Local Gun Forgings To Be Finished Here For Work
Local stone operators report one hundred gun forgings are on hand and will be finished to employ idle labor. The plan aims to provide work for unemployed workers in the area.
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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1919
Page
2
Dinner honored Otis Miller in Mitchell homecoming
Forty guests attended a family dinner at Mitchell on Sunday hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller in honor of their son Otis Miller of the 139th Field Artillery returning from overseas. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Michael Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Bundy of Lawrenceport, plus many relatives from Bedford and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Miller
Mitchell
Otis
F. A
Michael Miller
Anderson Bkundy
Lawrenceport
Geo. Todd
Oscar Smith
Ralph Jolly
John Tegarden
Cecil Miller
Delbert Todd
Walter Todd
Bedford
Fay Anne Dorsett
Thelma Todd
Nellie Bundy
Death of James Watson at Needmore home
James Watson died at his Needmore residence on Tuesday evening. Funeral services are planned for Thursday with arrangements pending.
Obituary: James Watson Dies at Home
James Watson died at his Seedmore home Tuesday evening at 10 30 of paralysis. He is survived by four sons and two daughters. Burial was at Hays Cemetery Thursday afternoon at 1 o clock. Funeral services were conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Watson
Seedmore
Isl
Hays Cemetery
Bur
Puriai
Beech Grove
Mrs Ella Wilcoxon Goes To Indianapolis For Aunt Ogle’s Death
East Sixth and Spring streets resident Mrs. Ella Wilcoxon travels to Indianapolis after being called sheré on the death of her aunt Mrs. Mary Ogle widow of Rev Dr Albert Ogle. Ogle was a noted Baptist minister and former pastor in Mitchell Richmond Bed ford and represented Indiana in church missions. Also mentioned are Miss Mary Miller ill with influenza and Dick Gyger visiting from Harrodsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Wilcoxon
East Sixth
Spring Streets
New Albany
Indianapolis
Sheré
Mary Ogle
Albert Ogle
Ogle
Indiana
Baptist Board of Missions
Robert Ogle
New York
Charles Odell
Elizabeth Heinrich
Franklin
Louisville
Post
Baptist Church
Mitchell
Richmond
Bedford
Mary Miller
Harry Miller
North N Street
Talented Bedford Youth Entertain Soldiers at Hospital No 31
Bedford youngsters under Knights of Columbus staged a pleasing program at Government hospital No 31 West Baden for wounded men. Violin solo by Lelia McMurphy and many acts drew praise. Butterfly Dance finale by Marian Mitchell and others enchanted the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Government Hospital No. 31
West Baden
Knights of Columbus
Bess
Florence Smith
Harry Blackwell
Lucy
Lelia Rowe
Stephen McMurphy
Marian Mitchell
Nancy Tracy
Edith Keach
Virginia Hogan
Abbbie Joyner
Katharine Keach
Butterfly
Wounded Soldier Eugene Pruett Returns Home
Private Eugene Pruett son of Mr and Mrs J W Pruett West 17th street arrived home Sunday from France after nine months front service in the Signal Corps first Field Bat He was wounded in a skirmish his right leg broken when about 15 men entered a shell hole Several were killed He will return to Detroit Mich after 15 days to take a position with Maxwell Motor Co Also noted are the death of Mrs Mary Kutch and the return of Lieut Leslie Pitts Bat C 139th FA from honorable discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Pruett
J. W. Pruett
West 17Th Street
France
Pruett
Signal Corps
Detroit, Mich
Maxwell Motor &Co
Overland Auto Stolen Near Bloomington Thieves Traced
Ed Porter of Bloomington pursued two men who stole his five passenger Overland car near Bloomington. They fled to Clear Creek where the car coasted downhill and stalled. A passerby started it, allowing Porter to continue to Mitchell, but no clues were found. He headed back on No. 6 Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Porter
Bloomington
Ing
Clear Creek
Mitchell
One Man Wore Army Uniform as Car Stolen in Bloomington
