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Newspaper

Bedford Weekly Mail

Location

Bedford, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1901

Page

3

Local Notes From Bedford and Surroundings

Mitchell resident Josh Younger and several locally known residents are noted as visiting or recovering. Several businesses and individuals are listed, including Miss Ada McPheeters and Miss Mamie Allen as guests, plus a shoe sale at Boss Shoe Store. The piece also covers a death by morphine in Orleans and civic news from Logansport and Oolitic.

Hamer's Cave Property Near Mitchell Offered for Sale

The celebrated Hamer's Cave property contains about 300 acres on B and C.5 W. R.y., three miles east of Mitchell. Much of the land is well timbered with parts suitable for superior farming. A three story stone mill with water power and scenic water features make it ideal for a summer watering place, a club ground, or a fish breeding establishment. For prices and terms, address Union Cement and Lime Co., 421 W. Main St., Louisville, Ky.

Hamer’s Cave W. R.y Mitchell Union Cement and Lime Co W. Main St Louisville

Tenants and travelers visit Bedford region on varied errands

Local items list residents from Williams and Burns City visiting Bedford, including pension actions, taxes, and business trips. Notables include George Brown before the Pension Board, and Mary Scoggan’s widow pension awarded. Also reports a county tax take, a new Grocer start in Whit Speer’s venture, and stone for a college foundation from Browning quarry.

Local notes detail residents visits and moves

A roundup of townspeople includes B B Marley lending money, Mrs Dick Fisher ill, J R Manuel and W T Hilison visiting from Kurtz and Heltonville, and many others in town for visits, weddings, or moving homes. Several moving plans, church events, and local business notes accompany the social telegraph of Mitchell and surrounding areas.

B. B. Marley Dick Fisher J. R. Manuel Kurtz

Local notices from Shoals Weekly News record townsfolk on Friday

W M Dobbins Co serge suits at Hay s. Hiram Lackey of Coxton was here Friday on business. D F Chambers from Oolitic Friday. John Simpson from Bono township Friday forenoon. Cap Monical and wife of Williams in city Friday. Mrs Ralph Murray of Mitchell guest of friends in Kern. Armstrongs of Springville visiting Friday. M W Hunter building five room house for Elbert Owens. Dr Heckman moved office to Stone City Opera House block. Mrs Walter Day recovering. Hoosier Telephone Company opens night exchange at Paoli. George LaForce moved into Speer’s 13th street property. Alex Adamson of Caxton neighborhood in town Friday. Mrs Sarah Vaught of Mitchell visiting daughter Mrs Henry Isom Friday. Capt William Day improving after winter illness. Mrs Hamilton Dixon of South G street improving. Kid Brock jailed for intoxication. Lawn Festival at Oolitic Friday for brass band benefit. Large convex mirror at Hamer Day furniture store attracts attention. Aunt Becky O Neal returned home from Springville Friday. Boys youths and little gents dress shoes offered cheap. Willie Staffer visiting Willie Hon, then returned to Indian Springs. Mrs G W Norman guest of Mrs Francis Hon, returned to Heltonville. Mrs Eli Kinser from Williams visiting and attending revival, returned home. Notice Red Men Decoration Day postponed to June third Sunday. By order of the Tribe. Mr and Mrs Joseph Gardner Mrs Allie Phipps and daughter Mellie back from Franklin wedding trip. Fifty carloads of iron ore loaded at Ironton for Jackson Ohio blast furnace. With effort could make pig iron locally instead of shipping ore. Shoals Weekly News.

Court notes reveal mixed outcomes and local activity

The page reports cases in Circuit Court including Eirza Mays vs. George for slander, West found guilty of disturbing a religious meeting with a $5 fine, Red Clark guilty with a $25 fine, and Beasley pleading guilty to concealed weapons while dead weapon case dismissed. A hung jury in Queen vs. Southern Indiana Ry. preceded a compromise in Bright vs. Southern Indiana for $590. Community notices include bar admissions, a bench warrant for Mel Beavers, and local births and jobs.

Red Clark Elmer Beasley Elzier Queen Indiana Ry

Wires Family Thankful for Kindness After Grace’s Illness

Mr and Mrs Pete Wires express gratitude to neighbors and many friends for kindness during Grace's illness and at her death.

