Terre Haute Trotting Meet Shifts to Thursday Big Race Day
Terre Haute officials announce a revised schedule for the week to Thursday September 25 with a $10,000 Terre Haute prize stake featuring fourteen entries. A $1 excursion from Bedford and a Grand Reception of Knight of Pythias are planned, expected to draw Terre Haute’s largest crowd. Citizens reception committee will host visitors as H H Roseman and others visit Kemp Illinois guests.
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Terre Haute
W. C. Billicott
Bedford
Knight of Pythias
Ijams
Terre Haute Trotting Association
Citizens Reception Committee
H. H. Roseman
Egg and poultry industry drives Indiana wealth and policy
A Bloomington dispatch outlines eggs and poultry as a major yet underrecognized industry. It notes 1899 US egg value at 144 million, Indiana’s 70 million dozen eggs, and tariff effects. follows with whitecaps attack near Bloomington, unrelated local notes, and public health data on typhoid, diarrheal diseases, and vaccination trends.
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United States
Indiana
Mystery at Terre Haute and a rail plan around the city
Terre Haute Indiana reports a Chicago financier John R Walsh may be backing a belt line around the east side of the city to connect with a proposed Chicago road. A Monon derrick 100000 pound lift is readied in Lafayette to clear wrecks. Samuel Preserved Smith, once a Paoli prisoner, sported a long false beard to visit his wife in town. State Board of Agriculture says the fair still made profit despite rain with over 5000 dollars net and potential to reach twenty thousand if weather and crowds had cooperated.
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Rose B. Troy
Harry Hughes
Indianapolis
Hughes
W. O.troy
East 15Th Street
Hoosier
Bloomington
W. O. Troy
Terre Haute
Ind
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Lafayette
Samuel
Smith
Paoli
South Africa
Mrs. Smith
Law
State Board of Agriculture
Charles H. Downing
Wabash
Tecumseh Trail
Indiana City
Indiana
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphan Home
Knightstown
Marion
United States
Stormont
Will H. Richardson
Salem
A. D. Cameron
Jumbo
St. Louis
Will
Fine Institution at Lafayette
A brief note from the Lafayette area highlights a fine institution described in high school notes. The short item signals school recognition without further details.
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Fine Institution AT
Lafayette
Confederate Home News Spurs Local G A R Donations
G A R headquarters in Minneapolis appeals to members and posts to support a Confederate Home project in Mountain Creek Alabama. Col J M Falkner seeks contributions as two cottages already stand with plans for many more.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Grand Army of the Republic
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Montgomery
Ala
Col
J. M. Falkner
8Th Confederate Cavalry
Mountain Creek
Evn Torrance
G.A.R
Reminiscence of Greene County iron industry and a ballplayer
A Brazil Times correspondent recalls the Richmond furnace near Bloomfield in 1885, where pig iron was made from limonite ore using charcoal. Waterways limited canal transport, causing delays and the venture’s failure. Also noted are corn yields, local business views on tariffs, Cincinnati Odd Fellows foreclose, and baseball figure Jumbo Richardson’s visit and semi pro status.
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Brazil Times
Greene County
Richmond Furnace
Bloomfield
E. J. Peck
Indianapolis
Evansville
White River
Richland Creek
Shawswick GOP Primary Yields Three Justice Nominees
Pred N. Fletcher leads with 236 votes, followed by Richard R. Spain 160 and Oliver McLachlan 144 as Justices of the Peace nominees. No contests for Constable Advisory Board or Road Supervisor as ticketed names were broadly endorsed. Rev. R. S. Hyde returns to Bedford charge after annual conference in Vincennes.
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Shawswick Township
Justices of the Peace
Pred N. Fletcher
Richard R. Spain
Oliver McLachlan
W. B. Chrisler
J. H. C. France
James Chestnut
Constable
Advisory Board
R. S. Hyde
M. B
Vincennes
Hyde
Bedford
List Of Bedford Post Office Unclaimed Letters 1902
List of unclaimed letters advertised for the week ending September 20 1902 at Bedford Post Office includes Miss Lizzie Bridwill Miss Ella Gardner Miss Bertha Basket Mrs Alice Lautar Miss Delle Lavender Miss Ethel Smith Mrs John Trueblood Mrs Clarence Webb Miss Bessie Wilber Mrs Ellen Willis and gentlemen Jim Bowers F Dally Jim Dowers George Claude Ingle Jim Summers Alonzo Taylor Will plus notices to callers to say advertised. An indexed era note follows about a rare prehistoric bear-headed pipe found near McCos burg Jasper County presented to the State Museum with details on size weight and ceremonial use.
