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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
4
An old advertisement lists numerous veterinary cures for animals and illnesses including horses cattle sheep poultry and more. The notice promotes remedies for coughs colds worms distemper and other ailments with claims of liver kidney and digestion benefits offered at druggists and Humphreys.
Odus Wray and Lillian Hayes wed Saturday night at the bride's Logan home in a ceremony led by Elder John Williams. The bride, a Marshall township teacher at Lemon school last year, and the groom, a planerman with McMillan Stone at Peerless, are described as substantial young people.
Lawrence County auditor Owens finalized the semiannual settlement with townships and corporations. Apportions include Flinn township 1203.34 Pleasant Run 2799.09 Perry Moe 1541.96 Indian Creek 3295.48 Spice Valley 8141.55 Marion Le Eda 5586.43 Bono Pyee 2105.82 Shawswick 7114.58 Marshall 2668.84 Guthriel 2140.22 City of Mitchell Corporation 6008.25 School Fund 62907.14 City of Bedford Corporation School Fund Town of Oolitic Corporation 667.21 Town of Huron 6138.77.
The April reports show 2954 deaths with a 12.2 rate, higher than April 1907’s 2813 deaths at 12.7. Pneumonia deaths fell to 463 from 383, and influenza dropped from 156 in March to 81 in April as outdoor living reduces respiratory illness while rheumatism remains the most prevalent April ailment.
James Drehoble suffered severe facial and eye burns when molten bab bit metal exploded on contact with a shafting box at Rowe's stone mill. Initial fears of total sight loss abated as doctors found likely eye injuries but preserved vision.
William Pratt, a farmer near Farmersburg in Sullivan County, dreamed three nights of an improved churn, built a model, and secured a patent later sold to a Chicago firm for $25 000. The tale, likened to a pipe dream, ends in substantial fortune as Pratt markets the invention.
Pratt, of Chicago, devised the circular double geared Hummer butter churn. Buckeye Creamery Co. of Chicago offered to buy and send a representative to close the deal, after Pratt priced high. The device, Cypress built, speeds butter formation and differs from existing churns.
The trial of Jesse Buckles and A G Miller on hunting and killing squirrels in Jennings county opened at Vernon. Local farmers and the public dispute over illegal July 1 hunting may be linked to an incident at Buckles saloon causing injury to witness Thos Kysar. The charge against Harry Fendler was postponed due to Kysar's witness status.
Dan Burke resigns after a year with W. A. Bradley & Sons and leaves Bedford tonight for Detroit to visit relatives. He will tour Buffalo and other New York points before likely settling in Brooklyn. Burke is a skilled stone carver with good work wherever employed.
The almanac marks real summer starting Sunday June 21 with solstice days longest this week. Days will shorten by next week while daylight lasts until about eight each evening and dawn begins about 3 30 each morning.
At the urging of the school board and Prof. Sanders, city authorities voted to arm janitors of school buildings with police powers to curb drinking and disorder on the high school campus. They aim to deter revelers and keep the grounds safe, while being lenient toward couples.
Reapers are busy in Lawrence County with wheat cutting advancing and harvesting set to be general by mid next week. Market prospects place wheat at around 80 cents per bushel with an unusually good yield expected. Clover harvest is in full swing and Julius Beaver east of town completed 40 acres at about 25 bushels per acre, a solid crop.
In a small York county town a man long regarded as the most forgetful was located. He had fallen ill with appendicitis and underwent surgery only to learn the appendix had already been removed in a prior procedure two years earlier. He explained after recovery that he remembered the first operation was performed previously.
In Connersville Indiana Cy Huber was tried in circuit court last Thursday for petit larceny the theft a chicken valued at twenty five cents. He was fined fifty dollars plus costs disfranchised for five years and sentenced to the Indiana Reformatory. The piece contrasts harsher treatment for minor theft with alleged indulgence for major robbers.
By 110 o'clock this morning 484 dog tags issued with only four left in the city clerk’s office. Ten dogs stood due to die today unless redeemed during the day. Officials will not kill dogs at night. any remaining unredeemed dogs will be cared for during daytime hours.
John Hartman and children extend thanks to friends and neighbors for acts of kindness and expressions of solicitude during the illness and death of my wife.
A major civil suit in the Monroe Circuit Court involves Os bore Manufacturing Company of Cleveland against United States Cement Company of Bedford over $100,000 in damages. The Osborne firm supplied machinery for the Bedford plant which was deemed inferior. the Cement Company counters with claims of $100,000, while Osborne seeks $30,000 owed. The case features top legal talent from Bedford Bloomington Indianapolis and Cleveland and is expected to occupy much of the week.
William McGain sues Dugger, Indiana, claiming a nuisance display on Main Street frightened his horses. He alleges the nigger-doll rack caused a runaway, injuring him severely and leaving him crippled for life. Damages sought total ten thousand dollars.
The hospital committee met with Councilman Sears and physicians Drs Short Hunter Duncan Shrum and Voyles to review plans. Sears will seek approval for bids at the next City Council meeting. Work on the new hospital is expected to start within a month.
