Missed Roll Call Leads to Escapee Nixon Arrest
Elmer E. Nixon, an escaped inmate missing from roll call for years, is under arrest at Madison. He entered the Indiana Reformatory on September 23, 1897, for petit larceny and escaped June 14, 1898. Nixon and fellow convict Noah Brannon were previously noted as runaways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Whittaker
Indiana Reformatory
Elmer E. Nixon
Madison
Nixon
Jackson County
Noah
New Monon Branch Road Opens at Wallace Junction
President McDoel and Monon officials including B F Taylor Gen Sup t Sucese Trainmaster HcHugh and John Girl attend the opening of a 55 mile branch from Wallace Junction to Sherley Hill. It crosses E and L Southern Indiana and Indianapolis Southern. First passenger train carried all officials and about 200 boosters along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDoel
B. F. Taylor
T. Sucese
HcHugh
Vincennes Queens Plead Guilty in Mitchell Case
Ida Emmons and Ada Pearson, Vincennes scarlet queens, pleaded guilty in Mitchell to enticing Bird and Gray girls from Mitchell homes to Vincennes where they were later found in Emmons's dive. They were fined twenty dollars each, paid, and left with a $300 cash bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Emmons
Ada Pearson
Vincennes
Mitchell
Foud
Emmon
Banana duel pits Walk er against Melvin Smith in contest
A banana eating contest is planned between Senator Jim Walker of Owensville and Melvin Smith near Petersburg. Smith ate 48 bananas in two hours. Walker holds a 56 bananas in two hours record. Walker recovered after two pounds Bologna and one pound crackers and is ready to compete. Leonard Griffith of Philadelphia becomes Superintendent of the United States Cement plant in Bedford. Frank Clampitt and wife rented a Bloomington house and plan to move next week while keeping a farm nearby for winter residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Walker
Owensville
Melvin Smith
Near Petersburg
Smith
Walker
Leonard Griffith
Philadelphia
United States
Griffith
Bedford
Frank Clampitt
Bloomington
Double Wedding Anniversary Celebrated at Home
Mayor and Mrs. John Stipp and Mr. and Mrs. William R. Goodall marked twenty third wedding anniversaries with a double ceremony at the Stipp home on West 15th Street. Guests presented silver keepsakes, a luncheon was served, and out of town guest Mrs. Jennie Alexander attended from Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stipp
William R. Goodall
Stipp
West 15Th Street
Old Christian Church
John B. Stipp
West 1Ith Street
Pythian Sisters Order
Flinch
I. B. Ades
Brooking
Eliza Johnson
Read & Whole Ship Load Of Love Is Docked In NYC
A vessel named Read and its crew are reported docked in New York City. The ship arrival suggests a themed voyage or promotional event. Local authorities monitor the port for safety and cargo details.
Thousands of marriageable girls arrive seek husbands in America
A White Star Line steamer Baltic brings a thousand two marriageable maidens to the U S seeking husbands. They travel north south and west in pursuit of men with style means and strong character while Irish Scots and English applicants describe their hopes and dreams of a lasting home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Star Line
Baltic
New York Dispatch
Europe
America
Nora O’brien
Limerick
Ireland
Bismarck
N. D
Miss O’brien
Kansas
Jia
Clara Johnson
Leslie Carter
County Mayo
Chicago
New York
Agnes MecGirr
Edinburgh
Scotland
Ellen Evans
Anglesea
Pittsburg
Garvey's Gone Former Bedford Citizen And Church Elder Skiddoes the Country
Former Bedford resident and church elder Garvey Skiddoes has left his town to travel across the nation. Details of his destination and purpose were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Skiddoes
Missing Bedford man Garvey Leaves Wife Note and Money
Edward Garvey, once of Bedford, vanished with all his money and best clothes after a brief visit from Indianapolis. A postal card to his wife said he had left the horse in a Bedford livery barn and was gone for good, with rumors linking him to another woman and a past church dispute. His daughter in Indianapolis and relatives in Bedford know little more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Garvey
