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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1913
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text offers few readable names locations or dates making it impossible to identify a clear event or subject. The surviving phrases suggest a general newspaper item but lack coherent facts to determine a main action or outcome.
A freight train incident near a siding led to a fireman’s death as engineers and crews faced an abrupt derailment and collision. Authorities ordered side track routing for eastbound traffic while investigators assess the circumstances and safety practices surrounding the crash.
Sylvester Ulaker Eads of Belmont Drawcaunty was killed Friday afternoon when a machine toppled and hurled him. The accident occurred when the horses drawing the wagon bolted, wrecking the bale. Eads leaves a wife and two children and had lived in Belmont about two years before moving to Bloomington. Services were held at the local cemetery with burial in Belmont.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a sudden death and an associated station or office note. Names and precise details are unclear but the event appears to involve a death and a local investigation or report at a station or office.
Vague OCR text mentions election headlined by city official or event. Details unreadable. readable bits imply political item tied to local governance.
Mamie Givensbir sues for alimony and child support from a man she alleges caused a marriage breakdown. The filing cites a breakup at a coal house and seeks support for two daughters and ongoing alimony.
Examinations may be taken at listed cities except those marked NX where only Stenographer Typewriter tests are given. Address Secretary Local Board of U S Civil Service Examiners or J L Earhart Secretary Sixth Civil Service District 402 Government Building Cincinnati Ohio for information and blanks.
A special First Grade or Clerical Examination will be held in multiple cities including Ashland Bowling Green Covington Danville Frankfort Hopkinsville Lafayette Lima Lexington Maysville Middlesboro New Albany Owensboro Paducah Richmond Sandusky Terre Haute Toledo Vincennes. Applications must be filed by the close of business on August 1, 1993 with the District Secretary in Cincinnati Ohio.
A man named James Darke, of this city, was released this forenoon after police investigated a complaint involving insulting conduct at the carnival grounds on Usth Street. An affidavit against Burke was not filed as the woman involved failed to appear.
Burglars entered Edward Coulter’s Oolitic Road residence Friday night by a broken window and took about 76.65 dollars from his pants in a bedroom. Bloodhounds tracked the area Saturday, following a roundabout path that Coulter suspects points to the burglars.
In Oolitic Dr Wray tested John Menaugh by shoveling dirt for an hour to prove his fitness for manual labor. Heat drew a crowd as clocks tracked the minute, and Meno bet five dollars he could last fifteen minutes. The physician finished the hour and Meno paid the bet with a cheerful countenance.
The text asserts a upcoming major reform of U S paper money with smaller notes and clearly valued portraits. It claims counterfeiters will be unable to inflate denominations once the new system is in use and that Washington Jefferson Lincoln and others will denote specific values on sight. It promises a safer simpler national currency worldwide.
Coroner Hannell at Lafayette completes investigation into the 1913 shooting of John C. Sarse r by his son Paul Barger. Verdict says the act stemmed from extreme bad judgment and was impulsively committed. Paul Barger, 18, is out on bond as the case heads to grand jury.
A heavy rain and hail storm hit Reeas Station and Avoca Friday afternoon. Dark Hollow saw little rain, while a strong downpour occurred west of Avoca.
ASO TOOK SOME FAR OVERTIME YD. M. Lockster of Ligonier arrived two weeks ago to work as night operator for the Western Union Telegraph Company. He disappeared at midnight Wednesday after drawing salary from the money drawer and taking other funds. Manager J. E. Riley notified the superintendent and another night man will be sent this week.
Capt A Durrenberger of this city was notified Friday night of his mother Mrs Wagoner of Bowling Green Kentucky. We left Saturday for Bowling Green to attend the funeral.
Mrs Robert Taylor has been ill with flux at her home at 17th and P streets but shows no improvement today.
Dean Leming 30, son of ex-Sheriff John G. Leming, drowned while swimming in White River near Portersville bridge in Washington Indiana. The body had not yet been recovered.
Mrs Ray Cook visits Mr and Mrs Sam Cook in Bloomington. Mrs Jennie Winey of New Albany visits her sister Mrs Fred Stipp in Erie. Mrs Jordan Dodd of Mitchell spends the day with her parents Mr and Mrs I N Cook on M Street. Mrs Charles Smith of Washington Avenue is ill with typhoid fever and a nurse is engaged. The Steve Hodge property on L Street sold to Charles Matthews. Mr and Mrs Fairfax Morgan plan to move to their own property on West 138th Street. Dr and Mrs Lee Strong of Indianapolis and Mrs Whitted visit Mr and Mrs John G Emery on K Street. Mrs Strong remembered as Ada Whitted. Mrs Wm Benzel hosts dinner for Mrs Chas Harris of New Philadelphia, Ohio. guests include Mrs Chas Harris and daughters and Mrs Chas Smith.
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