Eagle with Chickens Captures Large Young Eagle in Indian Territory
Walter Shepherd of Sullivan brought home an enormous four and a half month old cross between black and bald eagle. The 15 pound, six foot seven inch fledgling was captured in a nest at Wealaka, Indian Territory, where Shepherd had stayed two years. He plans to release it among his chickens at Sullivan, expecting it to remain with his flock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Shepherd
Sullivan
Wealaka
Indian Territory
Monon May Build Spur to Coal Field East of Houseville
A Jasonville dispatch reports the Monon railroad plans a spur into a local coal field to haul coal from independent mines. Dissatisfaction grows as Southern Indiana controls car supply and prioritizes its own mines. The spur may cross the EB and T H right of way previously built through the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Monon Railroad
Houseville
Southern Indiana Railroad
Jasonville Dispatch
U. I
Tax Records Made Boost for County Treasury
The county treasurer reports the second tax installment brought in nearly 56000 this week with over 10000 Saturday 18000 Monday and 10000 today. Three men collected the cash and issued receipts as the largest delinquency payments to date were received and total taxes paid this year exceed prior records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
New Mileage Books Adopted by Western Passenger Association
Beginning December 1 all railroads in the Western Passenger Association will sell bearer mileage books at 2 cents per mile. Each book covers 2,000 miles and is interchangeable on all lines. A separate 1,000 mile coupon book will be sold for bearer transport only on the selling railroad. Interchangeable tickets stop December 1, while existing mileage books remain valid to their time limits. The system, long used in the East, is being introduced in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Western Passenger Association
Hog cholera hits Indiana, raises food prices fears
Fresh report notes hog cholera epidemic in parts of Indiana destroying hogs by the hundreds. Authors warn that further shortages like weevils in wheat and rot in potatoes could lift breakfast food costs and burden city families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
North Town Basket Club Formed to Meet Weekly
Bloomington Telegraph reports a new Basket club organized in the north part of town. If the calendar is not extended the ladies of the town may have difficulty fitting meetings into one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Ladies
Bloomington
Second Fire Destroys Haverley's Store On Washington Avenue
A gasoline lighting apparatus caused a blaze at Cosner department store on Washington Avenue Monday night. Clerk Cecil Bartlett was badly burned when a fuel spray ignited. owner Ralph Cosner and bystanders acted to smother the flames. Firefighters contained the fire to a rear room, preventing spread to adjoining dry goods and grocery areas. Estimated property loss about 75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosner Department
Ralph C. Cosner
J and 16Th Streets
Cecil Bartlett
Ford
Bartlett
Dr. Freeland
Cosner
G Street
Fontanet Suffering Residents Face Serious Conditions
The people of Fontanet confront serious health conditions following the disaster. Officials report ongoing danger and efforts to aid survivors as communities rally to address medical needs and safety concerns.
Fontanet Shelters Struggle as Carpenters Sought
Fontanet Indiana after a massive blast leaves 26 dead and 1 800 homeless. Relief efforts rely on carpenters amid soaring repair bids as families live in shacks and tents with winter near. Local volunteers and Terre Haute police workers aid needy families and orphans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fontanet
Ind
Dupont
Dupont Powder Company
Knights of Pythias
Webster- Nevins-Hamrick
Milton Webster
Edward Nevins
Carl Hamrick
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Terre Haute
Albert Webster
Samuel Nevins
Tommy Wilford
Grant Jarvis
John King
Powder Company
Vally
Haverly Store Fire Charred Washington Avenue Block
At 9 15 Monday night fire partially destroyed the Haverly store on Washington Avenue. A rear blaze in the grocery spread through a four room frame block totaling about 50 by 50 feet. Owner Joseph Snow values loss at 1000 with 1500 building. Haverly’s stock gutted leaving near 1500 damage. Insurance covered part of both claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverly
Washington Avenue
Joseph Snow
Rice Haverly
Haverley
Snow
Card Of Thanks From Stipp Family
Card of thanks expresses heartfelt gratitude to friends for support during long illness and death of wife and mother. Mrs Fred Brown and son Lisle of New Albany visiting her parents. Rev and Mrs Whitney and Mrs John M Gainey with Norma Gainey traveled to Mitchell and to Battle Mountain Oklahoma for a year with Rev and Mrs Harry Treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stipp
Fred Brown
Lisle
New Albany
Whitney
John M. Gainey
Norma Gainey
Mitchell
Miss Gainey
