Miers
Congress
Linton Call
W. Welman
Bob” Miers
Denis
Sullivan Times
Times
Welman
Sullivan County
Indianapolis News
Doremus Canceling Machine Aids Bedford Post Office
The Bedford post office adopts a Doremus patent canceling machine to speed mail handling. The device processes letters through a receptacle, crank turn, and stamping, lightening labor for the mail clerk. Major offices nationwide are equipped with similar canceling machines.
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Bedford Post Office
Post Office Department
Infant salvation debated by General Assembly and Cuban statehood marked
The Presbyterian General Assembly affirmed infant salvation within election of grace. The Cuban Republic began with Gen Leonard Wood transferring power to President Palma as the flag changed. In Shoals Indiana, Abner Holt killed his wife Anna Salmon then shot himself, dying beside the road after a confrontation with workers who reported the crime.
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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
United States
Leonard Wood
Palma
Gen. Wood
Brooklyn
Strawberry growers near New Albany reap higher prices
Handsome prices are realized by strawberry growers from patches on barren uplands near New Albany with a prospect of larger earnings from a short crop. Tuesday night shipments to Northern cities fetched 43 to 3.50 per six gallon case, yielding growers 250 to 3 net. Wednesday evening over 600 cases left New Albany and as many from Borden, eighteen miles north on the Monon. Total shipments for the season, including Wednesday night, approach 3,000 cases.
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New Albany
Borden
Indiana fruit outlook shows scarce peaches this year
W B Flick secretary of the Indiana Horticultural Society reports poor fruit prospects for 1902 with no peach crop expected in Indiana due to drought and cold. Apples look good in the south but central and northern areas face half or less yields, pears vary by region, native plums and cherries mixed, grapes poor, and strawberries poor despite some blackberry promise.
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Indiana
W. B. Flick
Indiana Horticultural Society
Johnson
Keifer
Damson
Flick
State Statistician
City Council reorganizes with twenty one committees named
The new City Council and Mayor met Tuesday night, appointing committees in areas from Cemeteries to Parks. Actions include arc light maintenance at the intersection with B&O tracks, a rescission of the 16th and K streets building transfer, and plans to extend water mains. License fee debate suggests raising circus show charges to at least 100 dollars per Ringlings show. Building permits listed and financials show waterworks, general, and city treasury entries with ward vote totals and redistricting need.
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Hackett
Owens
Stone
Dodd
Rowland
16Th
K Streets
Committee On
Council Chamber
Bedford Coal and Mining Co
First Ward
Second Ward
Third Ward
Two Accidents at Robin Roost Quarry Injure Two Men
Two incidents at the Robin Roost quarry left two workers injured but alive. Carl Baker sustained a deep forehead gash when a falling drill struck him after a trolley rope failure. George Philips suffered widespread bruising when a derrick bullwheel end threw him skyward. Baker was improving. Philips expected to recover. Meanwhile Mrs. G M Norman attended a wedding in Heltonville. volcanic activity in Martinique and St Vincent remains critical with tremors felt in Florida. World sympathy grows for evacuees.
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Robin Roost
Carl Baker
Baker
George Philips
Martinique
St. Vincent
Florida
Remarkable Old Lady of Waltham Turns 100
In Boston Post style, Susan Pearson of Waltham born May 17 1802 reaches her centennial on Central Street. She came to Waltham at age 12, worked nearly four decades in a wool mill, saved to buy 82 Central Street in 1865, helped found the Congregational Church, and remains in good health despite aging infirmities. Her family includes Eliphalet Pearson, an early mill overseer and relative of Judge E. D. Pearson.
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Boston Post
Heliphalet Pearson
E. D. Pearson
Morrison
Waltham
Mass
Central Street
Susan Pearson
Miss Pearson
Salem
Eliphalet Pearson
Congregational Church
Locusts appear as community notes include visits and services
Locusts have appeared here. John W. Jones and wife were at Bedford Saturday. Miss Minnie Perkins of Boston visits sister Mrs Elmer Pace and family. Miss Mollie Lake spent Sunday with her parents near Silverville. Miss Mary Pace of Norman Station visits Mrs Susan Pace and daughter. Mr Hugh Jackson and wife and Mr and Mrs Edward Reuter visit Clarence Jackson and wife Sunday. Mr Bert Marshall of Livonia here Sunday. Rev Harry Accam will preach at New Union May 25. Bertha Quackenbush buried at New Union Friday. services by Rev John Williams of Bedford. The community extends sympathy to the relatives.
