Local notes from Bedford and surrounding towns
Fred Smith plans to build a new residence on West 18th Street. Several residents change jobs or travel far, including William Bass joining Brooks Oil Co and Mrs. Levi Naugie visiting Salem. News covers births, visits, and local scenes with citizens from Bedford, Williams, Paoli, Mitchell and Leesville. health notices mention smallpox in Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Smith
West 18Th Street
William Bass
The
Brooks Oil Co
Local Notes From Seymour And Nearby Areas
Seymour residents host Gus Leudtke while J D Fultz buys into the Caley blacksmith shop. Marriage licenses issued to Byron Tilbury with Susie Owens Kimble Kern with Laura Johnson Albert McNeece with Sarah Terrell. John Roberts attends his father William Roberts funeral. D Y Johnson returns for Thanksgiving visit. Oliver quarry superintendent John Torphy visits Bloomington. Lehigh Portland Cement Co to install a large steam shovel at Rock Lick quarry for stripping. Delta Kappa Club receives burnt leather pipe rack from Ethel Deckard Mae Hitchcock. Ground stripping under way at Consolidated stone quarry Hunter district 200 by 150 feet. Wolf escapes pen on North N street kills nineteen chickens. recaptured. J H Redmond and son Carp barred from Bedford by quarantine. Appellate Court rules railroad track footpath users do so at their own risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Portland Cement Co
Rock Lick
Byron W. Tilbury
Susie Owens
Kimble J. Kern
Laura Johnson
Albert McNeece
Sarah Terrell
City Council Denies Franchise to Indianapolis Southern
The Bloomington Star notes the City Council did not grant a franchise to the Indianapolis Southern last Tuesday night. The report uses a metaphor about hands, stating both hands were out and the company will wait until only one hand is out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Bloomington Star
Smallpox Delay in Mitchell Court Sessions
Chief notice states Mitchell court cases from Mitchell will not be heard in Bedford until health conditions improve or parties are notified. Judge J B Wilson of the Lawrence Circuit Court issues the pause due to ongoing smallpox prevalence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Bedford
J. B. Wilson
Lawrence Circuit Court
Local notes from Bloomington and surrounding towns
Sunday visits in Salem were noted for Waiter Gillette and Cress Hogan while Dr. H L Kimbertin traveled from Mitchell. A railway fine and business moves mark the week with oil prospecting in Fredericksburg and watchmaker moves in Bloomington. George Waltheiser considers relocating to Albuquerque after westward travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillette
Cress Hogan
Salem
Bedford organizes Commercial Club at Stone City Opera House
A large group of Bedford business men met Tuesday at the Stone City Opera House and organized a Commercial Club with officers led by President Charles W. Lanz and directors including Louis Mayer and C. B. McCormick. The club aims to promote Bedford’s development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Stone City Opera House
Charles W. Lanz
W. A. Brown
J. B. Stipp
Charles H. Strupe
W. A. Webb
Louis Mayer
H. H. Walls
R. Voris
C. B. McCormick
C. P. Butler
Local notices and Thanksgiving reflections in county paper
Readable items note Wade Mason of Springville in town and Jance Coleman traveling to Chicago. Weddel returns to Browns town. J T Weaver and son visit Martinsville for rheumatism treatment. Garbaugh closes out stock at cost. Quarries workers treated to dinner at Bundy hotel. Johnson Company awards turkeys to workers. Livingstons turkeys won by Miss Kittie Miller and Master Morris Johnson. Teachers Association meets at First Christian church with lectures by Halleck. Judge Bilison entertains. Roosevelt Thanksgiving proclamation cited as testament to national prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingstons
Kittie Miller
Morris Johnson
D. Y. Johnson
Lawrences County
Teachers’ Association
First Christian Church
Reuben Post Halleck
Louisville
Bilison
Anderson
Scaffold Fall Injures Two Carpenters in Indiana
Lindsey Baugh and Lon Havans fell about 15 feet when a scaffold collapsed at Hilmer McKnight’s house on 8th and 1 Streets. Baugh injured in back and hip, Owens suffered a wrist fracture. both badly jarred. Also notes wage increases and a revival in Bloomfield, with local curiosities from 1818 and a saloonkeeper’s vow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsey Baugh
Lon Havans
Hilmer McKnnight
Mr. Baugh
Mr. Owens
Card Of Thasaks In Bedford Salem Visit