Battle Mountain
Oklahoma
Harry Treat
Mrs Bohrer Dies After Brief Illness in Bedford Home
Mrs. Joseph Bohrer died at 315 Q Street after a short stomach illness. She was 39 and survived by her husband and four children. The Bohrer family, immigrants from Austro Hungary, had lived in Bedford and operated a boarding house before moving to 815 North Q Street. Funeral arrangements were to be held at St Vincent de Pauls City with Rev. Father Lannert. Mrs Mattimon of Westloth Street is visiting, expected to be away several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bohrer
Q Street
Bohrer
America
Austro Hungary
Bedford
Lehman
North Q Street
St. Vincent de Pauls City
Eesictch Weide
Erming
Weloiach
Puvieus
Dhuesne
Father Lannert
City and county clash over cleaning rack at public square
City officials urge the county to clean the area around the hitch rack and refuse to fund it fully. The Board balks, fearing ongoing friction. Officials warn removal of the rack as a public nuisance if county duties are not shared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stipp
Zaring
Board of Commissioners
Wood
Bedford
Hurty
State Board of Health
Bloomington
Shot in the Back Near Bloomington Fatal Accident
Isaac Branam age 72 was accidentally shot in the back by Benjamin Jackson age 18 while walking toward Dolan five miles north of Bloomington. Branam, moved to his home after aid arrived, doctor says outcome uncertain. Branam claims attempted murder. Jackson says accident.
Anti-Saloon League worker Ella Reilly heads to Bedford
Miss Ella Reilly leaves New Albany to labor for the Anti-Saloon League of the state. She will educate, collect funds, and distribute literature in assigned cities, continuing her charity work as a collector for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Reilly
Bedford
Anti-Saloon League
Charity Society
New Albany Tribune
Supreme Court reverses divorce ruling in Hayes case
The Supreme Court overturns Judge Wilson’s year old grant of a divorce to Al Hayes finding insufficient evidence. Attorney R H East argued for Mrs Hayes. The plaintiff is a Bloomington timer who once worked in Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Wilson
al Hayes
R. H. East
Hayes
Bloomington
Bedford
Hornets Sting Parker After Muddy Creek Hunt
Charles W. Parker a negro coachman for Ambrose & Nowlin president of the Dearborn National Bank at Lawrenceburg was stung by hornets after disturbing a nest while hunting along Tanner's creek. He collapsed in mud and was rescued by State Game Wardens and jailed for hunting without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Parker
Ambrose &. Nowlin
Dearborn National Bank
Lawrenceburg
Tanner’s Creek
Parker
J. E. Boren
Indianapolis
C. A. Davis
Anderson
Ind
Nowlin
John Probst
County Council Debates Court Park Improvements
The County Council in session Tuesday discussed Court park upgrades designed by County Surveyor James. Planned removal of 21 trees, yard filling to square level, and eight concrete sidewalks to all entrances were funded. An injunction case by Moses I Dunn and Charles G McCarrell was headed for settlement in Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. McCarrell
Moses F. Dunn
Bloomington
Court Park
James
Court House
Board of Commissioners
Moses I. Dunn
Diphtheria Strikes Bedford Area Two Children Die
Health officers report two new diphtheria cases in Bedford with antitoxin treatment. Cleo Hickson four, and a Hall child five on East 19th Street are seriously ill. A Foster girl near Ft Ritner dies earlier, prompting school closures and fumigation. Another case in W R Hall’s family prompts further care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Simpson
Cleo
S.A. Hickson
East 7Th Street
W. R. Hall
19Th’ Street
Hickson
Kentucky
Freeland
Hall
Politi
Pete Williams
Emery
Plumie Foster
Ft. Ritner
Little Hickson
Two Fingers Lost In Mill Accident At Pitts Heading
Granville Baker, an employee at the Pitts Heading factory, lost the second and third fingers of his left hand when his hand was pulled into a cut off saw. He was taken to City Hospital where Dr. R B Short amputated the mangled fingers. A prior similar injury at the same mill three years ago left him with a badly mutilated index finger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Baker
Pitts
Baker
R. B. Short
Monon Freights Wreck Ties Up Rail Traffic at Greencastle
A rear end collision between a Bloomington bound local and an extra north bound through freight near Greencastle tore up track and left cars piled. The Jumbo wrecker from Lafayette and Bloomington wrecking crew moved to the scene as traffic halted for hours with trains Chicago flyer No. 6 and the Lafayette Bedford accommodation delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monon
Bloomington
Greencastle
Lafayette
Bedford
City Council to Poll New Ward Population Equality
The council plans a poll tonight to verify if the newly created ward is population proportional. Saloon men reportedly conduct the tally, and officials want to confirm the figures meet legal redistricting requirements for equal ward populations.
