Degil Rounds Falls From 20 Foot Embankment
Cecil Rounds, 71, of Bloomington and Plcomington, fell twenty feet along the Monon railroad at Harrodsburg Monday night. He escaped fatal injury but suffered severe bruises and possible spinal damage after stepping from a through freight near the station. He was found by a telegraph operator and brought to his sister’s home in the city. Dr. A J McDonald attended.
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Cecil Rounds
Plcomington
Harrodsburg
Grounds
Bloomington
Jiarrodsburg
Monon
A. J. McDonald
North H Street
Celebration Honors Grover Turpin on His Birthday
Grover Turpin hosts a Sunday gathering with a noon dinner and a large guest list including the Faubions Tanksleys Turpins Millers Lively Bagswells and many others as part of his twenty ninth birthday celebration at home.
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Grover Turpin
Vrove
Hitch Rack Contract Awarded to Bedford Foundry
The Bedford Foundry and Machine Co. was awarded the hitchrack contract for the public square at 420.20. The work includes setting the hitchrack into stone pavement near the courthouse park, and the new rack will be more substantial than the old one as bids for roads and streets were also reviewed.
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Court House Park
Board of Commissioners
Surprise Birthday Dinner for Mrs Dowling Attended by Neighbors
A church Sunday gathering at Mr and Mrs Alva Dowling's home turned into a birthday feast for Mrs Dowling. Guests included Mr and Mrs Martin McDonald Mr and Mrs Dock Taylor Mr and Mrs Clint Desmore and three children Dewey Frances and Quin Mr and Mrs John Abies Mr and Mrs Otis McDonald and Gretchen Mr and Mrs Alfred Allen and son Deward Mr and Mrs Noble Atom and three children Lorene Harold and Margaret Mr and 2 Hierman Sears and daughter Mrs Fred Jackson and daughter Mary Air Creed daachime of Oinvis Delbert McDonald Leonard and Ben Taylor and Miss Fannie Dowling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Dowling
Otis McDonald
Gretchen
Alfred Allen
Deward
Noble Atom
Lorene
Harold
Margaret
Hierman Sears
Fred Jackson
Mary
Air
Creed Daachime
Ef Oinvis
Delbert McDonald
Leonard
Ben Taylor
Fannie Dowling
Death notices for Mayme Brown’s father in Bloomfield
Friends of Mayme Brown teacher in city public schools learned her father died after a paralytic stroke at his Bloomfield home. The notification states the illness was serious.
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Mayme Brown
Bloomfield
Surprise feast brightens Clan Fraser meeting
The Clan Fraser welcomed a surprise from visiting ladies who invaded their hall with basket feasts for about one hundred people. The feast was enjoyed with music, games, and dancing, followed by a lively social at the regular meeting.
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Fraser
Mitchell Attorney Narrowly Escapes Train Dragging
Joseph Giles, attorney of Mitchell, formerly of this city, barely escaped death Tuesday when boarding a southbound Monon train. The train pulled away as he attempted to climb aboard and he was dragged several feet before rolling clear. He sustained only minor bruises and walked away. Witnesses described a real scare.
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Joseph Giles
Mitchell
Monon
Funeral of Mrs Malott Held at First Christian Church
The funeral services for Mrs Florence O. Malott wife of William P. Malott were conducted Tuesday at 10 at the First Christian church with a large family and friends gathering. Rev. Alen Philpott led the service, hymns were sung, and pallbearers included McKinley Riley Thornton Mitchell Williams Mitchell. Interment followed at Green Hill cemetery. Out of town attendees came from Indianapolis Evansville Bloomington Seymour and nearby towns.
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Florence O. Malott
William P. Malott
First Christian Church
Alen Philpott
Central Christian Church
Jesus
M. J. Morgan
Bess Smith
Messrs
Campbell Fields
Justin R. Rutherford
Robert Ff. McKinley
John Riley
Edmundb. Thornton
Jesse A. Mitchell
R. H. Williams
Frank Mitchell
Green Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Charles Malott
Frank Malott
Harvey Martin
Alien Philpott
John Nugent
Oliver Hobbs
Ellison
Heltonville
Babcock
Evansville
Fred Hoover
Bloomington
Blish
Thomas
Seymour
Social to Regien Wednesday at First M E Church
The Men s Bible Class of the First Methodist Episcopal Church invites members and friends to a social Wednesday evening October 8 1918 from eight to eleven at H G Wilson s home at Fifteenth and N streets. A music program and brief class orator addresses are planned for an evening of social enjoyment and entertainment.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
H. G. Wilson
Fifteenth
N Streets
Fields couple embark on extended Western trip
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Fields left Tuesday for an extended Western trip visiting Oregon Washington and California. They plan stops with Mr. and Mrs. D. A. McCurdy in Medford Oregon and expect to spend most of the winter in Pasadena California.
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H. T. Fields
Oregon
Washington
California
D. A. McCurdy
Medford
Pasadena
Size Of Attendance At Buggar Point School In This County
Everett Sears teaches Buggars Point school in Indian Creek neighborhood. The class has one pupil, eight year old Frank Cobb, with no other attendees in three weeks. discussions of closing the school arose but homeward hauling costs kept it open and the lone student remains.
