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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1903
Page
3
Names of residents visiting relatives, traveling to Topeka Kansas, and returning from Guthrie and Indianapolis fill a list of local events. A marriage license was issued to Homer G Carr and Bertha M Fiora. A repair crew and new construction projects appear around Bedford and West 15th street.
Ill residents improve as Judge Edwards visits from Mitchell. Various locals attend church events, visits, and property actions. The Crown Stone Company files incorporation in Bloomington with $100000 capital. Two metropolitan trips narrated include Jonce Coleman to Chicago and a Terre Haute to Oklahoma City plan. A civil suit against the Southern Indiana Railway proceeds in Paoli with court reporters called from Mitchell.
Paoli court session notes include A K Sears and community residents visiting, local church gas lights dedication, court house referendum on February 11, and several social visits. Articles report busyness in Bedford Mitchell Indianapolis and Bloomington, plus veteran association events and real estate, labor, and health news.
Florence Summers is ill with rheumatism and Reed Bass’s daughter recovers from bronchial trouble. William West and Amanda Tacket receive an issue of some kind. Clifford Curry resigns as a delivery boy for Patton and VanCleave. Frank Wolfe moves his family. Drifting reports of travel, church gifts, and estate deals mix with education bills and weather lore. Indiana figures discuss truancy reform, groundhog lore, and road commission appointments.
Infant Craig dies, burial planned at Pleasant Hill. Ellen Graham of West 12th Street dies at 65. burial arrangements in Owensburg. Melvin Stark, 45, dies at the Dewey House after brain congestion. home in Olean, N.Y. Mrs. Sarah Robbins visiting Sey mour. Milton Ramsey dies at 94. Acme Bedford quarry halts due to East freight blockade. Linton bartenders form a union. gum vending machines spread. Rogers sells stake in Martin County Tribune. possible move to Oklahoma. Dad Howard recovering from injuries from a fall. Various local visits and shop notes. Indianapolis rumor claims a state legislator feigns piety for votes.
Miss Martha Luedtke visits Miss Lyda Ackerman in Seymour while T J Hunter from Norman Sation appears in the city. Parnel L Kerr and Mary Holcombe receive an official assignment. Mrs William Smith returns from Bloomington relatives visit as Riley Byers moves into town to start a bakery venture. Mrs George Patterson visits daughter Paris Vaught in the country. Henry Zollman plans a spring move to Bedford to pursue boat and shoes business. If many local stone companies succeed, new railroads may be needed. In 1902 the U S Mint coined over 3.5 million gold coins worth 47 million dollars and 72 million silver coins near 30 million plus 87 million pennies. Bert Thomasson returns to Bloomington. others wish to follow but lack funds. The largest horse, a three year old mare weighing 1605 pounds, owned by Michael Murray of Hereford Mo, will be shown at the World’s Fair. James Capshaw of Avoca injured when a wrench struck his upper lip.
Amos W. Scoggan and county board members inspected Marion township gravel roads in Mitchell and found them in good shape. Henry P. Pearson traveled to Paoli as attorney for W. C. Winstandley, administrator of Rufus Lindley estate, in a Bedford Quarries Co. damages case before the Orange Circuit Court. In Bloomington a corn knife slander suit, William Parker versus Laura Meadows of Smithville, ended with a verdict for the defendant.
The Western Union telegraph office here has been upgraded to a money office enabling sending and receiving funds to and from major U S and Canadian points by telegraph. W A Wilson of the Bargain store shows new large incandescent lights improving store lighting. Col V V Williams S F B Buchanan and C O Walker return from Alabama fishing trip with poor luck. M F Dunn stays longer. A shirtwaist factory employee dined in Mitchell with Mrs J T Dilley and party including Florence Smith and Misses A Hoppingarner Edna Allen Jessie Jones Margaret Gillmore Battie Harbinson Marsh.
Bedford merchants announce live poultry car stops at Bedford every Thursday. Bring poultry by Wednesday each week to receive higher prices than dressed poultry. Do not sell before seeing the buyers from PropDoc Co. J W Harvey and T J Brooks recently returned from Indianapolis with new roles in the Indiana Republican Editorial Association.
Content covers visits and illnesses in Bedford area. Mrs C O Willis visits her brother Chas Kane on North I street where illness improves. Individuals como and go between Seymour, Bloomington, Bedford, and Oolitic with real estate moves, business signs, and social events. A mix of contracts, construction plans, and community activities fill local notices.
Mrs Ambrose Nickless faced Mayor Smith on intoxication charges and was sent to her Washington parents instead of jail. Bright was found guilty of assault on Root with a $10 fine and $22.25 costs. total $82.25, paid. Marriage license issued to Harry A Wedding and Lina V Jeffries. Mrs Todd Salyards granted divorce for desertion and non support, reclaiming maiden name Vira D Miller. Evangelist Richard Bex visited. Rev J F Severinghaus preached in Louisville for the German M E Deaconess Home. Southern Indiana sees new canneries in Jeffersonville Charlestown Otisco Memphis New Liberty Canton Pekin Corydon. Community note: Wiley Hostetter thawed bees and was stung multiple times. Representative Miers plans to vote for the anti trust bill with caveats. critic calls him a demagogue.
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