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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
4
Veterinary remedy ad lists cures for horses cattle sheep and poultry and treats cough distemper dysentery diarrhea colic and skin diseases. Claims to prevent miscarriage and improve digestion. Includes address at Cor William and Jane in York and pricing.
Indiana Senate debated Senator Pearson's poultry running at large measure, dubbed the goose bill. After intense debate and a pivotal speech by Senator Crumpacker, votes shifted and the bill failed, with only ten in favor and thirty against. The measure sought penalties for keeping fowl that trespass on neighbors' properties and aimed to curb urban poultry damage.
The Monroe county grand jury indicted Joseph Fulkerson on two counts after daily deliberations. One indictment charges first degree murder for the death of Gorn Lentz and the other assault and battery with intent to kill for the shooting of Tillman Lentz. The shooting occurred weeks ago at the Fulkerson home, and the murder charge surprised as earlier reports suggested a manslaughter case.
Fragmentary text reports a shooting incident, an immediate release of a suspect, and a brother's death. It notes an arrest, a pending court appearance, and the possibility that Henley Fie will enter a plea. Details, names, dates, and locations are obscured by the damaged OCR.
The Monon Railroad Company granted its trainmen and machinists a 10 percent wage increase on Friday afternoon after a lengthy dispute. A bulletin announced the raise, while engineers pending a raise with a grievance committee in Chicago have not yet settled the issue.
George Cuddy Erwin Emmons and Leonard Jeffers aged 10 to 14 faced Mayor Fillion on charges of malicious trespass after a Torphy schoolhouse incident involving spilled ink torn books and a soiled doorstep. Each received a stayed 12.50 fine. John Jones fined 15 for associating with Lewd Women. R Clyde Pro similarly fined. Warrants issued for other violators as mayor targets cabdrivers letting immoral hires.
R E Brown of Edgar county Illinois reports a meteor passed over his rural route before the powder car explosion that wrecked the Big Four accommodation train No 3 at Sanford Indiana last Saturday night. He describes a fireball and a windlike roar and says the meteor moved toward Sanford leaving a trail of sparks. Others in Vermillion Illinois and Sanford Indiana corroborate sighting.
United States Geological Survey releases Water Supply Paper 189 detailing a sand filtration method to treat strawboard waste. The process removes over 90 percent of suspended organics, enabling safe discharge into streams of sufficient flow at low ongoing cost. Published for Indiana strawboard regions to curb odors, blackening water, and stream pollution concerns.
A broad Indiana summary notes 1906 patent activity with 782 patents issued to Indiana residents, Connecticut leading patent per capita, and Kentucky and others trailing. It covers rail mail pay cuts, rail work trains, sandbagging, and town rebuilding, plus regional industry shifts in creameries, livestock prices, and mineral resources.
Walter G Owens Auditor of Lawrence County certifies delinquent land and town lots listed by Curtis Ray Treasurer will be sold for non payment of taxes at the Bedford Court House door on the second Monday in February 1907. Witness the Board of Commissioners at Bedford January 1 1907.
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