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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
3
A collection of short notices lists residents visiting in town and returning home, including Milton Kern of Fayetteville and Eld Riley Williams of Pinhook. Other items note health, travel, marriage licenses, and local projects such as a new stone sewer and Empire quartz mining claims.
The item notes residents in Bloomington Erie Murdock and Bedford visiting or ill. A marriage license issued to Walter Talbert and Leona Wade. Various locals travel for business or to see relatives. Quarantine release and smallpox status updated. Holiday business thanked as 1901 ends with a New Year message from Hamer & Day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Chrisler hosted a supper for their son Stanley Chrisler on his twenty ninth birthday. Friends gathered as a masked figure demanded alms then revealed Stanley in disguise turning the surprise on the host party. Attending guests included Tom Megiemre Fred Richardson Clay Duncan and several family members. The evening featured dinner and music as they rang in the new year.
J A Rowe returns from Frankfort visit with family. Mrs Charlotte McAfee of Erie visits city, Mrs Edgar Johnson improves from hand catarrh. Thompson Brown welcomes a 114 pound girl. Miss Bird Williams of Williams visits New Year with Mrs Hii Kinser. Blanche Allen assists Mary McLaughlan in millinery store this week. Almost 50 Mitchell visitors see Jule Walters in Side Tracked. Mrs Joseph Hanna improves at North Bedford home. Mr and Mrs J W Huffington and Mitchell children visit the city. Emmett Pope of Mitchell visits county Assessor J R Pope Wednesday night.
Conductor Andrew M Gard ner of the Monon, a Bedford native, wed Miss Effie Shanks of Salem Tuesday and arrived to visit relatives. The Mail and Bedford friends extend congratulations amid notes on a wage increase for B&O railroad workers. A Monon brakeman, Granville Hayes, is off duty after a grasping accident near New Albany, and Bloomington showman H Gentry loses a loaded buggy horse to digestive illness with nails and other items found in the horse’s stomach.
A group of young guests gathered at North M street to celebrate the new year. Miss Josephine Blackburn hosted Addie Guthrie Nannie Maddux Ida Grafton Annis Sears Nellie Byers Mabel Lake Carrie Owens Effie Lucas Laura George May Blackburn and Blackburn along with Riley Stone Arthur Sears Lou Woolery Bert Sears Frank Brown Clyde Quackenbush Clarence Massey Everett Bozarth Walter Mallicoat Arland Lane Homer Utterback for games and fruit and candy refreshments.
A quiet New Year’s Day ceremony united EB A Sears of Bedford and Maude Crawford of Pinhook at Mr Jos L Crawford’s home. The groom, a popular county schoolteacher and gospel minister, leaves friends as the pair plan to settle in Lexington, Kentucky after Jan 2, 1902. Elder John Williams pronounced the nuptials.
Dr John Andrews of Lawrenceport and other visitors were in town while locals met with Congressman Miers. The New Year’s row in Bedford left one man knocked down and another with a wrist injury. The Barney Smith Car Co and Southern Indiana Railway filed a purchase agreement for 500 flat cars and 500 coal cars. Purdue University will start a telephonic engineering department around February 1. Monon engine 84 received a rapid overhaul at back shops, setting a local record for speed.
A New Year social at the First Baptist church drew many members and friends on Tuesday. O P M Davis showed stereopticon views, the church covenant was read, several short talks were given, vows renewed, and light refreshments served by the young people. The evening closed with a prayer meeting for the last minutes of 1901.
Mary Walters of Englewood reported a calf stolen weeks earlier. Her daughter in law dreamt of the calf head in a cistern on the Dunihue farm and a search confirmed the head and hide. meat pieces were found under a porch. A warrant named Riley Barnett, last seen away from the Dunihue place, with friends saying he is innocent.
High School notes highlight Mike Torphy nearing return from a broken arm and potential prominence on the Track Team. Alumni pursue college paths at Moore's Hill College and Louisville Medical College, with several preparing to teach at Terre Haute State Normal. Local political notices promote John L. Tilford’s Republican primary bid, Homer West for re-election as Lawrence County Treasurer, and Sheriff Frank Smith’s anticipated nomination and reelection.
The Stone City Shirt Waist and Dress Factory began operation in the Opera House block. It uses eight power machines, with five running now and three more to be set up next week for fancy work. Mrs. L A Morgan and Miss Lula Dilley oversee operations as foreladies, with Mrs. Smith of Cincinnati head cutter and fitter. Twelve people will be employed, producing ladies and children's garments and men's wear, in a neat parlor like factory setting.
Jule Walters stars in Side Tracked drawing Bedford’s biggest audience at Stone City Opera House. Overflow into gallery and aisles sold out as Manager Johnson greets a packed house. Adelaide Walters entertained, later plans announced for Just Struck Town with local scenes and Hoosier themes. Oliver Cosner enters mayoral race as Republican hopeful promising diligent businesslike governance.
John M. Gainey announces his candidacy for re election as County Auditor. The Republican Party in the county typically renominees its winning candidates without contest and friends expect Gainey to gain renomination at the upcoming primary. Gainey, a Civil War veteran, is noted for his popular leadership and efficient administration.
Circuit Court notes cover Taylor v Taylor and Sater v Gillette on damages. A Huff v Bedford Quarries Co. suit, and State v Davis for assault on Fred Lange follow. Bur ton acquitted in State v Burton murder case. City Marshal Russell seeks re election as Republican candidate with strong local support.
L. E. Payne reports the death of Thomas W. Breckinridge in Lewisburg Kansas on December 31. Breckinridge was Payne’s brother in law and lived here until about twenty years ago.
Real estate and farm holdings of the late Kate N Willard are offered for sale. Advert in Daily Mall or contact Helen N Lewis Administratrix for details and viewing.
In New York City yesterday Mayor Seth Low began his official duties as his 'fusionists' who were elected last November also took office. In Indiana, Mrs. Attie Mallott filed suit in Martin circuit court for 5000 damages against her mother in law over alleged threats of disinheritance affecting her marriage. In Martinsville a Stone River Civil War reunion marked by officers and 38 participants.
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