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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1901
Page
3
Miss Laylie Fish is on the sick list. Many residents and visitors are named with meals, visits, and health notes. A marriage license was issued to James Clark and Iris Fullen. Enlivening items include mailbox errands, property changes, and a Crawfords ville outing club named the Chiggaree club with chigger trouble.
Movements and visits around Owensboro include Rev. Chas Whitted guest of S. N. Whitted, Edith Cogswell and mother returning from Indian Springs, and Misses Kimbrell and Withman at Deal. Numerous townsfolk travel for family and work, with fishing trips, painting, and new hires noted amid other everyday happenings.
Local notes report Samuel Packwood back in the city with malaria after work at Fishing Creek quarry. Arch ie Miller arrives from St. Louis with his wife’s body and funeral at Beech Grove. Other items mention repairs, loans, housing plans, and a pension decision for Sarah Reedy.
Miss Edna Younger and Miss Julia Reglan plan a country stay with John Younger and family at Leatherwood. A party including Jno L Tilford, Joe Reath, C L Baker and Chas Reath visited Brassine Springs for a few days. Cigar store and tailoring parlors opened by Wallace Dye and John White on J street. Rev James Small improving and enjoying fishing vacation. Jesse Knight to conduct services at Boyd school house July 21 1901 at 7 30. Mrs Mary Flinn of Koleen returned home with two grandsons. Tom Jackson returns from Campbellsburg to stay. Mrs Martha Smith recovering after operation. Miss Josephine Maroney in charge of millinery store during absence. Southern Indiana Ry sells interchangable 1000 mile ticket. John W Sullivan of New Albany visiting J H Sullivan of Elnora. stone saws being installed at Bedford. Infant child of Mr and Mrs John Brown dies aged 1 month and buried at Gaines graveyard. Second Baptist church plans new wood structure on Hastlith street. Preachers to help clean up court house crowd after defeating lawyers and doctors. Mrs Homer Skerd returns to Lafayette where husband works on Lake Erie railroad.
Dr J W Prichard advertises painless tooth extractions with guaranteed work at lowest prices. Location is West Side over Mitchell's Drug Store.
B B Marley loans money and John Felkner suffers kidney trouble. Newland Edwards returns from Indianapolis. Mrs Bruce Fleetwood of Kurtz guests here. Miss Helen Donahue visits Mitchell relatives. Miss Grace Love visits from Seymour. Dr and Mrs Joseph Gardner move to Red Cross country home. Miss Josepha Franklin returns from foreign missions addresses. Carl Short buys 40 feet east of Matt office from O Connell and Ryan for 2200 dollars to build brick business with rear livery. O Connell and Ryun own 26 feet adjoining Mrs Richardson’s. Benjamin Hankey harvests 2000 dollars from strawberries, other berries near as much. Hankey employs 50 girls earning 150 to 4?2 daily for berry picking. Southern Indiana Ry and Vandalia fight over Wabash bridge stone supply. Bedford Quarries favored for cheaper, prompt Hoosier stone. potential saving cited at over 9000 dollars amid political and press opposition.
The Indiana climate and crop bulletin for the week ending July 16 notes very warm weather and no rain. Corn grows but wilts. potatoes dry. tobacco looks pale in Dubois county. Early apples ripe, peaches abundant with shipments in Clark county. Oats, wheat, rye, barley yields mixed but generally good. haying progressing. pasture drying.
Merchant W A Webb announces ending premium tickets to sell goods at the same price and quality. He cites consumer advantage, vows to offer better goods for the same money and urges shoppers to support a strictly business driven store. Other brief notes list local illnesses travels and visits.
Everett Kinder fined ten dollars and costs for associating, stayed. Myrtle Lewis fined five dollars and costs for prostitution and jailed. Cora Clark fined five dollars. State v Reynolds of Bono to be tried Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Affidavit filed against Charles and Mary Kelly of Spider Creek for keeping a house of ill fame. George Corps v Herschel Moore and Virgil Short set for trial at 10 a.m. Monday in Judge Chrisler's Court. plaintiff asks dismissal after jury summons. Steve Fountain of Zelma, Miss Grace Bass of Mitchell, and Miss Roxie Freeman of Salem visited. Mrs. John Rittenhouse and children returned from Washington, Indiana.
A Monon excursion to Chicago departs Saturday night July 27 returning Sunday night July 28. Round trip fare is $2. Times are listed on the bills.
Luke Reynolds, a Republican representative from Limestone, reported a water famine in Limestone and that beer is at a premium there. A prayer meeting at the First Christian church Wednesday night drew fewer attendees due to the threatening storm. Elder E. Sears led the service, which was described as impressive and helpful, with next week’s topic focused on Forgiveness from Matthew 6.
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