Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 15, 1897, p. 1. LOCAL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mitchell, who sold their property to Maj. Perry a few days ago, are arranging to move to Indianapolis abou [sic] Nov. 1st.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 15, 1897, p. 1. LOCAL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. N. A. McIntyre have moved to Paoli where Mr. McIntyre will resume his work as contractor in the timber business.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 15, 1897, p. 1. LOCAL NEWS James W. Blair, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Blair, will celebrate his 13th birthday Friday by entertaining his little friends from 3:30 to 7:30.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 15, 1897, p. 1. LOCAL NEWS The Patterson brothers, well known citizens of Columbus, have been in Bloomington within the past few days and think of locating here permanently.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 15, 1897, p. 1. LOCAL NEWS Born, to Mr. and Mrs. George Wylie, north of town, a son.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 15, 1897, p. 1. LOCAL NEWS Mrs. L. M. Grimes has gone to Jasper on a few weeks' visit with her parents, Judge and Mrs. Trailor.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 15, 1897, p. 1. LOCAL NEWS F. Drake and family have moved from Smithville to the Quinn property on west 7th street.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 15, 1897, p. 1. LOCAL NEWS Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bender, east of town, a daughter.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 15, 1897, p. 1. LOCAL NEWS Frank Dobson has his blacksmith shop open and is again at work.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 12, 1897, p. 1. John Harris, of Ellettsville while working on the foundation of T. J. Louden's new residence at Forest Place this morning, had the twy [sic] front fingers of his left hand so badly mangled that amputation may be necessary.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 12, 1897, p. 1. Note: The end of this item was cut off in copying as indicated by ellipsis. Reception to Rev. and Mrs. Jordan. Rev. C. E. Jordan, the new pastor of the Eighth Street Methodist church, and his wife were tendered a reception Friday at the church. The lecture room was beautifully decorated with varieties of potted plants and the reception was given by the congregation under the auspices of the Epworth League. The attendance was large, almost the entire congregation being present. All formality was done away with and the time was spent in getting acquainted and social conversation. A short musical and literary program was also a pleasant feature of ..

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 12, 1897, p. 1. Maj. Frank Fee is in the city and will visit friends in and about Bloomington for the next ten days. The Major lived in this city for many years before he moved to Greencastle where he is now one of the leading business men.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 12, 1897, p. 1. During the year just closed the College Avenue M. E. church collected $2,858 for various purposes. The pastor is paid $1,500 annually and a parsonage and the music cost $416.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 12, 1897, p. 1. Note: The beginning of this item was cut off in copying as indicated by ellipsis. .important gains over the corresponding month of last year. These reports contain twelve items of general interest and significance, which set forth the conditions existing in a school, and from which it is easy to deduce logical inferences. The records of the teachers are carefully kept day by day, and all upon the same plan. From the record each teacher at the end of the month makes a report to the superintendent, and he summarizes these reports as his report to the board of trustees. But the superintendent's report sets forth the facts in each teacher's report, and all in connected view. It is the duty of the superintendent to see that the teachers' reports harmonize with the records. These records and reports are always open to inspection by any one interested in them. For the month ending Oct. 1, 1897, the total enrollment was 1310; the average daily belonging, 1227; the average daily attendance, 1183; the average daily absence, 96; the number of tardies, 107; that number of minutes lost by tardies, 552; the number of pupils neither absent nor tardy and who started to school the first day, 722; cases of truancy, 2; corporal punishments, 11.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 12, 1897, p. 1. LITTLE ONE GONE. Sad Death of the Little Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Walker. Thursday's Daily gave an account of an operation performed on Orville Walker for membraneous [sic] croup, and at that time it was thought that the child might recover. However, about 5'oclock yesterday afternoon there were event signs that the little one was approaching death; physicians were summoned and everything possible was done to save the child, but of no avail, and the spirit took its flight about 8 o'clock. Orville was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George V. Walker, east 7th street, and about three days ago was taken with what soon developed into membraneous [sic] croup. As a last resort, and when death was at hand, an operation was performed Wednesday night by which a rubber tube was inserted into the throat. Rleief [sic] came, but the child was not able to stand such a delecate [sic] operation, and death was only delayed a few hours.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, October 17, 1916, p. 1. CHIEF SHINN TAKEN TO INDIANAPOLIS Fire Chief William Shinn was taken to Indianapolis today in an automobile where he will likely be operated on for kidney trouble which he has been a suffered from for several weeks.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, October 17, 1916, p. 1. FIRE DESTROYS DR HOLLAND HOME Fire at 2:30 this afternoon completely gutted the large two story brick residence of Dr. Frank Holland, north College Avenue, causing a loss roughly estimated at more than $6,000. Only a few of the household goods were saved. Mrs. Holland and children were down stairs when one of the neighbors called Mrs. Holland and told her the roof of the house was in flames. The upper part of the building burned like tinder and in but a short time was a mass of flames. It is not known what the origin was unless it was from a defective flue or a live spark. A number of things were quickly carried out but smoke soon drove all from the building. The loss is well covered by insurance. Dr. Holland is with the hospital corps at Llano Grande, Texas.

Paoli (IN) Republican, January 12, 1965, from the obituary collection of Wilma Davis, Paoli, Indiana. Mrs. Floyd Apple, 75, former Orange County resident, died Friday in a Lafayette hospital where she had been a patient for more than six months. Funeral services were Monday in Lafayette. Mrs. Apple was the former Pearl Lucas. She had resided in Bloomington for many years. Surviving with her husband are a son, Leon Apple of Kentland, a grandchild, a sister, Mrs. E. J. Wells. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fancher and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Teaford were in Lafayette Sunday and called at th Soller-Baker Chapel to pay respect for their aunt.

Dan Gibson, "Karst Dedication Set for Sunday," Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Daily Herald Telephone, July 6, 1974, p. 8. NOTE: The item below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from the original. The dedication of the Karst Farm Park, a 130-acre site, will not be accompanied with a lot of hoopla. One of those in attendance, however, will be Mrs. Suzanne Ziemer who suggested the name Karst Farm in a contest held last year. The park has already established itself as a popular place with baseball enthusiasts, picnickers and people who just like to go sit in the grass. The site was previously a farm and much of its undeveloped acreage is still sharecropped. It was once the site of the county's poor farm.

Bryon Rohrig, "Redbud Tower Big Okay Set Tuesday," Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Daily Herald Telephone, July 8, 1974, p. 10. NOTE: The item below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from the original. A controversial plan to build a gigantic five million gallon water tank directly behind IU's Redbud Apartments for married students, west of the bypass, is scheduled to proceed Tuesday afternoon. Construction bids are scheduled to open which is a point of no return on the project.