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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1915
Page
4
The column lists Thomas J. Brooks as proprietor and editor Fred B. Otis as managing editor with Mrs Harry Askew as society editor and Wesley L. Rhoda as manager. It notes the newspaper is entered at Bedford Indiana Postoffice as second class matter.
The notice lists year display advertising with pricing per inch for 1 to 3 insertions at 25 cents, four insertions at 15 cents per inch, and five to twelve insertions at 12 4 percent per inch.
OPRINGVILLE reports a weekend with Ray Conner of Oolitic visiting friends. The Lind Show Co will perform three nights this week. Occasional trips include Mr. and Mrs. Hunt of Washington and Mr. and Mrs. Clay Beard of Bloomington on business.
Steven spent a few days with her mother Mrs S R Chesnut while Mr and Mrs Caleb Cobb of Bedford and Mrs Etta Whitted of Bloomington visited relatives Sunday. Cleo Gray attended a grand Christian Church concert in Bedford. Little Marjory Jane Hail visited home for a week. Walter Giles hosted a birthday party for his daughter Jorena Giles with games and lemon cake refreshments.
Rev Pickler of Mitchell held services here over Sunday. Berlin Bartlett and family visited his parents Sunday. Finn Covey stays with Mrs Bill Browning of Heltonville. Much corn in the bottom not coming out well. Practically no hay. Mr and Mrs Smith Hicks both ill. Mr Hicks dropsy and Mrs Hicks cancer. Bro A Russell and Bro Tather Medaris of Peerless attended church. Willis Sowder and wife and Evelyn Sowder visiting Mrs Sowder's parents at Crawfordsville. Vada Cracraft and family and Mr and Mrs Marion Cracraft visited Vada's parents Sunday. Little Kemery Bartlett son of Mr and Mrs H Bartlett suffers rupture improving. Kinser road supervisor building a concrete bridge by Oma May place, former Sowder farm. Hen Graves wrestled with Lestin Sowder, received heavy fall, was out for a time, now up again.
A six day sale at Heltonville starts August 2 featuring damaged flood items and overstock offerings at prices below wholesale. G. M. Norman promotes general merchandise with bargains across remaining lots.
Mrs. Fred Kern of Oolitic spent Wednesday in the city visiting her father G S Beeman who has been ill at his Wash ington Avenue home for two weeks after suffering a stroke of paralysis.
Farmers stay busy threshing wheat this week while neighbors visit Clara Speer. Ray and family of Bedford visit James and Mrs Kindred. An ice cream social on the church lawn is planned for July 31. Mildred Touden visits grandparents Hollman. Prof. T. J. Good from Indianapolis tours Indiana Central University. Mrs. Florence Chase and children go to Lafayette to meet her husband at Purdue Stock Yards.
Anna Murphy reports on Clena Pex visiting Huron while many locals attend a Fairview meeting. Numerous relatives travel between Bedford Seymour and nearby towns. The piece lists visitors from Marysville Mitchell Cincinnati Greely and Louisville visiting and returning home after extended visits.
Indiana leaders organize 71 Broadway New York headquarters a statewide drive to collect ten cents per person for the Harvest Ship to Belgium. Allen County Fort Wayne form township committees with women urged to donate evaporated milk to feed babies as grain supplies shrink.
Mrs Zella Roberts and her children visited relatives at Campbellsburg on Wednesday. BE A Dixon and children attended an ice cream supper in Lawrenceport on Saturday night. Noble Smith and wife of Rivervale visited T S Neideffer and wife over the weekend. William Mhinson and wife of Mitchell spent Sunday aboard the Jim Watson boat on White River. Frank Young traveled to Marengo on Tuesday for plastering the new bank building contract. Joseph Meadows and wife stayed with John A Link and wife this week and will soon go to Iowa.
Miss Lizzie Sellers visited Bedford while Mrs Wright and son traveled there. Wheat threshing is active as farmers work the fields. Mrs Winfred Sherrill returned from visiting her parents. A basket dinner at Old Union next Sunday invites all to bring baskets. Win McClinnis and wife celebrated a golden anniversary with relatives arriving for the day. Several Bodys and friends, including Emery and Bernice Boyd, were guests of ALL Boyd on Sunday.
Olin T. Vestal a freight conductor long known in Bedford and in Missouri was killed at Towell Arkansas after a presumed railroad wreck. He resided in Missouri and had strong ties here including a widow and a large circle of friends. Vestal worked for the Monon railway and served as yardmaster in Bedford for years.
Former Mitchell teacher Reverend J K Howard died Saturday in Indianapolis. He served at Mitchell School and was known for community involvement and tutoring local youth. Funeral plans were not listed in the notice.
The Rev Josk Yloward a Baptist minister aged seventy six died Saturday afternoon at 4 20 after a fall of illness in Indianapolis He lived ten years there preached in area churches and led Baptist congregations for about thirty years Survived by three sons one daughter and one brother Funeral plans await word from western relatives Indianapolis News notes his long connection with Bedford and Mitchell where he helped found Geminary school decades ago
Frank Young reports Carl Talbott and wife shopped in Leipsie. J W Montgomery and children visited Bernard Friday. Mrs Howard Sheets and baby went to Indianapolis. Milton Baker of Salem attended his brother here Sunday. Miss Luaynda Atchison left for Arthur Illinois to make her future home. Mrs Carrie Rich and children returned to Indianapolis. Jonah Matthew and family from Sal ila spent Sunday with their thrashing outfit. Tom Clover and wife of Florida visited A J Montgomery. Harry Mayfield and wife of Sullivan visited Homer Barker. Maude and Liggie Knight of Salem were guests of Miss Yohns. Samuel Wowyman and wife of Salem and Bean Manger and wife of Marengo camp here. Mrs Buford Bowman street is suffering from malaria.
Mrs Walter Johnson of Chicago who was operated on at City hospital two weeks ago has been moved to the home of her mother Mrs Otto Neradank on East UTth street. She will be glad to welcome friends during her convalescence.
A quiet ceremony occurred at the home of officiant Rev. M. C. Clark at 1628 P Street Bedord, Indiana at 3 p m Tuesday July 1915. The parties were Francis M Beck and Fulah Maude Parker both of Bedford Indiana. They departed for their future home at 415 Le Street.
Engineer Charles Bowers of the Southeastern, badly injured in a car crash near Poak two weeks ago, has left the hospital for home in Terre Haute. His wife accompanied him and the trained horse. He will be unable to resume duties for some time.
Mayor Robert W. Morris chairs a conference of prominent Third district Republicans to arrange a large reception for hundreds of party members from the district and across Indiana. The event at West Baden on Thursday August 12 will feature speakers Gov Phillips of Wisconsin Dr Ren Bruner of Louisville and others with Will T Ware and J W Henley from the State Committee in attendance.
Mrs. George Parks returns home from Fayetteville after visiting her sister Mrs. John Newland. Mrs. Jay Eliott and her son of Chicago stay with Mrs. Onn Garrison on South I street. Mrs. Fred Prosser travels to Mitchell to visit her mother Mrs. Emily Perkheiser for several days.
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