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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1913
Page
4
The Bedford Weekly Mail presents its July 11 1913 issue with staff bylines including Fred B Otis managing editor Bert C Wickiser and Curt Jocelyn society editor and advertising rates and subscription details.
A brief item reports Axel Swangon, a young Swede who has disappeared after making Bedford his home. Local officials ponder foul play as a possible cause while residents await further details.
NEHF has sore arm. Disappearance of Axel Swanson, a Swedish draftsman for Ingalls store, unsettles the city. He was last seen Friday evening leaving Mrs. Koetter’s West Tith street home, heading toward B and O tracks. His trunk was packed for a return to Sweden with July sailing expected from New York. Police poised to investigate. search conducted Sunday along the B and O and vicinity found nothing.
A fragmentary sports item describes a famed pitcher from the Champs forced from the mound by an injured arm after a rugged game. The piece mentions Bristot and Ot mM PA teams, a final score near one sided, and a collapse of the champs as Wocekers vomasters Imited dominated.
A shooting star lasting about thirty seconds appeared low on the horizon Sunday night, initially mistaken for an illuminated balloon, intriguing several local people as it moved in a high arc before fading.
The Kern and Pace families, spending the week on White River, were surprised Friday by twenty seven friends who joined them for a noon picnic dinner. Attendees included A. A. Spoonmore and family, A. Bridwell and family, Dr. and Mrs. McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. John Cornwell and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Short, Willard Sherrell and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Bridwell.
A northbound train near Sou Vile derailed after five rifles and other cargo shifted, wrecking the engine and five coaches. Passengers crawled free, with no injuries reported though one crew member died later in Seymour after being taken there for treatment. A wrecking crew cleared the line.
Manager Jack Hayden announced that pitcher George Zubel was sent back to the Kansas City club and utility outfielder Ovid Nicholson was sold to the Wichita Western League club. Hayden trimmed players to meet the playing limit in Louisville, Kentucky.
Fire destroyed a tent home owned by Melvin Rainey near Bedford Motor Bus Company property at 4 36 in the morning. Firefighters feared the adjacent gas storehouse and garage might ignite but they escaped damage. Neighbors reported burning clothing and smoke before the blaze was discovered. Rainey was described as a day laborer. No major losses were recorded.
John W. Glover, a friend of Harry Knight killed Friday on the Columbus Speedway, traveled to Indianapolis to attend the funeral. The service occurred Monday morning after the body lay in state, and the report of a crushed head was incorrect. Glover, once closely connected with Knight, suffered a heavy blow from the tragedy.
The one year old son of Rob Brown of the Chambers farm near Avoca sustained a severe cut to the upper lip and right side of the nose when he fell while playing with a knife. Dr Collins of Avoca treated the injury.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Mahoney and their five year old daughter Marguerite narrowly escaped a blaze at their six room frame dwelling on Tih Street Sunday afternoon. The rear of the house burned before detection. firemen saved the front rooms while nearly all furniture was destroyed and fifty dollars in cash burned. no insurance on home contents. The origin remains unclear possibly from a rear room oven left alight at noon.
Mary Scoggan filed for divorce from Noble Scoggan on Monday morning citing abandonment as the grounds. The complaint seeks dissolution of marriage and related relief.
Mrs Della Wagoner 31 died Saturday afternoon at her home between Silverville and Williams from blood poisoning after a short illness. Survived by husband Christopher Wagoner and five children. Funeral services were held Sunday at Mt Pleasant church, burial at Mt Pleasant cemetery in Martin County. A divorce suit meanwhile moves in Lawrence circuit court by Mary Seoggan against Notte Seagean.
Orleans Corps blanked Bedford Welterweights 3 to 0 as Ben Taylor, formerly with the Indianapolis Reds, held Bedford to four hits in a strong pitching performance at Orleans Sunday.
Police warn motorists to install rear lights for night driving and to fit mufflers and proper silencers. Motorcyclists are urged to use their minimizers as patrols enforce the law and curb noisy exhausts.
Bloomington faces an ice famine with no private supply expected tonight unless a distant port yields an arrival. A local plant operates at five cakes per hour, reserved for business use, while attempts to import from Indianapolis fail due to its own shortages. Joseph T Hensley of Snoddy & Hensley travels to Bedford seeking a car load to ease the panic.
R W Waterson of Seymour arrested in Mitchell on charges of stealing a shotgun rain coat corn and other items in Lawrence county thefts believed last November He faced a preliminary hearing with his wife claiming alibi in Seymour and he had prior charges for stealing chickens and a coat and gun from Milt Hixon near Rivervale.
The new auto fire truck arrived last evening at the Monon yards and was brought up to the city today. It will be unloaded by a man from the factory and will be run for the first time next Monday.
Connor Terbeck suffered a crushed and cut right foot at the Bedford Foundry and Machine company on Monday. Doctors fear a fracture of a small bone and warn the injury will keep him from work for some time.
Frank Duncan, ex deputy postmaster and now a Bedford lumberman, married Pearl Kimbel, a Blooming ton teacher from Brookville and former 8th grade teacher at Central Blooming ton Telephone. The couple plans to reside in Bedford.
Henry Anderson was fined one dollar and costs in police court Monday for intoxication. George N. Clendenon received a similar sentence of one dollar and costs for intoxication in police court Monday.
Mrs. William Wall of Peerless is seriously ill with stomach trouble. Miss Mabel Richards and her brothers visit grandparents in Lafayette after attending a picnic in Michigan City. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Norman of Heltonville and Mr. and Mrs. Ol Roberts of Mitchell were Sunday guests of Dr. and Mrs. O. B. Norman in West 13th street. Miss Bessie Ingram returned home from Harrodsburg where she visited relatives. Mrs. Alex Scott, away since May, greeted Glasgow Scotland bound travelers on June 22 with Miss Selah Rowe and others from this city. Diamond Grocery Company won the poor farm supplies contracts in classes one to five. sixth class awarded to the Ideal Shoe Store.
John G. Emery recalls Forrest Adamson of the 112th Company Coast Artillery Corps stationed at Ft. DuPont Delaware visiting the Gettysburg battlefield. Adamson, a Bedford native son of J R Adamson, arrived as a cook and proved an eager patriotic presence among Bedford’s old guard. At just over twenty one he was likely the youngest participant on the historic battleground.
Indianapolis residents Mr and Mrs Isom Blankenship return home after visiting James Blankenship. Mr and Mrs Brazil Jacobs and children Howard and Jessie travel to Louisville Jeffersonville and Clark County to visit friends and relatives. Mrs Burrell Kern and daughter Thelma La Claire visit Policeman Elmer Wells family in town. Ben King and son Paul visit Salem with Amos Young relatives and Miss Alice Shanks of Minneapolis. Grace Starr of Shanswick visits friends. Larry Walsh returns to Chicago after visiting here. Misses Evalon Pitman Harriet Farmer Stephenia Strout Jane Durrenberger Helen Martin Mary McCune Katherine Stoessel visit Miss Mary Stipp at Elwood and return home. Delbert Wray visits in city en route from Zelma to Washington staying with sister Mrs Charles Crawford.
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