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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1919
Page
4
City editor MRS. HARRY ASKEW and society pages note a resolve honoring readers. Managing editor JAMES W. GLOVER leads job department with a 50 10 and a 1.00 price tag motif.
High School girls directed by Miss Small perform King Rene's Daughter at the Methodist church on Thursday evening June 5 at six o'clock. Proceeds support school activities.
Robert B. Lee returned Tuesday from Camp Sherman where he was honorably discharged. A family dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lee was held in his honor Tuesday evening. Carl Toole, baritone with the 150th Regimental Band, visiting parents Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Toole, played with the Bedford Concert Band Tuesday night. Barney Goen, Monen coal shore engineer, burned his right hand and arm by steam. Mrs. John Hamilton of Bedford spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Milligan.
Bedford police warned Wednesday about a dealer selling fish unfit for human food moving toward the town. Reports said fish sold in Mitchell caused illness and came from a northern lake. A police interception south of Bedford stopped the dealer from selling further.
Beginning Monday June the northbound Loursville and Bloomington Accommodation will arrive Bedford at 9 15 p m instead of E754 p m. The change lets the Berry business from New Albany fields reach Bloomington where a special train will haul berries north to Chicago.
William H Edwards and Miss Nola Trueblood of Mitchell were married Tuesday evening at 6 at the First M E church parsonage by Rev Toole. Bride’s sisters Clarabene and Lillian Edwards attended. They plan to reside in Indianapolis where Edwards works for Nordike Co.
A brother of Mrs. W. F. Brooks died in an automobile accident in Seattle Washington. The crash occurred early this morning and police are investigating the scene for details. Authorities released scant information pending further reports.
Miss Ruth Norman an IU student and 1916 B H S graduate is named one of fourteen Phi Beta Kappa candidates. The Gamma Chapter will host new members tonight in the university cafeteria. Norman majored in Latin and will teach Latin at Bedford High School next year.
Thomas Gibson of Lincoln avenue received a letter from his son Ralph who has been seriously ill at Camp Merritt hospital. Ralph reports he has recovered and will join the 31st Regiment in New Jersey. He first fell ill April 4 with tonsillitis then scarlet fever confined him to hospital until recently.
Mrs. William EF Brooks received a message from Seattle Washington stating her brother Louis Franklin Brooks was killed in an automobile accident. He formerly lived in Daviess County and had worked for eighteen years with the city fire department in Seattle.
Lanz of Bedford conferred with County Commissioners Gimas Tawkins and M E Noblet on Marion county survey for road signs to be ordered from Michigan City prison. Lanz, ex state senator and Hoosier State Automobile Association director, may lead surveys in neighboring counties.
Two dogs from Martin and Crawford Kennel were sold to a Decatur buyer after Owens death left the brood hounds available. Police report the dogs were transported Thursday to the buyer's home in a Southeastern line of delivery. The kennel plans to expand with additional stock at their Kreldthounds facility.
Eleanor Smit petitions for divorce from Paul Smith claiming husband struck her and mistreated her in Lawrence. Married May 31, 1917, the couple separated March 2, 1917. complaint cites cruelty and assault as grounds for divorce.
MWwessrs John De Bell Martin and Harry J Montgomery executive trustees met with no number of members fund furthered plans for the Army Fund Campaign. Ward committees will take charge of the minute organization. The Bedford township quota is $2100. The Salvation Army Home Service Fund backs wartime needs and no soliciting will be done except at services.
The jury in Chester Ingalls vs City of Bedford found for the plaintiff Thursday afternoon, awarding $5,000 damages. Ingalls broke his hip after slipping on ice on West Sixteenth Street due to a water main leak. the city contends the ice was the result of a pipe issue. A motion for a new trial was made, and an appeal to the Supreme Court is planned if denied.
The article notes a peony shortage driven by recent cold spells and plant blight affecting blooms. Prices soar with wholesale near 150 dollars per dozen, while Knapp reports 30 acres producing about 30,000 dozen blooms but only about 11,000 dozen expected.
The graduation list for the ninety second annual commencement includes Thomas Huflines of this city and Norman Roy Evers of Oolitic who will receive the Doctor of Medicine degree.
Edward Turpin arrived at the Indiana reformatory from Jackson county to serve a sentence of two to fourteen years for forgery. He is unlikely to receive special privileges as his prior attempt to break out of Jackson County Jail at Brown Town was noted shortly before commitment.
A card from Mel Gillan and family notes Will Gillan’s health after two months in a German hospital. He reports needing another lung tapping and fears he may not rejoin his unit scheduled to depart May 19. The Gillans’ two other sons, Frank and Inman, were among the first American casualties.
Strother employed at the Southeastern Shops had his foot mashed when a heavy iron beam fell from an engine. He had recently returned from the South and had only worked a day and a half before the accident. He is expected to be out until Saturday.
George York of Georgia is in custody after a boy named Dickie was shot near Willow Valley in Martin County on Saturday afternoon. York claims the boy was armed and that he fired in self defense while on a train approaching Willow Valley. authorities detained him as the investigation continues.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a court case in the Jackson circuit court involving Seymours and Phi Abax 2 PUGS. The text references the confession or evidence and a death or conviction related matter with unclear details.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names like Patel, Mundas, Davis, Besant, Miller and Perkins with scattered phrases about training, paren ts and a lake station. The readable content is disjoint and lacks a coherent event or clear report.
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