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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1903
Page
4
Telegraphic dispatches report seismic tremors felt Sunday in the mountains of Montana. The same item notes Secretary Shaw's concern over possible repeats of East Coast financial disturbances tied to last year, and other international and domestic events including a Guatemala Salvador mediation, Panama canal plans, and a wave of violent incidents across several states.
List of remaining letters unclaimed at the Bedford Post Office for the week ending February 28 1903 including names of ladies and gentlemen with instruction to callers to say advertised. The notices also include community notes from Trinity and local visitors and events.
Washington report notes Senator West of Missouri and Senator Jones of Arkansas leave the national Democratic scene as younger Bryanism aligned leaders rise. It discusses shifts in Southern leadership, potential presidential candidates, and electoral math for 1904 amid party realignments.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote features a lawyer who recounts a case where he accepted a retainer from his own son and failed to influence the court, then admits he was false to a client. The piece moves through picaresque vignettes including a story of a gluttonous boy, reflections on kindness, and quips about music and temperance with brief moral asides.
The Tolbert family from Tolbert graveyard neighborhood arrived Monday while Jasop Fountain of Fort Ritner and Jacob Hoppingarner from Shiloh were seen in town. Alfred Guthrie and Mrs Guthrie traveled to Bedford and back via Mitchell. Numerous locals including John Reynolds, Hugh Coots, Noah Flinn, Thomas Flinn, and others visited Bedford, Shiloh, Odon, and Fort Ritner during the period.
A reminiscence recalls a man selling patent medicines in Russia and attempting to hawk anti grip pellets to a commissary during a crack regiment review. The troops applauded the arrival of General Akachooche, leaving the seller to joke about his failed sales.
A portrait of Alexandrian scholars Pappus Theon and Hypatia with note on her fate, and a tale of a boy’s Aunt Ned letter about a monkey toy. Includes Lake Michigan water theory via Rocky Mountains and Charles Reade at work as a “criticaster.”
An anxious landlady warns the artist to stay inside as a crowd hunts him, calling themselves the hanging committee. A second item jokes about a public school pupil distinguishing balance from remainder with a pun about a man who lost balance but not remainder.
To St Louis National and International Good Roads Convention April 27 to May 2 Tickets sold April 26 to 27 Good returning March 4 Dedication Ceremonies Louisiana Purchase Exposition World s Fair April 3 to May 2 Tickets sold April 29 to May 1 Good returning May 4 Thirty first Saengerfest of North American Saengerbund June 17 to 22 Tickets sold June 16 to 17 Good returning June 22
Advertisement offering inexpensive one way trips to Northwest destinations. Encourages inquiry about cheap rates for travel West or Northwest or anywhere. Directs readers to contact ticket agent or address H. P. Rapury. G. A.
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