Newspapers from Old Lawrence County
Interested in finding out what life was like for your Lawrence County ancestors? The following are actual transcripts of newspapers from Bedford and the Lawrence County area, as well as from other areas which featured Lawrence County happenings. Some files contain several stories with literally hundreds of surnames, while others contain a single story. Just pick the decade which interests you, then click on a date on the left to read all about it!
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| Date | Subject | Newspaper |
|---|---|---|
| March 16, 1830 | "Shocking disaster" – a steamship blows up | Pittsburgh (PA) Gazette |
| February 19, 1836 | Dunihue-McLane wedding | Bloomington (IN) Post
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| October 16, 1850 | Hughes challenges Dunn to a duel | Pittsburg (PA) Morning Post |
| February 19, 1851 | Fire destroys print shop | Huntington (IN) Herald |
| May 28, 1851 | Town of Springfield depopulated by smallpox epidemic | Huntington (IN) Herald |
| December 22, 1853 | Pamelia Nunnally dies, etc. | Bedford White River Standard |
| December 29, 1853 | Katherine Sloss sues her husband for divorce, etc. | Bedford White River Standard |
| January 12, 1854 | Death of Benjamin Blackwell, etc. | Bedford White River Standard |
| January 19, 1854 | Shops destroyed by fire, etc. | Bedford White River Standard |
| January 26, 1854 | Death of Judge William Newland, etc. | Bedford White River Standard |
| February 2, 1854 | William Walker marries Sue Lingle, etc. | Bedford White River Standard |
| March 2, 1854 | Death of Catherine Williamson, etc. | Bedford White River Standard |
| March 16, 1854 | Death of John Cavins, 2 years old | Bedford White River Standard |
| March 30, 1854 | Death of Myra Johnson, etc. | Bedford White River Standard |
| April 13, 1854 | Death of Bradley Dalton, etc. | Bedford White River Standard |
| April 20, 1854 | Death of N. M. Springer in California | Bedford White River Standard |
| May 4, 1854 | Winepark Judah visits on his way to Nebraska | Bedford White River Standard |
| May 11, 1854 | Death of Delia Throckmorton | Bedford White River Standard |
| June 8, 1854 | Robert Havren run over by wagon and dies, etc. | Bedford White River Standard |
| June 25, 1854 | Death of John Franklin Johnson, 3 months old | Bedford White River Standard |
| June 29, 1854 | James Seward marries Esther McCree | Bedford White River Standard |
| August 18, 1854 | Latest population estimates | Bedford White River Standard |
| August 21, 1854 | Death of Denton Walters, etc. | Bedford White River Standard |
| May 19, 1855 | Dr. Ziba Foote relocates to Heltonville | Bloomington (IN) Newsletter |
| August 18, 1855 | Deaths of George Monson, Larkin Reynolds | Bloomington (IN) Newsletter |
| April 24, 1856 | Numerous letters are at the Post Office, etc. | Bedford Independent |
| August 7, 1856 | Election candidates announced, etc. | Bedford Independent |
| June 19, 1857 | Sparks-Trueblood wedding | Salem (IN) Washington Democrat |
| September 12, 1857 | Death of George G. Dunn | Milwaukee (WI) News |
| December 30, 1857 | High School tuition set at $4, etc. | Bedford Independent |
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| Date | Subject | Newspaper |
|---|---|---|
| March 28, 1860 | Old settler's Report IV, etc. | Bedford Independent |
| June 22, 1860 | Giles-Lee wedding | Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette |
| January 5, 1865 | A $300 bounty is paid to volunteers and draftees, etc. | Bedford Independent |
| January 11, 1865 | A red cow has gone estray, etc. | Bedford Independent |
| June 7, 1865 | A brass band is being formed, etc. | Bedford Independent |
| June 14, 1865 | Lots of local marriages, etc. | Bedford Independent |
| July 5, 1865 | Reverend Park's house is robbed, etc. | Bedford Independent |
| July 12, 1865 | The case of the conjoined cats, etc. | Bedford Independent |
| August 16, 1865 | Daniel Grindstaff lost his discharge, etc. | Bedford Independent |
| August 23, 1865 | An opposition band is practicing!, etc. | Bedford Independent |
| September 20, 1865 | The best citizens are moving West! | Bedford Independent |
| September 27, 1865 | Suicide at the Faulkner house, etc. | Bedford Independent |
| March–May 1866 | Madison Evans murder / Benjamin Newland trial | various |
| October 17, 1867 | Charles T. Woolfolk elected | Bloomington (IN) Post |
| October 13, 1869 | "Regulators" hang Stephen Clark in Heltonville | Evansville (IN) Journal |
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| Date | Subject | Newspaper |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 1870 | Bedford's new courthouse | Terre Haute (IN) Daily Gazette |
| September 9, 1870 | Silver discovered on the farm of Tyre Henderson | Atchison (KS) Daily Patriot |
| September 7, 1871 | Willoughby Nugent's shooting death | Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette |
| November 25, 1871 | Bedford school destroyed by fire | Pittsburg (PA) Commercial |
| January 31, 1872 | David Cobb gives $20,000 to his children | Bloomington (IN) Progress |
| August 23, 1872 | Drowning at Mitchell | Indianapolis (IN) Sentinel |
| June 18, 1873 | Moses Dunn lectures on what he saw in Europe | Ft. Wayne (IN) Daily Gazette |
| August 27, 1873 | Francis Wilson appointed judge | Ft. Wayne (IN) Daily Gazette |
| October 1873 | Jealous blacksmith stabs his wife and children | various |
