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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1913
Page
5
The city sees a push to halt society card games played for prizes. Prosecutor Underwood has been asked to curb stakes games and may act soon. Police Chief Woodruff is expected to issue an order on the matter.
A burglar opened fire on store proprietor Harve Reed as he unlocked the door Friday night in Tunnelton. Four shots struck the overcoat hanging by the door. nothing was stolen and the assailant escaped. Reed sought medicine later, staying with no reported injuries.
A runaway horse named Fred, one of the fire horses, bit into a wire hairpin that pierced the base of his tongue. Veterinary surgeon Quincy Dobbins removed the pin after a difficult procedure, and Fred recovered after his supper.
Walter Johnson of Bloomington faced larceny and receiving stolen goods charges over a watch theft from Eftis repair shop. In circuit court Monday he was told to leave and become a good citizen. his father, charged with the same offense, was jailed. Johnson remained free after a warning that prosecution would resume if he caused trouble.
Local police sought fifteen year old May Dorsett who ran away from home Sunday night on K street. The stepmother said the girl secretly packed clothes and left via a window. Investigators checked trains and questioned friends but found no trace by Monday morning.
The January term of the Lawrence Circuit Court convened Monday with extra light dockets. The criminal and probate dockets were called and no business appeared for the jury, so they were excused until next Monday.
Dr. C H Emery's car plunged into a flooded hole on the road to Oolitic. Salt Creek backed the approach with water a foot deep. Dr. R B Short arrived, pulled Emery from the vehicle, and a local garage team hauled the car free.
John Perkins entered a guilty plea in Lawrence circuit court to illegal sale. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs by Judge O O Swails. It was the first liquor trial of the term.
W R Tuggle of this city received notice Monday of his father’s death in Lawton Oklahoma. The funeral and burial occurred in Winchester Kentucky on Tuesday. Mrs Otto Inman recently operated on at City Hospital was able to go downtown Monday for the first time since the procedure. Mrs M J Morgan returned to Bedford after visiting Judge Giles’ family in Mitchell and is staying with her parents Mr and Mrs C M Dobbins on West 18th Street. Ira Dixon of Kentland is visiting H G Wilson on South M Street.
Basil Graham and Mrs Minerva Miller, both of this city, received word that their sister Mrs Ava Inman of Linton was near death from paralysis. They traveled to Linton that afternoon.
Circuit Court records show Claude Lee was granted a divorce from Elien Lee on Monday. Belle Lynn was granted a divorce from Elva Lynn on Monday following similar proceedings in the same court.
Ira Burge a former Monroe county teacher now jailed on wife desertion charges wrote letters to well known Bloomington society girls as a main diversion. He claimed wrongful prosecution and said he would soon be out of trouble. Jail authorities censored his mail and a possible insanity inquest may be held ahead of his trial this term.
Judge Oren O Swails performed his first wedding Saturday afternoon in the clerk's office at Brownstown. Groom Charles Fleenor of Washington County wed Miss Goldie Blackwood of Wallonia. The couple will reside in Washington County where Fleenor works as a farmer.
Archie McCallum of 11th and R streets notes the death of his brother Nicholas S. McCallum M A student at Glasgow University Scotland.
The piece critiques tariff politics around President-elect Wilson, arguing protectionists misread public will. It links Progressive and Republican splits to historic tariff debates, noting the Bryan crafted platform and the pull between protection and revenue goals amid party realignments.
The piece argues for a pure revenue tariff to replace protectionist schedules, urging lower rates to boost imports and consumer power. It contrasts anti tariff policy with the need for honest reform, and critiques local political leadership as campaigning overprotective interests. It also questions widows pensions and Indiana’s strong poor relief laws, warning against commercialization and unnecessary reform.
Senator Oscar Batts argues Indiana already has strong poor relief and rejects mothers pensions as unnecessary. He cites Illinois and Missouri laws, critiquing wide eligibility and high payouts, and questions how to supervise funds without harming children.
Miss Pearl Fish is ill with the grip. Mrs. Edward Busick of Mitchell spent Sunday in the city. B. B. Baker of Owensburg was here on his way to Van Buren. Elder G. W. Murphy preached in McCowen on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sears and children visited relatives in Orleans. B. F. Stivers of Lyons was in town en route to Smedley for Sunday. Mrs. Will Monehan of Columbus Ohio visits the Heigers on West 16th. Mary Elizabeth Kerr with grandparents has chicken pox. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Stalker moved to the Meglemre farm east of town. Mrs. George P. Parks went to Cincinnati for weeks with daughter Miss Mary Parks in a school of expression. J. D. Martin is in Chicago on business then to Grand Rapids. Mrs. Stanley Chrisler and others attended a brother Harold Beddoe’s marriage in Vincennes and returned. Mrs. Arthur Beddoe accompanied them to Washington to visit friends.
Jefferson Lee entered a guilty plea to intoxication in police court on Monday morning and was fined one dollar plus costs.
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