Visits and relocations span Indianapolis and surrounding towns
A string of local residents including WMs Kate Hellger Gus Weyerbacher and family, Mrs W B Hill and Miss Sophia Gratzer, and Rev Louis Miller's daughter Theodora Eiselstein visit relatives in Indianapolis Mitchell Orleans and Bedford areas. City officials Zaring and Denniston attend the Municipal League session while workers gain a minor wage raise. Multiple residents travel to Mitchell Martinsville and Bloomington for health treatment business and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Neil
Owensburg
Orleans
Ray Dillman
Police Court actions hinge on suspicions and fines
Nat V Stultz pleaded not guilty in Justice Potter s Court to associating with a trial set for Saturday at 7 pm John Burns from the West was fined 9 50 for intoxication Br John Dreihoble pleaded not guilty with a trial set for Friday at 9 19 Frank Luggenhill was found not guilty of an intent assault Murray Bugh Chief Myers to Mayor Smith over saloon violations Karl Kramer and Milt Blackwell face charges over election day saloon access Steve Hackney pleaded not guilty with a trial set for Monday at 9 Patrolman Payne jailed Homer Dillman and Ollie Flinn after a late night compromising incident with fines imposed on both Dillman remained in jail the woman released earlier
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Nat V. Stultz
Politic
John Dreihoble
Potter’ S Court
Frank Luggenhill
Murray Bugh
Justice Harris
Myers
Smith
Karl Kramer
Milt Blackwell
Steve Hackney
Dark Hollow
Potter
William Howell
Payne
Homer Dillman
Ollie Flinn
Justice Potter
Dillman
B&O Railroad Tickets Offer To Southern Destinations
The B. and O. S. R. R. Co. offers low one way Settlers tickets and home seekers tickets on the first and second Tuesday of each month to southern and southeastern points, including Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, and Virginia. For details call S. L. Keeley, Agent.
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Anthae
Alabama
Florida
Éreexzia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Missiswipe
North
South Carolina
S. L. Keeacu
Manston hands crushed at Rowe's mill by slipping stone
Taylor Dodd suffered severe injuries Monday afternoon when a stone detached from dogs at Rowe's stone mill and fell on his left hand. Two bones in the back of the hand and one in a finger were fractured. The Mathers stone company near Bloomington has begun a new stripping plan with a large water pump to move dirt, increasing work efficiency. Bedford mayor J. Hickson Smith visited with S. J. Dunlavy of Clark county. In New Albany, No 5 Monon train hit a Vincennes street crossing, killing a horse. two riders and two children survived by leaving the vehicle outside the right of way.
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Taylor Dodd
Rowe's Stone Mill
Mathers Stone Company
Bloomington
J. Hickson Smith
Bedford
S. J. Dunlavy
Clark County
Mr. Dunlavy
Smith
Seymour
Monon
Vincennes Street
New Albany
J. W. Sprall
H. Reese
Monroe County
Joseph Jones
Acme-Bedford
Clear Creek
Samuel Day
Johnson
Jerome Miller
Consolidated
Infant of Mr and Mrs Leo Cook Dies
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Cook died on Wednesday and was buried on Thursday at Green Hill.
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Leo Cook
Green Hill
Coal shortage slows U. S. Cement plant operations
The U. S. Cement plant shut down most machinery for two days due to coal scarcity and railway coal service problems. Amid this, a calendar error spreads confusion over Thanksgiving date, with many assuming November 23rd as the holiday despite Roosevelt's proclamation for November 30th.
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U. S
Roosevelt
Belvedere Hotel in Columbus Faces Malicious Trespass Battle
In Columbus Indiana on November 9 T E Ridenbach proprietor of the Belvedere Hotel had George Schwartzkopf arrested on a charge of malicious trespass. The hotel furniture is claimed as encumbered with Schwartzkopf asserting ownership. When he tried to remove it from the building Ridenbach had him and helpers arrested.