Local Couple Granted Marriage License in Quiet Ceremony
Clarence McFadden and Miraha Anderson received a license to wed on Wednesday and asked Deputy Clerk Leonard to suppress publication to avoid newspaper photos. Fred H. Brown, a paper hanging tradesman in New Albany since last March, is visiting here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence McFadden
Miraha Anderson
Leonard
Fred H. Brown
New Albany
Dickinson Fidler Wedding Unites Bedford Couple
On Saturday evening November 2, Mr Joseph F Dickinson and Miss Bessie B Fidler both of Bedford wed at the Fidler home at 2131 South F street attended by immediate relatives and a few friends Rev J Randolph Smith officiated The couple will reside with the bride’s parents and plan a quiet life with good cheer and hopeful prospects ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Dickinson
Bessie B. Fidler
Bedford
J. Randolph Smith
Anthony Fidler
South F Street
Dickinson
Mr. Dickinson
Struble Stone Mill
Miss Fidler
Pastor Quisenberry resigns from College Avenue Baptist Church
The Rev H N Quisenberry of College Avenue Baptist Indianapolis resigns effective January 1 due to ill health. Reports say dissenters pressed the move after a tour of Indianapolis red light districts by Quisenberry and other pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Quisenberry
College Avenue Baptist Church
Indianapolis
Quisenberry
Gorge D. Wolfe
Fletcher Place Church
Trinity, M. E. Church
Robert Lichliter
Tenderloin
Red Light
Bloomington women curb court house hitching rack issue
In Bloomington the women protest surrounding the new court house with a hitching rack causing an open air livery stable feel. The Indiana county seats trend away from this custom as they grow. Meanwhile R C Neill’s suit over his son Kenneth’s 1906 death in a crash near College Avenue trestle is returned to the Monroe circuit court for $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Star
Bloomington
Court House
Indiana
R. C. Neill
Indianapolis Southern
Kenneth
College Avenue
Monroe
Bedford
Enit
Gloomington Eto
Overcoat Recovered After Mitchell Rink Incident
Will Trartman of Bedford loses a coat and hat at the Mitchell skating rink last Saturday night. The coat was found Tuesday in Stonington in the possession of a man. the rink manager believes it was taken by mistake. The coat valued at 21 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Trartman
Yo Bedford
Mitchell Skating Rink
Stonington
Mitchell Rink
Branam Shot In Back by Youth Claims Accident
Isaac Branam, shot in the back yesterday by Benjamin Jackson, remains in poor condition this afternoon. Jackson, 18, says the gun went off accidentally while he was handling it on his way home from hunting. Rumors of non accidental shooting circulate but lack substantiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Branam
Benjamin Jackson
Jackson
Bloomington
Violations of Closed Hunting Season Lead to Fine
A Monroe County hunter discharged a shotgun during the closed season risking grave harm to an elderly man. Nearby at Lawrenceburg a hunter faced hornet attack after firing at a squirrel, and a game warden fined him nearly forty dollars for the trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Coun
Lawrenceburg
Notice of Appointment in Lawrence Circuit Court
The undersigned has been appointed Administratrix of the estate of Amos G. Wiles late of Lawrence county Indians deceased by the Lawrence Circuit Court. The estate is supposed to be solvent. EFPIEG DAY Administratrix W A Marvis Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Circuit Court
Amos G. Wiles
Lawrence County
Efpieg. Day
W. A. Marvis
Susan A. Johnson
Indiana
John L. Wood
W.E. Clark
Helen N. Lavwis
Simpson B
Lowe, Admr
Elza L. Rainey
Notice to non residents in Indiana estate sale case
In Lawrence County Indiana the administrator of Ellen McMahan deceased seeks court permission to sell real estate to satisfy debts. Defendants listed include William Roberts Mary Skoberts Charles Roberts Annie Higgins Sleator James Sleator Mollie Higgins William Higgins Mary Higgins Clark and William Clark. Hearing set December 30 1907 in Bedford Court. Clerk Boone Leonard. Attorney W E Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McMahan
