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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1915
Page
4
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W L Williams of Pinhook visited the city Saturday. Miss Jemma VJartman visiting Miss Mary Rariden at Hill Top. Ben Sciarra visiting Franklin. Mr and Mrs Will Duncan visiting sister Mrs Mable Malott. Junneston born to Frank and ?Ketcham in Lexington. G W Harris, Nor man Station blacksmith, transacted business here. Rose De Moss of Indianapolis staying with Fred Duni hue. Mr and Mrs C J Regonto visiting Al Richardson. J B Byers, Civil War veteran, in the city. Mrs Jewett Holmes and daughter Caroline visiting Owensburg. Born to Kent Denniston in Lexington a son. Vina King and daughter enroute to Heltonville. Silas Whitted and mother en route to Springville. Mrs Peter Brown from Loogootee returning home. Rev J E Terry in city en route to Pinhook for services. Ed Donahue moved to switch engine duty at Mitchell yards. S H Standish and daughter Jeanette leaving for Panama Exposition in California for a month.
Indianapolis Aug 18 United Press reports Miss Louis Howard court house reporter for the Indiana Times married last March at Paris, Ir] the marriage kept secret until today. John Tolliver died at his Mitchell home Tuesday at 10 oclock. Mrs Ertie Eker and Mrs William Childers were called to Mitchell Wednesday by the death.
Firefighters fought to enter a burning West 28th Street house believed occupied by the Duncan family. The blaze, discovered at midnight, destroyed the structure owned by John Borders with no furniture saved. Insurance listed at 200 dollars for the dwelling and contents. Duncan later appeared, saying the family had left on a visit.
The Bloomington Journal reports the mangled body of Lee Jackson found Tuesday morning at McDoel yards along the Monon line. Police identified him later. it is believed two trains, No 4 and No 8, struck and dragged him about fifty feet before the next train discovered the remains. The body was taken to McDaniel Morgue for burial preparations.
Joseph Mickels of Norman Station suffered five broken ribs after a horse kicked him Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Perry Woolery of Heltonville treated the injury. In other city notes, Ambrose Crawford and son from Pin Hook, John A. Nance of Harrodsburg, and Charles May of Fllettsville were in town.
At Cherokee Cabin near Rivervale Mayor Albert Fields reports Boy Scouts at camp have hearty appetites. A noon meal included two ten gallon cans of corn on the cob, ten gallon can of potatoes, fourteen loaves of bread, jelly and butter, with no prior cooks available. They swim none due to high river, play baseball, and hold evening concerts. three boys left for home. plans for a ball game depend on weather. bathing in the river is prohibited because of muddy water.
A thief broke the grainery door near Heltonville and carried off seven sacks of flour from Marion Lively on Tuesday night. The culprit removed the lock and left no clues, echoing a prior year theft of five sacks from the same building.
Stephen Hodges longtime Breckenridge resident dies at his daughter Mrs Fairfax Morgan’s home after two strokes in a year long illness. Born March 17 1840 north of Bedford he ran farms and later a meat market before joining Monon Street work. Survived by several children and siblings with funeral Thursday at 2 pm at the Morgan home 1416 West 15th conducted by Rev T J Owen. Interment Breckenridge Cemetery.
Mrs. Charles Thomas near the city was taken ill Sunday. Charles May of Guthrie visited Thursday night. Mrs. Rebecca Prow of Norman Station traveled to the city on business Monday. A daughter Claretta was born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lewis of Highland Park. Mrs. Samuel Mayfield of Jasonville visits relatives Mr. and Mrs. John Smith. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fidler near the city was seriously ill Sunday. Miss Cloe Day visited Erie on Sunday with Miss Gladys Wray. Miss Hazel Ray returned from Williams after weekend visits. Will Chesnut of Springville visited his sister Mrs. Crawford Johnson on Seventeenth Street. Mrs. Susan Martin and daughter Selena of Norman Station were in the city shopping Monday. A daughter Gladys Evangeline was born Monday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Jorney Allen on Heltonville Road. Miss Nettie Holmes of Springville, visiting Miss Mabel Thomas, returned home Monday. Mrs. Howard Baker and her children visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Jackson, Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bundy returned from Qodon Monday, where they had visited relatives since Friday. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Bartlett left Sunday for Norman Station to spend the former’s vacation. he is an attache of the Prudential Insurance office.
The funeral for Thomas Craig who died at his Fayetteville home was held at 11 o clock Wednesday morning with short services. Burial followed at Williams cemetery at 2 o clock that afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Albert Short of Springville traveled home from Bloomington after visiting relatives. W F Rodenberger, once blind and Civil War veteran, left for the Soldiers’ Home at Frankfort with his daughter in law Mrs Charles Rodenberger and Mrs Lizzie Maddox, mother of Mrs Rodenberger, after visiting his son Charles Rodenberger near Leatherwood church.
Mrs Walter Payton and her daughter Miss Ruth visited Mrs Sarah Wagoner in Williams before traveling to Indianapolis for a relatives visit. Former county residents now live in Albuquerque New Mexico where Miss Ruth teaches in the city schools. They plan to return in a few days and then depart for their home.
The Dixie Highway meeting in the Lawrence County courthouse drew a full crowd and strong interest. W. B. Clark and Senator Charles W. Lanz led proceedings with Gilbreath delivering the main talk on organization and benefits. Nineteen members joined and about 100 dollars was donated for highway work.
The city council Tuesday night overruled four remonstrances against opening North J street. The first assessment list was approved, totaling 4236 dollars to be paid within sixty days to finalize the street’s completion. If damages aren’t paid, cases may go to the circuit court.
Miss Evalyn Owens flies to Oxford Wisconsin to fill an incomplete Jones Chautauqua contract as a leading lecturer cancels. The versatile reader, with strong local reputation, will perform Servant in the House by Charles Rann Windows. The Chase Trio will provide music as Jones Chautauqua tours Michigan Wisconsin and ends in South Dakota in September. Owens plans to return for college this fall to study languages and pursue extension work.
Mrs Marlin McDonald and her grandson left Wednesday for Avoca to attend the funeral of their relative Reuben Turner which occurred there at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Among arrivals for the Baptist Association in Avoca on Wednesday were state workers F. G. Weney of Franklin College M. Dinsmore president of the State Convention C. E. Stanton Home and Foreign Missions Secretary Mrs S C Fulmer General Worker for the Woman's Home Missions.
Born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Charles P Goodman of Needmore a son Mrs Lucy Smith visited Heltonville Tuesday morning to see Mrs Brothers and family Charles Quackenbush spent Monday with Mr and Mrs Gordon Lee on the Leesville pike Miss Anna Taylor who was visiting her sister in the city has returned home near Fayetteville Mrs Andy Pressner was called to Heltonville Sunday by the illness of her little niece Ruth Newland daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Newland Paul Harbaugh and Claude Ferguson rode to Spencer as tandem passengers on a motorcycle to visit relatives for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Crawford of Mitchell spent Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs. Co. M. Lemon and returned home Monday morning.
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