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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1900
Page
1
Many shirts in Madras Percale Pique and Silk fronts offered at unusually good value. An ample purchase allows this attractive offer across our line of men's furnishings. Longley hats in best new spring styles now in.
The Bloomington Progress reports Democrats are backing Judge Bob Miers for governor, with signals that his name will be presented at the State convention. Critics note opposition to a Congress bid and say others quietly favoring Miers have been testing sentiment statewide, predicting broad support on the first ballot.
Dr Kings New Life Pills advertised as a gentle solution for headache and constipation at 25 cents in Messick and Dodd's drug store. The notice also mentions Bob Wicker leaving Sunday for Raleigh North Carolina to play for Oak Ridge College and then Toledo Ohio in May for the Inter-State League.
Louisville dispatch reports lawmakers from both parties plan to convene in Frankfort at noon with a quorum expected after a one hour delay. Mentions adjournment back to Frankfort, contested elections, and upcoming Supreme Court appeal over jurisdiction in Kentucky contests.
The Republicans, pleased by Democrat discomfiture, grant a delay to Friday keeping Gov. Taylor firmly in his stance and the issue unsettled for now.
Mrs Will Snoke of Shippensbury Pa and C B Newlee of Harrisonville Mo testify to nerve pain neuralgia and sleeplessness relief from Dr Miles Nervine. Both report improved rest and health after using Nervine and recommend it. Dr Miles Nervine is sold with a positive guarantee and free booklet offer from Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind.
Auditor John M. Gainey sold 25 000 county bonds to Campbell, Wild & Co of Indianapolis for a premium of 255. Bonds pay 4 percent interest and mature in one to five years. Other bids included Seasongood & Mayer 25182 50, Meyer & Kinser 25101 40, Citizens Bank Bedford 25100 00, W R Todd & Co 25167 50.
Bloomington World reports that F. X. Johnson formerly manager of the Bloomington Opera House has married a Brownstown woman about a month ago. The wedding was kept private until yesterday and the couple's friends are asked to share in their happiness. The Brownstown bride is from Jackson county and her name is not yet known.
Mrs. Schmutte’s boarding house at 14th and J streets caught fire around noon Friday. The attic and walls suffered water damage but the house can be repaired for a few hundred dollars, with the building insured and contents damaged unins ured. Fire department response delayed by phone. a messenger aided arrival. Water froze on impact, coating everything in ice.
Hannibal Missouri resident J E Lilly credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving him from a typhoid pneumonia battle that left his lungs hardened and strength undercut. He reports one bottle brought relief and a second completed his recovery. Also noted are warm stoves at Byers Boyd stores during severe cold and a mysterious visitor warned about hexing toads on the way home.
Friday’s notice describes a 4 by 6 foot map by F M Cosner the shoe dealer as a sample offered to customers. It lists steamship lines cables distances and colonies of major nations and costs five dollars. Free with purchases of twenty dollars or more and a ticket included.
The Bloomington Telephone reports Walsh interests refused to join a price agreement for oolitic stone after two Bedford conferences with all quarry companies except Walsh in attendance. Walsh sent a representative at the first meeting who left, and at the second he did not participate. The effort to fix prices has failed for two years. Separately John B. Elam won the Bedford Stone Company receivership sale at 43500 dollars, to pay debts and some stock, with many buyers previously linked to the company.
In 1896 an editor fell ill with a bad cold settled on the lungs. After doctors failed, he used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and credits it with immediate recovery after three bottles. Publisher B. S. Epwards notes the remedy’s role, with Elliott’s Drug Store selling it.
Saturday night L B Jenkins conductor on the Louisville and Evansville accommodation train was collecting tickets near Birdseye when a shot from the roadside pierced the car window. The bullet passed through the overcoat of Thomas B. Wilson editor of the Birdse News who was handing his ticket. it missed him. The incident was reported by the Huntingburg Independent.
