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Newspaper

Bedford Weekly Mail

Location

Bedford, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1915

Page

3

Local notes from the BonO area with visits and weather impacts

Ralph Williams is numbered with the sick. Frank Young visited Borden for plastering. Albert Hoggatt works near Leipsic. Thos Smith and son and Will Knight from Salem were in town Sunday. Miss Gladys Headrick visited Miss Nellie Link. Dan Smith and Henry Hoggatt transacted business at Campbellstown. Virgil Simpson and J K Link work for Jonah Matthew thrashing. Frank Collier and wife from Trouts near Mooreheadville are visiting this week. Wheat crop damaged by wet weather. Community represented at the Christian church basket meeting in Tunnelton. T L Neideifer and wife guests near Leipsic. Mrs Albert Hamilton near the river very ill. Clyde Montgomery returns from Fulton Missouri. Abo Andrews and Gen A Hayes from Lawrenceport attend township affairs. John W W Knight of Tunnelton plans remodeling for permanent location. Fred Howard seen often at Fort Ritner. Recent flood injures river-bottom farmers. corn destroyed on Saul Wilcox farm. W H Hughes loses all but 2 acres.

W. H. Rosenbaum Saul Wilcox W. H. Hughes

Local social notes from Williams area residents

Mrs Othe Bowden reports on births visits and travels of local families. Newborn Olive Leone to James Mundy and wife last week. Evadna Pierce visited Mabel Terrell of Mt Olive. Nellie Thomas of Edwardsport visits her uncle Will Thomas. Hammersley family spent Sunday at Eureka with Will Trueblood. May Feltner and Stavia Bowden visited W F Stark near Lafayette. Elza Smith and George Wendrisk attended Mabel Maegerlin funeral at Patricksburg. Emery Hendrickson family and Ethel Wells visited Mitchell relatives. Ada Myers Vivian Williams John Vorhis Emile Reuter Isloyd Bone at Trinity Springs. Dave Monical Floyd Bone and Hubert Ferguson attended Mabel Maegerlin funeral at Patricksburg. Porter Wagner family at Bedford Sunday for grandmother birthday dinner at son Bart Short's home.

Ada Myers Vivian Williams John Vorhics Emile Reuter Isloyd Bone Trinity Springs Dave Monical Floyd Bone Hubert Ferguson Patricksburg Mabel Maegerlin Porter Wagner Bedford Eiven Bart Short

Bent Alvis Visits Orleans Thursday Morning

Bent Alvis traveled to Orleans on Thursday morning with sparse details in the report. The fragment hints at a local movement or visit but lacks further context or outcomes.

Bent Alvis Orleans

Social Roundup of Local Visits and Notable Events

J A Brooking correspondent notes W O Mitchell and family visiting J R Williams Sunday. Families from Tunnelton and Bedford drop by J L Crawford C E Allen and others. Wheat thrashing finished with good quality. Epilogue mentions Ethel Younger and Minnie Younger marriage in Bedford and move to California for Mr Younger’s farm.

Birthday dinner celebrates Mrs. Abe Hawkins in Heltonville

Minnie McPike notes several visits across Heltonville and nearby areas as floods caused property damage on Hunter's Creek and Little Salt Creek. The Abe Hawkins birthday gathering drew fifty five relatives for noon dinner, songs, and socializing.

Bedford area notes and social visits amid flood damage

Local parcel of notes reports Mrs Brown in Williams and several Bedford visitors including Miss Wilma Adamson and Miss Sylvia Fountain. Elder Adamson to preach at Old Union next Sunday. Basket meeting planned for August first. Flood damage described along Salt Creek and Tan Yard Branch with houses and Outbuildings washed away and crops damaged.

