Cholera and War Strife Hit Thrace Refugees and Battles
War era reports 25 000 refugees crowd Constantinople as cholera ravages Thrace. Bulgarian forces surround Adrianople capturing outer forts Kartastepe and Papaztepe amid casualties. Britain vows to press for peace while US moves Unalga cutter to Asia Minor for protection.
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Sofia
Adrianople
Kartastepe
Papaztepe
Kavala
Aegean Sea
Gumurjina
Guechof
Bulgaria
Turkey
Britain
London
England
Bricain
Asquith
Balkan
Europe
Analga
Washington
United States
Port Said
Asiatic Turkey
Asia Minor
Montana
Tennessee
Nimrod Train Passengers Reported Monday Morning Incident
Local hunters were aboard trains heading out of Nimrod on Monday morning. The report notes multiple passengers and traveling conditions but provides limited details beyond the mass outing and timing.
Seek Fields Far From Town Week Opens for Hunters
Outgoing trains Monday carried many local hunters bound for fields beyond town. First day hunting mirrors Thanksgiving as all who can shoulder a gun head to the field. Many older sportsmen plan to wait several days to avoid risks from a charge of bird shot.
Train of sixty four flats rolls from Bloomington to quarries
A train consisting of sixty four flatcars departed Bloomington Sunday night to supply quarries in the Bloomington and Bedford districts. Such long trains are a notable sight along the line.
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Bloomington
Bedford
Elegant Thanksgiving Dinner for Indiana Bankers Group
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rawlins Voris hosted a refined Sunday dinner for members of the Indiana Banking Association and their wives in their home. The event featured corn colored chrysanthemums and fruit centerpieces with corn replica place cards and ices. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bonner Greensburg Mr. and Mrs H C Johnson and Mr. and Mrs Harry Smith Seymour Mr. and Mrs Earl Gwin New Albany and Mr. and Mrs John Wakefield Louisville Ky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Rawlins Voris
Walter Bonner
Greensburg
Local News Briefs on Birth and Appointments
Mrs. Clauds MecPheeders of North M street is ill. A daughter was born Sunday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Inman of North R street. Miss Chloe Day, once employed locally, has taken a stenographer job at BE McFarland’s real estate office in Shoals.
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Clauds MecPheeders
North M Street
Oliver Inman
North R Street
Chloe Day
BE. McFarland
Shoals
Fred Malck
Fritz Returns to Jeffersonville Jail for Rehearing
John Fritz, once sentenced to be hanged for killing Officer Hiram McWilliams in 1911, is back at the Jeffersonville county jail for a rehearing after a Indiana Supreme Court grant. His father is serving a life sentence at Bedford. Fritz’s new trial timing remains uncertain.
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John Fritz
Supreme Court of Indiana
Jeffersonville
Frank Lytle
Indiana State Prison
Michigan City
Fritz
Carr
Hiram B. McWilliams
Indiana Reformatory
Gov. Marshall
Bedford
Edward J. Fogarty
Kentucky
Indiana
Yogarty
McWilliams
Resolutions Of Respect For Brother Floyd Brown
Obituary notice from Stone City Aerie No. 654 FP QO E of Bedford Indiana mourning the death of Brother Floyd Brown on November 9 1912. The resolution honors his service aiding distressed and sick and entrusting condolences to the family. Also includes brief local society notes of births and visitors in Bedford and surrounding areas.
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Floyd Brown
Universe
Stone City
Aerie
Bedford
Ind
A. Friedman
St Johns Guild Plans Holiday Bazaar December 3 4
The St John’s Guild sets its annual holiday bazaar for December 3 and 4 at the Guild Hall. They will offer a variety of fancy articles and home made candies for sale.
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St. John’s Guild
Funeral for Floyd Brown Held in City
Funeral services for Floyd Brown brother of Lew Brown who died in East St. Louis Illinois were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o clock from the Hamer Day Chapel West 14th street by Reverend Dubber. The local Aerie of Eagles had charge and many relatives friends and Eagles members attended. Burial was at Green Hill.
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Floyd Brown
Lew Brown
East St. Louis
Hamer & Day Chapel
West 14Th Street
Dubber
Aerie of Eagles
The
Eagles
Green Hill
Earn $25 Weekly Selling Our Goods This Winter
A Rochester New York recruitment letter promises men not earning $18 weekly a steady all winter job selling fast moving goods. The ad claims $25 to $40 per week with eight hours daily six days weekly, urging men over 35 to apply to Glenwood Nursery Farm 6 Rochester NY.
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Winvi Sr
Glenwood
Rochester
N. Y
St Vincent de Paul Parish Plans Large Fair and Showers
The congregation of the St Vincent de Paul church lays plans for a large fair at the Parish Hall Tuesday to Thursday next week. A miscellaneous shower for the country store is set for Wednesday afternoon and evening this week, with an apron shower by the Daughters of Isabella for the apron booth. Everyone is welcome.
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St. Vincent de Paul
Daughters of Isabella
Mills of City Wrecked by Tornado One Year Ago
One year ago Monday a devastating tornado struck the city wrecking five stone mills and damaging seven more while causing widespread industrial havoc. Despite huge losses thousands of dollars, no one was seriously injured. The storm followed by a warm, sultry day and the swift rebuilding of mills and resumption of work stands out.
Linton Youth Killed Under Southeast Train No 5
Joe Stiff, a Linton boy, was crushed to death Sunday night two miles north of Linton when he fell under Southeast train No 5. A brother on the train raised the alarm. the train was stopped and backed up, and Stiff's body was recovered. The train arrived twenty five minutes late into town due to the accident.
