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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1900
Page
4
J T Stipp buys a farm near Pinhook. Numerous residents from Guthrie Fayetteville Williams Bono Tunnelton Shanswick Indian Springs and Bryantsville visit the city. A marriage license issued to Howard Lee and Maud Dowling. James M Tincher, 80, dies. Mt Pleasant meeting ends with six conversions. Mrs Robert McAfee moves to town after husband’s death.
S B Inman of Williams helped install the First Christian church steel frame. Nelson Hendrickson of Fayetteville visited, plus Strout & Son installed a Q9 radiator steam heater in Geo M Foster’s house. Numerous locals from Norman Station to Lebanon and Indian Springs were in town for calls and visits. Pension Attorney A W Jones secured monthly increases for several veterans and widows in Mitchell and Leesville.
A collection of short items lists residents visiting kin in Mitchell area. It notes travels, arrivals, and departures of numerous individuals including Mrs. Charles Asbury, Prof. W. E. Alexander and mother, George Meinzer and wife, Miss Myrtle Tremey, Mrs. Gertie DeMoss, and others. Also mentions elevator work by Lanz Frye Lumber Co, planned marriages, and officials preparing rail upgrades in nearby towns.
Samuel Locke died Wednesday at Hollensburg Ohio after a year long heart disease illness. An expert machinist with a specialty in steam engines, he worked at Strout's Foundry and Machine Shop and later at the Bedford Electric Light Works. He had many friends in the city and the funeral is set for Friday afternoon in Hollensburg.
Mark Moore and Ralph Martin return or visit Mitchell with other travelers from nearby towns. Several residents and out of town guests pass through Bedford and surrounding areas. A.G. Searight plans sale and return to Louisville. Local politics feature Indian Creek township Republicans and a McKinley endorsement by Robert N. Palmer.
The Mothers meeting will be held Friday October 26 at 2 30 p m in the First Baptist church for home makers interested in Child Culture. Program includes song devotional exercises roll call by Miss Mollie Moore talks by Mrs Harriet McDonald Mrs Burnham Mrs Harrison Mrs Overton Mrs Syste mm ut mowe and offerings prayer.
The family asks daily what to have for dessert. Try Jello a delicious prepared in ten minutes with no baking just hot water to set. Flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry available at your grocers for 10 cts.
A column from Mitchell reports numerous visitors from Kurtz Tunnelton Heltonville and Ft Ritner with arrivals in the city. It also covers Harmen returning from French Lick for core drilling and notes on football plans at the I A Bedford High School. The piece ends with military returns from the Philippines and the mustering out timeline through 1901.
Dr R B E Martin of Heltonville and Mrs Sallie Ferguson of Williams were in the city. William Waggoner went to Cale to work for Henry Roberts. Mr and Mrs Peter Hill visited Bloomington then Sanborn Indiana. A L Harbison editor of the National Era was in town with return via Gosport. Frank Dunne attended the funeral of his aunt Mary A Duncan in Bloomington.
Miss Nellie Bryant on sick list. Several residents arrive home or visit: Joe R. Voris and wife, W. N. Evans of Washington Indiana, Joe Skerd Norman Station, W. H. Baker Caxton, Zach Simms Indian Springs, Hugh Bass improving from malaria, Jacob Stevens very sick, Virgil Alexander Heltonville, Mrs. Alex Bivins North H street with typhoid worse, Ralph Chesnut’s son ill with pneumonia, John Short Trinity Springs visiting, Miss Esie Beavers near Tusnelton visiting Nora Henderson, Miss Jessie Adams improved from malarial fever, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Anderson back from country visit, Nora Evans returns to Avoca. Dr R R Braxton, Frank Byers and W H Baker fishing on White river near Coxton. Illegal to kill quail before Nov 1, risks with buzz saw. Mrs. Eliza Hiles returns to Campbellsburg after visit with Ed Trueblood family. Republican rally Nov 3 features industrial parade with quarries and business houses represented.
Fayetteville town hall group will meet Thursday night November 1 to elect officers for the coming year. Adamson serves as secretary.
Notice to taxpayers states the first Monday in November is the last day to pay the second installment of 1899 tax without penalty. Judge Martin adjourns Monroe Circuit Court until after the election. Bloomington lawyers canvass rural districts for votes. Bishop Francis Archdeacon Cook and Rev Fox of Bloomington Episcopal church plan a All Saints Day meeting at the G A R Hall on Thursday night November 1 inviting all Episcopalians.
A grand Republican rally and barbecue is planned in Williams Indiana on October 30 at the Southern Indiana Railway. Round trip tickets will be sold at one fare for attendees. H H Roseman G P A coordinates the event. Henry Culbertson of Washington DC formerly of this city dies at home October 18 and funeral set for 7 pm Friday. He owned the property now occupied by Ed George on 15th street and leaves a sister Mrs Drucillia Woolery in Bedford.
County Clerk Crim traveled to Indianapolis on Wednesday to receive nearly 12 000 state ballots for the county. He must file an affidavit of his office with Judge Martin, and ballots will be counted, packed by precinct, and boxed for shipment. The Kentucky and Indiana Game Laws have been upheld by state appellate and supreme courts, respectively, in quail sale cases carrying heavy fines and costs for the Louisville firm Chase Davidson.
Details on ticket sales for the Mitchell rally and local events by the Monon and B and O railroads. Reports include shop payroll records at Washington Indiana, new track leveler tests, a locomotive smoke device, and upcoming engine and car repairs. Also notes a New York court decision involving the New York Central Railroad.
A court decides that passengers with ordinary seats may choose seats in unreserved coaches unless a seat is marked as reserved. If a passenger returns to find another occupying a seat left unattended, they have no right to demand surrender, but leaving a bag or umbrella to mark a seat grants a moral or legal claim if displaced.
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