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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
4
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Heltonville hosts Epworth League gathering at 7 50 with music and talks by Ruth Alexander Charles Lee and others. Community notices include residents Harry and Mrs Wuff visiting from Indianapolis en route to Frankfort New York, court delays in Claude Norman case and medical postgraduate plans for Dr Merrill Simpson. Sanford Crawford returns from overseas service and relatives visit from Hartford City Mitchell Heltonville and Bedford area.
During a heavy thunderstorm near noon Tuesday a bolt killed two horses on Charles Quackenbush’s farm twenty miles west of the city after he had fed them. The animals were valued between 400 and 8300 dollars. The storm also damaged a tree at James McGill’s home and knocked out about two hundred telephones citywide. A power line outage halted the Mail office linotype for about 45 minutes. A large shade tree beside Dr. R N Short’s property was destroyed.
Bedford visits and trips reported for residents including Mrs Flora Mathis Mrs Frances Dodd Mrs Sitar Cooper and Mrs Tom Shirley Irene Gregory and Jim Cooper and wife Bill Chendenan and wife Ella Whright Emma Worthington learns of her son Vern's death Grandson Wilbur Lee Allen dies Indianapolis trip for Elizabeth Allen Will Huddleston and family move to Bloomington
A dog owned by Harry Thomas hurryed to catch a Bedford rooier train to Cincinnati to see Bill Rariden play. The dog snagged a ticket and rode at the heels of the passenger car before slipping away around the station and then racing to keep up with the train as it disappeared past the light plant.
Pinhook reports sick list includes P A Myers. Many residents attended church at Tunneleon Sunday night. Rev Lappin of Bedford preached to a good crowd. Edgar Coe and family from Indianapolis visiting relatives. W V Haws and family joined a Brown county picnic. Homer Hunsucker and family from Seymour visited Ambrose Crawford. Rev Stafford Godwin and family from Jamestown visiting Joel Crawford family. Dorothy and Louise McFarlin of Williams returned from Hammond. Marshall Prosser and wife of Mitchell visited South H Street parents Fred and Mrs Prosser. Geo W Tovey and family left for a week with relatives in Ogilville and Columbus.
Joseph Armstrong and cousin William Racer of Denver visited Springville Wednesday to tour their boyhood grounds. Racer, who left Springville fifty years ago, makes his first return trip. The article also notes various local family visits and relocations, including residents from Hammon d, Norman Station, Williams, and Heltonville, plus a U. S. service discharge and medical consultations in Rochester.
Roumania presses an ultimatum after occupying Budapest demanding armistice terms and troops from Paris. Budapest rejects Entente orders while Romanian forces seek to bolster positions with new regiments and equipment.
Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, urged the House Interstate Commerce Committee that the United States become the home of industrial freedom. He argued railroads should be publicly owned and privately operated, with workers sharing control of management to curb profiteering and raise living standards.
A strike by Brooklyn Rapids Pransit workers affiliated with the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees was approved unanimously by about 3,000 members. Officials said 8,000 of the company’s 45,000 employees would be affected, covering all except subway and elevated motormen, with expectations of minimal disruption to surface, subway, and elevated lines.
London reports that Britain moves to establish a central authority to curb profiteering, with the House of Commons being informed of the plan.
The market notes corn flour at $8.00 and $11.50 for various grades, hay prices for timothy and clover, butter, eggs with multiple grade quotes, live poultry including turkeys and ducks, potatoes per 10 pound bag at $4.25, cattle price ranges for steers and cows, hogs by weight, sheep with yearlings and lamb prices, and related wholesale retail terms across several farm commodities.
About 30 000 soldiers of the Third Division known as the Marye division said farewell to the Rhine on Tuesday after eight months in occupied Germany. The first detachment left for Brest Tuesday morning as French forces prepare to assume Treves and the area near the Luxemburg border. Headquarters and garrison plans for remaining American units in Germany rest with Marshal Foch.
Austria submits counter proposals to the peace terms. The documents were handed to the Allied mission at St Germain en Laye and immediately brought to Paris for delivery to the supreme council of the peace conference.
The Brazil Times notes the John R. Walsh railroad project may be revived by private or new company since the grand concrete abutments and piers near Kel River survive abandoned but intact. It recalls Walsh’s role and hopes he would have finished the line linking Greene and Sullivan county coal fields to Indianapolis.
James Schaffner celebrated his fourth birthday Monday afternoon at Lincoln avenue with a merry party. Jolly games, group photos, and keepsakes were planned for guests. Ice cream, Nabisco crackers, and stick candy were served to Virginia Pace, William Edward Woltinger, Rosanna, Mary Jeanette Henderson, Bunny Bailey, Frances Schoffner, and others with Mrs Grover Wenderson and Mrs ed Harvey attending.
Ralph Smith a World War I veteran was struck and killed by lightning in Shoals Indiana this afternoon. He served in major Western front engagements and was widely known for his military service.
The family thanks neighbors and friends for kindness during the illness and death of their mother wife and daughter. Special thanks to Dr. Mitchell and Mr. Day for assistance and to those who donated cars and sent floral offerings Val Mullen and Children Mrs James Osborne
The Meyer-Kiser Bank, known for solid standing and prudent policy, invites interested parties to investigate its facilities and connections for new banking arrangements.
An advertisement claims Freckola extra strong removes freckles tan and brown spots by rubbing in lightly once or twice daily. The promise is a clear beautiful complexion by morning with availability at drug stores and toilet counters.
Miss Mabel Quackenbush returns to duty with Central Union Telephone after vacation with Noble Quackenbush family in Terre Haute and Trinity Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Campbell of Columbus, now in Atlanta, to settle in the city as Campbell takes a position with Diamond Saw Co. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cook of Bloomington visit Elza Knight's family and plan a week at Armstrong's cabin with Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter. Mr. and Mrs. Jewett Holmes to spend months in Detroit with daughter Caroline visiting Owensboro area relatives. Lloyd Snow nets a forty to pound catfish from White River to share as Sunday dinners. Homer Ingalls, Tunnelton, new city police night shift, will move family here for school. Mrs. Joe O’Lary and Rit and Gerald of Chillicothe, Ohio, visit sister Mrs. Jel Morrison Lincoln Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Allen and family near Tunnelton spend weekend with the Knights on South H Street. Mrs. Sarah Paulson returns to Heltonville for a visit.
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