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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
2
District Chairman Joseph Bahr calls a meeting of Second Congressional district Republican chairs for Spencer on Saturday August 15. Chairman Zaring received notice Tuesday morning and will attend. A general discussion of district conditions and organization plans will be formed at the meeting.
Gilbert Withers, a clerk at his father's meat market, said the cash register was robbed of $5 during a brief absence. He opened the shop at about 5 Tuesday morning, left momentarily, and returned to find the change missing. He saw no one about the premises at opening.
A civil action seeks seventy thousand dollars in damages alleging negligence. The suit involves two men who died, with the court expected to determine liability and restitution.
In Bloomington Indiana Martha Mullis as administratrix sues the city for $20,000 claiming a street obstruction a pile of stone caused the deaths of John Mullis and Isaac Fox after a Saturday runaway. City officials allegedly knew of the hazard. defendants may argue Fox was kicked by a horse and Mullis leaped from a buggy.
Evansville Indiana August 11 The Vanderburgh county Republicans met in the courthouse and selected ten delegates to the shoe string representative convention at Vincennes on Saturday. James P Goodrich State Chairman attended and spoke of strong statewide support. He predicted a GOP majority of at least 40000 in November and asserted Indiana is solid for national and state tickets despite outside doubts.
In Laporte Indiana Judge H Tuthill ruled a night dress not a necessity for a 16 year old girl from a large foreign family. The court placed her under probation to aid her parents and avoid penal institution stigma. She found work with a prominent family and behaved well. The father sought extra contributions from her.
A father asked a court to curb his daughter's spending on luxuries after she bought a dress with her wages. The judge allowed the purchase to be foregone for the sake of family needs and hot weather, ordering the girl to let her mother choose clothing henceforth and wear only a sheet or risk mosquitoes.
David E. Adkins a leading Sellersburg merchant was stabbed three times by Michael Moore whose daughter Mamie Moore works in Adkins store. Moore, 52, posted bond. both men silent. Adkins, 44, previously divorced from Mabel Noles. case linked to family tensions and Moore’s alleged grievance.
A New York Press column jokes about a wife’s potential wanderlust based on her teeth while a court in New Albany dismisses the case of Charles Dunlap for wife desertion. Kentucky pension delays affect nearly 4,000 beneficiaries due to government form substitutions, with post office notices listing letters for Aug 8 1908 for ladies and gentlemen including Garland Goodman Hall Meadows Bradley Blankenship Cairns Fletcher Hutchinson Mills.
Eight inmates plus one rape suspect escaped Bloomfield jail after prison door lock was picked by Matt Hatfield. Sheriff Edington formed posses and issued a police alert as the fugitives fled into the night. The escape draws attention to Hatfield seven prior attempts and a high risk chase across Greene County.
John B. Sentney of Owensboro and Miss Florence B. McGee of West Mountain Avenue were secretely married in Golden on June 27. The bride is an artist and decorative instructor admired by friends, and the groom is a prosperous Bloomington Indiana businessman.
Mrs. Minerva Mason widow of Charles Mason died Tuesday night at 11 at her Guthrie area home aged 69. Funeral from Buggs Chapple at 10:30 Wednesday with Elder John Williams in charge. The notice also lists Helena Hudson 17 who died after two weeks with appendicitis and baby Richard Rowland nine weeks, with funerals at Pleasant Run church and Leatherwood respectively. Edward Duncan and Ethel Wright of East Politic granted license to marry.
A temperance aligned group labeled Anti Saloons challenges Republican forces in the current political contest. They mobilize voters with warnings about saloon influence and push for prohibition measures. The campaign centers on local figures and party alignment as elections approach.
The Blackford county temperance movement forms a civic league with two Republicans one Democrat and one Prohibitionist shaping a county local option plan. Maddox the Republican nominee for Joint Representative supports local option. Fleming the Democrat opposes support for remonstrance.
Albert Lieber a leading Indianapolis brewer shifts from Republican support to the Bryan camp. The Washington Democrat notes Lieber’s name spelling and frames the brewing industry as opposing the Republican State ticket and County option principles, linking beer interests to party action.