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Everett Sears
Buggars Point
Indian Creek
Frank Cobb
David Cobb
Bloomington Faces Historic Water Shortage Crisis
Bloomington grapples with extreme water famine as city mains may run dry within days. Superintendent Helfrich warns only three to four days of pumping remain unless heavy rain arrives. Showers factory and Bloomington Ice Plant shut off, mills idle, Trevlec water will be hauled in, and hotels stores and residences must cope without cisterns.
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Bloomington
Helfrich
Trevlec
Standart Oil Company
Monon Railroad Awards Medals for Twenty Five Years Service
The Monon railroad distributed medals to 140 employees who had served twenty five years. Made in Paris, the medals cost the company 1500 dollars from a total staff of 3500. O C Carter of Chicago, General Freight Agent, was among recipients.
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Monon
Paris
O. C. Carter
Chicago
Watchman Suffered Paralysis at Lincoln Ave Crossing
Thomas Miller, an aged watchman at the Lincoln Avenue and Southern Line crossing, suffered a stroke of paralysis Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock while seated in his watch house. He was carried to his nearby boarding house and rated in serious condition late this afternoon.
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Thomas Miller
Lincoln Avenue
Bedford Girl Norma Gainey Weds Allen Stonacker in San Francisco
Miss Norma Gain ey formerly of Bedford city married Mr Allen Stonacker ten days ago in San Francisco. Mrs Stonacker is daughter of Obe Gainey of West 13th street. Stonacker, in the automobile business, is the third member of a $250,000 San Francisco plant. They will reside in Oakland after November 1.
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Norma Gainey
Mr. Allen Stonaecker
San Francisco
California
Stonacker
Obe Gainey
West 13Th Street
Baptist Church
Oakland
Mr. Stonacker
Paoli Unable to Come for Sunday Baseball Contest
Paoli with a crippled team canceled a Sunday game against the Champs at Washington Park due to a hurt pitcher and illness among players. Princeton Champs won 6 to 1 over Cannelton, marking their 23rd straight win. Brazil Eagles edged Washington 2 to 1 in a seventh inning rally with 2,000 in attendance.
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Paoli Baseball Club
Wicker
Champs
Washington Park
Princeton
Ind
Princeton Champs
Cannelton An
Cannelton
Johnson
Washington
Brazil Eagles
Washington Today
Williams
Mayer
Eagles
Lauden
Greys
Insane Suspect Arrested in Chapel Hill Murder Plot
Sheriff arrests Joseph Sipes at Chapel Hill near Chestnut Ridge after he cried out in a mental episode that men killed a boy at the Chapel Hill reunion and he helped place the body in a wagon. Sipes, 50, with wife and five children, claimed beer bottle killed the boy and was restrained after attempting escape. No missing person is reported.
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Chapel Hill
Jones
Joseph Sipes
Sipes
Souders
Chestnut Ridge
Bloomington
Columns Are Handy to Figure on
Two men seated on a new stone post at 16th and I street used the post as a makeshift desk to scribble a column of figures and total them. Citizens await the new standard lights on South I street, fearing posts may be ruined before installation.
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16Th and I Street
I Street
Guthrie Comets Drubbed 23–0 by Rural Route H I s
In Guthrie, Oklahoma, the H I s routed the Guthrie Comets 23 to 0 as Ben Turner struck out 19, allowed three hits, and showcased a masterful curve. The Comets, led by Lemon and Watson, managed 16 hits but no strikeouts.
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Ind
Guthrie Comets
H. I’s
Comets
Ben Turner
Turner
Lemon
Watson
Stafford
Bartlettsville Reds
Hawkins
Bartlett
H. I
Diphtheria Strikes Young Helen Chastain at Home
Helen, two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elijah Chastain of West 15th Street, is dangerously ill with diphtheria according to a local family notice.
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Helen
Elijah Chastain
West 15Th Street
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Ruby Tanksley
Hd Tarvin
William Turpin
Famiy
M. Lively
Milburn Pagswell
Everett Souders
L. Bartlett
Fred Barnett
Wes Turpin
Mertha Bartlett
Jaura Fisher
James Bagswell
William Starr
Grover Scurr
Glen and
Fr. Hendricks
Famil
Pheophilus Lkerd
Mary Therd
Elgin Miller
Frank Miler
Maude Miller
Cisco Bridwell
Henry Rawning
Joe Turpin
Claude Miller
Cecil Miller
Clyde Miller
Rolla Miller
Robert Peed
Emme Ard
Grace
Roth Starr
Browning
James Palmer
Alvin Turpen
Board of
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Clan Fraser
Mit
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Malott
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Crawfordsville
Crawfords
T. J. Brooks
John Wallace
Edna Pitts
Charles Ross
Freeland
Buggars Point School
the Nate
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San
Francisco, Cal
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Paoli
Will K. Penrod
Loogootee
Grays
Penrod
Washington Herald
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Curt
Snaden
Washington Democrat
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