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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1901
Page
4
An 19th century advertisement for Humphreys Witch Hazel Oil touts cures for piles burns rashes chapped skin and more. It lists price options three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 and notes availability from Druggists or by prepaid mail from Humphreys Medical Co New York.
Telegraphic digest reports rail link to Manchuria opening and widespread unrest abroad. Notable items include Poland wolf attacks, London cancer admission, Bulgar ian frontier hostage rumors, and US political shifts in New York and Chicago.
Bloomington High School notes report students returning after absences, a 149 pound average for a Washington football team, and plans for a Bedford game. Indiana University Purdue game drew about 3 000 spectators as IU defeated Purdue 11 to 6. Highlights include a compulsory attendance debate, tennis practice, and a December fair for the Woman's Building fund.
List of unclaimed letters for week ending October 26 1901 at Bedford Post Office. Ladies include Miss Jenny Brown Miss Lena Simpson Mrs Ella Walker Mrs Frankie Yancey. Gentlemen include John Childers Frank Eickerson Alvie England Hart Jessie Henson George Homer Jackson Charles Mavity Masonry Thos. Callers for above letters must say advertised VINSON V WILLIAMS P M.
Thomas Thurman and son Virgil travel to Bedford Monday. George A Dodd arrives with a drove of mules. Elliott Mathis and Mrs. Reed visit from Pinhook. Dr S W Smith from Leesville visits Mrs. Elisha Lee who remains very low. Various neighbors visit, call, and share news around Elisha Lee’s home. Northern travelers include Marshall Guthrie and Wm D McHargue from Bedford visiting Elisha Lee’s sister. Calvin W Boyles places telephone poles. Take Southern Indiana Railway to cool summer resorts East.
Sunday incident near church left Miss Alice Ingle with several severe cuts and bruises on the face when a buggy coupling broke, tossing the occupants to the ground. Other passengers escaped with minor injuries while the vehicle separated from the front wheels.
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