Card thanks extended for sympathy during illness and death of Jessie Johnson. Johnson family notes loss. Bedford social items report Miss Pansy Matthews and Miss Grace Owen visiting Salem from Friday to Sunday as guests of Miss Clara Kemp. They praised Davis as a remarkable ball player.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Johnson
Apam Johnson
Pansy Matthews
W. N. Matthews
Grace Owen
Bedford
Salem
Clara Kemp
Davis
Salem Leader
East Chicago Waterworks Trust Ruling Affirms Public Use
The Supreme Court affirms a judgment enjoining East Chicago from paying water rents to Lake County Water and Light Company and voiding a deed selling the city waterworks. The decision holds property used for public purposes is held in trust for inhabitants and cannot be sold without explicit legal authority. It declares waterworks and electric plants owned by cities are public trust property, not saleable to private entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Chicago
Lake County Water and Light Company
Supreme Court
Woman from Kansas City Tragedy of Quarantine Fare Dispute
Miss Ryan of Kansas City faced a quarrel over travel during a smallpox quarantine at Mitchell. She had a ticket to Bedford Indiana via St. Louis B&O W but was blocked by quarantine. Conductor demanded fare to Seymour. G P A Townsend intervened and secured the Southern Indiana ticket to Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
Kansas City
Mitchell
St. Louis
Bedford
Ind
Seymour
Indiana
W. P. Townsend
Seymour Democrat
High School Notes and Local Civic Updates
Miss Callie Vance withdraws from high school for health reasons. James McKinley plans a trip to Indianapolis to see Ben Hur. Teachers report strong weekly attendance. Henry Harris leaves school for a job with Dr. C. O. Moir. Miss Ruth Duncan misses school due to her father Captain Lycurgus Duncan’s serious illness. Faculty shorten Monday lessons to protect vacation. Leah Giles returns home for Thanksgiving from Heebe's Business College, India Dipolis. Captain Crooke resigns due to eye weakness. Lee Bailey named successor. Bloomington and Salem contend for Southern Indiana Athletic football title. Salem insists or accepts, but Bloomington challenges. A 14-month-old child of J. C. Beaver dies and is buried at Beech Grove. Ed Johnson moves his family to the former Dick Richards home on North G street. Senator W. H. Johnston argues to repeal the anti lynching law as unfair to sheriffs and unconstitutional. The 1899 weekly wage law and wage assignment provisions are declared constitutional in Weissinger et al. v. International Text Book Co. The decision notes broad wage-dependency and danger of future wage assignments to workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callie Vance
James McKinley
Sensior
Indianapolis
Ben Hur
Henry Harris
C. O. Moir
Ruth Duncan
Lycurgus Duncan
Leah Giles
Heebe’s Business College
India Dipolis
Joseph Giles
Crooke
Lee Bailey
Supreme Court
International Text Book Company
Horace L. Weissinger
Weissinger
American Car and Foundry Company
Lolding
Dowling
Pha
Southern Indiana Ry to sell through tickets for holiday travel
The Southern Indiana Railway will sell tickets between all stations on its line and to points on other lines in CPA territory up to 150 miles. Round trip fare is one and one third. Tickets on sale December 24 25 31 1902 and January 1 1903. Returns valid through January 2 1903. Special arrangements for students at Educational Institutions returning home for holiday vacation. For information contact J G Ray Gen Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Indiana Ry
J. G. Ray
Circuit Court Notes Impanel Petit Jury and Set Trials
The Petit Jury will be impaneled Monday and the Grand Jury will convene. State vs Sallee set for Monday was continued due to a witness illness. Lovett case ends with guilty plea to assault and battery and a $5 fine. Thanksgiving recess with court Friday and Saturday. several dockets called and cases set. Slinkard and Flynn arraigned for assault and robbery. Walter Eubanks pleaded guilty to petit larceny and received a suspended sentence pending sobriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lovett
John Slinkard
General Flynn
Walter Eubanks
Wilson
City Police Court Records and Local Notices
Frank Neeway was fined 10.50 with costs by the Mayor for intoxication and the fine was stayed. Fred C. Bailey paid 10.50 with costs for assault and battery by Mayor Smith. John J. Lynch was fined 25 with costs for selling liquor without a license at his North I street saloon near the Southern Indiana depot and will appeal. Roy McDaniel, a student at Heebe's Business College in Indianapolis, visited home for Thanksgiving with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monon Railway Company
Smith
5Th Street
Frank Neeway
Fred C. Bailey
John J. Lynch
