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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1919
Page
3
Bedford residents and visitors are reported at several towns including Mitchell Saltillo and Campbellsburg with routine visits and moves. Frank Young Isaac Baker W. H. Hughes and Jacob Voyles attend events while Freda Hancock prepares to move to Benham Kentucky. Albert Koxyatt and Violet Cocideffer wed at Bedford on Saturday July 22 There is an ice cream supper at Fred Hunsucker’s and J W W Sheers and wife await a surgery for their son.
Phil Haverly, an employee at the Furst Kerber stone mill, suffered a broken rib when a bar used to move a stone struck his left side. The company physician attended him after the Wednesday accident.
Zelbert Patton a planerman at Consolidated mill suffered a severe left hand injury when a planer tool broke and struck him. Dr John R Pearson treated the wound. In memory notice for Mrs Joseph Taylor includes mourning verses and a list of relatives and visitors from Owensburg and the Helenville road area.
W V Haws and family were guests for J A Brooking and family Sunday. Several attended Will Gillian’s funeral at Leesville Friday. Robert Brooking and family were guests of friends on Tunnelton Sunday. Harley Flinn and wife attended the ice cream supper at Vinegar Hill Saturday. St A Myers, once on the sick list, is out again. Dr Matlock of Tunnelton visited Mrs C M Brooking who is ill. Chas E Crawford and wife of Pedford were here Sunday. Harvey Crawford and family of Stonington visited Ambrose Crawford and wife. Wheat threshing begins with 6 to 15 bushels per acre. Mrs William Guthrie, long sick, moved to daughter Ethel Crawford’s near Bedford.
Loreen McPike spent Sunday with Clara Thurman and Mrs Ethel Mikels visited aunt Kate McPike. Ray Mitchell and son Frederick of Oolitic called on Kate McPike. James Rogers and William McPike visited Aunt Kate McPike. Many locals traveled or hosted relatives from Leeton to Indianapolis. Farmers report oats harvest and wheat threshing. An all day basket dinner at Hunters Creek Baptist church is planned for July 20, with another at Clark School July 27. Aunt Patsy Murphy is seriously ill. Local businesses advertise vacation sweaters at sale prices and public savings notices. Lieutenant Harley Murphy has been discharged from Camp Grant.
Four thousand workers at the McCormick Harvester plant and related facilities quit without demands. The Chicago Shipbuilding yard warned of a lockout for 8500 if workers walk out. Investigators opened a probe into the Argo rioting where three Corn Products employees were killed.
The council ordered notices to plumbers about water service changes and warned licenses will be revoked without future notices. Ordinances funded notes and interest by water works and street funds were passed. A building permit for a garage at 1415 19th St valued at $800 was granted. Fire chief to fill vacancy, prep alert notices, and post river cabin notices. resignations from fire dept accepted. two applicants listed.
Mrs Bivens is on the sick list this week. John Williams has improved after illness. Mrs Eliza Mallis shows some improvement. Howard Lemons of Bedford visits Mrs Lena Clark. Nellie Duncan of Bedford visits her mother Mrs Fliza Standiford. Charlie Brookshire and family of Bloomington visit Mrs Emma Worthington. Flora Mathis and daughter Louise returned home Friday from Chicago.
Funeral services for James Burk were held Tuesday forenoon at 10 o'clock from the Englewood home conducted by Lieut. T. F. Lawser of the Salvation Army. The singing was led by Misses Martha Dingsby and Vada Carter. Burial followed at Beech Grove.
Mr Elza Sullivan and Miss Alcie Connor wed Wednesday at Rev O M Davis office officiated by J L Smith Both natives of Avoca plan to reside there after the ceremony The brief notice notes their new home in Avoca and upcoming plans
Keep a rosy look by removing freckles and brown spots with Freckola. The product is premixed for easy use and claims to restore beautiful skin. Sold at drug stores and toilet counters.
Admiral Henry B. Wilson will command the Atlantic fleet to maneuver in the waters around Provincetown Portland and Gardner's Bay for most of the summer rather than basing in Narragansett Bay. The move recalls a past dispute when Robley D. Evans left Provincetown after local authorities forbade Sunday baseball, shifting battleship basing to Narragansett until the war era.
Lieut.-Col. Theodore Roosevelt accepted the Republican nomination in a brief Nassau county speech to North Hempstead and Oyster Bay committees. He pledged to work for the district's best interests at all times.
A Russian wireless dispatch says Ekaterinburg, 160 miles southeast of Perm, has been captured by Bolsheviks. The town was reported occupied on Monday.
Springfield Missouri July 17 unofficial returns show the $2235, 100 coach bond issue for Webster County defeated by 39 votes.
Bedford society folks and general customers learned that silk stockings will no longer run in the wash. The dye issue stemmed from a missing chemical required to set color, caused by wartime demands. With postwar release, American dyes for silk stockings are guaranteed to be fast, ensuring color remains true through washing.
EB Ryce of H Street slipped while checking a large truck loaded with 135 bushels of wheat. The truck rolled back over his foot, severely injuring it. Ryce was brought to town by truck and a physician was summoned to care for the injury.
Lieut. Layneal Fish, son of Mr and Mrs Lowery Fish of Norman Station, has returned from service in France on a fifteen day furlough. His sister Mrs T D Bartlett and baby traveled to meet him and will be joined later by Mr Bartlett.
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