Washington gains from B and O shops and local notes
The B and O shops bring a 60 acre ground and 75060 cost to Washington, now paid back many times. Jno D Patton of International Correspondence Schools visits, air brake course offered. W R District Convention met Oct 24 with 50 members. next in Elettsville in 1903. Reports on thefts, insurance transfers, and real estate deals fill the column along with church telephones and a satire on sermon reception.
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Washington
Washington Democrat
Jno
W. R
G.A.R Hall
Elettsville
Snow Forecast Preview from November Weather Prophet
Reverend Irl R Hicks predicts an active November with multiple storm periods. Key dates include the 3rd-4th central storm, 7th-12th Vulcan period, and a peak around the 11th with possible lightning and snow, followed by cold, high barometer and clearing weather.
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Atlantic
North Atlantic
Attendance Record For 1902 School Month
The list shows pupils neither tardy nor absent from Sept 22 to Oct 17 1902. Enrollment 53 with 875 total attendance days and 51 days of absence, 944 percent attendance and average daily attendance above 46. tardiness totaled 2 cases and 110 minutes lost, reported by A F Dalton teacher.
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Zelpha Taylor
Ada Bruce
Ada Waldron
Ruth Waldron
Gladys Sylvester
Kate Birk
Bessie Aitchison
Clarence Taylor
Sallie Walters
Ruth Schmidt
Carl Schmidt
Martha Waldron
Fred Hutton
Geo. Schofield
Ethel Kern
Lizzie Walters
Nannie Duncan
Roy Pace
Freeland Pace
Elmer Schofield
Tommy Bunch
Isper Buoch
Della Walters
Grace Aitchison
Rhadka Schmidt
A. F. Dalton
Lawrence County Stallion Shoots to Fame as Sire in Indiana
A summary of horse Shoestring, owned by Stan nard Farm in Springville Indiana, sold by Hd Ragsdale to Dr Duncan Kalispell for 1000 dollars. Shoestring won most races in Cascade and Flathead counties and was praised as gentle and speedful.
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Harry Lavender
Stannard Farm
Springville
Ind
Great Falls
Montana
Daily Tribune
Hd Ragsdale
Dr Duncan
Kalispell
Mont
Frank Ragsdale
Plathead
Cascade County
Ragsdale
Flathead County Fair
Stone Union Says Bed ford Stonework For World’s Fair Art Palace
A communication from the Stone Cutters Association of Bedford Indiana received by the Globe Democrat declares all cut stone work for the World’s Fair art palace is performed by union workmen. They state wages and hours match the general union constitution. The note refers to a threatened strike last September.
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Stone Cutters’ Association of
Bedford
Ind
Richard Rowland
Globe Democrat
Art Palace
General Union
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Lehigh Portland Cement expands Mitchell mill capacity
The Lehigh Portland Cement Co received Sunday one new dryer and two clinker mills at the Mitchell mill. They expect to run at full capacity once installed, six months behind orders. The firm paid B and O S W Ry over 9000 dollars freight for coal in two weeks and took in eight new iron gondola cars for crushed stone with 100000 capacity, lettered Lehigh Portland Cement Co Mitchell Ind.
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Lehigh Portland Cement Co
Mitchell
Mitchell, Ind
Smallpox Quarantine Linked to Mitchell Worksite
A son of Lyman Cadell of 15th and Q streets returned home with smallpox and was quarantined. The mild case allows walking and parallels five or six Mitchell workers also under quarantine. Some patients were unaware of illness until told by the Health Officer. A foundation worker in Mitchell was removed from his job and quarantined after diagnosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Cadell
15Th
Q Streets
Mitchell
William Cole
13Th
Geo. W. Holmes
Brakeman Killed In Train Accident Near Burns City
Brakeman Ernest Farris of Conductor Mike Glover’s Southern Indiana crew died Saturday afternoon when he fell from a moving train load of crushed stone near Burns City while on the front platform of the caboose. He lived at Indian Springs and leaves a wife and one child.
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Ernest Farris
Mike Glover
Indiana
Burns City
Odon
Farris
Burns
Indian Springs
Voting instructions warn of ballot mistakes in Indiana history
The article outlines how voters should mark ballots with devices for Democratic and Republican tickets, warnings against straight ticket errors, and penalties for improper marks. It details three ballots in red white and yellow, use of a blue pencil, and procedures when unable to vote or read English.
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Indiana
Get Out The Vote Campaign Call From Beveridge
Senator Beveridge urges a nationwide push to "Get out the vote" from now until election day. He states the main question is to mobilize supporters, predicts Indiana will vote by over 30,000, and urges every person to act as a one-person committee to spread the message from Lake Michigan to the Ohio line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Gazette
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Ohie
Family reunion and social notices from a Toledo visit to Bedford area
Mrs Aimina Roberts of Toledo visits her brother Milt Noregan in South K street and reunites after 44 years. Attorney A W Jones secures pensions for Sarah Hayes and Elizabeth Murphy. A pretty wedding unites Miss Hil a Newkirk and Mr Hampton Williams at the Younger residence six miles east of Bedford with Elder John Williams performing the ceremony.