| January–February 1875 | Two young "desperadoes" murder deputy | various |
| March 27, 1875 | William Ham has apprenticed himself to Gus Ellis, etc. | Bedford Star |
| April 3, 1875 | Newton Ritter shoots himself, etc. | Bedford Star |
| April 17, 1875 | Mrs. Zahn narrowly escaped being shot, etc. | Bedford Star |
| April 24, 1875 | An effort is being made to revive the base ball club, etc. | Bedford Star |
| May 8, 1875 | "Vincent Huff is not dead, as was previously reported", etc. | Bedford Star |
| June 5, 1875 | A fifty pound catfish was caught, etc. | Bedford Star |
| June 19, 1875 | "Bean flippers, look out for your eyes!", etc. | Bedford Star |
| June 26, 1875 | I.H. Thomas is thinking of shaving, etc. | Bedford Independent |
| July 16, 1875 | What happened to Lucien Fell? | Prescott (AZ) Weekly Miner |
| August 14, 1875 | The Wife's Commandments, etc. | Bedford Independent |
| August 21, 1875 | The gold excitement hit Brown County, etc. | Bedford Star |
| August 28, 1875 | One-eyed Riley went to the Mooresville fair, etc. | Bedford Star |
| September 25, 1875 | A new saloon opens on High Street, etc. | Bedford Star |
| October 9, 1875 | Milton Sparling cut his thumb, etc. | Bedford Star |
| October 19, 1875 | Sudden death of Major Malott | Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal |
| October 1875 | Rachel (Alexander) Houston death | various |
| December 25, 1875 | Deputies kill man who "tore up the rails" | Chicago (IL) Inter Ocean |
| June 17, 1876 | Levi Houston death | Bedford Star |
| July 13, 1876 | The Toliver-Jones-Moody feud | Chicago (IL) Daily Inter Ocean |
| March 21, 1877 | Secretary of Navy Richard Thompson | Tionesta (PA) Forest Republican |
| November 19, 1877 | Son of Dr. Gunn crushed to death by wagon | Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer |
| February 23, 1878 | Harry Woodford murder | Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette |
| January 29, 1879 | George Sheeks suicide | Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette |
| February 24, 1879 | Hughes vs. Hughes divorce | Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette |
| September 4, 1879 | Craig farmhouse burns | Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette |
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| Date | Subject | Newspaper |
|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1880 | Lawrence county suicides of 1879 | Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer |
| February 28, 1880 | Sugar Creek schoolhouse burns down | Indianapolis (IN) News |
| March 4, 1880 | Jesse Beasley "assassinated" | Cincinnati (OH) Daily Star |
| August 18, 1880 | Bloody stabbing at Bedford | Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette |
| October 8, 1880 | A gallon of whiskey a day! | Clarksville (TX) Standard |
| February 5, 1881 | Not really "deaf and dumb" | Springfield (MA) Republican |
| March 7, 1881 | Mrs. Knight dies | Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette |
| March 24, 1881 | Rapist gets 2 years in the pen | Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette |
| April 5, 1881 | Fire in the barber shop | Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette |
| June 2, 1881 | Decoration Day | Mitchell Times |
| June 24, 1881 | Leighton-O'Connell wedding | Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette |
| September 22, 1881 | Death of E. S. Duval | Seymour (IN) Weekly Democrat |
| October 12, 1881 | Sudden death of Stella Palmer, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Republican Progress |
| Octoher 26, 1881 | Michael Stipp's barn burns | Bloomington (IN) Republican Progress |
| December 7, 1881 | James Murray drops dead | Maysville (KY) Bulletin |
| January 27, 1882 | John Trisler death | New Albany (IN) Ledger |
| March 22, 1882 | Andrew Bagwell dies | Bloomington (IN) Republican Progress |
| March 26, 1882 | Rev. Carothers moving to Ellettsville | Ellettsville (IN) Citizen |
| May 8, 1882 | Benjamin Grimes burns to death | Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin |
| June 16, 1882 | "Terrible Tumble of a Train" near Bedford | Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer |
| July 7, 1883 | Stonecutters strike | Cincinnati (OH) Commercial Tribune |
| September 11, 1884 | William Holland insane, etc. | Bedford Mail |
| September 25, 1884 | Elizabeth Whitted dies, etc. | Bedford Mail |
| October 2, 1884 | Funeral of Rev. George Richards, etc. | Bedford Mail |
| October 23, 1884 | Jail break in Brownstown, etc. | Bedford Mail |
| November 26, 1884 | Samuel Short dies, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Republican Progress |
| December 24, 1884 | John Danner charged with whipping his parents | Bloomington (IN) Republican Progress |
| October 14, 1885 | Wealthy merchant elopes with grass widow | Montpelier (VT) Argus and Patriot |
| January 21, 1886 | Congressman Thomas Cobb's biography | Monroeville (IN) Breeze |
| February 4, 1886 | Albert Sale's house burns down, etc. | Bedford Mail |
| February 11, 1886 | Dr. Bradford and family move away, etc. | Bedford Mail |
| April 8, 1886 | A. B. Crawford returning to Mitchell | Abilene (KS) Reflector |
| May 11, 1887 | Evans-Voss shooting an accident? | Bloomington (IN) Republican Progress |
| September 26, 1887 | Whitecapping in southern Indiana | Cincinnati (OH) Post |
