Hamer Day Funeral Directors Featured in Local Ad
An advertisement for Hamer & Day, embalmers and funeral directors, appears in the issue. The notice mentions an attendant at the store night and day at the East Corner location, 574.
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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1900
Page
3
An advertisement for Hamer & Day, embalmers and funeral directors, appears in the issue. The notice mentions an attendant at the store night and day at the East Corner location, 574.
Mitchell visitors and residents travel to Indianapolis for business and social events. A marriage license was issued. Republican gains praised as city improves finances. Community figures like August Unkel and George D. Abraham are highlighted for leadership and involvement.
Lysander Montgomery of near Erie visited town Monday while Marion G. Cole went to Indianapolis on business Tuesday. Emanuel Sears shows rheumatism improvement. Mrs Ula Hart ill with malaria on North J street. E B Love of Nashville visited Saturday. Lillie Parrott gravely ill with pneumonia. Alex Bivins seriously ill with catarrh of the bowels in North Bedford. Greensburg readies for free mail delivery and numbers streets. Summit Lane noted as a street between 9th and 10th. Webb Huff from Indian Springs en route to Republican State Convention Wednesday. Progress Clothing Co adds new north side awning. Trustee West examined two graduates at Court House Saturday. Married by Judge Chrisler Joseph Mundy and Cenia Buskirk of Limestone on Tuesday evening. Prof W J Homer of Bedford to Danville Ky for Harding & Riehm. Harry Brown improves property with stone wall and water works. Minnie Winder returns to Ellettsville from visit east of town. Ex postmaster J W McCarty of Washington in town en route to Indianapolis for Royal Arcanum meeting. Rails pile at 17th and G set afire by boys. no harm. Aura Smith to Kansas for four to five weeks of meetings with husband Rev Aura Smith. H G Laiyards and wife and W P Buzzaird discharged after smallpox exposure. Club House folks to be discharged later.
Wade Mason and Charley Mason of Springville visited the city Friday along with Curtis Ray Republican candidate for Trustee. Several others including Rev C L Norman of Bartletsville and John Wilder traveled for business or conference. The Standard Oil Co received a car load of 60 gallon tanks, and a state convention in Indianapolis drew politicians like Col V V Williams Col A GC Voris Oliver M Cosner D Y Johnson and John D Williams.
Neighbors and friends are thanked for aid during illness and death of a son from Limestone, Indiana. Rev H A Severinghaus of Bedford will preach at the German M E church. G A R plans Decoration Day committees early. Mec McClure's Magazine May issue features Simon Newcomb on the total May solar eclipse and prior eclipse insights, with full illustrations.
Prof George P Parks offers magnetic treatment for chronic illnesses including nervous disorders and female troubles with free consultation. Training in magnetic healing available to others at Cor 17th and I St Bedford.
A display promotes a large collection of floor covering and draperies in the region. The ad invites readers to visit and discuss carpet and curtain needs with staff.
Judge Stephenson Saturday forenoon assessed Sam Forrester 13.50 for intoxication with stay, and Cal Chambers 9 for the same offense, the latter jailed. Community notes mention local visits, elections, and upcoming mayoral race as Linton adopts city airs after May 1.
City Engineer Gus Houston offers to donate land for a church. A six year old loses part of a finger in a tobacco cutter at Buchanan's store. Dedication services draw visitors from Springville. Funeral of Mrs. Jacob Gehring held after illness in Williams. Bedford post office stocks new 2 cent stamp books with 1 cent binding fee. Prof. Thomas Jackson visits Danville Indiana then Cedarburg Wisconsin for summer work. George Perkins dies after leg injury from a rail in Surprise and is buried at Beech Grove. Local families attend Mrs Bennett’s funeral at Avoca. Miss Carrie Robinson arrives from Indianapolis to visit Radford friends. Fred and John Strout prepare a 25 foot gasoline launch for fishing parties. Consolidated Stone Company files $250,000 mortgage for six percent first mortgage bonds dated May 1 1900, payable in 20 years.
W A Webb carpets the new Baptist church. N B Hawkins from Portland Indiana visits Bedford paying taxes and urges the Indianapolis Southern railroad. State fishing season is closed for sixty days after May 1 with some waters exempt. Indiana crop conditions show warmer weather and improving crops. John M Johnson seeks re election to Third Ward council, praising Waterworks management. Cuban census reports majority native Cubans with 32 percent Negroes and 140000 qualified voters.
A local notice invites all to join the Fayetteville area on May 26 for a union decoration day to honor soldiers and citizens. Events include speeches, music, a service at the new Townhall, and a ceremony at the Old Union cemetery. Bring baskets and participate in the community affair.
A Jeffersonville push to restrict marriage licenses failed as nine Kentucky couples crossed into Gretna Green to marry Sunday. The Courier-Journal notes the move did not curb weddings and the practice remains easy for locals to wed across the border.
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