Belt Line Road project eyed by Walsh aims at Terre Haute
The Southern Indiana railroad controlled by Chicago capitalist John R. Walsh announces a belt line around Terre Haute with early work expected. The plan is seen as a step toward a Chicago through route to connect Walsh’s Bedford stone quarries, threatening rivals Chicago and Eastern Illinois and Chicago and Indiana Coal Road. Football crowds boosted rail business as 17 to Salem, 18 to Bloomington, and 31 for a special train to Lafayette for Indiana University versus Purdue.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Southern Indiana Railroad
John R. Walsh
Chicago Capitalist
Walsh
Chicago
Chicago and
Indiana
Monon
Salem
Bedford High School
Bloomington
Lafayette
Indiana University
Purdue
Bartletts ville family bears peculiarly named children
Seymour Democrat notes John Heltenburg and his five children born to a Bartletts ville family carry unique names Zipporah Ettie Heltenburg Zalima Rettie Heltenburg Zelotus Cleveland Heltenburg Zenas Oliver Heltenburg Zibiah Nettie Heltenburg. The first names draw from Greek myth and the children attended school under City Judge F. W. Wesner in 1896 and performed well. If any family can beat this record the Democrat wants to hear of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heltenburg
Bartlettsville
Zipporah
Ettie Heltenburg
Zalima Rettie Heltenburg
Zelotus Cleveland Heltenburg
Zenas Oliver Heltenburg
Zibiah Nettie Heltenburg
F. W. Wesner
Seymour Democrat
New law firm Martin Dye and Martin opens in Bedford
Announcement from Bloomington Telephone notes the new Bedford firm Martin Dye and Martin. Senior member Judge W H Martin returns to practice with son Will Martin and Mr Dye, both described as highly capable and well connected locally.
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Martin, Dye
Bloomington
Brown Brown and Bowden Wed in Simple Home Ceremony
A quiet wedding united Charlie H Brown and Linnie Bowden on Tuesday evening November 11 in a house on 7th Street prepared as their future home. Father Mattingly officiated. Ice cream cake and oranges followed. Employers at Furst Kerber Stone Mill gave a couch as a gift and well wishes poured in for a happy prosperous life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie H. Brown
Linnie Bowden
Father Mattingly
7Th Street
Furst-Kerber Stone Mill
Brown
Unions Should Be Incorporated In Labor Policy
The editorial argues Massachusetts should pass a law incorporating labor unions to hold leaders accountable and protect funds. It contrasts current illegality with benefits of corporate responsibility and cites litigation as preferable to riot, asserting labor’s growing societal role and responsibility.
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Senzior Hanna
Massachusetts
England
House of Lords
Boston
Indianapolis News
Putty Cave tripoli on Bass farm near Spice Valley
Hugh Bass displayed a six foot thick vein of wet tripoli from Putty Cave on his Spice Valley farm eleven miles southwest of the city. The mineral, when dried, becomes a cream color and hard as chalk, leaving a polished surface on metal. Bass plans to seek a market for the stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Bass
Tripoli
Spice Valley
Bass
Bedford vs Salem football clash ends 0 to 41
Bedford boys fought Salem on their home field but lost 41 to 0. Quarterback Burke and newcomers stood out while Bedford defense held several downs. Bloomington reports of youth teams learning the game and field hazards add color to the day.
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Bedford
Salem
Salem Bedford
Burke
Mitchel and Bailey
Bloomington
Jordan Field
Bedford Boys
Nationals
Stone City
Ryan Beem
Onis Melton
B. Linton Smith
Great Play Promises Original Entertaining Season
The management pledges effort and expense to win public favor with a new and original production. It promises novelty and excellence surpassing typical dramas, labeling the play a modern dramatic triumph from a prolific author.
Miss Jinnice Fitch Scenic Neo-Classic Revue at Stone City
The well known writer Miss Jinnice Fitch headlines a lavish production with elaborate scenery by America’s top Scenic Studio. The show, described as an eclipse of prior spectacles, plays at Stone City Opera House on Saturday, Nov 22, to strong press and public praise.
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Jinnice Fitch
America
Stone City Opera House
Collision at Huron lowcountry disaster report spreads
A Friday morning collision near Huron between a westbound freight and the eastbound mail train on the B and O S W damaged engines and several cars. Passengers suffered bruises but none seriously hurt while a tramp on the mail train was badly injured. The line was blocked until early afternoon.
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B&o S.W
Will Cortham
Seymour
Loogootee
Cortham
Everhart
Fort Ritner
Huron
Mitchell
Grand Jury and Petit Jury named for November term
A list names George Black, George W. Tyre, William Owens, Arthur W. Sherrill, Charles D. Farmer, Hugh King, Archie Guthrie, L. L. Adamson, William R. Jackson, W. T. Sears, Morton Glover, Hardin Burton, W. H. Brim, Henry Lee, Wilburn Burton, Frank Clampitt, Thomas R. Halliday, Donl Adamson as jurors. A Cyclone dispatch reports a Monon Railroad hold-up fake after four men claimed to act from Cincinnati. no injuries as train sped away.
