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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1902
Page
1
Mrs Thomas B Buskirk wife of Judge Buskirk of Paoli while visiting relatives in Orleans tripped on a loose sidewalk board causing severe arm injuries including a broken arm above the wrist a fractured and dislocated elbow and torn ligaments.
Elder Harry Bullock spoke to a large Bedford audience on John Bull's Castle and Country detailing English society, education, religion, customs, and contrasts with America. He noted class divisions, rising Western influence, holidays, Shrove Tuesday pancakes, Guy Fawkes, Christmas carols, cathedral towns, and peculiar American-English differences including housing, chairs, and slang. He praised English loyalty and shared testimonies as he prepared to depart for Eureka, Illinois.
In Paoli Indiana Miss Eva Miller challenges Dr. C D Driscoll after alleged letters of proposition. A crowd gathered as he and an office boy with revolvers kept the scene from escalating. Driscoll was later fined for a past offense and ordered to leave town within 20 days. Lofty notes on local events follow including turnips, a state claim, and a church telegram from Columbia Missouri.
Charles Cadell pleaded guilty to assault and battery against Miss Ida Grafton on December 30 and was fined. Mrs. Dr. Burnham identified him as the man who robbed her sister in Mitchell, with a circuit court hearing to follow. The report also notes Niagara limestone’s prominence and uses in Indiana construction.
A column recounts a Bedford oolitic limestone quarry district near Oolitic and Lawrence county, detailing stone types used in Indiana Capitol construction, the quarry hotspots Buff Ridge Dark Hollow Reed, and the geology of oolitic stone formed from fossil shells with durable, elastic properties. It also mentions social notes from Tunnelton and Bloomington visits, plus a political venire for a case against Cashier Davis in Indianapolis.
At the Gentry hotel parlors in Bloomington a Stone Men meeting appointed a committee to form a permanent group. Col. L. T. Dickason of Chicago and A B Dickin son of Bedford Quarries Co. were elected presidents with Harry Johnson as secretary and KE B Thornton as treasurer. Temporary officers were named, prices for scabbled stone fixed, and next month’s Bedford meeting set to complete the new organization. Also reported: Baltimore and Ohio will track locomotive coal usage, Arkansas Post veterans to hold a January 11, 1863 battle anniversary banquet in Mitchell, and W A Webb to remodel his store with a plate glass front and updated interiors starting midmonth.
Sunday January 5 1902 friends and relatives gathered at the Demoss home at 10th and K to honor Harve Demoss on his 21st birthday. A bountiful dinner followed and music was provided by Mrs Geo Tingle. Guests included Mr and Mrs Joseph Hannan Mr and Mrs C J Horsey Mr and Mrs Henry Demoss and many others.
Jack Crawley, foreman at Henderson Todd & Fish spoke factory in Norman, lost left arm at elbow and suffered multiple right arm fractures when dragged by a line shaft. Dr Freeland and Dr Martin attended him. recovery considered probable. Also notes stone bridges replacing steel along Pennsylvanian routes and Lucian EB Payne seeking Norman marshal post.
The independent telephone companies in Indiana have achieved remarkable growth opposing the Bell monopoly. Investments in independent exchanges spread across the state with the Indianapolis long distance firm linking regions north, southeast, and west. The system will connect to Pittsburg New York Boston St. Louis Cleveland and Detroit within months, enabling farmers to access distant markets from home.
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