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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1913
Page
6
A box supper will be held at Trinity Methodist Church three and a half miles southeast of Bedford on Friday night November 28. All invited. ladies are asked to bring boxes.
Norman S Braden of Hamilton Ontario and his sister Miss Romana Braden of Irvington Indiana were due Wednesday to visit Earl G Short in Gestreet and will also call on relatives at Sprineville before returning home.
Willis W. Miles sues L and O S W Railway Company to recover $192 paid into a relief association. The complaint claims the arrangement violated state laws and seeks $500 in damages. Attorneys Montgomery and Montgomery represent the plaintiff.
A buggy with one occupant broke apart while turning the corner at 18th and 6 streets Monday afternoon at 5 30. The driver was thrown over the dash and slightly injured. The horse ran away but was caught and returned to the scene. The buggy parts were rejoined and the driver continued.
A message from Mrs Hattie Kinder of this city reached the Detention Home in time to stop six year old Kerschel Kinder from being sent to the State Home. Walter Kinder, the boy’s father, was arrested in St Louis for child desertion and held in the local jail. Mrs Kinder worked Tuesday to raise money for a ticket to keep her son with her. The Detention Home warned the boy would be held unless a ticket is sent promptly.
A motor party is held in tribute to Miss Blanche Stuart of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Patrick Dean of St Louis. The event gathers local friends and notable guests to honor the two women with a ceremonial ride and reception.
A Monday dinner party hosted for Miss Blanche Stuart of Cedar Rapids at the Hotel Linsay in Orleans followed by a luncheon at 12. The party included Mrs. Robert Reed Miss Anna Reed Theodore Reed Miss Helen Norton Mrs. W. W. Whitney Mrs. Clifford Dean Mrs. Helen Stevens Mrs. Dean of St. Louis and Miss Stuart.
Mrs Leo L Stuart, mother of Mrs Maurice McGrath, was summoned to her Kansas City home by a message announcing her husband’s sudden illness as he was stricken with appendicitis.
Marion Wooden 18 of loomington surrendered to Sheriff Jones in Bloomington after admitting he fired a shot Saturday night at Harrodsburg to frighten Claude McGlothin and Ralph Doub. McGlothin seriously wounded from more than 200 shots.
Three thousand three hundred sixty pint bottles of beer were emptied into the gutter in front of the County Jail by Sheriff Jones and a deputy. They oiled corks as the suds flowed down the street into a branch, the liquor having been stored in the basement from prior blind tiger raids.
James McPike a well known Harrodsburg farmer died Saturday afternoon at age 64 from dropsy. He leaves a widow and children Mrs. Thomas Jeffries Richard McPike of the county and Everett McPike of Missouri. Funeral services were conducted Sunday by Rev. Norman.
The case of H. S. Howard versus Doyle Bowden for a horse was dismissed Tuesday and a new suit filed. In Hartman and Stipp versus Logan Taylor for a cook stove gun and coat the defendant defaulted Monday and costs were paid by the plaintiffs.
National leaders alarmed as Indiana Progressives push to unite with Republicans for 1916 campaigns. Beveridge and other Bull Moose figures sought to keep disintegration in check while Pinchot emerges as a Pennsylvania Senate candidate. Munsey reportedly loses interest as New Party efforts fade in Philadelphia.
A double freight derailment near Rivervale injures three crew members including Engineer J H Williams with a shoulder and ankle injuries. Seventeen cars derailed and destroyed. caboose and one car burned. Wreck tied to a switch fault near Mill Creek. wrecking crews and detours drawn from Seymour Cincinnati and Washington.
A rear end collision on the B&O Southwestern at Rivervale Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. involved a freight engine Second 56 colliding with a preceding train. Three injured, fifteen cars demolished, five derailed, and twenty cars plus the engine wrecked.
In Jackson County, Dr. Perry Rendall and Nora Belding were found guilty of adultery after a lengthy jury deliberation. They face a $250 fine and 100 days in jail, with an arrest-judgment bond filed and a December 2 appearance date. Kendall and Belding have ties to Crothersville and Jackson County politics.
Julius Walters, a Cincinnati musician known for dance gigs, thought his entire collection of music was lost last Saturday night. On Monday, the material was returned to him. George D. Gowen, once a Bedford shoe dealer, now in Milton Oregon, arrived in town for business and to renew acquaintances. Inston and Clapp of Minnesota joined the reunion effort.
Pupils in local public schools will have shorter vacations to end the term earlier. Thanksgiving dismissal is Wednesday evening with the rest of the week off. For Christmas, dismissal will be Thursday Dec 18 or Friday Dec 19, with classes resuming Monday Dec 29.
After hearing the evidence in the case of Sam Romine charged with assault and battery and carrying concealed weapons Justice Iseminge discharged the man on Tuesday.
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