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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1902
Page
3
Miss Demma Kimbrel on sick list. Marriages, visits, and visits to Mitchell and Bedford noted. Sports, weather, and civic items included along with quarry activity and a brewing list of local residents and travelers. Major Ridge of Louisville and police ties, plus funeral and health updates populate the page.
An advertisement claims Humphreys Witch Hazel Oil permanently cures piles whether external or internal and includes relief after one application. It offers a free sample by mail or at druggists and lists Humphreys Medicine Company at 111 William Street New York with a 25 cent price option.
Local items report paint updates, illness improvements, and property upgrades around Bedford with residents moving, workers changing jobs, and a new Kappa chapter forming. A rail subsidy standoff between Shaw and commissioners, Ringling Bros interest in an Indians site, and a large pearl found near Rockford dominate regional tidbits. The pearl weighing 39 grains sold for 60 dollars to Seymour buyers, with Tiffany in New York poised to appraise it.
A six months old child of Mr and Mrs Wallace Dye died Tuesday afternoon and was taken to Dresden for burial this afternoon. The Bedford Premier Band will occupy the north room on the second floor of the laundry building, formerly used as the City Council Chamber.
Bedford Quarries Co will supply exterior stone for the new Federal Building in Indianapolis, using Bedford stone of top quality. Interior to be marble. Total cost about 1,250,000 dollars, with roughly half for stone and cutting. Contractor Pierce may open a Bedford yard to cut locally, cutting freight costs. Construction planned to take about twenty eight months.
John Hunter of Flinn township visits town. Georgia peaches for sale locally. Col William Hilton plasters City Hall upper story for school rooms. Children's Slippers priced 25c 35c and 50c, Boss Shoe Store. Mrs Catherine Anderson of Tandianapolis visits her brother William Weaver. City Clerk W M Denniston and wife travel to Trinity Springs for a week. Mrs Emma Mark of Clear Spring leaves after visiting Mrs Emma Hulse. Two additions to First Christian church and two baptisms at Thursday prayer meeting. Congressmen Miers spends week in Sullivan and Greene counties to line up Democratic opponents. Machine shop leased by L Lawrence & Co managed by Mr White and brother. Mr Dreyhobel in charge of foundry. Mr and Mrs Doc Taylor return from Fort Ritner where they visited Mrs Taylor’s parents.
A Bloomington World item notes Mrs Lottie Butler improving her lot on West 16th street by grading the same area west of her residence. Col N B Strout and family depart for an extended East trip via Maine and Niagara Falls to visit his sisters. Monon shops workers await President McDoel to set a Cedar Lake picnic date. a separate trainmen picnic is set for August 8. H B Gentry plans a fall benefit for the new First Baptist church after donating over 400 dollars. Bloomington readers are urged to support civic spirit. A Mt Vernon, Indiana man dies after eating six cantaloupes in an hour, a tale tied to local church quarrels and shifting loyalties within the community.
A wedding occurred at the home of Mr and Mrs Jas P Maher in Erie Indiana on July 13 1902. Clarence Ray and Alice Maher both of Erie exchanged vows at 430 pm before Elder John Williams of Bedford. The couple will reside in Erie and host friends as they begin married life.
A fire alarm at Mrs Mabrey's on North I street failed to reach the department quickly due to a telephone outage. Henderson and companions battled the blaze with buckets, losing about 25 dollars for the building and potentially more for a bed and piano. July egg prices surge to 194 cents a dozen, the highest in a decade, driven by corn and meat costs. Indiana ships roughly 80,000 cases weekly to New York, with the July crop valued about 528 thousand dollars more than last year and possibly 2.64 million more through November if trends persist.
A light bay mare six years old, 154 hands high with a thin build and white hind ankles is missing. Dr. Duncan asks anyone with information to report. Local business moves partition plans at Richardson Bros bake shop. Rev. R. S. Hyde travels for two weeks, with pulpit duties covered. Eleanah Kern returns from Stuttgart, Arkansas to Caxton, health concerns in the family noted. Pete Garvey seeks amateur or semi pro baseball engagement, boasting a .388 batting mark with Sidney, Ohio. Indiana rail rumors swirl about L and N interests. officials deny knowledge of a sale, while speculation ties to EH and T.H. and C. & E. L paths.
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