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Newspaper

Bedford Weekly Mail

Location

Bedford, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1901

Page

3

Bedford News Briefs: Local People and Life Events

Raphael Pansa and Mrs. Frank Day on the sick list. Eugene Thomas from Lawrenceport visited Bedford. Miss Claude Sherrill visits her father in Leesville. Henry Bailey and Sarah Fullen issued a marriage license. A baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Newland Caress. Louis Reyman and Mary Farris issued marriage license. Nell Bryant takes saleslady job in Chicago branch. Bedford ladies travel to Limestone for Mothers Meeting. Mrs. John Bowman gravely ill at North Bedford. Lawyer Frank Vance and wife spend days in Brownstown. Alice Lanier returns from Mitchell. Thomas Martin sells peaches for Washington county fruit raisers. Walter Chilton returns home after San Francisco muster out. Bedford Band boys not attending Indiana National Guard Encampment. Blanche Hoff dies at Dark Hollow. burial at Green Hill. Asa Pollard moves to Linton for mill job. Mrs. Ed Denniston recovering from typhoid fever. Miss Martha Luedtke hosts guests for Edna Benzel’s visit.

Bedford community notices and upcoming circus event

Local residents report illnesses and recoveries while others travel or relocate. Several youths and elders are mentioned by name with everyday health and social updates. The John Robinson Circus plans to exhibit in Bedford August 15, and a group plans a clubhouse at Old Palestine by White River with no chosen name yet.

City Offices Move to New City Hall

The City Clerk City Treasurer and City Engineer have moved to the new City Hall at 16th and Main streets. The Clerk and Treasurer occupy the west front room upstairs while the Engineer and Waterworks Superintendent use the east front room upstairs. The Council will meet in the large double parlor on the first floor.

City Hall 16Th Council

Local News Briefs and Notices From Bedford Area

Reports show Roscoe White ill with malaria and no better. Several residents, including Mrs. Will Sears and Mrs. Gertie Demoss, are mentioned with varying travels and health. A saw mill worker’s rig overworked a mare near Oolitic, leading to her death. calls to enforce animal-welfare laws accompany varied marriages, visits, and town business down to Bloomington and Indianapolis.

Roscoe White Will Sears

Busy Store Promises Cool Gear At Low Prices

The advertisement urges readers to visit the busy store to escape heat with a wide selection of cool wear and accessories. Highlights include cool gauze underwear hosiery muslin underwear wrappers dressing sacs waist skirts lawns dimities white goods wash silks bath towels and more offered at low prices with prompt service.

Local residents checked in and out of Seymour visits

Chas. Howard of Seymour spent Sunday here. Mose Love from Seymour arrived Monday. Virge Alexander of Heltonville and Mrs. Amanda Caldwell of Erie visited Saturday. John and Luke Reynolds on business Saturday. Mrs. J. A. Caldwell of Orleans also stayed Sunday. W. O. Thomas of Pinhook and Thos. W. Root with Walter Mason came on Saturday. John A. Brooking seen Friday. Pinhook reports dryness. Mrs. Geo. Johnson visited Campbellsburg. Todd Edmondson improved his West 13th Street home with new sidewalks. Mrs. Ella Williams of Cincinnati visiting Elder John Williams. James Woods of Indianapolis visiting his father east of town. G. A. Smith left for Williams Monday for carpentry work. Mrs. Dave Skerd returned from Elizabethtown. A 13 month old child of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Denniston died Friday and was buried at Breckinridge graveyard. Mrs. Eilen McMahan, moving from North Street, rents a house on East 19th Street. Monon excursion to Chicago on July 27 offered. fare round trip 2.00.

Isaac Denniston Breckinridge

Dentist J W Prichard Advertises Pain Free Extractions

Dr J W Prichard offers painless tooth extractions and best dental work at lowest possible prices. All work guaranteed. Office on West Side above Mitchell's Drug Store.

