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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1907
Page
4
A garbled OCR-like list references Fitbine Bellyache Winl Brown Woms Diarrhea Dysentery and miscarrage prevention. Terms include kidney bladder disorder, skin digerbes, eruptions, grease, farey, bad condition, staring coat, lodigestion, stomach tsgsera.
Richmond Indiana breeder E G Hill creates a seedling named Rhea Reid to rival the American Beauty in color and stem length. The rose will debut at Chicago New York and Buffalo shows this fall after two years of testing and will be exhibited alongside another Hill creation named Princess, a stately pink rose.
Twelve intimate friends staged a china shower for Miss Rose Martha Bahr announcing her coming marriage to Burt Pirham. The ceremony is set for Wednesday at 8 30 p m at the German M E church. She is the eldest daughter of Councilman and Mrs William Bahr and a popular Bedford young lady. Cards are being sent today.
W H Henley of Wabash reports a rural mail route trial with an electric wagon proved too strenuous. He cites the machine’s heavy steering and 180 daily stops as making the work unendurable, returning to horse and wagon for the route.
Arrangements completed for a B. and O. S.W. special train through Indiana around Nov 19 22 1907. Joint effort by B. and O Purdue Experiment Station and Indiana State Horticultural Society with lectures by station and society staff. Stops at key stations with one hour holds and farmer guidance on fruit growing and fertilizer use.
Three Mitchell children Lee Cook nine Howard Cook eight and Gideon Glasner six were jailed in Bedford overnight after an alleged petit larceny at Lagle store. The incident drew juvenile court attention as mothers and guardians investigated and officials pledged proper care.
A local notice reports that JRUNNENNESS rises as license saloon restrictions loosen. Officials indicate revenue shifts and enforcement challenges amid regulatory changes affecting the saloon sector.
Census figures show fewer saloons correlate with more drunkenness per 1000 inhabitants and more arrests in places with no or restricted licensing. The data cite Milwaukee Cincinnati Columbus and many others with per 1000 arrest rates and note prohibition states often report higher totals.
The Indiana State Board of Medical Registration and Examination revoked Dr. Joseph N. Fleener of Bloomington for issuing prescriptions for liquor without medical need. The ruling defines gross immorality for physicians and could empower the Anti Saloon League to curb unlawful liquor prescriptions, encouraging broader enforcement of liquor laws statewide.
An old column notes a cold change from the northwest and a storm period from November 22 to 26 with rain turning to snow in the north and west on the 23rd 21st and 26th. It forecasts frost and freezing after disturbances and a late month storm crisis around the 30th tied to the equinox as December approaches. It also mentions a local post office investigation trap and awaiting a signal.
Bedford teachers have received multiple anonymous letters filled with obscene language over weeks. Postal inspectors Susong and Fletcher traced handwriting to a single suspect, staging a trap as they seek a warrant and possible arrest, while schools remain unsettled and fear for safety.
E A Johnson received an 800 pound Duroc boar named Pearcy's Mode from Martinsville and two Duroc Jersey sows from Kennedy's in Thorne Town. The stock is first class registered and strengthens Lawcrene county breeding interests.
A list showcases new works including Bacon Domestic Adventures and Barr Heart of Jessy Laurie. Other titles cover themes from forgiveness to intrigue with authors like Carey Brady Chambers Dewlitt Kingsley and Oppenheim.
Tony Sammarino, a confectioner and fruit dealer, found a three foot long dark snake with brown spots in a Tuesday banana shipment from the south. He seized a club and beat the snake into a pulp while unloading the fruit.
Finley Carmichael traveling salesman for Boniface Weber Allen of Bedford is recovering at his Bloomington home after a wreck on the E and J Monday near Lester Greene county. A derailed train caused the car to fall down a bank. Carmichael had a bruised shoulder and neck injury and will be laid up for several days.
Weather notes by Rev Hicks predict a November with recurring storm periods. central on October 31, culminating around November 2 and 8, with unsettled conditions and clouds through the 8th. autumn storms and lightning are expected around the 3rd and a second storm phase from the 10th to 15th, followed by a cooling, rain, and cold spell around the 18th to 20th.
In Southern Indiana the railroad commission backed Calora Coal and other independents against car distribution practices. The ruling orders new rules directing car allocation to match daily mine requirements, with October 31 as the effective date. The decision targets foreign cars and favors larger multi mine operators, prompting talks between coal firms and the railway superintendent.
John Caley a former Bedford resident now living in Robinson Urs suffered a severe work accident Friday losing four fingers of his left hand at a Robinson shops. No further details are provided to local friends who learned of the news today.
The Aero Club of St Louis and the Businessmen's League report spending twenty five thousand dollars on balloon and airship contests. Major costs include one balloon purchased for twelve hundred dollars, prize money of five thousand, grandstand and fencing for twenty five hundred, aeronaut expenses totaling thirteen thousand three hundred, gas and clubhouse costs, and a one thousand five hundred dollar gas pipeline installed by Laclede Gaslight Co to the aeronautic concourse.
Los Angeles couple, Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Mahr, clash over whether a baby can suck its thumb. Mrs. Mahr argues against thumb sucking, citing medical opinions that it spoils mouth shape. Mr. Mahr contends it is a natural right supported by physicians, leading to heated spats and a police report of a shove and slap during disputes.
The article cautions readers to stay alert for a fast moving areolite device described as speeding through streets. It warns pedestrians to keep clear and avoid collisions with the unusual vehicle.
The Detroit News reports that twice yearly Earth passes through meteor belts, with August Andromides and early November Bonids. Velocity ranges 18 to 36 miles per second, heating the surface to boiling iron and leaving vapor. Largest pieces may reach 500 feet to a mile across. fatalities are rare, with only two recorded in modern history. George King left Sunday for San Pedro, California.
Funeral services for J M McIntosh a prominent railroad dispatcher and former Monon Route chief were held at his Louisville home with Masonic rites at Cave Hill cemetery. McIntosh died of liver cancer at 4 40 am Saturday after thirty years with Louisville and Nashville and ten years as depot operator at Tenth Street. He was descended from Scottish line and credited with preventing wrecks during his career.
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