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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1915
Page
2
Taxes on each 100 valuation in Lawrence County Indiana are due at the county treasurer in Bedford. Pay first installment by the First Monday in May or second by the First Monday in November or pay all by May. Delinquent taxes incur a 10 percent penalty after May if unpaid.
Mr and Mrs Roscoe McDonald left for Bruceville Friday morning after visiting relatives in town. Elmer McKnight and daughter Mariel joined Thanksgiving at D W McKnight residence in Leatherwood Audley Trainor Crawford Johnson and Charles Lemon visited Springville to see Johnsons mother Sallie Chesnut. Miss Faira Ross from Indianapolis traveled to Heltonville to visit Mrs John Garrison. Clara Jessups of Worthington returned home after visiting Doc Ferguson’s family in the northeast part of the city.
Local residents and visitors share Thanksgiving visits across towns including Heltonville Louisville Harrodsburg and Indianapolis. Names mentioned include Mr and Mrs Edward Owens Mrs A M Faris Grover Henderson Columbus Koontz and more as families travel to relatives and attend hunts and gatherings. Casual moves include trips to Coatsville Nel tonville Ark ansas and Benton county with mentions of illness and travel by motorboat.
The Lawrence circuit court has nothing set for Monday and Judge Swails is not expected until Tuesday. The State versus Blackwell is slated for trial, while the remaining term remains crowded and it is difficult to assign fines for cases yet to be scheduled.
John Wesley Harris a former Bedford lawyer now said to be insane escaped from the Denison Hotel in Indianapolis where an immigration officer left him in a room. Harris, claiming to be the President of the United States, was on his way to Washington and had been brought to Indianapolis to be placed in the care of his son A. T. Harris.
The funeral for Miss Bertha Magner who died Sunday at her home near Spice Valley church was held Thursday forenoon at 11 o'clock. Burial followed in Spice Valley church yard.
Homer George and Curtis McPike suffered serious injuries in a noon Friday fight near Peerless. George has a severe slash that punctured a lung, and McPike sustains a spine injury with little expected improvement for several days. Nearby residents and visitors including John L. Baker and Mildred Newkirk are noted in local activity following the incident. Edward Ray and Ethyl Ray traveled from Idaho and Indianapolis to attend the late Curtis Bi Ray’s funeral before returning home.
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