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Newspaper

Bedford Weekly Mail

Location

Bedford, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1903

Page

3

Local notes chronicle visits and town news in Seymour area

J A Coppin returns from Seymour visit. Mrs Kate Heiger receives plants from Louisville. Gladys Pace ill in South Street. Thomas Forsythe visits Bloomington. Smallpox vaccination gains pace. Steve Fountain of Zelma in town. owns 1700 acres in Jackson county. Elder Quincy Short travels to Harrodsburg for Lindsey Johnson funeral. Charles F Stephenson to move to Borden for bookkeeper post. J A Coleman leaves for Cleveland to erect tramway for Columbus Stone Co. J B Dillman and Wm Buzzaird visit Bloomington on business. Browning family headed for Laurel Nebraska to settle. Garrison McFall sells fish. Fresh supply preferred. Light globe theft at Mitchell church mocked by Paoli Republican. Quarantine lifted. vaccination critics joke. Funeral in Harrodsburg for Lindsey Johnson. First Christian church services show growing interest. sermon titled The pressure of the Personal Pronoun. Mathers Stone Co raises 82 foot mast at quarry. yellow poplar, ten horses to move. 1500 foot switch ready for summer work.

Mathers Stone Company This Lawrence Indian Creek Township Stone Company Bloomington

Infant of Mr Nicholson Dies Monday Forenoon

The infant child of Mr and Mrs Ben Nicholson died Monday forenoon in a local residence. The family has requested privacy as they mourn this loss.

Ben Nicholson

Bedford Hosts Southern Indiana Athletic Meet Friday

Bedford prepares for the Southern Indiana Athletic Meet to be held Friday in Bedford. Local residents and notable visitors include Mr. and Mrs. James Palmer of Elnora, real estate man Alex Marley of Indianapolis, and residents such as Harry Springer of Paoli. Vaccination sidelined 37 Bedford High School students a day, while local governance moves include a $200 license tax on billiard rooms in Gosport and a new Waterworks franchise in Bloomfield.

Bedford James Palmer Elnora City Alex Marley Indianapolis B. B Marley Gosport

Local Notebook Mentions Residents and Legal Notices

The Bloomington area notes several residents in town this week including John W. Simpson of Tunnel ton and Dan W. Sherwood of Bryantsville. Marriage licenses issued to Elmer Strange Oma Baker Walter Tincher Addie Cutsinger William Pender Maud Williams. Officials announce township assessors start in April with new pay scales. A bridge bid opening set for April 23 at Gosport. An Irish heritage feature praises Irish workers and soldiers in US history.

Local Notices From Browns Town and Bloomington Area

Births report a son for Dr. and Mrs. F E B Stipp and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs Daniel Moore in West 17th street. A Gum Sugar sale at Hav erly’s lists 19 pounds for $1.00. Seymour carpenters form a union, seeking entry into a national body. A letter notes Mrs Knobel’s death in Germany aged 88. Hegwood visits to arrange guardians for Jonah Rich heirs' pension. Dunn land addition may end local court fights. Red Harbison, an umbrella mender, arrives for St Patrick’s Day. plans to visit Indiana University after a week in Bloomington.

Dunn Bloomington Bill Red Harbison St. Patrick’s Blue Birds St. Louis Stone City Indiana University

Robbery attempt as Mrs Wires is attacked on West 15th

Tuesday around 9 pm Mrs Pete Wires faced two men who sprang from behind a maple tree on West 15th near Rev E R Edwards home and tried to seize her. She resisted and fled into the Edwards yard where others appeared and the men fled.

Pete Wires West 15Th Street E. R. Edwards

Surprise birthday surprise at Bedford church

The First Christian church in Bedford held a secret session where the pastor was unaware of the plan. Twenty officers and wives surprised Pastor Edwards on his birthday with a gift of an oak roll top desk and a testimonial note from church societies. Light refreshments followed as he recovered from the moment. Also noted are Indiana wheat prospects with forecasts of a bountiful harvest nearing 40 million bushels and county acreage shifts.

