Local notes from town feature visits and deaths
Local items report visits by Mrs. Walsh to Terre Haute and many residents in town including Edmond Hartman ill with typhoid, Hon Hiram McCormick in town, and several travelers leaving for Tombstone Arizona. Obituary notes state Wilson Flynn died at Fairview age 50 and will be buried there this afternoon. The Monon railroad plans a stone wall near the station to improve space for hacks and vehicles. Capt S A Snyder and wife celebrate arrival of daughter in law and two grandchildren from Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Flynn
Fairview
The
Monon
S. A Snyder
Kansas City
Frank
Marie
Local notes from Mitchell and vicinity list moving, visits, and sports
Mitchell residents Joshua Younger Aylette Whitted and Grace Love travel visits are noted along with Chas Lang H M Bollinger and Miss Prorence Bright. Property expansion on South G street Morris Mayer plans a wildcat trophy mount. A football elevens to Bloominton and a law firm Martin Dye and Dye plus Martin are mentioned among other moves and occupations.
Bloomington area news and local society notes
Arthur Bisset visits his mother from the West. Wests add rebate sales to their store. Otis Davis, a Williams farmer, was in the city. Local labor is scarce due to widespread work. Miss Antionette Duncan returns home to Bloomington after a city visit. Mrs Rebbecca Hulsapple of Bloomington visits her son Chas Cain. Blanche Baker, recently ill, shows improvement. Mrs Minerva Howard of Scotland visits son Tilden Howard. Mrs Mable Anderson travels to Indianapolis to join husband in a barbershop. Melter leaves for Chicago for paralysis treatment. Lawyer J W Harris moves from Blackwell property to a newly purchased cottage near East Side school. Mayor Smith and city officials attend State Municipal League meeting in Madison. Starr Flynn sustains a foot injury from a falling trail at Campbellsburg. John Naugle finds 1820 U S half dollar in backyard on South H Street. Bloomington, Crawfordsville, Bedford, Seymour census sizes listed. An 18 year old girl confined to county jail escapes upstairs but is recovered by Mrs Smith. Mrs Chas Horne arrives from Riverside New Jersey to attend Seaside of her mother Emily Wilder's illness at North 1st residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Horne
Riverside
New Jersey
Emily Wilder
Ly. Keach
North 1St
Prairie Farmer subscription offer to 1903
The Prairie Farmer promotes weekly delivery including Prairie ly to January 1, 1903 for ten cents. It directs readers to The Prairie Farmer, 160 Adams Street, Chicago for subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Farmer
Mother Earth
Prairie Farmer Weekly
Prairie Farmer Home Magazine Monthly
The
Adams St
Chicago
Prairie Farmer Home Magazine
Nichols Guthrie wedding ties Scottsburg couple
Mr Newton Nichols and Miss Ruby Guthrie were married in Navy on Saturday with townsfolk from Tunnelton and Scottsburg sending best wishes. Indiana faces a record corn harvest, estimated at 175,886,900 bushels, vastly up from last year and the state's previous peak. State statistician B F Johnson had forecast near forty bushels per acre, now borne out by the preliminary plantation yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Nichols
Ruby Guthrie
Navy
Miss Guthrie
Tunnelton
Mr. Nichols
Scottsburg
Mrs. Nichols
Indiana
Department of Agriculture
B.F. Johnson
Acra
Marriage Licenses Issued To Butler Huff And Knight Allen
Adam Butler and Nancy Huff received a marriage license. Elza Knight and Addie M. Allen also secured a license along with Newton Nichols and Ruby B. Guthrie. Additionally Elza Knight and Addie M. Allen were noted among licensees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Butler