North I Street
Southern Indiana
Lynch
Roy McDaniel
Heebe’s Business College
Indianapolis
Mrs
D. W. McDaniel
Washington Inds End Season With Football Victory and Illness Update
Smallpox reappears in Washington Ind as Ben Bruner Eva Rogers and Mrs Samuel Rogers and Clyde Reddick contract the disease. Meanwhile the High School football team travels to Washington for the season finale with lineup led by Norton Patton Bailey Murphy Mitchell Runnels Bailey Burke Buchanan Bridwell and Miller. Also noted is the demolition of a sixty year old log stable by James Dickerson with logs of yellow poplar and remarks on forests in Ripley County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ind
Ben Bruner
South Street
Dale
Eva
Samuel Rogers
Washington Street
Clyde Reddick
Meridian
van Trees
Washington
Indiana
Voris Norton
Patton
Robert Bailey
Bina Boyd
John Murphy
Orin Mitchell
Warren Runnels
Lee Bailey
Will Burke
Claud Buchanan
George Bridwell
Kelsy Miller
John M. Dickerson
Alf Beer
Jas. Dickerson
Ripley
Versailles
Monon Excusions and Conclaves Tour Plans
One and one third fare on the certificate plan for the Southern Supply Machinery Assn in Memphis Tennessee November 12 to 14 and New Orleans November 26 to 28. Also Kappa Sigma Fraternity Biennial Conclave in Baltimore Maryland December 1 to 11. Council of Jewish Women H. P. Rapley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Supply Machinery Assn
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Baltimore
M.D
Council of Jewish Women
H. P. RapLey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Groger Dry Goods
Wilson's Bargain Store
Repute
Levi Naugie
West 13Th Street
Gus Steiglemier
Caroline Berry
Bert Dye
West 14Th Street
Noah Mullen
Son Oliver
Springville
Lyman Gilson
Williams
Julia Wallheiser
GC. F. Stephenson, Sr
Borden
Louise Hudson Bags
Ollie Pierce
Tom Jackson
Paoli
Wm. Brice
Fort Worth
Texas
A. T. Withers
North N Street
Henry Brooking
Leesville
William Brooking
Fultz
Wilhelmina Berzel
East 18Th Street
Crotherasville
B &O.8.w. Railway
Barry Kreuke
Wagner
Indian Territory
Harry
Prairie Farmer
Prairie Farmer Howe
Adams St
Chicago
Orleans Herald
Herald Publishing Co
Hon
L. C. Wright
Orange County
Geo. M. Albertson
Arda Knox
Bedford High School
Miss Knox
Kappa Alpha Theta
I. U.salem Leader
Gus Leudtke
J. D. Fultz
Caley
Claud Lewis
Roma Bailey
John Roberts
William Roberts
John Torphy
Oliver
Bloomington
Hell
Henrietta Haase
South H Street
Wm. Benzel
Delta Kappa Club
Ethel Deckard
Mae Hitchcock
Hunter District
Charles Hazard
J. H. Redmond and Son
Carp
Henry Crawford
Eva Horton
H. M. Burnham
Presbyterian Church
Wilber G. Oldham
Mother Earth
Prairie Farmer Weekly
Prairie Farmer Home Magazine Monthly
R. H. Williams
H. L. Kimbertin
Mitchell Monday
P.K Cew
8. S. Weaver
Henry C. Clark
Florence M. Fields
John Accam
O Streets
Clara Withman
Wallonia
Fred Book
Org
Fredericksburg
Amanda Fisher
Mary B. Douthitt
Olive
Homer Crawford
W.F. Brewer
United States Express Office
Dinkelspiel Building
16Th Street
Reid’s
George Waltheiser
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Ayer
Buckingham
R P Hat! &Co
Nashua
Commercial Club
Stone City
Opera House
J. D. Alexander
J. G. Mather
Monon
Tom Suffridge
North H Street
Bedford Bowling Green Stone Company
W. L. Withers
Louisville College of Dentistry
N Street
Crawfordsville
F. M. Mattox
Regular Baptist Church
Congress
United States
James H. Poe
Nathan G. Dixon
Linton
Dixon
Poe
Circuit Court
Wes
I Street
East Side Square
Dinkelspiel Bros
N. B
Wade Mason
Jance Coleman
John Weddel
Brownstown
Jackson County
J. T. Weaver
Fairview
Martinsville
A. H. Garbaugh
J. W. Beard
16Th St
Harter Valley
Starstone
Bundy Hotel
William Johnson Company
Chicago & Bloomington
Roosevelt
Republic
and Lon Evans
Cincinnati Enquirer
Haquirer
Akillus Vawter
Vernon
Rising Sun Recorder
American Cigar Company
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Kensington- Philadelphia
Thasaks
America
Englewood
47Th Street
H. P. Radley
B.B. Marley
J. C. Beaver
North Q Street
Beech Grove
Ed Johnson
Dick Richards
G Street
12Th Street
W. H. Johnston
Circuit Court Notes
Grand Jury
Carrie Stotts
Trail
City Police Court
WM. Evans
W. S. Holcombe
Haase & Owens
Alexander & Harris Attorneys-At-Law
Bedford - India Office
Gunn
Hodge & Ferguson
East Side
Bedford, Ind
J. W. Trainor
Alli
HAMER
Northeast Corner Square
Jas. G. Stull
Attorney-at-Law
Bedford, Indiana
Merdieth & Son Nurserymen
Ndiana
C. H. Emery
15Th and
Ksts
P. B. May
Oarics
Haase & Owen
F. E. Stipp
Oaks
Undertakers
Funbalmers
Dale Jeweler
Luate Opti
van _ North Side
W. S. Richey
Benzel Black Bedford
Battle Creek
Mich
Pri
I. J. “Leach
Gauld's
Bedford, Inc
Qothc
Anderson’s
West Side
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