Salem and Bedford Fair Shows and Local Politics
Salem Ind Sept 5 crowds at the Salem fair reached about 10 000 the largest on record with 8009 the day before. Races featured Little Wonder Satin Onward and Hippless with times around 2 21 to 2 25. A $100 rubber tired buggy won by Charles F Martin. Bedford beat Salem 9 to 2 and 11 to 5 in a local baseball game. Republicans report a secret Democratic group in Second District aiming to defeat Meirs and possibly offset a 100 vote Democratic lead. Indianapolis News notes railroad police cracking down on night tramps and a stretch of box car riding by multiple transients.
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Salem
Ind
Charles F. Martin
Little Wonder
Hippless
Satin
Salam
State House
Meirs
Miers
Republican State Committee
John C. Chaney
Indianapolis News
Muncie
Anderson
Lodianapolis
Linton
Husky
Frye
Lyons
Bedford
Bob Wicker
Bringham
Wicker
Penny Johnson
Linton Boys
Ben Kimbley
Orleans
Pleasants Run Patriots Critique Political Floater Demands
A Heltonville News editorial mocks election corruption and the ready cash culture around candidates and floaters. It calls for accountability, warns voters to resist hush money and favors, and insists leaders deliver or face scrutiny in November.
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Murat Halstead
Banquo
Heltonville News
Fair Big Success At Bedford Fair Exposition
The Bedford fair drew crowds of 7000 to 12000 with strong attendance and solid finances after six weeks of prep. Races on Friday featured May Wood, Henry K, and Yockey with fast times. a balloon ascent ended tragically. a rider’s gift and other exhibits impressed. Indiana Civil War veterans plan quarters for the National encampment. Clover seed crop and market update follow with state production outlook and prices. Oregon Navy Yard letters describe an admiring view of the USS Oregon and life aboard, noting an admiral’s inspection and transfers to the Wisconsin.
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May Wood
Altar
Phalix
Yockey
Mira
Catherine M
Henry K
May Miller
Nellie
Mr. Chambers
Mike Rairden
John Ader
Indianapolis
Association
Bedford Fair
Indiana
R. M. Smock
G. A R
Washington
Mr. Smock
Bedford Bay
Oregon
U.S. S. Oregon
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Wisconsin
Independence
Mare Iseland
U. S
Brewerton Navy Yard
W. A. Day
High Corn in Indiana Reader Touts Tall Stalks
A letter from N. J. Kern at Pleasant Run dated September 6 1902 defends Indiana corn against sensational Kansas height claims. He recounts a 14 foot 24 inch stalk from a worn field and argues Kansas is not superior.
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Pleasant Run
Kansas
Indiana
N. J. Kern
Ward farm yields coal vein north of Odon sparks new mine
Ward Bros report a 45 inch coal seam found on Ward farm north of Odon after days of drilling. If productive, mine will supply coal to Newberry Odon and Elnora, currently served by haulage from Eaglesville. County funds approve 20000 for new stone jail in Lawrence County.
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Ward Farm
Odon
Ward Bros
Newberry
Elnora
Eaglesville
Typhoid Fever Spread By Air And Flies Warned
A pamphlet titled Typhoid fever from other sources than water supply stresses that infection can come via air and flies, not just drinking water. M. A. Veeder of Lyons, N. Y. shows numerous cases where flies transmitted the fever, contaminating food and reaching the human stomach, urging households to heed sanitary conditions.
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M. A. Veeder
M.D
Lyons
Pedagogues in Town at Lawrence County Institute
Lawrence County teachers met Friday morning for devotional exercises led by Rev. EB Richard Edwards. Mrs. McRae gave her last talk urging service to God, duties both big and small, and the value of literature and pedagogy in shaping minds. Resolutions praised local officials, called for improved school facilities, longer rural school terms, and formalization of music and art instruction. The Menom last week promoted two veteran firemen to engineer.
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Mason
van Dyke
Fishersman
Thompson
McGilvery
Lawrence Co
State Board of Health
Frank L. Jones
Corn Carnival Planned by Seymour Merchants
A Friday night meeting of Seymour merchants decided to send the town to the front in municipal entertainments with a new Corn Carnival. Set for mid October, it will feature a Corn Palace on Main Street, corn product displays, corn parades, decorated storefronts, cash prizes, and free vaudeville and bands. The event aims to celebrate local corn, attract country visitors, and strengthen town farm relations without financial gain to organizers.
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Seymour
Seymour Republican
Ambrose Nickless escaped again as Bedford jail break trace
Officers captured Ambrose Nickless at Andrew Helton's Boxtown home after a failed Bedford jail escape. Nickless and his wife hid under a table, were arrested without resisting, but he later pried open a brick wall with a crow bar and escaped again. He is at large.
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Geyer, Gates, Summers
Ledgerwood
Ambrose Nickless
Bedford
Andrew Helton
Boxtown
Washington
Ind
Coal House
Nickless
Mitchell
Sheriff Smith
Monon
Nicklesa
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Jackson
Big Force At Work Fine Game Of Ball
Fifty men and 25 teams graded a railroad switch from the Midland Portland Cement Co. quarry to the mill site in Leatherwood bottom. Separate work at the quarry signals foundations for a new mill. Local stone bids for Pennsylvania state house contract around 37000 dollars, largest yet.
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Midland Portland Cement Co
Leatherwood
State House
Pennsylvania
Bloomington
There's Something Doing An Event In Which Our People Are In
The Terre Haute Trotting Association invites the public to a week long meet September 22 27 at the Terre Haute track with purses totaling 40000 and a strong field of horses. Railroads offer reduced fares and local organizations plan a reception and parade to showcase an event expected to be a historic city feature.
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Terre Haute
Weather Bureau
Indiana
K. of Pledges
Commercial Club
Knights of Pythias
San Francisco
Trips to State Fair Draw People From Far Corners
Charles Downing announces half fare rail passes during Indiana State Fair week in Indianapolis September 15. Evening and night trains enable visitors to attend races and Sousa band concerts and return home late. Streetcar upgrades improve access. Monon railroad runs special trains from Union Station to the Fair grounds.
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Charles Downing
State Board of Agriculture
Indianapolis
Sousa
Street
Fairgrounds
Fair Grounds
Monon Railroad
Union Station
Tear Down Underway for East 16th Street Block
John Huff directs a crew tearing down the old building east of the Bedford National Bank on East 16th Street in preparation for a new stone front business block.
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John Huff
East 16Th Street
Bedford National Bank
Indiana corn crop expected to set record high
State Statistician B F Johnson predicts Indiana will reach a bumper corn crop within two weeks. By September 20 the yield could top 155,000,000 bushels, though a killing frost could cut output by about 15 percent, making the next days crucial for farmers.
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Indiana
B. F. Johnson
Bumper Corn Corp of
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