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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
1
The ad highlights a stock of men’s wear including shirts collars and hose at easy prices. New shape golf hats in light shades are correct this season. Mentions of Walter Day returning from Indianapolis for a state undertakers convention and local music notes from the Bedford Premier Band concert.
Dr D B Cargile of Washita I T reports Mrs Brewer cured of scrofula with Electric Bitters after years of suffering. The tonic is praised as a blood purifier and remedy for eczema and ulcers, with benefits to liver kidneys and digestion. Bedford Review notes Howard Fields chosen to represent Lawrence County in the Indiana Silver Republican Committee.
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Heart Cure as a heart and blood tonic for shortness of breath palpitations and chest discomfort. It claims recent user A C Payne from Morgantown was relieved after three bottles and invites readers to write for free advice and booklet.
Bloomington led the meet with 56 points, Salem 43, Bedford 32, and Washington 11. Judah’s Judah of Bedford starred in pole vault and multiple events, while Fred Bryan dominated the bicycle races and Nellie Kemp and Ella Whiting earned top prizes in oratory and vocal music. The piece notes intense but friendly yells, a late College Hall program, and highlights from running, jumping, and throwing events.
Last winter during an epidemic of whooping cough my children contracted the disease and had severe coughing spells. We used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for croup successfully and found it relieved the cough and effected a complete cure. John E. Clifford proprietor Norwood House Norwood N Elliott's Drug Store sells this remedy.
Nellie Hackett six-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hackett became stuck headfirst between iron fence pickets on J and 18th streets during a Friday evening. Rescued after nearly an hour with local passerby Joe Scheefers using a small saw to split one picket freeing her.
An advertisement claims a girl may visit to sample a new perfume praised as superb. The copy emphasizes a free, no obligation invitation to prove the scent’s sweetness and quality, highlighting the storefront’s wide perfume assortment.
Heltonville notes its local marble quarry may rival national sources. The stone, quarried with limestone below, yields monuments once sold between 75 cents and 1 dollar per cubic foot. Firms Bennett Tanksley and Carmichael advertised it. quantity idle since rusted machinery sits near Evansville. The column urges reopening with capital and management.
Louisville wool dealers face losses as Eastern manufacturers cut purchases causing a sag in spring sales. Local handlers in Kentucky and Indiana pause buying, with only about 20 percent of the season’s wool reaching markets. Factors include uncertain demand for light weight goods in a presidential year and farmers seeking higher prices after last fall’s advance. Louisville processes nearly as much wool as any Southern city, with last year’s eight to nine million pounds likely to drop this year.
The eastern sky cleared before the solar eclipse began and offered a fine view of the event. Smoked glasses showed a crescent sun while naked eye viewing revealed only slight obscuration. Despite only one twelfth of the sun visible, daylight remained bright. The previous local eclipse occurred August 9, 1869 and was total, with the next due June 8, 1918.
An advertisement fragment promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for grippe or heavy cold, claiming it strengthens the lungs and restores soundness. W C Elliott endorses the product as superior to alternatives.
A reader reports severe stomach pains until a dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy relieved pain quickly. The letter praises the remedy and notes it will be kept at home. Also mentions O M Carothers recovering from smallpox and Mrs Carothers returning home from Ft Ritner. Fo ley's Hovey and Tar promoted as a lung remedy.
Residents along Lincoln Avenue and 7th Street were surprised to learn Edith Mc Bride and Charles Worden married almost a week earlier after a secret ceremony in Louisville. They crossed to New Albany to wed, keeping the news from friends until now.
Henry H. Richards of Willseyville New York recounts a yearlong breast sore that resisted many remedies until Banner Salve. After using half a box he says he was perfectly cured and will never be without it again. W. C. Eliott endorses the product.
The Democratic Congressional Convention for the Second District met at the Courthouse at 2 p m Tuesday with no contest for the Congressman nomination. Eph Inman presided as Permanent Chairman and John Johnson and William Moss served as Secretaries.
An advertisement extols bodybuilding as a lost art and links undernourished digestion to weak youths. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pellets as remedies, citing a Pensacola reader's letter claiming transformation from a “walking shadow” to health and readiness for duty.
A reader thanks Chamber lains Cough Remedy makers for family relief across coughs and lung issues and notes a drug store sale. The piece also reports large county strawberry yields expected and wage law violations in stone quarries with plans for a state payroll inquiry and quarry tour by Mr. McCormick.
Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio faced a fatal outlook after 18 months with a rectal fistula. He cured himself using five boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, advertised as a pile cure. The ad notes 25 cents per box and sale by Messick & Dodd druggists. Also mentions Mrs. C. J. Hersey sick at her West 13th Street home.
During the storm Sunday the dwelling of M O Pate near Eaglesville was struck by lightning and damaged. Four family members Mrs Pate Agnes and Alice ages 11 and Charles age 9 were severely shocked with Charles burned most severely on his right hip and leg. Others including visiting Mrs Zigler were uninjured.
Mr W A Hines of Manchester Iowa says exposure after measles led to serious lung trouble and consumption with hemorrhages and night cough. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with a full cure and praises its effectiveness for throat chest and lung issues. Regular sizes 50c and 1.00. Trial bottles free at Messick and Dodd’s Drug store.
R J Hockenberry a stone cutter in Westport caused a disturbance Saturday evening firing at a passing lady and later at others with a rifle injuring one man slightly He fled town without coat or hat and with one shoe This incident recalls a 4 year old street brawl with Lind say Jackson and a volley of about a dozen shots. Also notes on catarrh cure and local church history with Bedford First Christian church building effort and Miss Inez Bates visiting Marengo.
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