Nancy Huff
Elza Knight
Addie M. Allen
Newton Nichols
Ruby B. Guthrie
Andrew Presnell
Rosa Litton
Charles H. Brown
Linnie Bowden
Coombs and Simpson Wed in Quiet Tunnelton Ceremony
Logan Coombs and Golda Belle Simpson were quietly married in Tunnelton on November 6 at 8:30 pm. He is a Charlestown Clark County man of good character and business reputation. She is the daughter of John and Mrs. Simpson of Tunnelton, well known for her cheerful disposition. The couple left for Mitchell then a Western states trip aboard the B&O. Relatives and friends extend their best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coombs-Simpson
Logan Coombs
Golda Belle Simpson
Tunnelton
Coombs
Charlestown
Clark County
Miss Simpson
John Simpson
Missing Charlie Pace sparks wide search across counties
The disappearance of Charlie Pace, about 19, living at 13th and N streets, after leaving with a shotgun for hunting, prompts a large, ongoing search across Greene and Martin counties as relatives fear a hunting accident or worse. Witnesses report a man answering Pace's description seen with a gun Monday morning nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Pace
13Th
N Streets
Mr. Pace
John Pace
Martin County
Pace
E. B. Stephenson
City Police Court Case Involving Assault at Whiting’s Saloon
James McCleary faced Mayor Smith on assault and battery charges after attacking Hugh C. Whiting with a foot long mattress needle in Whiting’s saloon. Whiting blocked the weapon, receiving a hand wound. McCleary was bound over to the Circuit Court. A nameless drunk man with liquor and a sharp file was jailed to sober up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McCleary
Mayor Smith
Hugh C. Whiting
McCleary
Whiting
Cement plant expansion spurs $25000 outlay and rail subsidy talks
The Midland Portland Cement Co plans a large machinery plant near town with $25 000 spent in recent weeks, mostly in Cleveland. Marion township voters may approve a $165000 subsidy for electric rail expansion involving Jasper French Lick West Baden Northwestern Fraction Co. Also report transport accidents and newspaper moves in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Portland Cement Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Mitchell
John H. Edwards
Marion Township
Jasper, French Lick, West Baden and Northwestern Fraction Company
Dee
Leg Breaks at Hoosier Quarry In Work Accident
An elderly worker named Lewis at the Hoosier quarry sustained a broken leg above the ankle during work on Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Hoosier
Death of Mrs Emily Wilder in Bedford area
Obituary notes the death of Mrs Emily Wilder widow of Austin N Wilder aged 2 years 11 days at her daughter's home in Bedford after a brief illness. Survived by seven of ten children including Mrs Charles Horge and James B Wilder. Funeral held at 2 pm from Mrs S L Keach’s residence with Rev B Richard Edwards officiating. interment at Green Hill Cemetery. Also reports Indiana election results details and party votes for Secretary of State Governor and various parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Keach
Emily Wilder
Austin N. Wilder
Bedford
Charles Horge
Riverside
N. J
Jas. B. Wilder
Jesse M. Day
John W. Wilder
L. C. Baugh
Julia Wilder
S Street
B. Richard Edwards
Green Hill’ Cemetery
Quail law and local notices fill Indiana week
Readers learn about quail hunting rules, licensing, and state bird preservation. Local updates include continued court cases McCarreil versus Southern Indiana and Wallace versus Southern Indiana, a new Monroe county quarry company, and funeral services for Mrs. Emily Wilder. Quail hunting reports note high ground habitat and rain impact.
