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Newspaper

Bedford Weekly Mail

Location

Bedford, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1902

Page

3

Local Notes and Events From Indiana Towns

Sunday visits and local greetings across Short Bedford and nearby areas. Marriage licenses issued for Julian and Cummings and Bruce and Williams. Band Banda Rossa to perform at Bloomington June 6. Meekin signs with Little Rock Baseball Club in Memphis. Ind. life insurance polices large with Melville Mix holding $215,000.

James Julian Nora Cummings Carl Bruce Nellie Williams Jouett Meekin Little Rock Memphis Indianapolis Indiana A. H. Nordyche John C. Wright Senator Fairbanks Beveridge Terre Haute Richmond Melville W. Mix Mishawaka

Local notes from Seymour and surrounding towns

John Haase and John Hartman were in Seymour Sunday. Miss Stella Mosier visits home folks in Silverville. W. H. McDoel returns from the Host. Manon president. Marriage license issued to Francis Edwards and Mary Wilcut. Townsfolk discuss a peculiar display in Hay's window. Mrs. John Bennett and two children visit from Avoca. Albert Faris and family stay with the Allens of South M street. Snyder & Doman repapering in the Dinkelspiel building with Ed Trueblood at work. Charles G. Malott acts as B and O S W agent at Mitchell in the absence of the regular agent. Large catfish caught in White River and shown in town. Bert Wicker of Bedford visits, then travels to Cincinnati. Ruth West returns to Bedford from visit with Lola Owens. Rose Flinn, from Indian Springs, visits town en route to Tunnelton. hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Chas Allen. C G Pfathenham of Evansville intends to locate here. to join Bedford Premier Band as saxophonist. West Baden town votes June 12 on water works. Paoli Republican notes water abundance. W H McDoel returns from the east. plans to remain Monon president and run lines to balance interests of controlling factions.

Rose Flinn Indian Springs Tunnelton Chas. Allen South N Street

Flooded Alabama farmlands ruin crops along Muscatta and Mutton Creek

Farmers in the Muscatta tuck and Mutton Creek bottoms report severe losses from heavy rain. Wheat, clover, oats, and corn are badly damaged and water stands in low areas, with fields reportedly navigable by boat in places. Seymour Democrat.

Muscattatuck Mutton Creek Seymour Democrat

Local Notices and Social Roundup From Orleans Herald

Community health reports list Marguerite Bowman and Everett Bowman with scarlet fever and illness. Stella Franklin returns from seven years in India. Bob Wicker to pitch for St. Louis in Cincinnati next Sunday. Bedford Fair set September 1 to 6 with purses around five thousand dollars. Police actions involve Jack Ballard seeking Jack Williams and Williams’ arrest by Policeman Johnson.

Bob Wicker Bedford St. Louis Cincinnati Orleans Herald Jack Ballard French Lick Jack Williams Johnson Williams North Bedford Ballard Monon

Jefferson praised but parties diverge in Jeffersonian echoes

The Paoli Republican notes Thomas Jefferson as a founder figure while the Bryanites and Re-organizers claim to follow him in opposing directions. It argues Jefferson would disown modern factions, highlighting his beliefs in money policy expansion and protective tariffs, and suggests true followers vote Republican.

Thomas Jefferson Democratic Party Jefferson Paoli

Reunion of Co D 27th Indiana at Shawswick July 4 1902

The annual Co D 27th Indiana reunion will be held at Shawswick on July 4 1902 with speakers Hon J B Wilson of Bloomington and Hon Major James Jamason of Indianapolis among others. Heltonville Bartlettsville and Pinhook join in. Music will be provided by Bott Sunday schools and local singers. A full program is announced for next week.

Co. D 27Th Indiana Regiment Shaws J. B. Wilson Bloomington James Jamason Indianapolis Heltonville Bartlettsville Bott Pinhook Shawswick Bedford Merchants

Local notes on residents and new quarry near Clear Creek

Charles Pace and wife reside at East 16th Street. A. T. Wiles and family visit daughter Mrs. Walter W. Day in Maroon. Amy Mathes returns from Harrodsburg to her grandmother Mrs. J. W. Mathes. Boy camping at Cox ton. camping parties planned for early June. August Benzel visits Seymour for his mother’s birthday. Pension increases awarded to Thomas T. Ray and Seth C. Burris. A new stone quarry to open in Monroe county by Henry Dillman lands near Clear Creek. Bedford voters to Louisville require smallpox vaccination proof. Y. M. I. to Bedford for Southern Indiana excursion. Bedford ordinance bans Sunday baseball with admission. Monon completes largest baggage and mail car at Lafayette shops. six more cars underway for scenery transport.

