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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
2
The notice lists office contacts and staff roles for the Bedford Weekly Mail and Brooks, including editors, managing editor, news editor, circulation manager, society editor, and department manager. It shows phone numbers and a date of December 2, 1912 with subscription rates for inside and outside the county.
Helen Taft portrays Santa Claus for nephews William Aston Billy Laughlin and Tom Laughlin at the White House Christmas tree. Guests include Miss Taft and Rob Taft with gifts for White House staff. The event follows the season’s first White House Christmas tree since Quentin Roosevelt. Messages from President Taft and Mrs Taft are read. MacVeagh acts as the next cabinet officer in the line of succession.
Michael O. Ziex, a Pole, was returned to Poland by Waterbury authorities to avoid burdening his wife and two children. Doctors puzzled by his condition as his hands and feet swelled, then his ears enlarged. He sought work but could not perform tasks. Similar cases have appeared in medical journals in other countries.
Mrs. Howard Carmichael of Bedford plans Christmas with relatives in Bloomington. Younger travels from Bed to join his wife at Mrs J W’s East Hunter Avenue home. Mrs. Charles Tumey of d visits Mr and Mrs at Westmorland South Morton eet.
Indianapolis December 26 District Attorney Miller told the jury the only reason the dynamite conspiracy defendants have not denounced Herbert S Hockin is that he knows too much He accused defense lawyers of fear and noted Henry T Nowlan acknowledged his client Edward Smythe is guilty The explosion at Thomas Tuaggarts French Lick Springs hotel miscarried injuring no one and the hotel had 500 guests Judge Anderson will instruct the jury and defendants may be required to attend verdict time
Youngstown Ohio December 26 Joe Cos ter recovered from a knockdown in the fourth round to out point Louis De Ponthieu in eight of twelve rounds.
Guy de Villepion, San Francisco journalist and explorer, recounts nine perilous days in Brazil's jungles. Kidnapped by a half monkey tribe, he escaped a planned feast and found help with Portuguese rubber planters before returning to the coast. He had previously covered Port Arthur during the Russo Japanese war.
London reports unusually warm December with roses in bloom and plants typical of March appearing early. Perishable goods run about ten percent below normal prices as open pleasant weather and a trade boom push business to high activity.
Delhi December bulletin on Lord Hardinge confirms satisfactory progress and no fever. Fragments in wounds identified as metal from the howdah. Final bomb toll lists two killed and thirteen injured.
Jack Britton of Chicago defeated local lightweight Tommy O Keefe in a six round bout at the Olympia A A in Philadelphia. Britton proved far too clever for his opponent throughout the match.
Rhinebeck N Y Dec 26 Vincent Astor the new head of the family has ordered a wage increase for all Ferncliffe estate employees to begin January 1 More than 1000 workers across all labor grades will benefit from the raise on the Astor estate.
Private dispatches from Vienna report a deterioration in Emperor Francis Joseph. He remained at the palace during Christmas instead of a country retreat, with increasing drowsiness and a worsening general condition causing widespread anxiety.
New York December 26. The General Memorial hospital reports Allan Ryan son of Thomas F. Ryan is progressing after a serious abdominal operation performed several days ago.
London reports King George granted a pardon and remitted the fine of Mrs. G. F. Brown widow of an army officer who faced penalties for not having a license for her dog. The magistrate lacked power to remit but the sovereign intervened, and Mrs. Brown preserves the pardon with the king's autography.
Mexico City December 26. Minister of the Interior Hernandez denies rebels captured Casas Grandes and Ascencion. He states government troops were moved to free up all available forces for campaigns in the southern and middle states.
President Taft inspected parts of the Panama Canal on Christmas Day and dined with Percival Dodge. He visited the Culebra cut and fortifications, rode the new Panama railroad, and met Col Goethals. The return voyage aims to set a naval speed record from the canal to Hampton Roads.
At a Taylorville wedding for Miss Elsie Bates and Ora Redfern a drunken carpenter John Helder fired a revolver as the Rev. M G Coleman prepared to unite the couple. Mrs Erma Fisher aged sixty eight was wounded in the abdomen and Helder was shot near the heart by police after wedding party fled. Reports say Mrs Fisher and Belcher may die. Belder allegedly had a grievance against his wife and planned to attack her.
Newport R I Dec 26 The Warrington destroyer under Lieut William Ancrom returned to her slip at the torpedo station with her topmast gone and docks awash after a severe gale off the capes from Norfolk. Crews battened down hatches and lashed boats as the vessel rolled to extreme angles and winds peaked at 75 miles per hour.
For Sale two pieces of property on East 16th Street with good improvements. Thomas Bair listed at 138112w2. Timber for sale forty to fifty million feet all first class. Apply at Carter's restaurant. Leo Sohn, attending a school in Cincinnati, is home spending several days with his parents.
A Constantinople dispatch reports Turkish officers on leave have been recalled to their regiments within 24 hours. Turkey may resume hostilities. diplomats expect Turkey to present counter proposals next Saturday. Russia and Austria show no demobilization, keeping mobilization active as balky peace talks drag on.
John E. Keckie Moll aged twenty four and unmarried, a famed Wisconsin football and baseball star and Purdue coach, died in Madison from typhoid fever. He had returned from Purdue two weeks earlier and sought medical help only three days before his death.
The annual meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers opened at the Great Northern hotel with a major topic on whether to hold a national gas tractor contest in the United States. President H W Riley of Ithaca spoke this afternoon and papers were delivered on corn planter tests, plow drafts, and isolated gas lighting plants as the session continues through Saturday.
John ny McMurray, a 20 year old from Portland Oregon, won the Christmas day 100 yard swim in the Willamette River with a time of 55 1 5 seconds. He set a new world amateur record and closely trails the open water professional standard held by Healy of Australia.
Lee Vandergriff shot and killed Home Shepherd in a Caldenia mining camp saloon three miles east of Sullivan Indiana. Vandergriff fled and is at large. Both men are about 30, married, and the killing is described as the result of a quarrel during drinking.
In Louisville Kentucky on December 26 a holiday accident turns deadly when Nellie Nuttman dressed as Santa Claus catches fire while at home. Her elderly mother and neighbor Beverly Bryant suffer serious burns while attempting rescue. Nuttman ran from the house in a cotton snow suit and collapsed in the snow as flames overtook her.
Yonkers New York December 26 Clara Morris the retired actress is totally blind and flooded with messages and gifts from theatre folk and friends to brighten her Christmas season.
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