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Newspaper

Bedford Weekly Mail

Location

Bedford, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1915

Page

3

Fairview Social News Notes From The Week

Henry Baker made a business trip to Bedford on Saturday. Mr and Mrs U S McHargue and son Jesse visited his aunt at Huron last week. Leather Hobson is very sick and cannot attend school. George Spray lost a work horse last week. C S Lowden and family visited D W Holiman and family Saturday and Sunday. Farmers welcomed the good weather last week. Mr and Mrs J C Todd and daughter Fay visited his brother J D Todd and family Sunday. Thomas S Whitted tended farm interests Friday. D L Ray and family visited James Kindred and family Sunday.

J. C. Todd Fay J. D. Todd

Winter sickness and local notices from Bartlettsville

Winter returns with illnesses in the Bartlettsville area. Everett Sowder and Mrs Bartlett are ill, Wm Lamb and Mrs Edgar Norman are reported as ill, and W D Clark is on the sick list. Martin Brown of Heltonville died this morning. Teachers urged to organize rat killing clubs with monthly prizes. Families visited W D Clark’s Sunday.

Local News Roundup From Huron and Mitchell

Lester Connerley and wife of Mit shell visited homefolks. Mrs. Pearl Sorrells went to Mitchell. Mrs. Rebekah Ray visited here last week. Clena Bex visited for a few days. Mrs. Merle Mundy returned from Bloomington. Mr. Mathers and wife visited J. S. Toliver. Mrs. Bertha Mundy went to Mitchell. Golda Cox and son Raymond spent Sunday with John and Mrs. Taylor. Martin Elliott and Flora Murphy wed in Bedford. William King died at his home after long illness a Baptist parishioner. burial at Port William.

Golda Cox Raymond Mitchell John Taylor William King Baptist Church Port William

LOCAL ITEMS FROM PINHOGE AND AREA

Local residents and visitors from Edna Kansas Scottburg Bedford Buddha and Trinity gather in Pinhoge for visits business and a musical event. George Sallee dies at home in Buddah with relatives nearby. Rev Brock of Borden Indiana set to preach next Sunday and Saturday night.

Brock Borden, Ind

Bedford social notes capture a busy midweek schedule

Delight Stannard reports a string of visits and gatherings around Bedford. Local residents William Chestnut Della Sanders Claude Cook and others made trips or hosted friends. A sheep roast at Rufus Bordwell’s, a Sunday school party led by Cleo Gray, and a surprise birthday dinner for Miss Qrilla Lackey featured among community events with many attendees expressing good will.

Cleo Gray

Snowy spell and local changes report

A big snow fell Monday and night with multiple community notes. Local residents report illnesses, relocations, farming updates, a debate plan at school and a barn project. Several residents travel to Bedford for Safety First meeting and a well boring business party plans repairs in Mitchell.

Local social and business notes from Mitchell and vicinity

Frank Young reports Jno K Link at Mitchell business on Saturday. J Harry Montgomery shipped stock to Cincinnati last week. Jno P Wicker and brother A A Wicker of near Fort Ritner were called to Covington Tennessee to attend a dying brother. Durward Francis named ten pounds at birth to Homer Beasley and wife January 16. T L Neideffer and wife visited Arrett Wicker and wife near Leip siew Friday. Ebb Bennett and family from across the river were guests of J L Stewart and family last week. John Starr, Frank Mullen and Thomas Carr of Sparksville praised the late John Reynolds real estate here Friday. Bro Fred Reynolds to begin a series of meetings here next Sunday night January 24. We have a supply of th es Mrs Graces Green and children were guests of Zella Roberts last week Social wood chopping for Mrs Mary Stephenson last week.

John Starr Frank Mullen Thos. Carr Sparksville John. Reynolds

Last Will of Mrs Susan A Parks Placed on Record

The last will of Mrs Susan A Parks, dated February 9 1911 and witnessed by R N Palmer and Mary Tr Strupe, was recorded in the county clerk office. It directs debts to be paid and real estate sold, with the cash divided among George Edgar Parks Catherine Parks Mulky and heirs of Flora E Hackett. George Edgar Parks named executor. monuments and specific bequests noted.

