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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1907
Page
4
The article details use of family discipline and home conditions linked to pupil behavior. It cites Superintendent Fitzgibbon and others noting post homes and misfit teachers as sources of trouble, with a commission probing William J. Masters amid signs of insanity.
A legal dispute in DeKalb county involved Rosa and Josie Case driving a buggy when Samuel Goodwin failed to stop at their signal. The Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision, clarifying that drivers must yield to riders and animals when signaled, reinforcing driver responsibility on the highway.
Milton Dickason, foreman at the creosoting plant, survived a severe reservoir explosion at Bloomington. He bears a badly masked left foot, injured left ankle, severely burned right arm, several scalp wounds, facial burns, and singed hair. He planned to enter the University this week. rebuilding of the plant is to begin immediately with insurance coverage noted.
Nathan Kaplan died Saturday at 5 o'clock at his home on North I street of pneumonia after matarial fever two weeks earlier. He was forty two, survived by widow and two children Mose 15 and a younger daughter. A Hebrew, he came to Bedford from Marion and ran a North I street restaurant for years. The body was taken to Indianapolis Sunday morning for interment in the afternoon.
The Bloomington university mathematics professor Dr. R. J. Aley is rumored as the Democratic candidate for Congress in the Second district. Local factions clash as supporters urge Aley to run while rivals Davis and Cullop are pressured to yield, amid sharp partisan rhetoric.
A Fruit and Soil special train will tour the B & O S W Ry with lectures by the Purdue Experiment Station and Horticultural Society. The program includes enlarged photos of fruits spraying devices fertilizer use and culture methods. Route dates cover November 19 20 with stops from Vincennes to Cincinnati and overnight layovers.
In a suit Wredmen v Falls Cities Savings, the Indiana Appellate Court reversed a lower court ruling. It held a wife may repudiate liability and defeat a mortgage when she conveyed her separate property to her husband for a loan to a building association. The opinion, by Judge Roby, notes the law permits repudiation despite moral obligation or daughter's needs. Legislature is urged to address the anomaly.
William Briscoe a former Bedford resident was badly burned near a coal bin when coal dust ignited at about 1 am Sunday at the Mitchell cement plant. He suffered severe burns to his legs from the explosion.
For the first time in years, a lid of silence covered Mitchell as saloonkeepers kept a signed agreement to close and deny liquor to any customer. Police aid helped enforce the pledge and officials reported no violations Sunday.
Fred Mitchell employed at a U. S. cement plant suffered serious injuries Sunday when a drill on an 18 foot ledge slipped loosening and fell, pinning him beneath the machine. He was removed to his home for treatment with internal injuries feared.
The Hotel Deckard and Annex undergo a major makeover under Mrs Julia Miller. Dining room expanded with new furniture china rugs and tables aims to create a cozy refined dining parlor. A fresh coat of paint will be applied to both Deckard and Annex with replacement furniture during the work.
Buck Roenicke of Alton Illinois and J I Reilly foreman of Hapgeed Pion company battled in an eating contest. Reilly led after round four by finishing more ice cream and cake while both men completed rounds with onions in vinegar. Roenicke plans a rematch claiming pre contest overeating. Both are prominent in Alton clubs.
Capt J D Alexander of Bedford gains backing from Bedford and southern Indiana posts for department commander amid strong press support. His Civil War service includes leading Company D Ninety seventh Indiana Infantry and future roles as judge advocate and council member. Miss Minnie Dierking of New Albany connects to a local cousin.
A long list of want ads seeks performers and workers for a show in Indiana. Requests include monologist, quartette singers, tightrope walker, barrel-jumping act, balloon ascension pair, piano player, educated chickens handler, fat cook, comedian, rag-time singer, and a stout man to lead a fish parade. Names span H J Feltus, Clyde Moss, Bland, Harve Laughtin, Bill Palmer, Charles Williams, Mayor Malott, Judge Shea, Representative Honan, Curt Adams, Captain Ludwen, Ira Batman, H H C Johnson, Guy Mercer, Carl E Ward with Bloomington and Seymour, Bedford, and other Indiana towns.
Quail season opens with heavy hunting activity as Mayor Stipp and Frank Sherwood lead departures. Clerk Leonard issues 200 licenses by Monday and orders more from the State Game Commissioner. Each license costs $1, and Lawrence County contributes to a projected state revenue near $25,000 from 92 counties.
