Local society and school leaders discuss education's end aim
In a speech by F M Ingler the purpose of education is framed as freeing the child from ignorance, selfishness, and sin. A long list of local names follows, then coverage of a Bedford Blooming ton checker tourney with many draws and records. Sherman Fitzpatrick attempts suicide in Blooming ton jail after arrest for flour theft and wife’s arrest for keeping a house of ill fame. Dr Tourner treats him with emetics and he may recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.M. Ingler
Sherman Fitzpatrick
Bloomington
Fitzpatrick
Monon
Bessie
Sherman
F. F. Tourner
Labor Parade Draws Large Crowd on Labor Day
A large audience lined the streets for the Labor Day parade. Grand Marshal John Gratzer led in a carriage with mounted police and the Bedford Premier Band. Stonecutters Union of 80, led by Marshals Winnie Watson and Gus Steglitz, featured prominently with soft gray hats. Afternoon speeches at Courthouse Park by Ira C. Batman, Frank Vance and Robinson preceded prize events including egg, running, potato, wheelbarrow, fat men, free-for-all, sack races, and a tug of war won by the Citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gratzer
Bedford
Stonecutters Union
Winnie Watson
Gus Steglitz
Courthouse
Ira C. Batman
Frank Vance
Robinson
John Kerr
V. Walters
Huglewood
Street Fair Fight Ends With Fine For Carnival Man
A morning scuffle occurred at the southeast corner of the square between Ernest Blackburn and a Carnival worker, Ben King, as police barred wagons after ropes were raised. Blackburn drove off amid cheers. King was fined $9.50 in Judge Stephenson’s court. E. B. Johnson and family have left for Manitee Florida after a stay improving Mr. Johnsons health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Blackburn
Ben King
Blackburn
Sixteenth Street
Lee Potter
King
Stephenson
E. B. Johnson
H. C. Malott
Manitee
Florida
Mr. Johnson
Tragic Death of Wesley Gilson in Bedford Incident
Wesley Gilson, 19, son of ex-councilman J. W. Gilson, died after being crushed by a switch engine wheel when attempting to board a passing locomotive near Bedford. He had worked at Hoosier Stone Mill and died Sunday morning after surviving initial injuries. Funeral held Monday at 2 PM from east 18th street residence with Rev. Chadwick officiating. Green Hill Cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Gilson
J. W. Gilson
Bedford
Hoosier
Round House
Elmer Wicker
Young Gilson
East 18Th Street
C. W. Chadwick
Green Hill Cemetery
Lawrence County Teachers Institute at Stone City Opera House
The Lawrence County Teachers Institute convened in regular session at the Stone City Opera House. Morning features included devotional remarks by Rev Irvine and talks by Supt Stipp, Mrs Emma Meat McRae of Purdue University, and M S Brown of Indianapolis on reading drawing and literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Ingler
Brown
Institute
Supt. Stipp
Small
First Christian Church
McRae
King Alfred
Chaucer
M.S. Brown
Civil War veterans of Indiana hold reunion in Indianapolis
Nine members of Company D, Sixteenth Indiana Volunteers, meet at Comrade T. H. Withers home on West 19th street August 30 1901. Eld. Franklin serves as chaplain. A bountiful repast follows a day of songs prayers and reminiscences with plans for a 1902 gathering at Captain Columbus Moore's Mitchell Indiana home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth
Indiana Volunteers
T. H. Withers
West 19Th Street
Columbus Moore
Harrison Blackwell
L. M. Chess
Michael Miller
Henry Tanksley
William Hilton
George Flora
Gus. Nugent
Joseph Franklin
Eld
Franklin
Georgia
Mitchell
Ind
Electric Bitter claims cure and cold epidemic noted
Henrietta lawyer E B Munday touts Electric Bitters as lifesaving for his brother after malaria and jaundice. Advertises 50c at Messick and Dodd's. Observes a Bedford cold epidemic with mass suffering and doctors noting crowded offices and many colds due to cool nights and variable temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Munday
Henrietta
Tex
Messick & Dodd’s
Bedford
Smart Set
Stomach and Liver Tablets advertised for fullness relief
An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets claiming relief from fullness after meals belching sour stomach and regulated bowels. The price is 25 cents and the product is sold by W. C. Elliott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
W. C. Elliott
State Fair Races At Indianapolis Opens Purses At $7500
The Indianapolis State Fair races move toward opening week with a well-kept track used by training horses from across the state. Eleven events run September 17 to 20 with purses totaling 7500, featuring 2:30 trot and 2:09 pace on the 17th and other heats including free-for-alls. Labor Day comments reflect wage and labor organization debates, and a noon wedding of Marie Hoover and William Ellis at the Hoover home concludes with plans to Evansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Odd Fellows’ Cantons
State Board of Agriculture
Indianapolis Journal
Marie Hoover
William Ellis
J. B. Hoover
Film Street
