Pioneer Fire Company No 1 and Bloomington’s early defense
Long profile of Bloomington’s Pioneer Fire Company No 1 founded about 1859. It recalls charter members, early equipment, notable fires, the purchase of the courthouse bell, the Cataract engine, and the 3 story Mulligan block rescue. It notes civic pride, evolution to a modern system, and Chief Samuel Gilmore’s steady leadership.
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Bloomington
Pioneer Fire Company No.1
Alexander
Grant and
Highth Streets
Senator Falk
Third
Walnut Streets
Howe
New Allen Block
Robert Seward
Court House
Felix Higgins
Wim. Seward
Cincinnati
Moaey
Goto Pany
Oll College
Benjamin Vors
College Avenue
Furis’ Corner
Mulligan
McCalla
Robert C. Foster
Ben C. Smith
Ed. L. McGee
Jackson Denton
W. J. Allen
Foster
Captain Allen
New Albany
Aeiphote
Eil Consepany
Son Fire Go
W. Bey Hughes
James Kelley
J.C. Howa
Taney
Orchard House
J. Coffin
W. B. Seward
Pioneer Fire Company
Sanderson Fire Company
No. 1
Wm. Hutchings
Samuel Gilmore
New Discovery Reveals Bloomington Factory Project
In Bloomington, a makeshift experimental factory owned by the Phillips Fibre Co uses a backyard furnace a large kettle and a horse powered crusher to extract plant fibre from cane poles. The fibre may be used for paper rope and packing, with rope and binder twine as chief anticipated products. Government tests claim it is the strongest vegetable fibre and could be produced cheaply.
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Bloomington
Walter Collins
Phillips Fibre Co
Yob Ib
Whey
Tae
Tom
Phillips
Hit
Indiana Oolitic Limestone Industry Advances and Scope
The American Quarrymen and Quarry Owners Association describes Indiana as home to the world’s great oolitic limestone district. In ten years quarries advanced with rail lines and steam machinery, forming organized companies and vast production. About 200 firms operate, with capital over 4.2 million dollars, 4394 laborers, and annual wages around 2.17 million, shipping stone across the nation and beyond while capitalists seek development opportunities.
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American Quarrymen and Quarry Owners’ Association
Indiana
Rocky Mountains
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Missouri
Chicago
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Philadelpha
New York
Athata
Teandreds
Peombvertiseraeret
Attempted Impeachment Case In Indiana Court
The State of Indiana v Otto Anderson occupied a crowded courtroom as the trial opened with Anderson denying intoxication on August 31. Prosecutors led by Mdioudyan presented officers Owen and Kerr and city attorney Batman as key witnesses, while Anderson called eight witnesses and later faced impeachment attempts on Marshal Owen’s credibility amid conflicting testimony about statements attributed to Melee and others.
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State of
Indiana
Otto Anderson
Fast
Miller
George Owen
Richard Kerr
Batman
Anderson
Owen
McGee
Eneeh Fuller
Ten Yoss
Cat WM
Alexander
Ees Eneily
Ecg
Ehasiey
Jha
Uaesdad Sanaty
Javy
Counties Split Over Short Term Trustees Succession
The Democratic and Republican state central committees signed a document by County Chairmen condemning recent rulings on the short term trustees and assessors. The agreement notes legal points raised by attorneys, urges caution against bridge and possession opposition, and references various named figures and locales in a disputed post-election context.
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Mesars
Taggart
Gowdy
Marae
Heisin
Poset
Tesar Trew
Rubusie
Taian
Chatovin Beaorngia
Lee
Morning alarm rings at 120 and a lock malfunctions
A fragment describes someone shouting to Bob to wake up as a lock strikes 100 and 20, hinting at a mechanical error or alarm. The scene focuses on urgency and a mysterious malfunction without broader context or details.
Swindle Targeting Merchants In Franklin City
The Franklin News reports a scam where an agent sells merchants 100 tickets for 10 dollars for portraits. Merchants pay commissions on orders and frames while ads are billed to the portrait firm. The firm disavows the agent, halting ads and orders, leaving merchants defrauded while the agent profits. Authorities warn merchants to beware of this swindle and avoid sending tickets.
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Franklin News
Croak Over Bedford Railroad Effort in Indiana
The Bedford Democrat criticizes Bloomington and Bedford slow action on the Indianapolis Bloomington and Bedford railroad. It laments lack of energy in local papers to push a project seen as beneficial, noting delays and skepticism about the venture’s life and progress.
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Indianapolis
Bloomington & Bedford
Bloomington
Bedford Democrat
Bedford Papers
Woman's Downfall Reported After Mysterious Birth and Death
Miss Nellie Chandler, about 20, gave birth at Third and Washington streets to a son named Samuel Tucker. The infant died soon after birth. doctor’s orders to keep it warm and away from a bath were ignored. The mother and the baby were buried Monday evening with no health-officer notification. authorities will investigate.
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Nellie Chandler
Cage
Third
Washington
Mia
Spaulding
Samuel Tucker
Miss. Chandler
Tucker
Death of Dr. B J Hon Widens Loss to Community
Dr B J Hon died after a two month spinal illness in Indianapolis. His brother Dr A H Hon received a telegram Saturday morning. The deceased, about fifty, practiced medicine in Dedford for five years and leaves a wife and four children. He was a popular and excellent physician.
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A. H. Hon
Indianapolis
B. J. Hon
Old Sleuth Norris Tracks Swindlers in New York
John T Norris, the Ohio detective famed for pursuing Wallace showmakers who robbed Southern Indiana and Ohio residents, now hunts green goods and gold brick swindlers in New York. He carries warrants and requisitions totaling $187000 in swindling claims.
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John T.norris
Ohio
Wallace
Indiana
Peru
New York
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Pioneer
Indiana Stone
Wang
Cormine
Seba
Ibe Ir
Jae
Pttecss
Ann Emre Uade
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Bedford
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