New Moose Home 5 Opens with Huge Open House Crowd
Thousands attend the Loyal Order of Moose opening in Bedford Monday night. The parade led by the Bedford Concert Band through 16th and K Streets ended at the Wilson Hall home where a two hour band concert followed the parade. The lodge room and ballroom were crowded and many waited outside as doors opened to the public.
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The
Loyal Order of Moose
Bedford
Wilson Hall
H. G. Wilson
16Th
Bedford Votes Dry Again by Narrow 192 Majority
Bedford again voted dry by a 192 majority in Monday’s election. Five precincts backed the Drys and three supported the Wets with the sixth East precinct narrowly Dry by one vote. Total tally 1586 for Wet none yet 2103 for Dry. Drys organized and enthusiastic while many Wets declined to mobilize.
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Bedford
Emda Goas
Mrs Cosner Injured In Fall At Home
Mrs. Sarah E. Cosner of Lincoln Avenue was seriously hurt Tuesday at 7 pm when she fell down the back steps while carrying a load. She is reported to be more than seventy years old. Mrs. Francis White of Cincinnati will join her husband here after his work at the Orient barber shop.
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Sarah I. Cosner
Lincoln Avenue
Francis White
Cincinnati
Orient
Divorce Granted in Lawrence Circuit Court
Vesta Stafford was granted a divorce from Morris Stafford by Judge Swails in the Lawrence circuit court. Custody of the child awarded to the plaintiff with $3 per month support from the defendant. Georgia Jeanette Mitchell, four, ill with diphtheria at grandparents’ home south of the city.
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Vesta Stafford
Morris Stafford
Swails
Lawrence
Cild
Georgia Jeanette
Ralph Mitchell
Mrs
Samuel Mitchell
Brothers Robert and Louis Martin Return from Torreon
Robert and Louis P Martin brothers of Judge W H Martin arrived Monday night after sixteen days travel from Torreon Mexico where they had stayed since hostilities began. They traveled with a large mixed party under US protection and faced horse theft by rebels and harsh conditions but reported courteous treatment of Americans and minimal impact from unrest.
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Robert
Louis P. Martin
W. H. Martin
Torreon
Mexico
Louis Martin
United States
Bid Accepted for Crushed Stone Supply to City
City Council at a special meeting accepted David Mitchell's bid to furnish crushed stone at 80 cents per yard. Competing bids were H J Dobson at 86 cents and James Gorman at 82 1/2 cents per yard.
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David Mitchell
H. J. Dobson
James Gorman
Millard Teen James Martin Dies at 17
James Martin Jr of Heltonville mourns son Millard who died Sunday at 3 AM of heart trouble. Funeral services were held today with burial at Gilgal.
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Millard
James Martin
Heltonville
Gilgal
Bridgeman suffers scalp wound unloading timbers
James A. Brown a Southeastern line bridgeman was thrown from a freight car Tuesday in the local yards while unloading heavy timbers. He struck his head and shoulders and received a painful but not serious scalp wound. Dr. Morrill Simpson treated the injury.
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James A. Brown
Southeastern Line
Morrill Simpson
Local residents duped by student hawker for McClures subs
Several city residents report being cheated by a young man calling himself Bolton who sold McClure's magazine subscriptions for 48 cents claiming to fund his Purdue University education. He left the Stone City Hotel without paying a $6 bill, prompting doubts among buyers.
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McClure
Purdue University
Bolton
Stone City
McClures
Attendance Falls as Brown County Children Help on Farms
Nashville Indiana Sept 29 Cor. reports truancy from Brown County as children are kept from school to harvest corn. Parents pull kids from classes to cut corn and strip cane while many go to Minn for higher pay, creating a labor shortage for local farms.
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Nashville
Ind
Brown County
Miionis
Ields
Millard Hornecker Declared Of Unsound Mind
Millard Hornecker, cf near Silverville, was declared to be of unsound mind on a Tuesday following medical examination and court proceedings.
Justice Iseminger Declares Millard Hornecker Unsound Mind
Millard Hornecker of near Silverville was declared of unsound mind by a medical board before Justice Iseminger. The inquiry followed his past arrest on criminal insanity charges after alleged threats against his wife. he was previously released.
