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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1913
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Earle GL and GL Se Rai with references to a time 7 and a location possibly connected to a mail or rail topic. Details are unreadable, making precise incident or event unclear.
A partial sanitary survey report details work by Mipure Wells and his team aboard a floating laboratory. The report notes methods, safety checks, and preliminary findings while outlining next steps for full assessment and potential regulatory actions.
The weather outlook cites Parson Hicks predicting frosty nights from early September and a sequence of storm periods. It warns of electrical disturbances and possible earthquakes, with cooler air moving in and frost likely in northern latitudes between the 2nd and 6th, then renewed storm activity in late September and October.
A large pearl was found on the Fox River by Carr or Sheridan and weighs 62 pounds. It is valued at 8700 dollars and described as a perfect specimen. The discoverers were rowing when a giant mussel shell yielded the treasure.
The local union voted a 7 o'clock closing time for all nights except Saturday starting October 1. Prices remain unchanged.
The wedding took place Friday at 8:30 pm at Mr. and Mrs. C. Quackenbush’s West Téth Street home. Mary Quackenbush, daughter of the hosts, married Gordon Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lee of the city’s south side, with Rev. J. F. O'Haver officiating. The couple plans to reside in Chicago after a short honeymoon, prior to housekeeping.
Carlos T. Mc Carty notes in the Loogootee Tribune that Martin County farmers visiting Sam uel Eis and Lawrence Fields on the Shoals to Leogootee road will see an orchard pruned scientifically with tops removed and limbs cut back. Spraying and careful timing have made the trees heavy with fruit, despite a poor regional apple yield. A Beech Fawsett orchard nearby, with Stayman’s Winesap trees, yielded the finest fruit last year and expects a strong, though slightly smaller, crop this season, due to pruning and spraying. Fawcett, a ridge land operator, emphasizes fruit profits from strawberries surpassing corn and wheat on many river bottom farms.
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Bunn died at their home on North I street Friday night Burial was at Green Hill Saturday afternoon.
A frame house owned and occupied by Jackson Bennett at East Oolitic burned to the ground Friday night around 1 o clock. The family was away and nothing could be saved. All household effects were destroyed. The origin of the blaze remains a mystery.
Purdue expert J C Beavers urges farmers to value nitrogen phosphorus and potash over organic matter when buying fertilizer. He cautions that much nitrogen in low grade products is slowly available and suggests a practical blend for wheat on clay and loam soils, including tankage bone meal acid phosphate and potash amounts.
Harry Hart age 55 died Friday at his home after a short illness caused by a throat and lung hemorrhage. He had worked as a machinist at McLaren mill and lived in the city ten years. Survived by widow, two sons, two daughters. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 p m from his home conducted by Rev O Haver with IL O O M Eagles and K and H lodges in charge.
Brick masons at the Southern Indiana Power plant in Williams were forced to stop constructing batteries for two new boilers due to a delay in brick shipment.
Jacob T. Weaver brought to town a well preserved copy of Chapman's Coon Skinner dated Indianapolis July 1 1848. The weekly political sheet was an extra of the State Sentinel and once enjoyed wide popularity.
The Bedford Tennis Association will run a tennis tournament open to Bedford residents. Doubles preliminaries start September 8 with finals on the 2nd, awarding two leather racquet cases. Singles follow next week with prizes a tennis racquet and a racquet case. Contact Mr. J. T. Boyd to enter by September 6.
Miss Mary Catherine Roberts left Friday for Salem to stay with her sister Mrs Claude Alexander and will teach school in Fort Worth, Texas next winter after spending the night.
Special to Mail reports Dave Bud Edwards residence about one mile east of Mitchell burned to the ground Friday night around nine o'clock. Edwards and family were away in Orleans for two days. Loss estimated at seven hundred dollars.
Miss Pearl Stipp named administratrix of the John Stipp estate after the death on the south walk to the courthouse. Bond set at 32 000 with sureties John O Baker Sarah L Stipp and E W G Johnson. Attorney R H East listed. Bloomington Telephone reports.
Mrs Chas Bryant underwent a serious abdominal operation at City Hospital on Saturday at a.m. The procedure was performed by Dr. E L Perkins with assistants Drs. Carey and Simpson.
Miss Anna Boruff visits brother John Iscr uff in New York City after ten weeks abroad. Helen Norton stays with Mrs. George Beddoe in New York, while Anna Hudson Welch returns from St. Louis to her home on West 138th Street. Christina Erwin in West 18th Street recovers from facial paralysis. Harry J. Askew visits Martinsville relatives and brings his children Alice Virginia and Richard home from Indianapolis. Blanche Zaring of Salem visits in city en route from Blooming ton teacher's training school. Dr. and Mrs. Heckman plan to move to Medford Oregon with visits to Pennsylvania relatives before departure.
Lawrence Williams of Williams visited the city on Saturday on business. Miss Delphia Donaldson traveled to Saltillo on Saturday morning to visit relatives.
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