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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1913
Page
5
Four years of Republican rule left the city with taxes totaling 116 525.87 and expenses of 35 533.42 with funds on hand 4 350.12. The piece questions what the city gained, criticizes Mayor Fields for extravagance, and urges support for Guthrie to reform city finances and police leadership.
A circulating city report claimed Judge Swails of Brownstown issued no favorable judgment for Fred Freeman in his saloon license bid between this city and Mitchell. The Brownstown court clerk says no judgment has been handed down in the case by telephone inquiry.
Pansy Gaines three years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Gaines of Washington Avenue died Sunday evening at 10 o clock of diphtheria Funeral services were held Monday at 3 o'clock private due to health regulations Burial was at Beech Grove cemetery
Win Finnegan, conductor on Monon Train No 74, was riding a flat car when it collided with a yard engine at Monon. He jumped and tore ligaments in his leg, leaving him off duty for some time.
A United States Geological Survey bulletin faults Indiana city water systems for pollution risk. Thorntown lacks public works and relies on shallow wells. Delphi enjoys clean water. Logansport, Frankfort, Goshen, Warsaw and South Bend show varying pollution issues from wells and cesspools to near industrial sites. Danville praised for its strong supply, Elwood and private wells flagged for contamination risks.
Miss Mary Juliet Hitchcock and Allen Darwin Beach were married at the First Presbyterian Church at one o clock. The ceremony featured Mendelssohn s wedding march and a full ring ceremony. The groom is a St Louis businessman and the bride is daughter of the late Frank B Hitchcock. The bridal party left for Indianapolis after the ceremony.
Charles Henderson of San Antonio Texas traveled to Williams on Sunday with his brother John Henderson and Johns wife to visit their mother and the Bev ers family. Charles, a former resident, is now a traveling auditor for the M. K. & T. railway.
The Christian denomination church in Tunnelton, rebuilt after a prior fire, was dedicated Sunday. Rev. A. E. Dubber and Rev. John Denny led the services. music by Justin A. Rutherford and others accompanied the event. A noon dinner followed, and afternoon services concluded the dedication in the new house of worship.
Known here C. Finny and Manon Brakeman died at an Indianapolis hospital on Saturday, leaving local friends and family in mourning.
Lawrenceburg Indiana reports the cofferdam at the B&O-SW bridge over the Miami river sank eleven feet late last night causing track settlement. Trains were detoured over the Big Four for several hours.
J C Finny of Spencer a former flagman on Monon trains 9 and 10 died in an Indianapolis hospital Saturday after an operation. He had fallen ill in town weeks ago and was to be relieved at Bloomington. Burial was held at Spencer. Finny was well known among local railway men.
Mrs Ryan Beem and Miss Zeella Bates have returned after visiting Mr and Mrs C M Bates in Indianapolis. Lorene Bivins four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Bivins of Washington Avenue is ill with typhoid fever symptoms.
A 1918 Indiana State Journal analysis argues the Republican party is returning, merging with progressives after the 1912 split. It cites wins in Chicago St Louis and Maine, the collapse of the Bull Moose in Pennsylvania, and regional primaries showing Republicans regaining strength nationwide.
Carl Johnson star pitcher of the Princeton Champions, after winning twenty three straight games, was operated on for appendicitis Thursday at Haydeny hospital Evansville. He is reported recovering nicely and expected to be out again in a few days.
Mrs. C C Shortridge and her son Robert Lowell have finished visiting relatives in this city and returned to Medora.
Philip Meek, a great baseball pitcher, was stricken with paralysis in Louisville on Wednesday while returning from a southern trip. He could not leave the train and was brought to Seymour, where he began recovering at home. His left side weakness is fading and doctors expect a full recovery.
Alfred Benzel was located at his residence on South H street, with no further details available about the circumstances.
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