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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
4
An 19th century advertisement asserts Humphreys Witch Hazel Oil provides instant relief and cures a wide range of ailments from piles and fistulas to boils and burns. It promotes three sizes 25¢ 50¢ and $1.00 and states products are sold by druggists or sent prepaid from Humphreys Medical Co New York.
The S I section crews install a new switch west of Bell track while engines and crews move between Washington Burns City Elnora and Mitchell. Changes include engineers, firemen, and a new foreman on the S W division as steel cars are gathered for the Willson extension.
County rail updates note new station work at Lafayette and Jasonville, ballast and track enhancements, and a proposed southern railroad study. Monthly engine rebuilds at Monon shops, personnel moves, and a key court ruling on a Huff v. C L L RR case are also reported.
A grippe cough can last months and sometimes prove fatal after danger passes. Foley's Honey and Tar offers protection from coughs. James McDowell, a new hardware merchant at Oolitic and former sheriff of Lawrence county, was in town on business. Thos W. Carter of Ashboro NC reports Foley's Kidney Cure cured his kidney trouble with no substitute.
Weather clear for hay and oats sowing continues. Residents report peach crops promising. several local families visit kin. Flynn from Lusane Hospital at Louisville returns home. Notes on minor illnesses, a few trips, and a kidney cure testimonial for Foley's Kidney Cure by W C Elliott.
Leonard Weaver six months ill with whooping cough. Leonard Crawford and family visit Sam S Weaver. Amos J Flinn sells business to Willard Ingle and transfers possession. Ingle plans stock increase. Rev Peter Agnes wife ill. Snakes appear and eagles reportedly seen. Joseph Weaver from Fairview visits relatives.
An advertisement from W C Elliott touts Foley's Honey and Tar as guaranteed to cure the grippe cough and restore strength and health.
Bedford resident Mrs Caroline Parks visits sick brother. Clarence Pate dies near here and is buried at Proctor graveyard. Charles Coyell relocates to Mitchell to sell goods. Community members from Bono Fairview Pinhook Medora Leesville visit or travel for services and family notices. Measles illness in a small child. Improvements for Mrs J P Flinn.
An advertisement proclaims Banner Salve as the greatest healer for cuts wounds sores piles and all skin diseases with a guarantee. Creator identified as W. C. Elliott.
Garden making is the daily task as farmers sow and plow. John Wray and family moved to Washington county last week. Eld John Williams preached at the Christian church last Sunday. Miss Meda Wilton and Claude Sherrill of Erie visited friends here last Sunday. The League held a social Friday night at Jane Consalns home with Maude Hill Ida and Bettie Brock Grace present.
Bedford residents attend a literary meeting planned for April 11 at Mrs. Josie Glover’s home. Ed Bennett and Mrs. Wy rick Crames return from Washington county while A B Ellison moves into Dr Butler’s Main street property. Easter Sunday School event announced. Clarence Pate of Fort Ritner dies and is buried at Dixon cemetery. Emma Seijtzer visits Bedford friends H. H. Barrell household.
Advertising list shows multiple newspapers and one year prices, with discounted combined rates and agent contacts across Indiana Ohio and Illinois. It also lists pain balm promotion and travel excursion rates for 1900 gatherings including G A R encampment Knights Templar Republican convention and more with Southern Indiana Railway Company agent H H Roseman.
William F Woolery formerly of Bedford died in Evansville on Friday at 1 pm. His body was buried at Green Hill Cemetery Marantown Kansas on September 20 1868. Mrs Wm Conrad reports cure from nervous suffocation after using Dr J H McLeans Liver and Kidney Balm. Christian church trustees hired Wm Kaufman to draw plans for a new church. old building to be torn down in about two weeks. Jesse Thickston formerly a clerk at Eli drug store in Seymour is visiting in the city.
Telegraphic news outlines Grover Cleveland's first Princeton lecture on executive independence. Other items note anti sale sentiment in the Danish West Indies, Admiral Dewey's U S tour, flood reports from Austin Texas, and Manila era reprisals by Brig. Gen. Funston. Washington coal miners arrive to unionize, violence and arrests part of the unrest.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any case of catarra not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio praised by local druggists West Truax Walding Kincam Marvin endorse the product. Hall's Catarrh Cure sold by druggists 75 cents per bottle with testimonials. McLean's mill shutdown for repairs installing Atlas engine to run dynamo and veneer saw. Miss Fay Lane visits Hindsboro Illinois sister Mrs Ribble Sears. Bert White visiting Bloomington.
An advertisement claims users can gain a pound daily by taking an ounce of Scott's Kamul On. It describes how the dose allegedly activates the digestive system, enabling better absorption of food and resulting in weight gain.
Daily weekday schedule shows eastbound trains stopping at Linton and Washington with arrival and departure times. Stops include Elora Bedford Seymour Elizabethown Westport Breensburg and Ogden Springfield with varied morning and afternoon departures.
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