City approves four ward boundaries after heated council
The council met Tuesday and approved a plan to divide the city into four wards south of 17th street becoming Ward One and other sectors forming Wards Two Three and Four. The vote, 3 to 2, followed sharp exchanges with opponents arguing lack of authority until annexation. effects on liquor remonstrances to be reviewed.
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Stipp
Sears
Pitman
Bahr
17Th Street
14Th Street
Southern Indiana Railway
Southern Indiana
Zaring
Gus Weyerbacher
Terre Haute Brewing Company
D. Y. Johnson
Williams
Stevens
Weyerbacher
Third Ward
Gets the Short End Four Times
Former Mayor MaiL says the ward plan aims to disenfranchise the East Side, echoing earlier efforts. Bedford’s north south divide along the Monon railroad pits West Side power against East Side representation, with four long strips erasing East End political voice.
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Mail
Bedford
Monon
West Side
Carter Construction Wins Rails For Indiana Chicago Line
The Carter Construction company let a Chicago contract for 10 000 tons of railroad rails to Illinois Steel for the Chicago Indianapolis and Evansville railroad and a parallel contract for Grand Travers road rails in Michigan. President J B Carter will visit soon as survey work continues in Vanderburgh and Pike counties with engineers near completion of a second survey. The line is planned from Indiana Harbor to pass Indianapolis and coal fields, with terminals near Sunset Park and legal action over condemnation in Warrick and Boonville counties.
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Chicago
Indianapolis and
Evansville
Carter Construction Company
Iinois Steel Company
Grand Travers Road
Michigan
Carter Company
Michigan Road
J. B. Carter
DeBruin
Carter
Vanderburg
Green River Road
Kentucky Avenue
Sunset Park
Warrick County
Boonville
Ind
Kiper
Chicago, Indianapolis and
Indiana Harbor
Lake Michigan
Indianapolis
Indiana
Pike
Bryan Visits Bedford on Campaign Swing to Bloomfield
Col William Jennings Bryan arrived in Bedford at 10 30 on the Monon en route to Bloomfield where he spoke at a Democratic rally. A reception committee escorted him and a special train carried the party with bunting, amid eager admirers and fatigue in the famed orator.
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William Jennings Bryan
National Democracy
Bedford
Monon
Bloomfield
Bryan
Col. Bryan
C. E. Davis
Greene County
Miers
O. H. Cravens
Bloomington
The
Bass
Bruce
Shoulty
Wolford
Linton
W. E. McLaughlin
Louisville
Col
Kentucky
Oscar H. Cravens
Bloomington World
John H. Underwood
Col. Cravens
Crap Game Raided Disturbs Mitchell Sports Big Game
Police disrupted a craps game during a major Mitchell sports event. Officials reported the disturbance interrupted proceedings and prompted a brief police inquiry at the venue.
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Mitchell Sports
Midnight Raid at Log Cabin Nets 28 Gamblers
Marshal Dale raided the Log Cabin saloon in Mitchell at 11:30 PM capturing 28 gamblers of varied nationalities and confiscating about 25 dollars. Trial set before Mayor Brown tomorrow. crowd described as whites blacks and foreigners, with excitement over gambling being widespread.
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Marshal Dale
Mitchell
Brown
Mrs. Johnsons Friends Host Quiet Birthday Party
A surprise birthday gathering for Mrs. Edward Johnson occurred Tuesday evening at her North L Street home. Relatives arrived at eight, shared music and games, and refreshments of cream and cake. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. D. Y. Johnson and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Malott, Nellie May Edith Malott, Harrison Johnson, Wayne and Verne Malott, who brought tokens of remembrance including china.
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Edward Johnson
North L Street
D. Y. Johnson
Fred Bailey
Walter Malott
Nellie
May
Edith Malott
Harrison Johnson
Wayne
Verne Malott
Bedford Stone Carnegie Library Plans Adopted
The Greencastle Herald reports Bedford stone Carnegie Library plans approved for college avenue site between campus and College Avenue M E Church. Cost set at $65,000 with main entrance on College Avenue and second floor departments separated by plate glass partitions.
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Carnegie Library
Greencastle Herald
College Avenue
College Avenue M. E. Church
State v Harmon grand larceny trial set in circuit court
The State versus Charles Harmon and Ben Keeda arises over a brass theft from Monon railway. Keeda pled guilty. Harmon to stand trial with about 400 pounds of brass seized near Harrodsburg by Officer Moore. Detectives Matthews and Hayes of Monon secret service testify.