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Columbus
Ind
Belvedere
T. E. Ridenbach
George Schwartzkopf
Schwartzkopf
Ridenbach
Farmers Telephone Co forms in Pinhook area to link Bedford
Residents of Pinhook neighborhood organize the Farmers Telephone Co to extend five miles of line and connect with the Bedford Home Telephone Co system at Brown's Cross Roads near Erie. Connection expected within ten days. Current lines connect with the Brim system.
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Farmers’ Telephone Co
Pinhook
Bedford Home ‘Telephone Co
Brown’s Cross Roads
Erie
Hogs and corn outlook plus Indianapolis rail progress
Patrick Cudahy of Milwaukee says the big corn crop will push prices down for hogs with 35 cent corn and 4 cent hogs anticipated. Indianapolis Southern Railway completes thirty five miles of track toward Shuffle Creek, with bridge work delaying service until January. Remodeling of the Senate Avenue pump works building into offices and a freight depot should be ready by December 1.
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Curiaco
Patrick Cudahy
Milwaukee
Colorado
Indianapolis
Old
Rolling Mills
Shuffle Creek
Bloomington
Blooomington
Senate Avenue
South Street
Births and visits across Bedford area society page
Births recorded include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Leo Cook at 2004 South J street and another to Mr and Mrs Jacob Guthrie on West 6th street. Numerous notes detail residents visiting relatives, returning from trips, and plans to spend time in Sullivan Bloomington Terre Haute and Green Castle. Availed social items mention theater figures Lew Warner plans vaudeville, Knights and Ladies of Honor lodge organizing, and a Giles Williams sale nearby.
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Leo Cook
South J Street
Jacob Guthrie
West 6Th Street
Daniel Moore
John Short
West 17Th Street
Indictment shift in Kinsey case sparks bond set
Lee Kinsey faced manslaughter indictment for the death of Alonzo Mead as a grand jury acted. A bench warrant issued Monday set bond at 750 dollars and a November 28 trial date was scheduled. other items include local social visits and business notes across Bedford Bloomington and Orleans with several residents mentioned.
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Orange County
Lee Kinsey
Alonzo Mead
Terre Haute Sullivan train service begins amid superstitions
The new through service between Terre Haute and Sullivan operated yesterday with engine No 18 pulling the first train. City officials Zaring and Denniston left for Indianapolis to attend the Municipal League session. Baker George Stoessel sold his Maiden Lane bakery machinery to James Sears and plans relocation to Seattle then Southern California. Mrs Groessel remains in Bedford to run the bread store with August Unkel.
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Terre Haute
Sullivan
Indiana
John R. Walsh
George Stoessel
Maiden Lane
James D. Sears
Foster Building
Mr. Stoessel
Seattle
California
Pacific Coast
Schafer murder case referenced in telephone report
A Dayton caller using the name W. K. Evans spoke to Bedford’s leading photographer Thomas Jackson about photos of Sarah C. Schafer the schoolteacher killed in January 1904. Evans linked a quack doctor named Smith arrested in Dayton to the case and said he would mail further details.
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Bell Telephone
Dayton
Ohio
Thomas Jackson
North I
Bedford
W. K. Evans
Indianapolis
Sarah C. Schafer
William Cook
Jackson
Evans
Smith
Schafer
Plain Stealing Conviction Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court affirmed Jonah Williams’s larceny conviction for taking money found in the road. A girl found $125, left with Williams’s wife, and Williams claimed the money as his, paying a dollar to the finder as he refused to return it to the rightful owner. The court ruled that the act showed felonious intent and amounted to stealing.
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Jonah Williams
Supreme Court
Williams
Suit Seeks 10000 Damages From B and O S W
Jesse Alien through Alexander and Harris files a $10000 damages suit against the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway alleging a January 30 1905 injury while serving as a section man on section No 23 two miles east of Mitchell. He claims orders from Dora McClintincky and Elmer Rudder forced him to jump from a work train on frozen track causing a leg injury that prevents him from supporting his family.
