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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1902
Page
3
An East Side store at Public Square markets exclusive footwear with a premier lineup. Local shoppers report a strong stock of latest styles and sizes.
The Fayetteville Ladies' Aid Society hosts an oyster supper at the town hall on February first to benefit the society. Admission is ten cents for children and fifty cents per couple for adults. All invited to attend. Robert G. Miller seeks reelection as Prosecuting Attorney for the 10th Judicial Circuit in the Republican Primary. He is a Bloomington attorney who began his first term this month and aims for a customary second term. Miller may face little to no opposition in Lawrence and Monroe primaries.
Miss Grace Bass spent Sunday at Odon and Dell Teagarden of Mitchell visited the city Sunday. Embalmer Clay Duncan went to Leesville Monday. Ed Moore bought T. W. Ramsey’s house at 12th and O streets. Marriage license issued to Benton J Keith and Julia Parks. T. J. Neidner of Bono visited Monday on business. Miss Loda Saladee of Coxton guests of Miss Dana Fitzgibbon on West 15th. Miss Theresa Dalton of Aurora Ill is visiting the Dalton family. Horace G. Brooks of Louisville guests of brothers T. J. and W. F. Brooks Sunday. Thomas Dussard will move his feed store into the first floor of the Odd Fellows Building Friday or Saturday. George Hendrickson of Williams, Notary Public, in the city on business Monday. Mrs Cleo Saladee returned home near Coxton Friday. The Hoosier Telephone line between Ft Ritner and Tunnelton now has eleven phones. Fred McLin, Leesville pioneer, died Saturday of Brights disease aged 71. buried Monday at 11 in Leesville. The Rensselaer Republican on Dr Hurty of the State Board of Health: Hurty, thou art beside thyself. Much meddling with microbes hath made thee mad. E K Dye, Joseph Giles, Dick Roberts and Joe Pace went to Paoli Wednesday for Court in the Steele Administrator vs Norton Reed Stone Co.
Town news from Ft. Ritner to Dallas Oregon notes illnesses at home births and travels. Mentions Elias Wicker Marion Adams D W McDaniel Siegel Ferguson and Virgel Corbin with arrivals and visits across local streets and towns. Also reports hotel construction at French Lick Springs and estate sale of W C DePauw grounds.
Rumors claim consolidation by Monon and E & T H to curb encroachments by Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt systems. C A Knight repurchases his North Bedford store from John Henderson, who will soon open a large dry goods and clothing shop on the square. Mrs Martha Miller, in north city, broke an arm Sunday. she is sister to Charles Graham, who died in Bloomington last week. Lois Harris, timber inspector for Jeffersonville Carworks, visited town amid his sister Mrs Sarah Root’s illness. he notes busy car building. Local visits include J C Owens and sister, J F Smith, and C H Tolliver and wife. Tax rates: Bedford 2.14 per 100, Mitchell 2.16, Brookville 1.97, Corydon 1.35, Greenfield 2.19, Greencastle 1.33, Lawrenceburg 1.69, Salem 2.39. Rural route wage bill raises to 600 yearly. Senate weighing similar measure after lower-house passage. Benjamin Spellman, Southern Indiana engineer, wed Miss Malone of Seymour. they likely settle in Terre Haute. Peter Fagin attended from Bedford.
The Methodists of Indiana led by Dr. W. R. Halstead announce a philanthropic hospital project at the State capital. Estimated cost is $200000 with a $500000 endowment. Fundraising will cover the state and construction starts when $50000 is raised.
James Faubion is ill at home on North I Street. Robert Hartley spent Sunday at Indian Sprivegs. A four year old child at Linton died Friday from head ache tablets. Walter H. Crooke and Grace L. Draper obtained marriage licenses. Nora Walls resumes work after an attempted self harm. Mrs. Elmer Wicker is very sick at her parents’ home at 14th and P streets. E. S. Walker visited from Danville, Ill. Marriage licenses issued to several couples. Local residents report a large 45 pound possum caught in Flinn township, likely the biggest on record in Lawrence county. Sol Thompson owns a self-made violin with a fine tone. Egg prices fell from 40 to 25 cents per dozen in larger cities due to storage and cold weather. Market outlook suggests price movements with continued cold may raise prices. Commissioner John H. Stotsenburg of New Albany appointed to sell DePauw lands in this and Lawrence counties. sales included Cadwallader farm 286 acres for 5 000 and 1 025 acre Lawrence county farm for 12 000 to Citizens Bank. Sales subject to Mrs C W DePauw.