| September 19, 1888 | Ramsey family reunion | New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune |
| November 2, 1889 | Death of Mrs. A. D. Pless | Crawfordsville (IN) Journal |
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| Date | Subject | Newspaper |
|---|---|---|
| February 13, 1890 | Desertion charges against George Hardwick | Abilene (KS) Weekly Reflector |
| November 4, 1890 | Prof. Stotts elopes with a widow | Sedalia (MO) Weekly Bazoo |
| November 1890 | Bee Eubanks clubs his sister to death | various |
| November 24, 1890 | John Feltner kills James Terrell in saloon fight | Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin |
| February 3, 1891 | The champion stay-a-bed | Logansport (IN) Pharos |
| February 26, 1891 | Marshal shot trying to arrest murder suspect | Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin |
| June 4, 1891 | Explosion at Dusard sawmill | Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer |
| June 5, 1891 | H. C. Hanna falls asleep on train track, and is killed | Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin |
| July 18, 1891 | A feud on the train — Bass vs. Lowe | Great Falls (MT) Weekly Tribune |
| October 5, 1891 | Murder in Heltonville | Chicago (IL) Herald |
| December 14, 1891 | Davidson Carter's home destroyed by fire | Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin |
| January 22, 1892 | Counterfeiter lynched in 1877 (?), his booty dug up in 1892 | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| April 2, 1892 | Logan Holmes relocates to Bedford | Ellettsville (IN) Monroe County Citizen |
| April 23, 1892 | Rev. Cristy dies | Ellettsville (IN) Monroe County Citizen |
| April 23, 1892 | Mangled body of James Dawes found on train tracks | Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin |
| May 14, 1892 | Child drowns in well | Ellettsville (IN) Monroe County Citizen |
| August 8, 1892 | Sudden death of Peter Baufle | Rock Island (IL) Daily Argus |
| August 13, 1892 | Death of Prof. G. E. Williams | Rock Island (IL) Daily Argus |
| October 4, 1892 | Curtis Bass awarded damages against the Monon | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| October 7, 1892 | Stone company stockholders hold annual meeting | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| November 28, 1892 | Willis Field's barns burn | Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin |
| March–July 1893 | Dr. Gardner donates 782 acres to Red Cross | various |
| March 8, 1893 | Winstanley vs. Tincher, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Republican Progress |
| May 15, 1893 | A lynching in Bedford | Jackson (MI) Citizen Patriot |
| June 8, 1893 | A run on the Bedford bank | Boston (MA) Journal |
| July 3, 1893 | Willis Bass commits suicide | Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin |
| July 20, 1893 | 2 Tanksleys die within an hour | Salem (IN) Democrat |
| July 22, 1893 | Allen Butler lynched | Perrysburg (OH) Journal |
| October 17, 1893 | Josie Franklin on her way to India | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| October 27, 1893 | Ed Meister carves a crucifix for new Catholic church | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| October 29, 1893 | Ollie Kern dies | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| October 31, 1893 | Mrs. Michael O'Connell dies, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| January 15, 1894 | Sherman Wagoner lynched | Waco (TX) Evening News |
| June 28, 1894 | William A. Waggoner drowns, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Herald Telephone |
| March 3, 1895 | Schoolteacher J. W. Ray returning to Ellettsville | Ellettsville (IN) Farm |
| October 17, 1895 | Goldie Parker awarded $2,000 damages | New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune |
| October 31, 1895 | Rev. Rayburn dies | Princeton (MN) Union |
| January 10, 1896 | Funeral of Francis B. Hitchcock | Bloomington (IN) Courier |
| June 25, 1896 | Hoves or Hovious? | Bloomington (IN) World |
| June 26, 1896 | Stone City dance hall one of best in state | Bloomington (IN) World |
| June 30, 1896 | John Bennan dies after train accident | Bloomington (IN) World |
| July 12, 1896 | A 250-pound waitress in bloomers | Bloomington (IN) World |
| February 2, 1897 | Charles Hanners gets 2 years for attempted murder | Indianapolis (IN) News |
| February 19, 1897 | Killing of Marion Tow, etc. | Jeffersonville (IN) Weekly Journal |
| February 22, 1897 | Frank Wells convicted in Greencastle of horse stealing | Jeffersonville (IN) Weekly Journal |
| April 15, 1897 | John Jackson's ingrown toenail may prove fatal | Indianapolis (IN) News |
| May 8, 1897 | Slaughter assaults England | Seymour (IN) Daily Republican |
| June 1, 1897 | Dr. S. A. Rariden dies | Smithville (IN) Name It & Take It |
| July 2, 1897 | Brakeman crippled, 2 killed, in [Monon] train wreck | Smithville (IN) Name It & Take It |
| July 6, 1897 | More on the Monon train wreck | Bloomington (IN) Republican Progress |
| August 3, 1897 | Harry Fisher murder | Lexington (KY) Morning Herald |
| October 15, 1897 | Ellen McDaniel returns from New Jersey, after her daughter's death | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| October 19, 1897 | Robert Newland dies in Galveston, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| October 26, 1897 | Two more Lawrence county murders! | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| November 2, 1897 | John "Peggy" Welsh dies | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| January 11, 1898 | Harry Tolliver suicide | Seymour (IN) Daily Democrat |
