Judge Barbee to Lead Second Annual Hunt in Texas
In a Texas note, Judge J G Barbee will oversee hunting and fishing plans for the Southern Pacific Railway company excursion. A famed Texas ranch owner near Wharton, Barbee promises abundant game and a large lake rich with canvasback ducks. He highlights plentiful bears, deer, wolves, bobcats, and even a panther in the Big Thicket area, with recall of former high-profile guests and a past Roosevelt bear hunt that fell through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Barbee
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Texas
Great Southwest
Wharton
Southwest
Judge Barbee
T. J. Anderson
Colonel Anderson
Warton
Anderson
Colorado
Barbee
John W. Gates
Ross
Hogg
Roosevelt
Washington
Houston Post
Oolitic Folks Embrace The Old Gait And Fun
The Oolitic News notes residents enjoy hearty revelry and aimless frolic while maintaining the familiar "old racket" of social life. The Orleans Progress observes horse prices rise nationwide as farmers’ independent finances keep bids high, with sellers demanding top dollar for roadsters.
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Oolitie News
Record Vandalia Special Sets Indy to St Louis Pace
A Vandalia special train on a 242 mile run from Indianapolis to St Louis set a line record. Four coaches carried Division Superintendent W. C. Downey and officials, leaving Indianapolis at 10 am and arriving Union Station at 2:02 pm, four hours two minutes later. Seven minutes were used for engine changes and water stops at Terre Haute and Effingham. The Relay station to East St Louis average ran 63.8 mph, with a delay crossing the Eads Bridge due to Terminal restrictions. Downey noted no excess speed, just a strong average, while the previous best time was about forty minutes slower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
St. Louis
W. C. Downey
Mornig
Union Station
Terre Haute
Effingham
Relay
East St. Louis
Eads Bridge
Terminal Association
Supt. Downey
Republican Prosperity and Bedford Editor Expands
Butler of the Bedford Daily and Weekly Democrat, known for his public attacks on Republicans from Roosevelt to the base, is revealed to have secretly saved large sums. He has bought ground on J street near the Unkel building to erect a brick newspaper building and install a better press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Bedford Daily
Weekly Democrat
Roosevelt
Republican Times
J Street
Unkel
the Mail
Democrat
Quail Hunting Outlook and Permit Rules in Indiana
Deputy fish and game commissioner E. E. Earle reports a good quail outlook in Sullivan Greene Gibson and other southern Indiana counties as open season begins after the closed period ending tomorrow. Permits cost 1 dollar and require a photo and description. own township hunting requires no permit. The first year rabbit hunting with a gun was prohibited and enforcement was satisfactory with some arrests.
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E. E. Earle
Fish and Game
Sullivan
Greene
Gibson
Indiana
Fish and Game Commission
Z. T. Sweeney
Columbus
State House
Earle
Hearst Begins Contest Over New York Mayoralty
The Hearst campaign ignited a fierce mayoral contest in New York as 600000 ballots from last Tuesday’s election clogged Sixth Avenue near the board of elections. Courts ordered police to transfer boxes to the election board, with Attorney General Mayer and District Attorney Jerome pledging cooperation in enforcing the franchise. Mayor McClellan hired counsel including Alton Parker to represent him in the race.
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New York
William R Hearst
Board of Elections
Sixth Avenue
Forty-first
Forty-second
Election Board
Mayer
Jerome
McClellan
Alton B. Parker
Court of Apppeals
Bedford Postoffice List and Local Farm Anecdote
The weekly message from Bedford lists names of advertised letters for both ladies and gentlemen including Anna Clendenen Nora Holder Mrs Lillie King Mrs. and others with a note to say advertised. The column also notes John Chestnut of Washington township sold his home farm for 70 dollars an acre and bought a 200 acre farm adjoining Bushwood for 90 dollars an acre with a reminiscence from Dan Bynum about a 1874 purchase and a plowing anecdote from Bloomfield Democrat.
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Clendenen
Anna
Holder
Nora
King
Lillie
John Chestnut
Washington Township
Bushwood
Dan Bynum
Dan
Democrat
Burton Indicted Again in Rialto Case
The federal grand jury indicted United States Senator Burton of Kansas in a renewed Rialto Grain and Securities Company matter. The charges mirror the previous indictment, alleging he accepted money while a senator for services before the postoffice department. Key witnesses included W J Vickery, W G Cochran, R M Fulton, and J H Johnson.
