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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1915
Page
2
In Pinnook correspondent reports snow sleet and ice with flood risk. Residents travel to Bedford Mitchell Tunnelton and nearby towns for court, teacher licenses, jury duty and shopping. Families visit relatives, horses sold, patients treated, and a birthday dinner held for Mrs. Guttrie.
Artie Holiman reports on community updates as J. D. Hobson remains ill. Mr and Mrs J D Barrett of Davis County, formerly residents here, visit relatives. John and Artie Holiman visit Bedford relatives and return to Heltonsville. Mrs Alonzo Borders remains sick but improves. Farmers use sleighs after recent snow. Ernest Weaver traveled to Mitchell on Saturday.
Elijah Burton appears on the sick list while Hazel McCain from Orange county visits her grandparents. John McCain improves after a period of illness. Lowell Boyd of Ledford and Mr and Mrs M A Boyd host visitors. Oit Phillips from Martin county moved here with his family last week. Deri Stone of Metcalf returns home. Cretus Kern and Marle Fields visit Della Malott near Williams. Roy Kern and Emery Boyd study Domestic Art with the girls. W W A Louadlen of Burns City represented Baker Medicine Co here last week.
The Better Farming Association of Lawrence County begins swinter meetings lasting four months. Communities may host by providing a meeting place and date with the county agent, then advertising. Mitchell and Fayetteville hold sessions this week with specific dates, plus Farmer's Institutes in Bryantsville and Williams.
Jeffie Sowder reports snow removal lagging as Salt Creek flooded the low bottoms and halted travel for a time. Everett Sowder improves. Curt Arter’s daughter has pneumonia. Grandma Bartlett nears end, unable to eat or drink for days as Willis Sowder and Flossie Lamb stay with Bertram Bartlett.
Murrel Boyd notes snow and ice have vanished. Farmers from the area visit Bedford for business. The local store reopens with a new groceries line. Grace Root of Indianapolis visits and returns home. Wallace Brown sells mules to Frank Owen of Bedford. W G Cook may move to Bedford for his wife's health. Joe Scherschel recovers and returns to school. Rev John Williams to preach at Old Union on the second Sunday. Della Voris and daughter ill with grip. Ralph Fox travels to Mitchell to work for his uncle. Bart Moort of Avoca visits on business. Wheat looks fine after snow.
Frank Fish of Bedford to Fiinies with Roberts and Miss Harwood Jones and Whitted from Lyons Oolitic Bloomington arrive Friday as weekend guests of Miss Mary Wallheiser on West Fourteenth Street to attend the UK's banquet at West Baden.
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Elza Smith of Williams is seriously ill with pneumonia, prompting concern from family and local friends.
Bryantsville area reports a fine work mule missing a yearling mule Sunday as heavy rains swell the river and raise damage fears. Spice Valley voters prepare to elect a gravel road measure next Friday while Trustee L S Chase attends township business. Hugh School staff and students attended the Ben Greets at Bedford. The Bryantsville orchestra played for an hour. The Maile store notes many news items this week.
The case of Isaac Williams and others for damages was on trial today in the Lawrence circuit court.
Indiana Senate defeated the Memorial day measure and passed eight bills while tabling disposal and tax items. Senator Kelsem's bill to exempt a widow's third of an estate from inheritance tax passed by one vote as opposition totaled nineteen and proponents twenty six. The session also delayed a sewage disposal plant measure for Indianapolis and advanced several other bills on second reading.
Indianapolis buys and sells cattle hogs and sheep with alfalfa like ranges. East Buffalo records calves and hogs with varied bulk and Yorkers. Chicago reports hogs and cattle by class with mixed high and low ends. Cincinnati and Toledo note hogs and grain prices including wheat and corn across markets.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during sickness and death of our husband and father. Grateful for floral offerings and for the Rev John Williams Rev Calvin Bair the singers of the Fire M E church and the undertaker Walter Day Mrs Drew Hodge and Children.
Miss Kenrietta Swin has returned to class at Louis 10me after illness. Miss May Estes of Third and N streets improves. Miss Peasie Cain visited relatives in this city and returned home near Yellowstone. Miss Short rushed to Indian Springs for her sister Mrs chnow Mields illness. Mr and Mrs Morris Stafford of Roachdale returned from Heltonville after visiting relatives. Mack Lane on Lincoln Avenue is ill. Jake Gehring of Williams visited. Dr Perry Wooler treated Mrs Millard Wray and son Carl. they were traveling from Lorman? Station after visiting relatives in Broerington.
The Lawrence County Board of Commissioners Indiana invites sealed bids by March 2 1915 1 p m for gravel and macadamized road construction in Shawswick and Marion Townships including Old Bedford and Fairfax 6425 feet 25th and HW Streets Bedford 1540 feet Zend Streets Bedford 1617 feet Bennett Lane and Hostetler School House Road 13252 feet Bryantsville and Hamers Mill Road 7410 feet Juliette and Clack Wells Ferry Road 3940 feet Mitchell and Brooks Town Road 5264 feet Bids on Bedford streets separately and on each township road separately Bond two times bid required Send bids to Ezra W Edwards Auditor Lawrence County Indiana Scrutiny of engineer and viewers report available on request Right to reject any bid reserved
Mrs. D. D. Nicholson travels to Chicago due to her brother Thomas Sutherland’s severe pneumonia but reports indicate he is no longer in serious danger. Chalmer F. Henderson, a creamery worker from Elnora, recently visited the city en route to Purdue to lead a newly established creamery. Marilyn Johnson plans a Nashville visit to her uncle D. Y. Johnson and Sam. Edith Skinner’s guest Goldis Sr. returns home after several days in Terre Haute.
Grover York entered a guilty plea on Wednesday in circuit court to a charge of interjection and was fined one dollar plus costs by Judge Siwails. York was found Tuesday afternoon standing near the courthouse and was arraigned before the judge, then sent to jail to sober up.
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