Belt Line Project Proposed Around Terre Haute
An official of the Southern Indiana railroad says belts line work around Terre Haute will start once deeds for right of way are delivered. The project, viewed as vital for factories, aims to relieve congestion and freight through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute Tribune
Southern Indiana Railroad
John R Walsh
Terre Haute
W. R McKeen
Indiana
Honey Creek
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Southern Indiana Road
Thompson
Walsh
Here
Indianapolis Journal
Tragic Childs Death and Local News Bleeds Through County Items
Robert F. Croson a fifteen month old child died at noon Saturday from dysentery. Funeral was held at Leatherwood. Croson family sorrow follows a husband killed on the Hocking Valley railroad last May and a sister Miss Johnson killed in a city runaway last spring. Multiple local notes include robberies, auctions, railroad plans, coal mine operations, and calls for higher trustee pay to modernize township governance. Stories touch Reed’s Station sales, Monon track changes, and Indiana political reform themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F
Susan Croson
Leatherwood
Bedford Quarantine Ban on Mitchell Residents Sealed
Bedford Common Council enacts an ordinance barring Mitchell Indiana residents and visitors who spent time there from entering Bedford or staying within two miles of its limits to curb smallpox spread. The measure requires vaccination proof and restricts rail and coach passengers, with penalties up to fifty dollars or thirty days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
F S. Hunter
County Board of Health
Terre Haute
Crawfordsville
Bedford
Bett
Common Council
City of
Indiana
Lawrence County
Michell
Bedfor
Mitrchell
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company
Baltimore and Ohio South-Western Railway Company
J. Hickson Smith
Borden Strawberries Shipments Highlight Indiana Dispatches
An Indiana dispatch reports a three gallon case of open air grown strawberries from Hor den to Chicago by R L Martin, first to ship from area. other Borden growers have picked second crop. Governor Durbin orders a special Greene county sheriff election after a tied result between Alonzo F. Wilson and John C. Huffman. Indiana Federation of Labor plans labor legislation, including mine blasting licenses, child labor age up to sixteen with sixth grade, barber licensing, and boiler inspection bills.
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Horden
Ind
Chicago
R L. Martin
Borden
Mr. Martin
Indianapolis
Durbin Fiiday
Greene County
Alfonso F. Wilson
John C. Huffman
Indiana Federation of Labor and Trade Unions
General Assembly
Federation
Indiana Fish And Game Report Noted For Rich Contents
The Indiana Fisheries and Game Commissioner's forthcoming report promises extensive guidance with a table of contents listing subjects from fish species to game laws and nature study. It will be distributed through legislators, with limited copies to each senator and representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. T. Sweeney
Fisheries and Game
Sweeney
House
Senate
Department of Fisheries
Indiana
Cedar Lake
Indiana Fish Ladder Law
United States Fish Commission
Fish and Game Protective Association
Department of Game
Kankakee
Game Law of
Trap Shooters League of
Buggy Driven Over Quarantine Guard in Dark near Englewood
A buggy ignored a quarantine near Mitchell and ran down Lee Potter, a guard on duty. Potter suffered a serious arm bruise as a wheel ran over him. The occupants, Mrs. Dan W Sherwood and two other Bryantsville women, fled town unaware of the quarantine. Also notes a marriage in Spaulding Ill and local real estate sale involving Walter Clark and Jefferson Rail with a new post office to be called Southern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Potter
Mitchell Road
Englewood
Mr. Potter
Potter Pellmall
Dan W Sherwood
Bryantsville
Mitchell
Walter Clark
Salt Creek Township
Jefferson Rail
Clark
Southern
Alonzo Southern
Bloomington
Indiana free circulating libraries via Public Library Commission
State law allows local access to free circulating libraries through the Public Library Commission of Indiana. Libraries cost only postage. no circulation expense. Requirements: a library association of at least five, a librarian, and a book return guaranty. Two classes exist general and study libraries with topics for youth. lists and forms available from the Commission. Local groups like clubs, granges, and colleges qualify on application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Public Library Commission of
State House
Indianapolis
Library Association
Cost of Courts in Indiana Reach Nearly One Million
State statistician reports Indiana spends about 1,000,000 yearly to maintain courts. In 1902 salaries for judges and prosecutors total 207,910, grand and petit juries 280,000, with four counties unreported. Courts handle roughly 25,000 civil and 10,000 criminal cases. costs vary by state. Five thousand eight hundred eight physicians held certificates at end of 1901, with 685 in Marion County.