West Side Mitchell's Drug Store

Local notes and incidents from Mitchell area in July 1901

Oscar Woody returns from Illinois and a county Fair for sale listed. Austin Hennon and Sam Cook visit Mitchell. Ed Mason from Guthrie visits. Dr. Gardner to Huron. Tindall paints Caley shop roof. Heat caps Frank Day. Mrs. Lindsey ill. neighbors visit and travel to Shiloh and Louisville. Death in Louisville prompts relatives’ travel. service and visits follow in city. Eight more brief items include home builds, relatives from Indiana, school visits, and an upcoming ice cream social near Shawswick. A cold day is suggested for relief and two lake-excursion ads to Chicago offer round trips.

Dinner Honors Pace Guests and Local Notables

Social notes report Mr. and Mrs. James Pace hosting a dinner for Edison Saladee G W Vantyle and wife of Springville visiting their daughter Mrs. Wm Van Sickle. Local items describe weather incidents, a city hall safe accident, and construction work ahead as Fultz Williamson tear down old offices for a new building.

G. W. Vantyle Springville Wm. van Sickle

Local Society Notes From Mitchell and Surrounding Areas

Miss Reese Brewer is on the sick list. Mr and Mrs Mark Reid visited the country Tuesday. Charlie Mason of Springville spent Sunday with friends. A 12 pound girl born to Mr and Mrs Stuart Strout of New Albany. Miss Cora Freeman of Williams visited Monday. Jessie Ragsdale and Mrs Frank Brewer drove to Springville Wednesday. Iva Corbin of Greene county guests of Mrs Albert Ashcraft of West 19th street. Mrs Dave Skerd left for home Monday. Jeff Haupt writing from Iowa says the state is burning up. Lem Harbaugh at El Reno Ohio plans to go into business there. Warren Runnels left for Mt Vernon Ohio to visit relatives returning in fall. Rev A J Edwards Lola and Armond Pruitt went to Indianapolis for Harvest Home Camp Meeting. Monon to Chicago excursion July 27 28. Sarah Vaught arrived from Smithville to visit daughter Mrs Henry son, then returned to Mitchell. Mark Reid’s buggy upset when horse ran away near Mitchell. A W Jones secures pension for Elizabeth Eversoll widow of Edward Eversoll. Old house on 15th street torn down for new building by Drs McDonald and Hariden. Rev Irvine reports Presbyterian services suspended until new church completion. Stone cutters leave for Pittsburgh to finish exposition build. J A Chowning to hold meetings near Huron with baskets to share. A young man at Anderson marries the best man after fleeing from the clerk. Tobe Thompson’s North Greencastle house robbed of edibles. Fifty to sixty hogs owned by Wanderer McCammack died in heat in a stubble field. He suspects lack of water access contributed.

Local notes reflect health, travel, and events across town

Roscoe White improves from illness while Dr Dunzan visits Williams. Frank Cooper visits Knox county and Frank Donica travels to Mitchell. Mac Larter heads to Chicago for summer work. W. W. Ferguson shows signs of recovery. Frank Stephenson travels to Kansas to inspect a wheat crop. Chas Reid builds foundations for new block. Robert Garochs joins visiting family from St. Louis. The Kellys case advances in Judge Chrisler's Court. Will Piercy limps from a foot injury. An ice cream supper at Sherrill’s raises funds for Trinity M E church. Miss Josie Easton departs Spencer for Bloomington. Mike Guthrie returns to Tunnelton to fish with friends. W A Wilson tours New York and the Pan-American Exposition. Mrs Parmelia Walker, 73, buried at Beech Grove Cemetery after prayers. Prayer meeting at First Christian Church discusses forgiveness. Delivery wagon drivers urged to curb racing. butter risk discussed. Dog days attributed to Sirius August to September.