The Department of Agriculture released Greene County Indiana soil survey results by W E Thorp and Charles J Mann. The pamphlet notes many soils are stuck in corn and urges crop rotation to fit soil.
The 1893 farm land values show land and improvements totaling about 7.45 million dollars, roughly half the county’s farm worth. Corn land has risen while pasturage land has fallen. light soils need organic matter. Restoring old fields requires grass, manure, or green manuring. stock raising or dairying with fruit growing is advised as a practical land strategy.
The Mas husband divorced the Ma's New usland troupe after a Saturday night performance at Stone City Opera House. The Bloomington company faced dissensions and poor work, blamed on jealousy, leading to a decision to disband and return to Chicago.
A Bloomington blitz against a blind tiger leads to 52 pint bottles opened and dumped into the street by Chief Johns with a crowd watching. Two men Baning and Pattilia are involved. Pattilia claims the beer is his, Baning denies it, and a $50 fine plus costs are imposed.
Prof Rudolph Emmerich of the University of Muncie announces a diphtheria cure named pyeepanse made from assimilated pyocyanacous bacilli. The remedy is blown into patients throats to destroy diphtheria bacilli in dangerous cases. Henry Howell faced Justice Owens on charges of disturbing a religious meeting at politic Baptist church October 17. He had a prior, unresolved trial. Metlenry Owen assists Supt Tircy auditing dockets of former mayors amid party dispute over Owen’s aid.
Police headed by Chief Gratzer raided Lew Brown's upstairs room and arrested seven men for visiting a gaming house. The detainees Ollie Smith Oliver Younger John Younger Claud Gardner Thomas Evans Conrad Sherrill Joe Freil and Jake Kreamer were arraigned before Mayor Stipp, pled not guilty and posted bonds for trial Tuesday at 7 p.m. Attorney F M Vance represents the defendants.
The Federal Grand Jury in Indianapolis discharged Saturday afternoon returning numerous indictments for mail theft and related fraud. Named defendants include Austrians Isadore Cortz and Paul Boraitan plus Joseph Krotz and Joseph Horats, accused of rifling a mail sack near Ft Ritner. Additional indictments and arrests to follow. others named face various charges in court.
A Lin ton movement seeks to block a county jail contract that would favor Bloomfield and spur Greene county’s potential split. At last week’s county council, 18000 dollars was set aside for a new jail. Linton residents argue they subsidize Bloomfield and tax burdens rise with court visits, intensifying calls to redraw county lines and favor Linton Wright Township finance and population.
Daily inquiries to Fish and Game Commissioner Z T Sweeney seek permission to use dogs for quail hunting. He confirms dogs are allowed once quail season opens Monday November 11. The article notes hunters should rest easy on this point.
Georgetown Ky November 11 Caleb Powers faced a jury for the fourth time in the Goebel murder case. The former Kentucky secretary of state is accused of complicity in Senator Goebel's death with dates outlining trials from 1900 to 1907 and the evolving rulings.
The Indiana State Board of Health reports 45 300 births in 1906 23 469 boys and 21 831 girls with a birth rate of 17 1 per 1000 and 35 992 deaths at 13 58 rate. October had most births 4263 and September most deaths 8146.
A pamphlet from the North American Parents Benevolent Association promises benefits for members who have children, claiming to reduce rising costs by offering $500 per child born to each member. The circular touts the plan as certain as death, inviting joiners with bold rhetoric.
Charles E. George discusses a new mutual association in Newark that will endow every child with $500 held as a trust for the benefit of the child. The group, led by Mrs. Bernard S. Austrian, aims to enroll married women, expand to Boston and Canada, with dues of $2 yearly plus $1 to $2 monthly assessments after birth. The plan replaces the prior Parents Benevolent association and promises to pay beneficiaries at age twenty one.
Otis Allen and Tobias Gaddis were arraigned before Judge Wilson after grand jury indictments for murder in the second degree and petit larceny. Allen pleads not guilty claiming self defense in the Sparks killing at Sanders. trial set for November 19. Gaddis pleads not guilty to stealing canned fruit near Shagtown. trial set for the following Thursday. Attorney Jesse Field represents Gaddis. Robert Miller defends Allen.
Postmaster announces letters for Allen Mrs Bell Freeman Mrs Ida Goans Mrs Grittie GENTLEMEN Bell Will Bickel Gustav Bowers Merton Chastain Chas Davis Enoch Johnson Willie Lewis Horace McDowell Ennis Roberts Jonathan. Persons calling for above letters please say advertised. S. L. Kpacu P.M.
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