24 Jul 1908
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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
1
An old advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pills as cures for nervous exhaustion hysteria neuralgia and uterine disorders. It claims the remedies restore strength calm nerves and improve digestion with a pleasant candy-like formula. The ad targets women milliners seamstresses teachers and nurses highlighting supposed benefits and safety.
William Randolph Hearst declares he will not back the Democratic platform via the Independence League. He urges a new party focused on producing class interests and honest leadership rather than supporting a decayed old party. He seeks candidates who are able and honest with a sound, sincere platform.
The article suggests President Roosevelt will tour Terre Haute Evansville and Indianapolis with Bedford likely to host a speech He may travel via Southern Indiana railway to Bedford then transfer toward Mitchell and other towns in the Second district, possibly stopping briefly to say a line.
Police detained a man identified as Smith Jones after an intoxicated condition. He was later brought before the police court to answer to a charge as details of his intent and plans remained unclear in the fragment.
A brief column discusses the persistence of virtuous aims amid everyday life. It reflects on moral discipline, patient effort, and the potential for noble conduct to emerge from ordinary circumstances.
Delegates from Hedford, Leesville, Ft. Ritner, Campbellshore and other towns attended the dedication of Tunnelton Lodge No. 168 in the newly erected New Castle Hall. Grand Chancellor Gass of Muncie presided with local officers assisting during the dedicatory services.
Emma Routepoehler a 15 year old girl elopes with a Lachman-Ioes Carnival actor after a midnight ladder escape. Her father Fred Routepoehler retrieved her in Mt. Carmel as the troupe toured Indiana. The incident follows her stage struck week with the company and ends with her return home.
The Kusciusko County Medical Association plans a test of the last State Legislature’s liquor prescription law after a Warsaw physician argues prescriptions belong to the patient and must be written and cancelled by the pharmacist. A man in Oswego faces trial for liquor purchase on a verbal prescription, prompting a potential court challenge to the law. Also noted, physicians in several towns formed the Jackson County Medical Protective Association. Ray Taylor, 34, was injured by a falling object near Harrodsburg, breaking his left arm and bruising his hip and will recover at home.
A Bedford reader exposes a pamphlet from a patent medicine sheet that misleads workers claiming a labor shortage. Local man M J Morgan says he cannot find work while a mill manager allegedly rejects dozens daily. A Bloomington World clipping amplifies the claim, prompting a rebuttal by Cons Snow urging that many trades offer jobs.
Indiana reports 37,321,538 pounds of butter produced last year, up from 36,064,999 the prior year, per Indiana Bureau of Statistics chief Mary Stubbs Moore. The figures are collected annually, with simple arithmetic rules suggested for interpretation.
The Civil Service announces openings for several posts with dates and locations incliding Stenographer-Typewriter in Cincinnati July 27 and positions such as Tile Setter Chief Engineer Surveyor Chemist and more across Indiana Ohio Kentucky and the Philippines. Apply by postal card stating desired examination. notices issued July 15 1908.
Bedford readers learn that Miss Anah Chamberlain, Star’s leading contest entrant, joins nine contestants on the Great Lake party after receiving over 250 000 votes in Europe. Chamberlain loses the European trip but earns local respect. she will depart Niagara with Miss Mary Bain for New York and Washington DC before returning home. Also noted is Hon Jesse E Wilson’s appointment to the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition board. Mussel fishing on the Wabash yields fewer pearls than last year, with top prices halved. A newborn son is welcomed to Homer Lively and wife in Columbus Avenue.
Weather notes predict a reactionary storm period mid month with warmer spells and light rain, then a regular storm period and windy days later. Local items include a birth in Coxton, a marriage license for Avoca residents, a Jasper drum corps formation, land sale in the city, Indiana University enrollment surpassing 800, court actions in Bloomington, Abe Hillis selling peaches to Epperson of Ladoga, and a large peach crop moving to Chicago.
Thomas E Watson and Eugene V Debs, once Bryan allies, predict Taft will win and spar over Bryan's stance on injunctions. Debs harshly criticizes Bryan while Watson praises his past as a running mate. The piece also notes Caleb Powers to lecture August 1 1908 at Glenwood Park New Albany Indiana about Truth on the Scaffold.
In Gibson circuit court Mrs. Mary J. Morris accuses Haubstadt saloonkeeper William Hughes, through attorney D W Duncan, of causing injuries to her husband George W Morris by supplying liquor while he was intoxicated. Morris was struck by a traction car near Haubstadt after the Fort Branch fire and suffered severe, possibly permanent injuries. He has since been moved home near Patoka and is slowly recovering.
George Underwood of a West 16th street monument shop carves a Bedford buff stone rustic lawn vase now exhibited at the south end of Lawrence Park. The piece reflects credit on his carving skill and craftsmanship.
Greene County faces a receivership action against the Southern Indiana railroad over delinquent May taxes. Vandalia Coal Company backers and county officials are blamed for pressuring a tax sale as part of a broader campaign. Judge Harris and local lawyers assert a scheme to force the railroad into payment delays, while Treasurer Godwin opts for leniency and fall settlement.
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