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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR item notes eruptions and cures for ulcers indigestion and related conditions. It reads as a mixed list of remedies and health claims with incomplete phrasing and possible product mentions. The readable elements include health statements and medical claims without clear attribution or fuller context.
Abe Smith a Bedford native who migrated to Texas died at his daughter’s home in Mesquite Tuesday aged 82. A Democrat with Confederate sympathies during the Civil War era, he was a Mason and Mexican War veteran. Funeral services were at the Baptist church with Masonic burial at Mesquite cemetery.
Judge C C Kohlsaat enjoined Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railway from issuing mileage tickets in exchange for Munsey's Magazine advertising. The Hepburn Act prohibition on compensation for transportation was tested amid questions on the ad's cash value and its equivalence to money payments. The decision signals stricter enforcement of rate equality and challenges barter arrangements in rail transportation.
The court warns that changing statute language cannot allow different payment forms to alter the schedule rate. It emphasizes cash value and calls for consistency to prevent rate variation by carrier whim. The defendant appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. railroad attorneys filed notice.
Ponies are scart letters asking when races may be played at the French Lick and West Baden clubrooms. Managers doubt Governor Hanly's stance on gambling this fall and fear a raid. Gamblers expect little support to race, while Orange County officers may not harass them. Last spring Indianapolis authorities caused a summer closure.
A man bought all empty whisky barrels in the city at high prices and paid with checks drawn on an Indianapolis bank. After checks bounced, the man and over a carload of barrels disappeared. The saloons lost more than 150 dollars in value, prompting a reconsideration of barrel sales for cash.
The Lawrence County Democratic convention met in Bedford to nominate candidates for county offices. Thomas Welsh was chosen for Representative, Curtis Todd for Clerk, Eugene Crowe for Treasurer, R L Gyger for Sheriff, Will D Ewing for Recorder, Joseph L Skerd for Coroner, James Caress for Surveyor, Thomas Cobb for First District Commissioner, and Jacob Colglazier for Third District Commissioner. The event featured Judge R W Miers’s remarks, band performances, and a large turnout of delegates and supporters.
A Brown County resident notes rattlesnakes can be friendly when treated well. His brother Jim found a six foot rattler near Nashville and released it after it became a watchdog. A burglar alarm episode followed as the snake rattled from the window. Frank Samuels, a ginseng and rattlesnake hunter, caught a large rattlesnake near Weed Patch Hill and exhibited it in Columbus. The snake was netted calmly, head pinned under a forked stick, then dropped into a sack.
A Scientific American writer describes killing or driving off hawks in a chicken yard by mounting a blunt scythe on a high pole with the edge downward. Hawks land on the blade, injure their talons, and are repelled or slain as they attack the weapon.
Bud Jackson shot and killed Lafe Bushrod during a dispute over smoking a pipe at Francisco. Jackson claims the act was in fun and he did not think the gun was loaded. The bullet struck Bushrod in the head near the eye. Jackson formerly lived in Oakland City and had a good reputation. A. A. Splitgerber and others noted the incident as a serious local crime. In other local news, Ben Hur order paid Mrs Frances M Owens $1,200, the policy amount from her late husband W. L. Owens. Birth announcements: a son for Mr. and Mrs. Perky Perkins of West Eight Street and a son for Mr. and Mrs. George Pace near Erie.
Report indicates Liberals and Conservatives made pledges to prevent clashes at the convention. Sources say each candidate agreed to concessions that could lead to their defeat over time.
Charles Mitchell, son of John Mitchell, of Fast Sixteenth street, was badly burned Friday when a powder explosive he held ignited after he tried to throw part of it on a fire. The flash burned his face tongue mouth and eyes and blistered his hand.
Clyde H. Squires 17, son of Mitchell residents, was arrested by a Post Office Inspector in Bloomington on charges of opening mail addressed to others. He waived examination and awaits action by the federal grand jury after appearing before U S Commissioner McPheeters.
Edna and Chris Dalton were fined 22 dollars in Mayor Stipp's court for beating Tommy Carter and Dan Kelly after 13 chickens were stolen from Carter's Portland chicken park last Sunday. Dick Dalton faced petit larceny charges in Circuit Court and was jailed briefly before posting 100 dollars bail. the Carter family faced roughly 40 dollars in total costs and attorney fees.
Sheriff Thomas Box returned from Terre Haute with Marcus D. Reid in custody. Reid, brother of city resident Alex Reid, is charged with offering ten dollars to jurors Robert Thompson and Homer Clark to influence a Lawrence Circuit Court decision in the Union Lumber Company vs Trowbridge case during the September 1906 term. He fled after learning of the investigation, and was arrested on a street car in Terre Haute. He remains in jail awaiting the September term unless bail is posted.
Shawswick crowds fill the ring as eight offices are contested. Lawrence county citizens condemn attacks on the judiciary by Democrats. Cyrus Blackburn escapes the storm, while Will D Ewings wins the Recorder nomination. A Dubois county man chairs a Liberal Conservative compromise amid taunting speeches.
Nelson Fritts an escaped convict from Michigan City Prison, convicted of first degree murder and serving life, was captured eighteen miles from Barbersville Kentucky. Prison Agent Thomas Larmore traced him through the Blue Ridge and Cumberland Mountains, overpowered him at his brother in law's home, and he will be returned to Michigan City.
The ap pro approaching marriage of J. P. Dyer and Miss Gertrude Moss is announced with a forthcoming ceremony at the Christian church on the evening of Wednesday, August 6. Dyer, assistant district superintendent with the Vanderlia Coal company, has been in Linton about three years and is well regarded. Moss is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W M Moss of North Main street and has many Bedford and Linton friends.
Chester Pettus aged 11 of Bloomington suffered the loss of both hands after striking a large dynamite stick with a stone to demonstrate its power to a crowd of small boys. His right forearm was badly mangled as the blast occurred in a field near East 18th Street, injuring him and a child onlookers.
A Indianapolis Star report details Republican County Chairmen meetings at the Claypool Hotel with Rep Watson and others outlining brewery campaign activity in Indiana. Brewers backers push personal influence to sway voters while saloon interests seek to block the Republicans. Ex-Governor Durbin predicts strong Republican temperance support in November.
Emory Cassell, recently tried for the murder of Thomas Mills in Owen Circuit Court with a hung jury, is released on a $5,000 bond. He will stay with guardian Frank McCormick until the October term, awaiting a second trial. The bond covers about $25,000 in property. Cassell thanks Sheriff Slinkard and notes the strain of five months’ confinement.
John Vaughan 76 of New Albany Indiana is among the oldest active locomotive engineers. In 53 years he has driven trains three times weekly between New Albany and Bloomington on the Monon line. Previously he operated Louisville to Lafayette in a passenger service using a large battle ship type locomotive that must be cut off at New Albany with a lighter engine shuttling the train to Louisville.
Miss Dora Jaynes daughter of Mrs. Jaynes of West 14th Street married Calvin Williams Saturday night at 7 in the bride’s sister Mrs. Myrtle Quillen’s home. Rev. John Williams officiated. Relatives and friends attended as the couple will live with his mother in North Bedford until setting up housekeeping.
The United States Cement plant in Bedford halted operations for six weeks due to weak demand and low prices. Competition between United States Steel and Atlas Cement over a patent has driven prices down, with costs for Bedford dropping from 98 10 to 95 cents per barrel after new machinery. The plant stored excess product to avoid deeper losses, while workers face unemployment as the market struggles.
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