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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1901
Page
3
Rube Bareford a contractor from Mitchell transacted business in the city on Monday detailing a routine commercial visit or deal with local clients or suppliers.
A sequence of brief notices lists residents and visitors arriving or passing through including Cal Sproull from Loo Gootee, J F Mitchell from Ft Ritner, John Lamb from Williams, J D Hall from Williams, D B Guthrie to River Vale, D W Beasley from Coxton, Neal Cooper from Coxton, Marcus Rodgers from Dark Hollow, Frank Weaver from Pinhook, and others. Several trips to nearby towns and visits to relatives are recorded along with a business note about J S Denniston touring to Bloomington. George W McDaniel visits Saltillo, Emma Fullen returns from Ft Ritner, Walter Fultz visits Heltonville, and George Farmer from Hinora is hosted by John McKnight. A money lender advertises easy terms. E L Jacobs leaves La Force Lumber for a new job in New Albany.
A flurry of names shows residents of Huron Heltonville Williams and Zelma visiting Bedford on Tuesday. Local business and social notes include marriages licenses issued, large building activity, and quail plentiful in northern Indiana.
In Washington Indiana Daviess County Mrs. Mike Deckard smashed her husband’s saloon with a hatchet injuring no one, wrecking the bar fixtures and two whiskey barrels as onlookers watched. She declared she would rid the town of every saloon beginning with her husband’s. Also noted is the marriage of Mr Charlie Stipp and Miss Lola Wray at Rev Chas Asbury's home and their move to housekeeping.
Billy Burk paid a fine and costs of 950 dollars for intoxication, stayed. In State vs. Stipp, defendant found guilty of permitting gaming but discharged on arrest of judgment due to defective indictment. Numerous residents, visitors, and moves noted: Rev Davie Sommer to Leipsic, Lon Tirey of Mitchell, Miss Ray returns from country visit, Mrs Vestal ill improving, Miss Wilking and Miss Davis travel, Nellie Younger en route to Heltonville, Porter Browning homeward to Bloomington, Louis Taylor en route to Zelma, Mrs Hamer returns to Freetown, J A Bozarth sells Lincoln Ave grocery to G B Ross, Andrew Erwin to Elnora, Henry P Pearson in Mitchell for Miller vs Miller depositions, Charley Reid buys bulldogs for guarding premises.
R Ashcraft of Dresden departs for Spokane to locate a perce for permanent residence. Nellie Norman, Guthrie teacher, en route to Bartlettsville to visit parents. Will Terrell pleads guilty to burglarizing a B&O SW freight car and is sent to the Reformatory. Infant dies. mother gravely ill on 17th and K. Chas Walker buys West 17th street property to renovate and rent. Deputy Samuel E Mitchell, GOP stalwart, appointed near Crosslane. Pension awards granted to Mrs Wilder and Elizabeth Garner. Bedford tax dup shows record low delinquency under Republican times. Police check hoboes camp. candles suggest potential burglars. grass to be burned to root out tools.
Harvey Stevens, about 60, a farmer living several miles from Bloomington, was crushed to death when a wagon loaded with crossties overturned on a steep hill near town. Fifteen prisoners en route to the State prison at Columbus, Ohio, passed Mitchell aboard a Baltimore & Ohio train, under guard after being moved from Indiana Territory to assist railroad construction.
Elder William H. Fiemond aged 70 died at 6 a m Wednesday from grip and heart trouble. Funeral held Thursday at 1 p m conducted by Rev O W Chadwick and elder John Williams with burial at Hopkins graveyard. Revival at the German M E church continues with strong attendance. Tonight at 7 30 Rev Chas Asbury will preach in English at the First M E church. large crowd urged. Hast 18th straat.
Marshal Frank Russell and Dr. R. R. Braxton refrained from exploding nitroglycerin on the Braxton farm. They discussed dangers with Davis the hobo and learned how dangerous the substance is. They then placed the nitroglycerin against a stump, lit a fuse, and exploded it, splitting the stump and shaking the earth, noting the blast was quieter than expected due to dilution with linseed oil.
A long string of brief items from Bedford and nearby areas notes people visiting, business deals, property work, and social events. Mrs S A May of Guthrie and Obed Lamb from Williams are in the city, trades include horses for farm use, and renovations proceed on West 181th Street homes. Funeral attendance, church organ installation plans, and a bread/condiment ad for Pure Open Kettle Orleans Molasses are listed alongside multiple minor household updates. Unpaid debts, a sale of merchandise to G B Ross Co, and farm rentals are mentioned, with local officials raiding a crap game and scheduling a chapter meeting and banquet.
S O McClung and Isaac Williams visited from Williams while merchant Virgil Alexander from Heltonville was in Bedford on Thursday. Several residents moved houses and others planned travel as Mrs Arlie Lermond left for New Mexico for health. The County Council met to approve appropriations and Grace Dodd's funeral drew a large crowd. A new Western Union wire linking Bedford to Indianapolis and eastern cities enhances telegraphic service, replacing the Chicago Board of Trade bucket shop barrier.
Albert Fidler, a hooker at the Hoosier Mill, had his face badly cut and two teeth knocked out Wednesday when a dog slipped from a stone. Dr. Dierking dressed the wound and Fidler is doing well.
A remedy for the grippe is Kemp's Balsam, suitable for throat and lungs. Start a bottle at first symptoms to prevent pneumonia by keeping the cough loose and lungs clear. Sold by all druggists for 25 and 50 cents.
August Benzel and Mrs. Gus sie Harbour of Ripon Wisconsin wed at the groom’s home on H and 18th Streets at 7 15 PM assisted by Rev H A Severinghaus. The bride wore tan satin with white lace. Benzel an Indiana quarry foreman and native of Bedford. Guests included the bride’s mother Mrs Zank and brother Mr Zank from Ripon and groom’s sister Mrs William Hastings and Edna of Seymour. Refreshments followed. The article also notes the dedication of the new M E church at Shoals scheduled for Sunday March 17 with President J W Bashford and several pastors assisting. The brick church cost about 8000, windows memorial, Epworth League window costing 75. dedication week planned.
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