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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1907
Page
4
External or internal piles relief promised with one application. Also treats burns, sores, chapped hands, fever blisters, corns, bunions, and sore nipples. Free sample by mail. Bestirine Co. offers salve for 25 cents at Drugstore, New York, corner Villa and Juba Streets.
A provocative line asserts that a group faces no difference in tasks, comparing driving a horse to eating watermelon. The remark presents a controversial, racially charged analogy without providing context or attribution.
Bedford sports recount a 2:35 pace race at the fair where Riley Foddrill's plug finished first by a length. Dr. Driscoll from Paoli wagered about $200 on his own horse and jockey, with fans and locals cheering as the other heats favored the Paoli entry.
Cy Davis hurried to the Indiana Railroad Commission in Indianapolis seeking the Southern Indiana case. He learned the meeting was in Terre Haute and that he alone traveled from Bloomfield, missing the session despite reading a mimeographed notice. Davis planned to visit the Grand Hotel to meet colleagues.
The Indiana State Railroad Commission opened a Terre Haute session to hear Lorla Coal Company complaints that Southern Indiana Railroad discriminates in coal car allocation. Witnesses described car prorating, shortages, and strikes, with Calora Coal and Southern Indiana executives testifying on the system and its impacts on miners.
Arthur Christens aged sixteen died at the County Infirmary on Saturday at seven o clock from typhoid fever. He had been sent from Mitchell where he worked as a boiler maker and had run away from his Racine, Wisconsin home. His father Chris Christens arrived and stayed by the bedside. the body was buried in Racine.
Hon E H Scott announced a silver cup valued at 75 dollars to be presented to the Corn Growers association for the top scorer at Indiana's corn school to be held January at the university. H W Henry accepted the cup on behalf of Laporte county institute and the crowd enjoyed the event. Mrs C M Lemon is visiting Indianapolis for a few days.
Indiana Harbor railroad hearing in Lake Village Newton county reveals a town conflict with Mrs. Jennie Conrad accused of diverting business to Conrad. Testimony shows Lake Village freight earnings of 300 dollars and passenger business of 1200 dollars in six months. Commissioner Hunt will decide after both sides file further data on Lake Village originations.
A young boy near Putmanville acted quickly on Thursday noon to prevent a serious wreck. He stopped a loose Vandalia car and then halted the Monon flyer after flagging No. 6, saving railroad property and possible loss of life. Conductor Kemp did not learn the boy’s name.
Eight prominent locals near Smithville Monroe county were indicted by the Bartholomew county grand jury for whitecapping Vanest about two months ago. The indicted include the Stull brothers, brothers-in-law of Vanest, plus Charles Seltz David Fox Jacob Kirk Charles Sylvester and Lovell Bowers. They posted $1,000 bonds in Columbus to answer at the December term.
Mrs Herbert Rowe of Elk Hart suffered severe burns to her hands when two sweet potatoes exploded while being cooked Friday. One potato shot to the ceiling and the other flew across the room. grease and vegetable fragments traveled about twenty feet from the stove as moisture turned to steam and ruptured them.
William Nickless and Isis Beeman received a marriage license today. The official record confirms the proceeding and names the partners seeking to wed.
In Lebanon the court held liquor licenses date from the grant by the Board of Commissioners, not from county auditor issuance. State v Halfman and associates sparked indictments for selling without license. Halfman agreed to close, avoiding higher court appeal. The Good Citizens League backed the point, and Lebanon’s oldest saloon is set to close as licenses expire.
The Bloomington era swindler Red Austin alias Clark helps topple George A. Kurtz Indiana prosecuting attorney as he is disbarred. The case centers on bribery and the famous bunko king's escape schemes and fake foot race frauds involving multiple defendants.
Six years of trial by Henry Alexander yields 2850 in ginseng seed and plant sales prompting formation of the Bloomington Ginseng Company capitalized at 10000. Directors include Judge J B Wilson Frank Holland F B Ogden and W A Stout with Alexander choosing the ground and planning expansion to Monroe County hills.
Vaughn Baker and Glenn Sears wed Saturday afternoon at Rev Adamson home in Fayetteville. The couple, retiring by nature, kept the ceremony simple and private while friends showered gifts. Mrs Sears is A K Sears daughter. Baker works at Ideal Shoe Store. They reside on West 17th street.
Flora Bird and Pearl Lemar, young teens from Mitchell, traveled to Bedford with older companion David Pedro and another man. A planned marriage was blocked, and the girls were sent back to Mitchell after police admonished them with a stern spanking.
Mary Irene Lewis 13 daughter of Mr and Mrs A H Lewis of South N Street died Sunday afternoon from typhoid fever after a lingering illness The funeral was held Tuesday at 9 am from the Catholic church with services by Rev Father Lan mort and burial at Green Hill Cemetery
Frank Byers, 67, holds the championship for potatoes rising. On a half acre on the Frank Jackson farm in Indian Creek township he harvested eighty bushels of Irish lemons. The remarkable crop sets a banner production in the potato line.
Frost blankets the region as October 1906 reports show early snow in Greencastle with shivering residents. Bedford records its first snow while forecasters delay calling the season’s arrivals, noting a pattern of late spring and late fall.
Bedford and Oolitic police investigate a case with sensational potential after three intoxicated youths in a buggy collide with a two-woman buggy on Salt Creek Hill. The pursuers allegedly attempted unlawful advances as the women fled through a grove, pursued by the party.
James Bingham the state attorney general issues an opinion on a new law allowing counties to pay part of farmers institute meeting expenses but only via a county warrant after the event and not without an appropriation. The opinion notes suit may be brought after final costs are known.
The following pupils were neither tardy nor absent: Leon Newland Tom Shrout Ruth Lambrecht Raymond Dobson Katie Shrout Agnes Miers Hunice Graham Ora Robert James Bozarth George Lambrecht Marie Guthrie Emma Roberts Clyde Wilking Edward Lambrecht Mary Graham Eva Roberts Frances Seagpan Total days attendance 753 total days absence 42 per cent attendance 95 average daily attendance 387 13- S. B. Inman, Teacher.
Bedford Tri Kappa members hosted a Charity Ball at the Stone City Club to aid City Hospital. The event drew a throng until midnight and cleared in the neighborhood of $80, with praise for their hospitality and organization.
Ellea Lynn David Gibbs and William Conner appeared in court this morning charged with intoxication. Lynn pleaded guilty and was stayed, Gibbs and Conner pled guilty and were jailed to pay $1 and costs. Frank Sipes and Mary Cox wed Saturday in Justice George Isleminger’s office with a small group present.
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