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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1915
Page
3
Eureka notes Aunt Sue Adamson cared for grandchildren near Gosport while their mother underwent surgery. Also listed are social visits, meetings at Old Union and Trinity, a fire at Graeco near the quarry, travel to Bedford and Bloomington, ongoing illnesses, and upcoming local weddings.
Fred Cole is ill with flux and Ed Kern with his granddaughter Gradeth have recovered. Miss Mildred Pless returns from a visit at Oolitic while Misses Tona and Vonnie Pierce travel to Odon to visit relatives. Uriah Quackenbush’s daughter is visited as Mrs Pitman journeys to Avoca. Margaret Riley sets local beet weight record of seven pounds. Wanseon resident Hedden tours Martinsville while convalescing from typhoid. Marie Smith Georgiana Tobias Eva Lovell fish Williams. Mrs Martha Horn visits Robison and Mitchell Loogootee to relatives.
Miss Grace Starr of Shanswick returns home Saturday after visiting her sister Mrs. Howard Fagan.
Local notes list residents and visitors with brief moves and visits across PNHOOK including Dr Dobbins Bedford. Robert and Noble Brooking to Tunnelton. Hazel McKnight with Lela Crawford. Leland Stipp with Homer Ingle. Mrs Mary Ingle and children. J A Brooking and family to French Lick and West Baden. and multiple shoppings, meetings, and a recent storm causing damage.
Delight Stannard reports Anne Ilert spent Sunday with friends at Heltonville. Kathleen Miller and Estella Fleschaur visited family in Bedford and Richmond. Several attended Quarterly Meeting at Owensburg and Mrs. Winfield Murry of Bloomington visited relatives. church services were held by Rev. John Williams in the Christian church. Zell Tiert hosted a Sunday School picnic with many attendees and a hearty meal in the yard.
Dennis Mahonery on sick list. Everett Case and R N Dixon visited Bedford on Monday. Uncle Billie Simpson improves slowly after a fall. Scott family moved to Rivervale. Will Huddleston and Harve Reed at Seymour Monday. Mrs Ray Flinn visited relatives in Fort Ritner Sunday. Mary Alice, a fine girl, arrived at Bert Wrights Aug 19. Homer Ingle and wife with Clyde and Forest at French Lick Sunday. Miss Irma McMillan of Medora guest of Miss Eva Wright. Grace Mathis of Pinhook staying with Bert Wrights. Trazel Reynolds returned home Saturday after Mitchell visit. Louis Muddleston returns from Winona School Monday. Airs Warry Boyles and son visit Ft Ritner relatives Sunday. Mrs Clara Wilcox of Lawrenceport visits John Williams family Tuesday. Miss Margaret Aliner of Mitchell returns home after two weeks’ visit. Mrs Del Chapman of Jeffersonville here for father William Simpson’s bedside. Mrs Pleta Mathis and daughter visit J W Laston and wife at Mitchell Thursday. Miss Bonnie Cooper returns home to Cincinnati after June visits Sunday.
Noah Borden released for intoxication due to poor health. Talmage Huff and James Wagoner addressed for train hopping and prostitution association with hearings set. Tony Rock fined in Malott court. Wagoner case continued to next week. Local residents from Mitchell and nearby towns are listed visiting relatives and traveling to Rivervale, Williams, Heltonville, Campbellsburg, Sullivan county, and other nearby communities.
Mrs. D. W. Holiman is on the sick list as Grandma Flinn visits Ellis Holiman at Leesville. Frank Hiller from Jamestown TN visits J. C. Todd's family. Rev A B Condo preached farewell sermon for the Conference year. Rain and wind knocked down corn. Loyd Speer and John Holiman return from Indianapolis after schooling. Grace Gilliam visits Mrs. Florence Chase then returns to Frankfort. Hoosier maslin sold at 4 cents per yard at McCormick. James Southers and wife visit Guthrie relatives en route to Edgar County. After the First Methodist Quarterly Conference Dr Pitkin goes to Owensburg.
