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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1900
Page
2
The article notes quarries closing due to depression in big cities and a drop in demand. Traveling salesmen report business collapse along the line. It links the downturn to the resurgence of Bryanism and total capital hoarding, predicting broader economic ruin if the movement succeeds.
The weekly crop bulletin for Indiana ending July 10 notes warm fair conditions with scattered rains. Cornfields were cultivated though tall and lodged. tasseling began, promising a heavy crop. Oats ripening rapidly with well filled heads, rye in shock, tobacco improving, late potatoes planted with early crop promising heavy yields, millet up and growing well.
The crop yields vary with the weather as peas are canned and wheat threshing continues with a fair season. Clover and timothy harvests progress, fruit is abundant with peaches ripening and apples dropping yet yielding fairly. Pasture and live stock remain in good condition.
Maryland leaders in business law and politics rally for McKinley, opposing Bryan and Kansas City platform planks. The Maryland Sound Money League will be reorganized as The Baltimore Sun repudiates Bryan while supporting McKinley’s expansion stance. Charles J. Bonaparte endorses McKinley and Roosevelt, urging a decisive defeat of socialism to restore trust in government.
Telegraphic items note Gen Diaz wins presidential reelection in Mexico and report fears of another Afridis war in India. Army strength in the Philippines listed at 63 426 with 1310 sent to China since June 30. Other notices cover bankruptcy of W N McDonald of Seymour and a U.S. China policy note.
William Krenke aged 66 died at his Hast 18th street home Monday at 8 AM. A German native who lived in the United States 32 years, 30 in Bedford, he was a wagon-marker by trade and respected. Survived by widow and four sons with two daughters deceased. funeral held at 2:30 PM Tuesday at the German M E church, burial at Green Hill.
Republican leaders in Lake County press for Theodore Roosevelt to appear in Hammond during the campaign. State chairman Hernly travels east for Roosevelt’s formal nomination notice and plans to confer on a Indiana tour. The party plans to bring top orators to energize voters before September 1.
J Bivins becomes Monon Section Foreman in town. S S steam shovel operator Bob Lutz resigns as engineer at Riverside. Riverside hosts telegraph station with open house. Southern Indiana to add workers in Seymour area. Frank Love succeeds ill Frank Sheid as American Express Messenger on the B and B. B&O SW to run a $1.25 excursion to Cincinnati next Sunday, departing Bedford at 8 am. Dr J Y Hitt, Big Four chief surgeon, in town from West Baden. William Brenton visiting Sardinia after leaving S I depot post. After July 15 only one Sunday S I passenger train. Conductor Wilson’s train weekdays only. Conductor Lockwood sports a large mustache. Tilford Matthes ship spouting and guttering to S I extension for new depot west of town. Fireman Zack Jones called home due to mother’s illness. Pitmen and dumpers on B O S W construction strike over ten cent daily wage cut. S I bought Terre Haute land for track. leaseholder files injunction. New time card for 8 I to take effect next Sunday. Wilson’s through train to Greensburg. Co F Barnes, ex P D E at Newton US, appointed.
Washington Indiana July 19 1900 Hon P A Wadsworth replies he will attend the 27th Indiana reunion to be held August 16 five miles east of Bedford He praises union soldiers and says he will take pleasure in joining them noting his father’s three year service and his longstanding support for soldiers of the country
An 1890s style health ad asserts beauty comes from health. It links a run-down, constipated, or kidney-troubled condition to blemishes and poor complexion. Electric Bitters is promoted as the cure for stomach liver and kidney regulation and blood purification. Available for 50 cents at Messick and Dodd's Drug Store.
An advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure with a $100 reward for any failing case. It promotes other remedies including Hall's Family Pills and Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Also mentions Foley's Kidney Cure and a Sea Shore Excursion. A Washington Gazette quote attacks Bob Miers’ character ahead of an election.
Mr A Sanders from Cocoanut Grove Florida reports an epidemic of diarrhoea. A severe attack was cured after four doses of Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and he recommends it to others. Also advertised is Chamberlains cough remedy praised by Charles Holzhauer Newark New Jersey. Elliott's Drug Store sells both products.
A vintage advertisement proclaims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cures skin eruptions and a wide range of ailments from ulcers and boils to corns and burns. It claims to relieve pains and aches, offers a 25 cent price, guarantee of cure, and notes Messick & Dodd as druggists.
In an advertisement W C Elliott touts Banner Salve as a universal healer for bumps, bruises, sprains, sores, wounds, tetter and eczema claiming it cures all quickly. The copy emphasizes the product as the world’s most healing medicine.
Local items mention Laura Williams and others visiting, weddings in July, illnesses including pneumonia, and social visits to relatives and schools. References include Coxton, Trinity, Bedford, Bloomington, and Indianapolis with notes on guests, repairs, and a Turkish empire lecture at a Lex steropticon venue. The piece highlights community life and upcoming social events.
Alonzo Flinn aged 17 son of William Flinn drowned at a sand bar in White river about two oclock last Saturday while mussel hunting. Halbert Sheeks and Lawrence Sheeks rescued the body, coroner held inquest Sunday, funeral preached by John W Harris, buried Carlton graveyard. Also born last Saturday morning a daughter to Benjamin Harris and wife.
Mrs Will Culmer is recovering from a week long heart trouble. Several local residents and visitors are noted for social visits, picnics and birthday celebrations. Harvest of fifty nine rats reported by Lindsey Jackson with Kirkman brothers assisting.
Beard and wife Mrs Nora Short and family Mrs James Kirkman Martha and Luther Kirkman are visiting Mrs Lula Parker. Mrs Catherine Louder spends a few days with her son in Jonesboro.
Farmers in Fayetteville area busy cutting oats. Many residents and visitors from nearby towns including Oolitic Bedford and Silverville are listed visiting family, traveling through, or staying with relatives this weekend. Notable names include Mrs J Kern Frank Jones J M Potter Faith Kern Theodore Fields Perry Lynn Jesse Kern and Opal Jackson among others.
Eva Insham 35 of Weddleville committed suicide Sunday night by shooting herself in a barn near her grandmother’s home. An inquest found a note but its contents were not made public. Funeral services are set for 2 PM tomorrow at Landing Spur Cemetery near Medora.
G C Smith takes timekeeper post on Bedford and Williams gravel road while others from Norman Oolitic Popcorn and Bedford visit. A river Fourth celebration features a mutton feast and 40 diners aboard Frank Byers boat dining hall. Attendees include Gert Byers Henry Byers Mrs. Frank Byers Ira Ferguson and family plus local officials and travelers.
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