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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1915
Page
7
Mayor Faris and Deputy Prosecutor Harold Selly of Mitchell issued an order to remove all gaming devices including slot machines and punch boards. The measure also bans cigarette sales to minors and smoking by minors. Pool rooms were warned to enforce age restrictions with two violation affidavits filed.
The last will of Mitchell County resident Paul Terrell, a colored man who died recently, was placed on record. Dated April 16 1907 it names Hallie Henson json Preston and William Commodore as heirs with specific dwellings and acreages. The wife Henrietta Terrell receives lifetime use of the estate with remainder to be divided among his children or their heirs.
Funeral services for Drew Hodge were conducted Monday morning at 10 o'clock at his home three miles east of the city. Elder John Williams and Rev. Calvin Bair led the service. interment followed in Leatherwood church cemetery. The home was crowded with friends and family paying final respects.
Salem residents oppose admitting Wilbur Miller to bail in the murder case. Prosecutor Woolery has a letter noting threats from the area. With only two jurors voting for conviction, a reasonable bond is likely the court's consideration.
City Council meeting Tuesday night saw minimal business with a petition for a street light on R Street and the Southern Indiana Railway referred to the Light Committee. Walter Crim received a permit for a four room dwelling costing $500, and H. I. Speer a dwelling at $1,000 and a barn at $200. Street opening moved to next session. Sidewalks ordered for properties owned by W. C. Winsteadley, Mrs. Pollard, and Mrs. E. K. Dye.
Logan S Wagoner of Silverville was in the city Monday. John Pitman of Huron visited Tuesday. Mrs Rebecca Brown of South street has improved after a year of illness and a fall fracture. Mrs John Carothers of Goss Mill Jackson county visited sister Mrs Louis Smith on Tuesday. Mrs Smith has been seriously ill and later improved.
Nine car loads of wheat shipped from Fort William and funneled to Wynnepeg were seized at Niagara Ontario as contraband of war destined for New York. Wesley Lively of Heltonville dies at 82 after a lingering illness. Survived by children David William Sarah Frances Harvey Albert Homer and wife Lizzie Foster. Funeral at Heltonville Christian Church conducted by Rev. Quincey Short with interment at Giagal Cemetery.
Joe Jackson age 54, a former Bedford man, died at a hospital in Indianapolis on Wednesday. He is survived by his wife and brothers William A. and Samuel Jackson of this city. The brothers accompanied the body back to Bedford Thursday on Monon train No. 5. The funeral was held Thursday with burial at Green Hill.
Post office workers recount a tale involving Er nest McBride a substitute on the east side after a run in with a hound dog left him in need of trousers his friends say a large mail sack saved him from worse trouble McBride walked home to fetch replacements Also John Riley son of Mr and Mrs John Erwin West Street is ill with a bilious attack Mrs Hattie Sipes visits her son David Sipes west of the city
John Peyton, Sr. of the Southeastern Coal Chutes was struck by a falling coal lump about 25 feet above Tuesday evening. He suffered severe head injuries and returned home to rest off duty until recovery. Mrs. Albert Hamer of Rivervale was in the city Wednesday.
Cleveland reports the Ohio flood alarm subsided as freezing weather slowed river rise. The premature alert that unsettled residents statewide eased with colder temperatures and diminished water levels.
A Bedford pumping station report shows the White River rising at three fourths inch per hour on Wednesday reaching a 13.6 foot high water stage. The river gained six inches from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning and flowed out in the bottoms where banks are low as ice runs began Tuesday night.
Washington February 3 Friends of the shipping bill admitted it was dead as most Democrats and allies saw no chance of passage. United Press reported that the bill faced an effectively insurmountable defeat amid party doubts.
The Bloomington Telephone recalls Ground Hog Day traditions with George Riley and a proposed legal holiday bill by P. L. D. Mitchell. Agricultural notes urge farm account day on Feb 6 and record keeping to measure profits, plus alfalfa seed inoculation, rainfall and livestock data for Indiana 1910-1915, with local meetings and corn contests in Lawrence County.
A reception at Miss Jessie Cleveland's home on Washing ton boulevard celebrated artists who donated time and talent to the City Hospital decor project. Guild members raised 1009 dollars for materials as guests, including Emma B. King Dorothy Morlan Helene Hibben Wayman Adams and Carl Graf, were praised for their contributions. Carl Graf son of Edward Graf trained in Bedford and known for cartoon work has ties to Indianapolis families.
A Bloomington couple found a century old brass candle snuffer missing from Mrs. Malott's sitting room. A note attached to the snuffer read My conscience wouldn't let me keep it. The thief remains unidentified a year later.
Mrs Bertha Tewell of this city was summoned to Mitchell by the death of her niece Grace Kelly Tuesday at 3 PM. Mrs F Y Decker and her young daughter Mary Elizabeth of Indianapolis are visiting her mother in law Mrs L B Decker on Lincoln Avenue.
Miss Amy Dodds returns home after visiting her father D. B. Dodds in Louisville. Mrs. James Whitted and children visit father John Taylor west of the city. John Johnson back from Nashville after visiting brother D. Y. Johnson. Nora Duncan faces trial for school truancy in Justice John W. Owens court. affidavit by truant officer Harrison Flinn. Trial set for Saturday.
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