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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1901
Page
3
Dentist advertises painless tooth extractions with optional gas, free exams and estimates, guaranteed first class work, and references. Located over Mitchell's Drug Store in Bedford Indiana seeking cases where others failed and inviting inspection of work and prices.
Roscoe Moore of West 18th street is ill with measles. Donald Melton is very sick at his North Bedford home. Mrs Roscoe McKnight also ill at her North Bedford home. Frank Pace had his hand badly mashed at McLean's mill Saturday. Mrs James Lester returned from a visit with relatives at Williams. Miss Elsie Beavers returned to her Pinhook home Saturday morning. W O Odell accepted a position with the Hoosier quarry as fireman. John Waldron moved his family from Bloomington to the north part of the city. Olin Norman of Heltonville went to Bloomington Tuesday forenoon. James Edwards, a prominent citizen near Mitchell, was transacting business here Monday. Misses Edwena and Mary Day to attend the spring term of the I U
Isaac Williams from Williams and R F Davis passed through the city on Tuesday. Other travelers included W F Mitchell from Williams and E Smith visiting from Williams. Ira Sanders of Owensburg conducted business Tuesday while families from Tunnel Switch and Indian Springs appeared in town. Mon might see more movements as Miss Stella Ellison and Ella Monday left for Danville.
Lawrence County Treasurer W H Westt warns taxes for the current year are due now. A ten percent penalty applies after May first. Plan early to avoid crowds at the last days.
Hart Schaffner & Marx spring suits advertised at Hay's department store. The city diary notes numerous residents traveling, visiting relatives, and attending events in nearby towns. The building boom begins as evidence of new houses appears across the city. Scott Jones from Tennessee buys and relocates to a West 14th street two story house with his family.
In Indianapolis on Friday, Prof Robert C Newland formerly of Bedford wed Luna C Lewis a teacher in the School for the Blind there. Mrs Wm Goodhase and children from Louisville visiting relatives at Williams were in town en route to Oolitic to visit Mrs Theodore Self before returning home.
The Board of Commissioners ordered no warrants during the session to speed business. Pension Attorney A W Jones of Mitchell secured an original pension for Elijah Evans and an increase for Leander P Motsinger of Orleans. A freight incident occurred near Odon with a fine jack aboard the westbound Indiana passenger train. John W Hudson received word of Mrs Elizabeth Hudsons death in Winterset, Iowa, after her stay in Bedford. she was nearly 80 and mother of the late Geo W Hudson Jr.
A 16 year old water boy at the Oolitic stone mill died instantly when a stone pile collapsed, striking him in the chest about 10 o'clock Wednesday. The accident occurred as he leaned against the pile, with his family and local residents soon learning of the tragedy amid a flurry of local notices and community updates.
Chas Lamb of Williams visited Tuesday while Henry Crawford of Pinhook came in Monday. Mrs Will Davis of West 8th street is ill with measles. Newton Sears returns from Indianapolis. Thomas Wilmer moved here from Northern Kansas. Mrs Mary Chastain and child return from Mitchell. Albert Strout of West 5th street recovered from illness. W H Martin of Norman Station in Friday. Miss Lilly Duncan visits Switz City relatives. Genia Gaussin arrived home from St Mary's Tuesday. Howard Bowman and family moved from Burns City. Billie Miller of Springville in city Thursday and plans to build a residence and business house on North I street. H H Walls offers low rate first mortgage money with easy terms in Hodge & Walls building.
A remedy for Grippe urged for throat and lungs. Buy Kemp's Balsam now to prevent pneumonia by keeping cough loose and lungs clear. Sold by all druggists at 25c and 50c.
Kirschbaum's Vitals Brand Spring Suits at Hay's. Jacob Bossert from Williams in the city Thursday. Thomas Kimbrel visited Heltonville to cry M. D. Reed's sale. Mrs. Catherine Cole went to Springville to visit relatives. Mrs. Ira Stone of Trinity Springs visited on business. Wallace Dye moved his family to West 14th street. John Ficher and wife spent Thursday in Heltonville with friends. Mrs. Florence Sears and children, guests of Emanuel Sears, were in town. Mrs. Morton Duncan, ill with rheumatism, reported slightly better. Rev. Harley Jackson moved from Deal to the Otis cottages on South H street. Lee Brown returned home from Armstrong. Lillie Sears, four, died Sunday and was buried Monday at Old Union. Miss Sue Clipp visiting her parents in Bedford from Columbus. Wm. McHenry of Indianapolis to make Bedford his future home. He is father of several local school staff. Hale Bradt and P. C. Emmons, Bloomington teachers, in town for Southern Indiana Teachers’ Association in Seymour.
Joseph P. Allen and E. M. Young travel to Georgia on business. Rice Haverly buys Will Jones store on West 16th Street and will take possession in about a week. Will Sears travels to Indianapolis to arrange contract for his patented Fertilizer Distributor Cultivator. Republican leaders in Maryland black belt counties set up schools to prepare negroes for new election law tests. Local figures attend Southern Indiana Teachers Association meeting in Seymour. Several Indiana dailies from small towns are folding, including Brazil Miner and Veedersburg Record. Linton Call appeals to business leaders for support.
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