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Newspaper

Bedford Weekly Mail

Location

Bedford, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1901

Page

3

Local notes from the city Wednesday visitors and visits

A series of brief notices records residents and visitors in town on Wednesday. Names include Mrs. Levina Setzer, W G Todd, Jesse Faubion, Harry Stovall, Col R B Scott, Mrs Mary Blackburn, F M McPike, Mrs Will Davis, A J Elmore, EB A Batterton, and H H Walls offering farm money. Presiding Elder William Breden traveled home via Georgetown. An all day Pleasant Hill meeting drew diverse brethren. a noon feast and decorated graves honored the dead.

William Breden United Brethren Church Odon Georgetown Ind Pleasant Hill

Local residents townbound notes and moves

Mitchell and nearby towns see a steady stream of visits and travel with names such as Dave Dale, Gus Bass, Miss Gertie Carson, and Mrs. Amanda Fisher listed among those in or visiting Mitchell. Various professional, business, and pension news from Indiana communities is also noted alongside Rebekah Lodge membership figures.

Local residents visit city on Friday across several towns

Jackson Bowman of Coxton and L Montgomery of Flinn township were among visitors on Friday. James Mundell returned home to Heltonville, while Mrs. Quincy Armstrong of Springville and Pearl Ferguson of Springville joined friends in the city. The district saw many moves and arrivals as residents visited shows, attended gatherings, or addressed personal business.

Chas. Rariden Indianapolis Grant Douglass Heltonville Jackson Bowman Coxton L. Montgomery Flinn Township James Mundell Quincy Armstrong Springville City Pearl Ferguson Mary and Alice Maher Erie John C. Faubion Florence James Faubion Irene Allen Sullivan Ralph Hamer Elwood Stephen Fountain Zelma A. J. Weigle Booneville, Ind Milo Lafogg Amhurst Mass

City visitors and residents noted across multiple locales

Walter Darnell of Bryantsville and many others were seen in the city this week from Williams to Indianapolis. Appointments and travels include Miss Florence Bright returning to Indianapolis, Dr. H. L. Kimberlin from Mitchell, and A. W. Jones securing increased pension for Hugh Fields.

Walter Darnell Bryantsville City A.W. Jones Mitchell Hugh Fields

Hamer’s Cave Property Offers 300 Acres Near Mitchell

The tract spans about 300 acres on B and O S W RY three miles east of Mitchell. Timbered sections and superior farming land accompany a three story stone mill building with reliable water power. Ideal for a summer watering place, club ground, or fish breeding. contact Union Cement and Lime Co. at 431 W Main St Louisville Ky for prices and terms.

Hamer

Local notices and brief city notes from Bloomington area

A compilation of short items including visits from W Adams of Bloomfield, M B E Lewis returning to Terre Haute, bids for building an addition to W A Webb’s home due Wednesday 29th, and the death of John Johnson in Salem. Other notes cover a hailstorm damage in Freetown, Bloomington football loss to I U, a wrist injury at the P M B quarry, voter enumeration by Audrey France in Oolitic, travel of Mrs Curtis Fich, and Lt. William M. Louden’s U S Army appointment after recommendations by officials. Local social, business, and civic moves appear alongside multiple brief incidents and movements through the area.

W. A. Webb

Circuit Court Notes From Monroe County Term

Circuit Court adjourned for the term with no further sessions until September. Parties in several damage suits including Morris vs B&O railway and Southern Indiana Ry awaited verdicts or appeals. Judge Martin found George P. Parks guilty of practicing magnetic healing without a license and fined $25, with an appeal filed. Major verdicts included Dearmin damages of 1500 and Stagg for 7000. A Bellmont/Bloomington collision suit and belt wreck cases were noted along with a 150 to 250 cost settlement in Wray vs Bloomington Water Works.

State Martin George P. Parks Lela Stagg Consolidated Stone Company Bloomfield Stagg Monroe County Dennis Wray F. H. Beamon Bloomington City Water Works Company Beamon Bloomington Stella Lawrence Circuit Court City Water Works Company

Supreme Court Affirms Rail Liability Ruling in Menaugh Case

The widow of Menaugh sued a railroad after a fatal derailment. Judge Martin ruled for the defendant, saying no liability shown and that Menaugh rode on a freight train not for passengers. The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed, holding railroads are not bound to carry passengers on all trains and a trespass presumption applies without invitation or custom.

Menaugh Martin Supreme Court Bedford B. Ry. Co Lawrence C C Hadley

State v Ennis acquittal over libel charge at county court

The case State v. New ton E Ennis on a criminal libel charge connected to a Saladee photo was heard before Judge Stephenson and a jury. The state failed to prove the image displayed with offensive writing, and the jury acquitted Ennis. Other local notes include visits, hotel purchase, deaths, and civic updates across the community.

Newton E. Ennis Cleopatra Saladee Court House Ennis Saladee Hanis Gallery

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