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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
1
The advertisement touts fresh neckwear lines arriving for the new year with emphasis on merit and popular taste. It promises a sharp lookout for quality furnishings and highlights neckwear items as stylish offerings.
Fire crews were called at 11 a m Saturday to Mrs Zion Hopkins residence at 15th and N streets where embers under a grate set nearby timber alight. Firemen tore out the grate to extinguish the smoldering fire. damage not to exceed 50 dollars.
A Victorian style ad touts Electric Bitters as a cure all to regulate stomach liver and kidneys purify blood and improve complexion. It promises stronger nerves bright eyes and smooth skin with a 50 cent price at Messick and Dodd's drug store. The Indiana Teachers association calls for more state history in schools and praises Reading Circle for The Young People's History of Indiana. Uncle Jack Barris returns from Louisville with news and a fiddle tale.
Louisville dispatch notes George K. Davis died at his home, once a key messenger in an infamous 14 year old Monon railroad robbery near Smithville hill. The assailant battered Peter Weber and shot Davis and Weber during the 190? heist, with Davis losing his memory and life’s earning. Chesley Chambers, blamed by Bloomington juries, served two years and returned to farming amid lingering guilt doubts.
Manager Martin of Pier Son drug store reports strong sales of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy during la grippe season. Five bottles often sell to a single customer as the product relieves coughs sore throats and lung complaints quickly and satisfactorily. Elliott's drug store stocks the remedy.
A well attended watch meeting at the A. M. E. church last Sunday night sparked plans for another concert soon. C Unger of Champaign reports that Foley's Honey and Tar cured his year long hacking cough after medical treatment failed.
D C Walker of Hallsville Ohio credits Dr Miles Nervine with restoring his health after La Grippe left him weak. He reports appetite sleep and strength returning and a twenty pound gain after two weeks of use. Dr Miles Nervine is sold with a guarantee and free advice booklet is available from Jon Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
The Bloomington Progress reported the claimed capture and death of George Buskirk near Gosport after a dispute with natives employed by a timber company where he was superintendent. A sister received a letter from D. C. Buskirk confirming his death in Central America, noting bones found and burial at the camp.
An account from Hannibal Missouri tells how J E Lily suffered typhoid fever that developed into pneumonia. He credits Dr King s New Discovery with rapid relief and full recovery, praising the medicine as a universal lung remedy. Trial bottles offered at Messick Dodd s drug store with guarantee.
A letter from Shreveport, Louisiana extols Mother's Friend liniment as the only safe external remedy. It claims internal medicines are dangerous, asserts the product relaxes muscles, eases morning sickness, reduces nervousness and head ache, prevents premature breast development, shortens labor, and aids rapid recovery.
Monroe County Republicans hope New Year unity ends the Farr feud that split factions for years. The split allowed Democrats to gain county offices, and leaders plan a united ticket to reclaim the seat. Henry C. Duncan is favored for Lieutenant Governor and Nat A. Hill for the State Committee. Duncan is expected to secure Monroe County support.
E 8 Walker becomes Master Mechanic at Belt shops in Salem Bedford yards add a new switch. J C Bobbitt transfers from Oolitic and returns to this city. New time card for Southern Indiana begins mid January. Monon coal chutes completed first cars unloaded. Conductor Steve Lockwood and others travel to Fort Branch. Belt crossing gains a large arc light. Several crews laid off and others recalled as trains resume work with better weather. Depot and shop overhauls continue. pensioning of 950 Southern Indiana employes begins.
Claims of a safe home remedy for weak women with symptoms like side pain nervousness and headaches. Promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as non alcoholic non narcotic and widely trusted with confidential correspondence from Buffalo New York. Includes testimonial from Mrs Mary E Jones and notes on Pleasant Pellets curing constipation and biliousness.
An early 20th century patent medicine ad touts Cascarets as a facial beauty aid by purging the blood and liver to clear pimples and complexion. The piece notes wholesale grocers C. F. Best and Frank Farquhar of Munice Ind visiting town to find a site for a confectionery factory, potentially on three floors or a smaller start.
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