Local notes from Bedford and surrounding towns
A roundup of short items: home improvements and moves by James Hodges and John Holland, births and marriages, travels of Mrs. A Ashcraft and Laura Accam, a Bedford wedding license for Henry Draper and Maggie Poore, and civic updates on city offices. News includes oil tests on B&O Southwestern roadbed, coal shipments by Southern Indiana and Big Four, and local health notes with smallpox in Mitchell. Also mentions various visits, travels, and social events across Bedford, Owensburg, Greencastle and French Lick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South HF Street
Chris Jer
Henry E. Draper
Maggie B. Poore
Bedford
Local Notes Highlight City Visitors and Developments
G H Cooper of Tunneltor visited the city on Wednesday. Roscoe Withers of Purdue spent Sunday with his parents A. T. Withers. James Pearl recovers from an ankle injury and uses crutches. New houses rise on West 12th Street. The Southern Indiana plans large fills between Elnora and Bedford. Oil well timber arrives and stockholders are urged to deposit subscriptions. Bob Wicker heads to Chicago for a five game tour ending in Old Mexico.
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Roscoe Withers
Purdue University
Mrs
A. T. Withers
Stone City Bank
Bob Wicker
Chicago
Selee
Albuquerque
Old Mexico
Bedford citizen Frank Vance dies at 72 in Bedford
Frank P. Vance, longtime Bedford resident, died Monday evening at 6 o'clock at age 72. The funeral was held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Tunnelton and conducted by the Masonic order. John R. Walsh announces plans to build a road from Trinity Springs via Roland, West Baden, Paoli to New Albany. W. P. Hofferbert, Stone City Job Printing co. proprietor, bought an interest in Common Sense in Birmingham and will move his outfit there with Powell and J. R. Stanley likely to join the relocation.
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Frank P.vance
Bedford
Tunnelton
Masonic Order
John R. Walsh
Trinity Springs
Indiana
Roland
West Baden
Paoli
New Albany
Walsh
W.P. Hofferbert
Stone City Job Printing Co
Common Sense
Birmingham
Ala
John Powell
J. R. Stanley
Town Notes and Local Happenings in Bedford and Nearby
Local items report city treasurer Lew Ferguson ill at home. Bloomington youths plan a five foot stone pavement project in Shoals. Thomas Jackson to open a picture gallery at West Baden, while Charley Keys and Sam Little plaster Charles Grimes new house. Mrs America Roberts ill in Lafayette. Dr. Rariden called to Paoli for surgery. Washington baseball club favored by umpires from Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mallott visit from Abilene. Bob Wicker signs with St Louis for another year, with Seymour ties. Shawl loss reported near Riley Williams’ and Denniston Schoolhouse. Prudential pays widow of John Williams $1000. French Lick Drug Company incorporated with $10000. Mike England paroled, works as blacksmith at Consolidated quarry. Electric line planned between French Lick and West Baden. Officials urge noon leaf burning to reduce evening smoke and protect lung health. city may regulate burning after 3 pm.
Porter Outrage Leads to Bloomington Officer Dismissal
Rube Porter once praised as Bloomington’s best police officer by prominent citizens was dismissed by the Democratic City Council for enforcing laws too vigorously. The Paoli Republican notes his raids on gambling dens raised alarm among the town’s better elements.
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Rube
BE. J. Porter
Paoli
Bloomington
I. U
Porter
Paoli Republican
Bloomington News and Marriages Highlight Local Notes
James B Wilder paints Otis cottages on South H Street Teodore Reath and Miss Wil son wed in Bloomington on Sunday. Marriage licenses issued to James J Hutton and Daisy Watel Henry C Criger and Stella Goodman. Diphtheria death of an Avoca infant. Southern Indiana road reports September earnings of 71 908 and annual gains. Local paper notes transfer of grocery store West 16th Street to Mahaftie and Dodds.
