Local News Roundup From Bedford and Nearby
James Cather and wife spent Sunday in Springville. Marriage issued to Jobn Knight and Nora M Elrod. Miss Gertrude Gibbons and Kitty Day visited Salem. Mrs T H Anderson improves after illness. Ed Hill returns to work after sickness. Mrs Samuel Glover returns from Terre Haute visit with son Bernie. Mrs T H Taylor, delegate to Pocahontas Great Council, goes to Indianapolis. Crooke Bros sells two five room houses on South I Street to Jane Clipp. Dr A W Dierking moves to Bedford and will have office above Hamer Day. Misses Ehel Edna Pitts Mamie Railsback visit Indianapolis. Browning and Julia Massey wed in Bedford. Geo Teaford family return from Elon, Orange Co. Eliza Short and Floraloman visit West 17th Street. Conductor Mike Hackett selling houses on South I Street. Football player returns to play after illness. Elijah Waite of Abydel dies, survivor of Co D 27th Indiana Infantry. Mrs John Helms home after Illinois visit with son’s workforce in S I employment.
Uncle Isaac Johnson 80th Birthday Dinner Planned
The 80th birthday of Uncle Isaac Johnson will be celebrated next Sunday with a basket dinner under the trees at the home of Mr. Johnson. All are invited to come with well filled baskets. Charles R. Gowen is here from Bowling Green Kentucky on a visit. He has a position with the Bowling Green Stone Co. which he says has just built a new eight gang saw mill now has 18 gangs going and has more work than it can take care of. Mitchell our sister city across the Rhine has improved greatly the past year with fine business blocks and many good dwellings built or in construction. There is evident prosperity enough for all in these glorious Republican times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Charles R. Gowen
Bowling Green
Bowling Green Stone Co
Mitchell
Rhine
Alvarion Darnell
Bogemann
Local notices from Bedford area residents list illness moves and sales
Mr. Joe Kiffer of South F Street is very ill. David Tanksley and daughter returned from Indianapolis. George Meaniel moved from 17th and H to 15th Street. Ed Murphy has a bush of green roses. Miss Mary Elrod returned from visiting relatives. Mrs Valaria Gabbert of South G Street is better after illness. Emanuel Sears and son plan a public sale Monday October 27. Mrs C. S. Norton returned from Sioux City. Monon bridge gang from Lafayette will install a large steel bridge over Leatherwood. Walter Chandler was arrested near town and taken to Bloomington to answer charge. J. W. McGuire left for Indianapolis to represent Opitsah Tribe. Mrs Eupice Tingle of North Bedford died Tuesday night aged 23. funeral Wednesday at Green Hill Cemetery. Twelve stone masons arrived from Bedford to install track scales at the S I junction, staying at Miller hotel. George Dugan and family from Kansas City will make Bedford their home. Mrs Jane Johnson and daughter Helen returned to Martinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eupice Tingle
North Bedford
Green Hill Cemetery
Thanks for kindness after our baby Claudie Louis
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the sickness and death of our baby Claudie Louis. Mr and Mrs WM BenzeI. The October term of court will have no jury trials as jurors not summoned. Judge Martin advised the selection commission. Civil business is light and many criminal pleas are being accepted. Bloomington Telephone. City Marshal Frank Russell received a Terre Haute police message about a horse and buggy believed stolen. Russell relayed the description to Oolitic liveryman Blackburn, who said they were his property. Sheriff Smith and Blackburn left for Terre Haute. The thief, a patrolled convict at Pine Hall Dairy, east of town, remains unfound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudie Louis
WM. F. Benzel
Martin
Bloomington
Frank Russell
Terre Haute
Russell
Blackburn
Oolitic
Smith
Pine Hall
Local notes amid town life and travel in Mitchell area
Addresses multiple local events including visits by Mrs. Jeannie Byers and Alex Robinson, a Monon railway block near Owensburg, a fatal infant burial at Breckinridge graveyard, a new stone front for the First National Bank of Mitchell, licenses issued to local couples, and upcoming Opera House performances. Also reports on a hospital beer curiosity, Woman's Relief Corps meeting plans, and pastor Rev Bogemann’s potential stay.
