Christmas Social Notes and Local Busy-Bodyings
Daily roundup of Bedford area Christmas visits and greetings. Residents travel to Indianapolis Louisville and Cincinnati to spend holidays with family friends and relatives. Local officials and businesses report travel illness and routine holiday duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Hitchcock
A. T. Hert
Louisville
Aaron Sharum
Loogootee
David Moncier
Indianapolis
Charles Braden
Mitchell
Homer Crawford
W. A. Webb
J. L. Smith
Adge Inman
Danville
Ills
M. C. Pritchett
New Albany
Samuel Thickson
Ralph Lee
Charles Harbaugh
Spencer
Albert Pence
Memphis
Elza Jackson
Springville
Armstrong
Township Funds Disbursed For Semiannual School and Other Expenses
County Treasurer Ray issued warrants to township trustees for semiannual allocations from general taxes. Listed amounts include Flinn 911.70, Pleasant Run 2026.15, Perry 1258.15, Indian Creek 8356.53, Spice Valley 2411.84, Marion 8987.80, Bono 1742.42, Shawswick 6266.52, Marshall 2188.83, Guthrie 1716.49, Mitchell City Corp 168.51, Mitchell School 4622.94, Bedford City Corp 12176.38, Bedford School 14842.59, Huron 120.06, Oolitic 566.16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flinn Township
Pleasant Run
Perry
Indian Creek
Spice Valley
Marion
Bono
Shawswick
Marshall
Guthrie
City of Mitchell. Corporation
City of Bedford. Corporation
Schoolimy
Ts Reeeeale
Town of Huron
Town of
Oolitic
Pug Dog Alerts Fire Endangering Peru Home
Benjamin E. Wallace a circus man in Peru faced a cellar fire started by an electrical wire. His wife Mrs Wallace heard the dog barking and found the blaze while neighbors were away. The house and fittings were saved but damage totaled seventy five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin E. Wallace
Peru
Man Fatally or Seriously Injured In Rural Gun Accident
While driving with his wife from their home near Clifford to Mt. Liberty Brown County to visit his grandfather for Christmas, McClelland Pruitt shot his own arm when a loaded shotgun discharged after he spooked a rabbit. The injury tore flesh and muscle from his right arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClelland Pruitt
Clifford
Mt. Liberty
Brown County
Pruitt
Poor Washerwoman in Distress After Heirship News
John Malotte's widow in Jasonville, after his death in a mine accident, learns she inherited one quarter of a $90,000 estate in Holland. With no food, she must wash by hand to feed her children while awaiting funds for travel back to Holland. Transportation money has been sent, and they plan to return once received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Malotte
Jasonville
Holland
Malotte
John D Sellars Seeks First District Commissioner Post
John D Sellars announces candidacy for Commissioner from the First District subject to Republican Primary. A native of Lawrence county born near Fayetteville he owns a Bedford area farm and is described as a good substantial citizen ready to serve if nominated and elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Sellars
Mr. Sellars
Milton B. Sellars
Lawrence County
Fayetteville
Bedford
Sellars
Christmas Eve clash at Leesville church ends with guards
A Leesville crowd clashed with six liquor soaked Ft Ritner men during a Christmas Eve service at a Methodist church. Home guards were called as 300 parishioners fled in fear while Col Dick Plummer sought legal action against the White River visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesville
Dick Plummer
Ft. Ritner
Col. Plummer
Fletcher
Indiana
Christmas Wedding in Bedford Unites Della Parham and Wilbur Crooke
Miss Della Parham and Wilbur Crooke wed at the Parham home 727 O street. Rev. Melvin Putman officiated before a large gathering. a luncheon followed. The bride is popular and the groom works for American Express as a messenger on the Bedford and Bloomfield Monon line. They will live in Bedford.
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Della Parham
Wilbur Crooke
Wesley Parham
O Street
Melvin Putman
First Christian Church
American Express Company
Bedford & Bloomfield
The
Monon
Worship by Phone Connects Muncie Congregants
Bedford ministers trialed worship by telephone at the First Presbyterian Church in Muncie. A receiver was placed before the pastor Rev. B. M. Nyce and the choir and organ. Hundreds at home could hear the sermon via a citywide central connection, including bed-ridden members long absent from services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
First Presbyterian Church
Muncie
B. M. Nyce
Teacher Bessie Hamilton Died After Short Illness
Brownstown educator Miss Bessie Hamilton died after a one day illness just before Christmas. She closed her school for holidays and had mailed presents to friends and pupils. Active in the Presbyterian Bible school and the Pythian Sisters she was well known in community affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Short
Oklahoma City
John Short
Sherman E. Wright
D. D. Nicholson
Europe
Mariette
Wisconsin
H. T. Smallwood
Harrodsburg
Bessie Hamilton
Brownstown
Miss Hamilton
Presbyterian Bible School
Order of Pythian Sisters
Hand Mangled by Exploding Cracker in Oolitic
Melba Babatch a Hungarian quarry worker picked up an unexploded firecracker on Oolitic main street thinking it was a Roman candle. He lit the fuse causing a blast that mangled and powder burned his right hand including the index finger. He was treated in Bedford by Dr. Emery and faces possible lockjaw risk but is expected to recover in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melba Babatch
Babatch
Bedford
Emery
Blind Tigers Claws Warrant for Ft Ritner's Bad Bunch
Prosecutor Fletcher prepared warrants Thursday for Ft Ritner residents charged with operating a Blind Tiger. Fourteen cases filed. affidavits filed in police court. Chief Gratzer to serve warrants. Tiger’s lair reportedly in Pleasant Run township. keeper arrest papers issued.
