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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
1
The President’s annual address celebrates republican strength and growing freedom, reviews the China situation and Boxer crisis, and outlines foreign relations, the Hague arbitration, interoceanic canal prospects, and domestic finances. He urges currency stability, anti trust clarity, and expansion of shipping, Philippines, Porto Rico, Cuba governance, and rural delivery.
An advertisement claims Bradfield's Female Regulator cures womanly ills and promotes health. It warns against cures on the market, touts relief from menstrual inflammation and pain, and offers a $1 bottle price and a free booklet from JHE Bradfield Regulator Co Atlanta GA.
An advertisement touts S S S as a guaranteed vegetable blood purifier for skin diseases. It claims acne eczema psoriasis and other eruptions stem from impure blood and features a customer testimonial from St. Louis about dramatic improvement after using S S S. It invites readers to request a free book and consult Swift Specific Company in Atlanta GA.
Matthieu of this city suffered severe facial burns when hot oil exploded in an engine oil cup on Rockledge Street. Doctors feared eye damage but the eyes were saved. Injuries described as painful but not dangerous. The report also notes newspaper price changes and local notices about a German church in Brownstown and a funeral for Mrs. Katie Houston near Erie.
A Thanksgiving outing ends with Perry Vance of Orpha's Home robbed of his gun as a stranger, a hungry tramp, pockets four rabbits and refuses to return the weapon. Vance, unarmed, must endure the insult while the thief wanders off. Moral: keep your gun over your shoulder. Miss Nannie Davis visits in Hunt ingburg and Heltonville then returns to Colorado.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant in the Grayson will case filed by heirs of Mrs. Alfred Grayson against the Methodist Episcopal church. About 150 witnesses were summoned. trial spanned three weeks in Orange Circuit Court. Costs are estimated around 1500 dollars with substantial attorney fees.
W A Hines of Manchester Iowa recounts near death from lung trouble after measles. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption with his complete recovery and urges others to try it. Regular sizes 50c and 1.00, trial bottles free at Messick and Dodds Drug Store.
The Bedford and Washington High School elevens played to a 5 to 5 tie before a large crowd at Thanksgiving. Washington fans were described as especially boisterous and rough, far exceeding other southern towns. In Martin county, 19 year old Alex Dowell shot and killed Thomas Powell during a dispute at a camp near Proctor and Huron on Wednesday night. Dowell remains at large. Miss Josepha Franklin lectured in Bloomington on Idol Worship in India before returning to Irvington to continue her studies. Miss Eva Stimpson, visiting Heltonville for Thanksgiving, returned to Indian Creek to teach.
At the Methodist parsonage on November 27 Earle Sears and Pearlhea Heacock joined in marriage by the Phillipsburg circuit pastor. Sears, a railway worker, has made the city his home for years. Pearlhea, long established here, is warmly regarded. They will reside here briefly then plan Fairbury as their future home. May God bless their life together.
Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio faced 18 months of rectal fistula and doctors warned of death without costly surgery. He reportedly healed himself using Bucklen's Arnica Salve, claiming it the surest pile cure, sold by Messick & Dodd for 250 cents per box.
A Crawford county report describes the William H. English monument in English town facing removal by Democrats angered by Col William E English’s Republican stance. Night attacks target the statue as rocks fracture its coat tail. Leo W Spencer, a Georgia businessman, is noted among locals. Arbino returns to Italy with savings from local quarries. Four year old Bessie Chambers is seriously ill on North O street.
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