Theodore Bodenhamer Dies After Long Illness Saturday
Theodore Bodenhamer died Saturday after a long illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete in the brief notice.
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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1915
Page
7
Theodore Bodenhamer died Saturday after a long illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete in the brief notice.
Sunday Mrs Bodenhamer aged 55 wife of Theodore Bodenhamer a prominent farmer living four miles northeast of the city died Saturday at 9 o clock after a lingering tuberculosis. Funeral services were held Sunday at Buggs Chapel conducted by Elder John Williams. Seen by Bedford people a Newberry store robbery by three young men from Michigan was pursued by a county posse along the river into the river bottoms and captured with goods. The robbers Pearl Davis 19 Russell Seeders 19 William Igeraim 18 admitted breaking in. They were returned to Newberry and lodged in the county jail.
Thomas Harbison waited with his cab at Monon Station for the 7:30 trains when the lines tangled around a horse leg and both animals bolted over a high wall. The pair were badly skinned, the cab stayed inside, and a prior similar incident had occurred with a blind horse hitch. Harbison had earlier suffered a serious loss and a crippled horse left idle in the stable.
William Jackson prominent farmer living west of the city on the Williams road is in a serious condition with gall stones. He was stricken some days ago and has grown worse, his family and friends alarmed by his deteriorating welfare by Sunday.
Gil John Wright of West $th street, about a mile from town, suffered a severe hand injury when a cow he was staking out lunged and pulled the chain from his left hand. A local surgeon treated the deep wounds to the top and palm of his hand.
The report notes nearly $1 096 worth of ginseng stolen from Levi H Scott's plantation near New Albany and the arrest of a ginseng digger. It also announces the engagement of Miss Ethel Fisher and Mr Dale Gray with a June 17 wedding planned at the bride's Mitchell home.
Governor Ralston and Indiana commissioners depart Indianapolis in two special cars for San Francisco to attend the Panama Pacific Exposition. Indiana Day is set for June 26 with the governor delivering the principal address at the Indiana pavilion.
Mrs. Harrison, wife of Dr. H. G. Harrison, died Thursday at 6 p.m. after a brief illness. The funeral was held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Green Hill Cemetery in Louisville. She leaves a husband and two young sons, ages six and eight months, and was well known in the city, having visited here several times.
Mrs Granville Tabor was surprised with a June 13 gathering at her Bryantsville home for her fifty seventh birthday anniversary. Fifty two friends and many family members shared a bountiful dinner and afternoon. Attendees included Claude Colglavier family John Sherwood Embree Colglazier Hunsaeker Bryant Hill Guthrie Price Tabor Otis Williams Maggie Nail Lottie Blackwell and out of town guests Will Tabor Cortland Liverett Isaacs Baldwin Tabor and Chris Tabor.
Mr and Mrs Ott Carter of Mitchell traveled with their family to Indianapolis aboard Monon No 66 carrying a bull dog head suspected of hydrophobia The head was sent to the State Board of Pharmacy for testing The dog did not bite children though it played with them and fear of rabies prompted the inquiry Mitchell hosts a city fair all week White and White sold the Charles Acton general store at 18th and E to B Inman Acton moves into two houses involved in the deal
The Globe-Democrat notes the flag stands for liberty purity loyalty valor peace and justice. It claims the flag is heaven born eternal and unpolluted by injustice toward any people or class and urges renewed consecration to its principles.
The Fraternal Order of Lagies held memorial services Sunday afternoon with about 100 members marching from the Lagies Home on J Street led by the Bedford Concert Band to Green Hill Cemetery. Taps was sounded at the end before the procession returned to the Aerie. Mr and Mrs Chas A Smith moved Monday to the Day property at 16th and L. Fred Todd, hurt in a hospital accident, returned from Orleans and now uses a crutch to get around.
Cecil Elmore 27 was shot and seriously wounded by his brother Clay Elmore 19 in Kurtz early Sunday. Clay, owner of a horse Cecil wished to use, drew a .32 revolver in a scuffle. Cecil grabbed the weapon and was hit in the breast. A surgeon removed the bullet and Cecil showed signs of recovery by Monday night.
In Seymour downtown, a series of intoxication fines were handed to Alva Trogdon James Burke Charles Miller and William Cray by Special City Judge Underwood with costs. A trespass charge was dismissed. Gray, a Bedford man, attended a Sunday afternoon Seymour event. A SPRALL funeral processions traveled to Seymour for Mgr Sharr's baby son funeral. On the way a severe wind storm forced drivers into cautious journeys as they crossed the river bridge amid driving rain.
Carlson Iain Up ton of Washington is invited to the Commencement at the New National Theatre in Washington Sunday evening June 13. He is son of Mr and Mrs PR Houston of Frankfort born here and rose from a newspaper office to become Secretary to Congressman Raul then Sargent at Arms supervising House money. He graduated with honors from night law studies. Bedford proud of native sons. Bertha Reach returns home after visits with Turner family.
A Mayfield area gathering at Mr. and Mrs. W Wade Mason's home near Springville celebrated Harold Colton Mason's six month birthday and the return of cousins Charles Brandon and John William Mason from Ohio. About twenty five children and several parents enjoyed two hours of games and gifts from Mr and Mrs March who brought souvenirs from San Francisco. Meanwhile Mr and Mrs Ralph Smith and daughters traveled by car to Bloomington and Spencer for a family reunion, with Ralph Brown among the graduates, visiting William M Denniston and Blanche Brown of Spanever before returning home.
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