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Indiana
Johnson
Oe Statistician
Marion
Marion County
Marion Criminal Court
Franklin
Fulton
Lawrence
Morgan
Tipton
State Board of Medical Examination and Registration
Southern Indiana orders 1000 coal cars from Dayton for fleet boost
The Southern Indiana Railroad ordered 1000 sixty thousand pound coal cars from the Dayton Car Company of Dayton Ohio to be delivered as soon as possible, aiming to equal larger lines. Officials note the purchase would expand rolling stock to about 3500 cars, boosting coal and stone transport capacity, with James Walsh the purchasing agent handling the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Indiana
Dayton Car Company
Dayton
Jas, Walsh
Southern Indians Railroad
Seventh Birthday Party for Ruth Stirs Holiday Cheer
Mrs Henry Kindred hosted a Saturday afternoon party for Ruth Kindred's seventh birthday with children's games and a peanut hunting contest. Thusnelda Furst won a china tea pot and Anna McMahon earned a picture. refreshments included popcorn candies and bananas. Attendees included Mayer Day Hayes Furst Ades Wilkie Trissler Embree Wicker Duncan Braden Duncan Withman McMahon Dreyhop Stoessel Smith Huffines West Reed Mary Dye Reed Owens Redmond Owens Menaugh Stevens Mathieu Hodge Helms and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kindred
Ruth
Thusnelda Furst
Anna McMahon
Mother Mayer
Eunice Day
Aletha Hayes
Saul Ades
Robert Wilkie
James Trissler
Ruto Embree
Ruby Wicker
Agnes Duncan
Hazel Braden
Harry Duncan
Gretna Withman
Katie Dreyhop
Katherine Stoessel
Dorothy Smith
Maggie Huffines
Catherine West
Marguerite Reed
Anna Mary Dye
Marion Reed
Florence Dye
John Redmond
Hester Owens
Donald Redmond
Blanche Owens
Ruby Menaugh
Georgie Stevens
Georgie Mathieu
Myrle Hodge
Lucille Helms
Social Telephone Company Extends Lines to Nashville and Brown County
The Social Telephone Company extended one line to Nashville Brown County enabling direct communication via Brims exchange at Heltonville with Nashville and Columbus. Another line serves Browns Town Seymour and all Jackson County towns to Scottsburg in Scott County.
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Social Telephone Company
Nashville
Brown County
Brim
Heltonville
Columbus
Brownstown
Seymour
Jackson County
Scotisburg
Scott County
Fugitive Indiana Murderer Told By Arkansas Woodsman
Washington, Ind November 23 A hunting party met an old man living under an assumed name in Arkansas. He confessed to killing a former friend in Lawrence County Indiana about twenty five years ago and fleeing after a drunken fight. He fought in the Custer era and now lives in Arkansas fearing discovery by Indiana relatives.
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Washington
Ind
Arkansas
Mitchell
Indiana
Lawrence County
Washinto
Far West
Custer
Big Horn
To Make Cement From Refuse Of Quarries
Mgr J B Crafton of Bloomington known as the Stone King of Indiana is at the Galt House. He pioneered Monroe and Lawrence County stone, held 7000 acres on leases, opened several quarries, and plans to manufacture cement from quarry refuse in collaboration with large quarries the Louisville Courier Journal reports.
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Lawrence County
Ind
Midland Portland Cement Company
Stone
New York
Mgr
J. B. Crafton
Bloomington
Indiana
Galt House
Crafton
Louisville Courier Journal
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Ureka Uh O
Standard Oil Company
Re. & Pureka
Clayton Stone
Big Clifty
Joe Evans
Peerless
Monon Railroad
Durbin
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Hert
A. W. Butler
State Board of Charities
Ernest Bicknell
Butler
Bicknell
Terhune
Greene
Dr. Terhune
Lorenzo D Parke
Salen
Illinois
Campbellsburg
N. '. Naugle
Salem
F S. Voris & Co
Reed’s Station
W. R. Martin
New Albany
Felix Miller
Geo W. Holmes
Monon Company
Leipsic
Orleans
Springs
Mitchell Tribune
Chas. L. Dartensfels
S. I
New England
Washington Post
Missouri
Post
Attest
W. M. Denniston
Joan T. Freeland
Sec. Board of Health
Indiana Fish and Game
Department of Birds
Arbor and Bird Day
Audubon Society
Indiana Bird Law
A. W. Jones
Mordecai Ballard
Crystal
Dubois County
Joshua Brown
Isaac Wallace
James M. Lancaster
First Christian Church
Mabel Bair
Ella Mitchell
Mabel
Ethel and
Alice Byers
Edna Smith
Anie Ashcraft
Rona Short
Messrs
F. C
Richard Edwards
Christian Church
Byron Tilbury
Spaulding
Ill
Susie Owens
Tilbury
Minvis Central R. R
Free Libraries
James Woods
Jno
Williams
Civil Service
Seymour Democrat
Lawrence County Teachers’ Association
Reuben Post Halleck
Louisville
Ellison
Anderson
W. S. Taylor
United States Supreme Court
R. O. Hawkins
Horace E. Smith
Harry B. Smith
Indiana Supreme Court
Cadell
Chastine
Stonington
Tunnelton
Smith
River Vale
Mitchell Man
Wilds of
C. W. Simpson
W.M. Denniston
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