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Jesse Alien
Alexander & Harris
B. S-W
Mitchell
Tunnelton
Dora McClintincky
Tecita
Elmer
Dora
Ailey
Fight in Indianapolis Office Injures Col H Harrison
Harmon Hutson adjutant general of the Spanish war veterans and Col Russell B Harrison ex-adjutant general and Indiana department commander fought in Harrison's Indianapolis office over a disputed $8 payment. Hutson says he punched Harrison after being called a liar. Harrison allegedly struck first and hurled a cuspidor. A stenographer screamed as a physician attended Harrison's injured face.
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Harmon Hutson
Col
Russell B. Harrison
Indiana
Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Harrison
Hutson
Col. Harrison
Road Supervisors to Be Elected December 16
Indiana districts will elect road supervisors on December 16 under a new law passed after last January elections. Terms are two years, and newly elected supervisors will take office immediately after qualifying rather than wait for the next session. Supervisors are paid 1.50 a day. Mrs. M J Lynch visits her father George Dugan and family on West 4th Street before returning to Chicago.
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Indiana
General Assembly
Attorney General
M. J. Lynch
George Dugan
West 4Th Street
Chicago
Mitchell marshal sued for theft by town marshal
Andrew Mitchell through Boruff & Boruff and Albert J Fields sues Town Marshal Jim Jones of Mitchell and bondsmen John Mority Charles W Coleman and Alonzo Hostetler alleging Jones seized and stole 100 dollars from him during a 1904 arrest and retained 180 dollars more, seeking 300 dollars in damages.
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Andrew 2
Harlow
Boruff & Boruff
Albert J. Fields
Jim Jones
Mitchell
John Mority
Charles W. Coleman
Alonzo Hostetler
Jones
Bedford Couples Tie The Knot In Local Weddings
At the home of the bride's parents on 9th street Wednesday evening Neill Bert Lawrence and Miss Flora E Padgett were united in marriage. Rev Wilson Whitney officiated. Frank I Sallee wed Miss Mabel Kimbly at 1 30 Wednesday by Justice J W Harris at his office. Both couples reside in Buddha and Guthrie township. Iva Ikerd wed Fred Fish Sunday at the bride's parents home three miles north of Bedford with Rev Harry Accam officiating. The bride wore steel prune cloth and chrysanthemums. A supper followed and only close relatives attended. The newlyweds will reside at the O'Neal farm two and a half miles northeast of town in their new home recently completed.
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9Th Street
Neill Bert Lawrence
Flora E. Padgett
Wilson Whitney
First Baptist Church
Bedford
J. W. Harris
Frank I. Sallee
Mabel Kimbly
Buddha
James A. Sallee
John M. Kimbly
Guthrie Township
Iva Ikerd
Fred Fish
Felix Ikerd
Harry Accam
O’neal
Survey of Indiana An Atlas of Counties and Railroads
Three salesmen promote a Rand McNally county township and railroad survey. It is described as a splendid combination of facts figures and drawings with fully indexed counties towns populations and railroad distances. Congressional districts are outlined numbered and populated. A splendid opportunity for energetic men.
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Indiana
Rand, McNally & CO
Cuicaco
Ill
Union veterans honor James Harris with surprise birthday feast
On James Harris seventy (sixty) birthday, old comrades staged a dinner for him. The room was festooned with flowers and two long tables groaned with turkey salads and other fare. A cake marked 1861 1866 drew notice as Harris arrived, then he recovered to join the meal with guests from the 67th Indiana 4th Indiana Cavalry 21st Illinois 27th Indiana 12th Kentucky 31st Indiana 24th Indiana 145th Indiana 40th Indiana and New York among others.