Monroe County W. J. Allen Tilman Mefford Henry Dillman Clear Creek Harrodsburg Monon Lafayette Lafayette Shops

Local News Briefs from Bedford and Nearby

Wm. Young visits relatives in Leavenworth Ohio and Miss Emma Overton of Little Rock Arkansaw visits Bedford. Boiler arrives at Monon shops for engine 34. Various notices cover Bus., rail, pensions, Civil Service exams, local travel, roads and weather. The month’s rainfall totals to 6.02 inches, reducing a prior nine inch deficit.

Emma Overton Little Rock Arkansaw Weather Bureau

Circuit Court Notes Show Divorces and Estates Actions

Euphemia Garges granted a divorce from James Garges. Several estate claims, including John Hulse and George W. Buton, set for trial tomorrow and Monday. Judgments awarded in favor of claimants in Sappington and Berton matters. a 14 year old was sent to Reform School for Girls. a partition suit was ordered. and other court actions include housekeeper claim, school township warrant case, and adoption proceedings for Carrie Rose. Gardiner, Dye and Martin led plaintiff side. Rogers and Brooks defendant. J. M. Robertson Norton Co. prevailed on attachment.

James K. Hall Mitchelltree School Township Martin County J. M. Robertson Norton Co Louisville John Mary Sebr Limestone Carrie Rose Pleasant Run Township Kentucky Hall Mitchelltree

Court records show fines in city cases this week

Judge Fletcher disposed several cases with judgments for the plaintiffs in Dye v Hoar ($17) and Freelan v Taylor ($10). The State prosecuted Brown, Lynn, Spaulding, and Dixon for intoxication with fines totaling $9.50 to $33 and jail for Spaulding. Dessie Phipps returns to Daviess county after a two week visit. Chicago and Northwestern imposes tobacco and whiskey ban on employees with dismissal after two garnishments.

John T. Freelan Thomas Taylor State Theodore Brown George Spaulding Clark Dixon Fletcher

Bedford Set To Welcome Rev. Jas Small In June

Mrs Ellen McDaniel returned from Indianapolis where she attended the Assembly of Daughters of Rebekah. She reports Rev Jas Small will be in Bedford the first of June.

Ellen McDaniel Indianapolis Assembly of Daughters of Rebekah Jas. Small Bedford Clayton Stone Assembly of the Daughters of Rebekah

Local notes and society items from Bedford area

Short items cover lost keepsake and rewards, travels of Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Stone, life insurance of Homer Denniston, and a canceled Fourth of July plan. Also marriage in Bedford, end of school term, Decoration Day plans, and Western Union pole dispute with the Pennsylvania railroad amid Goulds and Penn magnates tensions.

Western Union Pennsylvania Railroad Goulds Pennsylvania

Death of Homer Denniston and electric chair proposal

Homer Denniston died Wednesday morning after five weeks of pneumonia and heart trouble. He leaves a wife and five children. funeral was Thursday at 8 p m at his home with Rev. R S Hyde officiating. Burial at Green Hill Cemetery. Attorney General Taylor states the next Legislature will consider replacing hangings with execution by electricity. a judiciary committee bill died last session, but support exists.

Homer Denniston P Street R.S. Hyde Green Hill Taylor Judiciary Committee House

Faubion Cummings McPike Family Reunion Meeting

The Faubion Cummings and McPike families hold their annual meeting on June 7 1902 at the old home farm of Enoch Faubion also known as Issac Bonham's farm fourteen miles northeast of Heltonville. Good speakers will attend and all are invited. May 20 1902 H A Cummings Secretary.

Faubion

Local society notes and rail safety tale from Indiana

Homer Guthrie a Stone City Bank cashier traveled to Indianapolis Thursday morning. Mr and Mrs F M McPike of Clarinda Iowa arrived to stay through Decoration Day visiting relatives including A J McPike of Morgan County. Decoration Day May 30 recalls General Logan 1886 and is a legal holiday. Gentry Bros exhibition drew full crowds with new acts including a noted aftershow Japanese theatre. Paoli dispatch reports Harry Millis saved a southbound French Lick branch train from disaster by signaling stop after a washedout fill, earning potential lifetime passes from the railroad.

