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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1900
Page
4
A vintage advertisement extols Humphreys Witch Hazel Oil as a universal healer curing external and internal ailments. It claims instant relief for burns, wounds, rashes, boils, ulcers, sore breasts, chapped hands, insect stings, and sunburns. Sold in three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 by druggists prepaid.
Last Friday friends and neighbors gathered with baskets for a birthday party honoring Wm Hawkins on his 55th. Dozens attended from families including Lively Faubion Stipp Ray Simpson Hendricks Bodenhamer Trogden Norman Miller Meadows Ross Sanders McPike Skerd Perkins Alexander Kern McDaniel Phipps Smith Hawkins Palmer and others, all wishing him many more birthdays.
An article praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy for colds and croup, noting it has no opiate and can be given to babies. It cites praise nationwide and at W C Elliot's Drug Store. A separate editorial defends the Presidents army canteen policy, supporting army chaplains and citing testimony that the canteen reduces intemperance and immorality.
Terre Haute reports Herman Hulman Jr a wholesale grocer from a prominent family will vote for McKinley. He cites money policy and foreign affairs as reasons while praising the McKinley administration. His father Herman Hulman Sr. declined comment.
The Monon line reports 1087 passengers on Sunday excursion trains Louisville to French Lick and West Baden. Wreck photos, new Southern Indiana rail line updates, stockholder meeting, yard shifts and layoffs affect Monon and Illinois Central work crews.
Rev E C Jordan heads to conference next week with hopes of return. Ed Pinkston, longtime Grand Hotel porter, dies and is buried. G A R reunion in Chicago brings Howard Chitty Bates Limpus Isaiah Phipps home. Anti-Saloon League actions seen in Bedford visit. Electric light meter issue prompts calls for efficiency. Southern Indiana Normal College funded for rebuilding with seven thousand dollars in sight. Montana student enrolls unaware of fire. Menlo Moore returns from Chicago after study in newspaper illustration.
Describes onset of Bright's disease from indigestion and biliousness with urea and uric acid in blood. Claims rheumatic pains irritate kidneys, leading to back pain and kidney damage. Advises Foley's Kidney Cure as a cure and warns against substitutes.
The Washington Gazette notes Miers mishandled granite and marble sourcing for the new federal building in Indianapolis. It argues Wadsworth should win election to gain influence on Public Buildings and Pension committees and align with Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge to favor local quarry interests.
Jimmie Jordan of Co. L 39th U S Vols reports Luzon rain season milder than feared with only ten bad weather days in June and July. W C Elliots Drug Store lists Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as standard in civilized parts of the world.
In Jeffersonville Indiana on September 3 the lamented case of Oliver Thomasson and Gaines continues. Thomasson shows calm after confession and gains legal encouragement while Gaines remains nervous and watches trains on the Pennsylvania bridge. Indictment may delay. venue may be sought and Governor Mount likely to deploy militia for protection at Bedford.
Mrs. Minerva Smith of Danville Illinois says she suffered bronchitis for twenty years and was bedfast at times. She credits Foley's Honey and Tar with relief and calls it pleasant and a quick cure for throat and lung diseases.
Unclaimed letters advertised for week ending Sept 1 1900 at Bedford Post Office include ladies Allegie Mrs Nancy Bruce Mrs Eliza Dotts Miss Sarah Huff Miss Emma Taylor Mrs Lillie Atterback Mrs Luella Wells Mrs D Gentlem men Allen M E Burbank James H Casey Jean Darlington J L Dickenson Frank Dye Noble Heartly Ora Hollowell Edwh A Jordan 8 2 Killian Walter E Lamb Geo Migawa John Mclnotyre J J Rostan John Springer H A Williams N R Postal Cards Burbank J H Halpin N P O Neil J W care of J W Collins.
James J. Corbett defeated Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy in the fifth round of their match at Madison Square Garden before a crowd of more than 10 000. Corbett dominated with rapid body blows and fast footwork, finishing with a decisive stomach punch that left McCoy unable to continue.
The article describes people gaining weight by taking an ounce of Scott's Emulsion daily. It claims the emulsion starts digestion, helping absorption of ordinary food so patients who were underweight can gain flesh. It notes a pound daily gain is possible for some.
An advertisement touts Lcott's Finaision as useful in all seasons and for thriving men, noting availability from druggists for $1.00. Scott & Bowne, chemists, New York, are listed as marketers.
The corn crop improves locally while families visit kin in Knox county. Sawmill work moves to Dodd farm for A T Fountain. School starts with Miss Hettie Wray. Guthrie Creek cemetery cleanup planned with a new fence funded by donations. Excursion to Chicago offered. Monon train schedules and round trip price of 2 dollars. Numerous social visits, baptist preaching, marriage licenses, business changes, and a large Trinity Church basket meeting are reported among Bedford residents.
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