Susan A. Parks Mary Tr. Strupe Kate . Mulky George Edgar Parks Catherine Parks Catherine. Parks Mulky

Mrs Mittie Borders Died At Home On West 18th Street

Mrs Mittie Borders aged 21 years four months four days died Monday night at 7 45 at her home corner of 18th and Q streets burial was Wednesday Beech Grove cemetery funeral held Wednesday at 2 oclock Rev John Williams officiating she is survived by husband John Borders a daughter four and a half and a baby boy 18 months half sister to Mrs Oscar Medaris and Mrs Edward Denniston and brothers Homer McKinney Charlie Bell George McKinney parents Mr and Mrs Henry McKinney aunts Mrs Sarah Webb and Mrs Nancy Haines arrived to attend the funeral.

Mittie Borders John Borders Poy John Williams Beech Grove Oscar Medaris Edward Denniston Homer McKinney Charlie Bell George McKinney Henry McKinney Sarah Webb Indianapolis Nancy Haines Brazil

Farmer George Sargent Brings Jersey Cattle to Local Farmers

WME George Sargent, renowned farmer and stockman of Indian Springs, visited the city on Wednesday en route home from Georgetown. He arrived with a carload of fine Jersey cattle to sell to Lawrence County farmers and dairymen.

George Sargent Indian Springs City Georgetown Jersey Lawrence County

Farmers Institute Of Shawswick Monday Was Best In History

TheShawswick Farmers Institute achieved its best day in history on Monday with strong attendance and high yields. Local organizers report record participation, rising crop outputs, and growing community support for the event.

Farmers Picnic Proposal Follows Successful Shawswick Institute

The Shawswick township farmers held a circuit court room institute praised as the township’s best. The crowd enjoyed an excellent program and decided to hold a picnic next summer, date to be set. Addresses covered soil life canning and preserving farm concrete cattle and hog handling county interests and boys poultry. Bedford High School Glee Club performed with solos and numbers by several local youths.

Shawswick Township

Mitchell area guests and visitors report

Murrell Boyd notes visits and travel among Mitchell residents including John Pemberton and Wallace Brown families in Mitchell. Bedford business trips involve John Burns Lemuel Sears Rev L Adamson and Frank Sears. Others plan visits to Bedford with general sickness and improving health among local families.

Lemuel Sears Rev. L. Adamson Bedford

Market Quotations Across Cities Highlight Livestock Prices

In Indianapolis fresh cattle and hog prices move within mixed ranges with steers around 6.20 to 6.50 and hogs near 6.15 to 7.25. East Buffalo and Chicago show steady to strong cattle and varied hogs, while sheep and lambs follow similar fluctuating patterns with notable figures for prime steers and yearlings. Cincinnati and Toledo items add regional price spreads and flavor to the market snapshot.

Indianapolis East Buffalo N. Y Chicago

Lawrence County corn contest offers five Purdue trip prizes

Lawrence County will host a ten to fifteen acre corn contest with five $15 prizes funded by Citizens National Bank and Citizens Trust Company to cover expenses for a trip to Purdue University Farmers Short Course next January. Up to fifty farmers may enter, rules require an entry by May 1 1915, five acre plots in one field, and thorough cost and yield records.

Lawrence County Citizens National Bank Citizens Trust Company Purdue University Proor Purdue C.jones County Bedford Bach C. J. Jones Agri

Sheriff Sale Of Lawrence County Real Estate

By decree of the Lawrence Circuit Court Oscar G Miller is plaintiff and Pete Goldsby et al are defendants. At public sale on Saturday January 30 1915 between 10 am and 4 pm the rents and profits of a 1 acre parcel in section 11 township 1 north range 1 west will be offered to satisfy the decree with costs. If rents and profits fail to cover the amount the fee simple may be sold. Sheriff WM H Sitler. Atty R L Mellen. $13.20.

Lawrence Circuit Court Oscar G. Miller Pete Goldsby Cora Goldsby Ella Goldsby Clarence Goldsby Albert Goldsby Lawrence County Indiana Towit Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Company S.north Lawrence Circuit John C. McKinney Emily Currenn Pettiford Cour House

Mrs Holsapple Hosts Visit After Weekend Guest

Mrs LD Holsapple of Heltonville returns home Monday after spending Sunday as a guest for Mr and Mrs Ednapgeilliness and family.