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John W. Jones
Bedford
Minnie Perkins
Boston
Mass
Elmer Pace
Mollie Lake
Silverville
Mary Pace
Norman Station
Susan Pace
Hugh Jackson
Edward Reuter
Clarence Jackson
Bert Marshall
Livonia
Harry Accam
New Union
Bertha Quackenbush
John Willams
Jas. Bergen
Brownstown
Mack
Golden Fountain
Bessie Dodds
John Holland
Archie Guthrie
John Guthrie
R. N. Flinn
Terrence Guthrie
Tunnelton
Jane Newkirk
Campbellsburg
H. E. Faris
W. KE. Allen
Katie Hattibaugh
Seymour
Madge
Nobile Allen
Elmer Faris
Theo. McClintock
Jas. Fields
Mesdames R. N
E. B Flinn
J. P. Allen
Messrs
N. Nichols
M. Berger
Chas. Hatton
Rev. Jones
Frank Holland
Mabie Clark
Bessie Allen
Trellah
Burnett Holland
Floyd Allen
Early sown oats damaged by worm and locusts appear
Farmers plan to replant corn as some crops head out while wheat prospers. Henry Walters repairs a cistern arch and plaster. Locusts arrive in numbers but few shed before chickens consume them. Fletcher Hubbard fills a spring water cistern and gets wet. A Buddha blacksmith is sought. Seed quality is poor this season. Rev L N Jones preaches Sunday at 3 pm. Sam Hubbard repairs a gravel road on Pinhook. Lincoln on self government versus monarchy and religious liberty cited.
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Henry Walters
Fletcher Hubbard
Indiana farmers face late corn planting amid cut worms and rain
Local farmers report delayed corn planting due to cut worms despite recent welcome rain. Weather notes from Indianapolis visitors pepper the scene, with social chatter about moves to Oolitic and Guthrie. State statistics foretell a short fruit crop this year while crop conditions show mixed signals for wheat oats corn and other staples. Democrats expected to nominate W N Matthews of Bedford for State Senator per Orleans Herald report.
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W. N. Matthews
Bedford
Orleans Herald
Civil Service Clerks and Carriers Examination Announced
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an exam on June 14 1902 in this city for clerk and carrier posts in the Post Office Service. Open to all US citizens 18 to 45, with male applicants meeting height and weight standards. Applications filed by 9 a m June 14 1902 with E J Palmer Secretary Postal Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Post Office Service
Commission
United States
E. J Palmerr
Postal Board
Memorial Day Proclamation and Local Notes from Tunnel Hill
The report lists weather, visits, travel, social visits, and school events in Tunnel Hill and nearby towns. It notes Memorial Day observance guidance from the Governor, urging flags, abstinence from amusements, and gratitude to soldiers, with Memorial Day designated as a legal holiday in Indiana. The piece mentions residents visiting Bedford and Indianapolis, with several local names and minor transactions.
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Indiana
Local residents keep busy with visits trips and illness
J D Crawford and wife visited in Tunnelton on Sunday. Many townspeople traveled to Bedford Indianapolis and Bedford area for business funerals and family visits. George Crawford a former railway conductor was buried here with large turnout as relatives and friends mourn him. Typhoid fever illness Mrs Brooking improvement and various guests and trips are noted through the week.
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J.D. Crawford
Tunnelton
J. H. Beaver
Bedford
Leonard Crawford
Newtor Crawford
Aaron Mitchell
Jesse
R. N. Dixon
Joseph Rinder
J A. Brooking
Henry Brooking
Brooking
John Guthrie
C. M. Brooking
Fullen
Ambrose Crawford
George Crawford
Washington
Ind
Crawford
James Doddson
D. B. Beaver
Jack Dixon
Allen
H. T. Root
Indianapolis
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
John Kern
Homer Ingle
R. Dixon
J. L. Crawford
Sarah Dixon
Harrison Flinn
Joe Williams
S. E. Haws
Cole
Mesdames
O. P. Mitchell
Butler
S. Haws
Samuel Gabbard
Buddha
C. E. Crawford
J.C. Brooking
William Mitchell
Grace Dixon
Obituary for James F Quigley 1838 1902 Bedford resident
James F Quigley died Sunday May 11 1902 at his home four miles south of town after twelve days illness from chronic diarrhoea and pneumonia. Born June 2 1838 in Musingham Ohio he served in the Civil War. He lived in New York Terre Haute and Bedford and left a widow Minerva S Chesnut and nine children. He is mourned by many friends and relatives with a prayer for rest and a crown of life for the faithful veteran DELLA M QUIGLEY
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James F. Quigley
Muskingham County
Ohio
New York
Terre Haute
Bedford
Minerva S. Chesnut
Springville
Notice Of Letting Of Painting Of Bridge
Lawrence county Indiana invites sealed proposals to paint the White river bridge known as the Stump hole bridge. Bids due by 6 00 pm Monday June 2 192? with affidavit and bond as required by law. Specifications on file with the Auditor. Board may reject any bids. Auditor John M Gainey presiding May 9 1902.
