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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
5
Bedford items report illnesses and travels of residents, visits from relatives, and local social events. James Patterson heads to French Lick on business. Miss Lillie Larter goes to Indianapolis. families visit Seymour and Bloomington. W C Elliott adds awnings. several marriage licenses issued. local sports and theater notes included with community announcements.
Lawrence Woolery and Miss Lida Scoggan wed Sunday at Centenary M E Church parsonage with C W Tinsley officiating. They plan to move west shortly after the ceremony.
Various items include marriages license issued to Thomas Hillenburg and Nellie Deckard, births at the Cosner home, and residents traveling or visiting. Pension updates for Wm B Flora and Mary A Veach approved. local appointments and moves announced. Merchants advertise ginseng and yellow root buying. shipping and bank news reported in community columns.
Issac Williams visits town on business and many locals are noted in casual social updates. Officials return from Vincennes and the County Board of Review meets for 20 days as regional growth includes a bottle factory push and new utilities talk.
Hugh McLean Co. begins repainting the mill roof. Miss Nina Stone of Bloomington visits sister Mrs. Mack Owens in Little Vinson and Mary Harley and Oscar Harley children recover from whooping cough. Mrs. Hannah Denson returns home from Indian Springs after city visit. Mrs. James Stevens and aunt Mrs. Woodbury return from Switz visit with Stevens' mother. Township Trust Funds divided by County Auditor Gainey. funds available by application to the Auditor.
Gard of Thanks expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness shown during illness and death of Opson. Mr and Mrs T N Howard extend appreciation to those who helped during a difficult time.
Reports include Wm. Rudder & Co offering 375 for gie seng and 385c for yellow root at Cottage Hotel on July 1st Al Richardson selling porkers to Bob Clark for 6.35 per hundred A barn struck by lightning injures no one but kills a horse at Brownstown James Churchman patents a grass and ditch liner for hand cars aiding railroad maintenance An Indiana National Guard militia company sought for Salem with 82 signers and Albert C Williams recruiting Mrs John Riley returns from Loogootee with souvenirs from the glass factory and a glass cane
About 15 whitecaps rode in on horses Friday night in Harrodsburg. They visited a house at midnight asking for a man staying there but found him absent. They ransacked the home in search of the target, then left without completing their plan.
The Crawfordsville News Review blames the local freight crew for Friday's wreck after they left the switch open. A northbound freight derailed the passenger engine when it struck the misaligned switch, sending the engine debris between rails and causing it to plow along. Conductor Brooks led the local crew and faces probable job loss.
Herbert Dillon has been at West Point for two years and will visit his mother in Bedford this week. He will also stay with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Cravens and Bloomington friends before returning to West Point in September for two more years of study. Edmond Field, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Field, injured after a 25 foot fall from a dead limb while climbing a shade tree. He escaped serious harm despite severe and painful injuries.
The 1901 Indiana toll for consumption reached 4,648 with 4,169 from pulmonary cases. Expert Victor C. Vaughn estimates about 80,000 active cases statewide, while Secretary J. N. Hurty cites 25,000 and notes the disease is increasing. Hurty says 2,000 to 8,000 recover yearly from spontaneous causes, with others dying within five years.
West Baden saloon keeper Hd Palmer survived a Sunday shooting by Charles Walton. The ball struck Palmer near the heart then exited on the opposite side, and a bystander was nicked on the neck. Walton, a small man, reportedly defended himself after Palmer struck him.
Victoria Mathieu improves at home after illness. Ginseng and yellow root offered for sale at Cottage Hotel on July 1 for 875 dollars and 35 cents respectively. Dr Walter Sherwood and family visit Loogootee relatives. Lily Short leaves Bedford for Oklahoma City to visit kin. The State Board of Health critique prompts calls for an educated secretary. A Southern Indiana excursion train narrowly avoids wreck after rails sink near Linton. Monon mail clerks G N Botheim and R B Carlton survive a crash with loaded sacks. H B Gentry brings stallion Ed Winters from Indianapolis to Blooming ton area stables until July 12.
Irva Buchanan paid a $25 fine plus $8.50 costs for assault and battery before Judge Fletcher. In State vs Turner Lee a 13 year old daughter testified she did not tell the truth to the Prosecutor. Lee was released. Alex Reid faced sanity charges and will be heard in Judge Chrisler's court Monday at 10 am. Neighbors say Reid has threatened family members. Joe Armstrong of Popcorn visited the MAIL. Mrs Ida Helms of Bedford visits her parents in Bloomington. Ms Nellie Brown returned from East St Louis. Mitchell seeks an opera house or public hall. Chas Keys, Montgomery plasterer, returns home for Sunday. Miss Fannie Dussard arrives from Great Falls to visit her parents.
G M Albertson sold his fine horse to Spencer parties on Saturday for a high price. The animal, trained by Fred Todd, will go from Lere to Terre Haute for continued training. Albertson also notes a strong mare in training and recalls a 1901 railroad accident involving Albert Shepler. The report cites the fire anniversary at West Baden Hotel and rapid reconstruction with open rooms planned by July 1. Paoli Republican.
Wn Rupper and Company invite senders to bring dry ginseng and yellow root to Cottage Hotel on July 1 for highest market offers. The notice emphasizes prompt delivery and cash quotations.
Reader urges Bedford County Commissioners to install about 25 park seats in Court House Park to welcome visitors and taxpayers. Notes School House Park is good but Court House Park needs upgrades, including electric lighting and seating.
The death of Joe R. Denson was reported Tuesday after nervous collapse. He had traveled with his sister Mrs. M N Messick to a farm near Indian Springs seeking relief. He disappeared in the afternoon and was found dead hours later. He was about 38 and a son of Dr. Isaac Denson, longtime city resident.
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