Holsapple Heltonville Ednapgeilliness

Sheriff Sale Notice in Lawrence County Indiana

William H. Sitler sheriff of Lawrence County Indiana advertises a public sale by decree to satisfy a $264.58 judgment with interest and costs on the east half of lot 53 Foote addition Bedford. If rents do not cover, a further sale of fee simple interest will occur at the courthouse door on February 6 1915 between 1 and 4 pm. RB L. Mellen attorney 9 60

Foote Bedford Lawrence County Indiana William H. Sitler L. Mellen

Also Mentioned on This Page

Fairview Artie Holiman Henry Baker U. S. McHargue Jesse Huron Leather Hobson George Spray C. S. Lowden D. W W. Holiman Thomas S. Whitted D. L. Ray James Kindred Bartlettsville Jeffie Sowder Everett Sowder Mrs. Bartlett Wm. Lamb W. D. Clark Edward Ross S. J. Ramsay Martin Brown Thomas Meadows C. J. Sowder Anna Murphy Lester Connerley Mitshell Pearl Sorrells Rebekah Ray Clena Bex Merle Mundy Bloomington Mrs. James Mr. Mathers Orange County J. S. Toliver Bertha Mundy Martin Elliott Flora Murphy Bedford Wednesday Rhoda Texas City Texas William Rhoda East 49Th Street Pinhoge J. A. Brooking Messrs Wesley Walter Batman Katie Mole Edna Kansas Frank Brooking D. A. Beaver West Robert Ezra Brooking Mary Ingle Miss Lizzie Bruce Nichols Scottsburg Newton Nichols Lizzie Theo Allen Tunnelton W. H. Crawford Everett Ingle Ambrose Crawford Oscar Thomas Zade Thomas Buddha George Sallee Albert Allen Guy Wever Trinity C. M. Brooking Harvey Flinn A. G. Speers J. L. Crawford Guy Dixon Miles Standish Family Nable Reynolds Family Sunday Mr. Sallee L. Hoppingarner John Kern Bedford Monday Son J. Lt. Crawford Farmers Institute J. A. and The Delight Stannard William Chestnut Della Sanders Fayetteville Claude Cook Oolitic Mrs. John Gray Harry Beyers David Pierce Calvin Bair Veda Lackey Owensburg W.E. Hert Carl Frasier Hester Bair Knnesley W. E. Armstrong Ella Bush Gus Stannard F. M. Kern John Hert Williams Rufus Bordwell Lulu Beyers Arthur Mrs Alva and Bayard Walker Bascum Giles Lida Chestnut Qrwilla. Lackey Earl Lackey Orley Lackey John Boruff Elmer Boruff Dick Moss Otho Bowden Howard Hill Jesse Wagoner Walter Jones N. Hetler U. I. Power Co Ilinois Joe Roberts Manford Payton Rock Ledge Miss Clerice Baker Vinegar Hill Will Hatfield Lawrence Williams Jean ‘Keller Vince Ferguson Floyd Bone John Voris Wayne Smith William Jackson John Norman Station Frank Young Jno K. Link J. Harry Montgomery Cincinnati Jno. P Durward Francis Homer Beasley Jan T. L. Neideffer Arrett Wicker and Wife Leip‘sie Ebb Bennett Fred Reynolds Hays Graces Green Zella Roberts Mary Stephenson Clerk’s Office Mittie E. Borders West Eigh Seus Success Farmers Institute of Shawswick Murrell Boyd John Pemberton and Son Wallace Brown John Burns Steve Bird William Bass Watkins Medicine. Co George Armstrong Coxton Willis Fox Alice Malot Frank Sears Ranger Quackenbush Laury Adamson Rudolph Scherschell Bros Toledo Johnson Reid Alexander Charles J. Jones Sheriff’s Sale WM. H. Sitler Aagh & Meglemre J Street J.W. Trainor Hamer & Smith C. H. Emery 15Th K Streets Wren H. J. Dobsen Hishemnery William Batman Georgia John Batmy
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