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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1901
Page
3
Mrs. Kern spent Sunday in Tunnelton. Several residents listed as ill or improving, trades and visits noted. Clyde Hon becomes a Chicago branch salesman. A bricklayers union organizes at West Baden. Foot pad in Bedford mentioned. Several visits to Bloomington, Orleans, Mount Olive, and New Albany are recorded along with local economic moves and civic notes.
A compilation of short items: B B Marley loans money. H H Chase and C Linkenbach in town. Jeff Taylor guest of Walter Wicker. roofing at Ryan saloon. Mrs John D Williams visiting Springville. new stock at Odd Fellows Building. Goodletts return from Evansville. Emmett Fish ill but out. Rice Haverly recovering from typhoid. Conductor Hackett considering moving to Bloomington. W A Wilson travels to Chicago for holiday stock. Indiana Supreme Court upholds inward-swing ordinance. Monon announces station near Acme with signals. funeral at Mitchell for Lyman Terrell. Misses Malott and Ragsdale accompany Mrs Malott to Mitchell. carpenters tearing down barns behind Unkel block. Sam Lawrence fatally injured hunting. Eli B Stephenson v Miller case tried again. Miller convicted, in Michigan City prison. Judge Cook to decide next term. Miss Bessie Owens hosts Greencastle wedding party in Columbus. Curtis Jones jailed for stealing in Marshall township. Harrodsburg robbery lead to more arrests and recovered items.
The Pinkerton detective agency has been assigned by the insurance company with an $86 000 policy on the bank safe and vault to investigate the Campbellsburg robbery. Meanwhile Walter Gillette completes a Bent Wood Works addition and local electricians install extensive lighting for a potential night crew. The Monon announces water piping from Bloomington springs to the McDoel round-house, a mile and a third away, as water remains scarce.
Mr J C Lewis promotes a Country Band parade with a unique heralding method. The parade will be seen here at noon Saturday November 16 and is described as the only original street event of its kind.
Farmers champion a new game law that protects quail and blocks hunting on private farms. They report past trespass, fences torn, livestock harmed, and property damaged by hunters. Some counties refuse permits, others issue to friends only, with risks of promissory notes. The piece notes broader enforcement and possible revenue from game, while urging protection of quail and fish such as bass and channel cat. The Vandalia Line offers Thanksgiving excursion fares from Nov 27 to 28, with return by Nov 29, 1901.
The Cross Lanes district lists pupils who were neither tardy nor absent for the two months ending Nov 8 1901. A freight car shortage plagues railroads into Chicago with 15 000 to 20 000 cars needed immediately. Ringling Bros circus moves 225 people from Water Valley to its winter quarters near Baraboo Wisconsin. High School football eyes rematch against Bedford as Indiana coach help boosts prep. Alex Doyle meets Thompson memorial directors in Terre Haute to discuss a bust and pedestal proposal with potential acceptance.
At 1412 L street Miss Etta Gainey of Bloomfield presented a pupil recital for parents and neighbors. Teaching six weeks, she guides a large class and earned praise as a capable musician and teacher. The event was widely enjoyed and called among the city’s best.
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