Porter of Willard service battery had his five passenger Overland car stolen after midnight Saturday from his West Sixth street garage. Thieves pushed it along Pine street to West Kirkwood avenue then started it near Johnson saw mill. A man wore a soldier uniform with officer leggings. License 35692. Tracks in frost showed their path. Porter, recovering from influenza, traveled to Bedford and Mitchell seeking clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Willard Service
West Sixth Street
Pine Street
West Kirkwood Avenue
Johnson Sawmill
Bedford and
Mitchell
Bloomington
Stork Flies Backward In Town Gossip Sparks Court Delays
Justice of Peace records show the stork flying backward in this vicinity with three recent cases filed where no party is legally responsible. One young man is jailed after hiding from officers, two others out on bond from Indianapolis and Polk township. The timing delayed a hearing involving a young lady in justice court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Justice of Peace
Mason Rhodes
Indianapolis
Polk Township
Justice Court
Bloomington
Turner and Benge Wed in J Street Justice Home
Oscar E. Turner and Martha Péart Benge were married Tuesday evening at 7 by Justice John W. Gwens at his J street home. The groom is a young soldier. They will reside in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar E. Turner
Martha Péart Benge
John W. Gwens
J Street
Elopement Stop and Tragic Burial Highlight Sunday News
Fate Pendleton aged 19 and Belle Allmin aged 16 were stopped by local police as they prepared to elope to Louisville. Pendleton faced a two to fourteen year reformatory sentence for contributing to a minor’s delinquency, suspended on a Kentucky return promise. Separately, Prorence Catherine OConnell aged 11 died after influenza with burial at Green Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fate Pendleton
Belle Allmin
Bell Big
Louisville
Pendleton
William Bly
Jackson
Salvation Army
Jackson County
Brownstown
Allmin
Reformatory
Kentucky
Bread lines predicted by AFL official in four months
Frank Morrison secretary of the American Federation of Labor forecasts bread lines in every industrial center within four months due to paralyzed steel markets and weak labor demand. He notes government spending and reconstruction issues, while soldiers face postwar pay and wage debates. Mary J. Waggoner learns her son Corp Orley Waggoner 49th Infantry arrived in the states January 16 and will be mustered out after being sent to Camp Taylor. Malinda Hartman visits relatives on a farm near Springville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Great Britain
European
Australia
South America
Mary J. Waggoner
Fayettewile
Orley Waggoner
49Th Infantry
States
Camp Mead
N. J
Camp Taylor
Women Sentenced to Prison for Forging Checks
Nellie Lee and Lizzie Nelson were sentenced in Lawrence Circuit Court to one to eight years in the Women's Prison for passing two worthless checks in the city. Each was fined 14 dollars. They admitted guilt and were arrested by Police Chief Fred Bowen at Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie. Lee
Vizzie’ Nelson
Fach
Cottlieb Gehring and Rosa Burton Wed by Justice Smith
Cottlieb Gehring and Rosa Burton both of this city were married Tuesday afternoon by Justice J. L. Smith at his West Side Public Square office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottlieb Gehring
Rosa Burton Bo
Questions rise over wartime debt and postwar waste
The Bloomington Telephone notes public anger as four liberty loan programs exhausted and a fifth planned, urging cuts to redundant government activity and idle offices. It argues waste persists after the war and calls for focus on domestic business and savings in the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Bloomington
Williams sisters recover from influenza and return home
Misses Vouise and Dorothy McFarlin of Williams have recovered from influenza and returned to their homes, resuming daily activities with their families and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vouise
Dorothy McFar
Lin
Williams
1. U
HGH School Tournament Returns Here March Seventh and Eighth
