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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1901
Page
1
The Indiana Floral Festival and Chrysanthemum Show will open in Indianapolis on November 5 for four days. Organizers expect larger attendance, with support from Indiana Florists Association and local business leaders. Exhibits include concerts, electric flower displays, and extensive horticultural showcases.
Walter Brown of North Street died Saturday at 8 AM from typhoid fever aged 26 leaving a wife and two children. The funeral was Sunday at 11 AM with burial at Pleaant Run. Matthews Bros. secured options on land near Blettsville to open a quarry and drill core. several owners named. Coal veins near Nora Plainville and White River show rich supplies prompting farmer shipments. local wagons fill winter fuel with crow bars. Richardson to play first base for All Stars in Terre Haute on Sunday October 13 as St Louis closes season in Cincinnati October 7. welcome planned.
A Cherokee Iowa man Collier suffered a kidney and back injury from a recent assault and could not sit or stoop. After using Electric Bitters he reports a remarkable recovery, claiming renewed strength and health. Available for 50c at Messick and Dodd's drug store.
An astrology based forecast outlines a busy October with Mars and Vulcan storm periods centered on October 2 and 1 to 6 respectively. Expect cloudiness rain and snow across the country with warm spells and autumn gales, peaking mid month and again near October 26 with strong boreal influences and potential early winter conditions. Also notes residents James Rae Bert Sears Lou Woolery Elsie Burchfield and L. Bough with changes in residence and local events.
The will dated October 22 1897 from William McKinley appoints Ida S McKinley his wife as life beneficiary with income from property to support her comfort and to provide a yearly $1000 to his mother, remainder to siblings. Provisions detail sale of assets if needed and transfer of remaining property at wife’s death. Also notes witnesses Miss Frank Kelly and Horace Richardson. Local notices include property updates on North I Street and Brown County moves.
G M Cross is night foreman at the S I Round House during Lafe Buckles absence on a health trip. Bedford Fair Association asks claimants to mail or deliver claims to B F Pitman assistant secretary by Saturday October 12 to arrange payment. Mrs Ann Thompson, sister of the late Mrs Dr Ben Newland, guest of Mrs Helen Lewis, returns home to Salem at age 78.
The Brazil Democrat reports Ki Lo a snake charmer from Indiana living in Washington and says she learned snake handling in India, a claim later disputed by the Washington Democrat as Kwownd. Also notes guests at Bedford visit for the ME Conference and state crop estimates from Indiana officials, calling potato crop a total failure.
Terre Haute Ind September 29 Five hundred horses gathered in the world’s record four cornered track for a week of speed and purses totaling 40000. Ed Geers driving The Abbott aims for a fast track while The Silent Man hopes for good weather to push times.
Mrs Cash Scoggan of South H Street fell seven feet from her back porch Saturday evening and is bedridden with heavy bruising. The Monon will receive next month two Atlantic type passenger locomotives from Brooks Company equipped with electric headlights lighted cabs and incandescent running gear. Jumbo Richardson homered again for St Louis, matching last week’s shot in a timely win. Oklahoma towns Lawton Anadarko and Hobart show rapid early growth with populations from 4556 to 2530. An epidemic of a disease in Mitchell causes uncertainty whether typhoid or malaria fever is involved, with several deaths and dozens ill in surrounding areas.
A Washington Post reminiscence recalls the old fashioned man who wore a paper collar, brought cider to printers, bartered hog meat and nuts, drank sassafras tea, wore suspenders called galluses, tended a mazzle rifle, roasted turkeys at dawn, exchanged hickory nuts for supplies, pinned forecasts to goosebone, sowed by the moon, remembered Peter Cartwright, and mingled with settlers across Indiana. He carried a weasel skin purse and paid for his county paper. now he and his family are largely forgotten.
The Bedford market sees Irish and Salt Lake potatoes compete with Scotch imports once more as Scot imports surge with duty costs. Prices reach 35 cents per peck for Salt Lake potatoes, while Oregon spuds fetch high rates. Civil Engineer Wallace says cement walk work at Kirkwood Avenue depot will start soon, using 15 car loads of cinders. The Monon plans the first of its kind walk, replacing costly boardwalks. Meanwhile, Mabel and Clara Brown and guests Emma Batman Leafy Davis and Bernice Kinser fall ill with typhoid fever near Bloomington, as reported by the Bloomington World.
A local ad hails Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for burns and sores after a child’s foot injury. In a separate note, about 25 tickets were sold for a Chicago excursion that departed by train with 14 coaches, travelers noting colder weather by Lake Michigan than in southern Indiana.
Mrs J C Snider of Crittenden Kentucky praises Dr King’s New Discovery for a baby’s croup relief and a mother’s bronchial cure. The ad touts quick relief and permanent cure for coughs colds throat and lung trouble with trial bottles free at Messick and Dodd’s store.
Sheriff in Floyd county reports Nelson Fritz and his son George Fritz captured near New Albany after a Bedford murder in which John Feister was killed. They face first degree murder charges alongside Albert Fiddler and Mrs Nelson Fritz. $100 rewards offered. Fireman Ed Charlie promoted to pull engine 28 on the south line.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy for liver troubles and skin issues. It promises clear skin and rosy cheeks with a rich complexion at a price of 25 cents, sold by Messick and Dodd’s Drug Store.
In cases of poor appetite weakness and run-down health the ad claims Blood purifier builds up the blood and supplies lacking elements. It cites a testimonial from J B Dorr Princeton Mo praising the tonic and purifier effects after using bottles of the product.
A sailor in Pensacola writes from San Francisco about meals in the barracks, hammocks and early awakenings, weekly drills including artillery and sail handling, Sunday blues, and clean uniform rules. He notes 18 oars per boat, the Golden Gate nearby, and the Mohegan ship's return with apprentices and disciplinary limits, plus a mock funeral for the late president.
Dr John H Threlkeld of Monroe county died last week after ingesting medicine he had prepared for a patient. The Smithville News cites a sequence starting with a visit to Abb Mays to see a girl, doses given to the child, and then Threlkeld drinking a large amount of the medicine. An emptied bottle contained aux vomica, a deadly poison in excess.
The Bloomington Telephone reports Consolidated Stone Co plans to reopen the old Hunter quarry northwest of Bedford next spring and expects to develop more stone lands in Monroe County. New Johnson quarry south of Clear Creek opens and a Monon switch is graded for operation before cold weather. Oliver Brothers gain control of Crafton quarries near Clear Creek, while landowner sales indicate continued investment. Local notes include Charlie Owens recovering from injuries after a freight train fall, Whit Speer returning to carpentry work, and Eld. Harley Jackson moving to Irvington to lead churches in Bartholomew County. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets advertised with free samples at W. C. Elliott's, and J. L. Holmes receives insurance proceeds from Gail Roberts. Married news notes George Hord and Lillie Daviess wed in Bedford. S.L. Jacobs plans to build a brick structure for Bedford Light, Heat and Power Co.
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