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Newspaper

Bedford Weekly Mail

Location

Bedford, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1915

Page

3

Local notes from Little Salt area cover moves and marriages

Flora Thurman visits Minnie while Anna McPike reports on a busy week. Road work by David Kinser repositions the Little Salt Creek route with farmers pushing back brush and logs. Thurman Hays wed Miss Louisa Todd at the bride’s home with Rev. Sexton officiating. locals urge ongoing road relocation amid objections.

David Kinser Little Salt Creek Thurman Hays Bloomington Louisa Todd Heltonville Wm. Sexton

Socials And Deaths In Huron Community

Mrs. John Ball and Pau line of Terre Haute and Mrs. Roscoe Collins of Seymer returned home after visiting Emma Snow. Georgia visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Chas Isom and Jesse Terry. Laura Radcliff home briefly. Golda Sutton of Mitchell visited relatives. Oscar Richardson saw Dr. Harry Sanders about a sick horse. Zeno True delivered oil from Mitchell. Lucinda McCart died Thursday evening. funeral held at home and burial in Bruner cemetery. Mrs. McCart leaves two sons and three daughters.

John Ball Pauline Terre Haute Roscoe Collins Seymeur Emma Snow Lucinda McCart AicCart Bruner Cemetery

Lemon Milling Co Promises Flour and Feed Exchange

Wheat at 1.50 per hundredweight. Lemon Milling Co offers 88 lbs of flour plus 10 bushels of feed in exchange for a bushel of No 2 wheat. Excludes free stored wheat. Samuel Wilson, Civil War veteran and Kurtz resident, returned home Thursday after visiting his son Harry Wilson on North H Street.

Lemon Milling Co Lemon Milling Co. Stone Samuel ‘Wilson

Moving Shifts Scatter Across Fairview Community

Ellis Flinn relocates to Leesville near the store he bought from William Southerland. Nearby, Burke family moves in with grandma Flinn. plus many residents like Dona Clark and Dora McClintock visit and relocate. Others move between Bedford Dennison Sparksville and Weddleville areas as labor and family ties bring frequent addresses.

Ellis Flinn Leesville William Southerland

Local notes from Camp Dellsburg to Sugar Camp openings

Frank Young correspondent reports on Saturday activities at Camp Dellsburg. Visits include Mrs Cynthia Sallee of Loogootee with her mother Mrs Mary Stephenson, and Phoenis Williams of Tunnelton with Lafay ette Williams in Washington county. Several locals listed as sick, meetings begin at the M E church, and sugar camps opened by Jacob Voyles and Frank Young.

Selah Speer Cleve Starr Bedford Cynthia Sallee Loogootee Mary Stephenson Phoenis Williams Tunnelton Lafayette Williams Washington County Jacob Voyles Frank Young

Senate kills primary bill in Indiana legislature

Indiana senators vote 23 to 21 to indefinitely postpone the linear compulsory state wide primary measure. The house supports passage of a referendum route for direct primaries and equal suffrage for women. Jones primary bill moves to third reading as new bills emerge on reapportionment and car lines.

Indianapolis Senate House Benz Representative Cleary Lake County Recorder Clarke Senate Elections Committee Hemphill van Auken Bedwell House Elections Committee Jones

Bartlettoville notices and funeral for William Lamb

Liverett Sowder is improving. Edgar Norman and others were in town with cattle. William Lamb was buried from the M E church after a large gathering. He was a longtime community figure known for joviality kindness and hopeful faith.

Edgar Norman William Lamb M. E Mr. Lamb

No Food Shortage Seen in U S Despite European Demands

President Wilson learned from the secretary of agriculture that there is no danger of a food shortage in the United States despite Europe’s extraordinary demand. The opinion, requested after Mayor Mitchel urged a wheat export embargo, is expected to halt any embargo plans for now.

