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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1915
Page
5
David Torphy faces grand jury indictments for running a blind tiger and a prior Lodz conviction where he was fined $59 and given a suspended ninety day jail term. The case has not been scheduled for trial.
Ida Slinkard through attorney John Underwood files for divorce from Luther Slinkard in Lawrence Circuit Court. They were married August 29, 196 and separated March 16, 1913. She alleges four years of neglect and seeks custody of their five children. The complaint also claims the defendant talked of debauchery with women in Indianapolis and Chicago.
Ruth Newland of Heltonville, daughter of Mr and Mrs A K Newland, has been under local care for a kidney sarcoma. After surgery at City Hospital she was moved Friday to Dr Ti A Weeley Hospital in Baltimore for specialist care and radium treatment.
Detective Bob Owens, famed for boosting Bedford's profile, rode the 4:10 Monon to Bloomington and gathered a reporter. He claimed his Woodhounds had been poisoned by fearful townsmen and planned to buy new dogs in Frankfort after purchasing man-trailers from the Frankfort police.
William Conners, moved from Jackson County, had his case sent back for a new trial after appealing to the supreme court. Authorities see the reversal as allowing a guilty plea on the same charge for a two to fourteen year sentence under a revised burglary statute targeting commercial break-ins.
The Woman's Bible Class of the First Methodist church met Friday at the parsonage hosted by Mrs Lenig. Sixty members attended with vase bouquets as decorations. Ice cream and cake were served marking the first in a winter series hosted by current month birthday organizers.
Miss Nelle Dowsen and a party camped at the Armstrong cabin on White River suffer poisoning after consuming pawpaws. The illness is severe with the left eye affected, though poison ivy exposure near the riverbank is also suspected.
Justice Malott's court awarded damages of 28 dollars to Oval Chainey after he was injured when a motor car on the C I L railway track was pushed and he was thrown down. The defendants allowed a finding for the plaintiff.
Miss Mary Pauline Denniston and Mervyn Ray Cripe were married by Rev. Frank Lenig at 10:30 a m in the MethodistParsonage. Both youths reside in the city. Cripe works as a bookkeeper and Denniston has worked at the telephone exchange. They will reside at 17th and H streets.
Jef Gill was fined five dollars with costs and sentenced to twenty days at the Penal Farm after a conviction for intoxication. Deputy Norman Wilders escorted the prisoner to Putnamville to begin serving the sentence. Gill appeared unconcerned during the trip.
Clyde Weed, long bedridden with typhoid fever, shows slow improvement. After nearly a year in poor health, he visited the Wood store in North Bedford and enjoyed an automobile ride for the first time since his illness.
Robert Owens, known for his bloodhounds, returns from a northern trip and Ohio with seven new hounds. One pup and six adults join his kennels, claiming to house all breeds including full blooded English mastiffs. Three dogs already arrived, four to be shipped.
An umbrella repairs man was found dead beside the Monon Track in Orleans Friday morning. His head was crushed, body later buried, about 45 years old. A Lemon Auto Service employee saw the body and reported $44.11 on the person's person. parents located in Indianapolis.
Pike Road project completed in twenty eight days with contractor Jacob Wever leading the effort. The passage notes final timing and acknowledges Wever for steering the rapid completion.
Jacob Wever completed the Juliett and Blackwell Ferry road a mile long in twenty eight days and hosted a dinner for workers William Mann and Alvin Armstrong. The crushed stone road is praised by nearby residents as the county’s best. Mrs. Josie Walden of Elnora returned home after visiting relatives.
Mrs Mary Tommons of Seymour visited Saturday en route home from Peerless where her son Clone Emmons was badly injured in a quarry accident weeks ago. She reports he is improving and likely to recover without being crippled. Margaret Rathburn, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Rathburn of L street, is improving after illness. Miss Hattie Lovell went to Heltonville Friday to visit friends.
Craigie Gunn ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Gunn West Fifteenth street was knocked down by an automobile driven by Mrs Ray Boruff at Fifteenth street corner. She escaped serious injury but her leg was bruised and her valuable English violin was crushed.
The Vincennes Commercial recalls Frances Taylor, injured crossing the B and O Southwestern track near Ebner Ice plant, taken to Bowers-Lesher sanitarium where a leg was saved. The railroad paid medical bills and aided guardian selection, with a $500 education fund offered for her future, as locals pledge support.
The Jackson circuit court begins a new term with grand jurors drawn by the jury commissioners and notified by the sheriff. They report to the courthouse and will work under Prosecuting Attorney Marshall Woolery in strict secrecy with indictments kept until returned. Rev. H. N. Harden and family had been living in Wolfsane.
Reports from the bedside say Moses F. Dunn remains in grave danger with heart trouble after six weeks of illness. He lives on the north side of the square and was recently past his seventy eighth birthday. His son Moses E. Dunn worsened again after an improving Sunday.
A National Republican critique laments a shift in the Wilson administration from anti plutocracy rhetoric to practical cooperation with big business. It argues the Democratic push against wealth inequalities has faded and accuses officials of pleasing Wall Street and plutocrats for political gain.
Workers excavating at the north edge of Spencer uncovered mineral traces in stone while preparing to build a house for Henry Freking. John Kerschner led the dig, prompting the State Geologist to collect samples for analysis in Indianapolis.
Mrs. D F Schaffer of Williamson West Virginia asks Mayor Albert Fields to locate her son Fred fourteen year old seventeen years old with dark hair and eyes and tall. A newspaper clipping misspelled the name and the boy Jeff is mentioned with December 19th as a reference.
A Southbound passenger train on the Southeastern was delayed Sunday morning after a engine breakdown required inspection and transfer of power to a replacement engine, with shops preparing a ready-to-run unit to substitute.
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