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Newspaper

Bedford Weekly Mail

Location

Bedford, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1903

Page

3

Local notices from Linton area report illnesses and moves

Reed Bass returns from Mattoon while Little Raymond Stevens and Mrs. Wallace Queen are ill. Several people travel, marriages licenses issued, and coal shortages persist. Midland Portland Cement elects G. W. McDaniel as director and VP. Smallpox noted in Newberry with mild cases across five families.

Local Notes From Seymour and Surrounding Towns

George Kimbrell and family are in Indianapolis. Mrs Belle Shields left Monday for Terre Haute. Mrs Laura Cooper is confined to her home with grip. Charles H Cooper of Tunnel ton was in the city Thursday. James D Simpson from Butte Montana visits relatives. The little son of Robi Fultz is ill at their home on KE 16th street. Henry and James Embree of Bryantsville were in town Tuesday on business. Green Blackwell and Rebecca Mitchell issued notices. Fred Leatherman of Orleans visited relatives and friends Sunday. Elmer Corbin slowly improving at home. Mrs Mary Tharp from Bedford returned home last eve. Lon Linsey and family moved to Luther Darnell property on 22nd street. T H Anderson and wife of Bedford visited Ed gar Allen and wife for supper Monday night. Mrs Anderson remained for a longer visit.

Robi. Fultz KE. 16Th Street

Bedford Cold Temperatures and Coal Mine Car Shortage

Bedford endured 4 to 8 below zero with a westerly wind intensifying the cold. Linton field mines could output 30 percent more coal if cars were available, as most mines have operated under two thirds of annual time due to car shortages. Also, H L Reis of Bedford Quarries Co. is rumored to depart for Cleveland to oversee Walsh interests. A Monon engineer’s twin brother visited from Danville to inspect engine 207, soon to leave the shop. a Pennsylvania train from Indianapolis fought a four foot snow drift near Southport, requiring three engines to pull free, with Bedford residents Johnson Coleman, Homer Guthrie, and J R Pope aboard.

Linton Field Linton Pennsylvania Indianapolis Southport Indiana Bedford Johnson Coleman Homer Guthrie J. R. Pope Seymour

Bedford News Briefs Mixed Births and Local Notes

ElT born to Mr and Mrs Melvin Clark a daughter and to Mr and Mrs Chas Denton a nine pound son. A son born to Mr and Mrs Ever et Henderson on W 13th Street and a fine son to Mr and Mrs John Hartman. John L Mitchell on Hast 16th Street welcomed a 10 pound boy. Hon John Riley is very sick. W F Angle of Mitchell visited Bedford Monday. Marriage license issued to Daniel A Hackler and Lola P Cathers. Clyde Hon has accepted a job in Terre Haute. Mrs Clifford Dresbach visited Bedford friends. Washington talks of a new city hall with 2000 dollars in sinking fund. S M Williams sold dry goods stock to EK R Dobbins and will return to Loogootee, Dobbins selling stock at Oolitic. Citizens National Bank directors bought coal for Charity Committee in Bedford. Bedford Elks completed lodge work and returned after enjoyable entertainments. Maud Kimbrell and Lizzie Kimbrell visited grandmother Mrs Turley in Orleans, 95th birthday dinner for Mrs Turley.

S. M. Williams EK. R. Dobbins Loogootee Mr. Dobbins Oolitic

Woman hurt after icy fall on West 12th street

Mrs Walter Green of West 12th street slipped on an icy back door step Wednesday and sustained a painful fracture of the right arm near the wrist. The report appears in Bloomington World with broader local items on rail projects, rail safety, and a federal court damages case involving Jennings and Judge Baker.

Walter Green West 12Th Street

Local News Sparks and Infrastructure Notes Roll In

In Bloomington and nearby towns reporters note visiting residents from Ft. Ritner, ongoing rail labor shifts with new engineers and promotions, and repairs. A small house fire near I street destroys belongings, while Monon engineers plan trestle updates and road straightening. Louisville coal shortages threaten rising prices as winter tightens.

