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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1903
Page
3
Portland Indiana visitors and residents move through town on Tuesday with business calls family visits and residential changes. Notables include N B Hawkins Mabel Enocles Stella Naugle and R P Carpenter while Frank Daggy’s burial and public library openings also mark the day. Willis Urmey returns from Chattanooga improved health and Louis Koerner plans a permanent move to the area.
James Harris the cabman is noted for his key cab. Various figures visit the city for business and weddings are cited, including a license for Thomas Parham and Dora Guthrie. A Malott-Ragsddle wedding is mentioned with Rev. Harley Jackson. professors and tailors are referenced, and a broader regional note covers strikes, factory takeovers, strawberry crops, and insurance lawsuits tied to a Boston store fire.
Bedford Public Schools shut for four days as about fifteen hundred teachers converge on Vincennes for the twenty-seventh Southern Indiana Teachers Association meeting. Visitors fill homes and hotels with plans for a city carriage tour, visits to historic sites, a Friday night reception, and speeches by notable educators.
A Card Of Thanks expresses heartfelt gratitude to friends and neighbors for support during sickness and death of Beulah BowMan. The Gentry Bros show No 4 led by Frank W Gentry will pass through next Saturday bound for Mississippi to start the 1908 season. The first printed copies of the 1903 General Assembly acts are being distributed by the Secretary of State with a May proclamation to set dates for acts without emergency clauses. The Indiana weather bulletin for the week ending April 6 notes wet conditions delaying plowing in the south and upper Wabash valley, but overall favorable farming conditions with crops at good growth aided by a rainfall on April 3 followed by a cold snap. Frost ranged from 17 to 20 degrees, harming fruit like peaches and cherries but not decisively damaging crops. final effects on apples and pears remain to be determined.
A Bloomington column lists visits and homes of residents from Chicago to Indianapolis. It notes stone company formation near the National quarry, 15 acres bought, $100000 capital, and officers Brissenden Holdscraft Shaw Randall Mitchell. The state weekly page law is declared unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court as violating due process and rights.
Mrs. Augusta Shuart passed away Monday evening at 6 oclock after a long illness. She was in her 74th year. The funeral was held at her son William A Shuart home 1212 M Street Wednesday at 2 pm. Burial followed at Green Hill Cemetery.
Births report a 10 pound girl to Mr and Mrs Henry Hoff and a five daughter to Mr and Mrs Oscar Medaris. Other items note Captain Elijah Edington visiting, fishing trip, business trips, pension increase for William Wease, and moves to Wichita. A Loogootee election approved a city charter by seventy vote margin. Minor injuries at Bradley stone yard and a road-venue change suit discuss.
Elder Chrisler led a Church of Christ meeting in Mitchell. Ada Withers recovers from malaria. Frank Bailey resigns from Bedford Hardware due to ill health. Licenses issued for Fred Wisley and Maud Medaris, William Pace and Mary Dunlavy. Mrs Chas Payne hosts her father J M Newby of Kansas City. Chris Smith hires workers to build a stone basement on Gus Rhoda’s South H street home. Also included are opinions on European strikes and a discussion of the Indiana Supreme Court ruling voiding a 1899 weekly wage law, with debate on contract freedom and wage timing.
James Roberts aged 63 of Springville was found dead in his chair this morning under suspicious circumstances and a coroner inquest was requested. Coroner Plummer and Clerk S J Richardson will travel from Leesville to Springville this afternoon to investigate the death. Roberts was married to Miss Nannie Bennett in the county clerk's office on February 13th 193. He was said to be a property owner.
City Council limits include appointing a committee to confer on square grading and paving with the County Council. A petition to improve 15th street from J to K with sidewalks was referred to the committee, while widening 15th street from R to the line was sent to the City Engineer. The Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. awarded a 500 feet hose contract at 315 dollars.
The Board of Commissioners adjourned consideration of jail plans until the next term after dissatisfaction with submissions. One architect appeared for the competition. no decision was made. Liquor licenses were granted to Chas E Hall Milton Myers Bedford Chas E Smith Mitchell Killis Bex Huron and Charles H Cooper for Tunneltos. Temperance groups opposed Cooper’s license noting the Oolitic News notice may not circulate locally. the board upheld the notice as valid.
Oscar Browning was fined and assessed costs of 19.50 by the mayor for associating. A girl named Dickey at Hatfield House was fined 13.50 for associating with improper characters. Cash Johnson was fined 14.50 for assault and battery on Norman Starr and jailed. Two stone cutters, Tracy Sharp and H McConnell, received 10.50 each for intoxication. a smallpox quarantine for Wes Flora’s family was lifted. School closed for Beulah Bowman’s funeral. Blanch Bowman’s sister honored by Juniors with carnations.
Superintendent Alexander presented teachers with admission tickets to the Association at Vincennes. The expense is borne by the teachers, who were surprised to receive cards with Mr Alexander's compliments.
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