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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1915
Page
6
Dr A J McDonald displays a 3 inch shrapnel shell from U S Army gun practice in Oklahoma in his west front office window. The missile about 10 inches long and 8 inches diameter fires 210 to 560 balls the size of marbles and can cover 775 by 250 yards. The shell is named after its inventor.
The new brick Methodist church worth 15000 dollars was completed and dedicated Sunday in Orleans. Bedford residents traveled by early train to attend as Rev. Dr. John Poucher led services, bringing notable local interest to the ceremony.
In country a wedding was solemnized Sunday evening at Wesley Chapel Miss Ida Eversole twin daughter of Mr and Mrs James Eversole became the bride of Clarence Tirey a prominent local farmer. The ceremony featured Lohengrin march and music by Misses Heler Mary Duncan Mary Jhineah and others. The couple will reside with Tirey’s grandfather in Spice Valley.
Patton of Bedford wins the individual title with 26 points at the state track meet. Haas of Evansville is runner up with 15. Patton ties the state record in the quarter mile, Pace breaks it in the same race, and Brightmier equals the state mark in the 220 yard dash. Evansville wins the relay in 38 minutes 42 3 5 seconds.
Dixie highway commissioners from seven states met in Louisville to map seven Indiana routes for the Dixie Highway. Carl G. Fisher noted route mileage and emphasized needed county support, better hotels, and durable paving over gravel to handle heavy tourist traffic with costly improvements.
A historic log fort near Emery Lett’s farm five miles south of Washington was burned Thursday afternoon after lightning struck the Lett barn. The Old Coleman Fort, used as a refuge and stronghold during early Indiana frontier days, stood on a hill and housed residents and fighters against Indians. The fire revealed numerous holes in the logs from bullets and arrows. Emery Lett grieves the loss of the fort along with his barn, while a separate note mentions Joseph A. Miller’s death at Bellefontaine, Ohio at age 92.
George Carter, an employee of Louis Endris of East End, tells a fish tale about a three pound bass he caught in Salt Creek. The bass slipped the hook but became snagged on a branch. Carter waded out and freed it from the gill.
State v Constant Gaussin on liquor law allegations was tried before Judge Wudee Swails and taken under advisement after a Tuesday afternoon session. Prosecutor Woolery represented the State. S B Lowe defended Gaussin. A separate Hudson case was set for Tuesday and pending.
The All Saints Church denomination conducted a baptismal program Sunday afternoon near the Leatherwood bridge on I Street road south of the city. Eighteen new members were immersed as part of the meeting that drew a large audience and came after series of North T street meetings near Pentecost church building.
Mr and Mrs Charles Ferguson longtime residents of this county travel from Midland Indiana to visit relatives. Rnn Ferguson is a noted engineer with the I L Division of the Monon railroad based at Midland.
Knotte Waggoner of Cuzco Dubois County Indiana is dead from a stroke of lightning while driving his team. Friends and family in Bedford mourn as a telegram notified sisters Mrs Dow Cooper and Mrs Ray Simmons of the death after a electric storm. Funeral held Sunday afternoon and burial in Cuzco with a wife one child eight sold father mother four brothers and three sisters listed among mourners.
A. Sears of Indian Creek township says his area has had much more rain recently than the city. He has been in town several days and plans to spend Sunday with his family before returning home. He is involved in surveying the newly reestablished township with a plat book.
Fragmentary report mentions a youth involved in a watch theft and a related reform field inquiry. Names and places are unreadable, with no clear dates or outcomes.
At noon Tuesday a ditching machine was buried by a ditch but no one was hurt. The incident involved a ladder and the machine was found four feet down.
Mrs FE Underwood received a finely finished cherry table from her brother John W Cravens secretary of Indiana University with a letter recalling childhood days at the Center Valley woods and local churches. The piece honors family heritage as siblings, including John Oscar Theodore Arthur and Mrs Ralston Hogate and others, while local news notes a sewer construction cave-in and a series of local births and incidents.
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