Memorial Service Honors Civil War Veterans at First Christian
Rev. Melvin Putnam delivered the memorial sermon at the First Christian Church Sunday. Leaders from Grand Army and related groups attended as Putnam urged recognition of heroism of soldiers living and dead. He noted Logan's 1868 memorial day act and urged younger generations to share in old comradeship. Music by a special choir accompanied the service.
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First Christian Church
Grand Army
Women’s Relief Corps
Sons of Veterans
Melvin Putnam
Flutnam
John A. Logan
Richmond
Logan
Congress
Putnam
Reath Birthday Celebrated at White River Club House
The new White River club house near the Palestine spring was dedicated Sunday with a large crowd. Owners include John A. Reath and Hugh L. Dodd among others. Judge Palmer gave the dedicatory address as guests enjoyed a feast and an 55th birthday celebration for Mr. Reath.
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White River
B. & O. S.W. Bridge
Palestine Spring
Hugh L. Dodd
John A. Reath
Schuyler Hendricks
Theodore Heiger
Charles G. Malott
R. N. Palmer
Mr. Reath
John Reath
Charlie Reath
Joe Winterhalter
James Chalmer
August Unkel
Will Garrison
Amos Scoggan
Ed Heitger
Clem Heiger
Charlie Heitger
Charlie Ragsdale
Hugh Dodd
H. Weighman
John Brown
Frank Bickenhouser
Dudley Norman
Locked Up Corpse In Jeffersonville Jail
A man named James Metz about 40, a Sellersburg cooper, was placed in Jeffersonville jail for drunkenness. He was found dead at least thirty minutes before examination, likely during the interurban ride to the jail. A bottle of carbolic acid was found on him. officials say he did not drink it in their presence. Additional note: marriage licenses granted to Virgil Turner with Maggie Benge and Eli Douthitt with Edith McLachan.
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James Metz
Cooper
Sellersburg
Jeffersonville
George Hosteller
Charles Anderson
Clark County
Metz
W. M. Nable
Scllersburg
Marshal Hosteller
Warble
Virgil Turner
Maggie Benge
Eli Douthitt
Edith McLachlan
Reception for Capt. J. D. Alexander at Odd Fellows hall
Large crowd gathers Saturday night as Woman's Relief Corps honors Capt. J. D. Alexander on his election as Department Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. Col. V. W. Williams John W. Harris and Lee Potter among speakers. Refreshments served by Relief Corps women. Also notes 5,000 strawberry cases shipped from New Albany and record Chicago-bound trains by Pennsylvania and Monon carriers with crates per car. Fruits expected to fetch 2.60 to 3.00 dollars per crate.
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J. D. Alexander
Odd Fellows Hall
Woman’s Relief Corps
Alexander
Col. V. W. Wiliams
John W. Harris
Lee Potter
Relief Corps
New Albany
Pennsylvania
Monon
Chicago
Bedford Council to Consider Anti Muzzle Ordinance
A council meeting will hear a proposed anti muzzle ordinance and a large petition from Bedford residents urging its passage. The action signals formal consideration of the measure at the next regular session.
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Council
Bedford
Many Gall Stones Remove From Ewingtt Shields
Ewingtt Shields, a well known street contractor from Seymour, came in Monday while recovering from gall stone surgery. The operation, performed about four weeks ago, removed 288 stones from his body. He remains weak but is greatly improved.
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Ewingtt Shields
Seymour
Mr. Shields
Shields
Bedford Sets Dog Muzzling Rule in Startup Week
Mayor Stipp issues a muzzle ordinance requiring dogs to be muzzled from today. About 1,100 dogs reside in Bedford and Shawswick township but only 700 are listed for taxation. Enforcement targets roaming cars and nuisance behavior. dogs without muzzles may be shot or fined. Attorney John H. Underwood will present the case.