William Roberts
Mary Skoberts
Charles Roberts
Annie Higgins Sleator
James BR. Sleator
Mollie Higgins
William Higgins
Mary Higgins Clark
William Clark
Lawrence County
Indiana
Bedford
Buchana
Said Court
Boone Leonard
Lawrence Circuit Court
W.E. Clark
Notice Of Application For License To Sell Liquor
Cecil Whit ted of Shawswick Township Lawrence County Indiana will apply to the Lawrence County Board of Commissioners at the next term beginning December 1907 for a one year license to sell vinous spirituous and malt liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking. The business room is described as the southwest corner front room of a two story building on part of lot 205 in Bedford fronting on T street with a glass front owned by Lillie B Neff and permission to sell cigars and tobacco in the same room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Shawswick Township
Lawrence County
State of Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Indiana
Lot
T Street
Sid City
Lillie B. Neff
Cecil Whitted
Todiana
A. D
Radford
Int
J. L. Tuggle
Shelby Julian
Board of Commissioners
Devinning
Laidroom
Towit
State of
Dora Keath
Bedford resident seeks license to sell alcohol in Radford room
Shelby Julian of Bedford Indiana requests county commissioners grant a one year license to sell vinous, spirituous and malt liquors in a first story front room of a two story brick building on the northwest corner of the Radford town lot 19 fronting on T street. He also seeks permission to sell cigars and tobacco in the same room.
Application for license to sell liquor in Bedford Indiana
A Bedford Indiana notice states applicant Est. Lausing Harris seeks a one year license to sell spiritous vinous and malt liquors in a lower east room of a two story brick building on the public square in Bedford Lawrence County. The owner is Mrs Dora Keath with address in Shawswick township. Hearing scheduled at the Lawrence County Board of Commissioners for December 1907.
Bedford Township seeks license to sell liquor in 1807
Residents of Bedford in Shawswick township Lawrence county Indiana over twenty one years of age will apply to the Lawrence county Board of Commissioners for a one year license to sell vinous spirituous and malt liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking. The site is a two story brick building on lot 205 owned by Lile B Nett Carl Kramer and Dot Kramer.
Lawrence Circuit Court Notice In 1907 Case
Complaint filed by Uriehl H. Johuson against John M. Jolson in Lawrence Circuit Court Bedford Indiana. Defendants Bertha Loedd and Barry Lodd are nonresidents and must appear at the first day of the November term or plead. Clerk A Boone Leonard seals the notice dated September 20, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF India
Lawrence County
Lawrence Circuit Court
Uriehl H. Johuson
John M. Jolson
P Voncomes
W. Hi. Martin
Bertha Loedd
Barry B Lodd
Indiana
Lawrence
Bedford
Demurto
Melvina Kern
Melvina Tolliver
Notice Of Commissioner's Sale Of Real Estate
Lawrence County Indiana 1907 notice by commissioner Simpson B Lowe of sale at 2 pm November 4 1907 of the Thomas Oldham farm Bono township comprised of 40 acres more or less SE quarter of NE quarter section 13 township 3N range 1E and 24 acres east side of NE quarter of section 13 with two thirds of appraised value required as minimum bid and terms of one third cash one third in six months and one third in twelve months with mortgage security. Parties include Mary C Oldham Oliver Oldham Eliza Oldham et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Circuit Court
Mary C. Oldham
Oliver Oldham
Eliza Oldham
Bono Township
Lawrence County
State of
Indiana
Thomas Oldham
Simpson B. Lowe
Sheriff’s Sale of Lot Interests in Bedford Indiana
Thomas W. Box sheriff will auction the rents and profits for up to seven years of undivided one sixth interests in Lot 3 Block C Avondale and Lot 10 Stillson’s addition Bedford Indiana on November 28 1907 from 10am to 4pm at the south door of the courthouse. If not enough to cover the judgment the fee simple of the real estate will be offered. John H. Underwood attorney. $10