John Beasley, a South I street meat market man, owns a collection of old and rare coins. The set includes U S half dollars from 1810, 1825, 1882, and 1836, dimes from 1832 and 1835, half dimes 1853 and 1854, three cent pieces 1858 and 1865, an 1883 nickel with E Pluribus Unum, large cents 1843 and 1853, a Mexican quarter 1873, a Canada token 1857, and other foreign coins.
G M Albertson departs Tuesday morning for Elmira New York to begin a 350000 gravel road contract and aims to finish by late October He is a leading Southern Indiana road contractor and the eastern project signals his interstate reach He will not return before the next election. Orleans Progress Examiner
The Cincinnati Enquirer asserts Roosevelt and Taft will project distinct policies and act on their own judgment rather than imitate predecessors. It contrasts Taft’s independence with Roosevelt’s influence and notes Democratic crises as a gauge of leadership. The Chicago Tribune echoes a Republican convention choosing a candidate best equipped for the presidency.
A Bedford party of piseatorial artists returned from Brassine Springs after a two week absence. The campers report a very enjoyable outing, with all in good health and spirits. Attorney W. E. Clark is recovering from a slight hernia believed to have occurred during the hunt. He arrived home yesterday and is improving today.
Contractors struck a flour like bed while building a highway near Azalia Bartholomew County. The bed held no weight and hardened in the air stymieing foundation plans as County Commissioners confer with contractors. May settlement figures reported for Lawrence County Shawswick township include road funds school tuition and other items. Tomato crop outlook remains poor with cut worms harming canneries plant conditions.Marriage licenses issued for Odus C Wray and Lillian Hays Peerless the bride a former Marshall township teacher and Wray a McMillan Co stone plaman. The wedding is planned for Sunday.
Following a Thursday confrontation on West Street in which Charles Thomas wounded his wife with a dirk, Mrs. Thomas files for divorce. Thomas, a one armed former Monon watchman, is sought on a charge of intent to kill. police suspect he may hide near his home. The Thomas family previously lived in Bedford. Born, 2 D RR. Boass and wife, Oo itie, a daughter.
Advertisement for Ayers Hair Vigor presenting it as a comprehensive hair medicine, tonic and food. It promotes securing hair to the scalp and preventing thinning with claimed benefits for thickening and improving hair texture.
Dr. Simpson orders immediate action to abate nuisances in the East End after reports of unbearable stench and unsanitary conditions. Cattle carcasses and offal were dumped near slaughter houses while hogs fed on refuse, prompting health-board complaints. Sheriff and police quell a mass brawl at the Harris saloon involving Polk Gardner and several others, with multiple arrests and warrants issued for assault and carrying concealed weapons.
Bedford defeated Burns City 6 to 2 in a nine inning game as three clean singles early produced two runs and Daggy cleared bases with a three base hit. Cramer Ferguson and Fletcher starred on defense and offense for Bedford who played flawless fielding. The Indiana County Supervisors association moved to seek greater state Board of Education representation for county superintendents.
A reader provides a detailed roster of commissioned and staff officers who commanded Lawrence County soldiers in the 15th 16th 17th 18th 21st and other Indiana regiments during the Civil War. The note cites many names including captains lieutenants majors adjutants surgeons and others, with references to their units and roles.
Ten year old Charles Pfeister of East Sixth Street was seriously injured Sunday when his bicycle collided with a buggy on Heltonville road. His bike was demolished and he was thrown, dislocating his right knee. He was treated at home by Dr J B Duncan. He is the son of Dora Pfeister and related to John Pfeister, who was killed years ago in a Reed's Station incident.
Secretary Simpson of Health returns from inspection of the slaughter pens east of the city and states the City Board must act to wage war on unsanitary conditions.
Public health guidance urges typhoid prevention this season noting cases in the city and identifying flies water and milk as transmission sources. Recommendations include screening homes, sterilizing waste vessels, boiling well water and careful milk handling to stop further spread. Letters listed for week ending June 20 1908 include Miller Thomason Crowder Collier Fisher Gaines Lee Thompson and others with advertised notice.
Cluico Viado a Hungarian quarry worker for Lehigh Portland Cement at Mitchell drowned Sunday morning in White river near Mill Creek. His body was not recovered by Monday noon after an active search. the cause of drowning remains unclear and little is known about Viado who came from Hungary months ago to work at the cement quarries.
Secretary Taft and National Committeeman Kellogg were aboard the Pennsylvania Flyer when a left piston rod broke near Coshocton at 6 30 PM. The emergency stop and quick actions by the tower man and engineer averted a serious derailment as the engine sat on a sharp curve. A replacement locomotive arrived after about an hour and the train continued east.
Dispatch from the Republican convention notes Will H Hayes of Sullivan pressing for Chaney reelection in Illinois Second District. Speaker Joseph Cannon comments that Chaney is good stuff and, while acclimating to House personnel, would rank among the first twelve members if returned to Congress.
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