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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1915
Page
8
Funeral services for Mrs John Mitchell of the Fayetteville neighborhood were largely attended Sunday at 1 p m at Kentucky Ridge five miles west of Owensburg. Rev Sipes of Indian Springs conducted the rites and burial followed at the church cemetery.
The Bloomington crowd learned the Gentrys’ show featured a striking black mare gifted by Thomas Taggart. The horse, new to the circus, caused nerves as it performed in opening night. Also noted are two marriage licenses and pension news for Nancy Maddox.
Clifford Hurst of Bloomington is the first man punished under the new penalty for escaping the Indiana Penal Farm. He pleaded guilty to escaping after a two week sentence for bootlegging and was sentenced to not less than two nor more than five years in Michigan City prison. He fled the farm hours after penalties became effective, returned home, and was recaptured for immediate transfer to state prison.
State Fire Marshal warns farmers to expect electrical storms during spring showers as lightning causes fires. Indiana recorded 443 lightning losses in 1914, down from 1006 previous year due to fewer disturbances and more buildings fitted with rods. Seven rod-equipped buildings were struck, often due to grounding issues or proximity to telephone lines.
Old retail house promotes a new Chicago branch offering profit sharing for customers who save stamps and shop. The terse ad urges loyalty and reward through stamp-saving incentives and store participation.
A local retailer announces a drastic clearance to clear out house furnishings including rugs mats and linoleum. The message emphasizes absurdly low prices and a forced disposal of inventory.
A catalog-style listing shows numerous rug types including Hartford Tapestry Velvet Axminster and Smiths seamless Velvet rugs. Prices range from 1.59 to 22.50 with sizes spanning 9x12 ft to 27x54 in and colors and materials noted across many entries.
Silk poplin mezzaline and crepe de chine dresses advertised with discounts. Original prices listed as 7.50 to 15.09, sale prices from 5.98 to 9.98. Items include silk poplin dresses silk crepe de chine dresses and silk chitvon styles.
Largest selection of ginghams and percale fabrics in Lawrence County store offers prices from 7 1 4 to 20 cents per yard. The ad highlights varietal prints and yardage, inviting shoppers to visit for deals.
The Great Store announces a rebuilding expansion adding 2000 square feet to Millinery Ready to Wear and Carpet sections. The two floor plan will total about seven thousand two hundred square feet as contractors move in and stock is reduced for seasonal bargains.
Prices shown include plain colored syringe coats at 87.56 and novelty springs coats at 9.92. Shepherd suits in gray and black priced around 70.93 with a 5.00 line for SE5.00 suits. Sale highlights new season items and house availability with assorted colors and styles.
Children's Shepherd Coats trimmed in Rom en stripe and Alice Blue poplin offered in sizes 2 to 6 and 6 to 14. Prices listed: $2.49 to $4.00 with notes of spring coats and marked discounts.
Rebuilding sale on wash dresses highlights Ameskeag ginghams and fine embroidered voils. Dresses offered at prices comparable to cost of making with bold claims of value and style.
Fragments describe wool dress skirts on sale with prices shown as five to six dollars and additional items in the sale. The text is garbled but indicates an apparel discount event featuring wool garments.
A damaged ad touts a rebuilding sale with deep discounts on hats and millinery. It claims $2.99 hats versus $5.00 elsewhere, boasting large selection and prices from 2.92 to 10.60 with Ostrich Pom Poms and velvet options. The text also references children’s millinery and white pages in nearby Panama-related items.
Local ad advertises lace curtains in various sizes including 3 yards long and 54 inches wide priced at 2.93 dollars. Also promoted are curtain borders, white corsets, and matching curtain rods with mention of new stock in the Curtain Berims and related accessories.
OCR snippet shows low clear prices and items like Vikeline Comforter and Yard Por likely from a yard sale or ad. No complete context or names, only partial product names and prices.
Market note advertises a rebuilding sale on wash goods with prices per yard and descriptions of lawn, percale, lace cloths, crepe fabrics and silk grenadines. It lists quantities and specific fabrics though OCR issues obscure some details. The item presents as a department store promotion from an early 20th century newspaper.
An old advertisement lists silk products including Crepe de Chine in multiple colors and sizes, wash silks, Megzalines, and related items. Prices range from 9 cents to 1.35 dollars per yard with various quantities and stripe effects noted.
Charles Staten pleaded guilty in Mitchell Mayor's Court to a nuisance charge for a dead animal fertilizer factory near the Lehigh Cement Plant. A second nuisance count was filed in Circuit Court as the plant persisted. Staten plans to relocate the facility, and prosecutors expect dismissal.
Frank Morrison, who wed Miss Gladys Wilking before finalizing divorce from his first wife, was fined 40 and given 50 days in jail but the sentence was suspended as he pleaded it would cost him his job. The prior divorce and settlement led to the marriage being annulled and a civil adjustment arranged with Gladys Wilking. J F Hamer and his wife were in the city briefly while at his mother’s bedside in River Vale.
Aged, blind umbrella bearer Old Jack Palmer at the Poor Asylum expects to miss his usual spring road trip. Fellow inmate Pete Stolls and siblings Wis, plus wife, remain confined there as cancer weakens a former notable figure known for early Doedard visits and war interest. The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the First Church will meet Tuesday at Mrs. W A Brown’s house at 2 30, bring mite boxes.
A large red and black spotted sow, 309 pounds and valued at least 25 dollars, has lingered in Menon stockyards for over a week. The owner is unknown and officials, led by City Marshal Woodruff, seek to claim or remove the animal. Aboard, locals feed the sow with corn and provide water as authorities investigate ownership.
The parents of Leland Wicker, an Indiana University student, learned he is convalescing after a wound from bull panes became infected. A physician used heroic treatment to stop the poison, and he is now out of danger. W. O. Gyger attended a G A R Post meeting in Hellensburg and visited his father.
Born to Afr and Mrs. Moron in Needmore a daughter Amilda born Sunday night. Jack Smith near completion of a bungalow on North Lincoln Ave for his own occupancy. Afve Horace Railsback recovering after tonsil removal operation Thursday forenoon. Mrs TH A Riley of Shanswick visiting Cauehier Virgil Corbi and family at Mr and Mrs Landis Fish then returned home Saturday. J C Wicker and wife of Bedford left yesterday on a motorcycle to visit the Panama Exposition. They are in for a good joling.
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