This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1900
Page
3
An Attetatant at Store Nisha and Day Northeast Corner Mg are Telephone Store 574 Residence 853 appears as a partial OCR notice for Hamer and Day funeral directors with address and contact fragments.
Eli Fields of Silverville visits town while Mrs. Darrell improves in health. Otha Mark visits Bedford for the week. James Stucker and family go to Vincennes. Miss Josie Morris visits the Brewer family. Quackenbush seeks a position in Washington. The Pension Examiners meet with old soldiers seeking increased disabilites. Rumsey drug store to occupy 7th street store room with stone work by Charley Reid. S of V encampment planning and Elwood gathering June 27. Paymaster thieves followed by officers and told to leave town. Maggie Moore repainting her house. Lizzie Denson house move in progress. Democrats perform well in Indianapolis convention. Deputy Sheriff to Indianapolis for insane hospitalization transport. Saloon fight against new Henzel block proposal active in 1st Ward. Uniform Rank K P to run July celebration at Lodian Springs with excursions.
A 200 acre Dr Dubnson farm one mile east of Bedford Indiana described as a leading general purpose property. About 44 acres in creek bottom and rest in grass on rolling lime stone land all cultivable with sugar orchard and living water. Sold whole or in parcels to suit purchaser, for estate investment. Call or address J. G Hain executor Martinsville Indiana.
Marion Ash has the measles and various residents travel for visits and work. Prof T M Gardner becomes Chief Assistant Mechanical Engineer at Cornell. Several moves, illnesses, and travels keep the town busy as shoppers visit Bedford and nearby towns.
Prices listed for next season yardage include Sterling Light Shirting at a yard and Honey Comb Toweling at a yard, with Lining Cambric at six cents per yard.
The article reports that polling places are being relocated from Heltonville to Bartlettsville within Pleasant Run township, while the total number of precincts remains unchanged. It notes boundary shifts, the Hoosier Telephone Co receiving rights of way for poles and lines, and several liquor license grants and contest proceedings among Mitchell and surrounding towns, with court actions and remonstrances detailing signatures and power of attorney questions.
The Bedford high school plans a Shakespeare production of Twelfth Night. The piece runs about as long as the audience can endure before leaving. The report notes Shakespeare rarely staged amateur plays. Local items include marriages, gifts, shipments of strawberries, and proposed medical licensing changes in Indiana.
David Barton fined 10 plus costs for intoxication, paid 1.50. John Duncan of Springville fined 85 and costs, total 13.50, jailed. James Calluppy fined 4.50 by Judge Stephenson for plain drunk, paid. Social items note visits, repainting, and work injuries. Political nominations listed include Wheeler as Brigadier General, and several Porto Rico and Hawaii posts.
Wednesday marked the high school commencement with green and white colors, the class and teachers marching in to the Jay Coney Island march. Rev. Joseph Franklin offered an earnest invocation as orations by Jeanette Lemon Lillian Melter Theresa Brewer Lee Rainbolt were praised. Dr. Swain of Indiana University delivered the class address and presented diplomas. Supt. Alexander offered closing remarks and commended the students for last night’s play. The Matl hopes for a bright new life for the graduates.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.