Bedford
Garvey
Indianapolis
Springville
Perry Township
French Lick
West Sixteenth Street
E. Richard Edwards
Edwards
Pastor Edwards
Mitchell
Accident recalls Cain's earlier near death in quarry
Otto Cain of the New York Bedford Stone Company lost the second finger of his left hand Tuesday while clearing a broken drill from a channeling machine. Four years ago Cain survived a cave-in at P. M. B. quarry that buried him under debris, broke an arm, dislocated an ankle, and left him severely scorched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Cain
New York-Bedford Stone Company
Cain
Alleged wife gone home as Gaddis confesses crimes rising on
Tobias Gaddis, jailed in Bloomington on a petty larceny charge, admitted misrepresenting his identity and marriage status after learning his wife had deserted him with their two children. He implicated himself in multiple offenses across the region, with prosecutors pursuing further inquiry. Reports trace a long career of crime and varied aliases across Indiana towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobias Gaddis
Bloomington
Jesse Robinson
Whitecap
Kentucky
Muncie
Gaddis
Fletcher
Daily Telephone
Bedford
Frank Shaeffer
E. S
Ferguson
J. B. Field
Fields
Thomas Gaddis
Monroe County
Tobe Gaddis
Shagtown
Monroe
Robert Monroe
Irena Emenheiser
Emenheiser
Bluffton
Eighth and High Streets
Danville
Murder Trial Begins Over Poison Death in Raleigh
Dr and Mrs D S Rowland stand trial for murder by poison in Raleigh. Witnesses James Strange and his wife testify Engineer Charles R Strange was healthy and did not suffer heart disease. They recount Brown tablets given by Mrs Lillie Strange that sickened him and a conversation with Mrs C R Strange about leaving with a richer man and meeting Dr Rowland at Portsmouth surf. The deceased was brother to Mrs J C Black of Bedford, who lives on North I Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. S. Rowland
Charles R. Strange
Raleigh
N. C
James T. Strange
Indiana
Engineer Strange
Lillie Strange
C. R
September police court records show busy month
During September sixty nine cases were filed and disposed in police court. Five were acquitted and twenty four paid fines totaling 120 dollars for the city. Most others stayed fines or went to jail, with intoxication charges dominating.
Suit Filed In Knox County Circuit Court Listing 600 Defendants
A Knox county circuit court filing names 600 defendants all non residents. The sheriff will read the list of legatees devisees unknown heirs and others as part of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox County
Heavy drill fall injures quarry worker in accident
William Bruce of the P M B quarry was seriously hurt when a heavy drill fell on his head. He was knocked down and a five inch scalp wound required surgical care by Dr. Simpson. Bruce narrowly escaped death. Also noted are health concerns for Miss Mattie Ragsdale and a bad update on Margaret Williams’s typhoid fever. State Superintendent Cotton supports agriculture in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bruce
Bruce
Dr. Simpson
Hart defeats Gaither for grand outer guard in Indiana Knights of Pythias
In a spirited Indiana Grand Lodge election Hart of Huntington won grand outer guard after four ballots, with Gaither of New Albany as his closest challenger. Other officers were elected with little contest, while Pythian Sisters in Castle Hall chose Mrs. Elizabeth Coleman Kutch as grand chief and noted ill health in Indianapolis girl Margaret Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
William P. Hart
Huntington
Grand Outer Guard
Hart
John W. Gaither
New Albany
Gaither
Outer Guard
Castle Hall
Elizabeth Coleman Kutch
Terre Haute
Lena King of
Redkey
Kutch
Cora Hood
Ossian
Laura Morris
Frankfort
Laura Sinclair
Waterloo
Indianapolis
Mary Green
Brightwood Lodge
Edna Pauley
Eva Rohbock
Wabash
Etta Houk
Carmel