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Bedford
Bridwill
Lizzie
Gardner
Ella
Basket
Bertha
Lautar
Alice
Lavender
Delle
Smith
Ethel
Trueblood
John
Webb
Clarence
Wilber
Bessie
Willis
Ellen
Bowers
Jim
Dally
F. BE. Dowers
Fields
George
Claude
Ingle
Robert
Mathis
Phillips
C. B. Summers
Alonzo
Taylor
Will
Winson V. Williams
McCoysburg
Jasper County
W. K E. Poole
State Museum
Fountain County
Cox
Warrick County
Typhoid Outbreak Linked to Clear Creek Wells
Typhoid cases rise in Clear Creek with water from four wells tested by Indiana University. Three wells show very bad conditions and will be condemned. a fourth is poor but not condemned. Water near the stream is deemed unhealthy, suggesting contamination by the creek. Nearby rail news notes demand for section foremen amid heavier trains and rails. Ambrose Nickless, Bedford rail breaker, evades officers after a Washington escape, shows up at Boxtown, then disappears again after a dramatic chase. later found with minor injuries after a freight-train accident.
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Indiana
State Board of Health
Leonard Todd
John Dolan
Kankakee
Max Miller
Howard Kahn
James Blair
Sam Dill
Tom Simmons
Roy Buckley
Leigle Griffin
Bloomington
Whitney
First Baptist Church
Corinthians
Ola Carter
Bloomfield High School
Bedford High School
H. P. Perrill
Lottie Knox
Bedford
Arda Knox
Perrill
Navy
Annapolis
Clear Creek
Indiana University
Indianapolis Roads
Ambrose Nickless
Washington
Andrew Helton
Boxtown
Mitchell
White River
Nickless
McCrisaken
Summers
Ledgerwood
Frichton
Reserve land agent Wadsworth plans resignation for law practice
Hon. P. R. Wadsworth, a government reserve land agent at Rapid City, South Dakota, writes that Western life novelty has worn off and he longs for home associations. He will resign within a year and return to practicing law in Washington.
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P. R. Wadsworth
Rapid City
South Dakota
Washington
Barn Fire Murders Hope In Marion Township
Clay Tirey’s barn and stable south of the Davis ferry bridge burned at 4 AM with two valuable horses. loss about 1000 dollars with 375 insurance. Suspected incendiary act as bloodhounds to be pursued. Nearby barns burned earlier. revival of such acts noted. Tirey’s horse stolen recently. Enoch Jenkins reported a barn fire about a week earlier. Smallwood Bros. selling livery, moving to Oklahoma. Wedding cards announce Acie Maddox and Lawrence Donica nuptials at 723 North N Street, Bedford Indiana.
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Clay Tirey
Davis Ferry Bridge
Marion Township
Mr. Tirey
Mat Owens
Acie Maddox
Lawrence Donica
North N Street
Bedford
Ind
Hunter Sends Letter From Indian Territory Camp
City Treasurer Lew Ferguson receives a letter from Harry Krenke reporting two months camping in Indian Territory. He describes catching fish from 15 to 50 pounds and sightings of deer wild turkeys and mountain cats. The party plans to stay until Christmas.
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Lew Ferguson
Harry Krenke
Indian Territory
Thief Removed Horse and Buggy From Mitchell Scene
A bay horse about fifteen hands high and a black bed top buggy with yellow trim belonging to Charles Moore, a former local butcher now in Mitchell, were stolen Monday night. A hobo named Frenchy was jailed for stealing a coat from Lattimer the tailor, later recovered. he was escorted out of town by the marshal. State horticulture reports show apples scarce with varying regional balance. well-kept orchards promise returns, while unkept ones yield little fruit and market. Pears and grapes show moderate crops with color development rapid but dry weather affects ripening.
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Mitchell
Charles Moore
Frenchy
Lattimer
State Board of Horticulture
Indiana
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Effis Munson
Nancy Cuppy
Kemp, Ill
Serelda Reath
Canada
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Maple Heights
Colson
Hampton
Bush
Kenwood
Theodore Reath
Robert Reed
E. C. Richardson
Shiloh Church of Christ
Sullivan County
Richardson
Congress
Prohibition
Woman's Reef Corps
Board of Trustees
War Department
Megrew
Capitol
Jasper Packard
New Albany
Gilbert Stormont
Cicero
Archias
Virgil
Frank Owen
Leo Hellger
Purdue
Tion
John Pope
Orleans Herald
Odd Fellows of
Cincinnati
Seventh and Elm Streets
Temple of Directors
Odd Fellows’ Temple Company
Enoch Jenkins
Smallwood Bros
Oolitic
Oklahoma
Lowrey Adamson
Fayetteville
Lost River Township
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