Peter Hanson Hunter's Creek Mikel Crider Curtis Browning Jerry Jones Little Salt Creek James Robertson D. L. Clark Dalton Clark Fanny Helton James N Lowry Adamson Old Union Tan Yard Otto White Alex Mitchell Clark Fleetwood Vig Alec

Mitchell social notes and local visits summarized

Huron correspondent reports visits and events in Mitchell. Names mentioned include Mrs J W Burton Vila White Miss Lois Sanders Rose Trowbridge Joe Tewell Margaret Chapman J Berton May Dalton and John McKey. Several couples wed or rejoined families with best wishes expressed. Bowden beat Snow in a case at Mitchell with fines and costs.

Local Gleanings From Fayet­teville Social Notes

Miss Glenn Reot of Coxton visited Fiora Fields on Sunday. Mrs. Frank Sears traveled to Orleans to see her ill sister. D lu Kern and grandson Fred Williams of Williams were on business in town Tuesday. Mrs. Lillian Kern and daughter Cloie shopped in Bedford Tuesday afternoon. Cretus Kern bought a new Blue Bell cream separator. Misses Wilma and Pauline Adamson and Ralph Adamson of Caxton visited Abbia Brececk Sunday. Sybil and Stella Jones of Orange County returned home after visiting grandparents. Mrs. Lottie Rabb and her children of Eureka visited Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Boyd Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Short and daughter Martha of Bedford visited Herschel Bowman’s family Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bord of Coxton and Mr. and Mrs. Cretus Kern spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harley Fields.

Wilma Pauline Adamson Ralph Adamson Caxton Abbia Brececk Oscar Short Martha Bedford Herschel Bowman A. J. Bord Coxton Cretus Kern Harley Fields

Local visitors and church services noted in town

Thorne Evans of Bedford visited relatives Sunday. Rev and Mrs John Nient of Pranklin were here with relatives yesterday. Rev Knierley conducted services at the M E Church Sunday afternoon. Ross Trainer of Tedford visits grandmother Mrs B Chesnut this week. Miss Michele Prubbard of Orleans visits aunt Mrs David Cobb this week. Mr and Mrs Gale of Linton guest of Mr and Mrs W E Armstrong over Sunday. Mr and Mrs Chas Ferguson of Midland came Tuesday to spend a few days with relatives.

John Nient Pranklin Ross Trainer Tedford Ru Chesnut Cihel Prbbard Orleans David Cobb Mrs. Gale Linton W. BE. Armstrong Chas. Ferguson Midland

Local Notes from Fairview and Surrounding Areas

Miss Nola Faubiou visits sister in Indianapolis this week. Beatrice Todd returns home from Brownstown. Rev. Condo to lead service next Saturday night and Sunday morning. Ilijah McKnight and wife visit J D Hobson. Edward Thomas and daughter Mrs Chase and two children visit Whitteds. Flood disrupts travel to Bedford Sunday afternoon. Speer Migie Hazel Bertha Carrie Speer Artie Holiman Florence Pough visit Nobles. Crawford near Finbook hosts Sunday guests.

Speer Migie Hazel Bertha Carrie Speer Artie Holiman Florence, Pough Sammy Spray Herbert Thomas Mrs. Noble Crawford Finbook

Odd Happenings In the Day's News

A Pennsylvania woman left a fine house and 100000 dollars to her servants. Pittsburgh limits will require magazines to be read and passed by women police censors before sale. A Goshen New York jail inmate Snowball Hicks was diagnosed with smallpox. An Arkansas police chief faces charges after seizing liquor in raids and selling it at city hall. A Chardon Ohio editor replaced a missing bridegroom and married Miss Gladys Griffin. A London investigator tallies 500 children s games including leapfrog varieties. A South Westport Massachusetts couple of 52 years of marriage have not spoken for 50 years yet live together happily.

Germany food supply seen stable with no shortage

Ernest P. Bicknell, Red Cross director in the European war zone, reports Germany has enough food to last until November 1 and no looming shortages. He says Belgium relies on American aid totaling about 12.5 million dollars monthly, while Serbia and Poland receive varying relief. Sweden imports wheat from the U.S., and Russia imports wheat despite vast interior holdings.