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St. Louis
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Burton
Kansas
Rialto Grain and Securities Company
Postoffice Department
Rialto Company
Griffiths King Richard the Third at Bloomington notes
Many praise Mr. Griffith as a leading tragic actor likened to Forrest and Shakespeare. He is noted for realism, discipline, and historically accurate costumes in Shakespearean staging. He performs Richard the Third on Saturday November 18 with matinee and evening shows. Also reports William Owens survived a morphine overdose after a beer drink, with no explanation given, under medical care at his brother-in-law’s home.
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Griffith
Edwin Forrest
Congress
William Shakespeare
Richard the Third
William Owens
Owens
Indiana corn show class rules and regional sections
The entry rules describe five statewide sections listing counties by region for a corn show. Exhibits must be ten ears each and entered by one person per class, produced on the exhibitor’s farm in 1905 within the section, with dates for submission and pickup, and the committee reserves power to add rules as needed.
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Lake
Newton
Jasper
Porter
LaPorte
Pulaski
Fulton
Marshall
St. Joseph
Elkhart
Kosciusko
Whitley
Noble
LaGrand
Steuben
DeKad
Allen
Canties
Benton
Warren
Tippecanoe
White
Cass
Carroll
Clinton
Tipton
Howard
Miami
Wabash
Grant
Delaware
Blackford
Huntington
Wells
Adams
Jay Randolph
Fountain
Vermillion
Parke
Putnam
Montgomery
Boone
Hendricks
Morgan
Johnson
Marion
Hamilton
Madison
Hancock
Shelby
Rush
Henry
Wayne, Fayette
Union
Vigo
Clay
Owen
Sullivan
Knox
Daviess
Green
Martin
Lawrence
Monroe
Brown
Jackson
Bartholomew
Jennings
Ripley
Decatur
Franklin
Dearborn
Gibson, Posey
Vanderburg
Warrick
Pike
Dubois
Spencer
Perry
Crawford
Orange
Washington
Harrison
Floyd, Clark
Scott
Jefferson
Switzerland
Ohio
Chicago
Ill
Bedford
W. E. Skinner
Centra Passenger Association
Tribune
Homerr Fisher
Greens seek new hearing in Illinois property suit
Defendants in the suit by John Green Frank Green and Mrs Emma Hulse to regain possession of a Decatur Illinois property valued at 16000 to 18000 applied for a lower court hearing. The motion was granted and trial will reconvene in January possibly extending possession by another year. Attorneys Harris and Alexander Harris note the state statute allows a new trial as of right after Supreme Court action and say the defendants have hired new counsel as the case may proceed to the end of the road possibly reaching the U S Supreme Court. They express confidence the outcome will not change.
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John Green
Frank Green
Emma Hulse
Decatur
Ill
Greens
Harris
Alexander & Harris
Illinois
Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Gun safety urged by columnist Mabel Urner
A cautionary piece recounts safety guidelines for handling firearms and warns against careless use. It notes Mrs. Mabel Herbert Urner, a New York short story writer, will appear in Booklover's magazine with a full page drawing by Harrison Fischer and commends her among noted authors Booth Workington Ellen McCarty Lane and Henry F. Wilson.
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Mabel Herbert Urner
Matt Herbart Urner
New York
Harrison Fischer
Urner
Booth Workington
Ellen McCarty Lane
Henry F. Wilson
The
Bookelayer’s Magazine
Parties and birthdays honor local girls and friends
A sequence of social evenings details entertainments at Miss Ruth Freeland and Miss Ethel Sherwood homes on West 16th street and with the T. W. W. Club. Surprise party marks Miss Bessie Reed’s 18th birthday with games, refreshments, and about thirty guests. Mitchell hosts a six o clock dinner for friends with a menu including chicken, pies and beverages.
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Ruth Freeland
West 16Th Street
Ethel Sherwood
Bessie Reed
George Smith
North J Street
C. A. Diefendorf
Mitchell
Mary Johnson
Cora Sears
Blanche
Stella Allen
Lottie
Mary Day
Maude
Domma Kimbrel
Tom Gratzer
Clarence Drinkard Takes Position At New Albany
Clarence Drinkard and his wife visit New Albany while he leaves a veneering mill job in Owensboro Kentucky. He will work in a similar role with Hugh McLean & Co in New Albany, planning to move there soon.
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Clarence Drinkard
New Albany
Owensboro
Drinkard
Hugh McLean, & Co
Acton Park Fire Destroys 110 Cottages Near Indianapolis
A Sunday blaze at Acton Park 14 miles southeast of Indianapolis wiped out 110 cottages with contents, mostly owned by Shelbyville and Indianapolis residents. Loss about 50000 dollars. insurance unknown. Only the Park Hotel remained. Cause believed to be a spark from a passing locomotive. Bishop Francis, visiting for the St John’s Episcopal corner stone ceremony, returned to Indianapolis.
