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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows editor names and roles plus garbled ad rate notes. Readable items include FPED OTIS editor, BERT WICKER managing editor, MRS. HARRY ASKEW news editor, CURT JOCELYN society editor. Advertising and display lines are partially legible with per inch and per line rates.
A blast damaged a building last Wednesday and four others began work on Saturday to restore the structure. A letter of condolence arrived for Mr. Piarbaugh and Davis Wophem, urging a cautious reopening plan. The machine shop remains halted but is expected to resume operations after repairs.
Effie Eastridge files for divorce from James C Mastridy in Lawrence circuit court alleging quarrel in May and separation in June. Complaint says defendant left home for gayes with no support and has not contacted plaintiff since June 25. Plaintiff seeks dissolution of marriage and financial provision for two years.
Barrel Newberry of Kentucky suffered a severe injury at a Mitchell lumber mill when his hand was drawn into a rolling saw. The accident required amputation above the elbow.
A circuit court ruling denied the new trial in Moore vs City of Bloomington, granting an $8,000 judgment. The action, filed days earlier, involved appeals to the court of claims and an application for reconsideration. A separate injunction or stay request was noted, tied to a tragic incident involving a young girl and an accident linked to a skyrocket.
Mitchell lad Cash Spear, employed by E J and E RY, was run over by a train in Chicago on Friday while on duty. His left arm was severed and he was taken to a Chicago hospital for treatment.
Log haulers have badly damaged routes east of the city. Dirt roads show deep ruts and the Pike resembles an ordinary dirt road due to winter heavy logs traffic. Many east side roads remain soft and deteriorated, with numerous complaints filed.
George Turpin, a paroled convict, was arrested after forging three checks last Saturday and Monday. Police Cline and Croucher identified handwriting, a cousin match, and fingerprints from a shoe purchase at Freidman’s. Turpin previously served years for a watch theft from Wible and faces return to Jeffersonville Reformatory if convicted.
Twenty five witnesses including diverse parties testified this morning in the Norton County trial. Grace Bennett Baxter and Sam and Annie mapping were among those found guilty and fined. The court, presided by Chief Justice MacNeeley, heard arguments from John O'Donnel for the defense and Louden with J. Bar-Clay for the state.
A jury in Southern IndianaPower Company versus Miller awarded $3500 for damages to land from floodingeffects. The verdict covers damages past present and future due to flooding of the land.
John Tiunier, last of the Stanter elders, lies dying at the Hunter homestead near Heltonville after a Friday stroke of paralysis. He is a cousin of Dr BLS Hunter, O M Thier and M W Stanter of this city.
Fairfax Harrison, former president of the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railway, resigns to lead the Southern. He thanks Monon officials and employees for three years of loyal cooperation and expresses ongoing regard. Harrison was a regular guest of the Transportation Club and attended Monon board meetings in Indianapolis.
Clifford F. Scott and Ruth Worthington of Tunnelton wed Saturday in the County Clerk’s office, officiated by Justice of the Peace Robert W. Dixon.
A VN article argues that human laws fail to banish injustice and that the rule of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt often defeats truth. It critiques capital crime proofs and the current jury system, urging revision of codes and practices while respecting courts.
William Watts, who vanished from this city, is reportedly seen in Mitchell and in Arkansas where he formerly lived. Relatives say no domestic trouble preceded his departure and the puzzling case has left neighbors seeking any clue about his fate.
Marriage license reported for Clifford RF Scott of Tunnelton and Ruth Worthington of Tunnelton.
Dan Chapman was fined $1 and costs in police court Saturday on the charge of intoxication.
Mrs. K M Norman of Neltonville and others from Williams Mt Olive Mitchell and Trinity Springs were in the city this week for various visits and business. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Charles Richardson on Washington Avenue. Mrs Mary Naffee’s funeral drew relatives to Cortland. Weather prophet Blake forecasts rain for the first four months of 1914 with a later two month dry spell, predicting a good wheat year.
A Washington Indiana woman sues for divorce alleging her husband has not worked for many years. She supports their six children by washing and notes many similar cases nationwide.
The column jokes about Indianapolis strikes and Bloomington’s reputation for drinking. It notes a Carnegie library seen as a white elephant and mocks fashion and dances as the season nears, while reporting forty seven arrests in a month for drunkenness.
Mrs M J Murphy visited her sister Mrs Walter Day on Friday. Miss Lottie Walls returns to Denver for the winter. Mr and Mrs John Faucett of Dugger visit Lincoln Avenue relatives. Mrs T J Leonard of Owensburg returns home after illness of Mrs Alfred Parker. Mrs Clarence Hartman and daughter Vera Christina arrived home after visiting Terre Haute. Louise Holland child suffers diphtheria. Workmen Todd Protto at Bedford repairs engines. Mrs Winifred Patton improves and can go out. Mrs Elza Knight返回 to Bedford after week with Ray Cook. Bloomington Telephone.
Mrs. K. D. Owen of N street fractured her wrist after stumbling over a rug and falling Friday while dusting her rugs.
The state board of pardons closed applications for paroles and pardons last night and will file its report with the Governor next week. Cases heard included Oliver Haycock serving a life term for killing Deputy Sheriff Harry Smith in Orange County in 1911 and William Ragons who killed William Abels in Orange County in 1910. Ragons has been paroled from the reformatory, leaving no further action for the board.
Dame Rumor swirls over a forthcoming marriage between a popular West Fourteenth Street socialite and a well known New York City man who once lived here.
An unusual accident left Ezra Morris with his auto seat torn from the car and jerked away while starting. Neither Morris nor passenger Mr. Sculley were injured. A rope tied to the railing behind the seat wrapped around the rear wheel drum causing the mishap at high speed.
W S Weir of the Interstate Commerce Commission inspects Monon locomotives in Lafayette Indiana. Engines with leaking flues and steam cocks are condemned for safety as inspectors require crews not to ride cabs with escaping steam. Repairs’re ordered and a freight engine is brought in to haul a passenger train.
Police have not secured convincing evidence against local suspects in a bakery burglary. A few suspects were given third degree, while Chief Hensley suspects an outside expert was brought to blow the safe, with local talent orchestrating the job.
Roscoe Holmes from near Williams was in the city Monday on business.
Mrs Duncan of Springville, mother in law of injured Glenn Murphy, visits the Harbaugh and Schooley plant victim from a welding machine explosion as a year’s Daily or Weekly Mail subscription is touted as the best Christmas gift.
Public notice announces new reduced subscription rates for the paper. It lists one year for $1.00 six months 50 cents three months 25 cents one month 10 cents and single copy 3 cents with a prompt renewal appeal to avoid missing issues. Weekly readers are also addressed.
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