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Board of Commissioners
Lawrence County
Indiana
White River
John M. Gainey
Tunnelton
Bedford
John M. Gain
Notice of License To Retail In Dark Hollow Indiana 1902
Notice to citizens of Dark Hollow Indian Creek Lawrence County Indiana that Tartin C Bidge will apply to the Lawrence County Board of Commissioners at the next term starting June for a license to sell intoxicating liquor in quantities under five gallons for one year with on premises drinking. The business location is a lower south room of a frame building at the southeast corner described land in Dark Hollow. Property owned by J Bidge and rented by Tartin C Bidge. Dark Hollow Ind May 9 1902.
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Dark Hollow
Indian Creek Township
Lawrence County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Bedford Road
UN- Qlana
J. Bidge
Tartin C. Bidge
Ind
Court House
Bedford
Isaac N. Glover
Jacob Y. Bates
Liquor Licence Application in Lawrence County Indiana
Indian Creek township Lawrence county Indiana to the Board of Commissioners at the next term beginning the first Monday in June 1902 for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in a quantity under five gallons with on premises consumption for one year. The front room of a one story frame building on the southeast corner of a described tract of land fronting Bedford road. The room is in full view from the road and the building is owned by J T George. THOMAS TINSLEY.
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Indian Creek Township
Lawrence County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Bedford Road
J. T. George Thomas Tinsley
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Otis & Brooks, Proprietors
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DAVID
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Wat U. Hill
Charles W. Miller
Chec& Supgreme Court
Robert A. Brown
F. A. Cothon
Bens
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W. Blatchley
Edge Supreme Court
Fifth District
John .H. Gillett
Ages Appellate Court
Frank RO Roby
U. Whey
W. 4. Menley
James RF. Black
W. Combtock
Robinson
Lawrence
Orange
Martin Counties
Charles B. Rogers
16Th Judicial Circuit
James Benjamin Wilson
Prosecuting Attorney
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Robert G. Miller
John H. Edwards
Richard Plummer
Noble McPheeters
Amos W. Scoggan
Anselm Wood
Moss
Democratic Standard- Democrat
John R. East
East
Standard
Martinsville
Telegraphic News
Shoals
Abner Holt
David Salmon
Anna Salmon
Salmon
Holt
Anna
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Oliver N. Porter
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H. E. Pitman
Bert Dye
Joseph Stillson
A. W. Brown
Henry Benke
Elsie Beaver
Emma Beaver
Dunn’s
J.C. Bauer
Crawford Johnson
Marion Albertson
Quarantine Guard
M. Hon
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John Jamison
Mell Clark
Henry Payne
Ernest Blackburn
Lem Harbaugh
Charles Harbaugh
WY Lynch
Asa E Toate
Teamn
Andrew Presnell
Efie Vighs Sarge Oe Powis
Atch
Fred Byers
A. R. Carter
W.E. Ferguson
Larilda Reath
W.E. Clark
Bedford Light, Heat & Power Co
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Pena
Lealy
George Phillips
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Jessie Fender
E. V. Judah
J.taylor
Oolitic
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L. Covey
Mollie Lewis
Myrtle Brinegar
Dode Anderson
Needmore
Dessie
Ernest Allen
Guthrie
J. R. McPike
Strain
Harrodsburg
Joseph Lewis
D. W. Barger
Taylor Anderson
J. Turner
F. Bryan
Lemon
Alonzo Allen
Ora Fender
James Barger
Pete Lewis
Fred Brinegar
Gullets Creek
Charlie McePike
Hira Smallwood
Marion Brinegar
H. V Judah
J. BE. Lewis
Albert Allen
Peta Lewis
Tunnel Hill
King Dodo
Leah Messick
Della M. Quigley
Credi
Abram
Bush
Lawrence Circuit Court
George M. Bush
Circuit Court
Guardian
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Sidney S. Mayfield
William F. Brooks
Daniel Moss
Joseph Moss
Henry Moss
Belle Ornddorf
Genevie Moss
Edward B. Moss
Clarissa Starcup
Boone Leonard
Brooks & Brooks, Attys
Cornelius A. Smith
Chas. A.smith
Williams
Charles A. Smith
Brooks & Brooks
State OF Indiana
James P. Hobbs
Joel L, Hobbs
Tors
Anderson
Martha A
Wilson I. Anderson
Martha A. Anderson
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