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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1919
Page
5
Sig Prow of this city had his left hand caught in a channeling machine at the Ingalls quarry on Friday afternoon. The hand was terribly mashed as the machine reversed before he noticed its return. Dr. John KR Pearson treated the injury and doctors hope amputation may be avoided.
Friends report Mrs T E Fenton improving in Albuquerque and planning to join her children and mother in Decatur on June 3. She notes her mother Mrs Florence Bratton has been unwell since leaving and the children are ill with mumps.
Dearl Cooper and Miss Lucille Edwards, both of Mitchell, were united in marriage Saturday forenoon at 11 o'clock by Mayor Charles H. Allen at his office in the City Trail. The couple will make their home at Mitchell.
A Bloomington note recalls how citizens once urged repudiation of Champ Clark as speaker in Congress while now observing the party line under Republican control. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindness during mother Matilda Martin's illness and death, signed by Ed St. Clair and Lova Finley and Pally.
After a Friday evening incident Sherman Callahan and Levett Kennison faced affidavits in Justice J. L. Smith's court. Callahan is charged with assault and battery while Kennison faces provoke and trespass. Isis Callahan seeks a peace bond against Kennison. All pleas were not guilty. Callahan trial set May 27 at 10 and Kennison trial set June 10 at 10.
The Bedford Theater Company faced unrecoverable costs after a Thursday fire at Stone City Theater. Despite Friday night shows, losses total about 3670 as films could not be insured and replacements are contractual obligations for the local company.
Bedford defeated Loogootee eight to four at Washington Park after Edrick the Loogootee pitcher was struck by a thrown ball in the sixth. Webber relieved Fidlick, then Edhick set the Bedford hitters in motion with six runs in the eighth as the Lemons formed a strong Bedford battery and Akers announced the addition of Beck from Seattle and the New York State League.
Vernet Sherrier, son of Monon engineer Thomas Sherrier and former Monon fireman, served as an observer signaling the Huns from a balloon near Verdun. Battery C crewmates, many school chums, learned later that the observer was a boy from home who knew their fates.
The Washington War Department abandoned West Baden as a hospital and returned it to private owners. Critics argue funds were wasted, noting Ft. Harrison received less efficient use while costly southern camps were made permanent. The piece blames partisan politics and local Indiana leaders for the expenditure decisions.
Mr and Mrs Fred Prosser mourn the death of their infant son Jaimes Oliver, who died a week after his mother from influenza on March 23. Short services were held at the home with burial beside the mother in Mitchell Cemetery. Frank J Gibbons returns from France via New York after service with the Immediate Medical Supply Department and is now with his wife and baby at the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs Joseph Stigall.
O W Edwards of Tulsa files a suit against Grant C Stebbins Oscar Eysenbach and Frank C Giddings for 345123.75 alleging they failed to back his plans to build a 12 story office theater on Fourth Street. He says they promised funds and stock but unpaid shares and canceled lease notices followed. The same pages report a ten year old Springville boy bitten by a copperhead near Heltonville with serious swelling and hospitalization needed.
Lee Elrod and Grace McGrew, both of Mitchell, were married Saturday at 1 30 by Justice J L Smith in his office on the east side of the public square. They will reside in Mitchell. In police court John Sidle was fined 2 and costs for intoxication.
Funeral services for Robt S Duncan were conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 oclock at his home on M street by Rev S S Lappin. The Masonice order escorted to Green Hill cemetery where ritualistic services were given. Relatives and friends attended from Bowling Green Louisville Bloomington Williams Harrodsburg and nearby communities.
Charles Wright seeks a divorce from Lizzie May Wright alleging cruel and inhuman treatment and abandonment since May 1919. He cites marriage on May 5, 1902 and requests custody of four children Estell 15 Lowe 12 Christina 7 and Grace 5.
A tiny home on South N Street was shattered Friday afternoon after two boys, aged youths, took eggs and left the family of robins in distress. Neighbors witnessed the birds’ frantic care for a dead chick while a passerby carried the scene to the back of a residence. Delbert Stephenson has been named superintendent of Upland schools after meeting with the board to arrange next year’s plan.
Dewey Albert Wagner and Lettie May Lanning, both of Mitchell, were married Saturday afternoon at 4 by Justice J. L. Smith in his office on the east side of the public square. The groom works at a Mitchell flouring mill and they will reside there. W. L. Anderson and J. J. Martin of the Bureau of Standards, former Mitchell residents, visited and then left for Washington.
Night Captain Duncan and Policeman Martin found Ralph Fields and Mrs Nettie Tindell occupying the same hotel room in Bloomington. They pleaded guilty to adultery with Fields fined ten dollars plus costs and Tindell five dollars and costs. The husband of the girl, under seventeen, paid the fine and took his wife back to Bloomington. No white slave charge was lodged. bond was given and trial date not set.
British aviators Hawker and Grieve, who left Newfoundland two weeks ago in an attempt to fly the Atlantic, were rescued alive by a Danish steamer and reached a Scottish port in good health. They plan to travel to London and claim a £25,000 prize. their machine was not salvaged. Hawker's message to the Daily Mail cited a blocked radiator feed pipe as the cause of engine stoppage.
Informal dinner Sunday at 18th Street home hosted by Mr and Mrs Seletz. Guests included Mr and Mrs Joe Sharwell and sons from Campbellsburg and Mrs Sharshewy sky and daughters from Mitchell, plus Mr A Lester and sons from Louisville. Seletz family and Shara shewskys were neighbors in Pruzany Grodno Russia. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Kay Spence from Louisville. Spence, a noted turfman, recently returned from Havana where winter stables host horses entered in the Kentucky Derby.
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