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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1915
Page
3
Edward Thomas made a business trip to Bedford Monday. Hay bailers are active in the region this week. Local families visited. church work continues with a new floor and interior rearrangement. Guests from Leesville and local names joined the Sunday gathering at the Howe Lawyer home.
J A Crawford and others report pleasant weather while residents visit kin and conduct business across nearby towns. Families extend visits to Bedford Stonington Indianapolis Kurtz as schools close for the teachers association and plans form for new constructions and barns this fall.
Ermal and Ralph Burton visited Bedford Monday afternoon. May Miller and Lillie Pitman spent Sunday with Bessie Hill. Celia White and her baby from Indianapolis visit their grandfather. Will Sanders and Brother Henry Sanders are announced for next Sunday. May Burton and Paul joined W. R. Hill’s family Sunday. George Miller and O. A. Isom visited M. Stalker and Grant Toliver households. Isom Harnell Harley Cox and Ray Burton returned from Illinois. Strong Sunday School and prayer meeting turnout. Georgia school pie supper drew a large crowd. Ermal Burton hosted guests from near Chicago. Osa Isom Ethel Pitman Olla Hickson and Ralph Burton visited Lora and Van Sanders. Ella Burton hosted friends in honor of Adie Golver of Illinois.
Joe Glover is ill while Orville Madden traded horses with Horace Doane. John Williams traded horses with Joe Glover last Monday. Dorothy Bryant has tonsillitis but resumes teaching. Miss Belle Overman visited Bloomington. Annie Lovall earned sixteen dollars at her box supper. White and Kincaid attended the High School Institute at Bedford. Kern school pie sale net twenty dollars to buy wallpaper. W. H. Chapman home for 46th anniversary with Mrs Chapman. Teachers plan to attend State Teachers Association in Indianapolis. county event favored. Mr and Mrs W A Wilson and daughter Frances returned from Indianapolis after visiting relatives.
Miss Iva Burton visits Mitchell while Mrs Gather Albright visits Bedford relatives. Emma Deevers of Omarah visits Huron relatives. Alma Darty and Clara Murphy visit. Pricy Terry moves to Huron home from Bedford. Mrs. James Scarlet ill. Dr Stone attends. Born to Mr and Mrs A M Clintock a girl. Funeral held for Pat Maher in Erie. burial at Huron cemetery. Apple from Roy Bair measured twelve inches in circumference.
Frank Young reports Elmer Knight remains on the sick list. T L Neideffer and J H Sheets handle business at Salem and Mitchell. Doctors Knight and Link perform surgery locally. Lillie Compton of Orleans visits Freda Young. Jacob Voyles and Fred Howard visit Mitchell. J Harry Montgomery and family visit Salem. Syeldia Flinn has typhoid, brother Williard improving. Mrs Caroll Picket and Elizabeth visit Ruth Barker in town. I pass done quite a wis store proper of paint and erk the build.
The family expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for sympathy during the illness and death of their husband and father Mrs. J. P. Maher. They note private sorrow and appreciation for support from community members.
Uncle Billie Simpson is still better Sallie Acorns was at Mitchell Tue Everett case was at Bedford Mon Lois Baugh visited at Ft Ritner Sun Mrs Mabel Skerd was at Bedford Tue El Faris and wife was at Bedford Mrs Del Simpson was at Bedford last week Sam Simpson of Bedford was on our streets Mon J J Crawford and wife visited R N Dixon and wife Mon Homer Ingle and wife also Mrs Sutherland were at Bedford Tue Mrs Ellen Wilcox and Ella Wright were at Bedford Mon on business Mrs Bettie Donica and Mrs Flora Mathis were at Bedford Tue on business Mrs Goldie Jackson of near Bedford visited her mother Mrs Henry Dowling Wed Mrs John Williams and Mrs Elsie Guthrie spent Tue with Mrs Warren Nickleson at Ft Rivner Rev Cash the new M E minister moved here Mon and will preach at the M E church Sun El Faris and wife and Anne Faris and wife also children spent Sun with Mr and Mrs Anderson Morris at Bedford who celebrated their golden wedding day Sun.
Fifty three years ago on October 27 1862 Seymour saw an eight inch snowfall while Fred Miller of East Second street recalls the night of the 26th and most of the 27th.Members of the 50th and 47th Indiana Volunteers on parole were ordered to report to a parole camp in Indianapolis before joining Sherman's Tennessee campaign.
A special Monon train carried about three hundred teachers to Indianapolis on Wednesday. The journey involved Joseph Wells of Louisville visiting families associated with Mr. and Mrs. Thomss on 14th Street and Mr. and Mrs. Bison on South IF Street as they arranged a homeward return.
Bedford relatives of John Young fear a man killed near Greencastle by a Big 4 train may be their kin. They plan to locate his Iowa home and decide on possible body disinterment for identification. Undertaker described the dead man and local observers weighed his identity.
The industrial board awarded William Lafayette, a Manor brakeman who lost a finger, $8.80 a week for thirty weeks. He had claimed $13.29 weekly for the same period. The board calculated his pay on the past year’s average, granting 55 percent of that figure. Lafayette argued for 55 percent of his actual rate instead.
Sadie Huff of Marion Indiana sues Dora Stickles for 20000 claiming Stickles alienated Huff's husband Ira Huff. Complaint alleges Stickles wrote affectionate letters to Huff, invited him to her home, accompanied him in public places, caused marital breakdown, and deprived Huff of support. Suit seeks damages.
The Monon Railroad in Lafayette reports its freight and passenger volumes as the largest in years. Freight has risen for weeks, engines relocated from the shop “flower garden” are back in service, and heavy traffic may prompt locomotive leasing. Passenger service also climbs with air line coaches on several trains, and trains between Louisville and Chicago run near full capacity.
Fred Burton, a prominent farmer near Spice Valley church, was found Tuesday in his barn severely paralyzed. His condition is serious with little hope for recovery. John Wells bought the Jim Bell home on M Street for 5500 dollars. Mrs Henry Turley of Riverside was in the city Wednesday.
Saturday’s clash between A and B in ill conditions produced a tight contest with no clear winner. Cuthill and Mitehic spearheaded solid defense as both sides attacked, ending with a 1 goal game and promising form for both teams and upcoming matches.
Attorney S B Lowe named by Gov Ralston as special judge and unanimous bar choice, proving capable and courteous in his Bloomington area beneficence. native of Harrodsburg, graduate of the University, now in Bedford, esteemed by Bloomington and Indiana University for advice and support. Mrs May Lowe, Mrs F Ree Bloomington Telephone. Hiram M Batman ill but improving, Coleman Duncan and wife of Louisville visiting relatives. Lee Potter and Charles Dunihue went to Mitchell after news of Richey Cambion death. Cambion and his comrade were soldiers in Company A, Twentieth Indiana Infantry, on duty.
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