Local notes on visits and gold finds in Brown and Vigo counties

Miss Grace Richards plans a Lafayette visit while Pastor C W Chadwick attends a Chicago B Y P U Convention and will be away Sunday. William Young of Bear Creek placer Brown county sent 400 in crude gold to Philadelphia mint. Frank Wells panned about 100. Reports discuss land bids, mining activity, and a map exhibit by City Engineer Houston featuring 1837 Ohio Indiana Illinois and 1854 world maps plus a Welsh chest from 1820. A Terre Haute Tribune reporter investigates Vandalia opposition to local rail and quarry projects, exposing a hotel register anecdote.

William Young Bear Creek Place Brown County United States Mint Philadelphia Frank Wells Houston Ohio Indiana Illinois Chicago England Terre Haute Tribune Bedford Tell Tale Hotel Register

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Jasper Kern Austin Hennon Sam Cook Mason Guthrie City Joseph Gardner Huron Geo. Tindall John Caley Frank Day S. C. Graham West 12Th Street Tom Brown Shad Ash Politic Leonard Boyd Shiloh Lin Long Samuel Hummer Myrtle Frank Milligan Indian Springs John Mitchell Aaron Mitchell East 16Th Street Martha Smith Mary Vestal Mary E. Vestal G. W. Teeters Richmond Louise Grace Wood Pearl Gertrude Fuquay Alice Osborne Loogootee James W. Kern and Watseka Oliver Beavers Little Raymond Nance Willard Sherrill The Building & Loan Association E. D. Starr Ind Samuel Simpson Shawswick Manon Rebecca Brooking Eva Dunlavy Philippine Islands Mike Henger Bryantsville J. E. Graham Seymour High School James D. Farmer Arthur Henry Isom South F Street William H. Martin Philippines Menon Saturdy Geo. C. Tindall Ed Tindall USA Teeiy Or, H. H. Braxton Mrs James Pace Mrs. Edison Saladee Malvina Setzer Lizzie Martin CG. BE. Asbury W. M. Denniston Nellie Moore Kate McMahan Tom Mundy Bess Ora Ingledon G. W. Brown Bedford Electric Light Works Nashville Paoli Short Matiz Tom Whitted Morris Inman A. Shoalsman Rivervale Washington Democrat J. Seymour Ohio & Mississippi Railway North Vernon St. Louis James Shields Fultz & Williamson A. J. McDonald C. BE. Rariden Dr. McDonald K. D. Owen Dr. Rariden Addie Allen David L. Sheeks Mark Reid Charlie Mason Stuart Strout New Albany Cora Freeman Cleada Hellner Jessie Ragsdale Frank Brewer Iva Corbin Greene County Albert Ashcraft West 19Th Street Jeff Haupt Iowa H. P. Pearson Everthing Lem Harbaugh el Reno Warren Runnels Mt. Vernon A.J. Edwards Lola Pruitt Armond Pruitt Sue Ville H. P. Rapey, G. A Sarah Vaught Smithville Henryson South F A. W. Jones Elizabeth J. Eversoll Edward P. Eversoll Irvine Presbyterian Church W.S. White J. W. Quayle M. Mulhall Geo.Clare Furst Kerber Cut Stone Co Pittsburg Exposition J. A. Chowning Davis County Church of Christ King’s Ridge Anderson Tobe Thompson Greencastle Wanderer McCammack Belle Union Wilson’s . Bargain B. B. Marley Dr. Dunzan Jim Hardy Medora Clarence Nance Amy Stipp East of Town Frank Cooper Knox County Frank Donica Mac Larter W. W. Ferguson Frank Stephenson Kansas Chas. Reid Drs. McDonald and Rariden Robert Garochs Kellys Spider Creek Chrisler Will Piercy Joseph H. Sherrill Trinity M. E. Church Josie Easton Spencer Geo. Chambers Mike Guthrie Western Union Telegraph Office Tunnelton W. A Wilson New York Thousand Islands Parmelia Walker Beech Grove Christain Brooking Sirius Grace Richards Lafayette C. W. Chadwick Baptist Church Frank M. Cosner D. H. Baldwin & CO E. M. Young H. M. Burnham I. Gades South Side Square Hodge & Ferguson Méssick & Dodd
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