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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1915
Page
4
Thomas J Brooks and Fred B Otis head the newspaper with Mrs Harry Askew as society editor. phone contact listed.
Uncle Billie George, the South eastern pump man, brings odd Irish potatoes from Kurtz and Cale, with vines growing like tomatoes. He shows bunches in the South eastern baggage room, claiming over half of a one acre field vines produce these unusual potatoes. Other local notes include visits and moves: Mrs. Clyde Hodges to Orleans, Superintendent Sanders in town, Mrs. Mary Blackburn and Shuart to Avoca, and Everett Judah moving to New Albany for work.
Frank Hendrickson, employed at the Greer Wilkinson Lumber Yards, fractured his left arm just below the elbow during a playful scuffle with visiting friends at Mount Carmel. A local physician treated the break, and he is resting but in pain as he recovers.
Farmers near Armstrong Station cut sycamore trees across Indian Creek to span the washout. They laid a bent supported plank floor by night, creating a crossing on a shoofly bridge that local people say is sturdy and adequate to replace the washed out old structure.
Review by Rev. W. J. discusses Mrs Viola Parks Edwards poetry collection highlighting its themes, style, and emotional resonance. The piece notes literary merit, formal craft, and the poet's voice amid contemporary devotional and domestic imagery.
City Council held a routine session at City Hall with minor business. A street light petition at Seventeenth and D streets was rejected and several building permits were approved.
A Civil Service Commission notice details examinations for various positions including Instrument Maker Met chemist and Ordnance Craftsman. Pay ranges from 720 to 2700 dollars with dates in July and August and test sites in Bloomington Evansville Fort Wayne Indianapolis Jeffersonville Lafayette Marion Richmond South Bend Terre Haute and Valparaiso. Further details available from the Commission in Washington or I L Earnhart in Cincinnati.
Mrs. Nannie Batterson underwent amputation of the great toe of her right foot at City Hospital on Tuesday forenoon after suffering from blood poisoning.
Mr and Mrs August Dussard and family visited Williams Tuesday and spent the day at the Dussard farm near that place.
The State Fire Marshal warns gasoline storage over ten gallons must be underground within city fire limits with forty days notice for compliance. Dealers across the state report inquiries, many store large quantities in light metal tanks, while outside fire limits above ground storage is allowed with specific tank and pump requirements.
The Bedford Matinee Driving Club met to organize a large event including a three year old pace race, running races, motorcycle race, harness events, paced and trotted races with substantial purses, and a 10 mile mororescle race. Officers kept post while Driscoll was elected Secretary and Ryan Beem remained Treasurer amid committee improvements.
Grover Marley’s car wrecked three miles north of Paoli was moved to Brown & Brown Garage under its own power despite a badly bent steering wheel a broken windshield misaligned front wheels and a torn left rear wheel after a new rear wheel was fitted. Estimated damage about 150 dollars. Mrs Walter Todd and Mrs leo Willams visited Mitchell Wednesday. Mrs John W Hays of Guthrie was in the city Tuesday. Birth announced for Mary daughter of Clarence Ray near Fairview. Noble Malott family of Tunnelton guests of William Duncan Tuesday have returned home.
Mrs Amanda Weatherholt died at her Avoca home Monday and was buried Tuesday in Avoca cemetery. She was about seventy and had suffered goitre for several years. She left several children living nearby in Avoca.
Mrs. Onnie Howell, wife of Flomer Howell, claimed a fatal poison dose at the Shea & Donnelly Mill near six thirty this morning. Police and medical staff rushed in. a water capsule saved her life. Howell had filed for divorce the previous Monday amid ongoing domestic troubles.
Visitors from Phe Ploomfield travel to Washington Park for a Sunday game against the Bearsford Cubs. Linton Hiatt and other players are featured as notable performers, with the hometown club aiming for a strong showing despite uneven form. The match is billed to start at about one o clock.
Charles Bressa received a from Bowling Green while Kays' mother was in very dangerous condition. Mar Brown will leave for Bowling Green soon.
Advance information from the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce suggests the Liberty Bell will be shipped from New Orleans to Indianapolis by the Hoosier Central railway on its return trip from the San Francisco exposition to Philadelphia. An effort is planned to have the bell stop in Bloomington for several hours.
Judge R W Akers named D J Schuman as receiver for the Bloomington Journal a Progressive daily started eighteen months ago and now losing nearly 100 a week. The court will settle obstacles and the paper will continue until equipment is sold with two other dailies in town the Word and the Telephone.
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