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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
4
An old veterinary catalog lists various remedies for horses and cattle including fever cures, cough treatments, worm preventatives, and wound care. It mentions products by brands and suppliers, with terse notes on each item's use and suggested applications.
MCOEL TALKS President McQuei discusses earnings from passengers and freight in a Wall Street tour interview. He notes passenger revenue is stronger than freight, but overall results depend on further cuts to operating expenses to sustain service.
The making of school teachers will occupy the time of a dozen instructors at Elsom. A new law requires all who teach to graduate and have twelve weeks of professional training. Hundreds may leave institutes unable to work in pedagogy. University staff offer guidance and awards. the program runs June 3 to August 25 or September 4 with Dr J A Bergstrom leading.
Captain Marion D Gr Ent citizen and Civil War officer and lodge man was found dead in his Bloomington home Monday morning He had attended Odd Fellows memorial services yesterday and was in his usual health His death cause is given as illness He served terms on Bloomington city council and was a longtime builder For ten years he led the old V C Company and was a prominent figure in the community
The fragmentary text mentions a Republican chairman and committee members recalling past events and conventions. It alludes to expectations of guests and national gatherings, with references to tickets, the Res. Convention, and possible returns to a hall for future meetings.
The National Committee chair and members report unprecedented interest in convention seating with requests surpassing capacity. While rhetoric will be high and floor jockeying likely, historians note this year may diverge from Roosevelt era ratification patterns.
Supt. Whitaker of the Indiana Reformatory in Jeffersonville plans to send circulars to Indiana judges urging closer cooperation with the institution under the suspended sentence law. He says courts have been lenient, releasing convicts before the boards are notified, and vows to press for proper custody and follow up.
The State Convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union gathers October nine to thirteen in Bedford with about 400 delegates, first time in Southern Indiana. Local women canvass lodging and board, Miss Clara Sears of Anderson oversees preparations, Bedford union approved by the Christian church trustees. Expected attendance may exceed 425, with delegates from nearly every Indiana city and town.
A local bulletin recounts temperance activists pursuing a lead on a tiger sighting. The piece notes community figures and groups rallying to document evidence and pursue the animal through the area.
In Sullivan County Shelburn fourths amid violent anti liquor clashes. Sheriff Walters arrived to restore order as armed guards protected illegal liquor sales and a revolver duel left wounded. The last licensed saloon closed under the dry push, while threats and arson targets spread.
The court clock tolled two as Chairman J. A. McPheeters and the lone member present waited for the rest of the committee. After a delay he left in disgust. The big day nears and without action the Blooming ton's 4th plans will fail to proceed.
Indiana G A R camps plan to present Past Department Commander W A Ketcham of Indianapolis with a gold badge symbolic of his office and appreciation for services. The ceremony will be at George Hi Thomas Post hall in Indianapolis on Saturday night June 13 with Dept Commander Alexander of this city likely attending.
The last major shipment of strawberries from Floyd county fields moved Sunday on special trains via the Monon and Pennsylvania routes to Indianapolis and Chicago markets. Late varieties like Gandy will still enter markets this week while Floyd county horti culturalists shift focus to raspberries and blackberries as profits rise and frost risk declines. Special trains may run for raspberries to northern markets this year.
Mrs. Thomas Clay of Monroe county died at her Harrodsburg home after a sudden heart attack aged 80. She was the last surviving mother of a Civil War veteran in Monroe county before the veteran’s death. John Felkner was found guilty in peace court on two charges gaming paraphernalia in his son and permitting premises. He was fined 10 dollars and costs on one count and 25 dollars and costs on the other, with an appeal noted.
The Independence lodge No. 177 Odd Fellows held annual memorials on Sunday. Judge James B. Wilson of Bloomington delivered the address at the Odd Fellows hall on West Sixteenth Street. Members and the Rebekahs then decorated graves at Green Hill and Beech Grove cemeteries. Also announced is the upcoming marriage of Miss Nelliedith Matthews and Harry C. Kinnee in Del Ray California on Tuesday June 23 with connections noted to local families.
