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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1915
Page
3
Jefsie Sowder reports active wood cutting as neighbors Husk corn. Families visit and attend church services. Typhoid vaccinations are underway for several in the community. Everett Sowder and others suffer illness. Mildred Fisher is ill. A. S. Leach held services, Winifred Bartlett improves, and Henry Long leads a meeting at Chapel Ail.
Local notes describe slick roads hindering travel and numerous visits and errands. People mentioned include W A Luallen of Monroe county visiting on business and residents like C J Allen, Mary Ingle, Robert and Homer Brooking, and T A Allen of Tunnelton. Several social calls, farming tasks, and birthday celebrations between January 1st, 1915 are noted, with a mix of illnesses and routine visits.
W T Crawford traveled to Bedford on business Saturday. W O Mitchell Homer Haws and Walter Crawford were guests of M Brooking Sunday. Rev Marion Brock of Borden Ind will preach at the Christian church the fourth Sunday in January the 24th. Zade Thomas and family visited near Bono Sunday to see James P Sallee’s brother. W V Haws and family were guests of Ambrose Crawford and family Sunday.
Local correspondent reports youths skating on Crooked Creek while Dr. McFarlin treated Ellis Moundy near Kuren. Indianapolis visitor Samuel Teusher came Monday on business. Schools resume after a week off and several residents visit kin, with multiple local households hosting relatives over the holidays.
Joe King was called to Shoals on Monday due to the death of his granddaughter. Herbert Felkner resumed work Saturday after a week’s visit.
Warren Sutton of Indianapolis visits relatives. Mrs. Kate White returns to Orleans after weeks away. Lester Connerley and wife visit home folks. Dr. Aitchson of Mitchell called to treat John Barlow’s daughter. Josiah Mundy injures hip in a fall on ice. Mrs. Margret Chapman returns home after weeks with daughter Mrs. Charlie Tsom. Jesse Stroud and Letta Barlow wed at Shoals. friends offer best wishes.
Grandma Thompson died Tuesday morning after a lingering illness. She leaves one son Thomas Thompson and six grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 30 p m at her son's home conducted by Rev John Williams. Burial took place at Zelma Thursday morning.
Mrs. Arthur Pullen of Ft. Ritner visits relatives in the city. Walter Jones of Williams was in town on Thursday.
The defense prepared an affidavit for another venue change but Prosecutor Woollery dismissed the burglary case against Henderson and refiled it in the mayor's court. A preliminary trial is set for Tuesday at 2 PM with a change of judge possible.
Taxpayers crowded Bloomington City Hall to protest a $37,500 City Hall contract awarded to George A. Weaver. Plans by Frank P. Reidel & Co. were approved earlier. Weaver posted a $38,000 bond. Council caucused and overruled the remonstrance citing constitutional debt limits and existing indebtedness near the cap. Weaver must have the building completed by December 1, 1915.
James Pursell aged 84 is reported dead in Los Angeles, California, per the Indianapolis Star. A native of this county, he enlisted in Co F Fifth Indiana Regiment under Col James H Lane for the Mexican War, with Bedford companions Oscar Foote Abe Thompson James C Carlton and his brother. He shared anecdotes of their Mexico campaign.
The War Cry features the Bedford Concert Band, a group of local businessmen who play music as recreation. A December 14 charity concert in the large abernacle netted 97.05 for Captain Schnarr to aid the Bedford Salvation Army and Christmas relief, following a December 9 concert that raised 111 for Belgian Relief Fund.
Eugene J. Peck of Bedford, after years in a Milwaukee welding shop, will open a shop at 821 Sixteenth Street. He offers oxy acetylene welding for cast iron, steel, brass, bronze and aluminum with a focus on boiler, quarry and general welding.
Miss Marguerite Cook visited her grandparents Mr and Mrs W J Cook and other relatives, returning to Spencer Thursday. Mr and Mrs John Trueblood of Los Angeles were in the city Thursday en route to Odon to visit friends and relatives.
Mrs James Johnson of Breckenridge is described as very ill and reported to be at a dangerous stage. The note indicates her health has declined recently and concerns are shared by family and neighbors.
Local attendees C A Colglazier H G Dean and OQ A Bryant joined in a large Republican smoker at Bedford last Saturday night. Mrs James Luther and daughter from Greencastle visited James Bridwell. Various school and community figures were noted in a string of casual social reports across nearby towns.
Two of the three men brought November 26 1914 to the Indiana Reformatory at Bloomington have been turned over to Monroe County sheriff and deputy and taken back for trial on murder charges. Edward Duncan and Babe Medina face trial. John Stewart remains at the reformatory. The alleged jailer killing plot was disclosed by fellow prisoner Thomas Hardin after his Spencer trial.
On January 1, 1915 Bettie Doitica celebrated her 66th birthday with a noon dinner attended by Mrs Frances Dodd Ms Millgaret Codper Miss Pearl AY Mort Allen Lawson Mathis and her granddaughter Peta Mathis and great granddaughter Louie Mathis. She received gifts and the day was enjoyed by all. Bonnie Bell Cooper visited relatives and returned to Cincinnati. Frank Cooper of Indianapolis visited his parents. Elizabeth Standiford returns to Clinton School. Mabel Skerd and children visited Bedford then returned home. Mort Allen was in Bedford on business. A large meeting was noted at M church this week. Robert N. Dixon improving at this writing.
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