Carpenters Refitting Deckard Room After Fire Damage

Carpenters are busy refitting the Deckard room on J street after a recent fire damage. Theo Short of Williams visited the city Monday on business and called at this office. Algin Shrout, master mechanic at Mitchell Cement mill, was here on business Saturday. Willis Holiman teaching near Leesville attended Institute in the city Saturday. Olin Bundy formed a law partnership with John R. East & Son, to be Hast Bundy & Hast. The Columbian Relief Fund Association paid Henry thirty dollars for sick benefits and John Golds nineteen dollars and nineteen cents for accidental injury. Monroe county docket equals 250 cases for the term opening Monday, the largest in its history. Luther Darnell moved his family to Caxton to farm. Mrs. David Green and two children returned to Chicago Friday morning after visits here. The Northwest gates remark from Bloomfield News ends with a prophetic note about a scorcher next summer.

Wilson Bloomington City Lynch Jagde Wilson

Thanks to Mr Oliver Spaulding and friends

A note of appreciation for kindness in the death and burial of Clyde Everhart. The piece also covers Eaglesville coal output during cold weather with price details and wagons loaded, a Westport revival at the Methodist Church that wiped a $500 debt, and remarks on miners wages, eight hour day, and coal costs as discussed in the Indianapolis Journal.

Oliver Spaulding Clyde Everhart Eaglesville Old No. 1 Westport Indianapolis Journal

Bedford City Court Faces Long Term After Trials

Circuit Court reports judge Wilson adjourned after a term filled with hard contested trials four hung juries and heavy docket. The Lynch saloon case failed to reach verdict, Gould v Light Co. awarded $50 to plaintiff then reversed, and Mary Moore won damages from Southern Indiana Railroad later reduced on judge’s orders to 417 dollars with possible appeal.

Gould Light Company Wilson Young Gould Wilson Friday Mary Moore Southern Indiana Railroad Company Moore Rack Ledge Williams Young Moore

Social Postponed Then Rescheduled For Jan 16

An event announced for Saturday evening January 10 at Mrs John Wilder's home was postponed to Friday evening January 16. All members are urged to attend the social gathering. A surprise party celebrated Mrs Holiman's 47th birthday at the home of Mr and Mrs M M Holiman on January 9 with guests including Mr and Mrs Will Pierce, Mr and Mrs Wilber Dubgon and son, Mr and Mrs Taylor McGuire, Mr and Mrs Asa Sappenfield and daughters, Mr and Mrs Charles Coulter, Mr and Mrs Joe Bailey, Mrs Hamer and daughter Ethel, Mrs Hazel and daughter Della, Miss Sue Parham, Ella Duncan, Ora Duncan, and Mabel Emery. Music and taffy pulling followed. Guests departed wishing more birthdays. The Southern Indiana railroad will lay 70 pound steel rails between Seymour and Cortland, to equip the Seymour to Terre Haute line by next week. Byers and Boyd sold their interest in the corner store at 7th and streets to Preston Van Cleve of Courtland, Ind. The new firm becomes Patton and Van Cleve, with Alvin Tabor clerking.

M. M. Holiman Charles Coulter Joe Bailey Hamer Ethel Hazel Della Sue Parham Ella Duncan Ora Duncan Mabel Emery Byers & Boyd Preston van Cleve Courtlano Ind Patton & van Cleve Alvin Tabor

Illinois Central brakeman named for Evansville division

Fred Lemon accepts a position on the Illinois Central Evansville division with headquarters at Mattoon. The town reports a smallpox case leading Bloomfield officials to suspend public meetings and close schools for a week amid broader regional updates and local notices.

