Roosevelt as national sovereignty representative in coal conference
The editorial lauds President Roosevelt for summoning mine operators and miners into conference to end the coal famine. It argues his authority stems from representing national sovereignty and leadership, asserting his intervention reflects the will of the people and pressures belligerents to seek reason and avoid severe consequences. News note from Mitchell Commercial.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Chicago Chronicle
Mitchell
Globe Democrat
Rail car loaded with silver bullion and mail on No 2
Old newspaper notes report a second No 1 train carrying two baggage cars loaded with silver bullion and a mail car. notes a rider in each car with repeating rifles and missing Jerbin Mitchell. Also mentions Vandalia coal traffic and prices, and quotes on Senator Fairbanks' speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerbin Mitchell
Sam
Mitchell Tribune
Johnson Malott wedding mends path for Bedford veterans
The marriage of Hlrsha Johnson and Mrs Kate Malott took place Friday at the groom’s West 18th Street residence with Rev John Williams officiating. Johnson, Civil War veteran and local figure, weds widow of Richard Malott as a supper followed. friends and relatives from Salem and Bedford attended.
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Hlrsha Johnson
Kate Malatt
West 18Th Street
John Williams
Bedford
Richard Malott
Salem
Johnson
Surprise Birthday Party Held for Miss Trevell Hoppingarner
A surprise party Saturday evening at Miss Trevell Hoppingarner’s West 16th Street home celebrated her seventeenth birthday with an enjoyable evening.
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Trevell Hoppingarner
West 16Th Street
Terre Haute Free Street Fair Heads Into Record Year
The fifth annual Terre Haute Free Street Fair runs the week of October 18. Five thousand dollars will be spent on electrical displays and arches. Featured acts include the Bickett aerialists Hilda the contortionist and other attractions plus fifteen bands and reduced railroad rates.
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Middle States
Terre Haute
Bickett
LaRose’s
Electric Foundation
Christian Endeavor Convention Planned in Mitchell Indiana
The Seventeenth district of the Indiana Christian Endeavor Union plans a convention in Mitchell October 10 and 11 with about twenty societies attending. President William L. Bryan of Indiana University will speak Friday evening at 8. A Friday 2:15 sermon by Rev. H. A. Wingard is on Communion Transformation and Service. Miss Anna Louise Minich will attend and speak Saturday at 11:20 on Endeavorers as Soul Winners. A reception will follow the Friday session.
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Christian Endeavorers
Indiana Christian Endeavor Union
Mitchell
Ind
Orange
Jackson
Lawrence
Monroe
Bloomington
William L. Bryan
Indiana University
Mitchell Haodcavorers
H. A. Wingard
Brownstown
Anna Louise Minich
Indianapolis
State Christian Endeavor Union
Endeavorers
N. C. Shirey
Paoli
J. T. Charlton
Seymour
M. G. Allison
B. B. Williams
P.moore
Oliver Stroudt
Faye Collins
Orleans
Eva Seward
C. B. Mastan
Ethel Beddoe
Bedford
Daisy Plunkett
Bessie Patrick
Local Social Features Ice Cream Refreshments and Winners
Miss Bessie Smith and Elmer Jones won the first prize at a community crokinole event. Refreshments of ice cream and cake followed late in the evening. Attendees included Misses Stacy Burke Norine Evans Susie Souflisnes Bessie Smith Mayme Strout and Messrs Edgar Carter Elmer Jones Noble Quackenbush.
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Bessie Smith
Elmer Jones
Stacy Burke
Norine Evans
Susie Souflisnes
Mayme Strout
Messrs
Edgar Carter
Noble Quackenbush
Old Civil War veterans honor Elisha Johnson wedding
About fifty veteran comrades led by Richard Fisher and A J Acton marched to Elisha Johnson’s home on 18th street Saturday night to wish the newlyweds a happy prosperous life. The group included Andrew T Acton Peter Fillion John M Gainey BE Davis Biggs Withers John Owens and others.
