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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
2
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Dr A D Williams of Bedford quits the Indiana State Board of Medical Registration written exam after two subjects amid third floor corridor noise and ongoing renovations. At 73 he is the oldest applicant among 125 seeking licensure, with reciprocity issues preventing Missouri license use. If able he may finish at the next exam session.
The State Board of Medical Examinations and Registration revoked the licenses of Dr. W. P. Hacker of Bloomington and Dr. McKendree Green of Pleasant Lake for selling prescriptions for whiskey to non ill persons. Green faced evidence of liquor sales. a Pleasant Lake pastor testified to seeing liquor sacks. The case spurred local dry sentiment as Pleasant Lake enforces liquor laws.
In French Lick Indiana gambling machines were submitted to rest and the business community avoided discussion. A roulette operator said the Governor has the lid tight as a shut band, signaling a pause in activity amid quiet conditions.
Marshal Roberts accuses Al Brown of provoking trouble while J. W. Brisse notes connections to Tom Taggart and widespread gambling. hotel officials deny profit from gambling and insist the Governor’s raid aids publicity. Machines and tables were seized as authorities moved to disrupt the operation.
The piece surveys anticipated strong speeches at the Republican convention. It highlights Taft and Burton as key figures, notes Dolliver and Knight as influential supporters, and recalls historic nominating addresses while urging practical farming reforms and the value of intense, attentive small-scale farming.
Dr James E Marsay aged 40 died Saturday at 1 PM at his uncle Robert Marsays home four miles west of Springville from pneumonia contracted while visiting relatives in Lawrence county. He recently arrived from Springfield Illinois. He leaves a widow. Funeral was Sunday at 3 PM at the Christian church in Springville with Rev Quincy Short officiating. Interment under the Odd Fellows lodge of Springville.
Vice President Fairbanks filed in the Senate a protest by Indiana branch of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress against a Chaney bill to permit a dam on the White river near Williams in Lawrence county. Congress urged to delay action until the dam would not interfere with permanent river navigation improvements.
Judge Wilson sustained a demurrer to the answer to the cross complaint in the Hoffman versus Zollman and Blackwell case. The suit, over J street improvements, claimed intervening-property owners conspired with the City Council to dodge benefits. The ruling effectively settles in favor of the contractor and mandates payment of the assessment.
Mrs Dora Fox aged 30 died at her North J Street home at 8 this morning from tuberculosis after months of illness. She leaves husband W A Fox and three children. Funeral from the family residence Friday morning under Rev Melvin Putnam with burial at Beech Grove cemetery. Clarence Hartman continues to recover from a severe hand injury at Bedford Cut Stone Plant. doctors will not amputate.
Rev. Wilson Whitney reviewed six years of service at the Baptist church noting debt elimination from 6 716 382 dollars, steady finances, and improvements. The Young Men's Club evolved into the Brotherhood with broad church participation. About 22 000 dollars was raised without outside sales, and membership rose from 353 to 469 as the pastor enters the seventh year.
President Roosevelt urges the Agriculture Department to launch a national movement to repopulate farms and promote farm life as vital to the nation. He envisions drainage of waste lands, higher soil fertility, and speeches before leaving office to outline his plan, with James Wilson supporting the effort.
The Seymour battalion of three Uniformed Companies will travel to Bedford for the Fourth of July celebration with 200 to 300 spectators. Training is postponed to Monday due to high school commencement, with an exhibition drill planned for Sunday and possible participation in Bedford’s log rolling events if prize money attracts the Seymour Modern Woodmen drill team.
An eighteen month old child drank liniment containing chloroform and dangerous drugs, suffering mouth and throat burns but recovering after antidotes given by Dr Stipp. A remonstrance against liquor sales in Guthrie township, with 148 names, was filed with County Auditor Owens as a prevention though no saloons operate there. George W Long nominated for Joint Senator in a Brownstown convention on the 287th ballot with votes shifting from Snyder to Long.
The Rockford station in Jackson county will close within three weeks as the Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis line ends service and moves operations to Seymour two miles south. Agent B A Lucas resigns after years on the job, with Rockford to be abandoned and Seymour absorbing its business. The piece recalls Rockford’s once thriving town, its Reno gang era robberies including a Marshfield express car theft in 1868, and the execution or imprisonment of several Reno members. It also calls for a county wide fund to erect a monument honoring Revolutionary and later soldiers, urging citizens to donate in tribute to all veterans.