| January 15, 1898 | Death of a 400-pound man, etc. | Seymour (IN) Daily Republican |
| January 25, 1898 | Mamie Krankee falls and is badly hurt | Indianapolis (IN) News |
| September 20, 1898 | Will Martin attending Harvard | Bloomington (IN) World |
| September 22, 1898 | Isaac Snow convicted of murder | Bloomington (IN) World |
| September 28, 1898 | Voris-Messick wedding, etc. | Bloomington (IN) World |
| September 29, 1898 | Jessie Dunihue visiting kin in Bloomington | Bloomington (IN) World |
| December 9, 1898 | Kate Newland Willard dies | Salem (IN) Democrat |
| December 23, 1898 | Sam Earl goes crazy, etc. | Bedford Weekly Mail |
| December 28, 1898 | Noah Bledson [or Bledsoe?] sentenced for stealing a horse | Bloomington (IN) Morning World |
| December 30, 1898 | Meat market gutted by fire, etc. | Bedford Weekly Mail |
| December 30, 1898 | Doctor murders woman with surgeon's knife | St. Louis (MO) Republic |
| January 27-31, 1899 | Nancy (Houston) Fish death | various |
| February 23, 1899 | Newton Ikerd dies running to catch a train | Crawford County (IN) Democrat |
| March 31, 1899 | James Mayberry arrested for beating his wife | Bloomington (IN) Courier |
| September 1, 1899 | Death of Uncle Joe Woolery | Bedford Weekly Mail |
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| Date | Subject | Newspaper |
|---|---|---|
| January 2, 1900 | Fire in the home of Earl Short, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| February 9, 1900 | Richard W. Thompson dies | Washington (DC) Times |
| March 8, 1900 | A Bedford newspaper deal | Indianapolis (IN) News |
| March 9, 1900 | David Hackney hit by a Monon switch engine, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Courier |
| March 13, 1900 | Mary Alexander dies | Bloomington (IN) Courier |
| March 22, 1900 | W. H. Lanier falls off bridge, not expected to live | Indianapolis (IN) Journal |
| April 3, 1900 | Fire burns Lizzie Menaugh's building in Oolitic | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| April 17, 1900 | The beginning of RFD | Scranton (PA) Tribune |
| June 25, 1900 | Girl killed in lovers' duel | San Jose (CA) Evening News |
| July 5, 1900 | Jackson Kridges dies of smallpox, etc. | Indianapolis (IN) News |
| July 27, 1900 | Louis Fidler killed in the Philippines | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| July 1900-July 1910 | Frank Lantz murder | various |
| October 19, 1900 | George Helton is visiting from Kansas | Bedford Weekly Mail |
| November 20, 1900 | Bruce Fleetwood and Lou Hudson elope | Indianapolis (IN) News |
| November 28, 1900 | Press Association to meet at Deckard Hotel | Indianapolis (IN) News |
| February 3, 1901 | New Kansas senator is a Hoosier by birth | Omaha (NE) Daily Bee |
| March 8, 1901 | Deserted after 2 weeks of married life! | Jackson (MI) Citizen |
| April 5, 1901 | Elmer Evans crushed to death at stone mill | Bloomington (IN) Courier |
| April 18, 1901 | Bedford lawyer found dead in NYC hotel | Columbus (GA) Daily Enquirer |
| June 20, 1901 | John McQueen killed while resisting arrest | Duluth (MN) News-Tribune |
| August 9, 1901 | Thomas Todd and family visit relatives in Heltonville | Bedford Weekly Mail |
| August 16, 1901 | Charlie Metz breaks leg in buggy accident, etc. | Bedford Weekly |
| October 25, 1901 | Stephen Johnson dies, etc. | Bedford Weekly Mail |
| November 5, 1901 | Train wreck on the Monon | Omaha (NE) World Herald |
| November 8, 1901 | Death of Sarah Newland, etc. | Bedford Daily [or Weekly] Mail |
| November 15, 1901 | Charley Lamb sentenced for manslaughter, etc. | Bedford Weekly Mail |
| January 17, 1902 | Bishop Hammersly ground to death by freight train | Bloomington (IN) Courier |
| June 6, 1902 | Charles Foster hurt badly in quarry | Indianapolis (IN) Journal |
| April 1903 ? | William H. Boruff "in a precarious condition" | Indianapolis (IN) Journal |
| April 14, 1903 | Forged check causes shooting | Elkhart (IN) Truth |
| May–June 1903 | 5,000 quarry workers strike in Bedford | various |
| June 12, 1903 | Frank Boynton dies in quarry accident, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| June 18, 1903 | Joe Stinehagen moves to Stinesville | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| June 20, 1903 | Bedford twins turn 70 | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| June 27, 1903 | Oolitic man barely misses being lynched | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| July 2, 1903 | Epsie George sues Spencer Pugh for $50,000 for breach of promise | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| July 4, 1903 | Maud Wray sues Dr. Martin for $10,000 | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| July 6-9, 1903 | Capt. J. W. Voris death | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| July 28, 1903 | Severe criticism of county jails | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| July 29, 1903 | Paul Hite arrested for stealing horse and buggy | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| July 31, 1903 | Nancy (Nugent) Fish is quite ill | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| September 19, 1903 | Brice Carter dies of grief at son's coffin | Rockford (IL) Republic |
| December 22, 1903 | Hung jury in murder trial | Springfield (MA) Republican |