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Joe Stiff
Linton
Southeastern
Stiff
Field Fire Threatens Athletic Park Northeast of City
A Monday morning field fire burned six inches of dry leaves and grass northeast of the city, threatening buildings at Athletic Park. The fire department arrived at 4:20 and, finding the blaze too far out for the hose truck, Assistant Fire Chief Cannedy cleared a bare ground circle to stop the flames after a large area had already burned.
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Athletic Park
Cannedy
Sick Man Stood Tap Very Well in Home Visit
Quincy Moore of St. Louis was brought to his father William Moore on West 16th street Friday and stood the trip fairly well. A St. Louis physician diagnosed appendicitis requiring operation, but home physicians diagnosed rheumatism and believed he would improve with time.
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Quincy Moore
St. Louis
William Moore
West 16Th Street
Sister of Bedford Girl Dies in Freetown
Friends in this city were notified of the death of Miss Anis Brown of Freetown on Friday night at her home. She was a sister of Miss Carrie Brown of this city, employed with Walls and Walls. Carrie Brown had been called home Thursday by her sister s illness but said she was better Friday. The death was unexpected. funeral services will be held in Freetown on Monday.
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Anis Brown
Freetown
Brown
Carrie Brown
Walls & Walls
Miss Brown
Orleans residents host visiting Patten and kin
Dr and Mrs Patten of Orleans spent Sunday with Representative elect Patten and family in Highland Park. Mr and Mrs Frank Ragsdale of Montana returned to Orleans for a longer visit after weeks with relatives.
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Patten
Orleans
Highland Park
Frank Ragsdale
Montana
Illness Strike Hits Mrs Reed of Bedford
Mrs. Alex Reed once of this city now in Bedford is dangerously ill with gangrene. George Bosley of Indianapolis was in the city Sunday.
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Alex Reed
Bedford
Bloomington
George Bosley
Indianapolis
Northcrafts Return From Abilene Visit
Mrs. C. B. Northcraft and her daughter Miss Charlotte Northcraft of Abilene Kansas have returned home after visiting Mrs. Northcraft’s brother William P. Malott and Mrs. Malott. Mrs. L. Faris of Tunnelton is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harris on South I Street.
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C. BH. Northcraft
Charlotte Northcraft
Abilene, Kas
Mrs. Voris Returns Home From Louisville Visit
Mrs. J. R. Voris leaves Louisville after visiting her brother John Wakefield and family.
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J. R. Voris
John Wakefield
Louisville
Morgan town editor visits city before winter in Florida
E. M. Moore editor of Morgan town Tad Truth came to the city Monday to visit Geo. M. McDaniel and left that evening for St. Petersburg Florida to spend the winter.
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E. M. Moore
Morgantown
Truth
Geo. M. McDaniel
St. Petersburg
Fla
Breach of Promise Suit Filed in Bloomington
Mrs. Freda Young sues John H. Chambers for 4000 alleging mutual promise to wed in autumn 1911 and later September 25 1912 the marriage was broken when Chambers wed Carrie Smiley on October 7. Young claims she arranged farm affairs and would still marry Chambers with attorney representatives Wellons and Carpenters.
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Freda Young
John H. Chambers
Harrodsburg
Bloomington
Young
Carrie Smiley
Chambers
Wellons and Carpenters
Maude K Ping Murder Trial Top Court Docket
Not counting divorce suits due next Tuesday there is little new business. The Maude K. Ping murder trial is set for November 26. Jury list released by County Clerk Stalker includes Grand Jury members Oliver P. Allen Charles Francis Walter Gore E E Erwin Homer Hardwick Ralah Holmes. Petit Jury members include Milton Chastain Simpson Tincher John C. Rush George Hendrickson Gunn Gray Clark Link David Cobb Thomas Hudson John Fitzgibbons W L Hert Luther Lowe Wesley Mayo Earl Short Carl Fisher John Perry A B Hall and Mrs William Walls visited in Seymour Sunday.
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Maude K. Ping
Stalker
Milton Chastain
Bono
Simpson Tincher
Spice Valley
John C. Rush
Perry
George Hendrickson
Indian Creek
Gunn Gray
Marshall
Clark Link
David Cobb
Thomas Hudson
John Fitzgibbons
W. L. Hert
Luther Lowe
Wesley Mayo
Earl Short
Carl Fisher
Pleasant Run
John Perry
A. B. Hall
Marion
Freeland Family Reunion Trip Ends
Dr. J. T. Freeland returned Monday morning from Oaktown where he attended a family reunion at his sister's home. Mrs. Freeland and daughter Miss Frances returned home that evening.
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J.T. Freeland
Oaktown
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Ians
Ing Forts
Constantinople
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Bahri Pasha
Albania
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Boyuk Chekmere
San Stefano
Gheik-Ul Islam
Horjas
Military Council
Council of Ministers
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Tchatalja
Nimrod
Monon Hho
Dankers
J. R Voris
Robert Herndon
J. J. Lynch
William Phipps
4Th and
F Streets
Cyrus Findley
Isis McDaniel
East 16Th Street
John Guild
East St. Louis, Ill
Linton Youth
Carly
City
Letic Park
Lawrence
Grand Jury
Oliver P. Allen
Guthrie
Charles Francis
Shanswick
Walter Gore
E. E. Erwin
Homer Hardwick
Ralah Holmes
Petit Jury
William Walls
Seymour
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