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Newspaper

Bedford Weekly Mail

Location

Bedford, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1902

Page

3

Bedford City News Roundup Itinerary and Local Notes

Local notices report Ed Trueblood papering Goulds Pharmacy and Maddox Bros barber shop. Town visits by Squire Evans Indian Creek and Solon Wilcox Tunnelton. Isaac H Crimis Indianapolis at State Convention. BE Dye at Republican State Convention in Indianapolis. Marriage license issued Hendrickson Pearson. Katy Cline visiting North Bedford. Susie Green ill with pneumonia. Various moves include Dr R R Braxton going to Guthrie and Lowery Byers health concerns. Stone City Telephone erecting poles. local transport and factory updates. Miss Bessie Pierce visits Williams. Monon engine work. evangelist Fields preaching. gravel trains and rail updates.

Local notes and visits across Indiana towns

Andy Fine suffers a facial boi while Mitchell residents Sam McCain and Homer Campbell visit from Shoals and Mitchell. Joseph Hanna and Tra McDowell travel between towns. Bert Wicker and Willie Guthrie spend Sundays with friends and family. Regulars Reed Bass and engineer Dobson are assigned to new locomotive duties. Lawrence Lee returns from Florida. Dan Iseminger and William Hammond take leaves and jobs in Indianapolis and Springville.

Five Houses Burned In Northern Lawrence County Fires

Terrible forest fires raged along the northern border of Lawrence county after noon Tuesday driven by very high south winds. In Chapple Hill a fire swept miles, destroying fencing but not homes. At Yellowstone two farm houses were burned but saved by hard work. A Brown county fire near Elkinsville destroyed five houses with outbuildings and fences, causing several thousand dollars in losses.

Lawrence County Chapple Hill Lawrence Monroe Yellowstone Heltonville Morroe County Elkinsville Brown County

Local notes from Bedford area highlight moves and illness

Bryanth ville resident D W Sharwood visits town while Charles Bivins tends silk care at home on north H street. Bonnie Davis is ill on east 15th street. Will Brannaman moved his family from West Baden to Dorman Douglass. Leesville citizen in town Saturday. Odd Fellows set anniversary for the 26th. Vivian Sawyer ill at North F street. H C Whiting adds a veranda on 16th street. Herman Boyd moved goods to his father’s farm on White River. Ed Fillion of Mitchell and Peter Fillion guests Sunday in Bedford. Beginning May 1 Manon to lay 40 miles of 80 pound rails from Horse Shoe south. Homer Corbin, working at Elnora, visits Bedford. Sayle Fish leaves for Terre Haute State Normal likely staying a year. John L Woods road contractor returns from Daviess and Orange counties. L D Strain returns to duty after ankle sprain. Mrs Louis Schultz and baby back from Bartlettsville visit. John Hitchison returns from Mitchell and will work in Bedford this summer. Amanda Fisher returns to Bossett from West 19th street. Monon receives new freight cars from Barker Haskell works. capacity 80 000 pounds. Ringling Brothers ad car taken south on No 5. Bedford billed in one day. Twenty yearloads of oak cross ties from Borden hauled north on Monon by engine No 209 and mogul No 32. Richard Campbell 64 dies of pneumonia at Oolitic on Friday. buried at Green Hill with services by Rev R Scott Hyde. Mrs Will Duncan and children go to Bloomington then to Indian Territory where Mr Duncan serves in engineer corps.

Diverse notices and events in Bedford and vicinity

Local notices report rheumatism, travel to South Dakota, marriage licenses for Elkin and Lamb, and bonds of property improvements on North I Street and South H Street. Community updates include Ringling Bros trains via Monon, a water tank at Hilliston, and various visits, illnesses, and travels among Bedford residents. The Monon and Ringling promotions, state convention delegate notes, and county reunions are noted with dates and locations.

New Stéré Up-to-date Dry Goods Display

Come in and see the latest dry goods and carpets as we discuss our selection. Staff will guide you through the newest patterns and materials available today.

Victoria Ingrai

Police court notes show liquor sale fine and street brawl

Frank Drehobel paid 18 dollars after being fined for selling liquor on Sunday. Dark Hollow men from Dark Hollow attacked the saloon, prompting police to intervene as barkeeper Drehobel defended his premises. Thomas Kidd received 28 dollars for assault and carrying concealed weapons, with gaming charges to follow against saloon patrons.

Frank Drehobel Fletcher Myers Dark Hollow West Side Policeman Myers Teuton Frank Drehobel Thomas Kidd

Foster's for GOOD SHOES and visits from Yandall family

Ed Holmes returns to Williams after a short visit with Dr Yandall and wife who attended the Cogswell family reunion and left Friday for Lemiston Idaho. T W Holland and wife of Bedford travel to New Washington to visit Rev Manuel and family. The Indiana Southern is building a new depot at the I and W crossing aiding travelers. Ras Dobbins brings selected Northern seed corn of 1900 crop to Dobbins Bros wholesale house. J M Robinson Norton Co Louisville files attachment on stock of William A Baker political merchant. inventory totals about 1500. Reports of new arrivals include 7 elephants and 24 monkeys for H B Gentry shows arriving by express. A 1792 US law requires enrollment for military duty of able bodied citizens 18 to 45 with specified gear. noncompliance risks fine and imprisonment.

Ras Dobbins Lawrence County Dobbins Bros J.M. Robinson, Norton & Co Louisville, Ky William A. Baker Sheriff Smith Harry Gainey M. O. Hert H. B. Gentry New York American Express Bloomington United States

Notice To Taxpayers for 1901 Taxes Due May First

Notice to Taxpayers announces taxes for 1901 due and payable. If the first installment is not paid by the first Monday in May the entire year’s taxes become delinquent with a 10 percent penalty. Readiness urged to avoid end of period rush. W H West Treasurer Lawrence Co.

W. H. West Treas. Lawrence Co

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