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Bedford
Stipp
Spike
Shawswick
Liww
Lawrence Park
John H. Underwood
Mrs. Trueblood Dead In Spice Valley Area
Mrs. John L. Trueblood, a longtime Spice Valley resident, died Monday at about 9 15 PM at her home two miles southwest of Bryantsville from a ruptured brain blood vessel that occurred last week. She was 65, a Port William church member, and survived by her husband and five sons from a prior marriage. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at Port William.
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John L. Trueblood
Spice Valley
Bryantsville
Wedding Trip Guests From Chicago Visit Bedford
Mr and Mrs Charles Hackett of Chicago are in Bedford for their wedding trip guests of friends Mrs Florence Comboy also of Chicago was formerly Miss Comboy Their marriage took place last Saturday May 16 Hackett formerly lived in Bedford son of Michael C Hackett a Monon passenger conductor now in Englewood He works in the Armour Packing Company route agents department in Chicago New Albany Tribune notes Hackett is well known in Bedford where born and where his parents lived for years He is grandson of Mrs Susan A Parks on West 16th Street
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Charles Hackett
Chicago
Hackett
Florence Comboy
Michael C. Hackett
Monon
Englewood
Armour Packing Company of
New Albany Tribune
Bedford
Susan A. Parks
West 16Th Street
Explosion At Cement Plant Wounds Four Men Seriously
An early morning coal dust explosion in a tunnel at the United States Cement plant injured four workers. Frank Doyle and Carl Bilyeu suffered severe burns, Faris Bolding sustained knee injuries and burns, while Alex Chili had minor burns. All were treated by Dr. C. H. Emery and returned to lodging.
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United States
Frank Doyle
Carl Bilyeu
Faris Bolding
Alex Chili
C. H. Emery
Emery
Doyle and
Bilyeu
South G Street
Bolding
Portland Addition
Burglars Loot Toggery Safe on West Side
Burglars entered the Toggery Sunday night through a side window and stole about $200 from an unlocked safe beneath the counter. The break-in appears planned, with entry via a window by an alley and a forced nail in the frame. A small theft at Beddoe & Chrisler’s drug store preceded the loss, when $250 was taken after being left in the safe by Lee Bailey. The Monon adds an improved electric headlight to its best passenger engine, traveling from Indianapolis to Chicago?rolught.
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Job Bailey
Beddoe & Chrisler
Toggery
Lee Bailey
Indianapolis
Chicarra
Mr. Pyle
Courier
Baby Drinks Turpentine Is Placed Under Care
The two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Templeton of Bryantsville drank a pint of turpentine from a household bottle while playing near home. She convulsed and suffered severe agony until a physician induced vomiting. By Sunday morning she improved and was declared out of danger.
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Joseph Templeton
Bryantsville
John A Hughes Burned by Gasoline Fire in Closet
John A Hughes the well known stone operator and School Board president escaped serious harm Sunday night after striking a match in a closet at his Washington Avenue home. A shelf held gasoline which ignited, producing a flash and flames. Hughes suffered burns to his hands and arms and a physician treated his injuries.
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John Hughes
Hughes
Washington Avenue
Beavers Arrested After Divorce Granted
Beavers' divorce from Anna Beavers on cruelty, failure to provide, and drunkenness was granted last Saturday. Judge Wilson issued a bench warrant for Beavers on abandonment of his seven children, with funds and affections directed to other women cited as evidence. He was jailed Saturday night awaiting circuit court trial. youngest child is ten months old.
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Wilson
Fletcher
Beavers
Chaney Secures Military Gun For Thornburg Post
Dr W H Hedrick reports Congressman John C Chaney has procured a three inch gun weighing 820 pounds plus a gun carriage and twenty twelve pound shells for decorative use by Thornburg post 474 G A R Lin ton. The gun ships from Rock Island arsenal Illinois while carriage and shells come from Watervliet arsenal New York. Post members pay all expenses including drayage freight and mounting since the War Department donates only the gun and shells. Chaney contributed ten dollars toward expenses.
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Thornburg Post
Linton
John C. Chaney
Watervliet Arsenal
Watervliet
N.Y
War Department
Chaney
Bloomington salutes Capt John D Alexander for G A Indiana command
Mrs Bertie Blackburn thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and floral offerings during illness and death of her husband. Bloomington Telegram notes Captain John D Alexander chosen as Commander of the Grand Army of Indiana and deserving of such recognition by the city and its citizens.
