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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1915
Page
2
The three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Box nearly died after drinking liquid from a Daisy Fly Killer. Dr. J. B. Duncan responded quickly with a stomach pump and antidotes, saving the child who rested well and expected to recover fully by evening.
Elmer Gaines, 22, on William Kelly farm south of town, dislocated his left shoulder when a wagon tongue broke and frightened mules bolted. Kelly rushed him to Dr Short, who reduced the injury, and Gaines is progressing as well as expected.
M. S. Botorff and daughter Lovell of Seymour, fresh from a two month auto tour up the East, are visiting the Crystal Springs Club House. Also listed as guests are Walter Botorff of Redpath Chautauqua Offices in Chicago, Walter Simons and family, and Kelsh Botorf and family of Mitchell.
Henry A. Roberts of Carmel, a traveling man and Republican candidate for state statistician, won endorsements from Council No. 4 United Commercial Travelers and Travelers Protective Association. Roberts is a member of the T PLA, with about 18,900 voters in combined orders in Indiana, and the backing carries weight due to Ohio political influence in the last campaign.
Arthur E. Bester, a well known Chicago figure, has been named head of the local institution. His long ties to the city and leadership roles were cited in the announcement.
Arthur E. Bestor of Chicago and Chautauqua was chosen president of the Chautauqua Institution at a trustees meeting. He succeeds Dr. George E. Vincent, who becomes Chancellor, while Bishop John H. Vincent becomes Chancellor emeritus. Bestor has long served as a director and administrator and is a Chicago University graduate who once taught there. He recently married Jeannette Lemon of this city.
May Manuel filed for divorce from Jasin Manuel in Lawrence circuit court alleging cruel and inhumane treatment since their 1918 marriage. She contends he failed to provide, used vile language, and she supported herself through work. no children were born to the couple.
The last will of Logan McDonald dated February 7 1912 was placed on record Tuesday in the county clerk’s office. Witnesses Joseph A. Munger and John H. Edwards signed. The will leaves all personal property to wife Mary Z McDonald and life estate in real estate to her, with remainder to son Arthur J McDonald and daughter Anna Gunn. William E Ewing named executor.
A fourteen year old boy was bitten on the left ankle by a large copperhead snake in the Mountain Springs area Sunday while walking barefoot through an oats field with a companion. The leg became badly swollen and doctors feared lockjaw as pain persisted. the family name was not provided.
The Lawrence County farmer faces Hessian Fly damage with wheat crops. Purdue University expert Professor J. C. Beavers outlines profitable fertilizer use and seedbed methods. Meetings August 10 11 at multiple farm locations state hours. farmers urged to attend to improve results and profits.
Russell Mitchell of Erie suffered a severe laceration to his hand when it struck a protruding bolt while operating a machine. He travels to the city daily to have his injured hand dressed by his physician.
Mr and Mrs S A Purlee depart Tuesday on No 6 to travel through the West including a stop at the California Exposition. The Bryantsville area farmer plans to visit Nebraska relatives and friends on the return trip.
James McBride was the successful bidder Tuesday for the contract to build the road from the Mitchell pike to the race track south of the city. Harold McKnight, suffering from inflammatory rheumatism, plans to go to Martinsville tomorrow for mineral water treatment.
The tale of Hassien the Turk who killed William Fender and died himself near Guthrie and Jackson County resurfaces as reports claim the ghost haunts near a Houston graveyard. Jerry Wampler says he killed the cemetery rabbit believed to accompany the specter and plans to end the haunting. His wife refused to eat the rabbit and the hired man jokes about eating the Turk’s leg.
A lamp post in front of the Pleas Evans barber shop on West Kirkwood Avenue was knocked down last night by Officer Joe Collins while driving to police headquarters in Tin Liz. Wet streets caused a skid and the post was uprooted and wrecked. Miss Sylvia Simpson visits relatives in Tunnelton during her vacation.
Pearley Colglazier and Blanche Craig of Williams are announced as a couple, as are Ernest Roach of Mitchell and Opal Dooley of Mitchell. Anna Mary Dye, guest of Myra Thornburg in Martinsville, returns to Bloomington to attend Indiana University's summer term.
John Fish of near Burns City was bitten on the right wrist by his farm dog after the animal acted abnormally and bit him. The dog was killed and its head sent to Indianapolis for rabies examination at the state laboratory. A report is expected Wednesday. if positive, Fish will return for Pasteur treatment.
John Sykes, fifteen months after a foot crush at McMillan Mill, underwent surgery in Terre Haute. Surgeons split the foot and removed two four inch sections of diseased bone. He is expected to stay two weeks in hospital before moving to his mother's home to convalesce. James Shoffner, who joined him for the operation, returned home reporting favorable progress.
Report describes D. Potter's showman operation at the Filippodrome, using a menagerie to pawn animals for care fees with no interest. A dog fetched 32 though worth 52, revealed as a trained escapee. Lions, camels, elephants, and forty trick donkeys have passed through pawn.
The old horse, twenty nine, died of old age with broken neck from a farm fall near Oliver Marks. Re possession a year ago, then cared for by Marks until death. Once struck by lightning last spring and never fully recovered. funeral held Wednesday. remembered in Oolitic Reed Station area where he began Dr Short’s career.
The Brunier steam generator uses a high pressure gas jet ignited beneath the water surface in a cast steel generator and feeds a cast iron boiler with liquid steam and combustion gases. Fuel is coal tar oil and a German chemical firm reportedly used a Brunler boiler with success.
A typographical error led to misnaming Robert Hamilton instead of Robert Hornecker yesterday. Hamilton was bound over to the circuit court in the sum of $500 for alleged child desertion.
Western railways have built a notable exhibit in the transportation building at the Panama Pacific exposition. A fifty foot globe features a relief map of North America with miniature trains flashing between San Francisco and St. Louis via an ingenious electric system, the trip lasting three minutes and illuminated place names as the train passes.
Charles Formage of New Rochelle introduces a metal stud with a tiny center screw hole. A tapering screw enters the buttonhole and fastens the collar without damaging nails or swearing. The collar stays secure once the peg is tightened.
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