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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1907
Page
4
Reynolds, Pender, Little, Blackburn and many others are listed as visiting or ill in the city. Several residents travel from Williams, Terre Haute, Bloomington, Mitchell and Danville for family, medical, or social reasons. A hospital and personal moves are noted along with a possible daily paper at the Indiana Reformatory and a Danville trip for Henry Speer.
The two day inquiry into John Layman’s whitecap attack closed with no arrests. Prosecutor Duncan said the suspects must be examined personally before the June grand jury, as evidence against any man was insufficient. Layman and Mrs. Lambert are the only ones who recall any mob member, with one masked assailant identified only by Mrs. Lambert.
The Indiana weather bureau reports last month had the lowest April average in 37 years at 48 degrees, with a high of 75 and a low of 23. Precipitation totaled 2.07 inches, the least since 1902, and furlongs of snowfall amounted to 0.6 inch.
The enumeration of school children conducted by Mrs Helen N Lew and Miss Alice Reath shows Bedford has 2380 pupils, a gain of 200 over the previous year.
Several quilts were stolen last night from a clothes line in the rear of Mrs. Wallace's restaurant near the U. I. crossing on North I Street. Mrs. Wallace offered $25 today to hire bloodhounds to track the thief but could not obtain dogs.
The essay notes American walnut timber dwindling as Germany and the United States use walnut as a veneer substitute for mahogany. It laments the loss of old settler forests, praises walnut’s durability and color, and urges active replanting of new growth. Volunteers now sprout along fence rows, but roadside saplings often fall to telephone linemen around twenty feet high.
Grace L. Prow of Salem Indiana has been elected Music Supervisor of the public schools. She has served as supervisor at Franklin for the past four years.
Plans for the Bedford Federal Building show a one story with Bedford stone veneer walls and tin roof, 12 by 42 feet, aligned north south with main entrance on the west near the public library. The main floor houses the post office, elevated above street level, with a basement for heating and closets, and the stone work is plain with a lantern over the entrance.
Bleeding from a nose wound after a fly-wheel accident leaves 18 year old Will Cantrell, a worker at the Oolitic quarry, dying despite medical efforts. From Kentucky, Cantrell supported a mother and children, with Bloomington doctors treating him after the incident.
Lindsey McBride, seventeen, arrested ten days ago by ex Sheriff Morris at Loogootee, admits stealing nearly $100 in small coins from John Reddick's Lanesville house. He was on parole from Plainfield Boys' Reform School, jailed briefly in Corydon, then moved to a safer cell after an escape attempt. He traveled from Lanesville to Louisville to exchange coins, and the act occurred Easter Sunday while the Reddick family attended church. Chief Adams of New Albany coordinated the case with Plainfield authorities.
While riding in an auto Sunday near Politic John W Owens of 7th Street turned a corner too quickly and was thrown against the seat side injuring his left rib with a fracture noted.
Alfred Lechner, a Vincennes and Paris pearl buyer, bought a 72 grain pearl found by a mussel digger north of the city for 1150 dollars. He shipped the gem to Paris where most Wabash pearls go, but expects it to return to the United States to fetch a higher price with duties.
Bloomington friends visited Bloomington Episcopal Church, arriving on the 4 23 train to view a new stained glass window and attend services led by Rector Otte. A dinner at the Reed home followed, with over a hundred guests enjoying refreshments and a social hour. Notable attendees included Judge and Mrs J B Wilson and Mrs Stone of Pittsburgh. A. D Campbell of Albuquerque will spend two weeks in the city before joining his daughter Miss Mabel for the school term end. A survey crew from the Ohio Valley Electric line, led by Wm Duncan, is conducting work near Paynetown and Clear Creek. Economic notes mention rising paper prices and potential subscription hikes by major papers. A boy, Ross Inman, narrowly escaped injury after a plank broke while reaching a bird nest. he was rescued by Everett Laughlin.
Drs Freeland and Shram operated Saturday morning at the Hospital on Ed Mabrey for an abscess from appendicitis. About half a pint of pus was drained but the appendix was not removed due to the patient’s serious condition. Mabrey had been ill about three days before the operation.
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Western Passenger Association brushes aside Interstate Commerce Commission limits on party rates, with Santa Fe opposing broader open access. Roads split between extending rates to groups or obeying the ruling, delaying action until July. Separate items note lawsuits over beer shipments, local option laws, and a series of Indiana circus itineraries, plus a church gathering urged at Leatherwood Church of Christ near Bedford.
The Interstate Commerce Commission bulletin for the quarter ending December 31, 1906 records 20 944 casualties on railroads including 474 deaths among passengers and employees. The Terre Cotta DC crash killed 13 and injured 63. Other figures cite 2 226 total collisions and 1 739 derailments with $3 099 228 in damages. Also notes Mrs Peter Fillion owning Bedford's first hay stove and its experimental cooking method.
The Bloomington Telephone reports the local Salvation Army under Captain Mitchell has cleaned up the lowest households and personal appearance of Eddie Collins. After six months in Bloomington, Collins was bathed, given new clothes, and vows to return to Terre Haute for the remaining year, despite pride and protests.
John J. Atchison born July 29 1835 died April 29 1907 after a long illness. He was a kind husband and generous to all. He leaves a wife two daughters a son and two stepchildren and many friends to mourn his loss. We thank neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy and extend thanks to Elder Murphy singers the Masonic and Rose orders floral offerings noted. Miss Adarta Atchison Miss Cora Whitaker and Ale Senra.
Mitchell Man Hart Inc and 0 S W Wreck report a northbound B&O S W east bound train colliding with a cut of box cars after a switch opened. Five men injured including Engineer Mike Murphy and Civil Engineer H Parish. others suffer cuts, bruises, and contusions. Conductor Cole sustained severe flesh wounds. 70 year old Henry Merkle bruised. Mrs Lish Ford moves into Mr Zolman's 18th street property.
Monon Kicks W H McDoel before the State Board of Tax Commissioners stating the 2 cent fare law did not boost Indiana railroad passengers. He projected a 10 percent bond shrinkage for financials, urged reducing main line and French Lick branch assessments, and warned wage hikes would total about 175000 while passenger earnings would fall 15 percent amid adverse legislation. Also, Lillie Hartman, daughter of Ed Hartman, recovering from pneumonia, can go out.
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