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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1915
Page
6
A rubbish fire behind George Lanz’s residence on Lincoln Avenue near Ninth Street drew both the north end and downtown fire departments to the scene Friday evening. Fire crews quickly responded as residents feared a larger blaze in the area.
The article accuses the current administration of altering the daily treasury statement to inflate net balances in the general fund. It cites an October adjustment creating an apparent $87 million overnight increase that newspapers cannot compare to prior years. It notes Sept 30 1915 balances and mocks the sudden mushroom growth as misleading and harmful to public understanding.
Mr and Mrs A Parrott and Mrs J C Mitchell attended Charles Waggoners 20th birthday at Dark Hollow. On Saturday a second celebration will mark Parrott s 33rd birthday. many relatives and friends were present. Theodore Greer of Mitchell was in the city Friday. Nila Nigg and Anita Kelter of Williams in city en route to Shaais to visit relatives.
Frances, the four teen year old daughter, fell into a large boiling water pan placed on the floor at her home near Fourteenth and J streets. Her left hip and leg were severely burned, causing much pain but not believed fatal by the family physician.
The Northern Nut Growers Association offers cash prizes from 10 to 50 dollars for the best trees of black walnuts butternuts shagbark hickories hazel nuts and northern pecans. Readers are urged to send a dozen nuts from the best tree to Dr W C Deming Georgetown Connecticut for prize details and contest rules.
Charles Willey charged with operating a blind tiger in Mitchell was in jail in this city Friday awaiting trial when he secured a marriage license with Miss Dovey Hostetler of Mitchell. They wed in Justice Malott's court and were separated after the ceremony as he was returned to jail and she rode away in a buggy toward Mitchell.
Late Wednesday four women arrived in Greencastle from Bedford and Alabama seeking the man killed by a Vandalia train in Reejsville. They identified him by a leg scar as the brother of one and uncle of three, possibly John Young, and interviewed Coroner Zaring after traveling to Reelsville to confirm the death.
Shoals builds a combined water and electric plant and dedicates a $10,000 Carnegie Library. Vincennes asphalt and brick paving upgrades the main streets. Bicknell plans water works. Wheatland and Monroe City install electric lights. Washington schemes a $100,000 city hall and a grand clubroom. Logansport begins new electric and water plants. Trinity Springs adds electric lights. Mitchell rebuilds its electric plant and nears a water system. French Lick and West Baden finish brick roadways linking the towns with hotel expansions. Odon considers immediate waterworks construction.
A compilation of figures from Moses Fr Dunn's will totals the estate at 234 784 dollars. George A Buskirk of Union Trust Co Indianaplis and H P Pearson of Bedford certify the value. Bonds amount to 202 500 dollars with 10 000 in municipal bonds. Cash and deposits plus small receivables comprise the rest.
Wade Mason of Springville was in the city Friday for a visit. Elizabeth Arthur of Norman Station was in town returning home from Bloomington where she had been visiting Mr and Nira Bara, Hunter.
A Terreh Haute lineman fled a hand car when a black cat crossed the track near Beehunter. The crew led by Ora Sheetz had paused for dinner. the worker walked about two miles home after refusing to ride due to the omen.
Assistant Plumbing Inspector Martin Palmer notes that cars raise worries about safety and mortality. He contends people want to die clean and are increasingly installing new bathtubs as a precaution while traveling, based on interviews with motorists.
Frank Williams arrives back in town from Salem and surprises longtime friends at a private celebration. The notice also notes a marriage with public acknowledgment of the gathered crowd and joyful reactions.
Friday Frank Williams surprised friends by arriving home from Salem with a bride. He wed Goldie Nicholson of near Salem on Friday and stayed with the bride’s relatives for several days. Williams, a carpenter, will live on North I street with his wife amid congratulating friends.
A washed out bridge below Armstrong Station on Spring Creek will be cut up and moved to Springville. It will extend a small bridge there to handle more water and include a widened span with a walking path for children. A new bridge is being built at Spring Creek.
Taulton Weiniger of Kurlz was fined 10 dollars and given a 75 day penal farm sentence after being charged in Jackson circuit court with larceny. He allegedly robbed an elderly man of about 25 dollars on February 2.
The lasting influence of one man is shown in how Shoals and Loogootee, five miles apart, might have merged if not for local opposition. Rails could have favored a Quarry station, changing regional towns, but objections preserved both towns. Similar cases at Trinity Springs illustrate broader risks and potential progress from rail expansion.
City officials protest an 82 percent rate increase by Southern Indiana Power Co. for pumping stations and mills. Mayor Fields and City Engineer Malott appealed to the Public Service Commission in Indianapolis, seeking to void the new charges effective November 1, 1915, and to retain the old rate.
A woman sustained injuries when an automobile and a buggy collided at the intersection of Tenth and Lincoln on Friday night at 9 o'clock. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene and transported the injured party to a local hospital for treatment.
A belt railway overhead bridge north of the Salem Stone Mill caught fire Saturday morning around 8 30. Firemen say a passing engine likely started the blaze and railroad workers extinguished it before serious damage. Mrs. John Tuddy suffered minor injuries in a separate 9 o'clock Friday collision at Tenth Street and Lincoln Avenue involving a taxi driven by Bert Perkins and a wrecked buggy owned by Krenke Bros.
Bert Shipp and sister Mrs Bert Potter left Friday afternoon for New Richmond Ohio after receiving a telegram about their aged mother's sudden serious illness. The message said her condition could not be expected to survive the day. They departed on the 2 pm B&O branch train.
John Collier of Ft Ritner and Miss Mery Hamilton of Dunnellon were married Friday at 11 a.m. by Justice Malott at the Majestic Hotel. The ceremony was the eighty first and the couple will make their home near Ft Ritner.
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