Bedford Dry Victory Stuns Indiana Voters
Bedford voters rejected saloons by a 620 majority in a local option election, tripling the margin from the previous vote as campaigns and business leaders weigh the economic case for prohibition. Bloomington liberals react with shock while urging petitions and possible spring votes. The press notes six years of dryness and rising temperance sentiment nationwide.
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Bedford
Washington Democrat
Martinsville
Bloomington
Lawrence County
Indiana
Seymour Republican
Circuit Court Actions Show Fines Divorces and Dismissals
North Neil fined 20 dollars and costs for contributing to a delinquency of Pauline Bowden. Carl Coulter fined 2 dollars and costs for assault on Charles riel. Elza Fowler arrested for hunting without a license, charge filed in circuit court. Florence E Brown granted a divorce from Clyde Brown. Sallie Alvey assault and battery trial delayed by missing papers but proceeded after recovery. Elijah Ford wife desertion charge dismissed Monday morning.
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North Neil
Pauline Bowden
Carl Coulter
Charles #riel
Elza Fowler
Justice Malott
Sallie Alvey
Elijah Ford
Bedford Moose Attend Large Mitchell Initiation Banquet
A sizable group of Stone City Loyal Order of Moose members traveled to Mitchell on Tuesday for a large initiation class and a splendid banquet. S. B. Lowe and L. R. Browh ing of Bedford gave addresses. Jr. R. Scherschell and Ottilia Scherschell visited Caxton to spend Thanksgiving with Rudolph Scherschell and family.
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Stone City
Jr. R. Scherschell
Miss Ottilia
Caxton
Rudolph Scherschell
Local School and Community Health Notices
W H Colglazier remains ill and Frank M Burton shows no improvement. Laughlin Sanders reports a well drilled. C E Ray is seriously ill. W R Tincher recently visited Bedfred on business. A protracted meeting continues at the Church of Christ. Mrs Thomas Grissom moves into Henry Williams house southwest of Bryantsville.
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Church of Christ
Thos. Grissom
Henry Williams House
Bryantsville
Huron Area Notes Include Births Visits and Local News
Anna Murphy reports a Sunday birth of a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jones. Several residents visit relatives, attend games, or travel to nearby cities. The turkey crop is nearly harvested and a corn school is planned for December 4 at Bedford. Agnes Edwards dies after stomach trouble, burial at Huron cemetery.
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Walter Jones Sunday
Agnes
Albert Edwards
Huron Cemetery
Corn Husking Returns Bring News From The Country
Local notes report many boys who went husking corn have come home saying the corn lay down and wasn’t good. Families and neighbors share visits across Lafay ette Dennison Wallonia State Line Jackson county and Bedford. A four pound daughter Sibyl Pearl arrives for Mr. and Mrs. Noble Crawford. Re v Condo to hold services Saturday and Sunday night.
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Noble Crawford
Dennison
Mrs Hudson Heads to Linton to Visit Daughter Family
Mrs Martha Hudson of North R street left Wednesday morning for Linton to visit her daughter Mrs Bleetwood. Mrs Elliott and Mrs Garrison traveled to Owensburg on Wednesday to spend a few days with relatives and friends.
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Martha Hudson
North R ‘Street
Linton
Mrs. Bleetwood
Springville Resident Wade Mason Visits City
Wade Mason of Springville was in the city on Wednesday. Claude Ferguson plans to travel to Chicago on Wednesday to visit his sister Irene Ferguson a local schoolteacher there for Thanksgiving.
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John McKay
Seymour
Pearl
Indianapolis
Laverne Terry
Wade Mason
Springville
City
Claude Ferguson
Chicago
Irene Ferguson
Home Wedding Unites Wilma Harris and Barry Blackwell
A small, elegant ceremony was held Wednesday at the Harris home on South Street as Miss Wilma Harris wed Barry Blackwell in a double ring service performed by Rev. Z J Owen. The bride wore a wine velvet suit with crepe gown and carried roses. she is a City High School graduate and planned to reside at the Harris home on South Tarret.