A verse narrative recounts the decline of the old gossip who spread village news by phone. The tale follows Dame Gossip’s death and society’s shift to telecommunication for news, ending with a sensational fatal rumor spread via the telephone.
A meeting of Mt Union known as Pinhook members will convene February 15 1902 to elect two or more trustees of the church and cemetery by order of the Congregation.
FP W Holland of Ft Ritner and Solon Wilcox of Ft Ritner were in the city Thursday. Born Thursday morning a son to Grant Acton and wife. George Weddle of Medora sought medical attention in the city Wednesday. Married at the bride’s home in this city Monday Bent on J Keith to Miss Julia Parks with Rev Lewis Miller officiating. H H Walls offers farm loans in Southern Indiana. Married Thursday January 30 at 2 o'clock in his office Judge Chrisler officiating Charles Palmer and Delia Thurman both of Heltonville.
Elder Jas Small resigns as pastor at a church board meeting and seeks release to begin protracted meetings in New Castle Bloomington Shelbyville and Indianapolis as the first four meeting points. Congregation action on the resignation is scheduled for next Sunday morning. Rev J B Kern returned from Indianapolis after visiting his granddaughter ill with pneumonia. A tribute recalls the child's passing and faith. Pearl Luttrell and Emma Lewis married in Bedford with Rev Small officiating. the couple will reside in Linton.
A Charles Kauffman saloon in Orleans was robbed of whisky on Monday night. Three hoboes seen with extra whisky near Mitchell led to their arrest and transport to Paoli jail. A court trial Friday ended with Judge Buskitt's verdict of insufficient evidence and the men were discharged. They left for Orleans promising not to linger in the county. The Paoli Republican reports.
Bedford trustees choose 110 feet frontage on 14th street between K and L for the new library. The $3,500 purchase will require tearing down the current building and moving to temporary quarters. The board weighed alternatives including corner lots and street-improvement risks before settling on the central, elevated site with adjoining handsome structures.
Miss Kieran Donahue misses school while Rev. Father Bogemann attends Monday session. The assembly fills with new pupil seats as the Primary Oratorical contest nears April first. Bloomington-bound track plans spark 150 Washington supporters as schools push for stronger prep. A commission status boosts graduates entering state colleges, with 48 pupils at the Donahue era school and a banquet planned for January 31 in Washington.
State vs J C Hatfield of Owensburg charged with beating Noah Hatfield of Oolitie over a board bill. Trial in Judge Chrisler's Court began Monday at 1 pm and continued to Tuesday noon. Deputy Prosecutor Stephenson prosecuted, J H Roiust defended. Evidence and arguments led to acquittal of the defendant. the Hatfields are cousins.
Farm listing offers 35 acres with 450 bearing orange trees capable of producing 1000 boxes, 150 grape fruit buds, various fruit trees, five room house, cattle, horses, bees, poultry, and farming equipment. Includes timber land, river access, and deep water frontage within 14 miles of town. Price 6500 dollars. Write to
The damage suit of John Bowles versus Hart C. Carpenter was dismissed by Bowles on the trial date. Bowles claimed Carpenter ruined a sale by insisting the horse was defective in the dispute over a horse trade reported by the Bloomington Telephone.
The family of Elmer J. Wicker mourns his death as neighbors send sympathy. Indiana prosecutors pursue about $35,000 lost in gambling under a state law, with suits filed in Knox county and to be tried at Vincennes. Chester Hivans, a Madison county escapee from Jeffersonville reformatory, returns to serve remaining term after fleeing. Hivans had served with the British army in the Boer War and later surrendered to honor the law.
In Bedford a speaker vows nine dollars and sixty cents per Democrat, a claim tied to local political lines in the Second district. Later Rev Hobson and Rev N P France attend a Flinn township reception at the old Flinn home with many locals present. Hobson delivers a two hour lecture on John Brown to a large attentive crowd.
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