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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1919
Page
4
A garbled column lists editorial staff names and roles and shows advertising rate figures. It notes display ad rates per square inch and per insertion, with confusing pricing artifacts and broken words, reflecting a damaged era newspaper layout.
Public sale announced for the Ure Thomas Hollepbaugh farm located two miles north of Port Ritwer and three miles south of Ducesville. Auction begins at 1 a.m. bidding will proceed on the farm site.
Wednesday sale lists three work mares and a pair of black mares, a brood sow and purebred boars, cows, calves, and spring pigs with various weights. Also farming tools, a buggy, hay and oats, and 46 acres of corn to be sold by the bushel. Terms include one year credit over $410, 6 percent notes, 3 percent cash discount, removal only after sale settlement.
Whenderson, auctioneer from Wicker and Co. conducts a sale on church grounds with lunch served. Ladies of the Tunnelton M. E. church handle serving.
Mr and Mrs J P Speer and Mr and Mrs Clifford Speer with children drove to Franklin Sunday to see Miss Agnes Speer at Franklin College They then went to Indianapolis Sunday night to visit friends until Tuesday Mr and Mrs Leo Torphy of Bloomington drove down Friday to spend several days with relatives Mr Torphy returned home Sunday leaving his wife for a longer visit
Bedford boy Roy Beavers started for Orleans against Bedford Limestone nine at Orleans Sunday afternoon and broke his arm above the elbow in the third inning while throwing a curve. Orleans won 11 to 10 as Bedford’s Lemon struggled, Adams pitched six innings for Bedford, and a large crowd attended.
Reliange Manufacturing Company to inaugurate Reliance night at the Opera House for employees tonight. Workers will receive tickets and transportation from Oo Jinic, with plans described as the start of a popular new program already proven successful in other cities. The company expresses satisfaction with community support for the initiative.
Fred Bowen resigns as a Monon detective with Tuesday as his last day. He will join the Furst Kerber mill as a planersman. The notice notes retail listings from The Branch Dry Goods House and visits of Mrs Emoiia Killener and daughter Judan from Bloomfield.
An old advertisement touts Freckola extra strong as an easy remedy to remove freckles tan and skin discoloration. It advises nightly and morning massages for 2 or 3 days and claims rapid visible improvement. Freckola is sold at drug stores and urged to be tried immediately.
Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, told a senate investigating committee that no industry pays higher wages than his company and disputed labor leaders' charges of mistreatment. He asserted there is no reason for a strike and cited wage averages across production, coke works, and transportation, while noting controversy over a fatal shooting connected to a strike. The coroner's jury verdict was discussed, with Gary denying corporate involvement and claiming deputies acted in self defense.
William Zebulon Foster, head of the steel workers strike, was denounced as a dangerous domestic enemy by Judge Joseph Buffington of the U S Circuit Court of Appeals. Buffington and Judge Morris of Willington presided over a naturalization court session warning prospective citizens to beware of such agitators.
In New York a mass walkout of pressmen threatens to halt more than 150 periodicals as printers vote to strike over pay and working hours. The conflict pits publishers against the International Typographical Union locals, with shutdowns looming across major city papers and magazines.
A court heard a guilty plea from a toll booth feller named De Tierbert Codties van Toll. The judge sentenced him to two years in federal prison amid requests for age considerations. The order vacating the prior decision is under review as new sentencing actions proceed.
Uncertainty over when to return clocks to standard time follows a recent daylight saving act move. The article notes possible back shift to the last Sunday in October and reports a wage strike by 2,000 San Francisco Bay Area railway employees in Oakland and Berkeley, disrupting Perimeter rail lines and injurious to 300,000 daily riders.
Grand jury returned nine indictments and was excused until next Wednesday Friday afternoon. They will resume in session for about three days when they convene again.
Dallas Tyler of this city died Wednesday night at age about sixty. He had been in poor health for eighteen months, underwent surgery in Indianapolis, and sought treatment in Martinsville and other places. He is survived by a brother and sister in Orleans and owned real estate in Indianapolis. He was a member of the Siks lodge. Funeral arrangements were not stated.
Last summer Homer Nikirk of Clear Creek spent six weeks in France as his country fought. He returned home wearing a uniform with service and wound stripes and five campaign stars for multiple fronts. Enlisted 1917, 24 months overseas, wounded at St Mihiel Meuse Argonne Aisne Marne and Noyon, shot in the leg and finger lost, gassed. He will visit home briefly before returning to service. John Brooking, 16, injured when his left arm was cut by a Diamond saw at the Shea Donnelly stone mill Wednesday morning.
Wheel sawing is in progress here and about the usual acreage will be seeded. Several local residents host guests from nearby towns and attend church services. A meeting on Tuesday night will discuss the Farmers Association and tuberculosis prevention. An infant burial, visits to Bedford, and a Ladies Aid organization meeting are noted among numerous town activities.
Anna Murphy reports Cora Lenn and daughter traveled to Mitchell on Tuesday. Kvura Chapman of Vincennes visited relatives here over Sunday. The missionary meeting Saturday drew a large crowd and pleased attendees. Florence Connerley went to Shoals Monday to visit her sister Mrs. Martin Elliott. Eliza Murphy and son Lawrence of Bedford spent Thursday with Mrs. Murphy and family. Miss Fannie Chapman returned to Indianapolis Saturday after weeks with her sister Mrs. Warren Sutton.
Ruth Taylor thirteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Taylor from 20th and M streets underwent a tonsillectomy Saturday at a local physician. She withstood the operation well and is reported doing fine this afternoon. Mrs Boyerett South and Frances are visiting Mrs Embree at Bryantsville drawn here by illness. Mrs Garriott and Robert returned to Bedford after visiting Mrs Warren Duff Bloomington World.
A July Sunday at 23 West Twenty third Street became a double surprise for Robert B Led as relatives celebrated his twenty sixth birthday with a picnic and a party. Guests included Mr and Mrs A J Lee Mr and Mrs Gordon Lee Mr and Mrs W B Wicker Mr and Mrs Bert Wicker and others. The home was decorated and a centerpiece birthday cake bore twenty six candles. Music and conversation followed a delicious home made ice cream and cake reception.
The circuit court heard evidence in the Dowling versus Jacobs replevin dispute but did not render a judgment. Frank Conley was granted a divorce from Hazel Conley in circuit court.
Mrs Eaiton Reubinson of New Albany came to attend the funeral of Mrs Marsurier and remained to spend a few days with the Edward Murphy family on West Sixteenth street.
Statement of ownership and management for Bedford Weekly Mail dated October 1919. Publisha Fred B Otis and Thomas J Brooks with editors and business managers listed. owner Thomas J Brooks. no bonds or security holders. sworn before Notary William F Brooks on October 2, 1919.
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