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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1915
Page
3
Delineates numerous visits among Springsville area residents including Jessie Stevenson in Bloomington and Margaret Lemon in Bedford. Reports on birthdays, church services by Rev. Quincy Short, and community travel to Heltonville, Tunnelton, Jasonville, Owensburg, and Linton. Aged resident Andrew G Speer dies at 85 with funeral at Pinhook Christian church.
The notice lists revival services led by Rev. Bair at Malridge during the current week and notes various local people visiting relatives or returning from trips. Mentions include Miss Doris Miller visiting her parents in the area after wintering at the Richmond Insane Hospital, and several residents and guests from Bedford and surrounding towns visiting family or traveling for the weekend.
Winter returns as Pierce family attends Bedford church. Local visits traverse Greene County and Indianapolis. School terms end soon and a farmers meeting draws the community. Honor Matilda Etchison dies at 73 after a devout life. interment at Mitchell Cemetery. Family travels include Mitchell Bedford Bryantville and Williams area.
Corres on Coxton notes warm weather aiding spring plowing and farm moves. Bud Brown shifts from Scherschell to new fields. Charles Smith rents Kern farm and moves family. John Todd relocates from Heltonville to Rufus Nichols farm. Scherschell Bros ship cattle. Easter program planned by Old Union class. Uncle Wesley Adamson ill. Mike Bula injured horse. Kern moves corn and hay toward Williams. Mrs Nichols shops in Bedford.
Henry Hoggatt Albert Hoggatt and others visit Salem on business. Racing through week with catfish catches school exercises in Spanger Schoolhouse. Various locals attend to trips church visits and family news. Miss Ida King visits in Salem as wedding plans emerge and many residents travel to Bedford Owensboro Bloomington and Mitchell for events and errands.
Osburn Tanner and wife plus William Nin an and wife of Linton return from Fayetteville with several days of visiting. Charley Robbins and wife visit John Robbins. Mrs Walter Adamson goes to Orleans. Charlie Fountain and sister Sylvia go to Monroe county to see their aunt Miss Sarah Burch. Thomas Thompson visits Zelma to see his sick niece. Albert Fountain and wife are guests of A L Boyd and wife. Mrs Jane Cooper is summoned to her sister's bedside as her condition worsens.
Littlesalt notes frequent grip and flu symptoms among residents. Many residents visit relatives in Bartlettsville Bloomington Heltonville and Hicksville while others travel for business or church. Several patients including D J Clark Mrs Hawkins and Aunt Susie Christenburg are listed as ill with the grip stomach trouble or other ailments. The infant of Ulyssis Thompson dies at Heltonville as farmers plow for corn despite lingering snow.
Eliza Murphy attended events Saturday and Sunday. Mrs Ethel Mikels went to Heltonville Friday. James Fowler visited Mrs McPike Saturday night. Elmer Snngrove spent Monday with a schoolmate Lebert Glas Cleveland Clark headed to Boone county Thursday for summer work. Maudie Gleasson and Gustie Bran yan stayed with Mrs Lottie Lively at Hestonville. Aunt Dorcas Fleetwood improves from grip. Rayburn Reed and wife of Bedford visited Reed's mother. The infant child of Kiah Deckard died last night. Miss Rella Fleetwood suffers a severe cold. William A Fowler Jr. is very sick. Mrs Laura Fowler visits Abraham Hawkins. Leslie Norman returns home from Indianapolis. Uncle Joseph Snow is improving after illness. Flora Thurman spent weekend with homefolks. Leo Glassee is ill with heart trouble. son John visited Monday. Rev Wim Sexton preached at Freedom church Sunday. John Hl Boss and wife from Yellowstone attended Coliny church Saturday. James Murphy’s family recovering from pneumonia and grip. Minnie McPike suffers severe grip. Salem school entertainment drew many, including a noon program and an afternoon of talks and plays.
R A Myers and family visited Williams to see Mrs Myers mother who is ill. Ambrose Crawford and wife returned from Indianapolis after visiting relatives. Noble Reynolds and wife were in Bedford on business. Mrs Jacob Hoppingarner is ill with neuralgia of the stomach. Lula Mathis and Annis Crawford stayed with Miss Goldie Mitchell Wednesday night. J A Brobbing was in Bedford.
Sheldon Mitchell went to Heltonville on a business trip Monday. Rev. Fowler and John Glascoe spent Sunday with Wm. Martin and wife. Clovis Glascoe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Glascoe, is improving after illness. Oma Reed returned to Bedford after a week with Mrs. McPike’s family. Mrs. James W. Mikels came home after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Hawkins, who suffers a severe grip. Mrs. F. R. Williams improves slowly after a serious illness. Aunt Martha Oliver remains in serious condition after a long illness. John Browning visited his sister near Shawswick.
Michael Benzel of Good Thunder Minnesota was summoned by the illness of his brother William Benzel on West 14th street. He travels today to Ellettsville and Indiana polis to visit relatives, then to Fulton Illinois to see his son Ford Benzel before returning home. his brother remains slightly improved.
Mrs. Mattie Edgar and Mrs. N. J. Clark of ieltonville visited Mrs. Morton Hunter in Oofilie on Wednesday. The call reflects local social ties and neighborhood exchanges among residents.
John C. Sowder builds new fences around town lots. Stanley Cracraft bought a new wagon last week. George Cracraft and wife visit with their son Vada and family. Howard L. Bartlett sold hogs to Houston and Clark Saturday.
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