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Bertie Blackburn
John D. Alexander
Grand Army of Indiana
Bloomington
Bedford Base Ball Club Loses Tight Battle At Odon
The Bedford team fell 4 to 3 at Odon in a well attended game. Fletcher and Lantz paired in the battery with Fletcher credited for 11 strikeouts and b hits allowed. Bedford shows strong form in their first game and plans to use Washington Park grounds for the season.
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Bedford
Odon
Fletcher
Lantz
Battery
Washington Park
Apple crop forecast and fruit outlook from Mitchell Indiana
Joe Burton, fruit expert for Southern Indiana, reports a light apple yield this year except for Ben Davis which will be plentiful. Peaches cherries and plenty of berries expected. Wheat in excellent condition, little corn planted due to heavy rains. Edmund Hartman traveled to White Creek to spend the summer with relatives.
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Mitchell, Ind
Joe Burton
Indiana
Ben Davis
Visiting relatives and a terminal illness in Indiana
Mrs. Helenger and her children from Huntingburg Indiana visit Vale Wycoff's family east of the city this week. Mrs. John Henzler, wife of a prominent southwest farmer, is gravely ill with consumption and her death is momentarily expected.
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John Henzler
Decoration Day Services Held May 30 1908
Decoration Day ceremonies proceed Saturday May 30 with school children delivering flowers at 9 a.m. at the Court house. Students meet at West Side School at 1 p.m. to march led by Comrade W. C. McCain to the corner of 16th and K streets then to Green Hill Cemetery for program featuring Invocation, Roll of Honor, Lincoln Gettysburg Address, and speeches by Hon. John H. Underwood and Hon. Frank M. Vance.
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Court House
Woman’s Relief Corps
West Side
W. C. McCain
Grand Army Post
16Th
K Streets
Green Hill Cemetery
William J. Moore
Lincoln’s. Gettysburg
John H. Underwood
Frank M. Vance
Divorce Granted in Circuit Court for Kremer Kramer
Judge Wilson grants Grace Kremer a divorce from John Kramer on cruelty claim. In Mitchell, separation case cited cruel and inhuman treatment. Anna Beavers awarded divorce from William Beavers on desertion failure to provide and habitual drunkenness. Frank Owen plans a stone cottage on West 14th Street.
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Wilson
Grace Kremer
John Kramer
Mitchell
Anna Beavers
Willian Beavers
Frank Owen
West 14Th Street
A Fool Hen
Peter Wise of Omega found a setting hen on a straw stack. Removing the hen revealed eleven live snakes beneath. Wise killed the snakes and disposed of the hen, noting the fowl could not tell a snake's egg from its own.
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Peter Wise
Omega
Mr. Wise
Ill infant Frances Cosner Holds Her Own at Home
The Cosner child, Frances, ill with brain and malarial fever at her parents' East Sixteenth Street home, remains unconscious most of the time though the family believes she is holding her own. Attorney General Bingham issues an opinion on Greek fraternity taxation outlining that property is tax exempt only when used for fraternity purposes. The 1905 law exempting fraternity houses is not seen as covering vacant lots taxed for lack of use. Frats and flats may be taxed for street improvements, aligning with schools and churches. Harry M. Voris, assistant cashier at Citizens National Bank, is ill at his sister's home in Louisville after a visit last week.
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Little Frances Cosner
Frank Cosner
East Sixteenth Street
Bingham
Bloomington
Harry M. Voris
Citizens National Bank
Louisville
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Manufacturers
Hanmer & Day
Wilton
Brussels
Mission Library
Capt
D. Alexander
Ewing
Mrs. Trueblood
Flash
Bloomfield
Foster
Wm. Ragsdale
Terre Haute
John A. Hughes
Ren
William Beavers
Linton G.A. R. Post
Edmund Hartman
White Creek
A. Mm
Ayer
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Maas
Alco
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