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Lawrence County
Indiana
Carl Sears
Plantiff
Sears
Court House
City of
Bedford
Avondale
Stillson
Thomas W. Box
John H. Underwood
Notice of Final Settlement in Hoard Estate Indiana
Final settle ment hearing in the Lawrence County Indiana Circuit Court November Term 1997 for the estate of Henry Hoard deceased. Malinda Hoard administratrix asks court to approve her account and vouchers with the November 25 1907 examination date. Heirs and interested parties must appear to prove heirship or claim. Brooks & Brooks attorneys represent administratrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Lawrence County
Indiana
Henry Hoard
Malinda Hoard
Brooks & Brooks
Denniston Estate Final Settlement in Indiana Court
In Lawrence County Indiana during the November Term 1907 Wesley Denniston administrator has filed his final account for the estate of James S Denniston deceased. The court will exam the account and vouchers and proceed to auction on November 25 1907. Interested parties must appear to show cause or prove heirship at the specified time and place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Lawrence County
Indiana
James 8. Denniston
Wesley Denniston
James S. Denniston
Wesley C. Denniston
Admr
Brooks & Brooks
Attorneys
First Creditors Meeting in Bankruptcy for John N De Ford
Notice to creditors of John N De Ford of Pattonville Lawrence County Indiana that he was adjudicated bankrupt on October 15 1907. The first meeting of creditors will be held November 7 1907 at 1230 PM at Books & Brooks offices Bedford Indiana. Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and transact business. Referee in Bankruptcy Bloomfield Indiana October 17 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the United States
District of Indiana
John N. de Ford
Pattonville
Lawrence County
Indiana
Tohn N. de Ford
Books & Brooks
Bedford
Bloomfield
Ind
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Bedford Mall
Sia Hee Thomas J
Editors
Fred B. Otis
Otis & Brooks
Inne County
New Home Central Union
King of Air
Cosner’s Big Department Store
Hungary
Mattimon
Westloth Street
Artsville
Stoue
Ayer
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Huudel
Balk and
Monroe County
Branam
Dolan
Dritz
Unionville
Bedford Temperance Forces
E. E. Cooper
Florence May
Danville
Porte B. Lundy
Columbus, Ohio
Kid Richardson
A. S. Skerd
Walter Bundy
East 17Th Street
Mabel Sherrill
Trinity
Jacob Schmizer
Josephine Potter
James Rae
Louisville
Homer Ragsdale
Heltonville
Iowa
Frank Cosner
R. E. Dale
Ralph McCurdy
Deckard Hotel
George M.dugan
Volks Euchre
Curts Adams
J. B. Stipp
Anderson Overton
Odon
People’s Land and Lumber Co
Frances Overman
J. A. McDonald
Malott
Stella Naugle
Fairfield, Neb
Andy Gardner
Manon
Lily Puckett
West 18Th Street
H. H. Edwards
Andy Cain and
Charles Rollins
W. P. Rollins and
Linton
William Dobbins
Raton
Ark
Jasonville
William Moore
West 16Th Street
John Hartman
Arkansas
Mollie Maroney
Dorothy Bennett
West 14Th Street
Wm. M. Denniston
Mrs. Brown
Erie
Joseph Shea
Seymour
Low Morgan
Emma Alton
Olney, OL
W. A. Hazel
South Grant Street
Federal Grand Jury
Cornie Stone
Lincoln Avenue
O Street
Malinda Brock
12Th Street
Mrs. John Brown
Francis Faubion
Florence
Mary O’brien
Dan Iseminger
Jessie Beal
Stewartsville
Mat Lemon
W. O. Dickson
Mrs. O. Robinson
Ladies Aid’ Society
M. I. Church
J. Allinger
South G Street
Theodore Pearson
South Bend
Washington
Springville
Mr. Pearson
Mrs
Bud Pearson
Plumie
John Foster
Noble Malott
East Nineteenth Street
Monon Freights
City Council
Dickinson-Fidler
Will Hartman
Inditana
VL. Lawrence
A. W. Richardson
Ellen McMahan
Lausine
Harris Bedford
Shawswick
Lile B. Nett
Carl Kramer
Dot Kramer
Conneror
Canning
Shawswick Brownshit
Comets
Ays Foosthieb Meggan
Osice
Tate
Sheriff’s Sale
Ment
Credi
Milton B, Kern
F. Marshall Woolery
Attorney AT Law
Home Phono
Alexander & Harris
Attorneys-At-Law
Bedford National Bank
15Th
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