Grace Pete Wires

City Police Court records show two intoxication cases

Henry O Rourke and John Abel appeared before Judge Stephenson on Tuesday for intoxication with fines of 9 50 each stayed. H J Mercer a tramp printer was jailed after attempting to extort money from a printing office worker and ordering meals on credit. he was fined one dollar and costs for intoxication and to work it out on the streets.

Henry O'Rourke John Abel Stephenson H.J. Mercer Stone City Burton’s Charley Mercer Monon Myers

Travel Notices From Kansas City and Louisville Visit

Homer Rawlins arrived here Thursday from Kansas City Missouri. Mrs D B Dodds returned Thursday from a visit to Louisville relatives. The notices concern transfers or communications issued to John H Hubbard and Celia Hughes.

Homer Rawlins Kansas City John H. Hubbard Celia Hughes D. B. Dodds Louisville

Williams Eye Specialist to Visit St Louis Hotel

Dr. Williams of St Louis the famed oculist will be at the New Deckard Hotel Monday for several days. Those wishing professional consultations should call early in the week.

J. W. Trainor New Albany Williams A. D. Williams St. Louis New Deckard Hotel

New Chicago Route via Southern Indiana Railway

Southern Indiana Railway offers a bedford to Chicago service leaving at 8 01 a m and arriving 4 10 p m with a solid vestibuled train from Terre Haute. Contact H H Roseman G P A or local agents. A twelve year old girl of Dava Bundy family cut her hand after a door glass break Wednesday evening requiring nine stitches from Dr Emery.

Southern Indiana Railway Bedford Chicago Terre Haute H. H. Roseman May

Local notices and events from a Midwestern paper

Mrs Julia Wallheiser rests after illness while Carl Heywood returns from Norman Station to visit his father. Frank Wolfe renovates his home on South G Street. Beddoe and Chrisler display a striking new drug store window in the Stone City Opera House building. A free band concert is announced for Friday May 1 with selections by Gold Hunters and La Traviata plus festive pieces. The Supreme Court moves to clear cases under a new law shifting workload to the Appellate Court, reducing docket time from twenty three to about one year, while the Appellate Court lags eighteen months behind.

Beddoe & Chrisler’s New Drug Store Stone City Opera House Supreme Court Appellate Court

Appellate ruling on Cross trust and widow’s life interest

The Appellate Court reverses the Eddy et al. case against Canada Cross from Jackson Circuit Court. Mrs. Cross loses claim to $2,400 in money and notes. executors must invest the funds and provide interest to the widow during life, then transfer principal to the Houston Indiana Methodist Episcopal church per Cross's will. Kemp’s Balsam advertised as grippe remedy with cough relief claims.

