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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1915
Page
4
Society editor Wesley L. Rhoda and staff directories listed for The Bedford Weekly Mail Bedford Indiana including editors and managers with contact details and post office designation.
The notice outlines pricing for display ads at one year with a $1.00 base, describes 25 cent per inch rates for single to twelve insertions, and notes multiple insertions available at 25¢ per inch.
Harry Kidd and William Conners were found guilty by a Jackson County jury of burglary for robbing a general store at Reddington and attempting to rob the Springer Bank at Elizabethtown. They face a sentence of ten to twenty years. George Morris and Frank Smith were also implicated and taken to prison Saturday by Sheriff Robertson.
Tone B. Crume alias Harvey jailed in Brownstown on horse theft charges. He pleaded guilty in circuit court and drew a term from one to fourteen years in the State Reformatory. Crume admitted selling the horse for a dollar after trading several mounts and had a period of suspected mental decline before confessing. Crume claimed Cincinnati residence and the alias Harvey. Milt Myers moved a dining room to the hotel’s second floor at 15th and J streets. Mrs. W. O. Dalton and daughter Heloise visited Lawrenceport for Easter with relatives.
The Ingalls Stone Company awarded the contract to furnish Indiana Limestone from their Peerless quarry for the Hamilton County Court House in Cincinnati Ohio. Ground breaking occurred at 10 Saturday and work will proceed rapidly. The McCaul Company, general contractors, set a record on the New Haven post office by finishing ahead of time.
The will dated October 2a, witnessed by J. F. Stalker and W. H. Martin, divides the estate equally into seven parts for three surviving sisters and four heirs. Police seek two suspects Friday in connection with a local robbery tied to the disappearance of Bandoa peeker hock from Mac Mark Ninth Street home, with Medora as the likely location.
Pallaria's Italian Band will perform as a featured act at the Redpath Chautauqua program. The engagement spotlights the ensemble's spirited rhythms and traditional melodies in a regional cultural event held at the venue.
A proposed central bureau would provide maps routes and points of interest for Indiana automobile excursions and encourage tourism. Bedford hosts a Redpath Chautauqua with Alice Neilsen and Pallario’s Italian Band among the featured acts June 25th, with Thomas A. Cornellson of Chicago arranging.
A two room dwelling occupied by Pete Hawkins’s family near Pierre burned Friday evening around 4 o clock. The fire destroyed the structure before discovery, the family had no insurance, and investigators sought the cause.
The Hagenbeck Wallace circus repairs its rolling stock in local railroad shops with ornate car interiors and dining cars. Several cars will be sent to Cincinnati next week for early performances, while government animal transport bans may affect the season. The first Hagenbeck-Wallace show opens in Carthage Ohio on Saturday the 24th.
Mrs Martha Beebe aged 45 wife of Abraham Beebe died Saturday at nine at her brother TL Ikerd east of the city after lingering illness. Funeral Sunday at Leatherwood church with burial in the cemetery. Survived by husband sisters Miss Mary Ikerd and McHirain Martin and three brothers.
J Thomas Hays reports March 1914 weather for Mareh with 1.49 inches total precipitation, 2.57 inches below normal. Snow fell less than an inch. mean temperature 27.5F, high 48F, low 57F. Frost on 18 days, 15 cloudy and 10 partly cloudy, March max 61F, min 18F.
Dillion Wray and Selah Pearl Speer of Fairview were married Saturday at 12:30 by Justice Malott at his office on J Street.
A report notes an over 15 year old wide log jog house between Seymer and Preetown in Jackson county. The structure is well preserved and serves as a home for a daree family, drawing many visitors as a curiosity. Miss Beulah Spurgeon, en route from Washington to Freetown, visited this city. Mrs. Charles A. Smith traveled to Brylantsville to see her father W. H. Chapman. G. J. Henderson of Monroe City Missouri, Secretary Safety Board of Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway, returned home after visiting relatives.
Joe Waggoner of Silverville visited the city Saturday as bankers prepare new federal forms. The notes require banks to disclose directors equity, actual shares, and ownership held by others, plus deposit type and interest status to assess risk and potential failures.
Married Dy Asti of Witlia and Manion and Miss Rose Stages of Oolitic wed Justice Malott on J street Saturday at 22:50. They will live in Oolitic. Willie Manion and Rosa Staggs, both of Oolitic, and Dillon Wray of Zelma with Selah Reed Speer of Bedford were announce d as partners. Mrs Wesley Golden and family return from Dupont Indiana after death of two year old Genevieve. burial in Dupont Cemetery on March 29.
Estes Browning and Miss Nellie Lockman were quietly married Sunday afternoon at 12 59 by Rev Doyle Radcliff of the Regular Baptist church. The bride is the church organist and Browning a deacon, with many relatives and friends present for a sumptuous dinner after services.
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