America Indianapolis Journal Bedford First Christian Church Newton Crooke J. B. Duncan Ollie E. Wires J. W. Newland Edwards Indiana Indianapolis News Wheat Vermillion Wells Grant Bartholomew Adams Scott Posey Whitley Sullivan Laporte Wabash Warren

Bedford Court Sessions Parcel Docket of Damages and Decrees

In Bedford court proceedings Judge Wilson heard demurrers in the Fred McLin will case and pending matters for minor criminal trials. The Davis vs Martin County Bank suit was compromised. Emma Palmer vs Melvin Edington et al moved to trial on venue from Martin County. Albert Coleman, a former jail escapee, is at Campbell Missouri charged with larceny. Public bonds and bank suits from Lawrence and Lawrence County moved or were vented, with several verdicts for defendants and judgments entered in Skerd deed cases. The John Stewart suit against Indiana Bedford Stone Co. was moved to Monroe County after alleging a May 1902 accident. The Morgan estate suit against Consolidated Stone Co. was affirmed for $2,000 by the Supreme Court.

Emma Palmer Melvin Edington Martin County Wilson Ogden & Inman Washington City Palmer Holdington Daviess County Nebraska Brooks & Brooks Padgett & Padgett H. McCormick Shoals Lawrence County Citizens National Stone City Banks Dibbie B. Fountain Hon. S. Bowe Stone City Bank Citizen’s National Bank Bloomington Telephone John Stewart Indiana-Bedford Stone Co Duncan & Batman Monroe County Bedford Stewart John D. Morgan Albert O. Cass Consolidated Stone Company Supreme Court Albert Cass

Bedford Roller Mill Property Sale Notice

Notice is given that on April 15, 1903 at 2 p.m. the Trustee will sell at public auction the Bedford Roller Mill and adjacent real estate. Terms: one third cash, six months, and twelve months with notes bearing 6 percent interest and mortgage security. purchaser to insure the property. The mill comprises a fifty barrel flouring mill and about two acres of ground located on both the C I L and Southern Indiana Railroads. Joseph R. Voris, Trustee.

Bedford Reller Sama Southern Indiana Jossph R. Voris

Low one way fares to California and western points

The Southern Indiana Ry offers very cheap one way rates to California and western destinations including North and South Dakota. For details contact the Ticket Agent or J. G. Ray, G. A.

Indiana California South Dakota J. G. Ray G. A

Damages Set At Two Thousand In Bloomington Derrick Case

The derrick collapsed when a guy rope snapped, dropping a heavy stone and causing damage. Before the trial Cass's widow remarried. The case, tried in March 1991 at Bloomington before Special Judge Newton Crooke with a struck jury.

Cass Bloomington Newton Crooke

Welding Anniversary Honors J A and Wife

Mr and Mrs J A Shoulty marked their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a reception for many friends on Wednesday. Guests included Miss Mahan from the Deaconess Home Buffalo NY and Miss Corbin from the Emigrant Home New York City who spoke at the First M E church both morning and evening on Sunday March 22. The Treasury Department mailed ads today for public building sites at Bedford and Marion with publications in the Bedford Mail and Democrat and Marion Chronicle and News Tribune. Bids for both sites will be opened April 14.

Bedford and Marion Office of the Supervising Architects J. A. Shoulty Treasury Department Bedford Bedford Mail and Democrat Marion Chronicle and News-Tribune Washington Letter Indianapolis

Partnership Dissolved as Alice Campbell Retires

The partnership between Marion G. Cole and Alice Campbell is dissolved by mutual consent. Alice Campbell retires and M G Cole will conduct future business, settle obligations, and collect accounts in Bedford Indiana dated March 19 1908.

Marion G. Cole Alice &. Campbell Alice £. Campbell M. G. Cole Bedford, Ind

Bedford Merchants Form Agreement to Close at Six P.M.

Notice to all concerned reports Bedford merchants plan to close stores at six oclock daily except Saturday and Monday until a contract with the Cler Union expires. The signatories include W H & R C Cosner Hamer & Day I G Ades W A Webb Frank M Cosner and many others.

Bedford Cler Union W. H R. C. Cosner Hamer & Day I. G. Ades W. A. Webb Frank M. Cosner Rick Haverty Charles McCarrell Gro W. Hay T.runnels

Bedford City Council approves plat and school building plans

City Engineer Houston wins approval for the Richardson Addition plat. Ordinances on hawkers and vehicles move to committee. School Board reports plans to build two new Bedford schools with costs of 117,000 and 14,000, funded by up to 30,000 in bonds, no tax levy. Public works and claims list routine payments to local firms and workers.

Houston Richardson Addition Bedford Indiana East Bedford Noxton Jas Calhan

Indiana to Shiloh for Monument Dedication Train Ride

Indiana Shiloh National Park Commission outlines route for Indiana regiments and batteries monument dedication at Shiloh Battlefield Park on April 6 and 7. Official train departs Indianapolis April 4 with notable attendees including Major General Lew Wallace and Governor Durbin. fare low with steamer ride to Pittsburg Landing and battlefield hotel quarters aboard the steamer.