Daniels Eddy Canada Cross Jackson Houston Ind Cross

Also Mentioned on This Page

Echoe J. W. Prichard Mitchell's Bedford, Ind E. A. Sallust Opera House HAMER Northeast Corner Square Josh Younger Julia Waltheiser James Newkirk Ethel Hamer Greencastle FE Perry Younger Leatherwood Roscoe Smith Salem Moses Love Mamie Allen Fort Ritner Ella Fish South G Street Boss Shoe Store Stella Brewer George Brown H. H. Walls Hodge & Wall’s Wm. Mitchell Absalom Williams Mt. Olive Chas. Harbaugh Wife Spencer Tom Enoch River Vale Brice Carter Isaac Crouch Avoca Jas. Cather J. W. Thompson Evansville John Cicel Jake Martin Cal Sproull Pittsburgh Mr. Sproull Capt. Edington 17Th H Streets P. T. Oliphant Buena Vista Monroe County Koleen A. W. Jones Jacob Haverly Clay Duncan Indianapolis Funeral Directors’ Association of Indiana Frank Dorsey Arthur Bisset White River Guthrie Creek Orleans Bud Wolfe Kentucky Frank Speer Ada McPheeters Indiana Logansport Oolitic Oolitic Merchants J. B. Henderson R. C. Terry C. W. Gobert Ev Graves Lee Douthitt B. Graves Robin Galloway Otto Sexton C. E. Henderson Leslie Gainey Walter McDowell Edgar Armstrong W. H. Isom Ed Walls Walter Fox Berney Mitchell Luther Vantyle Lgades Messick Dodd -For William Etchison Armenius Nail Miss Pearl Baker City Mrs D. W. Walker Washington, Ind North I Street Burns City Pension Board Mary Clark Red Cross Oolon J. L. Dillman Hlias Sawyer Gregory Lee Henry Lee Clement Leatherman Bono Township G. W. van Sickle Marengo W. T. van Sickle North J Street W. H. West Whit Speer Erie Dobbins Bros Mr. Speer F. M. Lemon Bedford Woman’s Relief Corps Jesse Winstandley Vincennes Arthur Jordan Co Mary E. Scoggan George Scoggan Asbury Cravens Hardinsburg Washington County Dutch Thomas Locomotive Engineers F. W.smith Beaumont Texas Mr. Smith James Small Anderson Ministerial Association of Putnam County College Browning Banner-Times W. T. Hilison Heltonville E. Davis The Eva Ransom Thomas Freeman Linton Andrey France Scottsburg Samuel Nicholas Church of Christ Nina Rout Tunnelton Ollie Porter Charlie Jackson 1 and 7Th Street Charles Maddux South I Street W. F. Gallamore Bloomfield Edith Cogswell North Bedford School Eva Love Duncan Anna Dunihue Emma Henger Chas. Milford Walter Pettiford J. A Coleman Mr. Coleman Harry Ragsdale LaForce South L Street West 19Th Street Clarence Tindall Tom Tindall U. S. Volunteers Philippines Samuel Reed England Bloomington Robert Reed Stone Dr. Gardner Phipps Mellie Phipps Frankfort Joseph Phipps Adah Kent James Kent Florsheim Hay’s Hendrickson John Felkner Alfred Guthrie Jerry Fercher Addie M. Fisher Earah Evans Robert Harris James W. Cook James Harvey J. E. Kern J. T. Edwards Will Beswick Arthur Bauer Fred Barrett E. B. Stephenson Boss Shoe John Mercier Beddoe & Chrisler Lola Bass Policeman Myers Elisha Lee Ft. Ritner Crawford Johnson Carl Short North H Street Wm. Edwards Elwood Harley Jackson Burnsville Christian Church James Earls Addie Malott O. T. Vestal Frank Bonham Mooresville Elijah Edington Owensburg C. W. Chadwick Baptist Church Shelbyville Mary Douglass Haworth League S. Grayson Norman Station Jerry Henderson J. W. Graham Bloomfield Milling Co Basil Graham W. Dr. Williams Bauer Emma Tresslar C. S. Whitted M. BE Epworth League Manila Newark N. J United States New York Thomas Jackson Campbellsburg Dinkelspiel Bron Louis Mayer W. M. Dobbins & Co Serge Hiram Lackey Coxton D. F. Chambers John Simpson Cap Monical Ralph Murray Kern Armstrong and Wife Springville M. W. Hunter West 17Th Street Elbert Owens Walter Day Hoosier Telephone Company Paoli George LaForce 13Th Street Alex Adamson Caxton Sarah Vaught Henry Isom William Day Hamilton Dixon Kid Brock Oolitic Brass Band Hamer & Day’s Becky O'Neal Willie Staffer Willie Hon Indian Springs G. W. Norman Francis Hon Eli Kinser First Christian Church Joseph Gardner Allie Phipps Miss Mellie Franklin Ironton Martin County Ohio Shoals Circuit Court Notes Eirza Mays Fd George Ziba West Boone Leonard Eliza Mays Epsie George J. &. Boruff Newton Crooke Geo. O. Iseminger J. D. Alexander Joseph Giles Martin James H. Willard J. W. Barris Ray Boruff Lawrence County Newton Crooks R. N. Palmer James L. Bright Southern Indiana Bright Mel Beavers Smith Beavers Melvin Beavers Jeffersonville Hamilton Carhart Fred Smith West 18Th Street Joseph Hobbs N. B. Davis Vincennees Harry McCune Stinesville Thornton Mill Henry Aldenhagen Lawrence Woolery Mathes & Ramsey Northeast Corner Public Square W. A. Cosner Mammoth R. C. Cosner Wilson’s Bargain Store City Police Court Julia Wallheiser Carl Heywood Frank Wolfe South G St Gold Hunters Gobel Meyer Tuberose’ Lamb Frank Reed Chattaway Bennett Gloria” Alexander Henry L. Ikerd Levi Ikerd Geo. A. Tindall
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