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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1913
Page
4
The Bedford Weekly Mail is a dual county paper from Bedford Indiana with Otis and Brooks as proprietors and Thomas J Brooks as editor. It lists staff including Leat C Wicker as managing editor Mrs Tarry Askew as society editor and Curt Jocelyn as manager job department with contact numbers.
Publication details list legal advertising rates for first insertion and subsequent insertions. Rates per square inch and per line shown. Also includes local reading master advertising charges and multiple insertion scales.
Friday evening six young ladies organized an ice cream social that drew a large crowd. The event raised 22.50 for flood relief, with proceeds to aid Fort Ritner repairs.
A valuable horse owned by Dee Meyers near Williams was struck and killed by an electric bolt Friday night. The incident underscores the dangers of severe weather to livestock in rural areas.
The Bedford Light heat and Power Company is renamed Interstate Public Service Company. The Bedford plant was taken over months ago and new stationery arrived Saturday. No management changes occurred.
James Tewell convicted Friday of illegal liquor sale and fined 250 dollars plus costs with a sixty day jail term. Jury returned verdict after about two hours. Five underage buyers involved factors likely influenced the severity.
A voltage storm struck two barns in the area. Thomas Granaman's barn five miles south of Norman Station was wiped out with five horses burned. Nearby, William Browning's barn one and a half miles south of Heltonville was struck. one horse died though the building did not burn.
A Friday night electrical storm in the community produced brilliant and frequent lightning. Spectators called it remarkable as a spectacle. The Hecht circuit burned out during the storm and a portion of the city was left in darkness.
Marion resident Coin J. Beeler married Oolitic native Wynonia Anderson at the bride's home with Rev. Banks officiating. Lois Hays maid of honor and Les Gainey best man. reception followed. The couple will live in Marion with Beeler's parents.
Robbers broke into the Mt Olive post office on Friday and took 99 dollars worth of postage stamps. Dogs traced a trail from the office to a barn where a money drawer was found, then to Williams station and toward the river, suggesting use of a boat to escape.
The Southeastern line station at Williams was burglarized Friday night with minimal losses. Only postage stamps disappeared while ticket cabinets were intact. Owens bloodhounds were sent from the city to the scene by morning train as Williams station faces repeated break ins.
Residents and police surrounded Emons Flour Mill Friday evening after reports of a man seen entering the building. Despite a full search of the mill and surrounding exits, no burglar was found and nothing appeared missing. A witness across the street saw a man climb from a buggy and the same rig pass by later.
A dog head found to be rabid after it bit Mrs. Glenn Murphy of 14th Street. Veterinary exam and state lab tests confirmed canine madness. The dog also bit a four year old boy in the same house and raised fears of infection due to a hand sore.
T W Carter local grocer offers a nine by twelve foot tent to shelter a destitute flood family. Mrs John H Underwood president of the Dorcas Society was notified and it is understood the tender will be accepted. Citizens have donated generously for flood victims and the Dorcas Society is praised for its work.
C I L Company moved twenty four freight trains through the city Friday pulling four hundred eighty two loaded cars. The tally covers midnight Thursday to the same hour Friday night and includes only loads, not empties or cars picked up at Horse Shoe.
The Baltimore & Ohio establish through train service from Lawrenceburg to St. Louis with no express trains. Passengers and baggage are moved by boat from Lawrenceburg to Main Street Cincinnati. Freight trains run Washington to Mitchell with car detours via Monon or storage in Mitchell yards.
Bedford United Choirs under Rudolf Heyne present Robert Schumann Paradise and Peri with soprano Mrs Everett Tagan and the orchestra at the High School May 5 to benefit the Senior Class. Full rehearsal Monday at 7 PM.
Washington reports a radical shift in U S tariff policy toward forest products under the Wilson Underwood bill removing duties on lumber and most forest goods with exceptions. Canada would be the main supplier, while fears arise for planing mills along the northern border and Mexico may supply future wood. Statistics show U S lumber production around 50 billion feet with significant portions used for mill products, rough lumber, and exports. Gifford Pinchot had urged duties to aid conservation amid Aldrich law changes.
Mr Hervie Wicker and Miss Mamie Dixon both of Ft Ritner were married at 2 PM in the clerk's office by Rev John Williams. The bride, daughter of N S Dixon, is praised for her popularity. the groom, son of Mr and Mrs A C Wicker, is likewise well regarded. They will live with the groom's parents for now.
The Informal club was pleasantly entertained Friday afternoon by Mrs. J. M. Burnham at her home on N street. Delicious refreshments were served and a happy afternoon was enjoyed with the hostess and her sister, Mrs. Horton, of Mitchell.
A well dressed man passed a forged $12 check on Harbaugh and Schooley at night, claiming to buy fishing tackle. Lights failed during the deal, and the clerk later discovered the check was forged, signed by Mitchell Guthrie and endorsed by the same man. The firm notified Guthrie, who confirmed the forgery.
L A Brock conductor of Menon local No 43 was arrested at the Afonon station charged with blocking a public highway after a freight train reportedly stood at Market street crossing for twenty five minutes. He pleaded guilty before Mayor Wert and paid 20 with costs.
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