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Grand Jury
George Black
Flinn
George W. Tyre
Marion
William Owens
Marshall
Arthur W. Sherrill
Charles D. Farmer
Shanswick
Hugh King
Spice Valley
Petit Jury
Archie Guthrie
Guthrie
L. L. Adamson
Indian Creek
William R. Jackson
W. T. Sears
Morton Glover
Shawswick
Hardin Burton
W.H. Brim
Pleasant Run
Henry Lee
Wilburn Burton
Frank Clampitt
Plinn
Thomas R. Halliday
Bono
Donl Adamson
Frankfort
Ind
Monon
Cyclone
The
Corns
Charles Johnson
James Mack
Frank Smith
Harry Gray
Cincinnati
Journal
Death of William Evans and local mining tensions
William Evans died Sunday afternoon after a long illness. The funeral occurred Tuesday at his West 13th street home with burial in Green Hill Cemetery. Evans was a stonecutter and a Knights of Pythias member. The piece notes union miners hiring counsel before the anthracite coal commission and ongoing unrest, including a dynamited nonunion miner’s home and Hazelton’s Ministerial Association urging protection of workers’ rights amid ongoing controversy.
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William Evans
West 13Th Street
A. M. Irvine
P. Lodge
Green Hill Cemetery
Evans
Knights of Pythias
Nounion
Anthracite Coal Commission
Ministerial Association
Hazelton
Commonwealth
Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute belt road plan faces local opposition
John R. Walsh files state documents for a belt road around Terre Haute. The proposed route runs ten miles east of the city, threatening Demas Deming land valued at about 40000 dollars. Projected cost and survey activity hint at a Chicago through-line and shifting railroad territory among Illinois Central and Chicago & Eastern Illinois interests.
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Terre Haute
Chicago
Rantoul
Illinois Central
Indiana Illinois State Line
Hammond
Chicago & Eastern
St. Elmo
Walsh
Indiana Road
Sullivan and
Greene County
Indiana
Public School Party Postponed By Weather And Oyster Supper Served
Teachers enjoyed an evening with Miss Mary Day postponed from a day ride due to bad weather. An oyster supper followed at Sears’ restaurant and guests reported a pleasant time. Indiana leads whisky distilling growth with large Indiana distilleries. revenue figures from Lawrenceburg and Terre Haute districts are cited, along with a note on Congress revenue cuts. The Woodman’s Handbook by Henry Graves is described in detail, with volumes and contents for timber measurement and forest planning. The book will be available through government channels.
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Brooks Oil Company
S. I
Bedford
Indiana
Illinois
E.a.powell
Edith Cogswell
Cincinnati
Walter L. Main
Roxboro
N. C
J. D. Harrison
Mr. Main
Carl Neal
Ringling Bros
South
Monticello
Ark
Mississippi
Wallace
Arkansas
Buffalo Bill
Europe
Memphis
Pawnee Bill
Dresden
Ohio
James A. Bailey
America
Enquirer
Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
American Railway Union
American Federation
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel, and Tin Workers
United States Steel Corporation
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Commission of Arbitration
Roosevelt
Terre Haute Tribune
Post Office Department
Iowa
Qohio
Mary Day
Sears
Ambrose E. Nowlin
Lawrenceburg
Hammond
Terre Haute
Woodman’s Handbook
Bureau of Forestry
Henry S. Graves
Yale Forest School
Canada
Scribner
Doyle
New Hampshire
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Senate
House
Department of Agriculture
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Indianapolis
Brown-Bowden
State Municipal League
Madison
Riverside
R. B. Scorah
Western Union Telegraph Co
Southern Indiana Railway Company
Putty
Vincennes Commercial
Repubcan
Miers
Washington Gazette
R. Ricks
Almanac
Hicks
Almapac
Word and Works
Word and Works Publishing Co
Locust Street
St. Louis
Delaware
Grant
Vanderburg
Dubois
Schoonover
George Brown
Philadelphia
North Side
Turner Hall
Bush
Carter Harrison
Chicago Chronicle
William B. Adams
Monroe County
Adams
Industrial Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Charles W. Gilmore
Morris Fuller
Gilmore
Fuller
Circuit Court
Engers
Acosm
Harness
Democrat
Johnson
16Th Street
W. V. Williams
Judge Wellhouse
Kansas
Leavenworth
Miami
Osage
Ben Davis
Winesap
Jonathan
York Imperial
Gano
Cooper
Vincennes
Francis Silas Chatard
Denis O’donahue
St. Meinrad
Oldenburg
Order of Minors Conventual
Martin
Coxon
F. M. Cook
Ft. Selling
Montana
Leo Cook
Leo
10Th Field Artillery
5Th Artillery
Philippines
China
Willow Valley
Martin County
Lawrence
Chaney
Loogootee Tribune
C. E. Asbury
Wall Street
Jeffersonville
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