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Andy Younger
Leesville Road
Younger
Aimina Roberts
Toledo
Ohio
Milt Noregan
South K Street
A. W. Jones
Mitchell
Sarah J Hayes
Joseph Hayes
Campbellsburg
Elizabeth Murphy
Wm. W.T. Murphy
John
Kitty Younger
Bedford
Hila Newkirk
Hampton Williams
John Williams
Bartlettsville
Bedford Visitors Pledge Substantial Loan Interest
Well pleased Bedford delegation from Terre Haute led by I H C Rouse and other city financiers inspected Bedford real estate and quarries. They announced a $100000 surplus to loan and expressed willingness to fund Bedford property as they praised Bedford stone and the Mechanic Building and Loan interests.
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Terre Haute
Bedford
Mechanic’s Building, Loan and Savings Association
I. H.C. Rouse
Indiana State League of Local Building and Loan Associations
Terre Haute Trust Company
Robert Snider
Reese, Snider & Co
James W. Landrum
Terre Haute Coal & Lime Co
Lucius Lybrand
I. H.C. Royse Co
Joseph S Madison
Oak Hall
James B. Harris
Citizens Gas Co
Edward F. Wires
Rose Polytechnic
Institute of
Mechanic’s Building and Loan
Bedford City
Bedford Real Estate
Bedford Stone
H. H. Walls
High School Notes and Fall Football Reflections
High seniors study Latin at Cicero Clevenger and coach Salem for several days this week. A school chapel celebration featured speeches and spirited enthusiasm. Frank Shaughnessy of Notre Dame suffered a broken right collar bone during a late game, with X rays confirming the injury. Prof Harris discussed Shakespeare Bacon authorship theories and Mrs Gallop’s cipher claims. Washington letters advise a Bloomington visit to sharpen Indiana teams. Bloomington and Bedford met, with Bloomington winning sixteen to nothing. Salem travels to play the Salem team next Saturday with championship implications for the Southern Indiana Athletic Association. A fence prank at Jordan field used barbed wire and tar to deter spectators. Dr and Mrs Gardner host a Halloween party at Red Cross on Oct 31 at 7.
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Bloomington
Frank Shaughnessy
Notre Dame
Harris
Shaughnessy
South Bend
Shakespeare Bacon
Gallop
Detroit
Mich
Shakespeare
Washington Gazette
Washington
College Town
Indiana
Bedford
Stone City
Salem
Southern Indiana Athletic Association
Ragsdale
Jordan Field
University Dynamos
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Margaret M. Owens
Harriet Stalker
Melvina Gardner
D. P. Phipps
Caroline Parks
Sarah Gainey
Mary T. Goodell
Church
Martha
Mary
Lawrence County
Donica & Dye, Abstracters
W Todd
A Holland
Ft. Ruper
Albert R Payne
Agnes Hisele
Flinn Township
Margaret M'Cooper
Silas Johnson
Tunnelton
John W Hillenburg
James Meadows
Marshall Township
James F Smith
Susan Wilcox
Bono
Zmri Bennett
Samuel Marsey
Avoca
Isaac W Waskom
I Waskom
John L Wood
Sarah W Smith
Ray & Wood
John N Jackson
Jass Wrinkle
Maplewood
Bedford Building, Saving and Loan Association
Lillie B Williams
Norton
James F. Smith
Emanuel Sears
Zollman
Owen
Houston
Alfred Guthrie
George S Beeman
Mary Roubadeaux
Emsley McDowell
Ira Anderson
Joseph Miller
Priam Short
Emerson Morrison
Primitive Baptist Church
Guthrie Township
Lotta Reath
Wms Holcombe
Belle Huston
David M . Phipps
Frank Owen
Etta O Hall
Williams
McDaniel
Hannibal
Monical
Flora Schooley
Leonard R Owens
Jacob M Hitchcock
William H Burton
Jane Clipp
Albertson
Burton
Wm Stickles
Naomi Donica
Simpson
Monon
Standard Oil Company
Urekarness
Hicks
Irl R Hicks
Englewood School
Monroe County
Hannah
Rebecca Francis
Rebecca Woodell Francis
West 16Th Street
John P. Francis
Josie F. Malott
Eugene
Charles
Louis
Rose F. Reed
Emma F. Reed
Francis
World’s Fair Stone Union
Sheriff Smith
Ambrose Nickless
Newt Porter
State Reformatory
Jefferson Vill
Lawrence Circuit Court
Nickless
Bedford Jail
Smith
Porter
Bono Township
Board of State Charities
Jaits
Secretary of State
Albery Schoonover
REP
Daniel
Storms
Albert J. Beveridge
Monon Bridge
Leatherwood
White River Valley
Oolitic
Quee More
Oolitic Boys
Lemon
H. Evans
Lemons
Turpio
W.vans
Turpin
Oulitic
Lemon and
Brock
Umpire Deford
Fis
Cicero
Clevenger
J. U
Joseph Gardner
Sorosis
Red Cross
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