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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1907
Page
4
The bill list covers druggist restrictions on intoxicating liquors, prescription requirements, and penalties. It includes highway rules for autos, numbered plates, and penalties for offenses. Also details railroad rules on block signaling, shipper car access, and school policies on flags and secret societies.
An ad describing Lane's Family Medicine as a laxative remedy sold by druggists. It asserts it saves doctors' bills and claims to cure headache backache vision constipation and skin conditions. The claim presents broad consumer health benefits with no verifiable evidence.
Central Union Telephone Company subscribers in Bedford were moved to the new exchange last Saturday night with minimal downtime. The common-battery system uses a receiver signal to place calls, and the switchboard now serves about 1,000 locals with 20 former lines and 20 long distance lines. Outside lines were rebuilt with 20,000 feet of aerial cable to minimize storm interruptions. public invites to inspect the new setup follow.
The article credits Indiana with becoming the foremost distributing point for the lighter harness horses in the Midwest. It notes advances in facilities and breeding gains, highlighting Dan Patch at 1:55 and Lou Dillon sired by Sidney Dillon at 1:53.4, with key activity in Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois and near Indianapolis.
Bedford Mail publishes a list from the Adjutant General naming members of Company L and other units from Bedford area who have not filed for amounts due for Civil War service. The note notes an additional payment due in about ninety days after deductions for prosecuting the claim were refunded by the last Legislature.
A prospectus from The Indianapolis and Ohio Valley Traction Co outlines a south and southeast route from Trafalgar to Nashville and Bedford then toward Evansville. The plan imagines heavy freight and passenger traffic, linking Indianapolis to Bloomington and Bedford’s quarries, with resorts at French Lick and West Baden and a major boost for local towns and cement works.
Sunday night an unknown assailant fired twice at Wash Shoulders near the coal chute car house, burning his face but not hitting him. A woman is rumored involved, the shooter fled town, and police search continues as witnesses describe a tense scene amid immigration era Indiana history.
Telegraphic reports indicate excellent sanitary conditions in the canal zone with a death rate of 4.2 per thousand. Representative Scott of Kansas says canal work may finish in seven years at lower cost than currently estimated.
The Modern Woodmen of America held a lodge ceremony Monday night with State Deputy Volz Indianapolis District Deputy Strack New Albany and Rev. Harley Jackson Seymour delivering init iatory rites. A 13 member Seymour staff led the teamwork and a banquet followed at the Red Men's hall before 3 am. Camps from multiple towns attended and the class included George Phillips Emery Newkirk Valtrie Mullen Walter Ringwall Lex Rariden John Roger Kelsie Miller Claud Morgan David Mitchell John Martin Clyde Martin Dana Moore James Mitchell Herman Kutch Oscar Skerd Walter Inman James Anderson Chas Bickenhouser Virgil Bruce Reed Bass J W Broady August Benzel Frank Beauchamp Ira Clark Homer Chaney James Davis William Daggy Frank Davis Noble Gabbert J W Gould E L Horne George Huff John Helms Homer Holmes C B Hill E L Hill Jacob Schmeiser Otto Shoulty Frank Taylor Geo Zunkle Edgar Mitchell Jesse P Woodward Chas Love Albert Davis C A Matthews J P Waldron Charles Pace Grover Wright Chas Troy F E Renter Curtis Parker Alfonso Roberts Fred Bunn N K Mann Bert Harris R M Green Will Keithiey Chas Hornecker Will Ebert Robert Bunn Ernest Bartley.
In Georgetown a courthouse clock began running backward then forward with sudden fast swerves causing panic among townsfolk. A citizen committee found the clock keeper caused the motions during testing. three weeks earlier the clock and scales in the tower had fallen during the Powers trial, though no one was hurt.
A Bell Telephone Exchange employee found the front door of Buchanan’s Diamond Grocery open between 11 and 12 Saturday night. Initial fears of burglary faded after checking stock and the money drawer, revealing no theft. The owner concluded the lock failed to hold and a gust may have blown the door open.
St John's Church received a solid brass Altar Cross from the Society of St. Charles K M Philadelphia. The 18 inch cross rests on a blue Bedford stone base and was blessed during morning services. The base gift came from one of the communicants. Easter gifts are expected next Sunday.
Sunday evening a buggy carrying James Murphy and two young women from Oolitic Misses Woody Jesse and Sarah Bennett overturned on a hill toward Bedford. The high speed caused all occupants to be thrown clear. none were hurt though the top and shafts were smashed. The rig belonged to Charlie Farmer of Oolitic.
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