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The
First National Bank of
Mitchell
Roll Of Honor at Cross Lanes School 1902
Students named for perfect attendance in the first month ending October 17 1902 at Cross Lanes School District No 7. Totals show 150 days present 494 absent 95 plus percent and tardiness 10 with 299 minutes time lost. Teacher M Mason notes 99.5 percent punctuality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross Lanes School
Fred Parham
Ida Miller
Ada Dalton
Leslie Lovall
Dela Lovall
Agnes Myers
Lola Parham
Katie Shrout
Halley Harris
Walter Smith
M. Mason
Porters Welcomed a Fine Daughter and Local News
A newborn daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Porter. The item also notes Miss Mattie Bridwell visiting Springville, several local moves and visits, and a list of community events from Bedford and nearby towns including church changes, apple storage, and a large West Baden Hotel building data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Porter
First Town Ship Athletic and Oratorial Contest Held
The greatest picnic in Beltonville marked the first town ship athletic and oratorial contest on Saturday Oct 18 1902 with all township schools represented Each school wore colors and chants and many citizens attended Readouts list winners by age group and field events including 100 yd dash high jump and shot put with districts noted The standing shows Hast No 8 leading with 32 points Heltonville districts No 6B and No 6A close behind Bartlettsville Henderson Fuller Zelma and others follow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beltonville
Hast
Heltonville
Bartlettsville
Henderson
Fullen
Zelma
Clark
Pleasant Run
Kindred
Ramsey
Meadows
Hickory Grove
Street Banker Jeff Kemp of Bloomington
Bloomington hosts Indiana’s only street banker Jeff Kemp who operates a tiny loan shop offering 50 cent to 10 dollar loans. He markets easy terms, never forcing payments as long as interest is paid, and serves a clientele spanning over three hundred in Monroe County. Kemp recently moved to Bloomington from Tipton and runs his upstairs office above a storefront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Indiana
Jeff Kemp
Tipton
Quiet Rural Wedding of Fish and Johnson at Bedford Area
Everett Fish and Pearl Johnson wed at the home of Mr and Mrs Isaac Johnson four miles east of Bedford on Wednesday at 4 PM. The ceremony was performed by Elder John Williams of Bedford before a small circle of friends. Fish is described as a well regarded Pleasant Run native and new husband awaits his bride to occupy their furnished home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Johnson
Bedford
Everett Fish
Pearl Johnson
Fish
A.D
Lydda Fish
Pleasant Run
Eld
John Williams
Storms At Court House To-Night With Secretary of State Nomination
Storms attention centers on a courthouse meeting tonight where Hon Daniel Storms seeks the Secretary of State nomination in a year seen as favorable to party success. Reporters say his oratory and popularity should draw a large crowd, while a few locals note Mrs Chas Payne's improving health. Nearby notes mention Monon engine 120 undergoing overhaul, a Spencer landlord famed for squirrel hunting, and Bloomington backmen fixing bus routes for 10 cents. A. M. Hardy, once Representative for the Second district, may head toward Oklahoma politics and possible Congress. Gosport once housed the nation’s largest pork packing, now only stones remain after the road era began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storms
Court House
Daniel Storms
Owens and Smith Buy Livery Business East of Mat Office
Len Owens of this city and Stephen Smith of Danville Ind have bought Carl Short s livery business east of the Mat office and leased the livery building from Mr Short for five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len Owens
Stephen Smith
Danville
Ind
Carl Short
Mr. Short
Two Local Men Die From Sudden Heart Attack and Onsite Injury
Joseph Kibber of South F street aged 35 died of heart disease at Elrod's boarding house at 8 o clock Wednesday night. Funeral and burial at Beech Grove Cemetery Perry. Tal Staggs, 29, crushed at the Oolitic stone mill Tuesday, died Wednesday at 11:15. Funeral and burial at Guthrie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kibber
South F Street
Elrod
Beech Grove Cemetery
Perry
Tal’) Staggs
Guthrie
Local Gossip From Pleasant Run Area Contains Weddings And Visits
Henry Fry improves from typhoid fever as Miss Myrtle Goodman visits kin near Logan. Stella Goodman marries Curtis this summer. many Goodmans visit Pleasants and Bartletteville for games and hunts. School notes lift with Flora Knight teaching at Peerless. Cane and sorghum making underway. hunts and visits spread through Leatherwood, Harrodsburg, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Fry
Myrtle Goodman
Stella Goodman
Logan
Keithley
Goodman
Curtis
Linzie Hovel
West Baden
Edna and
Billa Goodman
Emma Stipp
Pleasat
Ron
Hugh Citkins
Grant Anderson
Anderson
Bartlettsville
Minnie Anderson
Oolitic
Graves
Moore
Flora Knight
Peerless
Rob
New Wood House
Charley Goodman
Needmore
Philip
Bartletteville
Robert Keithley
de- Cregger
George and Family
Leatherwood
Albert Schmiser
Ford
Dudley Grubb
New Mexico
Lawrence Fry
Lou Shelby
East Politic
Joe Goodman
Stella Cregger
Buss Harrodsburg
Josie Goodman
Bedford
Cora Owens
Zelma
Jefsie Donica
Near Here
Minnie
Mcfadden School
Public Sale of Personal Property at Sears Farm
Public Auction on the Emanuel Sears and Son farm located 14 miles west of Bedford along the Fayetteville road. The sale starts at 9 o clock in the morning and will offer a variety of personal property for bidding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel Sears & Son
Bedford
Fayetteville Road
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Monon
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Abydel
Co. D 27Th Indiana Inst
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Westport
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Gould’s Pharmacy
Ethel Pitts
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Cleark
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G North O Street
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Shoals
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Jance Coleman
West Monday
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Oulith
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Kentucky
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Saltillo
Oklahoma
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Ney
U. S
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Maximill
Jane Hopkins
Ades
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Harry Ellison
Nellie Sears
Noah Ash
Dessie Utterbank
Hazel Mooney
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Ray Roberts
Carl Elkins
Dasao
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Everett Holt
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Chicago
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East Side
Bedford, Ind
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Bedford, Indiana
Alli
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F. E. Stipp
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