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Robert. Harris
Seouth T Street
Wilma
Barry Blackwell
Z. J. Owen
Blackwell
Absotem Blackwell
P.M. & B. Stone Commbany
Black
Ell Ois
Tfarris
City High School
cCity
West Baden
Herris
South Tarrest
John Peters
Bloomington
Laura Evans
Minois
Seymour Post Office Contract Let to Chicago Firm
The Seymour Republican reports the Treasury Department awarded the new post office contract to Callahen Mandel Company of Chicago for about 50 000 dollars. Bedford limestone will be used and construction overseen by the supervising architect with government inspectors. The project promises local employment and stone cutting may begin this winter with work starting in spring.
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Seymour Republican
Treasury Department
Washington
Seymour
Dispatch
Callahen-Mandel Company of
Chicago
Swope
Local men fined for intoxication in police court
Harry Dillman was fined two dollars and costs for intoxication in police court Monday morning. Thomas Nelson received a one dollar fine and costs for intoxication. Charles Heitger was fined one dollar and costs Monday morning in police court for intoxication.
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Harry Dillman
Thomas Nelson
Charles Heitger
Local Notes and Domestic News From Bedford and Nearby
BONO Frank Young reports on ailments with Oll Brown on sick list and Henry Hoggatt crippled by a sprained ankle. Several residents travel for business in Bedford Indianapolis Lawrenceport and Arkansas. The skunk season scent returns as fur trade continues. Oliver Brown and Mrs Edena Smith wed at Bedford on November 16 and are praised. White River rises but not to flood stage. The T L Neldeffer sale proceeds modestly. Ladies Aid cleared 10.55 from lunch.
Oolitic Couple Ties the Knot in City Hall Ceremony
Claude Heltsclaw and Miss Blanche K Thomas of Oolitic were married by Mayor Albert Fields at 4 PM Wednesday in the city hall office. The bride, the fourth Thomas daughter to wed under this mayor, will reside in Oolitic.
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Blanche Kk. Thomas
Oolitic
Meissner Dies at 48 in Bedford After Stone Work Career
Adolph Frederick William Meissner born December 23 1866 in Kes tein Germany died November 22 1915 in Bedford Indiana aged 48 10 29 emigrated to Chicago at eighteen naturalized March 13 1890 worked in cut stone forming Meissner and Flack later solo then Stone City Cut Stone Company president. Survived by wife Pauline eight children two died in infancy six living with grandchildren Walter and Willola Reynolds. Interment described with emotional verse.
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Kestein
Germany
Bedford
Indiana
Chicago
Ill
Meissner and Flack
Pauline Gnes Nate
Edward
Elsie Reynolds
William
Georgia Adolph
Bertha
Walter
Willola Reynolds
Crittenberger Attacks Indiana Finances At Democratic Banquet
Dale Crittenberger outlines Indiana state debt and transfers from the sinking fund to the general fund. He cites numbers from Hanly Marshall and Balser administrations, claims Republicans overspent, and argues Democratic tax policy saved money. He references Purdue Indiana and Vincennes universities and notes totals in state debts and bonds.
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Dale Crittenberger
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Navy Castle
Crittenberger
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Hanly
Purdue
Vincenne University
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Genera
Marshal
Marshall Administration
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Ralston
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Pew
Any Mind
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Balsoon
Sue
Ily
Perkins funds third party revival in Indiana politics
Washington Indiana Herald reports a Wall Street gambler George W Perkins visiting Indiana sparked a revived bullmoose third party effort. The piece accuses Perkins of funding for the showpiece and predicts Democratic manipulation while discrediting the third party as a fading force in national politics.
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George W. Perkins
Indiana
Bullmoose Indiang
Perkins
Progressivig
Ed C. Toner
Republican Party
Taft
Indiana Beats Oregon as a Fruit Raising State
Rorier of Oregon told Indiana apple raisers that Indiana surpasses Oregon in fruit culture. He cited higher prices for southern Indiana crops and argued Oregon land prices force careful cultivation. Indiana’s 1916 apple crop showed waste without marketing facilities, underscoring fruit-growing potential. Wayne Chapman, four, ill at home. Samuel Simpson made a business trip to Leipsic and Mitchell.
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Oregonian
Indiana
Crittenberger Criticized Over Remarks in New Castle
Report notes Illinois Indiana figures criticize Crittenberger for remarks in New Castle. Critics accuse him of inconsistent economy rhetoric, claiming he denounces waste while in office. Observers question if he will address state finances further.
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Crittenberger
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