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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1901
Page
3
J P Maher from Erie and George Glover arrive Saturday while Tom Pierce visits from Williams. Many locals including M N Moore and Elza Knight return from trips. Marriage licenses issued to multiple couples. various residents travel to Bloomington, West Baden, Michigan City, and Springville. The Board of Equalization adjourns. births, illnesses, and local movements noted.
Charles Richardson of Mitch ell visits town while Will Hendrickson plans a new meat market. Several residents visit relatives, travel to Indian Springs, and attend picnics. Dr J W Trainor moves to 1512 West 15th street, Mrs Lena Hammond visits in Frankfort, and Joseph Moore dies at English home aged 77. Funeral held at Mitchell residence.
The Bedford Premier Band will inaugurate Sunday afternoon Sacred Concerts at the Bedford Fair Grounds. If patronized, concerts will continue each Sunday all summer. Good seats are arranged, no profanity or rowdyism allowed, and hours avoid church services to provide local recreation.
Programme lists marches overtures and solo pieces from Miller Barnhouse Urmey Scott and others in two parts with featured selections including Joy to the World Huguenots The Vacant Chair The Holy City and Jolly Robbers. An admission fee of 10 cents with 10 cents extra per vehicle is charged to cover expenses.
A stream of notices from Springville and nearby towns lists visits by Betty Helms Anna Carlton and Della Quigley along with travel plans by Mrs Love and Mr McClelland. The piece notes shipping week illnesses, delays, elopement rumors a horse death and a small railway strike affecting six car inspectors tied to the A F of L Washington Democrats.
Dentist J W Prichard advertises teeth extracted without pain and the best dental work at the lowest possible prices. All work guaranteed. Office on the West Side above Mitchell's Drug Store.
Warm spell gave way to cooler days with localized rain. Corn grows rapidly and in good condition but drought in some fields. tobacco, potatoes, oats, millet and sorghum show strong yields. Melons, peaches, apples promising. wheat and rye nearly all in shock with good yield. barley weak. Clover housed and timothy cut. hay crops good. horses stressed by heat and farm work delayed.
B B Marley lends money. Mrs S A May from Guthrie visits. See 84 Boys Suit window at Hays. Home addition planned on 7th St. J J Atchison recovering from illness. Miss Ethel Smith and Miss Ada Oliphant visiting Bloomington residents. James L Dillman secures pension increase for Benjamin McGuire to 24 per month. B W Lee family attend funeral of Mrs Frank Lee in Pittsburg. P F Fitzgibbons family travel to Buffalo Niagara and Toronto. Prayer meeting at First Christian Church discusses Religion and Patriotism with plans for Love next week. Mrs Helen Lewis returns from Indianapolis. Newland family visit Niagara Falls then Egremont Mass. Two Harrodsburg street quarrels injure residents. Lee Jackson and Bud Butcher suffer head injuries. Harrodsburg not incorporated and without a marshal. Seymour Base Ball Club to play Louisville Sunday. plan with Reccius Club praised as top Kentucky team. An excursion attempt fails. half-rate fares best option.
Shad Knight driving from Oolitic with a horse and buggy plunged from the Salt Creek bridge cliffs 16 and 20 feet high. Knight survived with injuries. horse died. A New Albany man named Nicholson passed a bad $5 check to George McCammon, who will seek repayment before legal action.
A heat wave grips the Bloomington region with temperatures reaching 106 degrees according to the Government thermometer at the Democrat office and 104 at noon in the Matt office. The dry air cools skin as sweat evaporates, while local businesses report July sale promotions and a resumed operation at the Climax Stone Mill.
Senator Mark Hanna, investing in Lawrence County quarries, may persuade Indiana senators to use local stone for Indianapolis Federal Building. The report notes several local movements and personal notices including migrations, marriages, and military veterans, with updates on local properties and church activities.
Southern Indiana Railway offers a $1.00 round trip to Volksfest at Terre Haute with trains returning at 5 45 p m. Indianapolis Danville Evansville and Terre Haute will be represented. See railway agents for details. Roseman and G A sign the notice.
Dugan Stone Works foreman Ed Bowman rents a North End School area house and will move in immediately. The suit by heirs of John Henry Gilliat to set aside his will, filed in Orange Circuit Court, was heard this week and taken under advisement. Gilliat left a large estate including a farm devise to the township for aid to the deserving poor. Heirs oppose the bequest, and the contest centers on this paragraph of the will.
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