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Elisha Johnson
18Th Street
Will Bair Moves to Farm Southwest of City
Will Bair and family move from West 18th Street to a farm five miles southwest on Bryantsville road. Bair will keep working at his Bedford shop, commuting each day.
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Will Bair
18Th St
Bryantsville Road
Bair
Bedford
Roosevelt's Blood Is Up in Coal Strike Crisis
The article portrays President Roosevelt angered by the miners and operators at a conference. It reports possible extraordinary Congressional action to seize and operate mines, potential federal troops under Governor Stone, and the threat of martial law to force mining and transport, with Roosevelt insulted by railroad leaders.
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Pennsylvania
Markle
Indianapolis Journal
Congress
Stone
Indianapolis News
High School Notes and Athletics Outlook
Indianapolis News reports on coal labor conflicts and Blooming ton High School forming a basketball team. It notes university lectures advertising in Bedford and updates from Salem and Washington High Schools on staff, laboratories, and upcoming football and baseball plans and schedules.
Death of Bedford's longtime resident David D Campbell
David D Campbell died Monday morning at the home of Dr. A T Withers. He would have been 87 in December and was likely Bedford's second oldest citizen. The funeral was Tuesday afternoon at 2:60 from the First Christian church, where he was the last surviving charter member, with Rev S R Edwards presiding. Burial followed at Green Hill Cemetery.
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David D. Campbell
A. T. Withers
Bedford
First Christian Church
5. R. Edwards
Green Hill Cemetery
Campaigning in Lawrence County with Chaney and allies
The Republican drive in Lawrence County began Monday in Springville with John C. Chaney touring the district. He will give eleven speeches, the final one Saturday in Bedford, joined by Charles B. Rogers and John H. Edwards and county nominees except Scoggan. A vigorous, popular ticket is forecast with Chaney continuing through the week. Indiana University reports its strongest year yet with 715 students enrolled, up significantly from last fall and heading toward 1,400 for the year, as the Freshman class shows promise for a competitive sophomore scrap on Washington's Birthday.
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Congress
Lawrence County
Springville
Bedford
John C. Chaney
Fayetteville
Chaney
Charles B. Rogers
John H. Edwards
Scoggan
Board of Commissioners
Sly Bob
Rogers
Indiana University
Washington
Large Apple Shipment Reaches Local Wharf From Harrison County
A major apple delivery to the city arrived on the wharf yesterday morning totaling nearly 7 000 barrels. The J W Thomas Alma and Bedford steamers carried 2 700 barrels and Bellevue with three barges added 3 700 barrels from down river consignments to local commission merchants. Most apples came from Harrison County Indiana amid a golden harvest. Afternoon activity showed workers hauling fruit away while the Courier Journal notes the transfer. In bedford a new bank foundation unearthed oak posts 18 inches in diameter. Uncovered posts showed ax marks and dates to about 1882. Uncle Jep Knight recalls a livery stable built there by Dr Edward Moberly and later moved by Matthew Porland to another site nearby. Knight, age 86, places the discovery in Bedford’s early era seven years after county seat moved from Palestine.
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J. W. Thomas
Alma
Bedford
Bellevue
Harrison County
Ind
Louisville Courier-Journal
New Bedford National Bank
East 16Th Street
Jep Knight
Edward Moberly
Mall
Matthew Porland
Knight
Palestine
May See the Comet Tonight Over Bedford Skies
Bedford residents may glimpse the Perrine comet tonight if skies stay clear. The naked eye object near Cassiopeia appears as a hazy patch, with a short tail and little nucleus, moving southwest toward Vega and Beta Ophiuchi with notable upcoming alignments and distant Earth and Sun approaches.
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Bedford
Perrine
Cassiopeia
Cygal
Cassiopelia
Andromeda
Mt. Hamilton
California
Vega
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