Bedford Boy Kills Self in Huntington
Rex Taylor aged 28 son of Charles Taylor of this city killed himself in Huntington West Virginia Tuesday according to a message received by his parents. He was a former Deckard Hotel cook and had two children his wife in Cincinnati. Burial likely at Huntington with his father seeking to bring the body home.
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Bedford
Huntington
Rex Taylor
Charles Taylor
West Va
Deckard
Cincinnati
Taylor
Rowe Taylor
White River
Centerville
Indiana
Bart S. Everman
Albia
Jusonville
Everman
McDonald
Sandford
Cooper
Dwyer
City Council Regular Session Discusses Crossings and Street Plans
City Council met Tuesday in regular session at City Hall with several items of business. J D Sears urged stone crossings on Washington Avenue area and 21st 22d streets. crossings on 22d across Morton Lane and alley east of Washington Avenue. No bids for alley improvements, remonstrance notices and primary assessment hearing set for Oct 28 1913. A 93 15 local option election cost approved. Traffic lights ordered at 7th Street Lincoln Avenue and 40 watt light at 7th St and Lincoln Ave. Fire department applicant Bert Harris. permits for building given to Edward Dagey John R Pearson and George L Tovey. Truck committee favored Ahrens Fox first and American LaFrance second.
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J. D. Sears
Washington Avenue
Morton Lane
Ney
Street Commissione
Water Works Committee
Wyhom
J Street
9Th
Summit Lane
7Th Street
Lincoln Avenue
Public Square
Sewe
6Th Street
Democratic
Progressive
Socialists
C. L. Walters
Pro ‘Gressive City Central Committee Rec
Henry P. Pearson
Local Option Election Board
Bert Harris
17Th
F Streets
Edward R. Dagey
Ahrens- Fox
Cincinnati
American LaFrance
Elmira
N. Y
McDonald case denial ties to Terre Haute courtroom shooting
Governor Ralston dismissed reports he planned to pardon Henry F. McDonald who shot at Terre Haute court officials and faced manslaughter charges. The story traces McDonald’s insanity commitment, prior trials, and a complex web of alleged attempts by Crane and others to influence his fate, including a fictitious Iowa farm scheme by a Bloomington man.
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Henry F. McDonald
Terre Haute
T Ruth
McDonald
Terre Faute
Michigan City
Marshall
George M. Crane
Ralston
Doctor Fined for Drawing Deadly Weapon in Store Dispute
Dr. Clarence Driscoll was fined $1 and costs in Justice Iseminger's court for drawing a deadly weapon on Donald Smith after an argument in a local store. The judgment had been pending. Driscoll returned to the store with a revolver in his hand following a dispute.
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Iseminger
Donald Smith
Driscoll
Fifteen Year Old Girl Ethel Wood Sent to Hospital
Ethel Wood, declared insane recently, was taken to the Hospital for the Insane at Madison. She was accompanied by J. H. Cottom and Mrs. Effie Johnson. After arrest she was violent, but at the station she appeared sane and cooperative for the trip.
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Ethel Wood
Madison
J. H. Cottom
Effie Johnson
Water Train Keeps Engines Supplied in Charlestown Drought
The B and O S Railroad fills Charlestown Nabbs and Deputy ponds with water to sustain Louisville Branch engines. Water trains run continuously for months as rain drought drains ponds and crops nearby suffer.
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Charlestown
B. & O. S. Railroad Company
Louisville
Nabbs
Big Creek
Deputy
Seymour Republican
Prizes Awarded by Local Women’s Garden Committee
The Children’s Garden Committee of the Local Council of Women awarded garden prizes amid a drought. Willa Florence Batt won the land prize of 2 dollars for a superb display, John Sears earned 1 dollar for zinnias, Virginia Askew received 1 dollar for petunias, and Olin Trogdon took a prize for a beautiful flowering display around his house. The judges praised the work and hoped for better growing conditions next year.
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Local Council of Women
Drouth
Willa Florence Batt
N Street
John Sears
West 12Th Street
Zinnias
West Side
Virginia Askew
H_ street
Petunias
Olin Trogdon
5Th Street
Forecast: Southwest storm to spread northeast with frosts
The Weather Bureau reports a Southwest storm moving northeast to affect the Central valleys Monday and Tuesday and the Eastern States by midweek. Temperatures trend below normal in the Mississippi Valley and West, with frosts across the Plateau, Rocky Mountains, Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions. Rain is expected in the North Pacific late week. no West Indies disturbance indicated.
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Washington
Southwest
Great Central
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
North Pacific States
Mississippi Valley
Plateau
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
North Atlantic States
West Indies
Nail in Foot Injures Local Jewelry Store Worker
T H Anderson stepped on a large nail in the rear of his jewelry store on the west side of the public square this morning. The nail penetrated the left foot to about an inch, causing a painful injury.
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T.H. Anderson
Local social notes from Medora area
Mr and Mrs Logan Motsinger south of Medora return home after visiting Mr and Mrs Marshall Cummings West 10th Street. Mr and Mrs H C Malott entertained at dinner Tuesday with Miss Rebecca Johnson and her guest John Anderson of Winterset Iowa and Mr and Mrs John Smith Bailey.
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Logan § Motsinger
Medora
Marshall Cummings
West 10Th Street
H. C. Malott
Rebecca Johnson
John Anderson
Winterset
Iowa
John Smith Bailey
McDonald Convicted of Manslaughter in Rail Case
The article recounts McDonald being found guilty of manslaughter for a premeditated crime linked to railroad interests after surviving gunshot wounds. It notes a mass pardon petition, Governor Marshall’s denial, an insanity inquest, and later newspaper publicity showing McDonald on the prison baseball team.
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McDonald
Dwyer
Railroad Corporation
Cooper
Marshall
Fogarty
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