| January 5-19, 1904 | Plumber Charles W. Hughes' scalding | Bloomington (IN) Courier |
| January 22, 1904 | Death of "A. Hamm" | Ellettsville (IN) Farm |
| Jan–May 1904 | Sarah Schafer murder | various |
| April 12, 1904 | Dr. Joseph Gardner is fighting fires on his farm | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| April 13, 1904 | Edward Graves falls from train and is killed, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| April 14, 1904 | Newton Mathews moves to Bloomington, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| August 16, 1904 | Bush-Sears wedding, etc. | Bedford Weekly |
| November 17, 1904 | Pro football fatalities | Denver (CO) Post |
| December 14, 1904 | Fire burns out Oolitic business district | Elkhart (IN) Daily Review |
| January 18, 1905 | Dynamite blast kills two | Duluth (MN) News-Tribune |
| May 10, 1905 | Charles Echtbath commits suicide | Ft. Wayne (IN) Sentinel |
| September 2, 1905 | N. H. Roberts dies | Indianapolis (IN) News |
| December 2, 1905 | Death of Bridget McGuire, etc. | Bedford Star and Bedford Daily Mail |
| March 17, 1906 | Lester Grissom dying from loss of blood | Elkhart (IN) Weekly Review |
| August 24, 1906 | Abduction in Heltonville (and more on Schafer) | Grand Forks (ND) Evening Times |
| September 19, 1906 | Train wreck on the B & O | Duluth (MN) News-Tribune |
| May 27, 1907 | Fred Renter breaks leg while working in Monon yards | Indianapolis (IN) News |
| July 28, 1907 | Jacob Haverly is killed when his horse is spooked | Indianapolis (IN) Star |
| Aug–Sep 1907 | Death of Frank Richardson | Salem (IN) Democrat |
| September 4, 1907 | Fritz boy follows father to prison, etc. | Indianapolis (IN) News |
| September 1907 | Courtney Zaring [?] kills himself by accident | various |
| October 17, 1907 | Moses Dunn sues for $3,000 | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| October 25, 1907 | Erastus Dobbins files for bankruptcy | Indianapolis (IN) Star |
| January 31, 1908 | Frank Armstrong dies | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| June 18, 1908 | William Gray dies in Kansas | Holton (KS) Recorder |
| July 31, 1908 | Wampler, Gobate and Reynolds relatives visiting | Smithville (IN) News |
| August 11, 1908 | A drunken sheriff | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| August 19, 1908 | Della Henderson shooting death a suicide? | Canton (OH) Evening Repository |
| September 3, 1908 | William Reynolds meets "with a peculiar accident" | Monroeville (IN) Breeze |
| September 18, 1908 | Dennis Endwright moves to New Orleans | Smithville (IN) News |
| September 22, 1908 | Stella Miller murder | Denver (CO) Post |
| October 5, 1908 | Bedford native a candidate in Oklahoma | Hobart (OK) Republican |
| November 20, 1908 | Edward Cates marries Viola Brandon | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| November 24, 1908 | Chip Johnson dies | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| December 30, 1908 | "Rapid transit" divorce and marriage | Montpelier (VT) Argus and Patriot |
| January 8, 1909 | Lawrence County has gone dry! | Smithville (IN) News |
| January 15, 1909 | Sheriff Thomas Box in jail for murder, etc. | Smithville (IN) News |
| May 8, 1909 | J. G. Bair appointed collector of customs in Montana | Missoula (MT) Daily Missoulian |
| May 23, 1909 | George Dugan's funeral | Kansas City (MO) Star |
| July 29, 1909 | A romance of an egg | Flint (MI) Journal |
| December 9, 1909 | Another stonecutters strike | Duluth (MN) News-Tribune |
| December 20, 1909 | Three drown in Indian Creek | Colorado Springs (CO) Gazette |
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| Date | Subject | Newspaper |
|---|---|---|
| April 5, 1910 | Reed Stone Company incorporates | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| April 11, 1910 | James Scroggins hurt while jumping off train | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| April 16, 1910 | Perry Blackburn sees a future in raising foxes | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| June 1-2, 1910 | Death of Clara Splitgerber | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| June 3, 1910 | Fire destroys home of George Morris | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| June 5, 1910 | Beford organizes its first auto club | Bloomington (IN) Sunday Star |
| June 26, 1910 | Charles Mitchell steals a suit of clothes | Bloomington (IN) Sunday Star |
| July 5, 1910 | George Kremer invests $100,000 to build stone mill | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| July 9, 1910 | Pansy Matthews engaged to Oral Barnett | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| July 12, 1910 | Henry Martin becomes cashier of Bedford bank | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| July 12-13, 1910 | "An epidemic of would-be suicides" in Bedford | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| July 13, 1910 | Lillian Pease returns from visiting her mother | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| August 17, 1910 | Attempt to kill banker for revenge | New Orleans (LA) Item |
| October 25, 1910 | Remains of 3 Martin children moved to Bedford cemetery | Bedford Weekly Mail |
| February 16, 1911 | Police chief wins battle with 35-foot tapeworm | Daily Oklahoman |
| March 20, 1911 | Amanda Norvill dies in fire, etc. | Indianapolis (IN) Star |
| April 4, 1911 | Jane Dixon dies | Indianapolis (IN) News |
