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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
3
Mrs. Lee Potter narrowly escaped serious injury when a shotgun blast fired by a neighbor’s son ripped through a window at 1618 West Twenty second Street. The incident left her briefly hysterical as the load passed near her while she sat by the window Monday afternoon.
Rev. Melvin Putnam of the First Christian Church plans to preach in shirt sleeves next Sunday if heat remains high. He already won ladies to remove hats during services and now urges men to sit coatless to stay comfortable while he delivers gospel lessons in a summer style.
The Robinson Circus at Vincennes draws gamblers in open display with heavy losses among young spectators. Ruth Fleetwood of Kurtz visits Bedford after a stay with Dr. B. Fleetwood. Mrs. Burton E. Hanson visits Bloomington for university exercises. Southern Indiana road offers July 1 quarry district excursion for Woodmen delegates.
Ed Radcliff died of typhoid fever while visiting relatives in Paoli. He had been linked to the Kapshaw murder case in Oolitic. Remains buried in Paoli Sunday. The piece also notes Republican unity for Taft and Sherman following the Denver convention.
The Tau Epsilon Pi Jaw Bones held a 4 am campus dance with their dates visiting fraternity houses. Residents at Phi Psi Sig Beta and Delta Tau reacted with throwing items and shouting, the event ending at 7 30 am with breakfast at Bowles. The Bloomington Telegraph notes it as a unique Indiana University on campus moment.
The 1908 campaign opens with a platform described as Republican through and through and a balanced ticket. With Taft’s rivals Hughes Knox Cannon and Fairbanks rallying to his side the party appears poised for victory as supporters prepare to campaign.
The Republican state committee will meet next week to outline the state campaign. A sixty day poll shows Republicans will win if they mobilize the vote. Taft and Sherman nomination gains praise across the state and leaders from several states will aid the speeches. Senator-elect Bradley of Kentucky will campaign in Indiana aiding Hemenway and Watson, as a strong southern Republican voice. William S. Roberts of Sullivan Indiana died at Evansville after a lingering illness at 51. his body will go to Sullivan.
Lawrence county farmers report total oats crop failure and severe clover drought with potatoes needing rain as spring rains gave way to drought. Bartlettsville bests North End Bedford 10 to 3 on Bartlettsville grounds with Edger Ross making a one handed catch. Justice Reynolds court fines James Bennett $19. Miss Caroline Erwin reports arrival in Venice. Conductor Albert Pearson fills in on Monon runs as James Ross recovers from burns. Ida Ray and Irene Harryman visit Zelma.
A Bloomington teen Bertha Koontz 17 lies near death after taking an abortion drug given by Wes Howell, who is under arrest in Bedford. Prosecutors seek murder or abortion charges as police pursue the man who supplied the drug and the seduction motive unfolds across Bloomington and Bedford.
Reported spree of bad checks disrupts local merchants through Saturday causing financial strain and urging banks and police to warn businesses. Authorities say complaints rose as shoppers paid with bounced funds.
A Vincennes firm supplied forged checks drawn on C S Miller to a stranger named J W Lewis who cashed or attempted to cash twenty dollar and higher checks at Friedmans Red Cross shoe store Aldenhagen Dobsons Hardware and Harbaugh Schooley bicycle shop in Bedford. The man claimed ties to local politics and to Charley Maddux the barber. He disappeared after the fraud.
In Oolitic Indiana investigators drop a suspected blood trail from a room at Richard Speer residence. A hickory club and crimson stains were once thought to link Kapshaw’s disappearance to Mrs Lu DeCoursey. Dr. Robert Lyons reports the stains are not blood, suggesting a deliberate plant to mislead investigators.
The Highlanders of Fayetteville played the Second Nine of Silverville on Silverville's diamond. Silverville won 18 to 0 with a 9 run first inning and large final margin. Batteries were Craig and Armstrong for Silverville and Short, Sellers and Reams for Fayetteville. Umpire Elmer Wagner. Mitchell residents George N. Clendenen and Lottie Jones witnessed. Also reported were two marriage licenses issued to William E Powers and Elizabeth G Schmidt, and to Albert B Cissell with Ola Olive Car ter both of Bedford and Claude Ellsworth Gray with Cora Edith Mitchell of Mitchell to marry Wednesday.
Police described a tall clean shaven man in a light crushed hat and no coat who attempted to abduct Ed Hill’s daughter near O Street. The girl resisted, screams alerted neighbors, and the assailant fled down an alley as bystanders armed themselves.
The Indiana State Horticultural Society will hold its mid Summer Congress of Fruit Growers Truckers and Horticulturists in Greenfield Hancock County on August 19 20 1908. Officials expect top experts from Missouri Michigan New York and Indiana to discuss modern strawberry growing soil fertility horticultural education orchard renovation and other topics. Open to all interested in fruits flowers and vegetables with a hearty welcome from Greenfield civic leaders. For program details contact W B Fick Secretary State House Indianapolis Indiana.
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