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Buchanan & Sears
West 16Th Street
Mahaftie & Dodds
James J. Hutton
Daisy Watel
Henry C. Criger
Stella Goodman
Indiana
Local Notes and Notices From Town Chronicle
Mrs Lafe Chesnut recovers from two weeks sickness. Homer Harris improves after typhoid relapse. Mrs George Fish visits from Oklahoma staying with sister Mrs Virgil Fish. Miss Ela Williams resigns from Wilson's Bargain Store. Crooke Bros. offers cheap old life insurance. Rose Clarkson of Elizabethtown visiting Bedford. Seymour Democrat leaders plan hunting trip on the Stone City to the St Francis river in Arkansas about Nov 1. Mutual Life Insurance assets reach 352 million. Prospect to switch to larger company. Jesse Richardson buys Stone City Printing Company name and business. Curtis Crigger and Stella Goodman wed by Elder John Williams. Logan residents. Editorial on government ownership of coal mines. Coal price rise noted. mine prices up, local impact predicted with broader market shifts.
Roney's Boys to Headline Stone City Entertainment Course
The Roney Boys Concert Company of Chicago will open the Stone City Entertainment Course at the First Christian church on Oct 28. Tickets cost season adults 1.75 children under 12 1.00 single tickets adults 0.50 children under 19 0.50. A button will accompany each child single ticket. Бeddon & Chrisler sell tickets.
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Stone City
Roney Boys’ Concert Company
Chicago
First Christian Church
Beddon & Chrisler’s
Roney
Daniel Storms to Speak for Secretary of State at Bedford
Ron Daniel Storms will address voters at the Bedford courthouse Friday October 24 at 7:30 p.m. Hon J Frank Hanly will speak in Bedford Thursday October 30 at 7:30 p.m.
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Court House
Bedford
Circuit Court Notes Adjourned Friday for Telo
The court session was adjourned Friday with the telo noted as the reason. Proceedings paused while awaiting further scheduling.
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Circuit Court
Telo
Bedford Court Dockets Mix Fine, Jail and Train Times
A Bedford police court report lists Smallwood of Oolitic fined for assault and battery with punishment stayed by Judge Fletcher. Braden and Johnson White each fined by Mayor Smith for intoxication with costs stayed. Dora Pfester found guilty of keeping a house of ill fame by Judge Fleisher. fined $20 plus costs $40.05 and jailed if unpaid. A fast Southern Indiana train to Chicago shows 8:13 a.m. departure. The Southern Indiana Coal Co of Terre Haute is incorporated with $10,000 capital. directors are Walsh, Thompson and Hamill.
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Braden
Smith
Johnson White
Fleisher
Dora Pfester
Chicago
Indiana
Bedford
H.H Rosemar
Southern Indiana Coal Company
Terre Haute
John R. Walsh
James W. Thompson
Samuel R. Hamill
State election ballots to be printed for six parties
The State Board of Election Commissioners ordered 1 700 000 ballots printed for six parties Democratic Republican Prohibitionist People Socialist and Socialist Labor with Democrats first and Republicans second. Ballots will be distributed to county clerks next Monday as watchers monitor presses for theft. A separate railroad wreck near Linton injured fireman Corbin and engineer McGinnis but no serious injuries were reported.