A clock Mrs Doshia Edmondson was winding at her Mulberry street home exploded sending interior parts outward. Machinery lodged in Mrs Hindmondson's head twisting hair, requiring interval barrier to disentangle gears and springs. New Albany Cor Courier Journal.
The passage argues against internal remedies for expectant mothers and endorses external liniment treatment to ease discomfort. It claims internal medicines harm pregnant women and promotes a unique liniment combining ingredients to relax strained muscles.
The ad proclaims Mother's Friend as a safe aid for pregnancy easing morning sickness and tightening. It claims labor is shortened and less painful, notes doctors may recommend it, and invites readers to buy bottles and request an illustrated book from The Bradfield Regulator Co of Atlanta, Georgia.
Reports say two students from Rev Krutsinger’s theological school in Ellettsville fell ill with smallpox and traveled to Bloomington and Orleans. Health officials warn of several new cases in Saltillo Campbellsburg and nearby areas as schools close and quarantines are imposed.
Mrs. Connie E. Armstrong wife of Barton W. S. Armstrong died at her winter home 703 Fifth Avenue North Great Falls Montana about 7 o clock Sunday morning of pneumonia. She leaves husband and six children and funeral was held from the residence with Rev C K Bidwell officiating. Interment Highland cemetery. Also mentions Chamberlains Cough Remedy and Township Trustees election ruling by the Attorney General and Anna L Bright returning to Indianapolis.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic and nervine that preserves youth, prevents disease, and eases child bearing. A Gordonville, Missouri mother claims nine bottles produced a healthy five month old boy weighing ten and a half pounds, with a free offer for the Common Sense Medical Adviser and various book formats.
Opitsah Tribe No 135 marked its eighth anniversary Saturday night with about 175 attendees. Mayor D Y Johnson spoke on Procrastination, J A Zaring discussed Freedom Friendship and Charity, Judge Crooke offered remarks, Miss Avery and Miss Warner gave recitations, and Al McFarland performed phonograph selections. Refreshments followed. attendees reported a good time.
A cosmetic health claim urges women to use Electric Bitters to regulate the stomach liver and kidneys and purify the blood. The ad promises stronger nerves bright eyes smooth skin and a rich complexion resulting in a charming, good looking woman of a run down invalid. Only 50 cents at Messick and Dodd's drug store.
Friday Simpson Myers a Civil War veteran buried at Pinhook Cemetery ten miles from Bedford. Eld. James Small led services. Myers born 1846 died February 10 1900 served three years in Company G His friend John Williams gave a memory talk at the church Friday. A large crowd at Pinhook Church of Christ spoke as much as the preacher about his beloved life and death. The bereaved express heartfelt sympathy. Myers joined the Christian church a week earlier and died of pneumonia after a brief illness.
Congressman R W Miers files a bill to build a government postoffice in Vincennes costing 200000 with annual rent estimates at 12000 for six percent. The piece contrasts town size 12000 and private rents 600 to 700 yearly and cites Bedford as a benchmark for a similar facility.
The State Fee and Salary Commission met at the Statehouse and again debated a plan to fix county officer salaries uniformly statewide. Secretary Wilkins said a plan is nearly ready but not yet public. existing 1899 county commissioner salaries are found satisfactory. The board also discussed township trustees and other minor offices.
Silver ore found on David Ross's farm six miles south of Paoli. A sealed cave yielded a human skeleton likely an Indian. The dry, large cave contains thousands of tons of ore. a sample assays at 250 per ton. Ross plans a small smelter as Blatchley, Indiana State Geologist, will inspect further.
The Populist National Committee meeting in Lincoln Nebraska ends split with Middle of-the-Road faction led by Joe A Parker bolting to form a separate gathering. Fusion wing gains influence likely enabling Chairman Butler to call a convention aligned with the Democratic gathering.
Advertises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for skin eruptions fever sores ulcers boils felons corns warts cuts bruises burns scalds chapped hands chilblains and piles. Claims pain relief and guaranteed cure at 25 cents a box from Messick & Dodd druggists.
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