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James Harris
Harris
John S. Bailey
Indiana
Bart Cole
W. C. McCain
Lee Potter
I. N. Whitted
Thomas Waddell
J. M. Collier
James L. Dillman
Richard Fisher
Lucien E. Payne
John Pinkston
Wm. Erwin
Henry P. Hopkins
New York
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Pomeroy, C
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Louis Miller
Henry Harrison
Henry P. Pearson
North O Street
Belle Thornton
Henry Thornton
Cincinnati
Mrs. Allen
West 15Th Street
James A. Zaring
W. M. Denniston
Indyanapolis
Municipal League of Indiana
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Lois BE. Trueblood
Frank W. Sallee
William H. Speer
May Campbell
Herman W McFadden
Iva Fry
John Nangle
Martinsville
Ernest Comley
Princeton
Fletcher
Cola
Hays
Iny Michiner
Noble Davis
Milt Myers
D. B. Dodds
Mr. Dodd
Joseph Heppingarner
Washington
Claude Shoulty
Gosport
City
Roy Ferguson
Walter W. Adamson
Kizzie May Hackler
Felix Lantz
Victor
Julia Day
A. H. Guthrie
Stone City Bank
Joe Glover
Wilbur
Mary Wilson
Walter Lindley
Dr. Withers
Aaron Rambo
The
Bell Telephone Co
Reading
John Burns
Pike
Daily Mail
E. Ellora
Corner Farm
Kansas
Newland. Johr C. Bedford, MD
Lincoln Ave
Morr
S Mayer
Cook
Millard Sherrill
Ed Graff
Washington Park
Harry Neff
Tillie Larter
Michigan
Rose ‘Bahr
G. R. Thomason
Frank F. Raridda
E. 0. Babcock
N. M. Goodlett
Evansville
Lottie Wallheiser
Tid Wallace
Justina Burkes
Sue Parks
Will Cook
Jennie Queen
Loogootee
Wade Mason
Charles Mason
Carl Wayne
Greencastle
Harvey Simmons
Rebecca Guthrie
John
Campbellsburg
Cottom
City Hospital
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South G Street
George Bates
George A. Bates
Willie Wood
John L. Wood
Manatee
Lew Warner
Spencer
Frank Love
Burns City
Charles Love
R. C. Sutherland
Lodge of
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Stone City Hotel
Giles Williams
Sears
Joseph Dale
Edward Reed
Louisville, Ky
Harry Ragsdale
DP. H. Roberts
William Roberts
West 14Th Street
Corney Stone
Lincoln Avenue
James Hodges
Hugh McLean & Co
Big Four
Lon
Mead
E. R. Dobbins
George Hatfield
West 16Th Street
Aaron Roberts
Stonington
Katherine Lucas
Alonzo Roach
Wallace Owens
John A. Shoulty
Lafayette
Jerry Henderson
North Bedford
Dad Smith
Mrs. George, Weyerbacher
Springville
F. E. Walker
Jackson County
Ben Davis
Bloomington Star
Mrs. Tindall
Edith
Mrs
Thomas Tindall
East 19Th Street
M. T. Worthington
Sykesville, Maryland
Denny Worthington
East 17Th Street
John W. Stewart
Illinois Southern
Bismark, Mo
Susan Kern
William Mitchell
W. I. Jordan
Kate Griffin
North Street
W. H. West
Stinesville
Ernest Hunter
C. A. Taylor
Indian Springs
Omar Lewis
Linton
Fred Draper
Everett Trogden
Fosters’s
W. A. Wilson
Wilson
Crawfordsville
Morniing
A. W. Pease
E. S. Ferguson
Azo
Iiss
Farney Smith
Amie Down
éVehing
Will Sprida
Hia
Gus’ ‘Smith
18Th Street
Dan Brown
Mitchell Cement Mill
F. W. Brown
Idris Rowland
Richard Rowland
East 15Th Street
Roy Trueblood
Joseph Glover
Mr. Glover
Elisha Grimes
W. R. Tuggles
Pitman’s
West P.O
Edgar
Jas. Hollowell
Charles Keeth
Lawrence County
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Jesse N. Fender
Johnson Quarry
J. M. Hunter
Smithville
Bartlettsville
Commercial Club
League
Andrew J. Harlow
Lawrence-Padgett
Ikerd
Cosner
Wm. Clark
Uncle Sam
Martin Navy
Gosner
Elmer E. Todd
Iseminger
Mary Todd
Alexander & Harrig
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Errick
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Jackson Counties
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J. W. Trainor
East Side
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