Lorne Meadows attended church at Bartlettsville Thursday night while Daniel Turner traveled to Bedford on business. Mrs Galloway and sons visited relatives here over Thursday night. Cecil Morrow, previously hurt, is reported much better. Arthur Lewis and Lula Meadows were guests of Mr and Mrs Stever Hillenberg. Coal teams are unloading and transporting to Deckard Guthrie and Judah schools. Thomas Stafford returns from Nebraska to his home. Sunday school at Deckard school house progresses with M sta Southern Cloe Meadows Erma Turner and Clee Turner visiting Edith Turner. The stork brought a boy to Mr and Mrs Frank Kinser last Sunday night.
Mr and Mrs James A Wildman of Toogootee returned home Friday morning after visiting relatives in the city. Mr and Mrs James Withers of Terre Haute were in the city Thursday en route to Mitchell to visit relatives and friends.
W. G. Murphy of Indianapolis visited relatives in the city Sunday and then went to Huron to visit his mother for a few days. Miss Lydia Brown of Heltonville, who had been visiting her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Albert Trisler, returned home Friday.
J A Gunn and daughters Helen and Craigie arrived home from a river voyage from Louisville to Cincinnati on a leisure trip. The family enjoyed their time aboard and recalled scenic views along the Ohio River.
Mrs. T. C. Robertson and her children traveled to Clear Springs on Sunday to attend the funeral of a relative, joining other mourners at the service.
Misses Trene and Olive Malott who had been visiting at Erie returned home. Mrs. Julia East, east of the city on the Leesville road, is very ill with aremittant fever.
Mr and Mrs G W Sanders of Kansas City Mo are visiting to see friends in Lawrence and Greene County They recall that 50 years ago he worked for Barnes Hotel in the city Then he moved west and joined the largest cattle firm in Kansas City now prosperous They are staying at the Hotel Dobbins and wish to meet old time friends.
Rev. and Mrs. Jacob Allinger with daughters Helen and Louisa from White Creek stopped here on their way to Hvans ville Indiana to visit relatives. He will relocate to Berea Ohio where their children attend college and he previously served as pastor of the German M EB church here.
Mrs. Mary Butler recovering from surgery at Mayo Hospital Rochester Minnesota and her son Will Butler were expected home this evening. Mrs. Frank Conner and her son Robert arrived from Indianapolis to visit Mr. and Mrs. Al Conner on West Sixteenth Street. Mr. Conner will join them later in the week.
A string of travelers from Norman Station and nearby towns depart for Bloomingto n Williams Indianapolis Bloomington and Campbellsburg visiting relatives and friends. Notable moves include Mr and Mrs Geo W Sanders from Kansas City visiting Bloomfield and a group including Mrs Payton Miss Ruth from Albuquerque head west.
Miss Kathleen Oliphant returned to Harrodsburg from her aunt Mrs. C. D. Driscoll's, while Albert Clark of Fall City Michigan, visiting Norman Station area, revisits his birthplace after 35 years away and notes many changes since his departure.
Mrs Francis Yandel of Mitchell visits friends in Huron. Warren Sutton and wife from Indiana are visiting relatives. Red Men picnic attendees travel from Huron to Georgia. Martin Elliott moves to Shoals to work at Joe Mires Store. G W Murphy of Indianapolis visits his mother. Florence Connerley of Seymour spends days with family. Mrs E Chapman and children return to Texas after weeks with relatives. Kate Henderson returns to Texas after weeks with parents Nathaniel and Mrs Dorsett.
The article notes an oil boom near Tunnelton with several options taken and expert J. D. Moorehead calling it the brightest prospect he has seen. Preparations proceed to sink wells this fall as Ex. Mayor Claude G. Malott of Bloomington returns to oversee options.
The family expresses gratitude to everyone who offered kindness during illness and death of their brother and uncle. Appreciation extended for the beautiful flowers from Mrs. Rachel Sellers Mrs. Sallie Quackenbush and Mr. and Mrs. Jess Beyers.
Professor Louis Martin organist at First Christian Church will travel to Chicago to prepare for a role as assistant pastor while continuing his duties as organist and music leader.
Peter J. Faubion of Heltonville visited the city Tuesday. B F Brown of Southeastern Lumber department went to Surprise Monday night for several days on business there.
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