Paoli (IN) Republican, December 24, 1963. Floyd County, Indiana BROTHER OF PAOLIAN DIES IN NEW ALBANY Lawrence Agan, 63, retired veneer operator, died Thursday afternoon at his New Albany home. He was a brother of Mrs. Ora Wright. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Shrader Funeral Home in New Albany. Burial was in Graceland Memorial Park. Mr. Agan was a member of the Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Agan, a daughter, Mrs. Carol Ann Bennett of New Albany, two brothers, Charles Agan of Peru, Iowa, and Lee Agan, New Albany, the sister and two grandchildren.

Orange County, Indiana Paoli (IN) Republican, April 22, 1943, from the collection of Wilma Davis, Paoli, Indiana. Mrs. James Agan died Sunday at the home of her half brother, Claude A. Cook, near Cook's Chapel.Funeral services were held at Cook's Chapel.Interment was made in the nearby cemetery.

Orange County, Indiana Paoli (IN) Republican, November 14, 1940, from the collection of Wilma Davis, Paoli, Indiana. Mrs. Henry Agan, 63, of Valeene, died Thursday morning at the St. Edwards Hospital. She had been an invalid for many years getting about in a wheelchair.

Orange County, Indiana Paoli (IN) Republican, May 19, 1959, from the collection of Wilma Davis, Paoli, Indiana. LEARN DEATH NEWS Mrs. Floyd Wright has received notice of the death of her sister, Mrs. C. A. Blake of Corning, Iowa. Mrs. Blake, the former Eva Agan, succumbed to a heart attack in the school room where she had taught for many years. A graduate of Paoli High School, Mrs. Blake was a daughter of Wes Agan.

San Jose (CA) Evening News, June 25, 1900, p. 1. GIRL KILLED IN LOVER'S DUEL Bedford, Indiana, June 25-Albert Roberts and Oscar Jeans have been rival suitors of Miss Jennie Russell. While Roberts and Miss Russell were out driving, they met Jeans, and a pistol duel ensued between the two men. Miss Russell leaped from the buggy and rushed between them, but they continued shooting, and she was fatally wounded, it is alleged, from one of Roberts' shots. Roberts grabbed the girl in one arm as she fell and continued firing with the other. Miss Russell died in a few hours at her home, Roberts remaining at her bedside even after death. He will lose his mind. Jeans escape.

Cincinnati (OH) Commercial Tribune, July 7, 1883, p. 1. STRIKE OF UNION STONECUTTERS AT BEDFORD, INDIANA [Special to the Commercial Gazette] Bedford, Indiana, July 6-The five (difficult to read) hundred union stonecutters in the employment of the Hollowell Granite Company of this place, struck today for $4 per day. All negotiations for a satisfactory settlement of the matter failed, and this morning the Granite Company issued circulars calling for the services of non-union cutters and paid off the strikers.

Jackson (MICH) Citizen, March 8, 1901, p. 1. IDENTIFIES MAN AS HUSBAND Bedford, Indiana, Woman Points Out a Terre Haute Citizen as Fellow Who Deserted Her Terre Haute, Ind., March 7-Thomas Delahunt, agent for a brewing company, was pointed out to the sheriff at Bedford, Indiana, by Mrs. Papens, a young woman who said he was her husband who deserted her two years ago. It so happened that Mrs. Papen's divorce suit was set for trial at about the hour Delahunt stepped from the train in the Bedford station and she was there to see if her husband arrived in response to notice of the suit. Delahunt notice her staring at him. When Delahunt reached his hotel, the sheriff appeared, then the young woman and her father. Mrs. Papens insisted Delahunt was the man who deserted her after two weeks of married life but then became doubtful. She and her father stepped out for consultation and the sheriff followed, whereupon Delahunt slipped away to the station and caught a train out of town. Delahunt came here a few years ago from Milwaukee and was married in that city two years.

5,000 Quarry Workers Strike in Bedford Grand Rapids (MICH) Press, May 7, 1903, p. 10. FIVE THOUSAND ARE OUT Bedford, Indiana, is Crippled by a Stroke of Quarry Men Indianapolis, May 7-Five thousand union workmen are on strike in Bedford. The strikers include planers, saw operators and engineers in the cutting departments and the quarry men. They seek to have their wages equalized at all the quarries.

Kalamazoo (MICH) Gazette, May 28, 1904, p. 1. CLEARED OF CHARGE Jury at Bedford, Indiana, Finds James McDonald Innocent of Murder of Sarah Schaffer [By Associated Press] Bedford, Indiana, May 27-After being out three and one-half hours, the jury in the trial of James McDonald, charged with the murder of Sarah Schaffer, returned a verdict of not guilty. The verdict was reached on the seventh ballot. The first stood nine for acquittal and three for conviction. McDonald was formally discharged by the court and left the courtroom. There was no demonstration.

Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, May 5, 1897, p. 4. A JACKSON COUNTY CASE The case against John T. Deal for assault and battery with intent to kill his wife, venued here from Jackson county, has been set for trial next Tuesday. Deal lives at Kurtz, and his wife nearly died from the effects of his brutality. A few weeks after her recovery, they went to living together again, and so far as known are getting along harmoniously at present--Bedford Mail

Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, May 5, 1897, p. 4. Mrs. Mary Hunsucker and little daughter of Sparksville came up Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs. John Coe and family.

Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, May 5, 1897, p. 4. MARRIED James Williams of Washington County and Miss Effie Robertson of Hamilton Township were married by Elder G. M. Shutts Wednesday morning, May 5, 1897, at eleven o'clock at the home of the bride's grandfather, Slash James Robertson, near Honeytown. The contracting parties are deaf mutes and are young people of the highest respectability. The groom is a successful farmer and owns one of the best farms in his part of Washington County. May their wedded life ever by pleasant.

Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, May 4, 1897, p. 3. ROUGH ON RATS Ended Life of John Conway Last Night John Conway, who lived with his family on East Fourth Street, committed suicide last night by taking a dose of "Rough on Rats." It is supposed that he took the poison late in the afternoon and then went to his bedroom. Near nine o'clock, members of his family heard him fall heavily to the floor. When they reached him, he was in the last agonies of death and only breathed a few times more. A physician was called, but nothing could be done for him. A postmortem examination revealed the poison in his stomach that it is believed was taken with the intention of suicide. For many months he has been suffering from a cancer on his head and face from which he could get no relief. It is believed that the realization of his hopeless condition caused him to take poison. He leaves a wife and several children. The burial will take place at Jonesville tomorrow.

Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, May 4, 1897, p. 3. Mrs. G. M. Whitcomb of Hayden came here and left today for Memphis, Tenn., to join her husband who is engaged in the timber business there. They will reside there in the future.

Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, May 4, 1897, p. 3. Prof. William Kastrup of Kankakee, Ill., who was called here on account of the dangerous sickness of his father-in-law, Barney Matt, left for home this morning.

Name It and Take It, Smithville, Indiana, July 2, 1897, p. 4. NOTE: A book containing scanned copies of extant newspapers from Smithville, Indiana, is available at the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, Indiana. POISON Whole Family Dying Four dead, two dying. Great excitement over the death of the John Stevens family in the community of Belmont, Brown Co., Indiana. The mother and three children have died within the last few days. The father is suspicioned of the awful deed supposed to be the result of family trouble. An investigation will follow at once. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______

Name It and Take It, Smithville, Indiana, July 2, 1897, p. 4. NOTE: A book containing scanned copies of extant newspapers from Smithville, Indiana, is available at the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, Indiana. WRECK! Two Lives Lost A Brakeman Crippled for Life The northbound local freight was wrecked on Horse Shoe Bend Tuesday evening by a broken wheel on a flat car causing 12 cars to be wrecked. A. L. Allen, head brakeman, was on top of the cars that were wrecked and was found unconscious among the cars with his arm and several ribs broken, (he) was taken at once by special train to (his) home in Bloomington. In further clearing the track, two tramps who were stealing a ride in a box loaded with crossties were mashed beyond recognition. Their names as per papers found on their persons: Reed, Owensburg, Ky., and Charles Brunner of Bedford. The cost to the R. R. Co. will be about $10,000.

Tucson (AZ) Daily Citizen, March 25, 1907, p. 1. STRUCK DOWN IN PRESENCE OF DEATH Corydon, Indiana, March 25-Dr. John Battarff was called late last night to administer to two women who had become prostrated in a most peculiar manner. Henry Peper, a farmer, had died during the day. While his daughter, Emma, and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. William Peper, were sitting with the corpse, they were assaulted and knocked down simultaneously. They seemed unable to give any definite statement as to what really occurred. All they know is that some black object dealt them heavy blows and felled them to the floor. Dr. Battarff reports that he had much difficulty in restoring the women to consciousness.

Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette, February 12, 1880, p. 2. DESTRUCTION OF A RESIDENCE AND BARNS [Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette] Corydon, Indiana, February 11-The residence, barns and smokehouse of Frederick Seitz of Franklin Township, Harrison County, burned Monday night with a large quantity of grain, pork, etc. Loss $3,000; no insurance.

Elkhart (IN) Daily Review, November 24, 1906, p. 1. UNUSUAL FILIAL LOVE Son Cares for Father Divorced Before His Birth Corydon, Indiana, November 24-John P. Foote of this city has gone to Louisville, Ky., to live with his son. Mr. Foote never knew he had a son till within the last few days. He obtained a divorce from his wife while living in the south in 1873, shortly before his son was born, after which he came north. He had no tidings of his family after leaving the south till a few days ago when the son came here searching for his father. The son reported that he had been searching for him for years. Every time he saw the name in print he would make inquiries and only recently was his search successful. The son insisted that the father should make his home with him for the remainder of his days, and the father consented.