Homer Guthrie Stone City Bank Indianapolis F. M. McPike Clarinda Page County Iowa McPike A. J. McPike Morgan County John A. Logan United States Gentry Bros. Trained Paoli French Lick Monon Here Harry Millis Millis

Showman Ringland Hurt Unloading Wagons Near Depot

Ringland of the Gentry Bros show was badly hurt unloading wagons from a train near the Southern Indiana depot. A wheel slipped and hurled him about 15 feet striking his back bruising and spraining it. he will be laid up for weeks. Howard Lang fractured his collarbone in a Bloomington bicycle race incident.

Gentry Bros Ringland Southern Indiana Bloomington Howard Lang Howard Orleans Herald

Also Mentioned on This Page

Madras Lgades Frank Taylor Harry Hert Tom Buskirk Bart Dodds Clear Spring Jackson Country City Eva Paynter Salem Grace Lydia Guthrie J. L. Wagoner Trinity Springs Springville Harve Dixon Chas. Allen and Family Ft. Ritner Geo. D. Gowen Mitchell J.w.huffington H. H. Walls Will Russell Sherwood Tobacco Store L. Lawrence & Co South J Street Banda Rossa Italy The John Haase John Hartman Seymour Stella Mosier Silverville W. H. McDoel Manon Francis Edwards Mary Wilcut Feedle Tgerman John Bennett Avoca Albert Faris South M Street Snyder & Doman Dinkelspiel Ed Trueblood Charles G. Malott White River Bert Wicker Ruth West Lola Owens North Monroe Street C. G. Pfathenham Evansville Ind West Baden Paoli Republican McDoel R. H. Williams New Opera House Ndiana Marguerite Bowman East 17Th Street John Pace North O Street Fred Benzel Ellettsville Everett Bowman James Cather William Erwin South K Street W. F. Brooks Bogeman Dave Skerd A J. Hayward Orleans Amos Lawson North J Street Charles Pace East 16Th Street Bertha Stone Will Young Leavenworth Ohio A. T. Wiles Maroon Walter W. Day Amy Mathes J. W. Mathes Coxton August Benzel Mr. Benzel Wilhelminna Benzel A. W. Jones Thomas T. Ray Seth C. Burris Alfordsville Daviess County Board of Health Bedford Club Terre Haute Express Wm. Young Leavenworth, Ohio Thaddeus Bridwel Nellie A Short Arthur Speake Farrel Pekin, Ind Sullivan 15Th Street Milburn Brown Borden Washington Washington Gazette McPheeters Orange L. Hays Livonia Post Office Jack Palmer A.W Jones Dawson Cain Volitic Frederick W. Baker Leipsic Stone City Fayetteville Salt Creek Suy BE. J. Stalker Circuit Court Euphemia Garges James Garges John Hulse George W. Buton Frances Sappington John Carey Mary F. Mitchell John Reed George and Mattie Burton Josie Mead Reform School For Girls Today Martin Jance Coleman Geo W. Berton Calvin Hughes Abraham Ritchard Robert Anderson Andrew S. Brinegar Jennie Hulse City Police Court E. K. Dye William D. Hoar Bert Lynn Dessie Phipps Chicago& Northwestern W. S. Richey Company Benzel Riock Bedford, Indiana B.B. Marley Foster’s Nf. J. Box Isaac Holmes Mariel Short Ben Hur Metropolitan Insurance Co North H Street W. B. Chrisler Nellie Millicons H. A. Cummings Secty Showman Gibson Wilson’s Bargain Store W.S. Richey Notary Public Benzel Block Bedford, Ind Mambrino Morgan Bedford - Horse Co Carrara Paint Draper Baker's Racket Store South Side Square W. S. Holcombe Offe Over Haase & Owens J.W. Trinor East Side Hodge & Ferguson Jas. G. Stull Attorney-at-Law Undertakers East Side Square Hamer & Day Northeast Corner Square Hamer F. E. Stipp South Street C. H. Emery Alexander & Harris Attorneys-At-Law Gunn
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