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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
4
A brief staff listing identifies Proprietors Editor PRED T OTIS and Managing Editor BERT C WICKER with contact numbers 269. News different Circulation Manager AIRS HARRY ASKIEW 887. Society Editor CURT JOCELYN 269. Job Department manager noted.
A terse historical item notes a cycle of rejection and gratitude, mentioning unnamed groups and a brief reflection on shifts in attitude. The readable text presents a compact glimpse of changing opinions without firm events or dates.
The report notes a death by self-inflicted act on Thursday at Elelton mine four miles from a location and lists burial at Gilgal Maurie. It names several local individuals including schoolgirls Gladys, Mildred, and Te Cannon among others connected to the event and community.
An interim police judge was named to serve while Mayor Fields takes a two week vacation. The move was reported from Mairtile County as the Cherokee Cabin on White River area saw a minor personnel change amid farm work and travel plans.
Clinton Po Sherwood, postmaster at Linton, sued the Linton Water Company to force water for sprinkling and domestic use. The company barred water after an order restricting sprinkling, while Sherwood argues serving outsiders wastes water and deprives his community.
John Abead a Civil War veteran and longtime rural mail carrier from Aitchell toppled from his buggy near Hostetler schoolhouse east of Mitchell Saturday forenoon. He died almost instantly after delivering mail to a box cluster. The body was moved to Harry Clemons undertakers for burial preparation. He was a Monon section foreman for 25 years and a respected religious citizen. He leaves a widow and one child.
City issues a water conservation order warning all residents to shut off water when a whistle signals. The Thornton mill will use a series of shot blasts as the fire signal, followed by two short blasts after the fire is out and a minute pause before final lack of blasts. Penalties are prescribed for noncompliance.
The son of Harry Jenkins from South Street Badibagrow darted in front of a slowly moving automobile driven by Dr Pearson. The boy was not injured though frightened, after the car clipped the wagon and knocked the bus down as a little girl crossed.
John Underwood Frank Cosner Tom Drinkworth Charles Le Albert Fields and John McCormick left Saturnas for a week’s outing at Cherokee Cabin. Flood moved the cabin fifty feet, lodging it in saline trees. Repairs made it a commodious riverside retreat.
A persistent rumor says the Monon shop may shut next week as the fiscal year ends June 36. The Lafayette Courier notes no official word has been received from the Office of the Superintendent of Motive Power May.
New Albany born Charles I Crane living in Seattle writes of a California hoosier sassafras shortage. His sister Mrs Allen Wright sends Indiana sassafras tea samples to Seattle fueling a small frontier exchange. Letters and money orders travel back and forth as gratitude grows amid the aromatic tea trade.
A note written by Marie Dulin, found beside her dying body, explains she would kill herself if she could not reconcile with her husband. The unsigned letter, started before a visit by her husband and completed after, expresses great love and asks him to cherish her memory.
Charles Nelson 57 a stone cutter died at his home at 7th and If streets Friday night after months of illness caused by consumption. He was taken to Hamer Day funeral chapel and buried at Green Hill. He leaves a widow and four children.
The Bloomington Southern Railway company brings a condemnation suit against John Monday and nineteen other defendants. The transcript, venued from Monroe County to the Lawrence circuit court, has been received by County Clerk Stalker.
Ira Turner died Saturday at 9 o'clock after being crushed Friday morning at the McMillan and Son mill by a heavy slab of stone. He died at home near Bartlettsville with his wife and family surviving. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 PM from Bartlettsville church. Burial followed in Bartlettsville cemetery.
Farmers in Knox County work through 104 degree heat to finish harvest. Paul Shepard completes 60 acres at two this morning, Jed Fox aims to finish 125 acres despite a near total loss from an old hay fire. Wheat harvest begins with fields near Rockford and Beyer farm reporting first binders. total acres in wheat estimated between 12 000 and 13 000 in the county.
Mrs Mary A Eaton widow of Julius Eaton dies in McDoel cinder pit. She claims Monon liable for damages due to lack of pit cover lighting and a safe crossing. The incident occurred about 1 30 am on April 25 with attorneys J J Regester and R H Mast listed.
The Commercial hotel at Shoals was destroyed by a roof fire early Friday. Firefighters faced a dry spell and wind as they saved the adjacent McCarty home. Ralph Kennedy and Harley Marsh were briefly overcome by heat. Loss estimated near 5000 dollars with insurance up to 2500.
In Indiana a renewed push by Hinshaw supporters and some politicians aims to win release for William E. Hinshaw, imprisoned for seventeen years for murdering his wife Thurza Hinshaw. Critics say the case is among Indiana’s most famous criminal episodes, noting his parole violations and alleged motives tied to his infidelity and ambitions.
A field fire near the Bedford Foundry and Machine company at 5th Street and the Monon was reported Friday at 6 30 with crews using a small hose and brush to extinguish the flames. No damage occurred.
Ured Te Starvey Hopkins, knocked from Salt Creek bridge by the P M B work train, shows rapid recovery with little pain. His father, connected with the revenue service in Kentucky, arrived Friday to visit. The boy had run away from home and stayed in town a week. He will be moved to Kentucky once stable.
More than a dozen Monon machine shop workers faced danger when passenger engine No. 415 broke a rail at the drop pit. The 80 ton locomotive leaned at 45 degrees and wheels slid into the pit. no major damage beyond the rail, as it was jacked up for transfer to the back shop.
Justice of the Peace Iseminger officiated at his South Jetreat office to unite Litten and Miss Lelia McKnabb in marriage Saturday at 9 o clock.
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