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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
2
Frank Grimes a precocious youth attacked Riley Foddrill with stones after an insult about a haircut. A stray rock hit four year old Frank Stone on the head, sending him to Dr Freeland for treatment. Grimes fled after the incident and continued throwing stones toward Foddrill.
The Terre Haute trotter Nancy Hanks sold for 1500 dollars to Kentucky pasture ends her racing days. Once valued at 40000, the mare known for her 15 year fame on the track with driver Budd Soble prompts reflection on sentiment versus future foals.
Wabash police are on the lookout for two men who left two heavy suitcases at Coxton station bound for Wabash. The bags reportedly contained jewelry tied to a Miami Ohio robbery and a later club-house burglary. A large reward is offered for recovery of the stolen items.
Temperance forces in Browns town filed a remonstrance with the auditor, showing 69 of the township’s voters in favor. If upheld, the seven saloons in Brownstown and Ewing would lose licenses when they expire. The drive was quiet and well organized, with canvassing starting only Thursday morning.
Frank Grimes was arrested on a warrant for assault and battery on Riley Foddrill. In police court he pled guilty and paid a total of ten dollars in fines and costs, covered by his parents after the offense followed a quarrel over a joke. A rock struck the 4 year old son of Mrs George Stone on the head, causing a severe injury. George W McDaniel his wife and daughter Mrs Frank M Cosner plan to go to Pensacola Florida next Tuesday for a few months with Cosner joining in early next year for two months.
An article lauds Japanese craft and criticizes external cosmetics, then promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe vegetable tonic for women. It argues open-air living and physical labor boost health, warns against external skin treatments, and offers a $500 reward for cure failures with testimonial support from Dr. Pierce's institute in Buffalo, New York.
Bedford council reorganizes a Board of Finance and extends city limits to cover stone mills, Southern Indiana railway shops, and local factories while excluding Bradley & Sons plant. An ordinance funds public square improvements, sets rail track alignment, and reports November finances and assessments totaling about 36,500 dollars.
Edward Ford, implicated in the killings of Frank and Frank McCoy in Monroe county, had prior trouble in Brown county where a whitecap notice urged his absence. A past beating occurred, and during a trial an authentication letter suggested he trafficked in persimmon seeds, noting seed varieties and cuttings, though seedless persimmons were unknown in Brown county.
Deaths follow a Saturday mill accident in Brown county as 20 year old McDonald son of ex Sheriff George MecDonald dies in Nashville after being caught in shafting. Passing farmer rescues him while he screams. Hon W L Taylor, former Indiana attorney general, visits Bedford while pursuing GOP nominating efforts.
In Bedford near the Washington pumping station two men, William Maher and Jacob Sahm, drowned after their boat capsized on a late Sunday evening. Scores joined the search. Sahm's body was recovered Tuesday afternoon about 50 feet above the log where Kelly clung. Sahm wore an overcoat and spectacles. a shirt tossed in the river drift failed to reveal the body.
Diphtheria reports reach sixty one in the last days prompting the Sunday School heirs to skip services and local institutions to close. The public school and Central Academy shut indefinitely while all places children gather are abandoned. One death, a young baby, marks the toll as cases rise among young and old.
A Greencastle Banner item reports Albert Daggy raising a Plymouth Rock hen devoted to a bay mare. The hen sleeps beside the horse in cold weather, feigns distress when the horse is away, and crows in delight as the horse returns. The affair amuses neighbors as a curious animals’ companionship. Also noted is Gate Hanaway, a fireman formerly with Monon and Big Four lines, fatally injured in a rear end freight collision between Toledo and Grand Rapids. his funeral held in Monon drew many Lafayatte railroad men.
In Washington Ind and Bedford area two men William Maher and Jacob Sahm drown in the White river near Maysville below the pumping station as a rescue attempt for Pat Kelly unfolds. Kelly is pulled from the water after an hour and ten minutes by Lester Ingram and Jesse Purcell, with dynamite later used to try to recover the bodies.
The Commonwealth questions Robert Noakes of Louisville on charges linked to the Goebel assassination. Noakes, alleged accessory with Taylor Powers and Finley, claims he acted under Finley and Powers to lead men to Frankfort in 1899 to influence the State election board. He says he was instructed to ensure justice or "hang" the election commissioners.
Ness recounts a Barbourville train conversation in which Powers proposed organizing a military company to march to Frankfort. Powers doubted the contest would matter since Goebel was said to be near death. Cross examination failed to supply exact dates. Howard arrived from the state pen to testify for Powers while Cecil vanished overnight, spurring a dispute over witness safety and trial delay.
Flinn Township Board of Finance in Indiana invites written proposals from banks and security companies to receive up to 3000 dollars of public funds for deposit. Proposals due December 2007 at the township residence, with bonds and surety required. Andrew Sppeen presides, secretary Rozar Thompson attests.
Indian Creek Township Lawrence County Indiana seeks proposals from banks and trust companies to receive public funds on deposit. Proposals due December 27 in Fayetteville Indiana. Bonds required. forms prepared under statute. deposits governed by 1967 act Chapter 222. President Isaac Willinms. Secretary Homer Feerreshey.
The Marshall Township Board of Finance invites written proposals from banks and trust companies for depositing public funds under a state act. Proposals must include bonds or collateral and be submitted at the Township Trustee's Office in Peerless, Indiana, by December 2, 1907, with ORA Fenpen as president and Lewis Trocpon as secretary.
Lawrence County Board of Finance will receive written proposals from Indiana banks and trust companies at 11 a m on December 2 1907 in Bedford for receipt of public funds deposits under an act of the General Assembly. Proposals must include bonds and collateral as security and comply with official forms.
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