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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1913
Page
4
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A new trial motion was filed in the case of Jason Alexander versus the Estate of William H. Gregory. The matter remains under advisement as the court evaluates outstanding issues and potential remedies.
Central Union Telephone Company hosts open house event drawing 791 visitors and several hundred attendees. Manager Paul and staff showcased modern phon e equipment and operations, highlighting cooperative community outreach.
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The federal quarantine on foreign potatoes continues as authorities assess the impact of the potato crop in the United States. Officials say the present condition of the 7412 potato crop shows some promise, but no import of potatoes from abroad is advised this winter due to ongoing concerns.
William Bock a fifteen year old resident east of the city appeared with his mother and brother in court as the case on assault and battery on John Edmondson was continued until next Saturday. He denied general misbehavior this year, saying he struck Edmondson after being called a vile name. The note of trouble in the Little Brick school district east of town is linked to his actions.
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Miss Alice Reath and Catharine Nelee plan to leave next week for Riverside California to spend six months with her nephew Frank Reath. He is a Bedford boy who has made good and holds a responsible chemist position in a cement plant there.
Charles Gresham and Primus Inman pleaded guilty in Lawrence circuit court to larceny for the Marley drug store robbery on North Street. Each received a sentence of one to eight years. Gresham, age 41, was sent to Michigan City prison. Inman, 14, to Jeffersonville. A citizens' petition urged suspending Inman's sentence. Judge Swails asked for advisement.
Two men Earl Short and William Owens stopped a horse to save a child about three from being struck by a vehicle near 1st Street and O Streets. A wheel was torn off the buggy as bystanders helped, but the child escaped serious injury.
Our Old Crowd enjoyed a Saturday afternoon at Mrs Phil Dunihue of West Thirteenth Street in celebration of her birthday. The Misses Dunihue entertained with vocal and instrumental numbers as cream cake and mints were served to guests.
Miss Freida Krenke elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Krenke wed Charles Smith a stone cutter from London Ireland at German Methodist Church Sunday night. Ceremony by Rev Severinghaus followed Lohengrin music with bride in voille gown and roses. They depart for their furnished home on Imart 17th street with relatives.
Distressed and weary, Mrs Reed and her husband J J Reed head to Rye Colorado to learn the fate of 21 year old Robert Reed who vanished after starting from his home last Sunday toward a town ten miles away. The Bloomington Tele phone notes no word since Wednesday and a sister has lived in Rye for months.
Report warns many essential food items will hit price ceilings this winter with shoppers likely facing higher grocery bills. Officials say inflation pressures, supply chain issues, and market fluctuations drive anticipated hikes across staples like meat dairy and produce.
State Food and Drug Commissioner Harry F. Barnard says winter will bring the highest prices for food products in history except wheat products rice sugar and canned salmon. He notes flour will be cheap from a large wheat crop butter and eggs will rise and pork prices will be extremely high due to corn shortages.
Harley Medaris 21, a machinist from Bloomington Indiana, wed Violet Staggs 18 of Bedford Indiana in Louisville Saturday night. Justice Oscar L Hay officiated the ceremony.
Mrs Minnie Mullane a sister of Mrs J F O Haver of this city died at her home in Lyons Indiana Sunday morning. Mrs O Haver was called to Lyons Saturday morning by the serious illness of her sister.
A rainy Sunday at Washington Park saw Princeton defeat the Champs 6 to 0 behind Johnson’s sharp pitching. Wicker held the visitors to two hits through six innings, while Ben Taylor struggled, his spitter failing to break in the drizzle. The crowd, largest of the season except Labor Day, stayed to near the end despite the rain.
Friends celebrate the forty ninth birthday of Postmaster S L Keach at his home with a merry party. The men attendees, all in their forty ninth year, shared a noon dinner and an afternoon of social pleasure with guests including Mr and Mrs B F Wycoff Dr and Mrs K Mitchell Mr and Mrs Charles Malott and Mr and Mrs Will Smith of Bloomington.
A birthday dinner marking Henry Seidl’s 25th birthday was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Blancett at 5th and S streets on Sunday. Attendees included the Seidl family and relatives from Stonington and Orleans. guests extended best wishes for many more birthdays. D. M. Ragsdale and his son Marty visited Cincinnati on Sunday.
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