| April 22, 1911 | Horse thief George Foster arrested in Missouri | Indianapolis (IN) Star |
| May 5, 1911 | Bedford school enrollment up | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| May 9, 1911 | Frank Huff gets life sentence, etc. | Bedford Daily Mail |
| May 10, 1911 | Dynamiter pleads guilty, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| May 26, 1911 | Old money is found in recluse's clothes | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| July 21, 1911 | Arch Snow paralyzed by a spider bite | New Albany (IN) Daily Ledger |
| August 4, 1911 | Edgar McOscar steps on live wire and dies | New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune |
| August 5, 1911 | 4 prisoners break out of jail, but 4 others refuse to flee | New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune |
| September 7, 1911 | Dr. C. D. Driscoll sells his cottage in Paoli | Orleans (IN) Progress Examiner |
| October 16, 1911 | John R. Walsh funeral | Rockford (IL) Republic |
| Nov 1911-Feb 1912 | James Mitchell murder | various |
| November 24, 1911 | Michael Torphy burns to death on eve of his wedding | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| December 1, 1911 | Little Charlie Zunkle scalded to death | Seymour (IN) Tribune |
| December 5, 1911 | Col. A. C. Voris dies | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| December 8, 1911 | Is the Bedford jail haunted? | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| December 12, 1911 | Bedford to have stone posts for street lights | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| January 19, 1912 | Police arrest 2 intruders in Campbell store | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| January 26, 1912 | George Riley being served with court order | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| January 30, 1912 | Oliver Crum testifies in whitecapping trial, etc. | Bedford Daily Mail |
| February 23, 1912 | Napoleon A. Rainbolt dead from fall | Norfolk (NE) Weekly News-Journal |
| April 4, 1912 | Laryngitis kills local woman, etc. | Bedford Democrat [at USGenWeb] |
| Apr-Sept 1912 | James Ping shot by his wife | Chicago (IL) Day Book |
| May 25, 1912 | Frank Turner visiting from Bloomington | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| May 28, 1912 | $25,000 fire at Oolitic | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| July 26, 1912 | C. D. Driscoll's father, also a dentist, comes from Florida to assist him with his practice | Bedford Weekly Mail |
| June 27, 1912 | Sudden death of I. M. Byers | Jasper (MO) News |
| July 10, 1912 | Vess Stout drowns in White River | Chicago (IL) Day Book |
| September 13,1912 | Dr. C. D. Driscoll is "driving" his race horses | Bedford Weekly Mail |
| October 25, 1912 | Louis Lundy crushed to death | Indianapolis (IN) Star |
| October 4, 1912 | Dr. Driscoll's dad returns to Florida | Bedford Weekly Mail |
| October 25, 1912 | Marshall Smith dies suddenly | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| October 30, 1912 | Scaffold collapses, killing two | Chicago (IL) Day Book |
| January 6, 1913 | Marshal not doing well after being shot | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| January 9, 1913 | Mrs. Dennis Fortner visited by her children | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| January 13, 1913 | New high school in Bedford | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| January 14, 1913 | Dr. A. W. Dierking killed by Monon train | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| January 15, 1913 | Fire horses run away | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| January 17, 1913 | Elbridge Emerson sues for divorce | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| January 21, 1913 | Louis Mayer bankruptcy, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| January 23, 1913 | Uncle Abe Ikerd near death | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| January 25, 1913 | Isaac Fortner "forced to visit Bedford" | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| January 27, 1913 | Amanda Bierley sues for breach of promise | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| 1913-1915 | The "Great Flood of 1913" | various |
| April 12, 1913 | Kindred Logan's widow awarded $4,800 | Chicago (IL) Day Book |
| May 6, 1913 | Lou Summers is missing | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| May 9, 1913 | Jack Tourner divides up his property by lot | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| May 16, 1913 | Rose Driscoll returns from college to visit her parents | Bedford Daily Mail |
| May 20, 1913 | Thomas Hill falls to his death | Chicago (IL) Day Book |
| May 30, 1913 | Little Mamie Kerr at center of custody battle, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| June 2, 1913 | Rowe Taylor drowns | Chicago (IL) Day Book |
| June 10, 1913 | Moose help widow of murdered man, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| June 13, 1913 | Bedford woman marries dancer, etc. | Weekly Mail [at USGenWeb] |
| June 20, 1913 | Marie Dulin (or Dillon?) commits suicide | Chicago (IL) Day Book |
| August 25, 1913 | Rattlesnake invades Barnes farmhouse, is killed | Chicago (IL) Day Book |
| October 31, 1913 | Hazel Dillon attends Indiana-Illinois football game | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| November 4, 1913 | Ikerd murder-suicide | Colorado Springs (CO) Gazette |
| November 30, 1913 | Claude Pinnick found guilty of manslaughter | Indianapolis (IN) Star |
