Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Sunday Star, June 19, 1910, p. 1. Preparations are being made to build a 300-room addition to the French Lick Hotel. For three months during the spring the hotel could not accommodate all the guests who applied for rooms.

Bloomington (IN) Republican Progress, March 22, 1882, p. 2. Bedford Journal: Andrew J. Bagwell of Flinn Township died very suddenly on the 10th inst., of congestive chill. He was about 63 years of age and was a noted miser. There was $97 in silver found on the floor in the upper story of the house in a pile of beans in hull, and $1.10 in his pocket book in his pants pocket, and $600 was found buried under the hearth in one of the fireplaces of his house. A complete search of the premises was made and this is all the money that was found. He never was married and had lived alone for 20 years. He owned a good farm of 220 acres.

Indianapolis (IN) News, April 4, 1911, p. 7. BEDFORD, Ind., April 4-Mrs. Jane R. Dixon, age 67, is dead. She was the widow of the Rev. F. M. Dixon. Several daughters, all married, and two sons, survive her.

Daily Missoulian, Missoula, Montana, May 8, 1909, p. 6. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. Washington, May 7-In response to the urgent request of the treasury department that a collector of customs at Great Falls be named immediately to succeed Charles M. Webster, deceased, the Montana senators today recommended the appointment of John G. Bair of Teton County. J. G. Bair, the leading attorney of Choteau, Teton County, has attained an enviable position in legal circles not only of his home city but of Montana.. A native of Berkeley County, West Virginia, he was born on December 4, 1860, the son of William and Eleanor (Griffith) Bair. The father was born in 1831 in Perry County, Pennsylvania, removing when a young man to Virginia and then to Lawrence County, Indiana, where he died in 1881. His wife, the mother of Mr. Bair, was born near Winchester, Va., in 1834, and is now living at Bedford, Ind., at the age of 75 years. J. G. Bair was finely educated in the schools of Gerrardstown, Va., and Lawrence County, Indiana, the male and female college of Bedford, Ind., and the Southern Indiana Normal College of Mitchell, Ind. Following his career at the latter institution, Mr. Bair studied law in the office of Newton Crook of Bedford and was admitted to the bar of Indiana in that city in 1886 with a good standing. In the fall of 1889, Mr. Bair came to Great Falls, Mont., and the next summer was city editor of the Great Falls Leader, filling this responsible position efficiently. He then removed to Choteau where he became principal of the public schools, continuing in this office three years. Upon the creation of Teton County he was appointed county superintendent of schools.

Chicago (IL) Day Book, April 12, 1913, p. 29. Bedford, Ind.-Widow of Kindred Logan, C. I. & L. brakeman killed year ago in Ingalls Stone Company's quarry, was awarded $4,800 in her $5,000 suit.

Chicago (IL) Day Book, June 2, 1913, p. 27. Bedford, Ind.-Rowe Taylor drowned in White River when boat capsized.

Roswell (NM) Daily Record, October 22, 1909, p. 4. TO GO INTO BUSINESS HERE E. L. Hancock, who spent part of last winter and spring in Roswell for the benefit of his wife's health, returned last night from Seymour, Ind., to go into business here. He took his wife home last May as she was then beyond relief, and she passed away in the month of July. He will bring his children to Roswell at the close of the winter term of school. He is proprietor of the Progressive Music Co., which is located at the Zink Jewelry Store.

Silas Wilder Has a Very Old Math Book University Missourian, Columbia, Mo., June 13, 1910, p. 5. A CENTURY OLD ARITHMETIC Seymour, Ind.-Silas Wilder, a resident of this city, has in his possession an old arithmetic (book) that was used in 1803 by his father, Ethan Wilder, in Sterling, Mass. It is interesting because it is so different from the text books now in use in the public schools. The old book, which is written on heavy paper, is about 12x7 inches. It contains a statement of the various arithmetical rules which are immediately followed by illustrations that area solved in full. The arithmetic, although over one hundred years old, is well preserved and the written matter is very legible. -Indianapolis News

Meade County (KS) News, November 19, 1908, p. 1. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. AN OLD SETTLER GONE TO REST Mr. R(obert) G(reen) Newby died yesterday at his home 15 miles north of Plains. He was one of the early settlers having lived here nearly a quarter of a century.Robert Green Newby, son of Elisha and Mary Newby, was born at Rockville, Parke County, Indiana, December 4th, 1830, died at his home in Gray County, Kansas, November 13th, 1908, at 1:45 PM aged 77 years, 11 months, 21 days. He was united in marriage with Martha E. Patrick December 22, 1850, near Waynesville, Ind., who survives him. To this union were born nine children, five sons and four daughters. Besides the widow, he is survived by one son, three daughters and twenty grandchildren. >From the close of the war until September 21st, 1884, he resided at Seymour, Indiana, and moved with his family to Garden City, Kansas, November 1884. In the spring of 1885 he took up his residence on his homestead in southwest Gray County, Kansas, where he resided up to the time of his death.