Indiana Shiloh Coburn Carahan Indianapolis Indiana Longstreet and Gordon Georgia Buckner Kentucky Mississippi Alabama Danville Tenn Pittsburg Landing Shiloh Battlefield Park W. W. A1i Onardson Shilohi Battlefield Pennyslvania Man 4Th Padu Cah Jounsesvelle Perryville Corinth Miss Pennsylvania Lines W. W. Richardson

Also Mentioned on This Page

Union Dental Co Ae . Ee Union Dental Company Foster Building Northwest Cor. Sq. Bedford Wm. Speer Erie J. L. Flion Pinhook W.H. Embree Bryantsville Henry C. Trueblood Mitchell Dr. Younger James Matthews Stonington J. A. Coppin Seymour Kate Heiger Louisville Gladys Jesse Pace South H Street Thomas Forsythe Frank Forsythe Bhis Steve Fountain Zelma Mr. Fountain Jackson County Quincy Short Springville Harrodsburg Lindsey Johnson Charles F. Stephenson Borden J. A. Coleman Cleveland Columbus Stone Company J. B. Dillman The Nnnack Wm. Buzzaird George Browning Bert Browning Eliza Day Laurel, Neb Garrison McFall Garrison Paoli Cyrus Blackburn Lizzie Johnson Everett Blackburn Findley dJohnson Mary Blackburn Jessie Blackburn Hargodsburg Haverly’s C. E. Allen T. H. Edmondson Odd Fellows Building Harry Springer Spice Valley Township Richard Bex Bedford High School Crawford County Ed McCormick Rose Johnson Ella Williams Charley Taylor James Cather West 17Th Street Prudential Insurance Company J. W. Beard New Bedford National Bank Supervising Marion and Bloomfield Ernest Dugger B. B. Marley S. N. Whitted J. S. Bailey H Street Lem Harbaugh Susan Whitted Hast 13Th Street Harry Ragsdale Walter Chilton West 19Th Street W. A. Cheevee James Taylor North Istreet J.8 Bailey N. Whitted East 17Th Street Bryan Congress Treasury United States Treasury Cavanaugh Bartenders International League of America Col Ed Bush Meredith House Cafe Rock Will Walker Vincennes Princeton Washington Herald R. H. Williams John W. Simpson Tunnelton Mina Holmes Billy Hobbs Clara Fultz Elmer Strange Oma Baker Walter Tincher Addie Cutsinger William Pender Maud Williams Dan W. Sherwood John Flinn Tripelton Robert Clark al Bryant Lowrey Adamson Fayetteville A. W. Jones Wm. R. Strother Saltillo Alfred Elmore Covington Ind Church of Christ Elmore Arthur Jordan Poultry Company Nelson Morris Company Chicago Arthur Jordan House Monroe County Commis- 2 White River Secrest Ferry Stinesville Ayer Buckingham R. P. Hall & Co Nashus,n.h F. EB. Stipp Daniel Moore Foster’s Frank Knobel Dusseldorf Germany Mr. Knobel John W. Hegwood Tively Hach Dad Gorman Senate Saeeve OT Circuit Court T. M. Sears Hix W. Davis Martin County Bank Fred McLin Will Smith Albert Coleman Campbell, Mo Coleman Martha Hollers John R. Tanksley City of Southern Indiana Ry. Co Chicago, Indianapolis Gregory Skerd Jesse Skerd Indiana-Bedford Stone Company S. B. Lowe Bedford Roller Mill Southern Indiana Railway Co Wilson’s Bargain Store Rebats Bedford Light, Heat and Power Go Wight Caadeees Seve Ee Ees Bot Bart Short Ellis F. Buchanan Halirent David Ragsdale Chas Huff Henry Payne Melvin Clark John Jaminson J. M. Smith J. George H. H CHESS Leesville, Ind Brown Leghorn W. S. Holcombe Alexander & Harris Attorneys-At-Law Gunn East Side J. W. Trainor Jas. G. Stull Bedford, Indiana East Ride of Square F. E. Stipp South Street East Side Square Noweat B.B. Marley South Side Square North John Denniston East Endite Street C. H. Emery Ando 15Th and & Als Royal Blue Plymouth Bocks Great Ag BB Black Bat Jack Dan John Browning Stewart Co James Newkirk Leesville Wwe LDING W. S. Richey CO McGormige Bros S. T Thos. Dusard K ST. Bedford
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