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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1915
Page
3
Alfred Gillock has nearly finished a half mile of new fence. Corn husking is about complete but the crop is light and poor due to overflow. Garret Bartlett, infant son of Mr and Mrs Alonzo Bartlett, is ill. Alonzo Bartlett's horse was sick from acid poisoning Friday.
Mitchell R. Guthrie announced as candidate for Lawrence County Treasurer subject to the primary. Born on a Guthrie farm near Tunnelton he moved to Bedford in 1903 and has run a local business in real estate loan and insurance for ten years. Recognized for business capacity and support for the Republican campaign.
Azriah Bartlett, a Pleasant Run township native and longtime Republican, announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Commissioner in the Second District. Son of Civil War veteran Capt. S. J. Bartlett, he long served as Pike Road superintendent, earning broad commendation for maintaining roads in hilly terrain. He is described as a strong addition to the ticket upon nomination.
The Mail announces Roscoe C White as a Republican candidate for Lawrence county treasurer. A Bedford native who 25 years in the county, he has worked as machinist and in stone cutting before shifting to insurance and real estate, then deputy to current treasurer Karl Short. Married into the Allen family, he enjoys broad local support and is expected to be the Republican nominee at the March 7 primary.
A son of John Martin of Springville broke his leg at a Springville saw mill on Wednesday. The injury was unusually bad and Dr Collins of Oolitic attended to the case.
Ambrose Crawford and family stayed with Homer Hunsucki and family in Coxton from Saturday to Sunday. Miss Annis Crawford traveled to Bedford on Saturday for business.
Miss Ara Baugh traveled to Bedford while many residents attended town events and visits. Oscar Thomas sold a fine herd of mules for 300 dollars to Frank Owens. A Pie Supper at Shiloh school drew a crowded audience with 36 pies and prizes for the ugliest man and prettiest girl.
Mrs Chas Craig visited Miss Grace Abbott on Monday. Families and neighbors from Eureka and Bedford share meals and visits after church services with several trips to Bedford and Princeton. Mr and Mrs Rowe and friends traveled from Eureka to C O Craig’s home for a morning service and country dinner, then attended Shiloh Sunday School and a solo by Mr Scott.
Trustee L S Chase was here Tuesday Miss Ethel Wells shopped at Bedford Monday William Gerkin of Martin County visited on business John Voorhees underwent dental work in Bedford Rev Adda Doane and wife visited S A McClung James Mundy moved to Bedford area Harry Wagner of North Dakota visited his sister Mrs Merle Smith Mrs Ernest Spriegel and daughter Helen from Chicago visited relatives Rumor says new school building may be finished by mid February Miss May Feltner visited Mt Olive Aunt Mrs John Terrell Robert Murrey and wife moved in with her mother Mrs Fannie Craig Ortha Trall teaching in Oolitic High School spent Sunday here Aps Bowden of Martin County visited his daughter Mrs Anna Hammersley Hayworth Construction Co Chicago employed here repairing the dam for S J Power Co Mrs Isabelle White and Miss Katie McMann of near Port William en route to Bedford Lizzie Trueblood returned to Stockton after visiting relatives near Port William Mt Olive Miss Pearl Squires of Stockton canvassed here Orville Hill returned from Hickory Point Tennessee to his home here.
Ruth McCreery reports local visits as W F McCleery and Roy Owens are back home. Misses Irene Goodman Leona Goodman and Marie Chambers stayovers and court visits noted. Mrs Carolina Stewart visits Guthrie. Thomas Cooper visits daughter Ocie Tumey. Mrs Ben Harrell dies of tuberculosis. Local prayers and church services recount Guilets Creek events. High School hosts The County Fair December 10. Preston Blackburn now with Andersons on Gullets Creek. Samuel Stevens road viewed. opposition noted. J T Flynn of Georgetown considers Jersey cattle shipment. may move to Bedford. Joe Evans leaves for Jasonville after a weekend visit.
Dixon correspondent reports church attendance at Sugar Creek, visits by Miss Meda Speers of Tucosville to Mrs Ralph Williams, and trips by Eimer Knight and Kirby Link to Campbellsburg. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Albert Brown, Mrs Mary Stephenson, and Mrs Lelia Robertson with relatives in Campbellsburg. In Seymour the Pentecost church dedication drew Laura Kelso and Samuel Hunsucker. A Friday debate between Bono and Saltillo discussed woman suffrage with Bono securing the affirmative.
Frank Harp died at his sister Mrs. Bridgewaters home on Breck enridge road from consumption. He was born in Tennessee and came to the city years ago. Funeral services were held at his sister's home and he was buried in Breckenridge cemetery.
Mrs Eliza Evans, sister of Samuel Simpson, is very ill at her home near Dark Hollow. Simpson reports her condition as serious after returning from there on Wednesday. Aged past 78, she has rarely been seriously ill before, and her current trouble stems from general breakdown and old age.
Jesse G. Ray attended the funeral of his brother the late Curtis FE Ray and has returned to New York City. Marshall Prosser of Mitchell spent Sunday in the city as a guest of his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Prosser on South H street.
Reuben Shorty Smallwood pleaded guilty in circuit court to running a blind tiger. An agreement to withhold sentence for a few days was reached so he could settle business affairs before starting his jail term.
Roy Lively of Heltonville remained active in the city on Friday as a merchant figure associated with local business.
Mrs V Link visited relatives in St Louis Missouri and Kansas City Missouri and returned home Wednesday afternoon.
The firm Aldenhagen and Dobson announces a change of ownership and asks all debtors to call and settle accounts with the firm.
John G. Bair a Montana lawyer and longtime public figure died suddenly in the office of County Attorney J. J. Green in Choteau on a Wednesday forenoon. He was a thirty second degree Mason and a pioneer educator and lawyer who helped organize Teton County and served on the local high school board. He leaves a wife and adopted son with brothers and sisters in Indiana, a mother previously deceased, and a life of active community service in Montana.
The regular City Council meeting Tuesday night saw numerous police applications filed by local men seeking work. A street line petition for Stalker Avenue between Lincoln and O streets was referred to the street and alley committee. Bids on light posts for Fast Fifteenth and East Sixteenth streets were ordered, with plans for a sidewalk on East Sixteenth and along Laura N. Caress and Fannie Dussard properties. An ordinance appropriated 242 from the general fund for the November 22, 1915 local option election and 1.80 for Mayor Fields and Water Works Supervisor Malott to attend an electric light rate hearing in Indianapolis. Firearm appointees L. A. Evans, Robert Owens, Oliver Oldham, Jackson Lavender, and Sherman Callahan were received and placed on file. Building permits were issued to James Coulter for a dwelling remodel and Charles G. Murphy for a five room dwelling in MeD and QO addition.
Frank Gable, a Bean Blossom Township farmer, shot a deer he believed was not a pet of Harry Axtell. Neighbors reported the act to Axtell after Gable claimed he did not know the animal’s status. Gable fired from about 100 yards and later shared venison with his family. The incident stirred local concern.
The deceased, aged 13 1900, had been a thirty second degree Mason and a longtime member of the Order of the Eastern Star serving as Grand Patron of Montana in 1906. A Taft appointee as collector of customs from 1909 to 1913, he was famed as a forceful speaker and powerful advocate before juries and in state campaigns.
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