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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
1
At the conclusion, the advertisement urges buying where quality is the prominent feature. It promises no defective goods, offering new stylish and handsome furnishings with little prices that still provide excellent value.
Prop Dr W C Butter of Helton tonville and Cyrus Crim of Salem saw mill men were in town Saturday forenoon. Gus Cramer of New Albany will work in Harry Neff’s cigar factory. Mr and Mrs Robert Blackwell of Louisville and baby visited Mr and Mrs Frank Hamer. Mrs Dr Berry of Lawrenceport recovering from a shoulder fracture attends local physician. The Doman House bus received new lettering and a monogram. Mrs Harriet Henson of Mitchell visited Friday after returning from Richmond State Encampment of Colored Order Eastern Star. The architect started the foundation for the new first Christian church with trustees ready to excavate and seek bids. William Fish’s 17 month old died Monday. funeral and burial at Crawford cemetery. Zelman F Stovall seeks liquor license in Dinkels spiel room near Haase Owen’s and Boss Shoe Store amid a remonstrance. Blue Hole stone crusher operates again and street work resumes on 14th street. Rumors of a domestic dispute in the west part of town prompted a death-attempt report, details unclear.
A Brooklyn navy yard scene shows a signalman teaching a messenger boy Morse code using wigwag flags and a classroom on deck. The piece outlines four shipboard signaling methods, the selection and training of signal boys, and a cautionary Texas incident where a misread message led to a near-miss, illustrating the high responsibility of the signal corps.
A visitor admired a small tale Helen Keller wrote for a child’s paper. Her teacher explained the joy of small achievements as Keller smiled, understood, and stayed modest, choosing to help others rather than seek praise.
The Republican platform endorses McKinley and Hale, praising gold standard and tariff protection. It denounces Democratic policy, pledges restraint on silver coinage, urges labor protections, education for workers, and stronger naval power while praising war aims and national unity. It emphasizes public confidence, balanced budgets, and pro commerce policies.
The document praises civil service in the Cuba and Pacific campaigns, urges hiring locals where feasible, supports equal rights under the 15th Amendment, road and irrigation projects, and calls for an American isthmian canal, open trade, a new commerce department, and Samoa and Hawaii policies while affirming Monroe doctrine and Cuban independence.
A Chicago Record item explains how Munich researchers coax caterpillars to spin lace from a bitter aloe paste, producing delicate Fayal like lace for Azores makers. A Cheshire gentleman alerts police to a stolen check found hidden by tomtits near the box, inspiring a comic note on birds and crime.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls an elderly couple visiting their son. When the mother briefly disappeared from view, the father repeatedly asked for her until the son joked that he cannot be without his wife for five minutes, prompting the father to explain he married her for that reason.
Clarice in Chicago Record argues that modern men lose female romance due to dreary attire and uniform dress. She recalls the Ninety-Third Highlanders and compares Fanny's wedding attire to everyday outfits, claiming fashion dulls passion and leaves men overlooked by women.
Sioux City Journal recounts a Dakota legend explaining an eerie echo in Bear's Gulch Black Hills. Turtle Dove hides Sage Cock as a witch abducts him to a distant mountain. Eagle rescues the man baby after a series of escapes ending with the witch trapped in Rattlesnake’s skin.
An Indianapolis Journal excerpt notes a wealthy guest avoiding removing his coat at dinner, with quips about shirts. The piece shifts to medical home remedies for chilblains and corns from the Boston Herald, detailing lemon rubs, oil of almonds, turpentine, lanoline, and salicylic acid blends with permanganate and boracic acids, plus cautions on persistence.
Eyewitness recounts a woman who released the reins and shouted as her horse bolted down a street. She claims the rider’s choice prevented a collision with a fence and saved bystanders from harm.
An English officer recalls descending through cinder growth to reach a moss covered rock where a tiny spring feeds a pool and the Niger's birthplace. The scene features lush green foliage, likened to a dripping well in a wood. Also noted are llamas as central Peru freight carriers carrying about 100 pounds.
The fragment discusses a Napoleon Talleyrand quip about hell's keys, a Latin term sincere meaning unwaxed, furniture without wax defects, and pendulum clocks linked to Galileo observing a lamp swinging. The lines mix historical anecdotes and etymology with brief notes on clock invention timelines.
Bedford Indiana leaders from Sorosis church groups YWCA YMCA Presbyterian and Baptist congregations announce a citywide campaign urging merchants to close at 6 PM except Saturdays and the Christmas rush. ministers align with shorter hours benefiting workers and worshipers.
Low rate excursions to Northern Michigan offered August 30 September 6 and 8. Round trip from Indianapolis: 10 dollars to Traverse City or Petoskey, 11 dollars to Mackinac Island. Tickets available for Traverse City Petoskey and Mackinac Island with a 30 day return limit. Details from W. W. Richardson Indianapolis district passenger agent.
First seashore excursion from the Baltimore and Ohio South Western Railroad to Atlantic City Cape May and Ocean City. Tickets go on sale August 2 with a round trip fare of 15 dollars and 50 cents.
The passage urges women with menstrual irregularities or weakness not to despair if doctors cannot help. It notes physicians are busy with other diseases and may not fully understand women's delicate physiology, recommending a fair trial of an alternative remedy.
An advertisement touts Bradfield's Female Regulator as a true nature based cure for female ailments including irregular menses, leucorrhea, womb prolapse, nervousness, headaches and backaches. It claims a physician of high standing created the formula and urges women to try it, noting a one dollar bottle and a free illustrated book from The Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta GA.
Margaret A. Johnson born September 14 1831 died June 29 1900 of apoplexy at home east of Bedford after 68 years 9 months and 15 days. Widow of William H Crawford and Jesse A Johnson she bore five children. She was a devoted wife mother and worker in frugal times. She joined the M B E church and was laid to rest in Crawford cemetery after a large funeral procession.
A. Sanders of Cocoanut Grove Florida reports an epidemic of diarrhoea and a severe attack cured by four doses of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He recommends it to others who call it the best medicine they ever used. For sale at Elliott's Drug Store.
Monon Railroad announces tickets to St Paul Minnesota for the National Republican League Biennial Convention July 17 to 19. Round trip fare 20 plus four tickets on sale July 14 to 16. Returnable through July 2. H P Rapney G A
Annual reunion set for August 16 1900 on Samuel Simpson’s farm in Shawswick Indiana. Speakers include Peter R Wadsworth R W Mi ers Robert N Palmer J M D Haddleston James Small John Williams. Widows and families urged to attend. Music by Mrs Whitted. cake prize for prettiest young lady. excursion rates from Bedford. baskets welcome. Samuel Simpson president Joan Johnson Jr secretary.
Absalom Ketcham of Monroe County deeded to his nephew A J Mitchell a buckskin pouch taken from an Indian chief killed about seventy five years ago in Jackson county. The pouch held war paint used before the war path and the scalp was saved for years before burning. The relic’s value to Mr Mitchell is high though the tale dates to a white and red encounter over a century ago.
Newark Michigan Civil War veteran Steadman suffered ulcers for twenty years until Bucklen’s Amical Salve cured him. The ad claims it also heals cuts bruises burns boils felons corns skin eruptions and piles. Sold by Messick and Dodd druggists at 25 cents a box with a guaranteed cure.
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