Question on local option by Marshall in Har ingky campaign
In Bedford and Clinton reports, Democrats press Governor candidate Thomas R. Marshall to state his stance on county local option liquor laws. Lawrence county DEMS adopted a resolution urging a county unit plank, asking Marshall to declare alignment with party views. Separate notes mention homes and a marriage in Stonington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Marshall
Democratic Party
Clinton
Ringsters’ vengeance and a boy saved from wolves
In Lawrence county politics the Democratic ringsters sabotage Jack Harrell by backing rival candidate Wilk D. Ewing, while Harrell denounces the plot. A violent wolf attack at the Harris menagerie injures Harold Alexander as Miss Olive Leffler and others intervene to free the boy.
Wolves and Heroism at Bloomington Show
Two wolves from the Harris Comedy Company menaced a Bloomington boy on East 2nd Street. Miss Olive Leffler, a Bedford resident, acted heroically to pull the boy to safety, narrowly averting tragedy as the crowd restrained the animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Comedy Company
Bloomington
Olive Leffler
Bedford
East 2Nd Street
Morning Fire Threatens Home of Benjamin Cupps on Eighteenth Street
A morning blaze at Benjamin Cupps’s four room cottage on Eighteenth Street between J and K gutted the interior and damaged household goods valued well over the insured amount. The fire started from a defective kitchen flue. Mrs. Cupps was away at work when discovered. The fire department saved the house from total loss. A noon fire at Julus Mayer’s junk shop behind the Diamond grocery damaged only contents and did not affect the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Cupps
Eighteenth Street
Singer
Julus Mayer
Diamond Grocery
Southern Indiana road cuts two daily train runs
Terre Haute Sept. 9 Receiver Carpenter orders discontinuing one northbound and one southbound train between Terre Haute and Seymour. The coal traffic remains the chief revenue focus with efforts to haul coal to the Chicago market. Passenger service has never been profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Carpenter
Seymour
Chicago
Indianapolis
Indiana Railway Commission
Indiana
Peppered Peach Dispute Prompts Local Assault Case
In Justice Iseminger's court Amelia Johns faced assault and battery charges from Mrs. Tindall after pepper was thrown in her eyes while peaches were being picked in the East End. Separate affidavit filed by Mrs. Minnie Blackwell alleges further battery tied to a peach tree dispute with Mrs. Girdley. A fence line fight over peaches fueled neighborly tensions as Dr. J W Trainor moves his dental office to the north side of the square into the Hamer building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Johns
Thomas Tindall
Justice Iseminger
John
Minnie Blackwell
John Girdley
Mrs. Blackwell
Fletcher
J. W. Trainor
Square
Hamer Building
Selected Forge trustees pick teachers for next school year
Trustee J J Faubion of Pleasant Run selects a slate of teachers for the ensuing year led by Principal L K Sanders of Heltonville. The list includes Roy Julian Heltonville room 3 Epha McKnight Heltonville room 2 Bertha Faubion Heltonville District 1 Ira Brim Clark district No 2 D B Stafford east district No 3 Stolar Bartlett Bartlettsville district No 4 Shirley East Pleasant Run district No 5 Hovey Faubion Fullen district No Alpha East Zelma district No 8 Talmage Bartlett Spunky Point district No 9 Jeffie Lowder Ramsay district No 10 Morton Ramsey Meadows district No 11 Euretta Helton Hickory Grove district No 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Faubion
Pleasant Run Township
L. K. Sanders
Heltonville
Roy Julian
Epha McKnight
Bertha Faubion
Ira Brim
Clark
D. B. Stafford
Stolar Bartlett
Bartlettsville
Shirley East
Pleasant Run
Hovey Faubion
Fullen
Alpha East
Zelma
Talmage Bartlett
Spunky Point
Jeffie Lowder
Ramsay
Morton Ramsey
Meadows
Euretta Helton
Hickory Grove
Monon Coal Rates Under Review By Indiana Rail Commission
Indiana Railroad Commission held an informal conference with Monon officials E C Field and O C Carter to discuss coal rates from the Linton fields to Bloomington and other Monon towns between Mitchell and Lafayette. Bloomington consumers seek 70 cents total by applying 50 cent local rate plus 10 cent switching, arguing for parity with the Indianapolis Southern. The Monon declined to adopt the proposed rate plan.