Police acted on a tip from a wife of an alleged gambler about a poker game in an upstairs room above a street saloon. Five players were arrested after officers forced entry and seized gaming paraphernalia. the saloon proprietor posted bond and the men were released.
Despondent William Skimmerhorn 31 of Harrodsburg shot himself with a .22 rifle Sunday about 5 30 pm along the road to Monon station. His body was found by Joshua Hazel. He left a note for his parents saying he was tired of life and named six friends to serve as pallbearers.
Dr Jacob M Hill a Leesville dentist and notable Flicn township resident died of heart disease Saturday night in front of his office. Aged 55 born February 16 1843 in Richland County Ohio he moved to Jackson County Indiana with his parents in 1840 and married Mary Ei Thomas in 1881 leaving six children Bruce Hill in the regular army. Funeral held Monday at the M E church at 2 30 with Rev Badger conducting services.
A rumor in railroad and business circles claims John R. Walsh, head of Southern Indiana railroad, has secured a $3,000,000 loan for the Chicago Southern railway. Funds aim to complete the line, replace a collapsed bridge, pay delinquent taxes, and cover two months of back salaries.
The Daily Republican recounts a Seymour safe blow by burglars using nitroglycerin at the Droege grocery. A found bottle of the explosive posed danger and sparked a police chase along the Bedford line with hobos rounded up and a tense courthouse scene where nitroglycerin was discovered to be a dangerous mixture.
Disjointed notes describe a planned July event named Lerp Indiana facing trouble without a rescue lifeline. A first meeting of the Culmiiteer was set for yesterday at 2 PM at the courthouse to begin organizing, but the outline ends abruptly amid uncertainty.
In an afternoon outing at Big Creek Cherdhiche and the Johnson sisters plus two other girls visited a creek near their homes. One Johnson girl slipped on a steep bank and fell into the deep, thirty to forty foot wide water. Alma Starken waded in by gripping a tree root and dragged the girl to shore, while the others stood on the bank calling for help.
The Modern Woodmen and Red Men lodges of Oolitic staged a large joint memorial ceremony decorating deceased members graves. Music came from TiVo bands of Linton and Oolitic barn, drawing many lodge members and visitors from Harrodsburg Fayetteville Linton Bloomfield and surrounding towns.
A parish school under St Vincent de Paul Catholic church will be set up in Bedford. The home west of the church on Eighteenth street will become the school for Catholic children from first to eighth grade with qualified teachers. Rev Father Lannert spearheads the effort to offer a suitable low cost education.
Bedford baseball team defeated Salem 10 to 4 at Washington Park. Bunn pitched effectively with eight strikeouts and three hits allowed, while Akers and Ragsdale sparked the offense. Bedford shows improved teamwork and will host Odon next Sunday to redeem a prior loss.
Residents of Southern Indiana and the Ohio Valley can view an almost total sun eclipse Sunday morning June 28. The event begins in Washington at 9 17 a m and ends 12 47 p m, with peak visibility in Bedford from 10 27 a m to 1 41 p m Bedford time. The path crosses Mexico City Tampa Bermuda and Africa, with totality in Southern Florida and about 75 percent elsewhere. In Indiana a partial eclipse occurred last January but was barely noticed. the upcoming eclipse will be naked-eye visible.
An act of child heroism occurred Saturday afternoon seven miles north of Mio Vernon. Alma Krarken aged 11 rescued Eva Johnson aged 9 from danger near Solihide.
George Hart and William Starks were arrested Saturday night by Officers Gipson and Payne and jailed on burglary charges. They allegedly planned a wholesale raid on Bedford stores starting at Rainbolt grocery and continued to Siebert market before Hart was captured inside a refrigerator. Hart confessed implicating Starks. Starks fled, later found in bed at Doc Wilson's home and held for trial. Hart faces prior highway robbery charges. Starks claimed to be a cook with prior trouble in Indianapolis.
John Mitchell faced police court on assault charges after a brawl at Lynch's saloon on North I street last Wednesday night. Louis Rouff, accused of stabbing James Baird, agreed to bond for September, while Baird and Rittmyer’s assault cases were dismissed.
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