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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
4
Nervous debility weakness and prostration from overwork and other causes. Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 in use over 40 years, the only successful remedy. $1 per vial or special package for serious cases $5. Bold by Druggists or sent prepaid on receipt of price. Humphreys Med Co William and John Sts New York City.
Prof. Miller of J. U. states the observed meteor passed about 80 miles above Earth. He cites authority that meteors brighten near 80 miles and usually burn up within 50 miles. He adds such phenomena are common this season and could originate nearby or in another city.
The will dated January 1903 names Mary A. Wallheiser widow as executrix without bond. All personal property goes to the widow except the blacksmith shop and tools and the family residence. West 16th Street business property is divided equally among children. Executrix ordered to sell other property pay debts and apportion receipts to children and grandchildren. Estate valued about 25000 dollars.
A visit by a Union stone cutter led to a heated exchange with draftsman George Hahn. Hahn ordered the visitor off, police arrived, and the stone cutters quit, then Hahn resigned. The company faces losing all cutters and the draftsman if the dispute cannot be resolved.
Shareholders missing in Chicago extend subscription time for the Equitable Trust plan to buy assets. A $1,000,000 cash raise progresses, with Mr. Walsh depositing funds at Central Trust New York to cover interest on Southern Indiana coupons. If successful, indebtedness to clearing banks could drop from about $10.5 million to $7.5 million. Walsh reportedly optimistic about liquidating bank debts. Chicago Southern notes interest is kept current. Mrs. L. E. Payne is ill at West 9th Street with flux.
John R. Donald of Evanston Illinois says physicians’ advice on fresh air as TB prevention leads residents to sleep outdoors or in tents in yards with cots. He notes the fad is widespread across the city and reflects a near universal adoption of outdoor sleeping as a cure or preventive measure.
Zach M. Scifres of Salem, joint representative from Floyd Clark and Washington counties, buys 1115 acres in Gibson township from Oliver Martin for 31000 with a 15000 mortgage. He later assigns a one half undivided interest in 1405 acres to Mrs Laura Foster of Marion county for 42500, the same land deeded to Scifres by Martin.
President Roosevelt backs a nationwide divorce data project to push uniform laws across states. The census will cover 1887 to 1906, detailing marriage dates, separations, petition dates, and alimony, with figures showing 1,000,000 divorces and 1.4 million applications in twenty years.
Rev Warley Jackson, State Lecturer for the Modern Woodmen of America, travels to Eaton Delaware County for a three day gathering of the Maternal Orders Association at Plainville Daviess County. He spoke last year at the same venue and is expected to address numerous requests in the fall. The program runs Thursday through Saturday with Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and Modern Woodmen in charge on successive days.
George Wright of New London a Friend's church leader suffered 12 stroke paralysis affecting his face throat and neck after a church quarrel over distributing fans showing a color picture of a child. Elderly women denounced the image and destroyed the fans. Wright angered by the act collapsed in the state and lies critically ill at home.
A bulletin from W T Blythe of the U S Weather Bureau summarizes August climate over 35 years. The mean temperature is 74 degrees with 101 degrees on August 12 1881 as the high and 46 as the low on August 23 1890. The warmest August occurred in 1900 at 79 degrees and the coldest in 1875 at 70. It notes 12 clear days or 6 partly cloudy, 3.14 inches average rainfall, with 6.70 inches in 1886 as rainiest and 0.42 inches in 1897 as the driest.
A physician cites appendicitis as common and links it to leg crossing. He argues crossing legs squeezes the appendix, causing irritation and inflammation. The exchange notes a case from a Curtis T. Ray property sale at Nineteenth and M Streets to Houston Malott for $1,050.
Steel is adopted as the standard for future passenger equipment. Tests show steel cars can be built as easily as wooden ones and, with benefits, at similar or lower cost. A Erie wreck proved steel mail cars survive unscathed, boosting safety claims. The first steel passenger coach will be finished in sixty days with electric light and heat planned to reduce wreck fatalities. Pullman plans and reinforced designs mature. claims of no telescoped cars accompany the steel era.
The Lawrence County Teachers Institute will be held in the County Hall at Mitchell from Monday August 20 to Friday August 24. Instructors include W N Ferris of Big Rapids Mich Sherman Davis of Bloomington Ind and W E Lugenbeel of Lebanon NL Prof Ralph Tirey to arrange music. The institute fee is 1 25 due at enrollment and not collected by trustees. Officials invite arts interested in school affairs to attend any sessions. W E Stipp Co Supt.
Wakefield Daily Item editor details Indiana trip with National Editorial Associations visiting Bedford quarries with 2500 workers Eighty carloads shipped daily machinery heavy stone products and tests of stone works. A grand chicken pie supper at local churches and a town drive with private carriages followed by a reception and impersonation of Indiana hospitality. The party tours Tippecanoe battleground and Bunker Hill centennial notes urge monument to preserve history.