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Indiana Railroad Commission
E. C. Field
O. C. Carter
Monon
Linton Fields
Bloomington
Mitchell
Lafayette
Indianapolis Southern
Linton Field
Frost Injures Bee Hunter Corn Farm News
Hon. D. J. Terhune reports a severe frost damaged hundreds of acres of corn near his Bee Hunter marsh farm. The frost whitened blades and ruined the crop, which was only in early roasting ear stage and now doomed for cattle feed.
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D. J. Terhune
Bee Hunter Marsh
Linton
Suffers Sudden Apoplexy Ends life of Avoca Tenant
Bose Wade, 76, tenant on William Owens farm near Avoca, collapsed while pushing a wheelbarrow full of peaches Monday and died Tuesday morning. He leaves a widow and two daughters Mrs James Quillen of Stonington and Mrs Dade Turner of Avoca. Funeral held at Avoca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bose Wade
William Owens
Avoca
Wade
James Quillen
Stonington
Dade Turner
Accountant Ordered to Inspect Bedford Savings and Loan Records
W. E. Clark, receiver for the Bedford Building Savings and Loan Association, has appointed Harry D. Orchard to conduct a thorough examination of the defunct firm’s records. Orchard will begin next Monday, with completion expected in about three weeks. Judge Wilson will not empanel a grand jury this term. Olin Norman leaves for Cleveland to finish his medical degree. Simon Doyle, a farmer from Orange County, was kicked by a horse and may die from injuries. Bert H. Roberts and Florence F. Taylor wed at Democratic HQ with Justice George O. Iseminger officiating. Senator H. P. Pearson will back Gov. Hanly’s local option measure at the extra legislative session. Cydie Palmer spent a weekend in Bedford visiting relatives. He has lived in Indianapolis the past eight years as an industrial plant engineer. Dr. Perry Woolery of Heltonville returns from Louisville after a surgical operation and is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Marshall
Bedford
Marshall
Watson
Bloomington
Lawrence County
Jack’? Harrell
Marshall Township
Harrell
Democratic Party
Recorder
Jack Harrell
County Machine
Ringsters
Thomas Brinkworth
Bryan Club
Recorder’s Office
Brinkworth
Wil
Dick Gyger
Gyger
Marion Township
Will D. Ewing
Bert Smith
Bedford Ringsters
Dick’ Gyger
Jack
Avoca
Dick”? Gyger
W. E. Clark
Bedford Building Savings and Loan Association
Harry D. Orchard
Orchard
Simon Doyle
Orange County
Sunday
Cydie Palmer
Indianapolis
Democratic Conference Aims Local Option By Wards And Townships
Democratic leaders meet to chart a policy for the September 18 special session. They back local option by wards and townships, oppose county wide methods, seek a bank guaranty bill, and want a record from Republicans on temperance measures. The effort centers on fitting party pledges to county and township local option laws amid intra party debates and potential dual local option approaches.
Democrats Gather for Indiana Legislative Session
Leading Democrats from every section of the state arrive in Indianapolis for the legislative session with editors and members in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Panama zone school chief appointed from Bloomington
Prof. Lester Smith of Bloomington has been named by the government to head the Panama zone school system between Panama and Colon at 3000 dollars per year. He leaves for New York Friday to sail next Tuesday and will oversee 16 schools serving about 21000 children. He is a University alumnus and former Indianapolis district superintendent. He had planned to study in Columbia but will now go to Panama for at least one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Smith
Panama
Colon
Bloomington
New York
Educational Department of Government
Columbia
William Howarden Starts Stage Line Between City and Greenville
William Howarden has started a stage line between this city and Greenville ten miles north on the Paoli pike, opposing the long established route run by E. T. Keithley. Passenger fares have been reduced from fifty five to thirty five cents for round trips, as stages remain the sole transport along the pike. The region has long awaited an interurban link to the Falls cities, per the New Albany Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howarden
Greenville
Paoli Pike
E. T. Keithley
Pike
Falls Cities
New Albany Tribune
Chicago merchant abandons Democrats for Progressive party
Franklin MacVeigh of Chicago leaves the Democratic party citing a shift toward progressive politics and support for Taft. He says Taft will continue Roosevelt’s work and be epoch-making, while criticizing Bryan as lacking political judgment and security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin MacVeigh
Chicago
Democratic Party
Party of Progress and Prosperity
Taft
Roosevelt
Bryan
Jail deliveries set record as nine inmates escape
Seymour Republican notes two jail deliveries within weeks and nine prisoners on the loose, surpassing past bank robber escapes in recapture efforts, reflecting an extraordinary local crime chase and pursuit record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Funeral for John Asher Held After Death by Paralysis
John Asher age 41 died Tuesday at 8 30 from paralysis at his home near Politic He leaves a widow and was a member of the Baptist church The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence with Rev Wilson Whitney conducting services and burial at Breckenridge graveyard
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Asher
Politic
Baptist. Church
Wilson Whitney
Breckenridge
Community Obituaries And Notices From Bedford Area
The morning death of Margaret Josephine Friel at 3 o clock leaves brief funeral plans for Friday at 3 in the Catholic church with Green Hill interment. Also noted is a lodge resolution mourning Doyle Dodds and sympathy to his widow. Sanford Ruthford appeals a liquor license denial to the Circuit Court. Raymond Conner of Stinesville weds Edna Henderson of Oolitic in a recent marriage license event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Josephine
John Friel
North Street
Green Hill
Doyle Dodds
Bedford
John W. Allen
N. Malott
Sanford Ruthford
Mitchell
Raymond Conner
Stinesville
John R. Henderson
Oolitic
School Start Date Set Under New Law for Pargats Area
Schools in Pargats Township begin Monday September 14 under the new Indiana School Law. District and high school books may be purchased from W. A. Burton's Sons in Mitchell Indiana Carmichel in Oolitic Guthrie Brothers in Tunnelton J F Hanners Heltonville J M Potter Fayetteville John Foster in Erie Capt Monical Williams or W A Wilson County Depositor Bedford affiliated suppliers.