Ray Promoted to General Freight Agent for Bedford Stone Road
Jesse G. Ray, previously general agent of the Southern Indiana Railway at Bedford, is appointed general freight agent of the Bedford Stone road with headquarters in Chicago. He also serves as commercial agent for the Southern Indiana Coal Company, and the two roles are consolidated as a strong financial move. Bedford friends extend congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse G. Ray
Southern
Indiana Railway
Bedford
Bedford Stone Road
Chicago
Ray
Southern Indiana Coal Company
Corn Cultivator Litzler Shows Massive Pine Hall Yield
Manager A. Litzler of Pine Hall dairy sent a Mail office sample of this year’s crop. The ear stretched fifteen inches tip to tip, six inches in circumference and weighed about four pounds. He cultivates about ten acres of the same variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Litzler
Pine Hall
Litzler
Gas Supremacy and Love Aboard a Failing Airship
A young man wooes a maiden with grand talk and plenty of hot air. She fears equinox storms and a gas shortage, but consents to fly. Their airship is punctured on the grass by her father’s interference, ending their romance. A second poem section celebrates dreamy islands beyond the horizon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Doctor Lowder Divorced After Turbulent Bloomington Case
In Lawrence Circuit Court Wednesday a decree for divorce was entered in Lowder versus Lowder venued from Monroe county. Mrs Altha Crockett Lowder filed after two years of courtship and separation. The case linked Dr Lindsey T Lowder to Bloomings professional prominence and a wealthier past before alimony and property division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Lowder
Monroe County
Altha Crockett Lowder
Lindsey T. Lowder
Bloomington
Dr. Lowder
Europe
Altha Crockett
England
Young Bloomington Baby Legal Heir Serves in Will Case
Samuel K. Witherell Jr. of Bloomington aged one month is named as an heir before birth in central Illinois records. The Peoria county court ruled serving a summons on an unborn child legal. Deputy Thompson delivered the notice at the infant's nursery, and the documents were torn in two when presented, with no contempt proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel K. Witherell, Jr
Bloomington
Peoria
Thompson
Bedford County Fair Opens With Thrilling Races
The first day of the fair on October 9 features top events, including a county track horse race, an unmatched free for all trot, and a ladies riding race with popular Bedford riders and contestants from neighboring counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Public Sale At Bedford Farm On October 17
Public sale announced for a Bedford area farm three miles east of Bedford on Thursday October 17 at 10 in the morning. Personal property includes five horses two mares one work horse two black driving horses a buggy set and harnesses milch cow and corn in the field plus farming implements and household goods. Terms: cash under five dollars and credit six months on bankable notes bearing six percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Prolific Breeding Sows and Barred Plymouth Rock Chickens
Two bred sows and March April and May pigs of both sexes form a prolific line. Come and see them. Seeing is believing. Barred Plymouth Rock chickens also offered. Prices reasonable and correspondence solicited. Old phone George Hunter Zelma Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Rock
George Hunter
Zelma
Ind
Notice Of Commissioner's Sale Of Real Estate In Indiana
The Lawrence Circuit Court equity action Mary Oldham et al. directs a public auction on November 4, 1907, at 2 p.m. The Thomas Oldham farm in Bono township, Lawrence County, Indiana, comprising two tracts totaling about 64 acres, will be sold at not less than two thirds of appraised value. Terms: one third cash, one third in six months, one third in twelve months with mortgage security. Commissioner: BimpBon B. Lowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Circuit Court
Mary
Oldham
Oliver Oldham