Washington Wilson Secretary of Agriculture Europe United States Mitchel Department of Agriculture

Local social notes from Tunnelton and nearby towns

Flora Mathis hosts friends including Prof. Ralph Woot and Chester Hunter. Bertha Simpson visits with Uncle Billy Simpson, active at 92. Various locals are mentioned visiting, traveling, or ill, with names such as Don Dandridge, Lawson Mathis, Hiram Flinn, Blanche Compton, Harve Dixon, Claude Potter, and Mr. Guthrie among others.

Springsville social notes recount visits and events

Delight Stannard of Bedford and many locals visit family and friends across Bedford Avoca and nearby towns. The piece lists visits, illness updates, a teachers program, a revival postponement, and a serious timber accident with a saw injury.

Vienna food prices soar amid shortages in Austria

Rome dispatches report Vienna suffers severe food price rises with pork at 1.50 a kilo, beef 1 a kilo, butter and flour at 1.50 and 0.50 respectively. Medicines are scarce and many common drugs are unavailable as glycerine stockpiles are diverted to explosives manufacture.

Rome Vienna

Remodeling Plans For Heltonville Methodist Church

Revler and J W Garrison, prominent carpenter and contractor, visited the city Thursday to arrange materials for remodeling the Heltonville Methodist church. The church and Sunday School attendance have outgrown the current facility.

Revler J. W. Garrison City Heltonville

Real estate men plan vacant-lot gardens in South Bend

South Bend real estate men join the city administration to turn about 500 acres of vacant lots into vegetable gardens this summer to aid unemployed workers and cut living costs. F B Barnes, the city playground director, leads the plan.

South Bend Ind F. B. Barnes

Merchants Plan Newspaper for All Brazil Homes

Brazil Ind Feb 18. The Brazil Retail Merchants association aims to distribute a Brazil newspaper to every home in the trade area. Subscriptions will be paid by customers and merchants will carry enough ads to justify expanding circulating territory.

Brazil Ind Brazil Retail Merchants Association

Escapes by Swimming River Ends With Capture in Corn Shock

Marion Indiana February 18 Robert Hensley aged 23 swam the Mississinewa River to evade arrest but was seized when Patrolman McFadden spotted his foot in a corn shock. Hensley faces forged check charges and in confession implicates George Niverson who was also arrested.

Marion Ind Robert Hensley Mississinewa McFadden Hensley George Niverson

Senator Lanz Receives Home Made Candy From Bedford Sister

Senator Lanz of Lawrence Orange and Martin got a box of home made candy from his sister in Bedford and shared it with fellow members who voted it as candy. Bloomington residents protest moving the state university from their city. Blodgett notes in Around the Legislatures Edges in Indianapolis News.

Senator Lanz Lawrence, Orange Martin Bedford Lanz Bloomington The State University Blodgett Indianapolis News

County Conference Schedule Set in Lawrence County

The Evangelist of the Southwestern District of Indiana Christian churches announces County Diliciency Conferences across his district. Lawrence County holds sessions at the Bedford Christian Church on February 1 and 20 with all county churches invited and several state officers on the program. The public is invited to attend.

Indiana Christian Churches Lawrence County Bedford

Farmer Granville Tabor Visits Son in Freetown

Granville Tabor, a well known farmer near the Stumpside Bridge, went to Freetown Thursday to visit his son Christian Tabor and to tend to a recently purchased farm there. Mr and Mrs Caney Boyd of Fayetteville spent Thursday with Mr and Mrs Robert Taylor on West 17th Street.

Granville Tabor Stumpside Freetown Christian Tabor Caney, Boyd Fayetteville Robert Taylor West 17Th Street Edward A. Beck John Javans West Tilt Street North FH Jamestownh North Dakota Clintats

Local visits across towns near Shans wick and HelAn Kenville

Mrs Frank Jackson visited the Stipp family in Shans wick on Thursday. Mrs J W Voorhies and Mrs H E Voorhies with their little son spent Thursday in Helan Kenville visiting relatives.