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Arctics
Alaskas
the People’s Money Savers
East Side Square
Wm. Walsh
Terre Haute
Ed Hartman
Edmond
Hiram McCormick
Shoals
Sopha Mitchell
Near Red Cross
Our City
W. C. Fines
Owensburg
Son
Andy Fines
West 18Th St
Harvey, Clampitt
J. M. Eblesiser
New Albany
Thos, Drake
Little Gov
Orleans
City
R. R Bair
Switz City
G. W. C. Woolery
Tombstone
Arizona
Webb Hoff
James Prake
Orleaps
Big Brother
Thomas Prake
South H Street
W. W. Ramsey
Dr. F.§. Hunter
Dexter
Town
W. H. Pope
Linton
Johnson
R. Pope
Ridmond Garten
Bloomington
Washington
George Dugan
Wm. A Hamm
Alfred Hamm
Cedar County
Iowa
Lee Wonlery
Woulay
B.B. Marley
Josh Younger
Aylette Whitted
Chas. Lang
H. M. Bollinger
Grace Love
Seymour
Frank Love
M. Allen
Mark Reid
Nationals
Morris Mayer
Poplar Bluff
J. W. Beard
A. H. Harbaugh
Freetown
Julius Mayer
Boplard Bluff
Louis Cooper
Nannie Bradley
Walter, Wright
Washington Fark
Southern Indiana Railroad
Salem Stone Mill Co
Frank Axtell
Washington, Ind
Peye
Tom Tannehill
John Higgens
Mike Hackett
18Th
J Streets
Drehabel
18Th Street
Needham
R. H. Williams
Arthur Bisset
Otis Davis
Near
Williams
Albert Deich
English, Ind
F.M Russell
Mrs. Rebbecca Hulsapple
Chas. Cain
North N Street
Blanche Baker
Minerva Howard
Scotland
Greene County
Tilden Howard
Mable Anderson
Indianapolis
J. W. Harris
Mrt
Blackwell
East Sixteenth Street
East Side
Smith
Denniston
E. K. Dye
Stone
Madison
State Municipal League
Starr Flynn
Monon Extra Track
Campbellsburg
John Naugle
U. S
W. F. Brewer’s
South H St
Crawfordsville
Our
Liberty and
Sunshine
Nichols Guthrie
Ayer
Buckingham
R. P. Hall &Co
Nashva
N.H
Robert Eaton
Martha .A. Green
John M. Eamondson
Isaac H. Crim
Charley Buchanan
A. M. Paris
Indian Springs
Lemon Addition
Len R.owens
Zimri Bennett
Ira Anderson
Homer Guthrie
Wirt Pitman
Paoli
Chrisler
Saltillo
Turner
Church of Christ At Freedom
Howard Field
West 16Th Street
Mat Jones
London
Squire W.P Evans
Fayetteville
Mr. Jones
George K. Lowell
Monroe County
Davis
Bloomfield
Lena Vena Jewby
Chas. Payne
Miss Newby
Daviess County
Michigan City
Herbert
Moses Cole
Francis Cobb
Lawrence
Orange
T. J. Brooks
E.K. Dye
Newton Crooke
John R. Bast
J.C. Wilson
Zollman
Spencer
Ripsie George
15Th Streets
Mrs. Wilson
Robinson
Mattie Bridwell
Fort Ritner
W. A. McCloskey
Salem
John Mather
Mack Chestnut
Springville
American
Joe Glover
Matthews
Martin
Canton
Acme Preserving Company
Adrian
Mich
Axetell
Walnut Street
Cayuga
Clay City
Geo. Herman
Acme
Bilt
Pri
J. A. Gunn
City Police Court
Whitted and
Bowling Green
Ind
S. N. Whitted
H Street
Leo Williams
John Wiliams
Sparksville
Medora
Jackson County
Mr. Williams
Lou Black
Orleans Herald
Record
Herald
Finton
Panli Republican
Charles McCarrell
Southern Indiana
Durbin
John W. Kern
People’s Party
Socialist Labor
Socialist
Union Reform Party
Chas. Reath
BorNn
Mrs. Hamilton
Beda
Bertie Chesnut
Paris
Rel Ty
McCarreil
Wallace
Southern Indiana Railroad Company
Terre Haute Belt Line
United States Oolitic Quarries Company
Oscar M. Fulwider
J. H. S. Keller
J. Edgar Rhorer
William Waltman
Nashville
Brown County
S. L Keach
First Christian Church Choir
Eld
John Williams
Bob Wicker
Henry Campbell
Wicker
Bedford Mat
Owens
West
Wood
Sheriff Smith
Scoggan
Senator Matthews
Edwards
Wilson
W. S. Holcombe
Hzase & Owens
W. S. Richey CO
Benzel Black Bedford
Alexander & Harris Attorneys-At-Law
India
Gunn
Hodge & Ferguson
Bedford, Ind
J. W. TR
Jainor
Bedford, Indian
HAMER
Northeast Corner Square
Jas. G. Stull
Attorney-at-Law
Bedford, Indiana
Merdieth & Son
Koleen
Indianas
C. H. Emery
15Th and
Kats
P. B. May
Haase & Owen's
F. E. Stipp
South Street
Undertakers
Stone City
Frank Heitger
W. F. Stephenson
Pairground Gate
Dale
Jeweler
Optician
North Side &Q
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