Ernest P. Bicknell American Red Cross Rockefeller Foundation Washington Germany Servia D Bickneil Belgium United States Poland Austria Sweden Great Britain Russia

Beeman Recovers From Stroke At Washington Avenue Home

Beeman, who suffered a paralysis stroke Wednesday at his home on Washington Avenue, is getting along as well as could be expected.

GS. Beeman Washington Avenue

First submarine gun shipped for M-1 submarine

The first disappearing three inch rifle for submarines, developed after tests by naval ordnance officials, is sent from Washington to New York for installation on the M-1. It weighs about 1,800 pounds with carriage and automatically retracts into the hull after firing. All future submarines will carry this weapon.

Naval Ordnance New York Navy Washington

Local Residents Visit Relatives Across Towns

X and S. E. Bowman from Odon visited aunt Mrs. Ira Correll while Mrs. Fred McGuire spent Thursday with the McGinnis family in Coxton. Decia DelWords of Bloomington plans a Heltonville visit after meeting city relatives. Mrs. Mary Green and Mrs. Bertha traveled to Orleans as Mr. and Mrs. Lindley hosted Effie Phillips who returned to Burns City.

Fred McGuire Coxton Inlaw W. GB. McGinnis Decia DelWords Bloomington Heltonville Mary Green Bertha Orleans Chas. Lindley Effie Phillips Burns City

Major Banks Subscribing to New War Loan Totals Soar

The London City and Midland Bank and TLlord's Bank each seek 105 million dollars of the new war loan totaling 1.25 billion dollars. These are among the largest subscriptions announced. The London County and Westminster Bank subscribed 100.9 million dollars.

London City and Midland Bank Tllord’s Bank London County and Westminster Bank

Indianapolis Markets Receipts and Hogs Trade Report

The Indianapolis market tallies show 4500 hogs 1050 calves 250 sheep sold, against 3049 hogs 986 cattle 156 calves 174 sheep a week earlier and 3170 hogs 1194 cattle 220 calves 591 sheep a year ago. Early trading was slow but after prices fell 5 cents activity rose and the supply moved, with steady sales offset by others down 10 cents.

Indianapolis

Indianapolis Fruits and Vegetables Wholesale Prices

A dense listing of wholesale market quotes for Indianapolis markets with numerous items and prices. Includes produce like asparagus apples cabbage cucumbers berries and melons, along with poultry eggs butter and grains. Also provides prices from Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Elgin and Kansas City markets and wagon and hay rates.

Courtry Shippers Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Kansas City

Beanie Baem Editor St Clair Mc Kelway Dead

Brooklyn editor St Clair Mc Kelway dies at his home in Brooklyn. He guided the Beanie Baem publication and was a noted figure in the New York press.

