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Newspaper

Bedford Weekly Mail

Location

Bedford, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1902

Page

3

Numerous townsfolk noted in Bedford city listings

A long roster of residents and visitors appears in Bedford city records with many names and affiliations. Highlights include births, illnesses, marriages, business travels, and real estate moves among locals such as Mrs. Frank Bickenhauser, Clarence Webb, John Stout, Euta Tabor, JOS. P. Allen, Walter Rout, W. EB. Cannedy, Bonnie Davis, and others. Civil and social ties stretch to Mitchell, Seymour, Blooming ton, Shoals, and beyond, with school graduations and local construction updates also reported.

Local notes and arrivals fill a busy Sunday

Simon Graves visited Harrods burg relatives Sunday. Judge H Martin returned yesterday from Indianapolis. A marriage license issued to Lyman Gilson and Jane Pitman. Andy Dodds of Buddha was in the city Monday. Mrs P A Crofts, mother of Mrs M Russell, is quite sick. Miss Jennie Simms visited Georgie Brown. Col George McDaniel and Everett Clark left Indianapolis for Pensacola on a business trip. Thomas Jackson from Bloomington, a IU student, in the city Friday. B H Potter of Edna, Kansas, visiting relatives. Chas Keys of Montgomery visiting Jesse Richardson and may move to the area. Marriage licenses issued to several couples. Phony White, Lee Lawrence and Algin Strout lease Dredoble foundry. John Qualap died in North Bedford aged 70. Funeral Saturday. Gale Friday night caused damage. Edward Joyce to begin road work on the Monon. Prediction of rail improvements boosting speed to 75 mph by 1925. Airshipmen urged to move quickly. Thomas Regth and Elmer Stephenson return from a week of river fishing.

Taxes due for 1901 with penalties after May first Monday

The 1901 taxes are due with a 10 percent penalty if the first installment isn’t paid by the first Monday in May. Early payment is urged to avoid crowds. Also notes Derby Day at Louisville on Saturday May 8, a boxing title bout between Kid Carter and Marion Hart, a Monon excursion for $2 round trip from Bedford, and court activity in Brown County with indictments likely but low conviction odds.

W. H. West Trens. Lawrance Co Louisville Kid Carter Brooklyn Marion Hart The Monon Bedford 14Th Street

Death of George Cornelius Hulse at 10th birthday approaching

George Cornelius Hulse son of the late Walford Hulse died at his grandmother Martha A Green's home Tuesday at 4 25 pm He would have been 11 on June 5 He suffered from consumption and heart trouble Funeral was held Thursday at 2 pm at Mrs Green's home on 19th and G streets Burial was in Green Hill Cemetery His mother and sister survive along with many friends.

George Cornelius Hulse Walford Hulse Martha A. Green Martha A.green Green Hill Cemetery

Local notes on visitors and business in Fayetteville area

A collage of captions reports residents and visitors in Fayetteville and nearby towns, including J M Sellers and J W Allen Jr on business, James Smith and Hmil Cross from Freetown, and Elder Wilson Quillen of Bridge Church. It lists sales at Miss Deacon's, a Toney farm purchase by Arthur Newland for 850 dollars, and loans offered by H H Walls. Also noted are Mrs Mary Wilson moving to town, trips to Spencer and Indianapolis, and funeral travels for O W Anderson.

Arthur Newland Toney Kate N. Willard Adminstratrix

Tragic Strychnine Incident Near Spider Greek

Charles Kelly, about 44, lived in a shanty near Spider Greek West 16th, drank a glass of water laced with strychnine on Thursday at 7 30 pm, and died quickly. He told a friend he would kill himself, and acted on it. The report also notes local arrivals, licenses, a cat found in a yard, and a strike at Acme stone quarry near Clear Creek with four weeks pay dispute.

Charles Kelly West Acme Clear Creek Bloomington

Dr Wayman and Miss Barnard Wed in Private Ceremony

Dr H Wayman and Miss Floy Barnard were quietly married Tuesday evening at the home of J E Pitts with Reverend Irvine officiating. The ceremony was private among immediate friends. Barnard, once a city resident, has lived in Chicago recently, and the couple will reside in Indianapolis after a short visit to Wayman’s parents in Ewing Indiana.

