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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1915
Page
4
The snippet lists Otis and Brooks as proprietors with J Brooks as editor and Fred B Otis as managing editor. Mrs Harry Askew is noted as society editor and Rhoda Eyesley L. Eyesley is marked as manager of the job department.
Prosecutor Woolery seeks a writ for arrest of Dr Kendall and his wife of Jackson County who were convicted in Lawrence Circuit Court of adultery before marriage. Each fined 250 dollars and sentenced to 90 days in jail. Appellate Court affirmed. Governor clemency sought. Kendall to the penal farm and his wife to jail unless clemency is granted.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Glover returned from Rochester Minnesota where doctors diagnosed neuralgia of the intercostal nerve and advised home treatment. The visit also involved Mrs Meglemre awaiting strength for goiter relief, with family members at the hotel and Dr Pearson accompanying.
Ralph Hixon and Mary Smith of Mitchell transfer with John W. Fender of Guthrie and Mary Pitcher of Logan to Lillie Webster of Bedford and Joseph L. Turpen of Ord. Harry Rose, a barber from Providence, has joined Billy Heath's barber shop as a new chair occupant.
Mrs. W. E. Evans died at 5:30 Saturday morning at her home on the Oolitic road aged 42. She had suffered six months from an aggravated stomach trouble and pneumonia was the immediate cause. She leaves a husband and four children Warren Mrs. Oliver Wagner Rena and Edward all of this city. The funeral was at Shiloh church Monday at 10 a.m. Rev Duncan of Bloomington conducted. Burial followed in Shiloh Cemetery.
Kathaleen Hart youngest daughter of Mrs. Harry Hart fifth and S streets wed Arthur Haungs son of Mr. and Mrs. A Haungs at Jeffersonville First Methodist parsonage. The couple returned to Louisville then home to Fifth street cottage. quiet ceremony echoes Hart family tradition begun twenty nine years prior. Kathaleen a 1915 Bedford High School graduate, and Haungs runs A Haungs and Sons Wholesale Bakery.
Mr Shirley Sears invites to the marriage of his sister Audrey Trueblood Sears and Mr Orville Carter on Sunday afternoon June 20 at 2 oclock at the First Baptist church. Miss Sears works as a stenographer at Walls and Wallis Insurance. Mr Carter is in contracting with his father Charles E Carter. They will reside in a stone house on Washington Avenue.
Two game wardens in the county for several days say they caught a man in the southwestern area with 11 squirrels killed out of season and fined him $121.
Local notes report Eph Keef ending his barbershop business and taking a leisure fishing trip on Decoration Day. Other items mention Zeke Billings sweater weather, BG Constable St Plum facing possible opposition in 1916, and community gossip about local figures and a church dispute involving Deacon Hansford, Dick Bledsoe, and Reverend Perkins.
Beginning Friday June 4 the Southeastern section men moved from short hours to a full ten hour day. The line’s entire section force is now on ten hour shifts as business on the road improves daily and the railroad notes no risk to service from the red road bed.
A carload of fine kaolin was shipped from a Rockledge mine opened years ago by Dr. Joseph Gardner. Southeastern employees display samples that are described as very white and marble-like. The ore travels by wagon to the Rockledge switch and is loaded onto the Southeastern railway.
Bloomington Star reports Moses removes the swarm of flies leaving none. The B and O S W branch carried thirty Cincinnati excursionists from Bedford Sunday amid reports of tickets sold by the local agent.
Reverend Milford Sears his wife and two children left for Dugger this morning to establish a new home. Sears takes the pastorship of the Christian Church there.
The National Republican notes a Saturday Evening Post piece by Samuel G. Blythe arguing Japanese production, driven by long hours and child labor, threatens American manufacturers with cheap imports. It argues organized labor champions higher costs while demanding foreign competition be opened, harming wage earners.
John Wesley Hoopingarner died Sunday at 5 45 p m at his West Sixteenth street home after years of poor health and a final decline from kidney and bladder trouble He was born January 24 1847 near Tunnelton and aged 68 years 4 months 13 days He leaves a widow four daughters a son and siblings Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 pm at his home with Rev Lenig and burial in Green Hill Cemetery
Cleotis H Bartlett married Linna Hill in a Saturday evening ceremony at their new T street home. Rev A K Dubber officiated as relatives witnessed the vows, with a small reception of ice cream and cake followed by a neighborhood welcome party.
A Monday morning thunderstorm struck a pasture west of Lyons, killing two valuable mules owned by Charles Snow who lives on the Ayance property. The storm's lightning and wind caused damage near a barn as residents describe the rough weather and loss.
Russell Richardson, about 14, and his younger brother Ralph were injured when they poured powder into a quart bottle and a match exploded it. Russell was cut on the forehead face and lip requiring a local doctor. Ralph suffered cuts on an arm. The incident happened Saturday near noon on the Aaron Pless farm.
Mr and Mrs T W Carter and Mr and Mrs Amzie Brock escaped serious injury when Cars wheel slipped in a mud hole on Leesville road Sunday afternoon. Mr Carter driving pulled around mud hole and ditched the car causing a tumble. Mrs Brock was thrown against a fence but slight injuries reported.
Word reached Bedford Monday of the drowning Sunday near Bloomington when Ray Owens aged about 19, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Owens, disappeared in the Torphy quarry hole while bathing with companions. His father, a minister, preached at Sanders during the tragedy. Dan Shea dived into 16 feet of water to recover the body about 30 minutes later.
Funeral services were held Saturday for Mrs. Robert Campbell at the Campbell home in East Oolitic. Rev. Calvin Bair of Springville conducted the rites. Local attendees included Mesdames Bertha Stone Maggie Calvin Lou George Miss Mary Seerey and Lucian Payne.
Mr and Mrs August Rael of Shanswick were surprised Sunday morning when a party of young people visited The group included Mr and Mrs Virgil Corbin Emery Martin Delmar Naught Charley Finley Edward Haste Miss Alena Poppewell Mary Graham Bertha Martin Thelma Corbin They spent the day taking pictures and departed in the afternoon pleased with their visit.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reviews Voyle N. Armstrong's landscape The Old Rawlins Bridge as pleasantly surprising and fresh in color. The painting is part of the 22nd Annual Exhibition of American Art and will be shown all summer at the Cincinnati Museum.
A supply of iron shavings used for filtration at a gas factory caught fire early this morning by spontaneous combustion. The blaze prompted an early morning run by the fire department. Damage was slight. Washington Democrat.
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