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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1919
Page
3
Roy Anderson describes a Paris trip with visits to Versailles the Louvre Notre Dame and the Dardanelles tale. He notes encounters with a French admiral and a Parisian woman guiding Versailles and recounts costs and impressions in a personal letter home.
Ray Childs writes from Reims France detailing a four day leave with visits to Meaux Paris Versailles and the cathedral at Reims. He notes widespread destruction of the city and hopes to see Soissons Verdun and more battlefields before returning to Paris. He expresses wish to stay longer but limited by funds.
Inspector Richard White surveyed pumps in Martinsville Greencastle Bloomington and Mitchell and found all but one of fifteen pumps short of the correct quantity averaging a pint under five gallons The overstatement of fuel was blamed on careless operation and could mean large losses to consumers as prices stay high Also noted were local brief items including Ben Taylor playing bail in Austin and a child ill with stomach trouble in Cumberland Flats
Paoli Republican notes Hay Mitchell calls for a union depot with government railroad authorities funding it. He argues the project would require only a deeper dig into the National treasury for money. The report also mentions Thomas Holsclaw, a former Paoli resident and Chicago merchant, visiting and remarking on changes in town. Holsclaw previously worked as a printer for the Orange County Union and Bedford Journal in the 1880s.
Mrs. Clementine Etchinson of S Street was stung in the hand while working in her garden Tuesday evening. The bite caused increasing pain and her relatives summoned a physician as concern grew for her condition.
Lieutenant Commander Lansdowne of U S Air Forces in France among a crew of 23 attempting a transatlantic flight aboard B 34 on the route to the United States.
Bloomington Telephone reports John O'Donnell, member of the board of review, suffered a lip injury after a fall in Indianapolis that required sewing. The incident has prompted light sarcasm from some Republicans about his talking.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Lowe of Worthington passed through the city on their wedding trip to New York and other eastern points. Lowe, a former Harrodsburg man and longtime Worthington bank cashier, wed Mrs George Baker of Worthington. Arthur Lowe is a brother of S B Lowe of this city.
The R 34 measures 639 feet 5 inches in length and 78 feet 9 inches at diameter. It weighs 30 tons with a 21 ton carrying capacity and is powered by five Sunbeam Maori engines of 250 horsepower each. It carries 2,000,000 cubic feet of gas, rivaling the liner Adriatic in size and exceeding the Singer Building height. Its wireless equals an ocean liner and it can travel 6,000 miles without landing.
The giant British dirigible R-34 left East Fortune Scotland for a transatlantic voyage carrying 23 crew including US Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lansdowne and Maj. G H Scott. It reported positions near 50 7 N 14 50 W and 55 20 N 10 40 W with an average 40 knots, aiming for Newfoundland and Long Island within sixty to seventy hours.
A mother Cora Abbott aged thirty six and her children Edward fourteen Estella thirteen and Orville ten perished in a house fire at St Bernard a Cincinnati suburb. Mrs Abbott reportedly rushed downstairs to wake the children but the floors collapsed trapping her as the house burned.
Cotton employers of North Manchester announce a general lockout starting tomorrow unless striking operatives return to work. Local mills in British Mills Manchester prepare to suspend operations as dispute continues.
Federal and local authorities arrested numerous would be liquor smugglers at the Indiana Kentucky line near Hammond as thousands crossed into Illinois. Evansville observers report up to 10 000 people traveled to Henderson Kentucky to stock liquor. An Evansville liquor wholesaler reportedly moved over 75000 dollars worth of whisky last Saturday. Federal agents patrolled the Ohio river ferry at Henderson to intercept crossings.
In Evansville on July 2 citizens paid tribute to William Henry Devore known as Rex Pleaser the boy who died heroicly while attempting to rescue three colored boys from the Ohio river. His mother identified him two days before burial and a public subscription funded his funeral expenses. Rev William N Drasel preached the sermon as boy scouts served as pallbearers.
Tobias Harshman aged forty five died when a revolving hayrake toppled while being moved from barn to wagon. A tooth pierced through his body. he removed it and collapsed. His seven year old daughter witnessed the incident. The widow and five children survive.
A detailed rundown of wholesale and retail price ranges for flour corn hay butter eggs live poultry and livestock including corn wheat hay butter eggs hogs cattle and sheep with varied grade and condition quotes across different lot sizes and classifications.
A Cayettemille wire report lists local residents visiting kin and friends from Illinois to Williams and Bloomington. Messages note Grandmother Short on the sick list, several gatherings, B Y P A rally at Gulletts Creek, and an Old Union church basket dinner planned for July 18 with preachers from Bedford invited.
Mrs William Lewis visited Bedford Monday and many locals were seen in Bedford Friday. Visitors and guests include Miss Fern Turner Thelma Stewart Miss Maude Watson and families from Guthrie Orleans Peerless Avoca Oolitic and New Albany. Everett Judah and Laurel visit relatives, with several couples hosting gatherings and dinners over the weekend.
The three day event in Heltonville closed Wednesday night, described as probably the most successful Chautauqua held there. Mrs. C. A. Davidson and infant from Bloomington visited relatives over the Fourth. Oscar Meadows resumes with Shea Donnelly and Gutberson Co. awaiting family from Indianapolis. Bert Mathers and his son from Campbellsburg went to Dunn Hospital for a foot cast removal.
J. A. Anderson of Erie, president of the Lawrence County Horse Thief Detective Association, traveled to Lafayette on Saturday for a business mission.
Miss Flora Bates attended the funeral of Miss Nellie Evans in Zelma on Wednesday afternoon. Oscar Standiford state tax official was in the city Tuesday meeting with the local board of review.
Mrs Minnie McDaniel of Lafayette is visiting in this city as a guest of relatives.
In West Fourteenth Street, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bridwell welcome a son named Robert.
The ad touts Freckola as the greatest freckle remover on the market promising to eliminate freckles tan and brown spots with 2 to 3 applications daily. It claims a cheering rosy complexion and long lasting beauty, with availability at drug stores and toilet counters.
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