Indianapolis Wayman Ewing Indiana

Also Mentioned on This Page

Madras Malagas Ae Pesca Tings Tae Brussels Nottingham Point d Id Mahog Adam and Eve Swilson’s Bargain Store Frank Bickenhauser Clarence Webb Indian Springs John Stout Cale Euta Tabor Freetown Jos. P. Allen Tunnelton Walter Rout Bryantsville Busie W. EB. Cannedy Cincinnati Bonnie Davis West 15Th Street J. W. Cosner Mitchell Wirt Pitman James Wells Beymour Thomas Demoss Shoals Shawswick Ambrose Crawford Pinhook George Lucas Seymour Lem Harbaugh Dr. C. H. Emery Sylvanus Jackson Perry Township Mrs Dora Gasoway Paul, Ind F. M. Lemon Chas. Bigins James Matthews Saltillo W. F. Trueblood Salem Raphael Pansa Greene Hill Wm. Donihue Sherman Jones North M Street Frank Stephenson Harry Greiffe New Albany Belle Braxton Richmond Ind Carothers Martin County Ira Anderson Avoca Emil Lawson Gertie Spaulding John F. Daughterty Burnett, Ind Cyrus Blackburn and Grant Luzadder B. B. Marley South Ost Jim McBride E. A. Johnson North I Street Shirley Snyder Greencastle Virgil Corbin Charles Richards H. Roach Rockwood Indiana University Frank Knobel American Quarries Co Shawswick Township Trinity Chapel Foster's Dussard Capt. Lycurgus Duncan H Streets William Prather City Kurtz Milburn Brown Henry Acton S. S 18Th Street I and J James O'Connell Jake L. Stephenson Grant Stull Willa Cosner Alice Potter de Pauw University Ernest Giles Constant Gaussin Texarkana A. W. Jones Elisha Hobbs Campbellsburg James H. Fields Fort Ritner Retta Todd Fairview Father Bogemann J. Hamberger Diettman Shoe Co St. Louis Maud Kern Englewood Ray Dillman 18Th and M Streets Southern Indiana Baldwin Locomotive Works Arthur Irick Harve Parker Tues Tunnelton M. E Glenn Garvey J. H. Garvey Frank Voris Voris & Doman Reed's Station Oolitic Mr. Miller Pate Ton & Miller Chicago R. H. Williams New Opera House Ndiana Simon Graves Harrodsburg Judge H. Martin Lyman Gilson Jane Pitman Andy Dodds Buddha P. A. Crofts M. Russell Jennie Simms Georgie Brown East 16Th Street George McDaniel Everett Clark Pensacola Pla Thomas Jackson B. H. Potter Edna Kansas Dreath Chas. H. Keys Montgomery Jesse Richardson Keys Stone City B. Clarence Butler Mattie Mitchell Oliver Draper Effie Aston Fred Hdwards Bertha Burton Cecil L. Wayman Ploy A. Barnard Phony White Lee Lawrence Algin Strout Dredoble Foundry John Qualap North Bedford Breckinridge Edward Joyce Mr. Joyce Thomas Regth Elmer Stephenson Tom Nashville Brown County George C. Hulse Connersville McFarlan Terial Guar C. IM SHORT Sixteenth Street Boronp J. M. Sellers Fayetteville J. W. ‘Allen, Jr James Smith Hmil Cross Wilson Quillen Bridge Church of Christ Bogn C. H. Moore North Istrest Miss Deacon’s H. H. Walls Sidigna Mary. Wilson Charles Harbaugh Spencer L. N. Jones Tunnel—ton Ft. Ritner Leesville JA. Fields Elliott Seymour Democrat Greensburg Review A. A. Splitgerber Order of Tribe of Ben Harles Kelly Lon Hubbard Linton The &. 4 Virgil ‘Wilson Heltonville News Frank Wright O Street A Sent Joseph Stillson Mary . Stillson Baker the Monon Ora B. Brownstown J. E Henderson North O Street Orlo ‘Osborne Linton, i Ale Hatfield Mr. Osborne Brown, Business University Terre Haute John B.smithland Nora Shea Haos Reed Flora Laymount Wade Hampton Florence Massena James Pheeters Grace ‘McNabb San "Hamigier South Hickenyard Dumitrescu Ringling Broa Circus Russia America the Gas Company Elmer Scott Granville Scott Dark ‘Hollow Harvey Parker Arthur.Irick James Jones Thomas Wagoner Heltonville Grace Jones Gula Hil Morgan Horse - Co Samar W.S. Holgombe Haase & Owens Plymouth Rock ROSE Felch Judge H.H. Chess J. W. Trainor East Side Proness Barker Leo Morris. Mayer Hodge & Ferguson Bedford, Ind Jas. G. Stull Undertakers East Side Square Hamer & Day. ‘Embalmers and Funeral Directors Northeast Corner Square Hamer South Street C. H. Emery Alexander & Harris Attorneys-At-Law Gunn
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