W. H. Wylie
Locust Street
M. EH
Ellis
Evansville
Seymour Band and Uniform Rank Lead Parade Crowd
The Southern Indiana area brought over a crowded train Friday afternoon carrying four extra coaches of Seymour residents. The delegation, led by the Seymour Band and Uniform Rank K of P, made a nice showing as they marched around the square with excellent music from the band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Seymour
Seymour Band
Typhoid Alarm Grips Washington Indiana
Thirteen typhoid cases reported to Health Officer Willeford with many more suspected in Washington. Physicians blame impure water from wells and hydrants, torrid sun ripened fruit, and lack of sanitary sewers. Water from White River as pumped by the Waterworks Co is unfiltered and unsafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ind
Willeford
The
Waterworks Company
White River
South
van Trees
Electric line to Brown County gains momentum
Brown County residents cheer the Indianapolis to Brown County electric line project. Wealthy landowners near Trafalgar pledge $10,000 to $12,000 in thousand dollar lots, four Johnson and Brown County townships offer 2 percent tax, and the line is expected to cost about $4,000 per mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown County
Indianapolis
Trafalgar
Johnson and
Brown Counties
Night of Terror and a Cure at Machias
Reports tell of Mrs. Burnham near death from pneumonia when Dr King’s New Discovery saved her life and cured her of consumption. The medicine, claimed to heal throat chest and lung diseases, costs 50 cents to 1 dollar with trial bottles free at Messick and Dodd’s drug store. Local items note a touring Kokomo couple, trips by James Thornton and Miss Louise, a Western visit, and a projected coal price rise by midmonth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnham
Machias
S.H. Lincoln
Woman Health and the Bradfield Regulator Ad
An era voice ad extols women’s health highlighting the need for internal wellness for outer vitality. It praises Bradfield's Female Regulator as a safe quick cure for leucorrhea falling of the womb nervousness headaches backache and general weakness. Sold in drug stores for $1 a bottle Atlanta Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradfield
Stormy September Forecast Warns of Equatorial Storms
A historic weather note cautions of possible equatorial storms entering the midwest and eastern regions in early September. It outlines storm periods from Sept 1 through 30, with specific dates for storm activity, tidal waves, and atmospheric disturbances, plus minor local notices of improvements to a store space and a knee operation recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vulcan
Mars
West India
Remedy praised for quick relief and safe use for all ages
The remedy is praised for soothing healing properties and pleasant taste with permanent cures. It is favored for colds croup and whooping cough and contains no opium or harmful drugs, safe for babies and adults. For sale by W. C. Elliott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Elliott
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E. S. Cummings
H. H. Harrell
C. A. Fish
J. W. Anderson
Jasper Cain
Pauline Brewer
Way Hardwick
E. Faris
Gertrude Helton
Maude Hobbs
Ethel McKnight
Edith Fish
Minnie Burton
Effie —. Todd
Alice James
D. B. Stafford
B. Inman
Leah Giles
W.s.fortner
C. E. Ray
Nellie G. Boruff
Arda Knox
O. H. Griest
Dorothy Moran
Mollie Brown
Katherine Moran
Elizabeth Martin
Laura Wood
S. B. Sanders
Chella M. Ewing
Geo. S. Goodwin
J. C. Standiford
Emma Beaver
John Chalaux
Charles F. McNabb
Lizzie Chapman
Charles M. Mason
Della Boone
Frances Overman
Lucy Nugent
G. F. Negley
Nora Lynn
Grace Bass
Lorena Coleman
Josephine Younger
Nannie Fry
Lawrence Maber
Nellie Stanford
Lina Jeffers
Daisy B. Evans
May Malott
Checker
Benzel
W. Phipps A. Branham
Oscar Branham
Jackson
Bright
Ibeered
O. Brannan
S.W. Pope
M. Lemon
Os LaForce
Dunihue
A. Brannum
Wise E. Pope
Wm. Dunibue
Jackson Glover
Wees
W. Fipps
A. W. Murray Fletcher
Jas
I. N. Glover
A. Pope Jas
May
Glover
Jackson A. Brannan
Jackson Bright
Pope
Phipps
Lemon
LaForce
A. Brannan C. M. Bright
A. Snyder
O. Bryant
KR. Pope
C. Rariden
S. A.snyder O. Brannan
C. Barrow R. Pope
LaForce Short
I. Phipps
May Bright
Fipps Evans
Jackson O. Branam Drawn
la Plata
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Pleces
Young Wesley Gilson
Carnival Company
Joseph Dressel
East & East
Dressel
Vincennes
Orleans
R. B. Carter
Smithville
Bedford Stone
Rivervale
Mr. Carter
People’s E Electric Light, Gas and Heating Company
Chicago
Hiram Malot
First Christian
Masonic Lodge
James Small
William Kasting
Edna
Wilhelmina Benzel
Wesley Gilson, Jr
Teachers’ Institute
the Stone
City Opera House
Death
Baptist Church
Glorious Church
Chadwick
Salem Leader
Kokomo
Martinsville
French Lick
James Thornton
Miss Louise
San Francisco
Cal
Tacoma
Yellow Stone Park
Indiana Coal Trust
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta, Ga
Prophet Hicks
Rice Haverly
J. W. Wallheiser
Thomas Medaris
Eli Kinser
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