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Fletcher
Ft. Ritner
Gratzer
Pleasant Run
Mrs Rush McCammon Delivers Fourteenth Christmas Baby
In Greene County Indiana Mrs Rush McCammon again presents a Christmas baby to her husband, Rush McCammon. The note celebrates tenacious family tradition amid tighter economies, praising both parents for maintaining a holiday custom through challenging times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush McCammon
Greene County
Indiana
All Bedford Dry Goods Stores Close at Six
Bedford based stores will close at 6 PM starting today. Proprietors say longer hours offer little benefit and will ease workload for clerks in the colonial retail area.
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Bedford
Beasley Trial Submits Case To Jury After Rest
Beasley trial proceedings diverged as the defense rested at 4 15 PM and moved to submit to the jury without argument. Both sides indicated expectations of a verdict, with defense leaders confident of acquittal on insanity and prosecutors predicting life sentence or disgraceful verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Cyrus E. Davis
John E. Lamb
Oscar E. Bland
John A. Riddle
William L. Cavins
Christmas Festivities At Reed Home Celebrate Holiday Gathering
The Reed home at 2421 Robert Reed Street hosted a Christmas day event with about a hundred guestsincluding Mr and Mrs Reed, Rev Otte and St John Episcopal attendees. Tablesau shows, a decorated tree and late night dancing marked the celebration with out of town visitors from Bloomington Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Withers
East Fifteenth Street
Robert Younger
Bloomington
J. W. Kay
Howard Sproull
Purdue University
Sallie Walden
Chanute
Kansas
Joseph McBrayer
A W. Pease
Stinesville
T. J. Brooks
Indianapolis
Gertrude Gibbons
Salem
S. E. Avery
Robert Reed
Louis Eker
Lafayette
Clem Heiger
Chicago
John Haase
Elza Jackson
Owensburg
Mr. Jackson
Julia Miller
Deckard
Huddleson
Harrisburg
John Hendricks
18Th St
Henryville
Amos Stone
Marie Campbell
Hazel Miller
Orleans
Morris Mayer
Patrick Sheron
Seymour
Will Reamer
St. Louis
Maude Miller
M Strests
Otte
S. P. Reed
Austin
Indinolis
William and
Edward Otte
Cincinnati
Ada Pierson Sent to Indiana Prison for Immoral House Involvement
Ada Pierson, 17, convicted of inducing young girls to enter an immoral house, was moved by Sheriff Westfall to Indianapolis on Monday and placed in the Women's Reformatory to serve a term of two to five years. She was arrested with Ida Kellums, a Vincennes character, who lured Mitchell girls away. both were fined, but Pierson proceeds to prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Pierson
Indianapolis
Westfall
Vincennes
Pierson
Ida Kellums
Mitchell
Railroad agents decline tickets to intoxicated riders
A railroad rule prohibits selling transportation to persons intoxicated or under the influence of liquor. Local agents refused several ticket applications Tuesday unless the passenger was in custody or accompanied by a sober person, in line with the long standing policy.
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agen/s
Groom Gone From Leesville Leaves Town
Leesville residents seek Nathaniel White a groom who married Fannie Wels twenty one days ago. He disappeared suddenly without notice or address, becoming the town’s main topic and source of speculation as days pass without word or update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesville
Nathaniel White
White
Fannie Wels
Change comes for Monon as C H D assets move east
Rumors persist that the Monon will assume control of most of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton system after January. The plan expands Monon mileage to about 1000 miles, with Lafayette shops enlarged and more motive power needed. Capt. John T. Cuppy dies in Lafayette after long service. details of his career and survivors noted.
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Monon
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Springfield
Pere Marquette
Judge Harmon
Pere Marquette Railroad
Erie System
Indianapolis
Wingfield
Ill
Monon and
Abscent
Indiana whitecapping case advances as witness identifies suspects
The Bartholomew county court trial of eight men charged with whitecapping William T. Vanest proceeds with Vanest and his eleven year old son testifying. Vanest identifies Charles Sylvester David Ox Lovell Bowers and David Fox among the assailants involved in the June 22 incident. He describes the sack over his head and the beating while several others are named as possible participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Indiana
William T. Vanest
Bartholomew County
Vanest
Virgil
Charles Sylvester
Monroe County
David Ox
Sylvester
Fox
Charles Seitz
Joseph Stull
Andy Stull
Seitz
Lovell Bowers
David Fox
Joe
Valuable Christmas Gift To Dr A J McDonald In Indy Portrait
Dr A J McDonald received a 24 by 3 foot oil painting of Hereford cattle as a Christmas gift from Sol Godman of Indianapolis. The scene shows Mr Oni farm stock with breeders valued from 1500 to 2700 dollars each. The painting by a noted artist is framed in heavy gold moulding and highly prized by its owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. McDonald
Sol Godman
Indianapolis
Elks Benefit Brings Christmas Cheer to Bedford Children
The Elks Christmas benefit at Stone City Opera House raised joy for Bedford’s poor children. Over 300 youngsters enjoyed Crescent Comedy Company acts and received toys from a distributing committee including Graham Kileen Hentger Qwen Lanz Dodd Pro and Johnson. Dishes dolls drums whistles candies and oranges filled gift bags. The event marked many children’s first real Christmas experience and left them delighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Bedford
Stone City Opera House
Crescent Comedy Company
Elks Lodge
Graham
Kileen
Hentger
Qwen
Lanz
Dodd
Pro
Johnson
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