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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1906
Page
2
A long list of local items reports births illnesses travel visits and small events in Bedford Indiana including a new baby son for John Haase and Hugh Hays, visits by Hon. W. N. Matthews, Fannie Malott and others, property sales, moving plans, illnesses, county contracts, and a fatal house fire accident.
A wreck on the Monon first division near Lowell blocked traffic last night. Southbound No. 3 was over five hours late arriving at Bedford. Mr and Mrs T E Pauley left for Kentucky after he resigned as engineer on the Southern Indiana. Quarries again suffered as a tender jumped the track at Baalbec, forcing workers to walk to Bedford.
Nightly rehearsals are under way for the Indianapolis Elks minstrel show with H. C. Whiting guiding the program. The event will feature the Electrical Fountain and a group of Bedford's noted young ladies as performers.
At the Bedford Quarries Company board meeting, Vice-President E A Dickinson presented Oolitic with a large lot for municipal buildings. He had promised aid to keep the town clean and neat and has largely assisted in early efforts.
Marriage licenses granted to John Adams with Nancy J. Johnson and to William Quillan with Maude Harrison. Nearby notes report reentries of travelers, business changes, a fire department uniform update, and a Bloomfield death by suicide. Others mention oil prospecting abandoned near Portland addition, and a Riverside New York automobile valued at $23,000 with luxury fittings.
A Plymouth Rock hen owned by Dwight Mangans of Marysville Ohio lays eggs with unusual anatomy. The white skin normally beneath the shell becomes the outside covering, followed by the white of the egg and then the shell with the yolk inside. The egg is naturally soft and pliable and has drawn significant attention from farmers.
The Ladies of the Christian church schedule an Easter Market and Bazaar in the Bridwell store room on K street between 15th and 16th this Saturday April 14. A bountiful array of home made cakes bread pies salads and more will be sold along with Bonnets Dustcaps Broom dusters Aprons Colored Eggs and Easter Novelties. Ice cream will be served.
The State Florists Association of Indianapolis unveiled a new carnation at its annual State House exhibit. Grown at Ft Wayne by J M and M S Vesey, the Glendale is a large white bloom with a narrow pink border, a striking addition among recent introductions.
The Fourpaugh Sells circus planned Bloomington on May 7 and Bedford the next day but transportation issues with Monon caused the route to drop both towns. General manager Roy Feltus led the adjustments while Mel Faris previously served as press agent for two years. The Flute shows are reported to appear later in the summer.
The Methodist Evangelistic meetings at First Methodist Church attract a large audience as Dr. C. H. Yatman delivers earnest, original sermons. Evening services begin at 7 45 and afternoon meetings at 3 o'clock with a welcoming atmosphere.
A cascade of brief items notes births at Mr and Mrs Harry Gaines and William Polk, illness including Col Ruben Scott with pneumonia and Lawrence Lee near Shangwick, and visits by J M Acheson from Lafayette and J M Potter to Indianapolis. Also report on Mrs Fannie Davis, Lewis H Parker, and Frank Reed with typhoid fever, with nurse Miss Bredenthal engaged for care.
Monon Route offers round trip tickets to Indianapolis for April 24th and 25th at 2.80 with return by April 28th. Pacific coast trips to Los Angeles and San Francisco priced at 36.55. One way second class colonist to Pacific points at 46.55 until April 7th. Change of cars limited between Bedford and Pacific points. Contact Homer Fisher, Genl Agent, for details.
The Indiana Republican State Convention met at Tomlinson Hall in Indianapolis to nominate candidates including Billheimer and Hadley on the second ballot. The platform favored railroad rate regulation, protectionism, reciprocity, enforcement of antitrust laws, and support for Roosevelt. A heated exchange with a rival speaker occurred as the audience reacted with laughter to a demagogue rebuke. The WCTU announced a meeting at 1614 West Fourteenth Street on April 18 to discuss Non-Alcoholic Medication.
The Indiana Republican platform lauds President Roosevelt and his administration for creating the Department of Commerce and Labor, enacting antitrust enforcement, supporting the Panama Canal, irrigation laws, and fiscal integrity. It endorses Governor J Frank Hanly's administration for its honesty and public‑spirited taxation stance, and it backs a proposed two‑cent railroad fare law.
The Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post notes Judge Emory Speer of the U S circuit and district courts in the Southern District of Georgia as a quick wit and capable stump speaker. He once ran against Allen D. Candler for Congress, balancing Republican politics with white opposition and winning through humor and courage.
A Confederate officer’s widow seeks a postmistress appointment. President Grant’s final indorsement reveals limits of appointing power, then directs the secretary to escort her to the postmaster general, securing the commission before departure.