Local basketball followers celebrate the announcement that the sectional tournament will again be held in this city. Twenty sections exist in the state with teams from Monroe, Lawrence, Orange, Scott, Clark, Washington and Brown competing here to determine who advances toward the state championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Lawrence
Orange
Scott
Clark
Washington
Brown
Manent
Death of Clell Hackney at 36 in Guthrie area
Mrs A J Weddell reports the death of Clell Hackney aged 36 from tuberculosis at 404 N street Sunday night at 11 40. Funeral Tuesday at Green Hill with burial at Beech Grove. Survived by wife and six children. Mary Ann Margh born reelected in Monroe County October 187? aged years and 2 inches, married to A J Weddell March 8 1883. Four children total: Melvin, Arthur, a son deceased, and Mrs Alfred Allen. Church and community notes describe her as friendly and amiable. services held Wednesday at two. Interment Green Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Margh
Monree County
A. J. Weddell
Lawrence County
Guthrie Farm
Melvin
Arthur
Alfred Alen
Trinity Methodist Church
Boyd Ren
Don Fichely
Unit
Patterson Found Guilty of Grand Larceny and Receiving
Frank Patterson, about 40, stood trial in circuit court Monday and was convicted of grand larceny and knowingly receiving stolen goods. He received a sentence of one to eight years in the state prison. Police said two boys confessed, claiming Patterson paid them for stolen Weaver store items and asked them to obtain more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Patterson
Lawrence
Circuit Comet
Patterson
Weaver
Monon Conductor Mo Dead From Influenza
Fruit Griffin a well known Monon Freight Conductor running north out of Lafayette died at his home there Saturday from influenza. He was about 38 years old and married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruit Griffin
Monon
Jafayette
Hev Ale Gole Appointed Civilian Chaplain at U S
The article notes that Hev Ale Gole has been appointed as civilian chaplain at a U S institution. Details on the granting body or duties are limited in the readable text.
Civilian Chaplain Appointed at West Baden Hospital
Rev. Al Elliston Cole, appointed by the War Committee of the Episcopal Church and Col. Bliss, Commandant of U S Hospital No 35, West Baden, to serve as civilian chaplain. He will minister to his church members and assist others, hold weekly services, and oversee vocational training for the boys. Communicate with him about soldiers or hospital work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Elliston Cole
Col
Bliss
U. S. Hospital No. 35
West Baden
Fisher Returns From France After War Service
Tee Fisher son of Mr and Mrs Jake Fisher of Breckenridge road traveled south over the Monon to Camp Taylor. He arrives from France where he saw much service and expects honorable discharge soon. Also notes Governor Richardson veto of a Sunday motion picture bill and its upcoming senate consideration. Howard Greer at 6th and J streets is confined at home with influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tee Fisher
Jake Fisher
Breckenridge Road
Monon
Camp Taylor
France
Howard Greer
J Streets
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iiller
Needmore
I County
Dick Gyger
Harrodsburg
Etty
Men of Hospital No
Lelia McMurphy
Gladys Moran
Tickle Toe
Rosa O'Grady
Eddie Baker
Ohio
Bernard McCartney
James Culhan
James McMahan
Pythian Sisters
J. A. Coleman
Johnson F. Kutch
Burns City
Mary Kutch
Dr. Kutch
Coleman
Leity
West 14Th Street
Kutch
Leslie Pitts
Bat
139Th F. A
U. S
Stork
Justige
Man
Florence
Dennis O’connell
Green Hill
Catherine O'Connell
Dennis. O'Connell
Elise
Marguerite
O'Connell
Green Hill Cemetery
Malinda Hartman
Springville
Rence
Court
Warried
Justice
Clell
Hackney
Ciel Hackney
Cuthrie
Joseph Simpson
John H. Edwards
D. R. Hostettler
Frank F. Graves
West Fifteenth Street
S. J. Keach
William A. Jackson
John J. Tilford
Quincey, WL
Kline
Harl Price
Stanley Lemon
South al Street
HEV
Pital No
the Hill
Goodrich
Senate
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