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State Board of Election Commissioners
People’s
Socialist Labor Party
Social Democrat
Union Reform
Southern Indiana
Linton
Mr. Corbin
Seymour
George McGinnis
McGinnis and Corbin
Crittenden
Charley Huffman
Seymour Democrat
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Cressets
Cressett
Joe 'E
Bedford, Dinkelspiel Bros
Poogle's
East Side Square, Indiana
Louis Mayer
Dussard
James Hodges
John Holland
Ft.Ritner
Ed Hill
West 17Th Street
Ed Graff
Ezra Edswards
Pat Coady
Paris, Ill
Laura Accam
la Fayette
Harry G. Neff
Johnson’s
South I Street
Frank Russell
City Hall
Wm. Hawkins
Heltonville
D. Y. Johnson
Bowling Green
A. Ashcraf
Owensburg
Randal Inman
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ilinois Southern
John R Walsh
J. D. Bolsey
The
Oolitic News
Louisaville
Big Four
Westport
Mitchell
Capt. S. A. Snyder
Emery Dobbins
Orin Mitchell
Obe Gainey
E. O. Smithers
13Th and P Sts
T. J. Brooks
Madison, Ind
Lora Richardson
18Th
J Streets
Frank Owen
Purdue
Mc. Henry Owen
Lin Glover
Alice Morgan
Muncie
Ind
Jas. Chesnut
Leiah
Blanche Chaney
James Cather
French Lick
Crooke Bros
C.A. Knight
Elsie
Mrs. Knight
Mt.Olive
Mirandy Morgan
Richmond
F. M. Lemon
Fell
Stickles
Ira
Batman
John OC. Chaney
G. H Cooper
Tunneltor
Jamoes M. Edwards
West 12Th Street
Charles E. Moir
Elnora
John Vantayle
12Th
O Streets
Frank Vance
Brownstown
Capt
D. B. V Oce
Dran’s
West Side Square
James Pearl
Norton- Reed
J. G. Emery
Washington City
Shelbyville
Leslie
Mike England
Michigan City
Alexander
Beveridge
W. A. Mclean
W. H. Newman
Louisville
P. J. Fitzgibbons
Canada
Ottawa
Courier Journal
Frank P. Vance
Norfolk
Ayer
Buckingham
R. P Hall &Co
Nashua
N.H
Lew Ferguson
Thomas Jackson
Charley Keys
Sam Little
Charles Grimes
Doc Ferguson
Homer Ferguson
Lafayette
America Roberts
Lige Roberts
C. E. Rariden
J. W. Montgomery
Washington Baseball Club
Washington
Washington Herald
Thomas H. Malott
Abilene
Kansas
Wicker
Martin
Riley Williams
Denniston
Pinhook Road
B. L. Millican
Prudential
John S. Williams
Norton Reed
Williams
Orange County
William E. Ryan
Alda Ryan
Mollie P. Askren
Consolidated Quarry
New York
Monte Carlo
Monte
Andy
Oneita
John Hartman
South 5 Street
James B. Wilder
Otis
South H Street
Teodore Reath
Miss Wilson
John N. Ross
Mary C. Swango
Henry Isom
South F Street
Homer Harris
A. B. Carlton
E. B. Thornton
A. W. Jones
Mary Malott
Hiram Malott
Henry Adler
Frankfort, Ky
Mary Stoessel
17Th
K Streets
James McGregor
Avoca
Green Hill
Charles Ikerd
U. S. Ikerd
Blackwell
Oklahoma
I. N. Glover
Christopher Smith
Mr. Smith
Ed. Graff
O Street
Washington Park
Dewee H. Runneals
Jackson County Republican
B.B. Marley
Lafe Chesnut
George Fish
Virgil Fish
Ela Williams
Wilson’s Bargain Store
Rose Clarkson
Elizabethtown
Tom Whitted
Frank Hellger
Will Garrison
St. Francis River
Arkansas
Mutual Life Insurance of
Frank A. Crooke
Jesse Richardson
Stone City Printing Company
Richardson
Stone City Printing Office
Curtis Crigger
John Williams
North L Street
Logan
County
Mr. Crigger
Stella
Jos. Goodman
Mr.Crigger
Boys
Terre Haute Express
Ron
Daniel Storms
J. Frank Hanly
City Police Court
Smallwood
Oolitic
Fletcher
Crooke Bros. Abstractors
Dale
Re, Dale Graduate
North Side Square
J. A. Gunn
BRY Goods House
W. S. Richey 60
Benzel Black Bedford
P. B. May
House & Owen
F. E. Stipp
Callses
South Street
Fiudge & Ferguson
East Side Square
Bedford, Ind
City
Frank Heitger
W. S. Holcombe
Alexander & Harris Attorneys-At-Law
Bedford - India Office
Gunn
Hodge & Ferguson
East Side
J. W. Trainor
Bedford, Indiana
Hamer & Day
Northeast Corner Square
Hamer
Jas. G. Stull
Attorney-at-Law
Merdieth& Son
Koleen
C. H. Emery
Wilson's
R. H. Williams