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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1912
Page
10
An unidentified Irish man about 55 to 60, found near Tunnel ton and died at the County Poor Farm Friday, after two days of illness. He was a suspected mechanic with a mole on the forehead and no record of his identity despite extensive inquiries. Burial occurred at the County Poor Farm on Friday at 11 o'clock.
Hugh A. Burrell, former president of the People's State Bank of Brownstown, died Thursday morning after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon in Brownstown. Burrell had long served as a public official in Jackson County and faced scrutiny over the bank’s failure amid reports of poor investments. He had returned to Brownstown about a year ago and his health prevented renewed legal actions.
Quincy Moore of St. Louis, seriously ill, arrived Friday and was taken to his stepfather W. J. Moore on West 16th Street. Dan Moore went to St. Louis Thursday to accompany him. George O. Salmon of Bedford is registered at the Willard in Washington. Beveridge was defeated by a large vote, with Indianapolis voters ranking him third in the city per the Bloomington Star.
Dewey Gresham twelve year old son of Charles Gresham placed in custody of the Board of Childrens Guardians by Juvenile Judge Thomas Underwood. Father fined and jailed in Police Court for intoxication. ordered to pay four dollars fifty cents weekly for the boy’s support.
Silas C Brown filed for divorce from Myrtle Brown in Lawrence circuit court alleging cruelty and separation after a July 1911 marriage. The complaint states Myrtle claimed she did not love him and loved another, and she struck him with a piece of wood amid accusations. The couple had been married over a year and separated three weeks ago.
A autumnal dinner party was hosted Thursday evening by Mrs. Clarence Hartman on South J Street. Members of the Coterie Club hosted their husbands with elaborate Dresden shade table decor and chrysanthemums. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Benzel, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkie Jarvis, Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Terbeck, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sharp, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boy, Mr. and Mrs. Reed Bridwell, and Mr. and Mrs. Will Rariden.
Miss Alta Fox, 24, a Bloomington nurse’s training student at Indianapolis Deaconess Hospital, vanished Monday after leave. Cousin Mrs. Howard Fox cites a possible physician involved and detectives say they expect to solve the case soon. Fox has a mother and relatives in Bloomington, with no definite name given for the caller or physician.
State health commissioner Dr. J. N. Hurty visited Worthington and Jasonville amid fears of an uncontrollable smallpox outbreak. Schools have closed, with the illness reported to have lingered in Jasonville for over six weeks and spreading from the other town.
The Pythian Sisters social hour at Castle Hall Thursday was a humorous success. Committee members were Mesdames J. B. Stipp Elza Jackson C. L. Baker and Virgil Tish. A tack driving game was main amusement with Mrs Fitzgerald driving 47 tacks in 3 minutes and winning a Colonial cut glass flower basket. Fragrant coffee and doughnuts were served.
Mrs. Sam Norgan of West 18th Street celebrated her fiftieth birthday with a surprise party Thursday night organized by her three daughters Mrs. Charles Doyle Mrs. William Aikman and Mrs. Harrison Jones. Relatives and friends attended and gifts were given. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served.
John Fritz 21, inmate at Indiana Reformatory, receives a new trial after the Indiana Supreme Court reversed Clark Circuit Court over an erroneous instruction. Fritz killed guard H. B. McWilliams with a hammer in the reformatory chair shop in 1911, with insanity raised as the sole possible defense.
The piece lauds the candidate for being clean, cultured, and capable to lead with credit. It notes respect from the nation, dignity in campaigning, and hopes for an administration upholding Taft’s tradition of decorum and self control. It also condemns verbal abuse aimed at Mr. Taft and others.
Several empty whiskey bottles labeled Bonnie Dundee found in a hallway. The piece jokes about Bedford and Bloomington dry status and notes Linton is a wet town due to lack of abstainers. The author reflects on long sought drink freedoms.
The report notes Ellen Johnson of South Street is able to be out again following tonsillitis. It also mentions Judkins the sole Bull Moose elected to Indiana’s legislature, a Wayne County casket manufacturer.
The farmer fools shoot the Bob White, unaware of its value as a weed seed eater. A single pair can consume fifteen pounds of weed seed per season and also feed on insect pests including potato bugs. Protect the Bob White.
North Salem reports thirty one appendicitis cases since January 1 1912 with five in one half square and six in one family. Dr Hurty cites physicians noting non infectious transmission yet cites wrong eating as the best theory. A farmer links modern roller process flour to appendicitis.
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