Otto Shoalty Illinois Central Fred Lemon Evansville Mattoon Bloomfield

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Boss Shoe Store I Street Badford Reed Mattoon, Ill Raymond Sam Stevens Willie Faubion Lincoln Avenue Arthur Sears Mrs Walter Wright Schuyler Mosier C. O. Willis Daisy Mr. Marks Rosie Sanders Orleans Ira George 7Th H Streets Ira Stone Trinity Springs James Matthew J.O. Runyon James T. Lowery Eliza Grissom William H. Webb Ella Cazee Horace Thomas Sarah Anderson Ollie M. Sanders Fannie Tow Senator Matthews Senate Matthews Midland Portland Cement Company G. W. McDaniel A. W. Jones Mitchell John Terrell Huron Moses M. Clinton B.B. Marley Loans I Insurance Chas. Skerd Terre Haute Inez Kimbrell East 16Th Street Mort Gregory 18Th Street South J Street Eli Kinser Ernest Moore Annie Inman Chicago Mrs. H. D. Manus Brown County Earl Merrett Smith West 17Th Street Charles Richards Lafayette Grandpa Brown H.C. Stone Paris Moore Allen Edwards Marion Township Ezra Edwards Josh Greenway Linton Record Bedford Steam Stone Works Allen Everhart Smith Sowders Sowders Pleassant Run Township W.H. Smith John Riley Marshall House of Representatives Edwards Lawrence County Supreme Court of Indiana Board of Education W. H. Cole Greene County Newberry Ayer Buckingham R. P. Hall &Co Nashua, N.H George Kimbrell Belle Shields Laura Cooper Charles H. Cooper Tunnelton James D. Simpson Butte Montana Henry and James Embree Bryantsville Green Blackwell Rebecca Mitchell Fred Leatherman Elmer Corbin Mary Tharp Lon Linsey 18Th and O Streets Luther Darnell 22Nd Street T. H. Anderson Edgar Allen Mr. Anderson Mrs. Anderson H. L. Reis Bedford Quarries Co Cleveland Ohio Walsh Reis Barker The Monon Danville Ill Lafayette Call Melvin Clark Sunday Horn Chas. Denton Saturday Everett Henderson W. 13Th Street John Hartman John L. Mitchell 16Th Street W. F. Angle Daniel A. Hackler Lola P. Cathers Clyde Hon Clifford Dresbach Washington Citizens’ National Bank Charity Committee For Maud Kimbrell Lizzie Mrs. Turley Champion Evaporator Co Hudson, Ohio Jesse J. Day Harrodsburg Mack Reeves Chicago & Northwestern Clinton Miller Biocomington Jennings Baker United States Circuit Court William V. Roover Markiep Chrisler Brisben-Wallner Rose Wallner James Brisben Father Bogemann Walmer Brisben Clear Creek F. W. Holland Ft. Ritner Little Mable Ed Hill A. L. Donaldson J. P. Huffman Southern Indiana Railroad Scott Henry Seymour Democrat Constant Gaussin John Brown Wallace French Lick Jasper Paoli Republican Louisville Pittsburg Kentucky Western Kentucky Jellico J Street Theo Short Algin Shrout Willis Holiman Leesville Olin Bundy John R. East Columbian Relief Fund Association Henry John Goldsby Monroe County Caxton David Green Julius Heiger Bloomfield News F. B. Sutherland Silver Lake Tenn Wilson's Bargain Store Circuit Court Gregory Skerd Jesse Ikerd City of John J. Lynch G. L. Reinhard Speer P. M.& B. Stone Co Frank Teague Teague John Wilder Cortland Carl Chamberlain Smith & Nixon Piano House Cincinnati Henry Withman Independent Telephone Company Thomas R. Colglamer Mary B. Rollins John Murphy Emma Beaver William H. Yarber Sarah A. Ball Martha Smith W. N. Matthews Gus Martin Frank M. Cosner Selz, Schwab & Co Gus Somerset Salem Elmer Wells Harvey N. Pollard Campbellsburg Pollard Congress House Ways and Means Cassat Pennsylvania Railroad Henrietta Jones W. A. Jones James Calonge Ruth Jones Paris Crossing Colonge Miss Ruth Jones Rev S.A. Ward M. E. Church Bis Clearing. Sale Chicago Branch Dry Goods House Bedfordroperty Grimes & Henderson Gunn Building South Side W. S. Richey Benzel Black Bedford Gall A. G. Vonis M. N. Messrex N. Glover W. Coster E. K. Dy W.N. Marrurys HM. Voris W. S. Holcombe Offe Haase & Owens Alexander & Harris Attorneys-At-Law Bedford India Office Gunn East Side Bedford, Ind J. W. Trainor Jas. G. Stull Square Pemay Allegal Haase & Owen's Clothing F. E. Stipp Northeast Corner Square East Side Square C. H. Emery the Landlord Promoting Co ACO Partnership Masonic Temple United States Ilinois Albert Cosner Hugh S. Bass R. H. Williams
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