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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
3
An advertisement proclaims Eagle Grocery as offering the best of fresh goods at low cash prices. It invites customers to bring butter and eggs to see savings and claims A Stipp's will save 10 percent on groceries tin ware and graniteware located one door north of Tilford and Mathes.
A roundup of residents and visitors in Mitchell with names including Stipp Pollard Malott Burton Dean Haverly Turley and Inman. Entries note travel to Indianapolis Salem Pike's Peak Normal Station and other local towns, plus minor health updates and a wood chopper accident.
Local residents reported in from Greensburg Heltonville Mitchell and Williams with visits and travels. Town and surrounding area see shifts in employment trades and a push for a flag display in schools while plans to ban quail hunting are discussed to protect crops.
Evangelist S. D. Baker of Mountain Springs returned Monday from Farabee where he held a Sunday meeting with the Church of Christ. He will preach at the Leatherwood Church of Christ next Sunday.
A family favorite prompt prompts Jell O as a ten minute no bake dessert option. Add hot water and let it set to cool. Flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry. Available at grocers for about 10 cents.
Edward Sheeks of Red Cross and Frank Wever of Leesville are among visitors. Mrs Ernest Giles leaves for Louisiana to join her husband. Several residents travel, visit relatives, or handle business. schools at Avoca close for smallpox. Gosport to get a new public school building.
Arthur Sherrill visits Miss Emma Woolery of Avoca on Sunday. John Norman from Heltonville conducts business in the city on Saturday. William A. Ragsdale ships mules to St. Louis. Mabel Gall and Dot Wray of Mitchell shop in Stone City. J. R. Stone buys 1902 South K street for 750 dollars. Mrs. W. A. Baker and baby visit Jacob Bossert family in Williams. Rosa Flinn from Tunnelton visits Indian Springs. Prof. L. D. Owen and wife return to Elwood from Bedford. Mrs. Gertie Demoss returns to Huron after city visit. Sue Clipp leaves for Columbus to live with S. I. Irwin family. Arthur Betts of La Grange Ti visits then heads to Springville. Newt Skerd buys street meat market and moves to town Miniy. Mrs. B. Hall and Dot Ray return to Mitchell after visit. County Commissioner H. C. Trueblood improves in health while Elmer Morris buys a Colt’s rifle.
Mrs Eliza Barnard returning to Mitchell after visiting her sister Mrs L A Morgan in this city. A warning on gun safety notes no boy under 14 should handle firearms and no one should bear arms in the city without proper coaching.
Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Base a powder. It cures Chilblains Frostbites Damp Sweating Swollen feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Samples Free Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy N Y The Stockholders of the Citizens National Bank of Bedford elected Directors A C Voris W H Martin E B Thornton H M Voris Wm N Matthews F D Norton John Haase The Directors elected A C Voris President J R Voris Cashier H M Voris Assistant Cashier A C Voris H M Voris J R Voris Wm N Matthews Discount Committee F D Norton B Thornton John Haase Examining Committee
McMahon versus Torphy et al remains continued to the next term to set aside a deed. Judge Grubbs, Special Judge, has returned home. Ragsdale et al v McDaniel damages settled out of court. Receiver’s report in Sterling Stone Co. case drew exceptions. Norton Reed Stone Co. damages case sent to Greene county. Smallwood v Bedford Quarries: verdict 1000 dollars in favor of the quarry company. Smallwood denied recovery on interrogatories. Liquor-license appeal for Tunnelton in progress after Supreme Court decisions revived spirits. Dunihe false imprisonment suit against the city: Judge Grubbs sustains city demurrer. city not liable for police actions. judgment for defendant.
The Mitchell liquor license cases were decided with temperance advocates defeating applications by Mathias Ingram Paul Brown and Marion Sanders as the Board required affidavits and signatures. The Board also approved office rearrangements in the courthouse to free space for the Auditor and other officials.
L D Bough has pneumonia. Harry Hughes recovered from a short illness. James Love and wife visited the city. May Brown and Fred Owen announce their January 15 marriage. Eld James Small and J W Newland inspected a new Christian church in Anderson. Nannie Duncan hosted James Small, Isis Day, J W Newland, and others. George W Holmes returned from Bloomfield. Dean Rush of Indian Creek, Lawrence county, went bankrupt December 21 with 4000 liabilities. Holmes named trustee and to sell assets for creditor payouts. A Brandenberg, Kentucky youth sought Prof Charles Chandler the palmist, for a girl connected to Chandler. A Jeffersonville man sought Chandler for a $100 loan, Chandler has disappeared with the girl. The line notes gamblers’ adage about fools. New Albany Tribune.
J B Cooper of Main ill with grip. A 8 Wilcox of Tunnelton in city on Wednesday. Two year old son of Riley Foddrill ill with bronchial trouble. William Long back from Knox ville Tennessee. arrived Wednesday. Everett Keithley and family visit L A Keithley in Bloomington. Capt A R Vansickle of Springville on business. returned home. J A Rogers visiting sister Mrs J B Malott. return Greensburg Indiana. Mrs Frank Turner returns home in Avoca after visit with mother Mrs Alexander Reid. Five Mormon elders in area base in South Park plan meetings at McDoel schoolhouse. Mrs Walter Wicker returns from Winston-Salem North Carolina after 29 years away. Postmaster Williams to move general delivery 10 feet nearer entrance and add two windows. private office to be divided inside with other improvements.
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