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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1902
Page
3
Mitchell forms a Commercial Club. Washington county to build two iron bridges. Residents and visitors listed with movements and health updates. A mix of local notices, marriages, business openings, and community events from Bedford area.
Walter Hunter, noted stone cutter, learns by telegram of his wife’s sudden death in St Louis at 1:30 AM. Mrs. Hunter, 23, daughter of Leander Wood, had visited sisters in St Louis and was reportedly in good health. Hunter hurries to St Louis next train.
Solomon Bass aged about 70 died Friday in Marion township and was buried at Bass graveyard after a Sunday funeral. Bruce Clark known as Red, died at 28 in Indianapolis House, buried at Brownstown. Rambo the Kentucky jack died of tuberculosis at Bloomington. H B Gentry’s stock farm mourns loss. Monon engine repairs noted after a recent collision. pay day and strike impacts mentioned in Monon shops. Politician Merrill Moore in city offering Republican support for Attorney General. Widespread local chatter on Monon-Mooresville rail connection possible after talks with Pennsylviana officials.
A blast at Indian Springs kills Curtis Meuman a 32 year old blacksmith employed by the Southern Indiana railroad during blasting powder and dynamite handling. The shop storing explosives was damaged. Meuman died after a spark ignited the explosives causing the building to be blown apart. He survived unconsciousness briefly but later died of injuries. the incident occurred around 8 PM Monday.
Mitchell visitors and local residents appear in a round of social notes. Miss Minnie Mann spent Sunday in Mitchell while Abraham Ritchard and Otto Inman visited from Fort Ritner and Bedford respectively. Joe Huffington and Sarah Erwin visited Seymour area friends, with several local names traveling between Bedford, Seymour, and Nashville for business and leisure as banks announce closures for Washington's birthday.
Opitsah Tribe No 135 Improved Order of Red Men marked ten years in Bedford with a large banquet at Odd Fellow’s Hall. The program featured music, recitations, and a standout Pocahontas ladies’ drill praised by critics. A long supper followed, with 110 covers per seating and orderly service.
On the Monon the trainmen and enginemen are paid for overtime under the new schedule that began January first. Wages for engineers are $115, firemen $90, conductors $100, brakemen $65 per month with some earning more through extra hours. Clerks average $45 to $60, Chicago offices up to $90 to $100. Dispatchers earn $75 to $95 monthly, due to their critical role in safe train movements. In Monroe County fifty-two teachers were examined for licenses in January, nine met the standard. Various notices follow about local moves, political letters, court visits, railroad crew changes, and the City Marshal owning a Cuban War relics collection.
Circuit Court notes show Sheriff Smith taking William Broaddus and Oscar Davis to the Reformatory at Jeffersonville. Judge Kent acted as Special Judge on Tuesday and will preside over trials including Beatman Lumber Co. vs Pry Lumber Co on Saturday. New liquor cases from Mitchell against Ragland Hopper Rayburn and others are on the docket today.
A large gathering in Bloomington marks Aunt Nancy Nugent Fish’s 80th birthday. relatives travel from Lawrence county to honor, with gifts and a noon feast prepared by Frances Ramsey and helpers. Several Houston, Hartley, Owens, Waltheiser and other names attend. guests wish many happy returns.
James Columphy received a $1850 fine for intoxication in Judge Fletcher's Court Tuesday and was jailed following the ruling.
Ed C Tirey of Mitchell Indiana writes from February 19 1902 praising John M Gainey of Bedford Indiana and pledging support for the slate elected the previous Saturday Clarifying that Gainey remains on stage and will be backed in the fall election with best wishes and strong health sentiments.
Miss Mae Hitchcock returns to school after illness. Juniors hold a class meeting at Travis Brownscombe’s home on North U Street this Saturday evening March 1. Washington’s Birthday program today features Miss Alice Potter who sang Japanese Love Song with Miss Willa Cosner on piano. The county records the largest mortgage at forty million dollars on the B. and O. R. R. with 98 pages in the mortgage book and $10,000 in revenue stamps. Seymour Demograt.
Fourteen Clayton married women form the Twentyeth Century Club and at their first meeting dissect Riley’s works. They plan to sift Major’s writings next, with one anecdote claiming Riley’s ears burned while they discussed him. A man’s ride with two girls ends with the twist that both were colored. January temperatures near zero with a warm month prior and an unusually cold February persist.
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