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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1901
Page
4
Cited medical claims for Humphreys Witch Hazel Oil promise relief for pile conditions burns and cuts and various skin and bodily ailments with prices in 25c 50c and 1.00. Across the nation crop, industry and political notes report grain car scarcity shipbuilding plant growth racial and international tensions and local court and crime stories.
A Christian evangelist from Cincinnati was arrested in Washington Indiana on August 2 while attempting to board an eastbound train after seeking a church engagement. He gave a cash show of solvency with a $750 loan request and a watch, later found to be inexpensive, then carried multiple watches on his person when seized at the station. Local ministers aided and paid his debts, securing his release.
Railway notes detail Tannehill towing through New Albany, bridge carpenters sought by Illinois Central at two fifty per day, and multiple updates on Southern Indiana jobs. Lafe Buckles, Joe Scheefers, and Mike Lawson cited. Vandalia vs electric lines fight noted. Monon stockholders plan Indianapolis meeting for line to coal fields. extensive Monon bridge work and Klondike Sinkhole troubles near Cedar Lake. Debates on rail traffic, layoffs, and regional rail improvements persist amid local employment shifts.
Harley Guthrie visited Ada Guthrie Saturday night. Mrs Will Lockman and Mrs Will Allen visited Mrs J P Allen Wednesday. Mirt Allen and Albert Mlinn made a business trip to Bedford Thursday. Mr and Mrs W D Guthrie visited at Trinity Saturday and Sunday. Miss Rose Flinn returned home from Indian Springs. Mrs J P Allen and daughter visited at John Allens Friday. Archie Guthrie and wife went to Bedford Saturday to visit relatives. Master Herman Porter of Bedford is visiting here. Lee. The ball team plays Sunday afternoons. One player reportedly fell ill during Sundays game. Mr and Mrs R N Flinn and Mrs J P Allen and daughter attended church at Tunnelton Sunday. Hitler Lee visited here Sunday. Miss Elizabeth Williams visited relatives here Sunday night.
A light rain Tuesday cooled the area while the one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey Vance died last week and was buried in Shileds cemetery. updates note visits by R D Allen and wife to Stone City, John Starr from Sparksville visiting relatives, and a completed telephone line from Heltonville. The North Vernon Lumber Company band saw mill nears completion and will soon start sawing. Hot weather has dried pastures and cut corn crops by about half.
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