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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1912
Page
10
A Friday afternoon blaze leveled a three room frame house two miles south of Silverville. The fire started when an unattended kitchen stove overheated and spread. only a feather bed and one comfort remained, with $50 to $60 hidden in the house destroyed.
John Skaggs an inmate of the county poor farm was Friday declared to be of unsound mind and an application was made for admission to Madison Hospital for the insane. The inquisition occurred before Justice Iseminger with a medical board including Dr. Dunter and Dr. Pearson.
Mrs. Hannah Mahoney of Bedford settles with Turner 5 and 10 cent store for 500 after injuries from a fall on an inadequately guarded stairway at the Bloomington shop. Attorney John O’Donnell of Bloomington arranged the compromise.
Local authorities report William Day, whose daughter died days earlier, located in Springfield HL. The case moves forward as investigators verify the events surrounding the family tragedy and confirm the pair's whereabouts.
After locating William Day in Springfield Illinois the pony show promoter learned his daughter had suddenly died while visiting Louisville. Two other daughters face diphtheria and Day left Springfield for Louisville. Frank Prevo of North Vernon visited on Friday.
The piece argues the Republican Party remains strong and true to its creed, opposing a third term and urging voters to back the ticket. It notes internal defenses against expediency, defends tariff protection, and claims discipline over hero worship amid a campaign season. It mentions Hagenbeck-Wallace circus workers in Peru facing registration deadlines and several local notes from Bloomington World and Muneije Press.
Ex president Charles W. Fairbanks visited Bedford on Saturday delivering an address from the court house park. He was greeted at Williams by the reception committee and welcomed by a large citizen turnout as the Bedford Concert Band led the procession.
Opal Gehring, a ten year old boy, was badly burned by a live wire Wednesday October 2 in a city incident. He is resting as well as could be expected and faces a very slow recovery due to the serious burns.
A home hosted picnic affair gave neighbors a chance to mingle at the residence of Mr Robert Mc Knight and Mrs Mc Knight. The event featured informal games and light refreshments.
Private Jones of Company C Twenty third Infantry was fatally injured in a sham battle at French Lick Saturday when a rifle exploded. He was not expected to recover.
The Twenty third regiment in camp at the golf ground near French Lick staged a sham battle that drew over a thousand spectators from city and country. Red and blue forces clashed in a several hour skirmish. General Whiteshead and General Hoyt observed the afternoon inspection. The regiment will attend Sunday services at West Baden Baptist church with a chaplain conducting and a fifty man choir providing music.
An old fashioned picnic party occurred Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mc Knight. A bounteous high noon dinner delighted guests including the Strout family and Brooks Bishop among others.
A party of Indianapolis automobilists en route to Mammoth Cave will attend the Tri-State Good Roads Association meeting. The proposed Lincoln Jackson highway would run from Nashville to Springfield via Mammoth Cave Lincoln Farm the birth place of Lincoln and other key sites. Indianapolis Seymour Jeffersonville New Albany Louisville and Nashville civic groups back the project and will be represented at the session.
Young friends of Mrs. Lou Cosner nee Louise Reath gathered at the Reath home on South H street Friday evening to extend congratulations. They presented her with a large cut glass bowl as a gift and served ice cream and nabiscos. Mr and Mrs Cosner plan to move to California for their future home.
Authorities schedule work at the sedimentation basin to accelerate progress on the project. Crews will implement the procedure to speed up water treatment improvements and meet the revised timeline.
The race to complete the sedimentation basin is pressured by a labor shortage that hinders contractor Shields. Concrete work began Monday Sept 3 and is being rushed. The contractor offers $2 per day, and aims to add a night shift once forms are ready if enough workers can be secured.
Bedford Public Library marks Riley Week from October 7 to 12 with special decorations and a birthday observance for Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley. A new Riley portrait, calendar, manuscript fac simile, book lists, and Riley works are displayed in the reading room for patrons to enjoy and renew acquaintance.
James Bell recently purchased the Grace Pearson lot on M street between 14th and 15th streets and plans to build a fine home for his occupancy. A birth is reported south of the city on Saturday, a son born to Mr and Mrs Thomas Beasley on the John Bright farm. a daughter of Lafayette Miller on Washington Avenue is listed as ill.
In Pocatello Idaho on September 21 William J Bryan defended the national Republican committee action to seat Taft delegates at the Chicago convention. He said the practice was time honored though wrong and noted Democrats did the same in Baltimore. He criticized Progressives for not remedying old methods and condemned Roosevelt's trust regulation plan as the reason trust representatives back Colonel Taft.
The Pentecost Band plans to improve their church on North I street by raising the structure adding a basement and upgrading the parsonage. The project requires a few hundred dollars. part has been raised by subscription. Donations may be given to Sister Rena Brown, Brother Albert Crowley, or J W Denniston.
Saturday volunteers organized by Mrs. W. J. McCormick tagged crowds to benefit the county hospital. The energetic display by many helpers drew strong public generosity as businessses opened and passersby were urged to contribute.
An Indianapolis physician who toured Indiana says a sprawling elm in Auburn, Dekalb County, stands as the state’s largest and prettiest tree. It occupies the street center, with a sixteen foot trunk circumference and branches spreading over sidewalks and houses. The trunk divides into ten main limbs and is estimated to be at least 250 years old.
The Hoosier banana papaw yields its best flavor after two hard frosts. Lawrence county groves brim with ripe fruit as hunters gather, enjoyed by all classes from rich to poor, in a tradition tied to woods and wildlife including the possum.
Late word from Elwood reports Miss Mary Stipp seriously ill but improving, aunt and parents Mr and Mrs Charles Stipp of Erie not required to travel unless complications arise. Mrs Robert Harris seeks return of a stolen copper boiler lid she will present to the thief if called.
Melvin G. Huey of South Bend defeats Wallace Foster of Indianapolis in a four year wager by growing a red white and blue ear of corn. Foster awards a silk flag for the feat, and two colored ears are on display. Huey recalls meeting Foster at the state capital five years ago and sending the tri color corn after several seedings and trials.
The Bridge Club met Friday afternoon at Miss Louise Thornton's home with two tables. Miss Louise Tracy won the highest score and received a Gainsborough picture. Dainty refreshments were served.
Judge and Mrs Hiram Hibbard, visiting relatives in this city, departed Saturday for their home in Riverside California. Henry Williams near Bryantsville is quite ill.
Mrs. Harry Malott and children from Seattle left Saturday for Peru to spend several months with relatives. Mrs. B. E. Mitchell of New Albany is visiting her niece, Mrs. Ida Stilman, for a few days in town.
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