A guide to proper conduct on promenades notes the man should walk on the street side, salute once, remove hat if a lady is saluted, raise hat to apologize, avoid detaining a lady in conversation, and walk ahead of her in crowded streets to allow safe passage.
An Atlanta reader notes the discovery of an old volume prized by a local booklover. The volume, The History of Iome, ties Goldsmith to his era, illustrating the authors’ busy lives and the era’s rough means of making a living, including Dr Johnson’s frugal dinners and scolding landladies.
William Garrett reviews Maximilian in Atlantic prose as he and his followers are confined in Queratura. Seward’s limited efforts, court martial of boys, and Maximilian’s dignified acceptance amid execution are depicted as a somber end of monarchy in the new world.
A city woman laments the romantic notion of farm life as hardships unfold. Her husband leaves, wood is scarce, chores demand wrestling splinters, and wet shoes stain her path. Hogs chase, dress rips, a billy goat harms a child, and forty chickens linger in the parlor, proving meandering is hardly glamorous.
Sea water consists mainly of fresh water and mineral salts. The bulk is 96 percent water with 3 percent salts including sodium chloride and magnesium chloride as major components. Minor constituents include sulphates, bromides, carbonates, and trace elements such as iodine, phosphorus, arsenic, silver, copper, zinc, nickel, cobalt, iron, and gold.
A servant recalls Jackson’s prebattle routine as a signal of imminent combat. The man notes the general prays at night and, when rising early to pray again, the troops infer an upcoming engagement and prepare haversacks. This vivid anecdote appears in Mrs. Pryor’s Reminiscences.
In 1823 the opera Clori the Maid of Milan failed but yielded the popular concert favorite Frame Sweet Home. Payne adapted a Sicilian folk melody to the words, and the tune sold over 100000 copies in its first year and has remained widely heard since. The Washington Star notes a hostess aiming to spark conversation with a musical.
The nests eaten by eastern people come from swift birds whose saliva is highly sticky and forms gelatin like structures. They resemble half a saucer and are found in caves attached to rocks. They have no distinct taste but are used as a base for thick clear soup with flavorings added as desired.
Formic acid in spiders is cited as a traditional Matabele remedy for malaria and ague. A traveler in Africa reports a meal or two of spiders cured him permanently of an ague attack.
Light items mix with jokes and social notes. James Simpson visits from Cincinnati to see his mother Mrs. Simpson while Charles C Walker travels to Cincinnati for business. Isaac William of Bayetteville heads to Indianapolis for the State convention. Edward Kursner moves to West 18th Street. Mrs A G Phipps and Mrs Joseph Phipps visit Bloomington relations.
Mrs Crawford jokes about marital affection after the honeymoon while Mrs Crabshaw quips that her husband is not fond of kissing but of money, a witty exchange from Illustrated Bits.
A humorous dialogue from Between Friends notes a soft answer turning away wrath and a counter quip about wrath turning away a soft answer. Gladys-Jerrold praises someone as worth their weight in gold while a teasing line suggests a foolish boy is speaking to his creditors.
B L Millican returns from Bloomington business trip. Two Miller children near Shawswick ill. Marriage license granted to Clarence Cooper and Minda Hostetler. Mrs Olvier McAfee visiting New Albany relatives. T J Brooks back from Indianapolis where his wife Mrs Brooks has been ill.
One way second class colonist tickets to the West and Northwest on the Monon route begin February 15 and run daily to April 7. Fares include Billings $27.55, Helena Butte Anaconda and Missouri territory $33.55, Spokane $34.05, Pacific coast points $46.55, and San Francisco Sacramento Los Angeles $36.55. For information contact Homer Fisher, General Agent, Bedford Indiana.
Class No 3 of the First Baptist Church holds an Easter market at the Art Store on Saturday. Easter eggs, home made candies cookies and doughnuts will be for sale.
From October 15 through April 30 1906 the Monon Route sells Winter Tourist tickets to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo good for return until June 1 1906. Round trip price is 49.65 dollars. Homer Fisher G A.
On April 8 and 16 the Southern Indiana Bay plans to sell homeseekers tickets to Western Southern South Eastern and South Western states. Rates routes limits are available by inquiry. Our route is described as the shortest fastest and best. J. G. Ray General Agent.
The Southern Indiana Railway will sell one way settler's rates on Tuesday March 13 20 27 and April 8 10 17 24 to points in Minnesota North and South Dakota Manitoba Assiniboia and Saskatchewan Call or telephone for full particulars J G Ray General Agent.
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