J. W. Voorhies H. E. Voorhies Helan Kenville

Also Mentioned on This Page

Anna McPike Flora Thurman Little Son Minnie McPike Thomas Combs Kiy E. Sipes Keli Fowler A. J. Clark Lydia McPike Kate McPike Lorene McPike Ima Reed Eliya Miller John Glascoe Aid Albert Robertson Clark Fleetwood Wingate Indiana Thomas Fleetwood New Richmond Yellowstone R. C. Todd Win Todd Alice Ross Kitty IE. Sipes Huron Anna Murphy Chas. Isom Georgia Margaret Chapman Laura Radcliff Golda Sutton Mitchell Oscar Richardson Harry Sanders Zeno True Standard Oil Jesse Terry John Taylor Golda Cox Fairview Artie Holiman Mrs. Burke Near Norman Station Grandma Flinn Dona Clark Sparksville Dora McClintock Sparksvile Ed Skerd Andy Speer Thomas Whitted Alonzo Borders R. D. Thompson Herbert Chase Lafayette Edward Thomas Chase Mrs. Chase Herbert John Myers Dennison Ezra Allen Tunnerton Jake Hobson and Son D. W. Holiman Richard Jordan Near Weddleville Hy Sg. McHargue Gay Thomas Gibson EH. D. Flinn Mrs Komer Speer Medora Cummings Noble Crawford Clara Speer William Reynolds Mrs. S. D. Fountain Frank+Young W. EE. Roberts Homer Beasley Camp Dellsburg Williard Blinn Mabel Talbott George Link Ienry Hunsucker Hinyden Lynch J. L. Ewing Lawrenceport Reynolds Evangelist Miller Sanders M. E. Church J. A. Dixon Montgomery Arthur Overshiner Salem Albert Brown and Bartlettoville Jeffie Sowder Liverett Sowder Glovey May Herb Bartlett Joe Bieltenburg John i Curt Sowder Edgar Ross S. J. Ramsay Stolar Bartlett Katy Covey Wm. Allen George Hawkins East Politic Margaret Ross Alice Grovie Hawkins Dell Covey C. J. Sowder U. S Flora Mathis Lois Fiiddleston Hose Ralph Woot Chester T Hunter Alberta Meyers Frances Williams Ethel Brown Helen Thomas Lester Lawrie Toy Montgomery Merling Bertha Simpson Liana Billy Simpson Billy Don Dandridge Lawson Mathis Hiram Flinn Pinheok Charlie Mutchmore Seymour Blanche Compton Harve Dixon and Family Fort Ritner Thomas Faris Claude Potter Albert Guthrie Harve Reed Warren Nickleson Wort Ritner John Williams Basil Barlow Jala Mathis Lawson Mrs. Mary Simpson Son Oscar Margaret Cooper Cincinnati Springville Delight Stannard Odray Gyger May Houpt Avoca Della Sanders Hazel Fay- Hetteville Odley’ ‘Trainor Aldis Jackson Harrodsburg W. H. Moore Gus Stannard Elias Bush Patent Hill Cleo Gray Margaret Lemon John Owens Eunice McDowell Joe Gainey Politic John Giles Lula Duncan Farmers Institute Sheriff Sitler William Long Hobbsville Quincy Short R. E. Blackburn Verna Gray William Gray Orval Rainbolt Albert Perring Clinton Perring Perring Bluette Paul Short M.E. Church Kynnesley Joseph Lamb Kern Armstrong Clay Beard Carl Frasier Kenneth Short Peru Mr. Short Hannigan Rainbolt Mr. Fields Manon J. A. Gunn George Vantayle Cwr Bank Federal Reserve System OF Banks Federal Reserve U.S. Treasury Federal Reserve Bank L21 Bedford National BaNk Member Frank Jackson Shanswick Virgil Stipp Walls & Walls Hodge & Wallis Blas DR. Co. A State Board Fifteenth Street Pionels C. KH Emery 15Th K Streets J. WW. Trainor Hamer Warted Keach & Meglemre J Street the Citizens Trust Co Foster Block Bedford, Ind
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