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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1902
Page
3
Eggs wanted for cash at the Cash Boss shoe store on East Side Pier Square. Advertises a price of three dollars per dozen and seeks buyers. No further details provided.
Ira George and family spent Sunday at Avoca as illnesses, travel, and social visits fill the community. The Bedford area reports several recoveries, travel to Indianapolis for a funeral, and a malaria update. The Salem baseball club plans a Bedford Fairground game with Stone Citys next Sunday. Local commerce, street chatter, and civic notes surface alongside new births, deaths, and property changes. The piece blends personal updates with small town happenings across Bedford and vicinity.
Charles McCarrell and O M Wallace sue the Southern Indiana Ry for injuries from a sleigh accident last winter at the Belt bridge where the Oolitic road passes. Trials are scheduled for Thursday at Paoli.
D P Hodge sold fertilizer in Bloomington. Mrs. Robert Cannon visits her mother there. Elsworth Deckard and Ila Mason receive a marriage license. Miss Ninah Route visits Miss Grace Bass in Bloomington. Brooks Curtis Stone Co builds addition to Kahn store mill. Various local movements and emails mention birthdays travel and public works. Governor Durbin to coordinate Rhodes scholarships discussions with Indiana colleges. Topographical survey for Midland Portland Cement Co conducted near town with detailed mapping and planned mill site development.
J S Ramsey of Bartlettsville and Ed Skerd of Tunnpelton appear in city over the weekend. Cal Stalcup of Bloomfield guests Olie Vestal, while Isaac Finnon of Short travels via North Bedford. Conductor Steve Lockwood returns to service on the S I line after days away. Miss Addie Kern of Williams visits Nannie Wright and Bessie Callahan. Rice Haverly sells his West 16th street grocery to Howard Fields who assumes charge. Boyd, Byers Co secure a new delivery wagon for the firm on 1 and 7 streets. Claud Morgan and family visit Bedford. Morgan joins Campbellsburg Fishing Club briefly. Ottie Green and Kate Padgatt receive a transfer. Lola Hazel of Bloomington visits local friends. Capt. D B Vance of Browns town guests Attorney Frank Vance. Mrs Mary Speer of Kansas visits M Allen and family. Clyde and Lydia Guthrie visit sister Mrs Walter Sherwood at Loogoctee. Frank Hamer returns from Chicago and Grand Rapids. Mrs Albert Lovell and children Ebb and Donald return from country visit. Mrs Charlotte Miller, formerly with Mrs Wm Coryell, departs Bedford to visit her brother Wm Irwin.
Historic resort near Mt. Olive on White River in Martin County spans 153 acres of virgin forest with a sulphur magnesia spring and bathhouse. It offers river frontage for bass and catfish, abundant game in surrounding woods, and is under development by Stanley Chrisler W E Clark and Indianapolis partners, continuing Frank Brassine’s legacy of healing and recreation.
Lewis Dennis becomes post master at Salem replacing Dr. H. G. Hobbs who receives a gold headed cane from staff. The annual camp meeting at Silver Hills, near New Albany, runs Aug 8 to 21 with repairs completed and ample accommodations. H. E. B. Wells of French Lick, en route to the lakes, falls ill in Chicago with heart trouble and paralysis. his son James and daughter Cora Cave with husband Will Cave stay by him in this critical condition.
Vincennes Board of Trade targets four new factories including a cash register coffee mill show case wagon and stove plant. A Monon freight collided with a Vandalia train at Limedale crossing causing hours of blockade. Express firms announce water melon express trains starting next Monday to haul crops in Kentucky and southern Indiana. Labor Day celebrations organized by Bedford Stone Cutters Union Planer Men and Lawyers Organizations along with Railroad Men's Organizations promise a grand event on the first Monday in September.
Wallace and Nannig Dyg and family express gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness and assistance during the illness and death of little sister Ada.
The City Council in special session rejected James Ruddick's request for an amended telecom franchise allowing him to set any rate. They offered a twenty year extension instead of ten, which Ruddick declined as he campaigns to gather signatures for the amendment. It seems unlikely many phone users will sign.
City Police Court reports Mayor Johnson ordered teamster Bledsoe jailed after he resisted being silenced outside City Hall. Judge Fletcher fined him 15.50 and costs. he remained jailed for nonpayment. Also includes local notices of births marriages and small town updates from Bedford and surrounding areas.
The Great Vigo County Fair will run August 11 to 16 at Terre Haute fair grounds. Ten thousand dollars in prize money across numerous divisions plus 1 000 000 candle electric lights, bands, free shows, and major attractions promise a premier Indiana event with 10 cent admission and half fare rail rates.
Five Hobson brothers in the ministry plan a reunion at Fairview on Sabbath August 3. Each brother will preach that day. A basket dinner will be served and all are invited.
Clinton McCurdy visits Williams while Catherine Withman returns from Brownstown. Miss Owens arrives from Chattanooga to visit relatives. Arbor Day proclaimed for Oct 24, urging school closings. Columbus plans an West Baden excursion with Seymour invitees. Monon freight unaffected by Chicago strike due to stone and lumber shipments. French Lick Lodge receives $500 lot gift from Taggart and French Lick Springs Co. Metz suit against city over buggy accident heard at Paoli with multiple attorneys. Na omie Lodge No 91 members tour Heltonville for lodge work. refreshments served until 1:30 a.m. Numerous local residents listed with spouses absent.
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