Palatka (FL) News and Advertiser, April 17, 1914, p. 8. Thomas Jackson accompanied by his daughter, Miss Kate, left for his home in Seymour, Ind., last Monday after a pleasant visit of several weeks here with his brother, L. F. Jackson. While in the city they were guests at the Putnam House.

Ft. Wayne (IN) Daily Gazette, December 7, 1881, p. 4. An unknown man, a German about 66 years of age, committed suicide in the Catholic Cemetery in Seymour by shooting himself through the neck with a 22-caliber revolver. Deceased was a large man dressed in a black suit, black hat and heavy boots. In a memorandum book found on him, under the heading of Joseph H., was the statement that deceased tired of life, was unable to do anything and wanted to die on sacred soil, claiming to be a devout Catholic, saying that he had two sons in America.

William H. Roose, Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County, Indiana (New Albany, IN: Tribune Company Printers, 1911), p. 68. The original plat of the Town of Mauckport was sworn to on April 17, 1827, and recorded May 7, 1827. The town was laid out on land owned by Frederick Mauck who settled on the site of the present town in 1811.

William H. Roose, Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County, Indiana (New Albany, IN: Tribune Company Printers, 1911), p. 68. The original plat of the Town of Elizabeth was sworn to by William D. Littell before John Tipton, justice of the peace, on April 17, 1812. The town was incorporated March 8, 1819, and was named for Elizabeth Veatch whose husband gave the land.

William H. Roose, Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County, Indiana (New Albany, IN: Tribune Company Printers, 1911), p. 65-66. .On Wednesday afternoon, the Home Guards, with Col. Jordon (consider Jordan a spelling variant) in command, gathered a force of 300 men and marched south on the Mauckport Road about four miles to a point where Peter Glenn lived. A body of rebel cavalry had dismounted at Glenn's house and shot John Glenn, who appeared on the porch with a gun in his hand. Before the war, Mr. Glenn had preached at many points in Kentucky and, occasionally, he had bitterly denounced the institution of slavery. It is said that by so doing he had incurred the displeasure of a number of Kentuckians who were then with Morgan's command. When the Home Guards arrived, the rebels rushed for their horses, and Mr. Glenn shot one man who was delayed in his efforts to release his horse. The rebels later killed Mr. Glenn and burned the house in which he lived. About 11:30 Thursday morning, the report reached Corydon that the enemy were coming. The Home Guards, under command of Colonel Lewis Jordan, Provost Marshal Timberlake and Major J. S. Pfrimmer, formed a line of battle on the hill about a mile south of Corydon and threw up a temporary breast works composed of logs, brush and fence rails. When Morgan's Advance Guard appeared, they were repulsed by the infantry under command of Capt. G. W. Lahue. In that fight Harry Steepleton (consider Stapleton as a spelling variant) was killed.

William H. Roose, Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County, Indiana (New Albany, IN: Tribune Company Printers, 1911), p. 63-64. Major Horace Bell was born in New Albany, December 11, 1830. When he was two years of age his parents moved to Harrison County and settled a short distance above the Town of Mauckport. In 1849, Major Bell went to California in search of gold. In January 1856, he joined the Walker army of occupation in Nicaragua and at the close of the war in 1857 he was in command of a battalion and was one of the eighteen left of the original 385. In 1858, his father and brother, Charles, were arrested and placed in jail in Brandenburg, Kentucky, on a charge of assisting slaves to escape. Because of the bitter feeling between the north and the south, there was no hope for their release. Horace and his brother, John, were called home from California and on a day when many of the citizens of Brandenburg were away attending a picnic, they went to Brandenburg, forced the jailer to open the doors and liberated their father and brother. The four ran quickly to their skiff and started to cross the river, but they were soon discovered and pursued. Horace stood up in the boat with a revolver in each hand and, by keeping up a rapid fire, he held the pursuers at bay until they reached the Indiana shore, when the chase was abandoned. Horace Bell returned to California in 1860, but in a short time he came back to Indiana and joined the Sixth Indiana Regiment at Camp Morton. On April 18, 1866, he was mustered out a major. After the war he went to Los Angeles and engaged in the practice of law. He is now one of the leading citizens of Berkeley, California.

New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, October 18, 1895, p. 4. A complaint was filed yesterday against Emma West by her mother-in-law, Sophia West, charging her with assault.

New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, October 18, 1895, p. 4. James W. Jocelyn and Mrs. Emily A. Pyburn were married last night at the bride's home, 259 Poplar Street.

New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, October 17, 1895, p. 4. John C. Ealey, who left here several weeks ago for the East and returned from Washington by way of Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Niagara Falls, Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati on a bicycle, arrived home yesterday. He reports an exceedingly enjoyable trip.

New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, October 17, 1895, p. 4. Joseph Linthicum was arrested yesterday by Sgt. Jackson on a charge of assaulting his wife. She refused to appear against him, and he was released with a reprimand by Justice Richards.

New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, October 17, 1895, p. 4. E. C. Threlton and Miss Annie Bell were married Tuesday night at New Salisbury, Harrison County. The groom is agent for the Air Line Company at Corydon Junction.