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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1907
Page
2
The jury found for plaintiff Harley Whitted in a damage suit against United States Cement Company. Whitted, employed by the company two years earlier, stepped into a pit of boiling water badly scalding his legs. A prior trial ended in a hung jury.
Miss Margaret Williams celebrated her sixteenth birthday with a Saturday night gathering of many young friends. Guests included Jennie Bennett Stella Nauggle Dottie Martin Mary Cook Florence Sproull Mary Hampston Marie Campbell Georgia Alexander Bessie Cassady Lucille Ina Duffner of Mitchell along with Fred Splitgerber Grover Marley Will Hartman Archie Carter Frank Ketcham Frank Moore Jessie Carter Roy Trueblood Wesley Carter Clifford Montgomery and Alonzo Guthrie of Mitchell. Cream and cake refreshments were served.
A damage suit Dillman vs. the railroad, heard by special judge S B Lowe, features Monon agent A K Helton as a witness. Plaintiffs claim they had tickets and were not notified of service discontinuation after being put off the Louisville Accommodation at Clear Creek. About 40 suits were filed. test case. attorneys East Regester for plaintiffs. Brooks Brooks and Currie for Monon.
State entomologist reports nurseries across the state house unhealthy tree stock and neglected diseases. About 150 nurseries exist with fewer than half certified to sell. Some nurseries must spray and improve before certificates allow sales while inspections aim to ensure disease free trees. Born to Mr and Mrs Chase Whitted of Lafayette a son born Friday, former Bedford residents.
The Indiana expatriate community in Washington numbers about 600 former residents who stay connected to Indiana politics. Hoosiers there discuss gubernatorial candidates Miller, Watson, Taylor, and Durbin with keen interest, mirroring the home campaign fervor despite being 700 miles away.
John N. Clark, formerly assistant agent of the B. and O. S W during L. Keach’s administration and later traveling rate clerk for Southern Indiana, has been appointed traveling accountant of the Southern Pacific with headquarters in San Francisco.
Reports by Miss Mary Stubbs of the Indiana Bureau of Statistics show clover and alfalfa acreage down this year while timothy acreage rises. Timothe total is 1,313,145 acres. Clover totals 555,790 this year versus 871,538 last year. Alfalfa falls to 18,801 from 37,650.
Classical Club members and friends will hear Mrs McGibeny read Browning In a Gon dola with piano accompaniment at the Methodist church Thursday evening. She notes the piece is deadly serious but other audiences have enjoyed it. Most of her readings are humorous and likely to be repeated for Musicale audiences.
Critics praise the wholesome story of life in a Southern romance play. At the Old Cross Roads brings a strong company of twenty with rebuilt scenery as it tours Stone City after a Grand Opera House hit in New York City. Strong drama blends with bright comedy as patrons fill seats.
In circuit court two damage suits totaling 20 000 are filed against Perry Matthews and Silcik Stone by James R Bennett and his father Andrew J Bennett. James alleges he was injured when a stack of stone was hoisted while he worked as second hooker. He claims negligence by Swango and the company. Andrew asserts the same facts plus loss of his son's services and medical bills.
The Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers' Association backs Calora Coal Company in a wage and car shortage dispute with Walsh controlled mines. The Railroad Commission will hear witnesses in Terre Haute on Thursday to determine if rules can regulate coal car distribution under recent legislation. Prominent figures from Indianapolis and Chicago will argue for state jurisdiction over intrastate coal movement, while Walsh defense will contend interstate commerce limits. The shippers association, formed last December, pushes to enforce the new law's car allocation provisions.
William Squires of near Marco was bitten on the left cheek by a spider last week. His face swelled to nearly twice its size and doctors fear blood poisoning. A bedside report says he is getting along nicely.
A Monday night burglary at Ades Clothing Store drew a cloud of mystery before investigators traced movements of a suspect. Witnesses described the crime in vivid terms as police reviewed the scene and collected evidence from outside the shop.
A Bedford store theft is recounted with detective detail. A man entered Ades clothing via a key at 2:15 am and left with one suit, hat, and shoes while wearing the coat and pants, leaving a coffee plant and iodoform clues behind. The case, challenged claims of a transom entry, and police reactions are explored for tomorrow.
