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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1902
Page
3
Paoli residents visit Orleans and Bloomington for work and business. Notable items include a $5,000 damage suit in Campbellsburg over a defective sidewalk, a new ice cream room planned by James Sears, and multiple moves and sales such as Land transfers to H. C. Phipps and Longworth’s farm sale near Springville.
A bright lit tle girl aged seven to eight was given to cabman Billy Campbell with a card requesting Mr. John Moody of Bedford Indiana to place her in his home. Campbell could not locate Moody and turned the case to City Marshal Fank Russell, who also could not locate him. The child is described as pretty and intelligent.
J Jerome Hines the barber spent Sunday in Mitchell. A new arc light is placed at 10th and O. A marriage license issued to Max Yeskie and Lyda J Conner. Brownstown to pay higher incandescent rates due to revenue shortfall. C A Knight moving store space on North I Street. F M Lemon celebrates 79th birthday with family. Monon stock up five points last week. Olin Norman Indiana University student returns home for spring vacation.
Notice reports a 22 year search for Howard Russell taken from his sister at Walnut Ridge Arkansas when age three. He was raised by a Fisher family who planned to rename him Harry Fisher and may be in Indiana. Any information requested by C Brenwell of St Francis Arkansas.
Miss Lillie Saladee of Coxton visits in the city while two year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Reid is ill with pneumonia. The Southern Indiana plans a steel bridge near the fair grounds. A May basket meeting will be held at Hays grave yard near Guthrie. Mrs. George Tingle recovers from pneumonia and may go out. Albert McBride and two children visit Gyger in the city. Dan Driscoll’s winning stock in Montana is offered elsewhere. Insurance rates rise nationwide prompting a new local schedule. John Hartman plans two cottages on South H street near Bahr and Drake. Judge T J Brooks visits from Bedford after withdrawing from Republican Attorney General race.
Pure bred Barred Plymouth Rocks offered with eggs testing eighty to ninety percent fertile at two dollars for thirteen. Local notices report family visits, a delinquent street assessment suit, a new stone quarry planned near Harrodsburg, and various community updates including accidents and political candidacy in Lafayette and Seymour.
Captain William J. Cook received a telegram Thursday afternoon announcing his son Clarence Cook, a railroad man, was killed in Mattoon Illinois when an engine ran over him. He lived in Mattoon about two years, leaves a wife and several children, and had visited Bedford recently. Captain Cook and wife departed for Mattoon that evening.
Circuit Court notes show the trial of exceptions to Gregory Guardian of Dell and the Morgan Keane versus Perry Johnson real estate suit decided for the plaintiff. Local visits include Dr Morris T Judah in town, engineer Lew Montgomery from Terre Haute, and Mrs Ed Braxton of Paoli visiting. Six Bloomington businessmen traveled south to Greene County coal fields. Roosevelt to ask authority for a Cuba minister. Senator Mason proposes 150000 for wireless link Washington to Chicago. Gen Funston rebukes critics over Aguin? valdo remarks.
Three well developed smallpox cases are reported in Limestone with three houses under quarantine. Two Hollers family members and a child of Robert Ray are affected mildly. Dr. Hunter thinks the illness came from Illinois via the Hollers. one Hollers patient attended a Red Men lodge event at Oolitic, exposing about three hundred people.
Professor Turner led the Sophomore Class on a Saturday trip. Chauncey Dowden, a former Bedford boy, belongs to the Mandolin and Glee Club. A chemistry student broke a burette Tuesday afternoon. a strict account of broken articles is kept and settled at term end. The school cleared about thirty dollars from Monday’s entertainment to cover athletic training and Bloomington tournament prep. The Glee Club reception at Frederick Norton’s home was well attended by students and citizens.
Student conduct notes show nineteen grades lowered for unexcused absence or tardiness. Senior class receives parts of the class play with rehearsals to begin after books arrive from Chicago. Athletic funds to be discussed. Miss Knox holds a thirty dollar surplus. Miss Lucy Scoggan passes teacher’s exam and earns a state license. Bloomington prepares for the Southern Indiana Teachers Association meeting with two thousand visitors expected. Mitchell and Orleans high schools plan a May 10 field meet amid a long running friendly rivalry.
A reflective verse urges relinquishing endless debates about right or wrong and entrusting burdens to the Lord. The speaker proclaims being a child of God, embracing toil as privilege and choosing joy over contentious striving.
The article explains facial neuralgia or tic douloureux, its possible sources in teeth, nose, throat, stomach, or general health, and notes that heat helps during attacks. It discusses recurrence triggers like cold damp winds, post tooth removal, and stresses dietary and tonic support under a physician. It cites malaria remedies as potentially aiding neuralgia.
A New York Times anecdote describes a bathhouse owner offering pine needle baths and claiming nervousness correlates with hair thickness. He asserts thick coarse hair signals nerves, while bald men are rarely nervous, comparing hair growth to overplanting soil depleting nutrients.
A Chicago Post essay reviews ministerial slips while noting common speaking gaffes from the pulpit and social notices. It recounts embarrassments from misheard announcements to humorous misstatements and offers tempered counsel that earnest preachers often speak with impact despite errors.
Washington High School teachers seek to boost athletics while track team members challenge athletic association elections. Brazil High School students strike after Professor Muncie is dismissed for alleged misconduct with a student Miss Munro. Public sentiment splits on guilt as students demand Muncie’s reinstatement and burn an effigy of Superintendent Fertch. Troubles in Southern Indiana schools grow more tense as students assert power.
Requests for train rates times and connections should be addressed to J C Mills Paugh traveling passenger agent Terre Haute Indiana. He will promptly provide the needed details to interested parties.
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