The old soldiers of Lawrence Monroe and Jackson counties will hold their annual reunion at Chapel Hill on September 4 and 5. Good speakers, plenty of amusement, and an enjoyable time are promised for everybody.
The column notes the Bedford Business University Fall term begins September 1 for commercial training in Bedford Indiana. Also mentioned is a Farmers Co-operation Insurance Company annual picnic at Heltonville.
A Monroe County pole raising during the 1908 campaign sparks mockery in The Bloomington Telephone. Democrats of Washington township claimed 200 attendees, but 75 is a more likely count. A man taxed for his dog denounces Republicans, and a $25 Bryan fund big fail yields $4.90.
Miss Maude Emerson a 16 year old from Brown County by her guardian sues the Indianapolis Southern for 25000 damages claiming a train lurch threw her from the coach into a cattle guard. She says she broke her limb and arm and spent five months in a hospital and is crippled for life.
Hayes Hunter, driving with Milt Blackwell to aid in the search for Joseph Burnham’s body in White River, had a horse shying at an approaching car cause their buggy to overturn near the Melter farm. Hunter sustained a broken nose and returned to the city for treatment. Judge Brooks witnessed the mishap.
The Bedford Stone and Construction Company was the lowest bidder and will receive the contract for Bedford's new federal building. Six other bids were filed. The Bedford firm is linked to Mike Wallner of Bedford, plus Indianapolis financiers W. A. Young and Congressman Jesse Overstreet. The site is at Fourteenth and K streets opposite the Public Library, with site purchase in 1903 and a revised appropriation after Congress increased funds. Attorney John W. Harris returned from Martinsville after ten days of mineral water treatment for stomach trouble.
Bob Walker, tenant on Dr. A. J. McDonald's farm east of the city, killed a monster hawk Sunday that swooped on an old hen. The bird measured four feet five inches across and weighed about 23 pounds, one of the largest hawks ever captured in Lawrence county.
Bedford Public Library trustees had bought a safe a year earlier to guard receipts after repeated penny pilfering complaints. Miss Polly Roberts and Miss Craigie Palmer closed the library at 8 pm and did not move the $7 to $8 cash from the drawer to the safe, and Tuesday morning the money was gone.
Leslie Brown says he has designed a 30 calibre gun that can fire fourteen rounds without reloading and 105 shots in three quarters of a minute with a Krag like projectile. He arranged with a local attorney to secure a patent and hopes War Department adoption.
Notice is given that Clarence C. Gaussin will apply to the Lawrence county Board of Commissioners for a license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premise drinking for one year. The premises described are a front room on the first floor of a two story brick building on lot 16 in the Second Ward, City of Bedford, Shawswick township. Also asked is permission to sell cigars and tobacco. First publication August 14, 1908.
Marshall H. Hunter announces through Constant Gaussin a liquor license application to the Lawrence county Board of County Commissioners. The request covers sale of spirituous vinous and malt liquors in a room on the first floor of a two story brick building in Bedford Second Ward on I street. The license would allow on premise consumption for one year and is dated August 1903 with publication on August 1.
Lawrence County Indiana invites sealed bids for gravel and macadamized road construction in Marshall and Perry townships. Bids due by 1 pm September 8, 198, with separate township bids allowed. Bond equal to bid required. Mail to Walter G. Owens Auditor Bedford Indiana. August 13, 1003.
The Trustee J M Potter of Indian Creek township Lawrence county Indiana sets proposed expenditures and taxes for 1909 to be discussed at the Advisory Board meeting on September 1 1908. Items include township expenditures 4355 tax 7 cents per hundred Local Tuition 3106 tax 40 cents Special School 2329 50 tax 30 cents Road tax 621 20 tax cents per hundred Total 3600 25 expenditures and 85 cents tax per hundred.
Alfred Chapman as Administrator filed an account and vouchers in frank settlement of Elizabeth Etchison deceased in Lawrence Circuit Court. The examination is set for September 8 1908. Heirs creditors or legatees must appear and show cause why the account should not be approved. H P Pearson attorney.
