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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1915
Page
1
Rome May 20 Parliament by a power to declare war. United Press reports Italy is granted full authority to declare war by its legislative body.
Edward J. King the Dugger State Bank cashier who surrendered last night recalled his escape attempt. He said passport troubles halted his plan to sail the Lusitania and left him lucky to avoid possible death. The note also mentions the Mac Taff Comedy Co. in Oblong Illinois and a West 18th girl with a severe finger cut treated by a local physician.
Coroner McLachlan returned from hear Popcorn on Thursday to hold an inquest over Nellie Harrison. The jury found death due to tuberculosis.
Frank L Gant pleaded guilty to intoxication and paid a fine plus costs. Nellie Fines faced a not guilty plea for associating and prostitution with trial set for Monday. Toby Tewell was acquitted on associating. Fannie McKinney acquitted of adultery. Curt Dalton was acquitted of intoxication but found guilty of associating with a $10 fine and a 10 day jail sentence plus costs.
Mrs. Harley Medaris and her young son Harold came back home on Thursday after visiting her sister Mrs. Jasper Blanch.
The aged lady Miss Sallie Scoggan died Wednesday evening following illness. Funeral arrangements are expected to be announced by her family.
Miss Sallie Scoggan dies at her brother Cassius Scoggan home after a paralysis illness dating from last Sunday. Funeral planned Friday at 2 PM with burial on the Scoggan farm. An old tool box car near Monon round house burned Thursday at 5 05 PM. origin under investigation. Fire department extinguished the blaze. no cause determined.
The Orleans baseball club will play Akers Athletics at Athletic Park next Sunday. Orleans after a 2 to 0 win over Louisville White Sox last Sunday travels to host a three game series to decide the better team. Cap Lemon and Rip Lee will form the battery with Hines umpiring.
In Mitchell Tribune reporting, a huge blasting event at six o’clock Monday morning used more than 150 holes with 500 pounds of dynamite in the large ones and sizable charges in smaller holes. An electric spark released the loads, shattering a 3765 year old limestone ledge into a thousand carloads of stone ready for the cement crusher.
Deputy Sheriff Jay Lee took Charlies Peel to the State Penal Farm for 75 days after Peel pleaded guilty to associating. Mayor Fields ordered the sentence on Wednesday. Few spectators were present at the train departure. Claude McAfee of Shanswick was in the city on business.
The wife of Brownstown judge Rochenour, a Bedford attorney well known locally, died unexpectedly on Wednesday.
Washington May 19 Director of the Census Samuel L Rogers reports the 1912 wealth of the United States at 187 739 000 000 with 1965 dollars per person. The report traces growth since 1850 and lists state totals and per capita riches.
Frosts last night caused immense damage to fruit and vegetable crops across Michigan Wisconsin Iowa Nebraska Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Colorado and Wyoming. Snow covered parts of Colorado Wyoming Michigan Minnesota Nebraska Wisconsin and Kansas with depths from two to eight inches. Forecasters warn the cold wave may persist and floods loom where snow is heaviest. Government predicts continuing cold and frost threats with broad regional impact.
Mr and Mrs Will Reynolds and children who visited the Gray family returned to St Bernice on Thursday where Reynolds works in the train service department of the Southeastern railway. George Tapp of American Express Company resumed duty Thursday but quit again due to an injured arm. Mrs Blanche Mann traveled to Mitchell on Thursday.
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