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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1901
Page
4
WITC Hazel Oil claims to cure piles external or internal burns scalds and various skin ailments. It advertises instant relief for inflamed breasts sore nipples and boils. Three sizes 25 cents 50 cents and 1.00 sent by mail from Eric Humphreys Medical Co New York through Bruggists.
Henry Thomas of Oolitic died August 25. Rev. William Russell led the M E church funeral at Oolitic with burial in Hopkins cemetery. Terence Conner recounted Thomas’s final talk of Heaven, his white robe, and his conversion ten years ago, unfinished due to death.
A widow of General Burnham in Machias Maine survived pneumonia after a nurse’s plea for Dr Ning’s New Discovery. Indiana University students face higher boarding costs next year with weekly rises and room rents increasing. Farmers’ crops show renewed hope as sentiment shifts from despair to cautious optimism amid variable vegetable and potato markets.
The Monon announces a popular one excursion to Louisville for Sunday September 1. Knights Templar from the Northwest travel to Louisville for the Conclave. Seven special trains carried passengers from 4 to 6 30 am. Locomotives will stay steam ready to move traffic to the Conclave.
In Bloomington Indiana two strangers in a buggy abducted ten year old Daniel Honeycutt. Police have no trace yet. Meanwhile grocers report tin can corrosion from thin tin coatings affecting canned vegetables and fruits.
A railroad lab worker in Williford Ark suffered a severe foot crush but was quickly healed by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The product is praised as a universal healer for burns boils piles and skin eruptions. Available for 25 cents from Messick and Dodd. Miss Mary Alice Potter plans to return to Bedford on September 2 to start work.
Indiana's State Board of Tax Commissioners totals Indiana property at 183,341,421 dollars, about 20 million more than last year, with telephone property nearly doubling. In Greencastle, Prof. W M Ellis from Evansville schools seeks to wed Miss Marie Hoover, but the license was not used and the wedding is postponed due to the bride’s nervous condition.
Bedford area residents share visits and travels from Monday to Sunday. Local folks attend the Street Fair, shop in Tunnelton, and document farm chores, family visits, and church events with small town details and names like Haws Ingle Crawford and Cauble.
Rev. A. A. Power of Emporia Kansas credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a severe biliary colic attack and a neighbor’s week-long illness ending in full recovery after a single dose. The neighbor had previously tried doctors with no relief. For sale by W. Blijott.
Wm H Secoggan dies at home south of town near Crosslane on Aug 24 1901. Born March 11 1852 he was 49 years 5 months 13 days. Funeral Aug 25 at 3 pm conducted by Rev Wm Russell with Psalm 283 and 108 and John 15:1 as readings. Burial in cemetery near Amos Scoggan's. He leaves a wife, five brothers, one sister and many friends.
Miss Ora McIntire sold her milliner shop to Miss Nellie Stamiford and left for Louisville for a milliner opening. Numerous local residents visited relatives, church, and markets. several doctors and farmers were noted in town and nearby, with small events and sales reported.
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