Allen W. Richardson owns the premises in Bedford Lawrence County Indiana. Shanswick township resident Hogh C. Whiting applies to the Lawrence County Board of Commissioners for a one year license to sell spirituous vinous with malt liquors in quantities under five gallons for on premises consumption. Location is the west front room on first floor of a two story brick building on 16th street near the Public Square. The applicant seeks permission to sell cigars and tobacco in the room.
The State of Indiana Lawrence County gives notice in Anna J. Reed v Andrew J. Reed, Complaint 6407, that the defendant is not a resident. He must appear by September 7, 1908, at the Lawrence Circuit Court in Bedford to answer or demur, or the case will proceed in his absence. Boone Leonard, Clerk.
Complaint No. 6433 Lawrence county Indiana files by Catherine Covey against David Hawkins Hannah Hawkins Andrew J Martin Matilda Martin John Martin Polly Ann Martin William E Clark Polly Ann Clark and unknown heirs to quiet title in real estate. Defendants warned to appear by Sept 25 1903 at State term or plead. Clerk Boone Leonard confirms.
Mary C Kline and Howard Fields sue The Proctor and Gamble Company for damages in Boone County Indiana. Plaintiff Boruff & Boruff seek default if defendant fails to appear by September term. affidavit attached. clerk seals document July 29 1908.
Plaintiffs James Frank Hamer Ralph Noble Hamer and others sue Abraham Maloney and others in a Lawrence County case. The complaint asks for a quiet title to real estate and warns defendants not residing in Indiana to appear by September 1908 or default. Clerk Boone Leonard records the notice at Bedford on July 15, 1908.
The State of Indiana Lawrence County Citizens Trust Company of Bedford files foreclosure complaint against John A. Palmer and Emma Palmer nonresidents. Court to convene September first 1908 at Bedford with answer or demur due. Clerk Boone Leonard seals the filing.
Plaintiff Haile Britts files for divorce from non resident defendant Harry Britts. Case in Lawrence Circuit Court set for September term, hearing on the first Monday, 1908. Clerk Boone Leonard affixes the seal at Bedford on June 17.
Complaint No 6418 William L Kann by Zaring Henley and Fast attorneys files suit that Henry Curtis is not a resident of Indiana. Action seeks damages. Next term begins September at Bedford Court House. Court seal and date July 6.
The Lawrence Circuit Court notes a complaint by Sarah J. Harris to reach the unknown heirs of William Shelby, deceased, nonresidents of Indiana. The matter, Complaint No. 6341, is filed with an affidavit and set for the September term beginning the first Monday in September 1908 at Bedford Court House. Sean Boone Leonard, Clerk.
In Lawrence Circuit Court Carmela Rossa filed Complaint No. 6849 for divorce against Frank Rossa a non resident of Indiana. The filing by attorney Simpson B Lowe dated April 25 1908 in Bedford records the 2nd day of the September Term of the 1st Monday in September A D 1908. L S Boone Leonard clerk.
The Lawrence Circuit Court at Bedford issues a notice to William M Humpston and related unknown heirs and assigns not residing in Indiana. They must appear by September 2, 1908 to answer or demur to the complaint to quiet title in real estate. The clerk Boone Leonard signs the document with the court seal.
The plaintiff files suit to quiet title to real estate against unknown heirs and assigns of Mary Wiseley and Daniel Wiseley as nonresidents. Defendants must appear by September 7, 1908, at the Lawrence Circuit Court in Bedford to answer or demur. Clerk Boone Leonard witnesses seal on July 2, 1908.
Complaint No 6483 1905 Ella Striger and Robert A Striger allege the defendant is not a resident of Indiana and seek a divorce. Notice to appear by the next term on July 9 at Bedford Indiana. Clerk Boone Leonard signs and seals the court.
Plaintiffs Hartman and Owens by attorney file complaint No 6412 in Lawrence Circuit Court to quiet title to real estate against defendants including Nathaniel Carter William Carter Mrs William Carter John Spears Henry W McDonald Robert Whitely Mrs Seth Lunsford Joshua Carter Nancy Carter and unknown heirs devisees and executors. Defendants are summoned to appear at the September term on the first Monday in September 1908 at Bedford Court House to answer or demur. otherwise the case will be heard in their absence. Clerk Boone Leonard seals the proceedings.
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