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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1915
Page
3
Community members visit kin in Worthington and nearby towns. Families attend church services, births reported, illnesses update Isaac Ritter and others, while farmers begin spring plowing and locals discuss road work and shop news.
Frank Young reports Horace Phar14 to Liewmatt very sick at Bedford. Mrs Clara Clark trips to Heltonville. Mr and Mrs John Thurmen suffer grip. Sunday school began at Freedom church on April 4. Mrs Mary Cannon in critical lung trouble at her mother's Yellowstone home. Aunt Martha Reynolds very ill and bedridden. Pearl Fleethood newly on top of Liberty. Mrs J C Montgomery and children move to J Larry Montgomery’s farm. Freda Young visits aunt near Liberty. Albert Grown and wife shop in Mitchell. Ebb Bennett and family visit J I Stewart. Rain started grass and wheat growth. Wilson Adams moves family near Coxton. John Williams to preach at Union next Sunday. Charlie Crawford and Gelah Crawford visit Albert Fountain. Mrs James Rink visits Walter Adamson’s. returns to Plainville. Mrs Sarah McCourth visits. grandmother of Wilma Adamson. Homer Hunsnucker visits Bedford. Local singing class formed to be taught at Old Union by West McClung. Elmer Knight goes to Salem.
Miss Nettie Holmes visits Bloomfield sister. Several residents and visitors travel between Springville Bedford and surrounding towns. A shooting in Elnora leads to an assault charge against Cox with updates on Dillon's condition and local court action.
Fairview correspondent reports visits and social events. Dillon Wray and Tudah Speer wed in Bedford on Saturday. Florence Weaver visits Fort Ritner. several families enjoy Sunday gatherings and church attendance. School closes with early finish. appreciation for community travel and visiting relatives noted.
Miss Zera Haley departed Tuesday morning for Seymour to spend a few days with relatives. Pete Norman, a prominent farmer from Norman Station, was in the city on Wednesday.
Harry Riggs, a young man linked to the Boone Leonard automobile theft with Cecil Lay, was transported to Jeffersonville Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff Clay Tyree to begin a one to fourteen year term for grand larceny. Lay remains at large after a Bardstown capture. both had escaped jail earlier amid a wider manhunt.
The filing husband claims cruelty and threats to destroy the couple and their home. They wed July 8 1906 and separated April 3 1915, with the wife seeking a restraining order and return of her personal effects and furniture.
Oscar Johnson known locally was arrested Wednesday to serve an old fine left unpaid. He faces a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill James Johnson in Litlwvon. Surety of the peace petitions will be filed in a justice court. Captain J D Alexander attended memorial services for Judge W H Martin and returned home to Owensburg. Mrs M C Clark is ill on West 17th Street. Mrs Joseph D Heiger visited relatives in Louisville and returned home. Miss Lelia Rowe travels to Boston for the week.
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