A move seeks Senator James A. Hemenway to visit Bedford on August 31 and start the Lawrence County Republicans campaign. He would address the Lawrence County agricultural society at Williams that afternoon, with a barbecue and possible nighttime speech. A celebration of the Federal building appropriation and Congressman Chaney’s presence as guest of honor is being considered.
In two months Bedford field sees heavy investment with Bedford Cut Stone Company a $25,000 plant, Indiana Cut Stone Company a $40,000 facility, and Bedford Stone and Construction Company a $50,000 plant. P. M. & B. plan to double capacity with new buildings and machinery, boosting local stone finishing, employment, and money flow.
Complaints about slow progress on J street sidewalks target Contractor Gyger though he denies fault. He cites inability to obtain stone from Consolidated Stone Co, which holds the material contract, as the underlying cause of delays.
Dr C H Emery’s automobile failed to clear a telephone guy wire on South I street, jolting him from the vehicle. He righted the car and continued his trip. Kirkwood avenue church ladies formed fourteen groups and have raised about 1500 dollars toward a new church over a two year period.
Mayor elect Peter Fillion traveled to Indianapolis on Friday to see a specialist. The doctor diagnosed gallstones and advised surgery. Fillion quipped about the risk and then boarded the first train home to Bedford.
In Bedford the katydid is linked to frost six weeks hence, though its abundance has waned. The old belief holds the insect foresees cold, a superstition noted by locals. Also present: Ex State Senator Thomas J. Brooks and family visiting Plymouth mass and Lincoln, Mass, praising the Registry building and registrar’s briefing by John B. Washburn.
Curtis Arthur aged 21 and Ellen Co vey 17 were married at the Clerk's office at noon Monday. The couple spent the early honeymoon hours walking the Square, hand in hand, drawing notice from onlookers.
Milliard Ray hurt at the U S Cement plant Saturday while in the raw materials area a belt came off and wrapped a line shaft jerking the platform, throwing him into a shale pit. He sustained bruises and was shaken.
The party chaperoned by Mrs Stephen Smith including Misses Rose and Ella Whiting Mabel Smith Anna Heitger Lula Hoppingarner Maud Buchanan Zora Miller of Bloomington George Heitger Jr W H Clark William Owens Frank Judah Bryne Dye and guests returned home Monday morning after a week at Cherokee cabin.
The Indiana Department of Geology under Dr Blatchley expanded reports on Oolitic limestone and other rocks, boosting stone output, cement, and coal. Detailed maps and tests supported new mines, cement plants, and mineral waters, highlighting investments and jobs statewide.
Judge Overmyer lauds Republicans on tariff revision while warning Democrats on weak national leadership. He cites Theodore Roosevelt’s influence and Wisconsin’s pursuit of a revenue only tariff, urging Indiana Democrats to heed sages like Vilas and the era’s moderate protectionists.
A Washington observer notes Mr. Bryan remains radical while Democratic backers who touted him as conservative have fallen into mere motions. The remark captures intra party tension as rhetoric fades into procedural steps.
Andrew Carnegie through his private secretary writes to Columbus school board over library space and ongoing influence after donating 15 000 for the building. The post hall usage dispute with Isham Keith Post 18 G A R and Womens Relief Corps prompts a decision to keep quarters and limit basement room. Eli Boruff aged 76 is noted as Monroe county’s oldest native resident. Civil Engineer W A Wallace of the Monon cited for station near Quincy named Wallace Junction during coal road inspection.
Six year old Tom Tinsley near Dark Hollow had a 14 inch splinter in his calf a year earlier and, following his mother's wishes, avoided removal until Friday when his father took him to Dr Short for an incision and extraction. John McClelland at Thornton stone mill injured his left foot lifting a loosened stone. three bones broken and flesh lacerated. Dr Freeland treated him, predicting a period off work.
Oscar E. Bland departed this afternoon for Bedford to attend the farewell opening of the Republican party in Monroe County. Linton Cail remarks question Bedford’s standing as a county, questioning its second rate status.
Sunday evening at William Terrell’s West 13th Street home Phil Stotts and Terrell clashed using a board and chair as weapons. Police court proceeding followed as the preferee tribunal in the case.
Mrs Addie Smith and the girls employed at the Shirt Waist factory enjoyed an all day picnic at Palestine Monday. Attending were Misses Katie Hoopingarner Lelia Bright Stella Prosser Eveline Lewis Mrs Hoopingarner Miss Jessie Jones and her guest.
It is estimated that over four hundred people are staying at Trinity Springs. About 50 campers camp near the Springs under tents while the rest lodge in hotels and boarding houses. Tully Fifty Bedfordites visited the resort and spent Sunday there.
The county commissioners met Monday in regular session to approve claims and review liquor license applications. Licenses granted include Harry C. Embree, Charles Metz, John Lynch, Bedford, David Torphy, and Andrew Cuddy in Oolitic.
State Geologist Blatchley sends out his thirtieth annual report. A number have been shipped to the Main office for distribution and the parties notified to call promptly. Some of last year’s Jest remain available by request. the work is valuable.
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