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Millard Hornecker
Silverville
J. T. McFarlin
Williams
J. T. Freeland
Merrill Simpson
Iseminger
Hornecker
Medora Frat Fight Leaves Two Injured In Brawl
Clay Wright barber and James Vaughn of Medora were injured Saturday night after Clarence Wray threw a bottle through Wrights window. Wray used a knife, Wright defended with a table leg and an iron poker, and Vaughn suffered head wounds in the melee. No arrests reported.
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Clay Wright
Medora
James Vaughn
Clarence Wray
Wright
Wray
Vaughn
Sewage Plant Fault Linked to Fish Die Off in Vernon
North Vernon Indiana on September 26 officials said sewage from the T. A. Snider Preserve Company plant, discharging into the Muscatatuck river, allegedly polluted water and killed thousands of fish. Deputy wardens Elders and Dix warned the company to change its sewer system to save the fish.
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Vernon
Ind
T. A. Snider Preserve Company
Muscatatuck River
Elders
Dixon
Seed Corn Meetings Planned by County Agent in Lawrence
C J Jones county agent announces seed corn meetings on October 7 and 8 across Lawrence County to aid farmers. E C Martindals, a top Indiana corn lecturer, will share insights with Purdue University support. Farmers are urged to attend at multiple farms near Bedford Williams Bryantsville Heltonville Leesville and near Mitchell.
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Lawrence County
C. J. Jones
E. C. Martindals
Martindals
Indiana
Purdue University At
Lafayette
Lawrence
Bedford
Mitchell
Walter Jones
Williams
Dan Sherwood
Bryantsville
Harry Elrod
Mitshell
Freeland
S. W
Geo. Jackson
Leesville
Jas. Austin
John Kirby
Heltonville
Wm. Elston
Jones
Drought Stresses Indiana Farms Boost Alfalfa Farming
Southern Indiana farmers endure enormous losses as drought dries ridged corn and forces dry farming. Those adopting alfalfa gain stability with hay selling at 20 dollars per ton and potential four tons per acre from multiple cuttings. New growers in Petersburg press anticipate entering alfalfa farming.
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Indiana
Ihe
Petersburg
Press
Missing Indiana youth Robert Reed sought in Colorado ransom case
The Bloomington Telephone and Governor Ralston report the search for Robert Reed continues in Colorado. A ransom theory gains traction with 30 men scouring Rye Beulah area, as W J Reed travels to Colorado and a possible cash reward emerges.
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Robert Reed
Colorado
Bloomington
Ralston
Indiana
Robert
W. J. Reed
Pueblo
Rye
Col
Reed
Beulah
Hettie Reed
Brakeman's Fingers Mutilated In Harrodsburg Incident
Frank May a Monon brakeman had two fingers on his right hand painfully mashed at Harrodsburg while unloading heavy timbers. He received treatment in the city from Dr Merrill Simpson.
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Frank May
Monon
Harrodsburg
Merrill Simpson
Stone Buses Quiet Business as Ice Stone Output Drops
Stone business remains quiet for the season with ice stone output reportedly 25 percent lower than in 1912. Bloomington telegram notes quarry owners report the downturn while local health and social notes mention Mrs. Harry Huffstetter’s critical condition in Indianapolis and visitors like Miss Bonnie Malott returning to Anderson. A DePauw student Don Julian visited Greencastle, and Lon Bush of Dark Hollow reports his two year old daughter is seriously ill with the group. A birth is recorded for Mr. and Mrs Harry Staten on Sunday, a daughter born at 2 d streets.
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Bloomington
Lon Bush
Dark Houslew
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Tues
South Street
T. A. Prewitt
Ead
Robert and
U. S. Protection
Chicago Tribune
Southeastern Bridgeman
Verville
Justice
Tateaids
Stone Buses
Harry Huffstetter
Indianapolis
Bonnie Malott
Anderson
Don Julian
DePauw
Tom Huffines
Greencastle
Harry Staten
Fih
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