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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1907
Page
4
A historical scanned note lists remedies for sore throat quinsey distemper coughs and colds and influenza. It mentions lung and pleural conditions and various disorders including miscarriage kidney and bladder issues skin diseases mange eruptions and stomach problems with names of preparations and suppliers.
Two surveying groups operate near Bloomington and Stanford as Monroe County eyes a proposed line from Indianapolis through Brown County to Bedford and French Lick. The Salt Creek camp aids a line not reaching Bloomington while the Stanford crew scours a route from Indianapolis to Martinsville via Linton. Linton voters approved a $65,000 tax to fund the project with future township elections to decide a 2 percent subsidy tax.
A historical recap notes numerous April milestones from the Civil War era. It cites Union reaction at Fort Sumter, Lincoln’s call for volunteers, Baltimore tensions, blockades, later battles, and the war’s final acts, marking April as a month of pivotal moments and anniversaries.
William F. Worcester of the Bureau of Census visited Terre Haute to prepare a Wabash river water transportation census. The survey will tabulate tonnage, value, and income from freight, passengers, and towing across the river, including all government registered boats. Worcester will travel to Vincennes and other towns as the agency reports confidential per-boat data but aggregates will compare local activity. A. S. Wilcox is seriously ill at his Tunnelton home with poor health for years and little hope of recovery.
The City Board of Health reports about 100 new measles cases daily, pushing the epidemic to a total of 3,461. Despite the high case count, the number of schoolchildren affected is surprisingly small, suggesting cases spread mainly to preschoolers or older youths and adults outside school. Reports from public schools show only a few pupils out sick, ranging from two in small schools to eighty or ninety in large ones, totaling about 1,000 pupils.
James Chaillaux bought a Maxwell Runabout in Indianapolis and set out for home with a shopman. The trip encountered trouble in Brown county and Bloomington with repairs, a bunged tire in Mitchell, and a soak at Orleans before completion. The Mitchell Tribune notes the humorous, costly ordeal and Chaillaux’s dusty, grease stained return.
In a spring reflection the piece praises baseball as the finest national game free from graft or ruffianism, contrasting it with horse racing boxing and football. It asserts baseball attracts broad interest, yields big earnings, and is a wholesome sport for all ages.
Conductor James Ross of the Monon lineup, veteran of almost 45 years in railroading, has served 35 years as a conductor including long runs from Louisville to Chicago. He reports no passenger injuries in all that time and no accidents drawing blood in his 45 years, a standout safety record among railroad men.
Alonzo Goodman and attorney John H. Underwood file suit for divorce from Christina Goodman alleging separation since June 4, 1906 and adultery. The complaint also accuses Christina of encouraging the four children from a former marriage to leave the home and of striking the plaintiff. The rest of the item notes a lightning strike on a barn near Dillsboro Indiana, damages to a horse and a white necked cow, tax valuation requests by United States Express and Adams Express companies, and a noted beautification effort by Atlas Engine Works of Indianapolis.
Reports from Vincennes detail a clash at a Big Gem restaurant between Lex Johnson and James Myers, a North Seventh street shooting gallery operator claiming detective ties. Johnson faced assault charges while Myers asserted concealed weapon carrying. Chief Fuller denied Meyers employment and noted ongoing rumors of detective work. Local notices mention various residents' health, property sales, and community updates amid a broader regional crop and market conditions discussion.
Mrs J H Hartley received word of the death of her niece Mrs Jessie Malott Davis in Los Animos Colorado after years of illness. She leaves a husband and four children, with remains to be taken to Abilene Kansas for interment. Mrs Bain of Martinsville and Mrs Askew of San Francisco also mourn deaths in this report. Gladys East, six, of Heltonville died Thursday night and was buried Saturday at Gilgal.
Reports from Borden, center of berry growing in southern Indiana, indicate the strawberry crop will be only fair due to cold weather. Largest growers fear only an average crop, possibly below. Early strawberries killed. about a third of the usual raspberry crop. apples peaches plums pears and cherries also badly damaged.
A Bloomington investigation shows ten thousand dollars have been lost over a decade due to prosecutors charging only five dollars when a guilty plea is entered. The proper fee is seven dollars, and the error spans Monroe and Lawrence counties with only Lawrence reporting proper taxation. The case prompts questions about clerk taxation and historic fee practices.
Indiana officials order the Putnamville bridge altered or removed after twenty two deaths since 1854. The structure, four feet above a streetcar path, has long troubled Monon Railroad and local authorities. Other items note a recovering resident Aylette Whitted, a 101-year-old wedding invitation, civil service exams in Indiana agencies, and regional health and infrastructure concerns.
Railroads plan to oppose the interstate portion of the full crew law while complying with state only trains. The Railroad Commission will enforce, with fines from 100 to 500 dollars. An official inquiry to J C Sullivan of the Peru division of the Wabash was issued, returnable by April 15.
William Flynn of the New York district investigates rumors of a Pennsylvania anarchist plot to assassinate President Roosevelt. Jan Bartula provided details, naming several Audenried and Honeybrook members, with Kapitula possibly in Newark and others under surveillance.
Affidavits filed in Magistrate Holderman court Thursday afternoon charging Mrs Leah Gilman and siblings Fayne and Bessie with murdering Dana Gilman whose body was found on a commons near her home on November 20. Grand jury ignored case recently. Bonds set at 2500 for mother and son and 2000 for two daughters. Daughter Bessie to attend court from German town. Also notes Deputy Sheriff John Arvin robbed by gypsies on a country road near Shoals. purse returned after threat of arrest.
Dickey confessed after questioning and implicated Albert Maxwell who was arrested in Indianapolis while en route to join the navy. Goods worth 500 dollars including watches and diamonds were taken and later recovered. Grand jury to hear case. defendants aged 18.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dalton of South H Street has scarlet fever, bringing the city total to four cases. Authorities report none are serious at present.
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