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Charles Harmon
Harmon
Ben Keeda
Monon Railway Company
Keeda
Moore
Harrodsburg
Matthews and Hayes
Monon
Secret Service
Lafayette
Drunken Juror Alleged in Bloomfield Trial
The Linton Call reports a juror in a Bloomfield trial was so drunk he could hardly sit. The paper notes danger when jurors risk rights and property to a drunken member in a town without a saloon.
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Linton Call
Bloomfield
Graft Report Sparks Probe in Spencer County Officials
Experts reviewed records of county officials over twenty years excluding the sheriff and found alleged defalcations running into thousands. A bridge graft cited at $20000 fueled calls for investigations into the sheriff’s office school fund and township trustee accounts though present officials were said to be clean. The county, led by both parties over time, reacted with a partial report by Expert Lockyear and a broad probe.
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Spencer County
Lockyear
Evansville
Felton Spencer Dies After Pennsylvania Wreck
Felton Spencer trainman died in Ft. Wayne hospital after the Bourbon Pennsylvania wreck. He left a wife and three children. Engineer Arthur Slagle recalls the crew singing Shall We Gather at the River before the accident. Two crew members did not wake from sleep. Wool skirts and coats advertised at McCormick's with sale prices.
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Felton Spencer
Pennsylvania
Bourbon
Ft. Wayne
Arthur Slagle
Chicago
Spencer
Durham Tie and Lumber Company Formed From Martin Milling
The Martin Milling Company of Borden dissolves and a new Durham Tie and Lumber Company is organized with ten thousand dollars paid up capital. It includes prominent southern Indiana men vowing to build a successful business and better prospects than the former firm.
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Martin Milling Company
Borden
Durham Tie and Lumber Company
Indiana
Perry McCart Fractured Leg After Cart Fall Near Home
A 15 year old boy Perry McCart sustained a fracture when he fell from a cart near his home at 15th and P streets on Wednesday evening. He was reported pretty badly injured and taken for medical care.
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Perry McCart
15Th
P Streets
Paoli Mineral Springs Hotel Changes Hands
Dr. C L Boyd sold the Paoli hotel and sulphur well grounds to Dr. J H Groff of Indianapolis. Groff plans to move there and convert the property into a sanitarium in the spring. Mrs Fred Cannedy and her mother Mrs Henry Hahn left for a brief visit to relatives in Kentucky.
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Paoli Mineral Springs
C. L. Boyd
J. H. Groff
Indianapolis
Groff
Paoli News
Fred Cannedy
Henry Hahn
Kentucky
Good river bottom farm for sale
River bottom farm offered by D and W with closing date September 30. Listed by W. H. Cosnra.
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Good River Bottom
W. H. Cosnra
Last Day to Pay Taxes Without Penalty Named
The last day for paying taxes without a penalty is the first Monday in November. All delinquent taxes must be paid by then to avoid costs. The books will be closed as required by law. Curtis E. Ray, County Treasurer.
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Curtis E. Ray
Marriage Licenses Granted To Four Couples
Marriage licenses have been granted to Claud E. Spaulding and Ethel A. Buckles, Louis E. Fidler and Stella Eades, Wesley Winton Hanner and Myrtle Florence Hummer.
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Claud E. Spaulding
Ethel A. Buckles
Louis E. Fidler
Stella Eades
Wesley Winton Hanner
Myrtle Florence Hummer
Bedford Daily Notes Visitors and Local News Roundup
Bedford notes list residents visiting from Mitchell Bloomington and Salem. Births include daughters to McAfee and Stafford families. Local court visits, illness updates, marriage licenses issued to Frazier Armstrong, Lee, Cornwell, and more. Several Bloomington and Indianapolis connections attend church events and reunions.
Stinesville Goes Dry as Saloon Era Ends
The town once called oasis and half way town in Monroe County has closed its last saloons. Steve Snooks and Charlie Taylor shut down their businesses this Monday, ending the era of nocturnal revelry and the Monon area’s bromo seltzer trade. A birth announcement adds a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rose on West 12th Street.
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Monroe County
Steve Snooks
Stinesville
Bloomington
Charlie Taylor
Monon
Bloomingon
Bondsmen Liable In Bank Failure Suit Looms
Receiver O S Brooke notified bondsmen of Hugh A Burrell president of the People's State Bank Brownstown Indiana that suits will be brought immediately unless defalcations are made good. Notices dated October 7 1907 warn suits to cover 1903 1904 1905 bonds. First distribution about twenty five percent will be mailed by check this week to entitled parties.
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People’s State Bank
Brooke
H. A. Burrell
Brownstown
Hugh A. Burrell
Indiana
O. S. Brooke
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State Farmers Institute
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Lawrence County Farmers’ Institue
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Claude G. Malott
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