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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1913
Page
6
On the eve of February 12 1915 newspapers highlight Lincoln as the centennial, with Emancipation Proclamation anniversaries and related observances planned nationwide including in the South. European perception shifted as the war framed the fight for freedom, boosting Lincoln commemorations.
Jock Graston of North M Street sustains a sprain and other injuries while falling Friday. He is listed in stable condition at the local hospital as doctors treat the leg and shoulder strains.
The Woor Co plans a February 22 celebration to honor McKindey Lincoln and Washington. Mrs. Tawes Babbs of Spencer Indiana visits the bedside of her sisters Prudie Malott and W E Medaris. Co Pere of St. Louis guest of Mr. and Mrs. Dunthuc. Rogers of Trinity remains critically ill. Ed Porter ill. W A Webb doing business in Chicago.
A large Presbyterian Church gathering heard Dr Hood preach a sympathetic sermon on heart hunger for God. Miss Foster impressed with a simple earnest song. Tonight’s meeting is expected to draw the largest audience since opening as Dr Hood plans another gospel appeal. Mrs Findley to sing gospel songs.
Randolph Kreiger returned to Bedford Friday after a business trip to Batesville. Willig Costner in Indiana with her grandson Willitas Deddee from New York Civ joins relatives. Willech visits Cincinnati relatives. Mrs. Prudie Malott on South FH street improves after illness. A. Friedman of Linton and Paul Manuel of Greencastle visit West 1h street residents. Mr. and Mrs. tr. H. Pinman host Carrie Brown and Paul Manuel from Indianapolis. Mrs. Jeucien Owens on North M street remains in critical condition after paralysis.
Tom Nntiines and his friend George Maartin, DePauw students, spent the semester vacation with Mr. and Mrs. T Huffines on West 15th street and returned to Greencastle this morning.
Hugh Whiting attended the International Poultry Fancier's meeting in Indianapolis last week. He won fourth prize for Barred Plymouth Rock Bullet and sold two of his cockerels at a fancy price. He shipped two more on special order to Madison Monday.
Mr and Mrs Harry Wilson and Mr and Mrs Everett Asbell with their little daughter Gwendolyn will spend Sunday at Bloomington with Mr and Mrs Lee Holmes.
Fred Bryant of Lafayette visits friends in the city today. Mrs. Prudie Malott is ill at her South 41st Street home. Roma Owens substitutes at Vinegar Hill school for Marie Stevens. Alice Zollman and Tom Huffines, DePauw students, spend semester vacation with parents. George Martin of Peru joins Mr. Huffines for the week. Jessie Fultz leaves for Bowling Green Kentucky to take a stenographer and book keeper job with the Bowling Green White Stone Co. Her father is superintendent. Mrs. Fultz will join later.
Police found two barrels of beer three tons of brandy a three gallon jug of whiskey two or three other jugs partly filled with whiskey and multiple pints and quarts of whiskey at a Mitchel house. The owner said the liquor was for home consumption revealing a possible shortage of supply for personal use.
Mr and Mrs Robert Reed visit their daughters Miss Theodore Reed and Miss Mary Reed students at Waterman Hall Scyamore Hl during a family occasion in the local area.
A critical editorial denounces the postal franking privilege as ripe for abuse and waste, citing $20 million annual costs and 200 million undelivered speeches mailed to constituents. Amid local notes, obituaries, and social visits, readers learn of community comings and goings as well as the death of Mrs. W. C. Denniston and funeral attendances.
Mrs Milton Norgan of South K street has improved enough to be about the house after a long illness. Her daughter Mrs Ed Garvey has returned to Indianapolis. Mr and Mrs Samuel Norgan have moved from West 17th street into the residence with Mrs Milton Norgan.
The D. A. k h society plans an indoor picnic at Mrs. Julia Wallheiser’s West 14th street home on February 22 to observe Washington's Birthday. Several local residents were noted in city and region visits, illnesses, and relocations.
Mitchell resident Benjamin Chastain marries Maude Lundy of Shoals. Howard Illis of Bedford wed Mary Jeslie Gardner of Bedford. Glenn Sreed from Saltillo to Ethel Hixon of Orleans. Robert Sproull confined to bed. Stott Moore of Williams in the city on business. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Bartlett east of town. H. I. Chase of Williams leaves for St. Petersburg Ila. Potts of Vincennes visiting the Schaffer home. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cook move from Terre Haute to South J street. Walter Pruett improving after two weeks with pneumonia. Robert Gyger from Martinsville for rheumatism. Mrs. Fletcher Clark and son Richard of New Albany visiting Mrs. Urban Horn. Louise Ankel seriously ill, had a bad night. Luther Lucas of Illinois travels to Bloomington after death of Albert Lucas.
Mrs Kent Denniston and her son Warren arrived from Lexington Kentucky to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Dennis ton on West 18th street. They will stay until the return of her husband Kent Denniston who is in New York on business for his firm. County Auditor Ezra Edwards spent Sunday with his mother at Mitchell Born to Mr and Mrs Norman Guthrie east of the city a daughter Monday. CG W Ford of St Louis was guest of Albert Dimihue West 16th street Monday. Mrs W E Medaris is ill with pneumonia and heart trouble. Mrs Hawkins on East 17th street has been sick with heart trouble for the past week. Mr and Mrs Belcher near Spencer are guests of Mr and Mrs Samuel Hardin South T street.
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