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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
4
Proprietors Editor Pukba of ES managing editor Bie R Wicker contact details show 260. News editor and circulation manager Mrs Tarry Askew contact 887. Society editor accompanying staff roles and phone references.
Fragmented text reads as a brief local notice with unclear names and details. It hints at a dated event or action but lacks verifiable specifics and readable entities.
A chaotic report describes a raid on West 16th Street ending with destroyed barrels of beer and wrecked equipment. The clipped text references police activity and damage to a basement area, mentioning overturned containers and unclear other details.
The notice lists Mr and Mrs Hughlood and many attendees at a social gathering south of the city near White River. Names include Mr and Mrs Foun Julaton, Willen tartan, Abra Driscoud, Annie Thel r, Mamie Owens, Rose duriscoll, Doris MbeCurt and others.
The ice cream festival at Trinity Church on Friday evening was a social and financial success. The event was well attended by the church congregation and friends.
Owangun back draftsman who vanished a week ago returned Friday afternoon from Terre Haute. He offered no reason for the disappearance beyond feeling ill and said he had intended to return to the city Sunday. Scouts had searched the woods east of town during the absence.
George L. Clayton seeks a divorce from Nettie May Clayton in the Lawrence circuit court after thirteen years of marriage begun June 14 1600. He alleges repeated harsh insults and adultery by Nettie May, and asks for custody of their three children Tessie 12 Goldie Tl and Pauline.
Three cars derailed in the same yard Friday evening with a fourth vehicle involved the next morning. Emergency crews reported at least one incident requiring EMT response as investigators reviewed rail yard switching and track conditions.
Rochester men Mike Waliner and William Whyte traveled Friday night with W S McCormick to scout locations for the National Home. The National committee plans to decide soon after their city visit next Monday and begin work immediately.
Mrs John Underwood and her daughter Hazel Dillon plan a new Bedford institution the Domestic Science and Art School opening July offering plain and fancy cooking and sewing at the Underwood home on West 15th Street.
Lafayette street at Oolitic, once nearly impassable due to grading, is being repaired by the township. The project will widen to about 12 feet and include grading and new stone surfacing to restore a first class road.
The B and O Railroad Company executive committee and board of directors declared a regular dividend of 2 percent on preferred stock and 3 percent on common stock with a full four percent on preferred and six percent on common for the year. The company reports a surplus to profit and loss of about 1.6 million dollars, down 600 thousand from the prior year.
The son of Edward Felles stepped on a broken bottle Saturday at 5th and N Street, severly cutting his left foot. He required several stitches to close the wound.
Alfred Chapman aged 67, an old soldier from Martin County, died Friday morning at his Port Williams home after a several week illness. Survived by two sons and a daughter. Funeral services were held Sunday forenoon at Port Williams at 10 o clock with burial in Port Williams cemetery.
County Treasurer Short pursued the Bob Brollier company manager through the city seeking the unpaid license fee. The manager was summoned to Justice Iseninger’s court where the case was resolved by payment of license fees for the city and political exhibitions, with modest legal charges.
Peru Ind July 11 The Carnegie Institute considers educating the six year old son of Roma Mays a Chesapeake & Ohio railroad conductor who died in the South Peru flood after saving more than a hundred lives. The institute seeks substantial proof of the father's rescue work before funding.
A Morgantown party including Deputy Sheriff Clarence Marley City Marshal Pollard and Prosecutor Rariden executed search warrants on two restaurants run by John Lock and Arthur Mitchell. About 1,100 pints of beer and a barrel of whisky were seized and brought to Morgantown for safekeeping as residents cheered.
Farmers report wheat yields across areas are good or better than average with favorable conditions noted. Cooperative agents say conditions through the season have supported healthy development and potential record outputs for many fields.
Reports from across the county indicate the wheat crop is very good in places and may surpass the average. Lane County farmers have begun threshing with yields often above twenty bushels per acre. Leslie Hodges east of the city produced 23 bushels per acre from 33 acres, while Robert Glover averaged 24 bushels per acre on a patch.
A burning box car on a Monon freight near Hohman street and the tracks drew hundreds of bystanders. The Central fire department arrived to extinguish the flames after the train crew notified them. An auto with a man and girl narrowly avoided the moving cars as they passed.
Elmer Hardebeck of Avondale Cincinnati collapsed from heat while waiting for a B and O S W train in Mitchell. He fractured his skull after falling on the pavement in front of the Pittman Hotel. He died at West Baden Hospital Thursday night, with his sister Ida Hardebeck notified and traveling to Cincinnati to take charge of the body.
One year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Geo Brandon of Oolitic severely injured Saturday when she fell from a go cart. She struck her face on the floor and suffered cuts and bruises. Dr Collins of Avoca treated the injuries.
Squire Wray left his son William Wray's home in Peerless Friday with his two year old grandson. The baby was placed on the ground and, after a brief moment, the buggy rolled off. The wheel passed over the abdomen, but reports say the injury is of little consequence.
A.M. Bryan faces criticism for leaving the secretary of state post to tour chautauquas while the Wilson administration pushes postmaster firings. The Indiana press denounces the move as unworthy of office though Bryan touts thrift. Also noted is Mrs. Craigie Gunn Mitchell of Bedford sailing from Montreal with Augusta Williams and relatives, planning a Norway Sweden Denmark cruise in August.
Mrs Frank Voris of Los Angeles arrives today to visit her sister Mrs Will Kelley and other relatives.
Mrs. Will Kelley has been confined to her home for two years by sciatic rheumatism but is now able to sit up again marking a notable improvement in her health.
Bedford county white and colored male voters enumeration completed by townships with Spice Valley exception. Indian Creek 593 Pleasant Run 40 Bono 289 Marshall 142 Marion 1 a la Perry 140 Guthrie Isa Shanswick 1 184 City of Bedford 2 488 official reports filed in auditor's office.
Bloomington suffers a severe famine in farm garden products due to eight weeks of drought. Monroe County farmers report crops failing and market supply dwindling. Dry weather and intense sun have dried up potatoes, strawberries, peas, and other vegetables, with no relief until heavy rain comes.
Representative Broussard found a May 1 1857 Gosport Indiana two dollar note in an old tin box. The note, signed by L M Harris and W D Alexander, was sent to Gosport Banking Company for exhibition by Representative Cullop.
Mrs Frank R. Allen and daughter Catherine with Miss Elsie Ogal nursing travel to Martinsville for treatment. Mr Allen accompanies them and plans to return home this afternoon. Miss Bertha Walters hosts a picnic for Miss Harris of New Philadelphia at Gowen's Cave south of the city with a noon dinner. Wilbur Glover, pursuing a post graduate course at Indiana University, returns home to N Street to spend Sunday with his parents.
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