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Indiana
Lawrence County
W. A. Burton
Mitchell
I. M
Carmichel
Oolitic
Guthrie Brothers
Tunnelton
Heltonville
J. M. Potter
Fayettville
John Foster
Erie
Capt
Monical
Williams
W. A. Wilson
Bedford
Doctors Kicking After Lawrence County Medical Society Debate
At Bedford last Thursday the Lawrence County Medical Society adopted resolutions to discourage publishing connections with medical treatment of accident victims and to review such reports. The piece notes press advances and calls for tolerance toward newspapers while recording the society’s stance and a local trip by Col V V Williams, his wife, and the Glovers to Indianapolis for the state fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County Medical Society
Bedford
John Brown
Brown
Medical Society
Mitchell Commercial
Henley Cannedy’s Somnambulant Stunt Crashes Window
W E Cannedy’s 15 year old son Henley on North H street awoke to a crash and found the window screen torn and the window demolished. He had walked through the screen to the bathroom, leaped from the window with the screen, landed in a flower bed, and then wandered to a neighbor’s lawn before being awakened unharmed. He did not recall the stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henley Cannedy
W. E. Cannedy
North H Street
Mr. Cannedy
Henley
Trustee reallocates teachers in Guthrie township
Trustee Noble Malott reorganizes the coming year’s teaching assignments for Guthrie township. The list names instructors for Ft Ritner and Tunnel Hill sites, including Carrie Allen, Epa Mahoney, Arthur Cornwell, W C Roberts, Nellie Standiford, Nellie Fitzgibbon, Maude Mathis, M E Allen, and Lola Hoppin garner. McCormick Bros advertises basement calico and fabric deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Malott
Guthrie Township
Ft. Ritner
Carrie Allen
Epa Mahoney
Tunnel Hill
Arthur Cornwell
Tunnelton
W. C. Roberts
Nellie Standiford
Nellie Fitz
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Malott Éros
Tunnelton, Ind
Lawrence County Schools
Wilson's Department Store
E. S. Ferguson
Haringky
Mass
John Owens
M Street
Melvin O. True
Nora Aiin
George O. Iseminger
South I Street
Jack Har
Rell
Ted
Anni
Miss Leffler
Charles Hopper
Leffler
Harris Wolves
Daniel Boone
Showman Harris
Hoodoo Cage
Robert H
Ben
Jamin Cupps
Iseminger
Faubion
Blooming
Bose
Harry D Or
Chard
Association Record
Wilson
Grand Jury
Olin Norman
Cleveland
Ohio
Medical College of Western Reserve University
Bert H. Roberts
Florence F. Taylor
Democratic
H. P. Pearson
Hanly
Perry Woolery
Louisville
General Assembly
Wee P
Thomas Marshall
John W. Kern
John Lamb
Thomas Taggart
Jas. F. Cox
E. W. Felt
House of Representatives
Indianapolis Star
Harry Strickland
Hancock County
Strickland
John Riley
James Whitcomb Riley
Cary Jackson
Rush County
Jackson
D.B. Hostetter
Putnam County
Hancock
Rush
Platform
Berlin
S. I St
V. V. Willams
Joseph Glover
John D. Williams
Calice
McCormick Bros
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