This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
1
A lively early notice promotes Summerweigh shop offerings with a focus on fashionable summer shirts underwear and robes. The ad touts quality beauty and value, claiming prices reveal the stores best deals for men and students seeking tasteful attire.
Four fifths of the Journ eyment Stonecutters union members have quit Chicago amid a lockout, with 364 seeking work elsewhere and 74 remaining in the city. Families moved with them as President Sullivan fears many may not return, delaying rebuilding. Exodus began after Feb 5 and spread across the United States and Canada aided by traveling cards.
A promotional fragment urges early warning and relief from heart disease. It cites Anna Hortoway of Geneva Indiana and praises Dr Miles Heart Cure, claiming dramatic personal improvement after other doctors failed, with a guarantee and a request for free advice and booklet from Dr Miles Medical Co.
Indiana Republicans plan a Fairbanks for President movement at the Philadelphia National Convention. Delegates and supporters expect strong backing as Congressman Landis and state leaders push for Fairbanks to secure nomination and possibly chair the Indiana delegation. An expected large Indiana turnout at the convention is noted.
Republican Kentucky resolution condemns Goebel assassination and urges all citizens to aid in finding the killer. It accuses prosecution of partisan bias and questions a Democratic motive. Also reports Standard Oil of Kentucky raises wages 10 percent benefiting laborers and lists local managers. Cycling note ends with Banner Salve ad.
The text describes beauty arising from carefully chosen colors in harmony or pleasing contrast selected from a color card to create an appealing home interior. It emphasizes the role of color selection in achieving a balanced and attractive space.
The advertisement promotes B. P. S. color cards and their color combinations for house painting. It urges readers to investigate B. P. S. offerings this season to select hues that harmonize and contrast.
Local storefront promotes Mitchell's for wall paper paint and window glass supplies. Advertising a range of finishes and glazing products to home decorators and builders.
The Vincennes Capital reports Bob Miers sends letters and wires to soldiers in the Second District claiming credit for pension increases. An old comrade says Miers pressed him for praise, though he did not solicit help. Senator Fairbanks intervened to secure the increase.
Last winter during an epidemic of whooping cough my children contracted the disease leaving severe coughing spells We had used Chamberlains Cough Remedy very successfully for croup and naturally turned to it at that time and found it relieved the cough and effected a complete cure John Eb Clifford Norwood House Norwood NY Proprietor Elliott's Drug Store sale
Mr and Mrs John V Strout marked their tenth wedding anniversary with an elaborate dinner attended by friends. They wed at Dillsboro near Aurora with Ida Beckett as Mrs Strouts maiden name. The couple later settled in Arosna Illinois then moved to their current city where Strout runs a family foundry and machine shop. They have three children Noyes Stephanie and Charley and own a North Street home. Mrs Beckett and Mr Beckett of Aurora attended from out of town.
An Indiana report describes Mazol a corn germ oil pressed from white corn to replace butter and lard in baking. Cooks praise its purity sweetness and lighter color. Production planned 3500 to 10100 gallons daily with byproduct cattle feed. A brief note then shifts to Foley's Kidney Cure for kidney trouble.
A Bloomington Star report quotes a traveling nan visiting Benomington and Bedford who notes Bedford has fewer enterprising leaders than Bloomington. Bedford lags in growth, paved streets, free mail delivery, gas plant, paid tire department, and factory presence, while Bloomington expands with railheads, stone business, and numerous business houses.
Advertisement claims a sugar coated health pill that transforms weakness into strength and energy into mental power. Each box costs 25 cents and is sold by Messick and Dodd. Prof H S Williams, a noted educator from Daviess county and former Eaglesville postmaster, visited the city briefly on Monday.
A one and a half story house owned by Minerva Clampitt burned at Heltonville on Saturday morning at seven. Occupants included Mrs. Clampitt and the Palmer family. The stove flue caused the blaze. only part of household goods were saved. Loss estimated around 350 with some insurance. Rain may have saved several neighboring buildings.
Fraternal notes mourn sister Zia Franklin with blessing and sympathy from Rebekah Lodge No 1. The memorial expresses condolence for the bereaved family and honors the departed as a Christian worker and daughter.
Mrs Norton and Mrs Lemon hosted a generous Friday afternoon reception at Mrs Norton's home. The decor featured ferns pansies and magenta peonies with smilax garlands while musicians played on the stair landing. Guests wore lavender white gray and pink outfits as they enjoyed refreshments and courteous welcomes from the hostesses and assistants. Out‑of‑town visitors included Miss Hunt and Mrs Winstandley of Indianapolis and Mrs Cushwa of Marion.
Work has begun on the new Whe River Baptist church at Buddha in Guthrie township. James Sallee of Buddha is named treasurer of the building committee and donors may deliver funds to him or mail them to his address. In Flinn township a faction of Democrats met at Leesville to nominate Mortimer Crabb for township chair and Jevo B Jackson for trustee with McClelland Todd for assessor amid questions about the regular convention’s outcome. A noted cow at Eaglesville, owned by Hiram Sims, has produced five calves in the past week, totaling twenty one calves in six years with mixed outcomes from prior years.
A memorial set of resolutions from White River Temple No. 18 Rathbone Sisters mourning Sister Zoe Franklin who was called Home on May 14. The document records the loss, directs the charter draped for thirty days, and orders copies to the family and city papers. It is signed by committee members Alice Ameath Mamie Stipp Bertha Unkel.
Parsons Kansas resident Miss Maude Dickens states eight years of severe asthma improved after using Poleys Honey and Tar with immediate relief after each attack. The article also notes Russia has paid off 742 million rubles of war debt in eight years.
Four Huff children fall ill near Spider Creek after Marshall Huff was initially suspected of smallpox. Doctors declare smallpox on Tuesday, quarantine placed, wife and one child currently asymptomatic. Huff’s exposure unclear. prior illness in Gaussie apartment rooms noted. Backache warning and kidney health advertisement follow. David Butterfield returns from Bedford with mysterious facial sores.
A discussion contrasts Glendower’s boast with modern ads claiming cures by women. It argues disease healing rests on medical training, not gender, noting no qualified woman physician linked to proprietary medicines. Dr. R. V. Pierce’s thirty years in women’s health is cited with free confidential correspondence from Buffalo New York.
Judge Stephenson disposed of several intoxication cases with fines and costs or street labor. Other items include a burglary update on the Proctor case, a juvenile alcohol incident on a train, and a Democratic Congressional Convention note for Bedford on Tuesday the 29th. Strout and Son’s foundry is producing sand valves for Walsh & Thornwwn’s Chicago plant.
Democratic State Convention triggers Monon Route ticket sale to Indianapolis for June 4 and 5 at one fare with return. Co D 27th Indiana volunteers reunion set for August 6 in Schuanswick Lawrence County Indiana with speakers and music. Samuel Simpson president John Johnson Jr secretary. Warning about kidney disease and Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.