Seven men dig through the Tippecanoe battlefield excavation for a 25 000 monument when an ax hits a buried stick of dynamite. The stick is severed but does not detonate, averting a possible catastrophe as workers flee and later return to continue work.
A party from Indiana University Bloomington including Profs Beebe Cummings Zelmey librarian Jenkins and students Tucker Scott and Cook Green completed a 109 mile cross country expedition. They started in Paoli walked to Wyandotte Cave and Marengo then Corydon before finishing by foot to New Albany and departing by train to Bloomington.
A call to erect a commemorative monument honoring soldiers and sailors from the Revolution through the Spanish American War. The piece recalls the War of 1812 as a Second War of Independence and honors county heroes Joseph Rawlins James Wilder Pleasant Parks William McCain and Henry P Thornton among those who served and died.
Loretta Dixon a well known Ft Ritner resident and Lawrence county pioneer died Thursday night at age 78 after illness from gall stones. She attended the Methodist church and is survived by three daughters Mrs Thomas Hughes Mrs Geo Dodds and Mrs Alice Jeffries of Ft Ritner and a son Lawrence Dixon an engineer on the B and O railway. Also surviving are E K Dixon William Dixon of Ft Ritner Mrs Jane Hall of Kentucky and Mrs Caroline Parks of Bedford. Funeral will be held Saturday at 11 o clock from the Ft Ritner Methodist church.
Invitations in Bedford announce the forthcoming marriage of Kent K. Denniston son of Mr and Mrs W M Denniston to Miss Lelia Roeder of Evansville The wedding will be June 18 at the bride home in Evansville Denniston has lived in Lexington Ky for a year and works at J D Parcell Co department store He will move to Lexington after marriage to their West Third street home
In Vin cennes, the Appellate Court reversed a ruling denying relief to Mrs. Ella A. Pritchett over a county jail beside her home. The judge ordered windows on her side kept closed and for jail operations to be less disruptive, but upheld the jail’s existence and awarded a new trial on operation details.
City Council met with Mayor Stipp presiding. Henry D. Martin reelected to the school board. John W. Hudson appointed to the board of health, replacing Lee Potter. May water receipts and expenditures listed. An ordinance to reimburse T J Brooks for Ragsdale case services passed. Ferguson street railway franchise extended refused after panic delays. Dog muzzle repeal draft discussed with license tag condition and tax receipts to county. R street improvement hearing set for June 16. Beech Grove cemetery fence to be repaired. Building permits issued for three new dwellings and additions, totals listed.
Shanswick lodge 177 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows holds its annual memorial service next Sunday at Green Hill cemetery with Judge James B. Wilson delivering the principal address. Rebekahs join at 1 PM at Odd Fellows Hall and march to the cemetery for ceremonies at 1 30 PM.
In a special session Tuesday night the Bloomington City Council appointed Dallas Farmer to fill the unexpired term of Harry Axtell. The council also named two auditors to review the Treasurer's books since Axtell is defaulted as secretary of the Real Estate Building Association. The audit is expected to take about two weeks.
A new air powered gun using compressed air offers similar power to work tools like rock drills. It targets men and larger boys but can be operated by smaller youths, claiming pine penetration and low shot cost. The Benjamin Air Rifle & Mfg. Co of St. Louis advertises this in a separate column.
Residents report repeated dynamiting of the White River bed west of Maysville last Thursday. Fishermen say the water surface is covered with dead fish and condemn the ongoing violations though no convictions are recalled.
The city council accepted Andrew Carnegie’s $15,000 gift for a public library by unanimous vote. The resolution pledges $1,500 annually for maintenance, ten percent of the donation, ensuring library permanency. Also noted is the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Brant Woody of East Seventeenth Street.
W Luther Owen died at his home 512 M street Wednesday night after a long illness. A Bedford native and carpenter by trade, he was 48 and leaves a widow and six children. Funeral Friday at his home with Rev Wilson Whitney officiating. Interment under Opitsah tribe Red Men and Ben Hur lodge. Also note Miss Lottie Day’s trip to Woodward Oklahoma and Bloomington’s Fourth of July celebration funding woes.
The Lawrence Circuit Court of Indiana Lawrence County issues a divorce complaint filed by Varmela Rossa through attorney Simpson B Lowe. Defendant Frank Rossa, not a resident of Indiana, is summoned to appear by September Term on September 1 1908 at Bedford Court House to answer or demur to the complaint.
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