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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1905
Page
4
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E G Hamilton an elderly veteran was struck and killed Sunday by a passing pincer train one half mile from Seymoor Indiana. He was walking along the track alone carrying a sack of pumpkins and did not notice the approaching locomotive.
Two giant pumpkins named as leaders in the Lawrence County exhibit were grown by Alex Freed and Mack Sullivan. Freed’s pumpkin weighed 1283 pounds while Sullivan’s registered 124 percent pounds. Col William Hilton served as weighmaster.
The U S Cement Co plans relocate its general offices from Bedford to Indianapolis. Fixtures shipped and installed in the Commercial Club building mark the move, with A Lehman and Sampson leaving Bedford while Trotter and Holliday depart with strong local ties.
Mrs W A Guthrie of Madison Indiana was chosen Regent at the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution convention in Jeffersonville. A fierce Virginia North Carolina coast gale floods Norfolk forcing streetcar traffic stoppages. President Roosevelt receives enthusiastic New Orleans welcome and sails from Florida for Washington aboard the West Virginia. Russian railroad strike continues with no major disturbances reported. Court Witte instruments a new assembly law promising freedom of press speech and assembly to be proclaimed shortly.
The so called cabbage snake or worm in cabbage is a hair worm harmless to humans, confirmed by the U S Agriculture Department. Washington notes there are no poisonous effects or danger from eating cabbage with hair worms despite public rumor. A separate notice states the last saloon in Salem will close November 7, making the town dry for two years due to a county temperance protest.
TD Sweeney reports fifty convictions for game law violations this month and over four hundred for the season. Deputy efforts have tightened enforcement as license applications surge before the November 10 hunting season opening. Deputies now arrest violators on sight to prevent evasions from false names. Farmers support the strict law for equal treatment and strong game protection.
Ghost of a veiled woman in black terrorizes French Lick and West Baden for three weeks. Nightly sightings drive residents indoors. Friday night a chase ended in the woods as pursuers claim the specter carried two pistols and a knife.
The first of sixty damage suits stemming from a dispute over quarry men transport at Bloomington is Virgil Watts demanding 2000 dollars. Watts says a Monon conductor refused a 52 ride commutation ticket, took cash fare, and ejected him at McDoel. Each case will be tried separately, with the outcome affecting the rest. the first trial may take two days.
Charles O Dobbins underwent surgery at St Vincent s Hospital Indianapolis for a tuberculous growth on the bowels. The operation by Dr Wishard went well and he is on the road to complete recovery. Meanwhile C L Braxton and wife delay permanent Arizona plans to visit Oklahoma and their daughter in law following a multi state travel change. In Mt Ayr a typhoid fever epidemic grows with thirty five cases and three deaths linked to a polluted well.
Mary Elizabeth Burgess, 20, swallowed ten cents worth of morphine at 102 West Walnut Street Louisville basement in a bid for death. She waited for City Hospital ambulance, expressed remorse and hoped to recover despite her stated alias Jay Thompson. Her father Daniel Burgess lives in Mitchell Indiana.
A gubernatorial audit committee will examine the Indiana Auditor Sherrick’s office covering January 26, 1903 to September 14, 1905. The review includes 17 602 warrants totaling about 24 million dollars and 7 157 treasurer’s receipts. The committee, chaired by Sherrick successor nominees, will verify warrants, stubs, and receipts and report to Governor Hanly.
Fifty year old Nowell, a quarry worker at United States quarry near Smithville, cut his throat with a razor in a suicide attempt. Three deep gashes nearly severed his carotid. he was found near collapse, treated by Dr. Le of Smithville, and is resting with a chance of recovery. He is unmarried and has long worked in area quarries.
The Monon Railroad will reassign engines 250 class to the south end and move 214 class engines north, amid stricter explosive shipment rules to be enforced nationwide. A special American Railway Association committee finds 346 million pounds of explosives made annually, mostly by rail, with accidents blamed on improper packing and marking. The hoop system for engineer orders to pass trains is advocated to avoid stopping trains for deliveries.
William S. Cope died in Lawrence County Indiana after a long life of travel from North Carolina to Alabama Georgia Florida and Indiana. He married twice first to Sarah A. Smith and then Louisa Cosner leaving two children Mollie Doane and Malissat and a brother Thomas Cope of North Carolina. His funeral at Port William cemetery on Oct 15 1905 drew a large crowd.
Miss Zella Carline hosted seven teen friends for a Saturday night party at her East Wic Street residence with vine and chrysanthemum decorations and a program of games and music. Guests included Grace Hunter Hattie Campbell Agnes Campbell Ethel Evatt Leif Clipp Katie Carter Ella Johnson Ada Waldron Amy Fowler of Indianapolis Mrs Otto Suig Elmer Corbin Jesse Carter Louis Baker Henry Washam Norman Woodruff and a dog loving groundhog hunter. Also reported are George Beard of American Express shipping large strawberries to Chicago and Monroe county grand jury indictments including a murder in the first degree case against Giuseppe Dominus and other liquor law violations.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. church Blooming ton district adjourned at Bloomfield Friday after selecting Bedford as the next meeting point. Officers elected include President Mrs. H. F. Dimmitt Green Castle Vice president Mrs. Amy Prin ele Bloomfield Corresponding secretary Mrs. M S Heavenridge Mitchell Recording secretary Mrs. Grace Brown Bedford Secretary children's work Mrs William Telfer Bloomington Treasurer Mrs Kate R Norton Bedford Custodian mite box Mrs d Shultz Spencer Organizer Mrs F W Stephens Greencastle.
The Hardware Trade editor blames catalogue houses for drawing customers with pictures and advertised low prices. He urges country merchants to adopt similar tactics, advertising with prices and illustrations to compete, warning that without pictures catalogues would fail to drive half their sales.
The Globe-Democrat of St. Louis touts its semi weekly edition as unique and comprehensive. It promises continuous world news, complete telegrams for the week, and sections on home farm family science and industry. It stresses Republican alignment and offers one year subscriptions for one dollar with a two neighbor referral option.
W H Whittaker superintendent of the Indiana Reform atory urged strict reform policies at Vincennes during the State Conference of Charities and Correction. He argued for life sentences or sterilization for confirmed criminals, rapists and degenerates, criticizing attorneys and policemen who aid lighter sentences.
In the circuit court Josiah D. Myers of Worthington and Landsmen accuse Burton J. Millis of grain fraud and disappearance last December. The plea contends two $10,000 bonds lack signatures, alleging forgery. Notable locals including County Attorney Mattingly and Postmaster John A. Evans figure among the defendants. Millis’s exact shortage remains undisclosed. his absence rocked local business circles. Forsis Richardson of West 17th street is reported ill.
The Southern Indiana Railway Co announces extremely low travel rates to points in the West and Southwest for home seekers. For full information call, address, or telephone. J. G. Ray, General Agent.
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