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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
3
Denniston Texas July 13 reports on travel from Oklahoma into Texas with Elks convention chatter. The writer notes Kansas milestones and politics, Taft support, and local humor about gunboat like manners of politeness amid travel. He remarks on railroads, scenery, and the growing statehood era across the frontier.
The Weather Bureau forecasts a barometric depression moving from the Rocky Mountain region over the plains and central valleys to the Atlantic States by weekend. Rain and thunderstorms are expected in the corn and wheat belt and in the Ohio valley with cooler, fair weather following for a few days.
After forty seven hours the Cassell murder jury reports no agreement and is discharged. Nine to three, then eleven to one favored acquittal but Stephen Phillips held for conviction. Cassell may go on bond soon. Judge Clark delays bail until prosecutor is notified as Cassell’s health and typhoid fever risk prompt cautionary public health guidance follows.
The former Indiana physician and current chief chemist urges cheerfulness and moderation to beat the heat. He advises lighter summer meals, avoiding alcohol, open air exercise in moderation, and preferring cooked fruits while maintaining a calm mind.
The state board of health issues a typhoid warning ahead of the season citing careless water use. Readers are advised to boil water to prevent infection as time of year approaches and conditions warrant caution.
Florence Kiser, 13, was reportedly enticed from a merry go round by an unknown man in Maple Heights and kept in the woods overnight. She described the suspect as wearing overalls and a black coat with a white hat, prompting a police search. The girl returned home to her brother-in-law Doss Hoard. The case, reported to Blooming ton Telephone, continues as investigators seek the assailant.
The Indianapolis Star declares a bold endorsement of the Republican ticket across national state and legislative races. It rejects indecision and vows a positive effort for victory, urging focus on the issues and nominees already in the field.
About 200 Mitchell women were swindled by a smooth talking man who sold them one dollar worth of green soap and claimed it was two dollars worth. The soap proved useless and contained an acid that burned skin, causing painful stinging sensations. Tribune.
The Lawrence county Democratic factions prepare for the county convention with liberals backing licensed saloons opposing conservative temperance. Horatio Harryman declines a Treasurer run, while John R. Henderson enters for Treasurer and E. B. Crowe is targeted by Liberals. The party faces a bitter clash over who controls the ticket.
Indiana loses its last ox-team after Brown county, long isolated without a railroad, succumbs to modernization. The region, once known as the State of Brown, preserved pioneer customs and water mills, retaining old-fashioned ways amid growing transit development.
Special Judge W R Moore ruled Tonica a malt liquor and illegal to sell without license in the State against Bert Johns Colfax. DecisionTested that Tonica contains malt, fined Johns $50, bond set at $200, appeal allowed. ruling pauses Tonica sales pending higher court ruling.
In Spice Valley Township the convention chose delegates James Connelly J W Trowbridge Ellis Chapman Riley Bowden Hardin Burton and Douglass Purlee to county convention. They were instructed to back Thomas Welch for Representative Jacob Colglazier for Commissioner Dick Gyger for Sheriff and E B Crowe for Treasurer. Indian Creek Dark Hollow sent Opal Jackson Martin Davis George Babb and Lois Henderson to the State African Methodist Episcopal Convention in Franklin Indiana.
The Bedford Steel and Construction Company secured several large structural contracts including the Second Presbyterian Church in Louisville. The firm reportedly placed a $100,000 steel order with an Eastern firm and anticipates further sizable contracts. Also noted are community notices about a 50th wedding anniversary celebration for Alexander Callahan and his wife, a G. A. R. reunion, and local social updates.
Indiana farmers shifted from wheat to corn and other grain per State Bureau statistics. 1908 shows 2 059 615 acres sown in wheat versus 2 391 478 in 1907, with Posey County leading at 66 826 acres and Gibson, Shelby, and Rush counties following. 1906 total wheat crop was 84 873 726 bushels with an average 14.58 bushels per acre.
The highest counties by acres last year were Posey 68 630 Shelby 62 689 Gibson 58 716 Rush 58 549 Knox 51 047 Bartholomew 50 842 Spencer 47 949 Harrison 44 398 Dubois 40 219 Madison 39 707.
Twenty nine Italians will soon become naturalized to vote in the fall election in Bloomington. Leader Solomita nicknamed Nick interprets for quarry laborers amid past tensions with Americans. Halbert Sheeks reports melons unusually fine this year and ships to Eastern markets with Rainbolt's and Owen handling sales. Mrs Mort Duncan of North I Street is seriously ill.
Bertha Koontz seventeen arrived from Bloomington as a witness in Wesley Howell's abortion drug case. She collapsed in Trustee Dalton's office and was taken to City Hospital. Doctor Morrell Simpson advised rest and the trial was continued until she can testify.
Marshall township pike road contracts faced a $2,416.19 deduction for Norman and Kinser due to delays and noncompliance. Bondsmen ten in number posted $250 each to cover the loss. The Board argues discretion ensures work meets contract specs and notes about $4,200 saved in the past month.
In Lawrence Circuit Court on Tuesday Thomas J. Bruce filed for absolute divorce from Mary E. Bruce alleging she deserted him at their 1900 marriage and has since lived apart. He says she later lived with Pruett in LaGrange and Ed Brown in Bloomington and claimed marriage to both. Attorney John H. Underwood represents the plaintiff.
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