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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1915
Page
3
Messrs and families are listed visiting relatives and conducting shopping around town. Numerous mentions include Ingle, Kern, Harmon Sulen, Mrs. Brooking, and W. V. Haws among locals in Bedford Tunnelton and Haute area, with several church and home gatherings over the weekend.
William Flinn and Homer Beasley were in Bedford on business Thursday. A Christmas Eve party at W. S. Roberts ended with Santa Claus and plenty of presents. Neighbors and relatives enjoyed music, social chat, and a festive time.
Fayetteville correspondent reports a pleasant skating season and several visits. Yolney Kern visits in Bedford while Oren Craig returns home from Arkansas. Acquilla Hall and Eva visit Bill Hall and family in Bedford, and Frank Fortner with Sarah travel to Terre Haute for the holidays. Isaac Hall from near Blankenship visits relatives. Stanley Spoonmore and baby visit Owensburg from here, and Aubrey Adamson with Mabel visit the Rainey household. Oscar Short of Bedford was here on business.
Ada McCart returns to Bedford after Christmas with family. Mrs. Victor Burton visits Mitchell. Golda Cox and son Raymond visit relatives. Dr. George Gibbons called on professional business. Fern Vandyke goes to Mitchell. Pearl McKay of Indianapolis visits homefolks. Herbert Felkner visits for a few days. Tory Trowbridge wife and sisters visit relatives over Christmas. Charlie Bex and wife of Illinois called for mother’s death. Thomas Albright and wife spend Christmas at Shoals. Mr. McChire visits wife visiting with Mrs. Johnnie Weddle. Ola Weddle and daughter visit relatives. Madge Allen and wife from Bletcher stay with relatives.
Caleb Cobb of Bedford visited his son David Cobb in this place on Saturday. Mrs. Ella Bush and children of Otic visited sister Mrs. Gus Stannard. R N Tirey and family from Vevay Indiana came to stay with Ren and Mrs. Quincy Short. Thad Bridwell of Avoca and Glenn Murphy with Lafayette Duncan of Bedford visited relatives Friday.
Vernon Worthington of Indiana with Dora Ferrel and children from Seymour visit John Allen. Numerous neighbors and relatives from Bedford, Bloomington, Seymour, and Indian Creek visit family, attend church, and attend a Williams High School play. Several illness and travel updates amid holiday gatherings and local trips.
Ice has slowed travel on public roads for a week while youth enjoy coasting and skating. Grandma Thompson remains gravely ill with lagrippe. Dr. Butler of Erie attends. Local residents visit relatives. several trips to Bedford and Terre Haute are noted amid gatherings and recoveries.
A fragment notes H Meisney seeking 1000 hides paying market price. The brief lists the year 1632 and a location hint in adit context, indicating a trade notice for pelts rather than a story. The readable text centers on a seller seeking hides and offering market-rate compensation.
A protracted meeting is in progress at the Regular Baptist Church on West Twenty Fourth Street. The event began Sunday with one conversion reported.
Misses Eva and Ethel Wingert hosted a social event at Madisonville with Mrs Elma Cordier and Key 27 in attendance. The gathering featured a cordial reception and familiar community chatter reflecting local ties.
Mrs Otho Bowden and others plan New Year writings for 1915. Wilson and Everett Trueblood of Linton passed through en route to Bedford to visit relatives. A large crowd attended last Wednesday’s High School play. Florence Mundy of Terre Haute visited grandparents James Hislip and Jessie Williams. Nelson Hendrickson and family from Mitchell visited parents here. Thomas Mayfield of Huron was in town on business. Lena McFarlin, BA student at Bloomington, spent holidays at home. Tom Craig and wife of Fayetteville were here over the weekend. Dora Dorsett went to Mitchell after the death of her nephew Victor Brinkworth. The Jones family left for Florida, Ind., to visit relatives. Lawrence Williams’s mustache trim sparked town chatter about his likely move toward St. Petersburg, Fla. A Sidghorse belonging to Vesta Anderson was seen with Dr. McCoy of Bedford visiting Monday.
A Washington Indiana farm near Wilka has been quarantined as a case of contagious glanders is reported among horses. The farm is under active inspection and authorities will dip animals to prevent spread.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School Board met Wednesday evening and elected officers for the coming year. John A. Rowe remains superintendent with Ed Consollus and Newton Thomas as first and second assistants, plus other officers and re-elected teachers. The board fixed the first Tuesday each month for meetings.
Miss Blanche and Willie Etter return to Heltonville after visiting Mr and Mrs William Gugk on South N Street. Bert Raushback and baby resume home after a pleasant Indianapolis visit. Margaret Pearson Mary Alice Emery Elizabeth Zollman Virginia Burton visit Mitchell Tuesday. Mary Crawford and Margaret Kindred return to Norman Station after week with daughters. Willa Fowler back home from New Albany with arm improved. C J Jones returns from Bloomfield. mother to join later. Mary Parks Indianapolis stenographer visiting parents on West 14th Street. Burl Bridwell Heltonville returns from grandmother visit Thursday. White Barber Shop interior redecorated on East Sixteenth. Mrs Sidney Brooks receives New Year fruit cake from New Castle-on-Tyne. Mrs Albert Dunihue returns from Indianapolis. Doyle Graham buys Theodore Penser lot to build a home. Homer Lewis of Boyaa city? appears in city.p
A dredge boat constructing the Beatty Walker ditch near Cortland requires a bridge removal for clearance. Freight and passenger service faced interruptions as crews work to replace the structure, with a target to resume by Wednesday morning. The ditch will drain hundreds of acres across Hamilton and Brown townships, improving drainage after heavy rains. The project, one of the county’s largest, involves a steam shovel-equipped boat and multiple crews under Ora She of Bedford.
The general delivery and stamp wing will open Friday January 1st from 7 to 9 a.m. City carriers will make one trip in the ring. A mail collection will be in the business district at 9 a.m. The mail will be put in the post office lobby.
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