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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1919
Page
3
Pinhook notes list Ambrose Crawford family guests of Olin Johnson while Richard Flinn and wife visit Nor man Guthrie in Buddha. Several locals travel to Tunnelton and Mitchell on business. Mrs Jane Wilcox dies of tuberculosis after long illness.
Mrs Marion Cole and her husband traveled to Miami Florida from Bessemer Alabama and wrote to her mother Mrs Alice Campbell. En route they visited Jacksonville where they met Mrs Deckard former hotel proprietor now at Royal Palm Beach Palace. They mention Miss Stella Deckard’s marriage and new home in Orlando. Mrs Cole describes Miami as pretty with paved streets and dustless houses. They plan to start work early November and enjoy side trips including a Biscayne Bay jitney ride to Miami Beach. The Coles stay in Room 6 Ave D 1106% Waddells Apartments Miami Florida.
Mrs H C Malott and her daughter Nellie returned home Monday evening after spending the past year with her son Harry Malott and family in Seattle Washington. Chas W Lanz left for Seymour and Brownsboro to oversee Dixie Highway sign work in Jackson county. Grover Wright via S L Keach agency bought the T M Wink property on Suonnit Lane.
Reports from London October 10 describe heavy fighting around Riga involving Lettish Lithuanian and German Russian forces with shells destroying quays. Civilians are killed and British ships come under fire. Denikin advances toward Orel while Bolshevik positions falter near Petrograd amid prisoner captures and artillery losses.
TUNNELTON there will be church at the M. E. church Sunday night. Miss Carrie Allen, who has been sick for some time, is no better.
The Bloomington Telegraph reports Hazel Yeo, now Mrs. C R Stegall, returning from years on stage with her vaudeville daughter to visit her mother Mrs. Alice Yeo of University Park. The tour includes Harris Grand theater with the young dancer appearing Friday and Saturday. Local actors and families visit from Mitchell Cavetown Bedford and Ft Worth as the elder Yeo reflects on stage life.
Members and their wives are invited to attend a social and luncheon at the Temple on Friday October 17. A good time is promised with entertainment announced by Vie Entertainmeank Com.
Secretary Baker announced Cornelius Vanderbilt earned the Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious service as commanding officer of the 100th and 2nd engineers and as engineer officer of the 27th division. Baker praised his leadership and the high state of military efficiency he developed.
Copenhagen October 1 two British transports have landed reinforcements on the Turkish Asiatic coast for the British contingents acting again at the rebels.
Four thieves posing as owners robbed the Squire T. Harvey & Son wholesale liquor store at 31 North Franklin Street, stealing whisky valued at about $4,000. The incident occurred in Chicago on October 16 as the robbers escaped with the haul.
Reane Oct. 16 reports Foreign Minister Tittoni will represent Italy in the Seacug of Nifens after an official appointment.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and after the death of our husband and father and grandfather. Special thanks to Civil War veterans for floral offerings and Rev Williams for words of comfort. Mrs Mary E Barnard Riley Barnard Mrs Mabel Seaney.
The family expresses gratitude for kindness and sympathy shown after the death of their husband and brother. They thank Rev. Clark and brother Potts for comforting words and acknowledge floral offerings from friends and neighbors. Mrs. Kate Chambers and Children, His Sister and Brother.
Petrisol advertised to relieve chest cold symptoms including catarrh sore throat and cough with claims of rapid relief. Drugstores list Petrisol as a preventive remedy for colds and grip.
A local notice requests donation of a fresh cow, shoots, pigs, clover hay, fodder, or corn in exchange for a monument or marker to aid someone in need. It invites contact via mail at the government office.
The Indianapolis Star editorial advocates rabbit as a cheaper alternative to chicken and beef, noting it is a cultivated product not wild in this region. It cautions habits are hard to change, cites cultural aversions, and suggests patient adoption as demand grows, starting with the seasonal rabbit crop.
October 4 1919 Harry A Askew of Bedford Indiana receives praise from the Indiana Historical Commission for war history reports. The letter commends solitary effort and lack of funds, encourages Gulf Star work, and asks for complete data on each man while preserving records for future generations. Tom signs off with thanks for cooperation.
In a circuit court decision Jan Bacon was granted a divorce from Charles Bacon. The Knights of Columbus district staff and twelve members from Bloomington and nearby cities were recognized for proficiency in initiatory work and called upon from across the state to exemplify it.
Federal agents raid three red chests in Gary and arrest five men while Secret Service hunts Russian chemist Alex Ivanoff tied to the Gimbel bomb plot. Col Maples says arrests aim to curb red revolution as steel mills report mixed staffing and quiet conditions amid union tensions.
Admirers of Eddie Roush plan a banquet in his honor upon his return to Oakland City with local enthusiasts and many townsfolk expected to attend. The event will be hosted by the Ladies of the M. E. Aid Society as soon as Roush's travel date is known.
Washington Oct 16 President Wilson enjoyed another good night’s rest and his condition continued to improve a White House medical bulletin said Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson reported no recurrent trouble after a restless spell on Monday.
Col. James McNaught of Seattle famous lawyer and friend of the late James Hill dies after falling on a track side. He was 78 and visiting his daughter in Tarrytown NiO New York. Ends Life at Niagara Falls
Berlin on October 16 reports Gen von der Goltz resigned from the German army in response to the latest entente note as stated by the Tages Zeitung.
Capt T P L Ssmser departs for New York City next week to attend a Salvation Army congress in New York with dates around October 45 to 19 inclusive. Mrs Winfield Price, known locally as Miss Felon Overton, lately visiting Orleans relatives, passes en route to Nevada to join her husband for health reasons. Edward Lemon travels to Detroit Michigan to fetch an automobile for Aga Clark.
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