Brooklyn New York St. Clair McKelway

Also Mentioned on This Page

Frank Young Ralph Williams Borden Albert Hoggatt Arreit Wicker Leipsic Thos. Smith and Son Will Knight Salem Our Village Gladys Headrick Buddah Nellie Link Dan Smith Henry Hoggatt Campbellsburg Virgil Simpson J. K. Link Jonah Matthew Frank Collier J. D. Mooreheadville Christian Church Basket Meeting Tunnelton T. L. Neideifer Arrett Wicker and Wife Albert Hamilton Clyde Montgomery Fulton, Mo A.bo Andrews Gen. A. Hayes Lawrenceport John W W. Knight Fred Howard Fort Ritner Othe Bowden zZemri Craig James Mundy Olive Leone Evadna Pierce Mabel Terrell Mt. Olive Nellie Thomas Edwards, Port Will Thomas Harry Hammersley Eureka Will Trueblood May Feltner Stavia Bowden W. F. Stark Layetteville Elza Smih George Wendrisksum Emery Hendrickson Ethel Wells Mitchell J. A. Brooking W. O. Mitchell J. R. Williams L. P. Beaver and Wife Homer Ingle Emery Rosenbaum H. W. Ingle and Family S. S. Wever J. L. Crawford George Dunlap C. E. Allen and Family Goldie Gertrude Jamery Rosenbaum Ty. A. Allen Robert Brooking Family Anna T. Guthrie C. M. Brooking and Family Harley Flinn Victor Mathis Noble Reynolds Fishing Creek Mr Pendergraff Jack Allen James Clendenen Disney John H. Mathis Eithel Younger California Minnie Younger Younger Anna McPike Minnie McPike James N. Mikels Ira Otto Ritter Arley Liberty Susan Sipes Mary Thurman Charley Elkins Abe Hawkins Frank Ritter John Bledsoe Tra Mikels Pleasant Run Maudie Glassco Lora Mrs. Homer Faubion John W. Ross Homer Starnes William Fleetwood Leesville Elmer Sullgrave Forest Berryman Moneas Amanda A. Mikers Sally Brown Dessta Fleetwood Maumee Kitty FE Sipes Kate McPike Coxon Murrel Boyd Mrs. Brown Williams Mrs. Willis Adaing Mr. Hawkins Otis Wagner Tarry Voris Mrs. Winford Sherril Wilma Adamson Ebbia Brock Sydnay Sylvia Fountain Eulala Meadows Ollie Rayburn Thomas Faltz Willia Rayburn Fort Wayne Mits Tri Aes Mitchell ‘Tribune Oo Atl Bue Contig Alma Crockett Amanda A. Mikels Payton, Ohio John Glassco Sheldon Mitchell Isaac Ritter Hoeitonville Wigs Murphy Miss Jadys David White Freeman Hawkins Laura Vowter Morris Stafford Crawfordsville Lydia McPike Tome Delia Blackwell Flora Thurman Horace Bob Crockett Dayton Ohio Eliza Murphy Yellowstone Huron Anna Murphy Wii McNabb J. W. Burton Vila White J. Roach Indiana ELA Lois Sanders Blitchell Rose Trowbridge Avs Harve Dickens Joe Tewell Sarah McNiece Mitchell, Land C. RB. Isom Georgia Margaret Chapman Mr. White J. Berton John McKey Jon Luron Jad Ft. Ritner May Dalton W Mitchell Ind Frank Chastain Mrs. Elrey Wood Bowden Snow Mitchell Monday Jeannette Standish Walter Murphy Mrs. C. Murphy Kate Padeal Beatrice Tewe Roxie Jones Burton Willard Ellinor Fayetteville Blanche Fields Glenn Reot Fiora Fields Frank Sears D. Lu. Kern Fred Williams Lillian Kern Cloie Sybil and Stella Jones Orange County Lottie Rabb M. A. Boyd Ngville Delignt Stannard Gorrespondent Thorne Evans Knierley M. 14 Fairview Miss Nola Faubiou Beatrice Todd Brownstown Rev. Condo Ilijah McKnight J’leasant Run J. D. Hobson Edward Thomas Mrs. Chase Thomas Whitted Leather Hobson America Pittsburgh Snowball Hicks Goshen N. Y Arkansas Paul E. Denton Focal Chardon, O Gladys Griffin London South Westport Mass Red Cross Mr. Wolfsteiner Walten Otto TL. Wolfsteiner District of Columbia Supreme Court Wolfsteiner Wolnsteiner Woolfsteiner Wolsteiner Wulvensteiner Wulfsteiner Wolfsteinere Wolfstein Wolfenstein Woolfenstein Wolfvenstein Woofenstein Wolfensteen Wulfenstein Wulfverstein Wulfstein Wolstein Wolfsteen Wolfsten Woolfsten Woolfstein Woolstein Weilstein Wolsteen Woolestone Woulte Wolfsteiner Wolfsheimer, Wolfstein, Steiner Amsis CTA X& S Bermuda Hay Timothy Clover Cate Ile
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