| December 6, 1913 | Is Lucien Fell dead? | Indianapolis (IN) News |
| March 13, 1914 | 13 arrested after Lehigh Cement Co. riot | Chicago (IL) Day Book |
| March 1914 | "I'm ready to die!" | various |
| March 28, 1914 | Dr. C. D. Driscoll is advertising his "dental parlors" | Bedford Democrat |
| May 5, 1914 | Maclane-East secret wedding | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| July 3, 1914 | Tragic deaths of Alvin Sage and Cal Pierce | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| July 10, 1914 | Beedie-Anderson divorce | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| July 14, 1914 | Jess Cooper found starving and unconscious | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| July 28, 1914 | Death of Mrs. Dunihue | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| February 17, 1915 | Ollie Walker's farmhouse burns down | Paoli (IN) Republican |
| February 25, 1915 | Death of Nancy Carroll | Corydon (IN) Republican |
| January 8, 1915 | Mr. & Mrs. Dickinson return from Bloomington | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| January 20, 1915 | Death of Susan Parks | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| January 26, 1915 | A narrow escape from cremation, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| March 17, 1915 | Ed Coulter arrested for forgery, etc. | Indianapolis (IN) Star |
| June 29, 1915 | John Fender killed | Chicago (IL) Day Book |
| July 14, 1915 | Twins die in windstorm | Hartford (KY) Herald |
| September 17, 1915 | Mrs. C. D. Driscoll is visited by her sister from Harrodsburg | Bedford Weekly Mail |
| Oct-Nov 1916 | Ora Anderson murder | various |
| November 25, 1916 | Two men indicted in Barbara Fries death, etc. | Indianapolis (IN) Star |
| February 26, 1917 | Dr. C. D. Driscoll is training his race horses | Bedford Daily Mail |
| March 17, 1917 | Dr. C. D. Driscoll returns from visiting his parents in Florida | Bedford Democrat |
| June 14, 1917 | Weir family comes visiting from Bloomington, etc. | Bloomington (IN) ??? |
| July 6, 1917 | Boy wins green apple eating contest, then dies | Harrisburg (PA) Patriot |
| August 1917 | L. S. Field starts a new glove factory | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| August 6, 1917 | Kenneth Dye travelling with the circus, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| August 7, 1917 | Company F enters U. S. service today | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| September 14, 1917 | Walter Sterrett charged with murder | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| September 30, 1917 | Bedford boy in the big leagues | Tampa (FL) Tribune |
| February 11–13, 1918 | Susan (Carlton) Houston death | Bedford Daily Mail |
| March–June 1918 | Newton Plummer murder | Fort Wayne (IN) Sentinel |
| May 14, 1918 | Carmichaels go visiting | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| May 21, 1918 | L. A. Evans loses his left hand | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| December 4, 1918 | Fire at the Boland Hotel | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| February 9, 1919 | Wounded soldier undergoes surgery in France | Duluth (MN) News-Tribune |
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| Date | Subject | Newspaper |
|---|---|---|
| early '20s | Death of William O. Spriggs | unknown |
| January 17, 1920 | Another romance of an egg | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Star |
| Feb-Mar 1920 | Mike Davich [or Devish?] found guilty of bunco | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Star |
| March 16, 1920 | Dr. Hornecker death | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| May 3, 1920 | Dr. C. D. Driscoll dissolving dental partnership with his son | Bedford Daily Mail |
| July 1, 1920 | Frances Taylor has her tonsils out, etc. | Bedford Daily Mail |
| July 2, 1920 | Death of Elizabeth Banks, etc. | Bedford Daily Mail |
| July 3, 1920 | Howard Fields' condition quite serious, etc. | Bedford Daily Mail |
| July 4, 1920 | Death of Martha Morrow | Bedford Daily Mail |
| July 10, 1920 | Orla Watterson arrested | Lake County (IN) Times |
| July 14, 1920 | Fannie Woosley [or Woolsey?] visits her parents | Breckenridge (KY) News |
| December 15, 1920 | John Richard Hughes obit | Pittsburg (PA) Druid |
| April 1, 1921 | Wife and $300 disappear along with defendant, etc. | Bedford Daily Mail |
| July 1, 1921 | Winfred Quackenbush victim of painful accident, etc. | Bedford Daily Mail |
| August 27, 1921 | Lane vs. Lane divorce, etc. | Bedford Daily Mail |
| September 25, 1922 | Marshall slain at picture show in Oolitic, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| October 22, 1922 | Farm hand awarded $2,280 back pay | Bedford Daily Mail |
| January 19, 1923 | Elizabeth Dunihue "in an alarming condition from blood poisoning", etc. | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier |
| September 18, 1923 | Ralph Box loses right foot | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| January 5, 1924 | Don Henderson arrested in Bloomington | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| January 16, 1924 | Morgan Pattison gets life sentence for shooting William Sutherland | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| March 3, 1924 | Mr. & Mrs. Shortridge visited by Bloomington kin | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| March 7, 1924 | Mrs. Cooper visits Bloomington kin | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| February 13, 1925 | Robert Fairchild shoots R. D. Crunes | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Star |
