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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1900
Page
4
The S I Shops overhaul cars and cabouses while lines report rising business. Coal and freight rise. the Monon and Southern Indiana prep spring excursions and new steel rails. Wreck fatalities near Cochran are reported with survivor details. dividends and costs of rail operation noted.
The notice lists subscription deals for multiple papers with annual and weekly prices and details a network of local agents. It includes testimonials praising Foley's Kidney Cure by A. B. Farrington and W. P. Elliott.
Unclaimed mail for week ending April 21 1900 listed as LADIES and GENTLEMEN names. Readers are urged to call at the Bedford Post Office to claim the letters with the note advertise. Vinson V Williams P. M. handles the notices.
Advertisement notes Bucklein's Arnica Salve promising quick pain relief and healing for burns sores ulcers boils and other skin troubles with a 25 cent price and guarantee. It also mentions F T Sherwood displaying a four bore shotgun made by George Smith capable of killing at 150 yards and a patient from Morgantown Indiana cured by Foley's Kidney Cure.
Reports from around the globe note Cuban insular affairs and cabinet resignations in Cuba and the Philippines. American casualties in Manila rise as insurgent activity grows in Luzon. Domestic political shifts include Indiana Democratic conventions and Montana senatorial contest developments.
Hes ter Veach of Springville Indiana died April 20 1900 at age 55. Daughter of two faiths she walked with the Church of Christ and was a devoted mother to a long-lost son. Funeral drew many local families who honored a servant of God. Also an advertisement touts Chamberlain Pain Balm for rheumatism and injuries with Warranteed bottles at 25 and 50 cents from W C Elliott Druggist.
Mrs Lavina Humston died in Bedford on March 9 1900 in her eighty first year. She was wife of William Humston and a devout church member who cared for the sick and hosted the circuit preacher. Survived by four children with nine total in the family. William Erwin of Bedford National Bank left for West Baden for a few days.
A reader testifies that Chamberlains Cough Remedy cured a severe cold and cough rapidly. The Herald notes the product as the best medicine for colds and coughs and lists Elliott's Drug Store as a seller. The notice also mentions Fo leys Honey and Tar as protection from grippe coughs. Nearby reports include a local farmer Aylette Younger visiting, Joseph Todd selling organs, Charley Fountain ill with pneumonia fever, and George Black purchasing two year old mares for 240 dollars.
Miss Nellie Butler of Heltonville visited friends in Leesville last week. H. H. Harrell plans a move from Leesville to Grayson this week. E. C. Consalus of Bedford visited his mother here Sunday. Dr. S. W. Smith made a business trip to Bedford last Monday. Dr. W. H. Smith and wife of Bedford were visiting in Leesville Sunday. Frank Reynolds funeral at Dixon graveyard Sunday with burial in Shields cemetery. Rev. C. G. Ward of Tunnelton to preach at the M E church next Sunday night. Miss Della Holland visiting in Bedford this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bennett traveled to Bedford last week.
Advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and portraying testimonials. Mentions price 75 cents per bottle and distribution by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Also includes crude note about S and Kildoyle and a machinist recounting Yaqui War context and Indian portrayal.
A Philadelphia man credits Electric Bitters with saving his life after doctors gave him up. The ad notes 50 cent price and local drugstore. A census notice warns fines for nonresponse and outlines questions upcoming in June as 50,000 enumerators conduct the twelfth census. William Bass of Horace Richardson's store takes a week off to visit relatives.
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