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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1913
Page
4
A fragmented newspaper masthead shows THOMAS J BROOKS as proprietor and editor, with OTIS as managing editor and WICKER as news clerk and circulation manager. Other staff names appear, including HARRY ASKEW in society editing and CURT ELAN in charge of the job department.
Report notes shipments of strawberries from the southern part of the state. The Mononia running special and Friday night Teepe Treas handled crates. Several crates were delivered along the line, with a number noted for the season.
William L Cleveland and Grace Mere wed at the bride’s father Frank Kat’s Oolitic home Friday evening in a small family ceremony conducted by Rev William Bair Lawre. Guests from Oolitic and nearby towns attended including many relatives and friends. Refreshments followed the ceremony.
Circle Alfred Eppard of Bedford to Jessie Richardson of Bedford. Henry Leroy Lanjam of Seymour to Julia F. Jones of Mitchell. Wilmert B. Schruber of Floyd County to Idila Smith of Lawrence County.
Dr. R. B. Short returned from Indianapolis where he attended the wees and visited relatives. Mrs. Short will remain in Indianapolis with parents for a week.
Mrs. Cort Pigg, a respected resident of South H Street, was assaulted by an unknown man as she and Miss Rath Stone walked past the Beard store on Sixteenth Street at about 10 PM Friday. The assailant grabbed her shoulder, she struck back, beads broke, but the man fled with two other youths nearby.
The Good Citizens League led by E. E. Miles reports 624 names on a blanket remonstrance filed with the County Auditor opposing a saloon location at the Half Way Place in Marion Township. Proponents claim a dry majority after accounting for withdrawals and possible duplicates, with 275 votes opposed to the saloon.
Three boys allegedly carried out a disruptive act at the eleventh annual high school alumni banquet Friday night. From the high windows they showered ambeer and water onto tables ruining food and linen. Prosecutions of the implicated students are expected.
Doctors performed an emergency throat incision and inserted a tube to save Adaline Malattia, two, of North N Street, from a severe diphtheria attack. The tube will stay until she can breathe normally again.
Fay Barbery was charged with prostitution but received a suspended sentence after promising to leave the city and seek lawful employment in the country. The court noted her age of eighteen and decided to let her off with probation.
Andrew J. May formerly of Paoli and now of Rego died after a wire stretcher broke while he stretched a fence wire. The injury struck him in the forehead and he never regained consciousness. He headed a large family.
The eleventh annual Bedford High School Alumni Association banquet was held Friday May 9 in the Lieb School Building gym, transformed into an elegant hall with red and white decorations, banners, palms, and a Bedford orchestra providing music. Board of Education members, Superintendent J B Fagan, Alumni President Walter Murphy, and toastmistress Miss Georgia Mitchusson attended as the program featured a refined lineup with active participation and applause.
The Bedford High School alumni banquet featured committees credited for a memorable event. President Walter Murphy and officers John Hyde and Charles Johnson were honored with quotes. The program closed with the High School song celebrating knowledge and community ties.
Toastmistress Miss Georgia Mitchusson led a city observance honoring Decoration Day. Residents gathered in the golden weather to reflect and celebrate, as civic and local figures participated in ceremonies along the King’s Highway.
Cooley pitched well but costly errors at critical moments let Louisville Strucks win at Athletic Park. Multiple misplays by Fultz and Bunn’s miscue incidents led to runs as Athletics failed to capitalize with runners. The game featured scattered hits and several fielder mistakes amid an otherwise tight contest.
Mack Ragsdale of Bedford applies for a marriage license to wed Maitie H Buckles of Bedford.
Rev. Elmer Norman of Harrodsburg conducted memorial services at the Judah school house Friday. Mrs. Fred Budd visited relatives in Paixingsville after the event this Saturday.
Seig the butcher drove a grade Hereford Angus calf of about 12 months from the Rt. S. Duncan farm. The calf weighed 7,720 pounds and brought 52 dollars at sale.
Samuel Trueblood, an aged veteran, has been seriously ill for some time and was near death Friday. Roe Driscoll, Donald Smith, Amery Love, Harry Ragsdale and Mr. McCune spent Friday on the river in their motor boat.
Mack Ragsdale and Mattie H Buckles of this city were married Saturday in a small ceremony on North I street conducted by Rev TI J Gwen of the First Baptist Church. Attended only by immediate relatives and close friends, the couple is well known and popular among their circle.
Elbert B. Rhodes of French Lick bought the University Courts lots of Moses Dunn of Bedford and sold several parcels earlier. He disposed of the remaining Bloomington lots to Walter Bradfute Nat A Hill Fred Owens Atty T J Sare Charles Springer and Eugene Perry for 70000. The rest will be offered soon.
Evan gelist Keeler will address the Crystal theater Sunday evening at 7 30 dressed in hobo attire and play music on bottles tuned with water. The bottles are struck with a hammer to produce the music. Monday marks his final meeting at the Presbyterian church described as a great musical event by Adjt. Keeler, a noted musician.
Elias Lloyd, a Vincennes resident and old G A R encampment attendee, recounts rescuing an marooned widow. He feeds her at a restaurant but she chooses a pipe and tobacco first, smoking three pipes before eating despite extreme hunger.
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