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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
2
Classified ad rates listed for Bedford Indiana include display and line ads with unit costs. The notice notes pricing per square inch, per line, and per insertion, plus local and display options. A dated line indicates a record from 1906 with a total amount of 135 dollars.
At the Pure Food Commission hearing in Louisville on Tuesday John B. Thompson of Harrodsburg denounced rectified whiskey makers as cheats. He defended old style whiskey and recalled making whiskey in 1882 stating the old drink prevented excessive craving and drunkenness.
Dr Wailon asks if whiskey makes hair grow as Colonel Thompson lists whiskey components and brands. Prof Alfred Lasche of the Institute of Dermatology explains distilling whiskies under proper temperatures and notes that grain quality affects odor, with musty grain used in some straight whiskies.
Census Bureau bulletin shows Indiana total property at 3.11 billion dollars with real estate and improvements 1.76 billion. Other assets include livestock, farming and manufacturing equipment, railroads, utilities, and miscellaneous properties. Population 2.646 million projected for June 1. Thomas Chapman shot while hunting. father W. H. Chapman traveled from Bryantsville.
Sequel to Saturday clash in front of Fields' grocery erupts Monday evening in Englewood as two families linked to the original brawl clash again in a fierce melee. No casualties reported so far, though tensions remain high.
The State case against Enoch Cheek, Mitchell marshal, for manslaughter in the Higlin killing rested on a hung jury, with 6 for conviction and 6 for acquittal. Check bonds at $500. retrial possible. Also details on related suits and ongoing trials in Seymour Democrat report.
Indianap olis will host trustees on December 18 to discuss increasing daily pay from 2 to 3 dollars and placing accumulated township funds into public depository banks. The state association vice president expects a bill to be introduced. about 1,007 trustees in the state seek better compensation for their duties.
Citizens of Guthrie and nearby townships join a fox drive starting 8:20 a.m. at the Backbone area. Lines extend along Guthrie creek White river and Bedford and Tunnelton road with officers named for each division. No guns or dogs allowed. all to assemble at 8 a.m. for organization and sport. Christie and Thelma Kern visit Silverville relatives.
The State Board of Health monthly bulletin urges mothers to inspect children for diphtheria daily and calls for local bans on distributing medicines for advertising. It argues government funds favor hog cholera over infant health and warns leaves burned at night irritate throats, urging daytime burning.
In Dayton and Cincinnati the Gilman family faces murder related charges. David Curtis, under bailless custody, allegedly confessed. Collins Gilman and Fayne Gilman are charged as accessories while Mrs. Kate Gilman lies near death in hospital as events unfold after an autopsy suggests possible assault and strangling.
A neighborhood quarrel over nine missing hens leads to a shooting in Bean Blossom valley. Joseph Folkerson, 50, shoots Tillman and Gorman Lentz, brothers age unknown, near Dolan six miles north. Both Lentzs wounded, recovery doubtful amid famly land dispute in the region.
Zachariah Taylor, a 160 acre Maysville area farmer, endures a year of burglaries, poisoned animals, threatening letters, and nightly terror from a mysterious man and a masked woman. He seeks help from Prosecutor Elmer Hastings and federal officers after a US mail box was rifled and his family faced stones and gunfire.
Supreme Court decision by Justice Peckham upholds a Mississippi railroad rule allowing through trains to bypass Magnolia Mississippi rail stop. The ruling found Magnolia offered sufficient facilities for passengers and mail without forcing fast trains to stop. Also notes sale of Thomas Stipp farm for $100 per acre and moves of local residents Charles Stipp and the Knott family.
Attorneys Alexander and Harris report the Decatur court has ruled in favor of John M Green Frank Green and Emma Hulse heirs of Katherine Stipp over land from the 1856 will. The Greens gain 120 acres valued at 150 dollars per acre, with attachment actions launched by original purchaser heirs demanding nearly four thousand dollars.
A jury found Alex Robinson not guilty after a two hour deliberation in the State vs. Robinson charged with robbing Walls & Walls. The piece notes marriage licenses for Norman Martin and Delia Goodman Clem T. Houvart and Sophia E. Gratzer and mentions local crime shifts near Bloomington.
The Bloomington Star reports a public boxing match set at the opera house with a wrestler billed as a strong puncher from Indiana polis. Tickets cost $2 near the bottle holder as local citizens worry over saloons and men only shows.
Professor W F Borden of Borden Indiana, an 84 year old mining pioneer famed for Colorado gold cyanide work, lies gravely ill at his home. The town named after him hosts a renowned geology collection and top laboratories. Nearly parallel reports detail a string of local legal outcomes and public safety actions, including a $100 fine in a cattle maiming case, dogs ordered muzzled amid hydrophobia fears, and a wage dispute between Chicago railway managers and engineers.
Movement aims to reduce the number of saloons in Linton by challenging license applicants before the County Commissioners. Ministers spearhead investigations into applicants compliance with the law and police records, targeting licenses within 500 feet of schools. If denied, the matter may go to the Indiana Supreme Court.
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