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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1915
Page
5
D Pauline Bowden, daughter of Dink Bowden, aged 14, was taken to the Indiana Girls School by Judge Swails. Deputy McClure Smith accompanied her to the institution on Saturday morning. The school is located at Fact.
The article warns of an unprecedented freight car shortage across the United States. Rail officials expect colder weather to worsen congestion, with smaller trains and repair shops pressed to max capacity. Despite efforts, experts say the worst is yet to come as export and domestic freight volumes rise and equipment firms race to supply cars and power.
Details of a fatal wreck near Willow Valley tunnel show Glen Blevins killed and Jesse Fields badly injured when two youths rode a fast freight train to Bedford. Blevins suffered a fractured skull and chest injuries while Fields survived with multiple wounds as train workers freed them. Blevins, 20, a member of the Washington militia, was returning home with Fields after visiting relatives.
Prof. A Werner will present a January concert with the I U Orchestra conducted by Dr Campbell famed for his artistry. The program includes the opera Martha and the sextette from Lucia with Prof Werner and his pupils and a featured violinist.
Mr and Mrs OlHe Marks hosted a Sunday afternoon dinner party at their home south of the city. A noon meal featured fried chicken and accompaniments followed by social time and violin music. Attending were Mr and Mrs Hall of Heltonville Mrs Wm Stevenson of Bloomington Mr and Mrs Oscar Meadows and son Dwight Mr and Mrs Schuyler Meadows Mrs John Smith and children Mrs Lem Harbaugh and Mrs Max Harbaugh.
Elijah Chastaine was fined 20 dollars plus costs in police court after roughhousing at home and on a neighbor Saturday night. A 30 day sentence to the Penal Farm was added, and he was taken there Tuesday morning. failing to pay fines will extend to 60 days. Deputy Dick Kisher supervised the transfer.
Albert Medlock of New Albany was awarded $7000 for injuries from a log rolling onto him while loading saw toys on a Monon Railway car at Salem. The Harrison Circuit Court in Corydon returned the verdict after a yearlong case that originated in Floyd Circuit Court. Stotsenberg and Weathers of New Albany represented the plaintiff.
The article argues that frequent auto rollovers stem from driver panic and loss of head rather than bad roads. It explains that turning front wheels toward the ditch while skidding can cause a flip unless the driver keeps wheels in line with momentum and regains control.
Miss Mary Bergdoll, a Bloomington teacher at Williams Schools, was in the city Saturday morning en route to College City to visit family. The home address for the newborn is 1314 4th Street, and Mr. and Mrs. De Cross welcomed a daughter, Margaret Alice, on Saturday.
Lee Hironomious Reed Bass and Frank Davis on a line trip in Arkansas write home that they are having the time of their lives. They describe seeing wild hawks eagles and deer and catching many black squirrels. They note thousands of acres of cotton left unpicked.
Knights of Pythias across Indiana plan roll call gatherings during lodge sessions this week. Grand Chancellor Charles F. Remy and Grand Keeper Robert A. Brown urge all lodges to attend, aiming for a statewide, simultaneous observance. Local lodge expects a big night at Friday’s regular meeting.
J T Todd of the R ik Martin General Merchandise in Heltonville spent Saturday in the city on business. Mrs Cassindia Brock was summoned to Orleans by the serious illness of a daughter there.
The Board of Commissioners named Ralph White to serve as constable in Spice Valley township citing ongoing disturbances at religious meetings and other misdemeanors in the area.
Waterworks at Orleans assured as contract and franchise accepted and filed. System to be general, cost about $50,000. State lab tests find water pure. Pumps to be powered by fuel oil engines or electricity. J. B. Marvin of Frankfort Indiana oversees the project.
Word arrives that Adison Younger, who went to Phoenix for the winter, is with relatives as his niece, daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Fish, improves. his daughter Mrs C A Fish remains dangerously ill and nearing the end, according to the latest update.
The Seed Corn Show in Bedford drew 41 exhibits with several ranking alongside state fair entries. Winners include Curt Sowder and Matt Smith from Johnson County, Elaine Beasley, and more, with trips to Purdue University Farmers Short Course awarded. Five Acre and Boys contests drew multiple entrants and prizes, with judges from Purdue and the Indiana Corn Growers Association. Community banks support the event and plan for next year.
A Bedford committee from the Hospital and Monument Association and a G A R and W R C group urged the Board of Commissioners to grant appropriations to fund the City Hospital and Lawrence Park per the Moses F Dunn will. They proposed $5,000 to the hospital and $5,000 to Lawrence Park, with city support via levies and transfers, contingent on future board approval beginning January 1.
Mrs Emma Huskins widow of Charles Phaskins was awarded nine hundred dollars in a Tuesday out of court settlement over the Mitchell Road automobile death. The suit stemmed from an incident where Huskins and a mule team were on Mitchell road when a Voris car driven by John Stepp passed, causing the mule to bolt and Huskins to be crushed before dying minutes later.
A Monon train stopped at the local station Tuesday with the last car over a trench dug by pipe men repairing a leak. A roaring fire melted lead in the pipe and some paint on the coach was scorched before the train was moved.
Monon tank mains broke loose again at the local station water crane causing repeated leaks and heavy costs. Yard crews dig out Tuesday to remedy the cause and stop the leak as water hammer from valve shutoff strains the system. An air cushion is suggested as a cure.
Mrs J H Merryman and her daughter from Oolitic traveled through the city Tuesday morning en route to Indianapolis to visit the family of Key and Mrs Do B Richards.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrell died at her Needmore Morne home on a Monday afternoon at 1 30. The funeral was held Wednesday.
Mrs. Harrell, wife of Ben Harrell and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reuter, died Monday afternoon in Needmore after years of tuberculosis. Survived by husband, daughter Ruth, parents, sister Mrs. Claude Watson, and brother Claude Renter. Funeral from the home on Wednesday. burial in Hopkins cemetery.
Mrs. Edith Callahan, a prominent Norman Station resident, traveled through the city Monday morning on her way home from Mitchell where she visited her daughter Mrs. William Bell and family.
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