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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1913
Page
6
A Southeastern passenger train struck a large boulder dislodged by heavy rains near Kurtz on Monday afternoon. The engine sustained little damage and no injuries were reported as the train dragged the rock briefly along the track.
Judge Swails granted Jesse Danner a divorce from Ida Danner in Lawrence Circuit Court. Court proceedings paused as the judge closed the court for the day and then returned home to Seymour.
Heavy rains loosened earth east of J Street causing an embankment to slide about three feet. The incident moved the side track three feet but did not affect the main line. Crews repositioned the side track after the slip occurred Monday afternoon.
Homer Leatherman was shot twice by Edward Jackson with a 22 calibre revolver. Bullets caused minor injuries. one lodged in the shoulder. Jackson fled Stonington the night after the shooting and remains at large. Wilbur Glover and Miss Crystal Hall of Indiana University visited Bloomington.
Bernard Reath his wife and child escaped serious injury when their car slid into Salt Creek bottom Monday near Oolitic. He waded to a nearby house for help and carried his wife and son to dry land before saving the engine and returning to the road.
An even half dozen vags were found in a Monon coach in the local yards Monday night and all were locked up. Next morning the bunch were started out of town. A number of lunches had been stolen from railway workers at the round house, and authorities moved to break up the gang.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Crawford hosted a Friday night birthday gathering at their Fifth and R streets residence in Pauline Crawford's honor. Guests included Lilly Hodges Helen Aikman Lela Lovell Helen Gibson Alma Quackenbush Audrey Sears Madaline Hawkins Roy Carter Dallis Carrico Otis Hobbs Frank Lanz Donald Sellars Raleigh Carter Willie Thorne Louis Baker and others. Pauline received a birthstone ring as a gift with refreshments served.
Mrs Maurice McGrath entertained Monday evening at her West 14th street home with a sixteen cover dinner in pink and green. The centerpiece featured a French basket of pink carnations and ferns and smaller French baskets with carnations and greenery at each end honoring Miss Blanche Stewart of Cedar Rapids Town.
Michael Hackett 304 a former Southeastern Line locomotive engineer died at his parents home Tuesday at 9 15 following a long bronchial illness. Born September 20 1879 in this city he was the eldest child of Mr and Mrs John Hackett survived by wife and three children. Funeral services were held Thursday at St Vincent de Paul church burial at Green Hill.
Mrs Alva Inman sister of Mrs Minerva Miller and Basil Graham, both of this city, died at her Linton home Tuesday at 2 o clock from paralysis. Her body was moved to Doyle W Graham 620 East Sixteenth Street and then to Owensburg for burial. Burial followed Thursday at Owensburg.
Ray Kimbrell son of Mr and Mrs C C Kimbrell formerly of this city now residing at Cape Illinois reported dispatching a three foot ten inch rattlesnake with nine rattles and a button on the bluffs of the Mississippi River. Weather was warm and grasshoppers and wooly worms were seen. J P Frick the New York steel magnate plans a stone mansion and has awarded a blue stone contract to C S Norton of this city.
Indianapolis January 20 Marion Senator Shivelys recall bill faces a divided Senate Judiciary Committee with five in favor and five opposed. The measure aims to recall all city officials as part of a broader political clash over civil service rules and constitutional convention. House panels debated related Civil Service and eight hour day issues while rail and liquor measures faced resistance or postponement.
Daily Mail notes J. L. Smith sold Charles E. Carter poultry farm of 10 acres north of the city to Stephen Howell for 4500. The page mentions wrapping young fyint trees and bundles offered at six bundles for 25 cents.
Harold Beddoe of St Louis and Clara Bernice Bonner of Vincennes wed Saturday at the bride’s parents home 505 Shelby Street Rev Edgar Faye Daugherty officiated with close family present. The groom, general sales manager for Trenton Breese Coal Mining Co., plans to reside in St Louis. The bride, active in DAR and social circles, will live at 5286 Waterman Ave St Louis. Guests included family from Bedford Washington Allison and local residents.
J B Jones of corner 9th and 1 streets was hurt Sunday night while preparing kindling. A nail pierced his right foot causing inflammation and confinement at home for several days. Mack Newland, fast of the city, la
In Lawrence Circuit Court on Tuesday, the older sister Mrs Mildred Kindred of Danville Illinois received a court order to adopt her younger sister Lizzie Wray who had been placed with a family near Indianapolis The sisters had been separated seven years ago when placed in different homes under the care of the Board of Children's Guardians Mrs Kindred who is under twenty years old filed the petition and left for Indianapolis with the court order to assume custody of Lizzie.
Settled spring weather brings two high ball passenger trains on the Monon, cutting the Chicago to Monon timetable by about ninety minutes. Trains 6 and 5 will arrive here at least thirty minutes sooner, with several intermediate stops dropped between Chicago and Monon.
Railroad officials report the Monon line is not slowed by the high water. They say the road bed and bridges are in good shape and not a concern for operation. Improvements over the years have avoided past flood dangers near Harrodsburg and New Albany.
Mrs Cigra Schmidt once in millinery here now at Bedford fights a dispute with Mr Eph Hughes over a Sunday issue. The readable fragments hint at a neighborhood quarrel or property matter with no clear outcome.
The article highlights Indiana limestone as a prime architectural material, noting its beauty and workability. It cites Michael Cohen & Co. selling 559000 cubic feet in the past year for New York City buildings, and lists major projects by E F Giberson & Co. and Consolidated Stone Co. supplying limestone for landmarks like the Rockefeller residence, McAlpin Hotel, Bendel building, Stern Brothers store, Cooper Institute addition, and more.
Edwina Ro gers daughter of Eoward is ill east of the city. Frank Moore of Williams was in the city on business. James Barlow of Williams is ill with the grip and shows pneumonia symptoms. Mrs J W Thomas of Detroit visits Mrs W B Welster on West 14th Street. Jesse Laux of Bedford visits Newton Wright and family.
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