Eliza Oldham
Bono
Lawrence County
State of
Indiana
Thomas Oldham
Bimpson B. Lowe
Notice of Application For License To Retail
Notice to residents of Bedford Indiana that Edward B. Simpeon will apply to Lawrence County Board of Commissioners at the October 1907 term for a license to sell vinous and spirituous liquors in a first floor room of a two story brick building on the Public Square. The license would allow sales in quantities under five gallons with drinking on the premises for one year and permission to sell cigars and tobacco in the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Shawswick Township
Lawrence County
State of Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Shawswick
Lindiana
A. Hi. Brown
Shanswick Township
Indiana
Edward B. Simpeon
Bedford residents seek license to sell beer at Central Hotel room
Mil t Myers of Bedford Indiana announces two local residents will apply to Lawrence county commissioners for a one year license to sell spiritous vinious and malt liquors in a room at the Central Hotel city parcel described with street frontage on J street in the Third Ward. The request covers sale for on premise consumption in quantities under five gallons with cigars and tobacco also to be sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Shawswick Township
Lawrence County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Central Hotel
City of
State of Iodiate
J Street
Shanswick Township
State of
WY. V. Williams
George W. McDaniel
Milt Myers
Iod
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Bedford Mail
Edford
Thomas J. Brooks
Fred B. Otis
Otis & Brooks
Forst
New Home
Central Union
Editors
Monon
Wallace Junction
Vincennes Scarlet
Battle
Lane
Homeg
Mayor Stipp
New York City
QGU
Marriagable Girls
Gotham
Frank Stannard
John Hackett
Lafayette
William Ritter
Seymour
A. Guthrie
Tunnelton
City
Jessie Ragsdale
Charles Eker
A. J. Hayes
Bernice McCune
Seventeenth Street
George C. Bosler
Nellie Alexander
Milt Blackwell
East 26Th Street
Theodore Craig
Silverville
Sorosis
Euphemia Dunn
Henry Barnard
Hartman
East 15Th Street
Frank Allen
Jeffersonville
Luke Reynolds
Oolitic
Ibbie Beal
Salem
Henry Reath
Emmet R. Speer
Rebecca. Basset
Day
Clyde Holmes
Louisville
John Harvey
North M Street
A.M. Mansenberger
C. BE Ikerd
North I Street
Winthrop Foote
F. M. Mattox
Washington County
Mary Catherine Roberts
Jennie Alexander
Mattie Simpson
J. Street
Claud Spaulding
Politic
Frank Spaulding
East 17Th Street
W. C. Skerd
Shanswick
Thomas Dunlavy
Iowa
Martha Brown
Newton, Illinois
Mrs
Thos. Clark
Nan Whitted
Clear Spring
Will Whitted
Billheimer
William Luedtke
James B. Green
Harrodsburg
Dennis Endwight
Harry G. Neff
Lebanon
Pennsylvania
Mary Lewis
Letta “Armstrong
West 12Th Street
Pearl
Nellie Long
J. B. Wilson
John D. Alexander
Alonzo Murphy
Margaret E. Duffey
Andy Carmichael
Roberta Noe
Giles
Burton E. Hansen
Senator
H. C. Duncan
T. H. Malott
Abilene, Kansas
J. W. Newland
W. P. Malott
R. B. Scott
J. W. Bailey
Lula Cummings
Henryville
Jno. Hendricks
J. P. McCart
J. M. Mathes
J. M.batman
Batman
H. B. Gentry
Mr. Gentry
Mesdames
J. W. Harris
George Matthieu
Indianas
The
Elijah McGinnis
Englewool
Abbie Beal
Jane Irwin
Rowland
Washington
Peoria Star
Mrs. Southworth
Majestic
Maude Potter
Capitola
Julia Shay
Thomas Baker
Mattie Ragsdale
W. V. Willams
Margaret
Ayer
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Harris
Grand Lodge K.of P
Little Margaret Williams
You
Thomas Drake
California
James
Charles Drake
A. A. Moore
W. I. Jordan Lumber Company
Poland
China
Alexander & Harris
Attorneys-At-Law
Bedford IN Ofice
Bedford National Bank
Pertilon
Melving Kern
Melvina Tolliver
Notioe
Ircuit
Helen N Lewis
Simpson BL Lowf
Admr
Uriah H. Johnson
John M. Johnson
Bertha Dodd
Harry Dodd
Court House
Demurto
Boone Leonard Clerk
E. S. Ferguson
Undertakers
East Side Square
Bedford, Ind
F. Marshall Woolery
Attorney AT Law
Duroc
Charles Lee
Heltonville
C. H. Emery
J. W. Trainor
DENTI
East Side
Ian
Buford, Indiana
Pronesia
H. H. Walls
General Insurance
Hodge & Walls Bldg
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