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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
4
Local notes report the Monon telegraph office closing at Horse Shoe Bend on August 2 and heavy S I loading of stone for the East. Reports cover rail accidents, repairs, new runs into Terre Haute and plans for a September 3 LOT train reception in Terre Haute, with veteran engineer James Weddle noted for fifty two years of service.
Mr Waters observed the switch after Conductor Callahan completed the inspection and set it for the main track. Trainmaster Jay B Su cese and freight Conductor T J McGuire riding the train were also examined.
Dan H. George of Mooney and Wm Daly of Brownstown were visitors Friday. James Brooking of Pinhook visited his son-in-law Albert Fountain over Sunday. The festival Saturday night drew a large crowd with Miss Maggie Ash winning for prettiest lady and Jonathan Dodds for ugliest gent. James Steele departed Sunday for Cincinnati. An ad promotes Koley's Honey and Tar claiming it cures colds and incipient consumption.
Editor appeals to citizens to address neglect at the local cemetery weeds overrun graves and mounds. Call for a meeting and a committee to ensure future maintenance, reminding all that everyone will face death. Also advertises Foley's Kidney Cure from W C Biott.
Miss Grace Draper of Bedford visited Miss Etla Consalus here last Thursday. Several from this area attended the basket meeting at Fairview Sunday. Miss Alice Braxter, visiting her aunt, returned to Bedford Sunday night. Tom Zollman and family of Medora visited W. R. Holland Sunday. Claude Sherrill and his wife near Bedford attended Fairview Sunday. Edna Allen of Bedford visited George Speers last week. C Hunt made a business trip to Bedford Sunday night. Dr. S. W. Smith, recently ill, is improving. Phares case Misses Sarah Glazeline and Mollie Gillen were in Bedford Saturday on business. L. A. Henderson, ill with the mumps, is improving.
Community notes report church work advancing toward October finish. Local visits include Mrs Mollie Gains of Bedford to sister Mrs Kate Sallee and several church members attending services at Fostoria and Buddha. Police and social items mention illness, mail carrier change, and small Sunday school turnout.
Reports from multiple cities detail yellow fever cases in Havana with Americans among the afflicted. In Ohio and Indiana a prominent woman Miss Sadie Gaither dies from suspected opium poisoning, while in Columbus a railroad Express Messenger Lane is found shot and robbed. Durango dispatches note worker migration from Terre Haute mills amid wage-controversy, and Charles R. H. Ferrell confesses to murdering Lane and robbing the express safe on a Pennsylvania train.
The article describes Sidney Ferrell killing messenger Lane on a train from Urbana to Plain City after Lane aided a robbery. Ferrell used Lane’s revolver to finish the attack and escape with money, risking capture by fleeing at Plain City. In a separate report, boxers Robert Fitzsimmons and Gus Ruhlin fought at Madison Square Garden, with Fitzsimmons delivering a dominant victory.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one dollar reward offer and endorsements from Toledo firms. The piece also notes sentiment among traveling salesmen in St Louis favoring McKinley and continued prosperity, citing Republican credibility and national prestige.
Lula Owens Okes born May 19 1870 four miles north of Bedford died August 7 1900 at her Terre Haute home She was the second child and only daughter of James and Francis Owens and united with Mt Pleasant Christian church in 1886 She cared for her family after her mother’s 1889 death married Hira Okes Sept 11 1892 and had three children Vern er Marie and Harold They moved to Terre Haute in 1893 after a four week typhoid illness she passed peacefully praising her steadfast faith and devotion to family and God
The soothing healing properties and pleasant taste of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy are praised for prompt and lasting relief. Available for sale at Elliott's Drug Store.
Virgil McPike born Oct. 26, 1868 near Bartlettsville Indiana died Aug. 8, 1900 at Limestone aged 21 years 9 months 12 days. A respected church member and father of two, his death shocked the community. funeral services by the winter were held and interment at Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
Twenty seven charges filed in Justice Woolheat er s Court against Mitchell residents for selling liquor without license. The temperance judge from Kansas likely to order venue changes. Charles Parnell and family J P Branaman and family Mrs J C Robertson and children visited Mack Selby’s family on Sunday August 12 with ice cream cake and watermelon.
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