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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1913
Page
4
The Bedford Weekly Mail lists staff including Bert C. Wicker as News Editor and Circulation Manager, Mrs. Harry Askew as Society Editor, and Curt Jocelyn as Manager Job Department with respective phone numbers.
County subscription rates listed as one year outside the county and within the county. Advertising rates show legal notices with first insertion one dollar per square inch and subsequent insertions at fifty cents per square inch.
Mrs. Charles Ragsdale died Friday in Indianapolis from asthma. Funeral plans are pending with relatives in the area.
Mrs. Charles Regsdale learns of the death of her uncle Charles Wostenbader in Indianapolis after a lingering illness from asthma. A native of Stuttgart who came to the U S as a youth, he served in Company A UT Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War. Survived by a wife and five children, he lived in Indianapolis the last years. Funeral at the family home Wednesday at 2 PM.
The Ft Ritner flood reached eight feet nine inches above previous highs and destroyed or damaged most homes and stores. Rescue saved elderly couple and others. Elks fund drives aid, while houses, a church and businesses suffered extensive losses.
Mr and Mrs Quincy Robinson and their infant daughter arrived from Dayton Ohio via Louisville. They sheltered with Mrs Bone Wuready on East 17th street while he searched for belongings and a Shirk Bros position. Mrs Robinson recalled harrowing attic flood rescue as water filled the cottage. Their child Virginia Hogan remains ill at home on West 13th street.
Police raid on Frank Quinley's place Under the Old Apple Tree near Monon station found several bottles of alleged beer and two bottles of whiskey. Whiskey found on Quinley leads to a charge of running a blind tiger. hearing set for Thursday, bail $200 posted or jailed Saturday.
The B and O S W line between Medora and Wallonia suffers heavy track damage with the Medora bridge out. Trestle work will allow service to Washington before a permanent bridge is finished. The Southeastern Line construction train reaches Cortland and may reach Seymour this week. Pennsylvanian road crews near Rockford replace track to restore temporary service.
The fifth annual Purdue egg show will be held in the Agricultural Building May 14 15 16 with no entry fee. Prizes in cups and cash attract breeders statewide. Exhibits are divided into General Commercial Student classes and scoring will use a standard score card. Premium list and entry blanks available from Secretary Purdue Egg Show West Lafayette Indiana.
Two truck loads of mail were loaded at the Southeastern station Saturday for Washington and Vincennes. The mail travels via Bee Hunter and the I. & W. A donkey from Washington will meet the mail train along the route.
James W. Batman of Mitchell, a prominent Lehigh Portland Cement Company official, visited the city Friday seeking solutions to shipments and coal supply. Recent high water has hindered exporting product and feeding the plant.
In Chicago and beyond the Progressive ticket fails to gain ground as Republicans outvote the movement in major elections. The piece argues the GOP outliving the Progressives, notes Roosevelt’s Bull Moose influence faded, and predicts continued GOP strength unless Democratic policies notably fail or succeed.
The Good Citizens League in Mitchell opposes liquor licenses. the Vets withdrew 34 remonstrances while the Dr vy faction filed new remonstrances for two wards. The Board of Commissioners will hear ten liquor license applications at the upcoming regular session.
The Bedford and Bloomfield branch of the Monon operated to Bloomfield Friday and will continue trips there unless an accident makes the track unsafe. The section beyond Bloomfield is in very poor condition and could take weeks to repair to first class standard.
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