Mrs W D Dalton died at her home on South Washington street Thursday at 3 from a stroke suffered Monday. She was 65 and well known in the county. Survived by two sons and one step son Archie F Dalton trustee of Shawswick township. Short services at home Friday 9 am, then burial at Bryantsville. Elder John Williams to conduct at the house.
Bedford foreman Allen Conner of the Monon stone gang has arranged to operate a crusher at the West End railroad quarry. Work will start soon and continue into next summer to produce crushed stone for ballast and resurfacing the French Lick to Orleans segment in anticipation of the Jasper to French Lick branch. Through trains between Evansville and Chicago and Indianapolis may follow after the line is completed.
Bedford fisherman Frank T. Sherwood and John A. Reath fished Back Creek catching a 35 inch ten pound pike. The catch is billed as the largest pike ever recorded by a Bedford angler. Thomas Drake and family plan to move to California soon.
Board of Education and the superintendent report crowded school conditions to the City Council. Eleven cities were surveyed for pupil and teacher counts in grades and high school. Annexation is proposed to gain tax revenue and create more rooms, with calls for more classrooms and a shift to more individualized instruction.
In Jeffersonville a new colored children’s school at Claysburg was burned before handover to township trustee Stradley. Contractor William Alford faces inability to secure insurance for a rebuilt structure due to hazard fears, with no suspects identified. J. M. McMillan of Bradley Stone Mill returned from Chicago.
In the Lawrence circuit court on Thursday a jury awarded James M. Newkirk $350 against the Monon company over refused transport and commutation tickets for quarry workers. Pearl Cummings secured a divorce from Spencer Cummings on cruelty grounds. Luther Bruce received a temporary six month divorce from Louisa Bruce amid alleged adultery. State v Charles Harmon for brass theft from Monon railway was continued to next term. Judge Wilson to Bloomington to convene Monroe Circuit Court.
Lillie Sutherland Mrs Jack Curtis performed at the Stone City Opera House despite illness. Her husband and physician advised against it but she went on as Meggie Webbington, entertaining a large audience with singing dancing and encores. The troupe travels to Mitchell tonight.
The community reports multiple weddings in Bedford during October. Myrtle Hummer and Wesley Winton Hanner wed at the Christian church parsonage with a small ceremony. The couple plans to reside on M street as friends extend congratulations and a luncheon follows. Other local couples include Miss Lonna Cornwell and Ralph Lee, Miss Ethel Buckles and Claud Spaulding, Cleo Armstrong and Stanley Frazer, and Luella Rush with Dennis Armstrong.
Richard Fisher, a 60 year Bedford resident and blind Civil War veteran of the 4th Indiana Cavalry, moves tomorrow to Danville Illinois to live with his son Walter. Known to many in Lawrence County, he will be missed at Decoration Day events and camp gatherings as he begins a final chapter under his son’s care. The sword from his Civil War service remains in the County Clerk’s vault until taps.
Attendance at the Fair Wednesday was light yet horses shone in a free for all trot won easily by Baron Winters owned by George Buskirk of Bloomington. Zollman’s Kentucky trotter finished second as a late rider from Indian Springs promised to race Friday at 1 30 plus a ball game with Indianapolis. Bob Wicker to pitch for Bedford. Opusah League planned an entertainment at Red Men's Hall Saturday night Oct 12. Mrs Still Crawford moved from Kern property to Nugent’s on East 18th.
The Lawrence Circuit Court orders the sale of the Thomas Oldham farm in Bono township Lawrence County Indiana at 2 PM on November 4 1907. The property comprises about 40 acres in section 13 township 3 north range 1 east plus 24 acres on the east side of the same section with mortgage security and a payment plan of one third cash one third in six months and one third in twelve months. Commissioner Simpson B Lowe will oversee the sale at the residence on the premises.
Public sale announced for my farm three miles east of Bedford on Thursday October seventeenth at ten o clock. Items include five head of horses two mares one work horse two black driving horses and three sets of work harness plus wagon wheat drill mowing machine manure spreader hay rakes cultivator corn drill and other farming implements. Also one milch cow and half of thirty acres of corn in the field and various household goods. Terms: cash under five dollars. over five dollars credit six months with bankable note at six percent interest from date of sale.
Two bred sows and March, April and May pigs of both sexes are a prolific strain and are fine. Come and see them. Seeing is believing. Barred Plymouth Rock chickens available. Prices reasonable. Correspondence solicited. Old phone George Hunter Zeima Ind.
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