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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1913
Page
2
A Monon mail train was forced to refuse mail at several points due to a full mail car stacked with sacks and furniture as passengers ate breakfast. Chicago’s postal service is reported overflowing with mail, delaying normal operations for days.
The local post office reports a record day by 2 pm with 727 sacks and 29 pouches processed. Deliveries will exceed this, though much mail remains delayed and will arrive as fast as possible. Rural route 6 will transfer with R F D 13 from Tunnelton to connect with routes until B& O starts Tunnelton mail.
The south bound Monon No. 5 arrived Tuesday night with the largest express load ever seen in town. Twelve truckloads of express were unloaded though much was diverted south along the Southeastern Line. An unofficial mail count by bystanders noted about 59 or 60 sacks thrown from the train, while most post office lock boxes were jammed full this morning.
The Bedford and Bloomfield branch mixed train ran to Koleen on Thursday. The track up to Koleen is fair for that distance. beyond is not stated. Company efforts aim to bring Elisha Johnson's body from Koleen for burial in Green Hill in this city.
Mrs James Osborne reports her daughter in Brookville flood chaos missing. The notice details a lost property incident linked to the storm with family contact for recovery.
Major Livingston Thomas Dickason longtime Indiana coal operator and former Danville mayor died in Naples Italy last Saturday. His wife Mrs Dickason and two children Dorothy and Livingston Jr accompanied him. burial planned in Chicago. He owned Wells hotel at French Lick and Consolidated Stone Co and built the Monon branch road.
Four boys aboard a floodbound ferry on Salt Creek near Oolitic Tuesday noon escaped drowning after their boat struck a snag. When one boy jumped in panic, the vessel filled with water, two swimmers helped two non swimmers onto a tree, and rescue teams led by Evan Graves arrived about ten minutes later. Felix Chenal owned the boat and notified authorities.
Neighbors and friends are thanked for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of Willoma Florence. Appreciation is given for floral offerings from Mr. and Mrs. Will Cramer and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Smith.
The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Wholesale Trade Division plans a get acquainted trip through Southern Indiana arriving in Bedford Friday for two hours before continuing to Mitchell. The itinerary lists Guthrie as origin and Bedford, Mitchell as stops with a special train equipped for comfortable business discussions. The Indianapolis News Boys Band will perform in Bedford during the visit amid floods that may affect the schedule.
Reports from Peru Ind describe a catastrophic flood that wrecked Ben Wallace's circuses. Elephants, camels, and big cats died or were released with many horses drowned while staff and animals scattered. Wallace aims to rebuild but faces costly delays and displaced schedules for other shows like Young Buffalo Bill Wild West.
The Lawrence circuit court will be sparse in the first two weeks of the March term due to principal and witness absences. Only two or three cases are set for early hearings, while the latter part of the term faces crowded dockets and delayed proceedings.
W Finnell of Gentry Brothers Famous Shows spoke in Bedford on Wednesday outlining plans for an April 24 exhibition. The traveling show is a popular event expected to draw large crowds from the city and surrounding area, exciting both adults and children.
Lena Horton widow of Lawrence Horton and a Greene County pioneer died Tuesday night at age 96 from old age complications. Survived by daughter Miss Hettie and other children Mrs. Perston Elston Felix Horton and Mrs. Kate Graham. Funeral held Thursday at Owensburg at 3 PM.
Indiana State Board of Health urges health officers to make the public boil all drinking water from any source during and after flood conditions to prevent typhoid and other waterborne diseases.
Architect Nichols designs 75 houses for Showers company to serve as employee homes. Homes of 3 to 5 rooms with modern utilities, priced $1 000 to $1 200, to be sold to employees on easy terms. Development on 30 acres at the old Miller place near the north pike, laid out like a park with no streets. construction to begin immediately under William N. Showers and Edward Showers with Nichols supervising.
Conductor Joseph Agnew faced a flood event Monday night while on a freight train near Harrodsburg. Water rushed into the fire box, stalling the locomotive until a helper pulled it back to Bloomington. Agnew reportedly slept in a corn crib that night. the Harrodsburg depot brakeman remains unable to determine the outcome as of Wednesday.
USSEMMOLE Men Floyd and Robert Wooten, workmen at the Adams quarry, clung to a bridge as floodwaters swirled around them Monday night below Clear Creek. Rescuers failed. water rose. They were finally able to wade to safety at daybreak after hours in the torrent. Bloomington Telephone.
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will hold a 1:30 PM meeting to discuss a highwater city campaign. Leaders propose river wall, viaducts, and harbor improvements to protect property and attract factories, with a survey to involve city state and national governments.
Citizens recount flood hardships in Medora as water rose through streets and basements. A man escaped drowning after clinging to a house on White River, rescued by a passerby, while depot crowds sought shelter and a fire limited by waist deep water.
A Paoli couple traveling from Muncie via Terre Haute and Indianapolis were ferried across Salt Creek today. At Indianapolis they found water sold at twenty cents per glass and bread for a dollar per order, but police confiscated the stand and gave the supplies away. Philip Furst aided their crossing by car, though they faced extortionate prices and unsettling charges at every turn. They expressed a final kind thought for Bedford.
Born to Mr and Mrs Thomae at Men augh North Street on Tuesday night a son.
Mrs. Shields of Brownstown was granted a divorce last week and her name was changed to Mrs. Fannie Vance. The couple wed last August and she will be remembered in the city as Mrs. Frank Vance.
The Southern Indiana Power Company filed a condemnation suit through Brooks and Brooks to seize land owned by Sanford H. Standish near Williams. The action is among several aimed at divesting overflowed property earlier linked to a sale by Taylor McGuire to Jesse Banks for 2600 dollars.
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