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Acton Park
Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Park Hotel
Francis
St. John’s Episcopal Church
W. E. McCormick
Injured fireman sues over fatal railroad collision damages
Adam Pifer, once a locomotive fireman, sues Southern Indiana Railway Co. in Vigo Circuit Court for 540000 total damages after two separate wrecks. First incident on Nov 7, 1904 near Bedford on a special passenger train caused by a freight train on the same track, seeking 10000. Second incident on Apr 8, 1905 near Freetown involved a loose board on a freight car striking the engine cab, injuring Pifer and blinding his left eye, seeking 15000 plus 15000 for eye loss. The suit lists McNutt & McNutt and Harry Wallace as attorneys.
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Vigo
McNutt & McNutt
Harry $. Wallace
Adam Pifer
Southern Indiana Railway Company
Pifer
Bedford Belt Line
Bedford
Oolitie
Indiana
Freetown
Fifer
Terre Haute
Pheasants Set Free In Indiana To Propagate Birds
An Indiana effort to propagate Japanese and Golden pheasants led to new laws protecting the birds for ten years. Judge George W. Denbo released two pairs on his Lafayette township farm near New Albany. The previous state pheasantry was dispersed with birds distributed for breeding across Floyd and Harrison counties and elsewhere.
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Indiana
George W. Denbo
Floyd County
Lafafayette Township
New Albany
Floyd
Harrison
Kentucky
Courier-Journal
Polecat Attacks Peddler's Wagon in Jackson Township
Abe Goldberger a Cincinnati peddler of clothing and dry goods had his wagon halted by a polecat that leaped into the box and attacked a cat he bought for 1.25. The animal bit Goldberger's right hand as he defended himself. the polecat was beaten off after a prolonged struggle. Goldberger's hand was lacerated and his stock valued at 175 dollars ruined. The cat escaped the cage and remained in fight with the intruder until the peddler fled to a farmhouse for treatment.
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Abe Goldberger
Cincinnati
Lawrenceburg
Jackson Township
Goldberger
New Money Orders To Stop Swindlers Work
The United States will issue new money orders starting November 15, ready for postmasters nationwide. The revised orders limit value increases by tearing off the appropriate end, preventing upgrades beyond a small margin. A prior elaborate numeral system caused mistakes, leading to the current simplified format to curb fraud.
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United States
Gowen suffers severe finger injury at mill
Charles R. Gowen, a planer at the Furst Kerver stone mill, caught the little finger of his left hand in a cap wheel this forenoon. Flesh was torn from the inside of the finger nearly along its entire length.
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Charles R. Gowen
Furst-Kerver
Walsh Trains Extend to Sullivan in Southern Indiana
John R Walsh extends the Southern Indiana line to Sullivan with freight passenger and express service. Trains run from Black Hawk to Sullivan via the main line and branch. A new large brick depot at Sullivan opened Monday with the order. Walsh aims to connect coal fields and quarries to major cities, developing southwestern Indiana mining and building a strong regional railway system.
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Indiana
Sullivan
Black Hawk
Glendora
John R. Walsh
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Chicago
St. Louis
Louisville
Walsh
Middle West
Seymour
Canal Bed Battle: Big Four and Monon Clash in Lafayette
In Lafayette Indiana the Big Four and Monon railways fought over the old Lake Erie canal bed through the city. A special board ruling granted Big Four a right of way, while Judge Vinton issued a temporary injunction to block tracks. Police court fines were imposed on workers for Sunday labor, and both lines prepared for a forthcoming legal battle over the property along Tennessee Street. A separate notice from Brazil Black Coal touts superior heat from reburning ash contents.
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Lafayette
Ind
Big Four
Monon
Lafayette Board of Public Works
Henry H. Vinton
The
Shirk & Duke
Peru
Augusta
C. A. Paquette
Chicago
Charles O. Stimson
Isaac
Edward Born
Flannagan
Hinkle
Manon
Mackessy
Hayes
John F. McHugh
Tennessee Street
Canal Company
Brazil Black Coal Company
Mooney
In-er-seal Squadron Invades Bedford for Ladies Benefit
The In-er-seal Squadron of the National Biscuit Company, ten well dressed men, visits Bedford as the headquarters for a ladies reception at the Old Opera House on Wednesday from two to five. The event, part of a state tour, features a chef managed refreshment, the Bedford Orchestra, free admission, and a invitation to all local women.
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City
Bedford
National Biscuit Company
Opera’ House
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