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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1912
Page
2
The masthead names Thomas J. Brooks as editor with Otis as bolded and E R T C. Wicker as news editor. Harry Askew is society editor with listed phone numbers for staff lines.
California Republicans face disfranchisement as the state supreme court upholds a new primary law that names Roosevelt electors over Taft. The ruling labels the act as theft and usurpation of the Republican party name, leaving 200000 voters unable to choose their candidates on Nov 5. The Chronicle notes the decision as a protest against Roosevelt and the Riot faction in the California Legislature.
Negotiations in Cincinnati conclude on a plan to form a securities holding company backed by J. Pierpont Morgan Co to merge Kroger with other grocers. The goal is a nationwide chain of about four thousand stores, expanding to ten thousand, with centralized buying and aggressive pricing.
State Board of Election Commissioners met with Governor Marshall and ordered 1 230 000 ballots printed for November. A 45 000 ballot reserve will be housed at the statehouse vault to cover emergencies including the largest county outside Marion. The increase stems from registration returns and ballots will list Democrat Republican Prohibitionist Progressive Socialist and Socialist Labor.
Miss Gladys Roberts studying music at Hanover College has returned to Hanover after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Richard Roberts of M street. Mrs Fred Baker of Peoria Illinois was summoned here by the serious illness of her mother Mrs Jacob Smizer on Teast 18th street.
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