| October 6, 1925 | Roy Hendrick(s) in jail for stealing tires | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| October 7, 1925 | Walter Bailey injured in fall | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| October 12, 1925 | A single car motorcade | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| October 13-17, 1925 | William R. Martin seriously ill | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| October 13-17, 1925 | Martin family burns to death in kerosene fire | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| October 14, 1925 | Monon's big new water tank | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| January 21, 1927 | Death of George R. Johnson | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Star |
| January 28, 1927 | Death of Mrs. William Brown | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Star |
| February 7, 1927 | Joseph Helton death | Bedford Daily Times |
| February 25, 1927 | Carl C. Graf wins art prize | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Star |
| April 15, 1927 | Rev. William A. Telfer death | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Star |
| August 9, 1927 | Man mourned as dead is still alive | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| June 1928 | Bedford deaths | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| June 15, 1928 | James Chalmers moves to Canada | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| June 22, 1928 | Dickinson mansion acquired | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| January 1, 1929 | Death of Riley Byers | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| January 5, 1929 | Tom Lewis, a cripple, is missing, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| January 12, 1929 | Death of Robert Reed | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| January 14, 1929 | Howard Greer jailed on booze charges | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
| June 1, 1929 | A. C. Dowling sentenced for passing bogus check, etc. | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| June 24, 1929 | Elmer Scott shot by his wife | Spencer (IN) Evening World |
CHOOSE A DECADE: Early 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s Recent
| Date | Subject | Newspaper |
|---|---|---|
| March 7, 1930 | The hunt is on for Bob Ikerd! | Bloomington (IN) Weekly Star |
| November 16, 1931 | Cora Hunt is kidnapped, etc. | Logansport (IN) Pharos-Tribune |
| January 30, 1934 | Tragic death of Charles Hollers | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| January 31, 1934 | William J. Finn funeral | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| February 29, 1936 | Leap year marriage licenses | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| March 9, 1936 | Davis Allen dies | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| March 12, 1936 | Sowders celebrate their golden wedding anniversary | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| March 17, 1936 | Daniel Parham dies | Bloomington (IN) Telephone |
| April 16, 1936 | Death of Andrew Stone | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| April 29, 1936 | Bottorff vs. Bottorff divorce – a change of venue | Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone |
| November 9, 1936 | Camp escapee Howard Jackson held in Bedford jail | Bloomington (IN) Herald Telephone |
| February 6, 1937 | Nannie Mae Shively dies | Bloomington (IN) Herald Telephone |
| February 8, 1937 | Fatal flu | Bloomington (IN) Herald Telephone |
| February 15, 1937 | A marriage ceremony at the county jail | Bloomington (IN) Herald Telephone |
| April 20, 1938 | Merle Sare dies in car crash | Bloomington (IN) Herald Telephone |
| May 23, 1939 | Eathel Hall struck by car, dies instantly | Bloomington (IN) Evening World |
CHOOSE A DECADE: Early 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s Recent
| Date | Subject | Newspaper |
|---|---|---|
| October 25-26, 1940 | Local youth shoots self; death probe is continued | Bedford Daily Times Mail |
| June 13, 1944 | Fred Bennett a POW in Germany | Bloomington (IN) World Telephone |
| June 16, 1944 | Mentally defective (?) serviceman in county jail | Bloomington (IN) World Telephone |
| January 6, 1948 | Marvin Bough "breaks his leg", etc. | Bloomington (IN) World Telephone
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| July 12, 1960 | Dr. L. Howard Allen obit | Paoli (IN) Republican |
| February 16, 1966 | Bedford Times-Mail is sold | Bloomington (IN) Herald Telephone |
| July 25, 1967 | A fatal motorcycle accident | Paoli (IN) Republican
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| July 24, 1974 | Death of theatre magnate Nova Vonderschmitt | Bloomington (IN) Herald Telephone
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| October 31, 1997 | Abandoned towns | Bedford Times Mail
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| July 29, 2012 | Maris Fish performs at county fair | Bloomington (IN) Hoosier Times |
| Dec 2012-Jan 2013 | The story of Tehran hostage Don Sharer | Bloomington (IN) Bloom Magazine |
| November 23, 2014 | Indiana stone to be used on TV reality show | Bloomington (IN) Herald Times |
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