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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1913
Page
3
William Gyger, Civil War veteran, was seriously injured Thursday afternoon when a peach tree limb broke as he stood on it to pick fruit. He fell to the ground hitting his head and suffering spinal injury and severe bruising at his home at 20th and N streets. Dr. Duncan treated him.
Mrs. Will Huddison traveled to Bloomington to visit Mrs. Wilbur Crooke. Crooke’s injuries from the automobile crash were more serious than initially believed with a laceration to the bone in one eye and severe chest injuries.
Oscar Hartley, whose laundry business burned down weeks ago, will stay in Lebanon. He plans a brick building on the site with new machinery and expects to reopen in six weeks.
Secretary to President Carpenter EL Hair chief clerk T J Thomas and Robert Perkins passed through the city today noon en route from Terre Haute in Westport. They are getting acquainted with outside operations of the round. Seymour Republican.
Mr Fred Finston and Miss Margue Rite Drehoble united in marriage at Redwa We Say in Aven. The couple are popular in the city and will reside in Dredford. Mrs Clarence Benzel has returned home from Lebanon after visiting her parents.
Mrs. David Young of Oolitic underwent an operation at City Hospital for relief of a tumor. The procedure was performed by Tir Short with assistants Drs. Freeland and Simpson.
Jesse Alexander, young son of Mr and Mrs John Alexander of Heltonville, fell from a fence Friday sustaining a broken arm about three inches above the wrist. The injury is described as painful but not life threatening.
Downey Elliott of this city and Mrs Carrie Eliott of Bedford wed again at the Reagen Hotel at 2 p m Monday with Rev George C Maul officiating. Mrs Eliott will move furniture to this city to reside in the Frederick house on Mary street while son Lester, a Hatfield Hotel clerk, stays in Bedford. Glenn works at James Meyer Buggy Co. in Lawrenceburg.
A man named John Rosidine Wear was injured when dragged under a wagon at Reeds Station. He was thrown beneath the wagon, receiving elbow injuries but no broken bones. Br. Colins treated the wound. Miss Eric Riley and Goldier returned from visiting Mr and Mrs Henry Davis south of the city.
A crash on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Sparksville involved WREGKERD driving a freight or passenger train two months ago. Fireman aged two months was injured in the incident.
Secret service agents of the Baltimore and Ohio indicate the Sparksville wreck two months ago was the work of train wreckers. They suspect a railway spike was used as a derail. Reports said an arrest near Sparksville was made, but investigators found no prisoner brought to Bedford.
The Owens Bloodhounds were taken to Newpoint near Greensburg to trail thieves who broke into Henry Myers home and stole $65 and a watch. The dogs performed well and while no arrest was made, their work indicated a suspect with prior trouble was involved.
The funeral of Uncle Amos Scogan was held Thursday Sept. 4 at the family home south of the city. It was conducted by sixty five Odd Fellows members and twenty five Rebekahs who led the services, with hundreds of relatives and friends in attendance.
Lawrence Circuit Court starts a full civil docket amid an unusually long summer vacation with about a hundred cases set for trial. juries drawn include Albert Seig Shawswick Frank Owen Shawswick Harry Reedee Fred Evans Indian Creek noc Hendricks Shawswick Win Beavers Spice Valley Everett Moore Perry Von Baker Shawswick Elmer Louis Marshal Wat Pearson Spice Valley Loren Chase Spice Valley George Goldsmith Shawswick Arthur Guthrie Guthrie Zelbert Patten Shawswick Robert Beasley Marion Albert Green Shawswick Grant Blackwell Marshal James Dalton Marion Curtis Armstrong Perry S J Buchanan Shawswick Turley Burton Marion
Otto Gresham of Chicago saved an old cottonwood near Lanesville from destruction after two trips to Corydon. The tree, planted by his grandfather about a century ago, faced removal due to road survey changes and zoning decisions.
Two automobile drivers hit the high places on South 1 street Thursday evening as Policeman Sam Cline took supper. Each driver was told to report in police court this morning but a mixup over ownership sent the wrong man to appear. Ol Smith, in the race, did not show up and left for Jasonville. Nick, driver for Consolidated, tried to locate Mayor Fields to settle the case.
Mrs. E. B. Cassell travels to Bedford for a short visit, reported in the Blooming ton World.
In Terre Haute Mrs Gertrude Hariden of Hil Top received a visit from a relative who then returned home Thursday. Mrs Frank Voris, who stayed several months with her sister Mrs Will Kelley and other relatives, left for Pasadena California on Thursday.
The Bedford water plant bears a massive mud settling basin described as a white elephant costing thousands of dollars. Critics warn the project is mismanaged by incompetent men and threatens private business and local finances, with four years of burdens to come.
Buren, a bridge worker on a B and O Southwestern bridge at Medora, fell from a pile driver to the raft, breaking his right ankle and sustaining a forehead gash. Eastbound No. 4 train was forced to halt as the accident occurred. Burgman was taken to City Hospital from the baggage car. his home is Cincinnati.
Joseph Fisher and a companion, near Vincennes Indiana, traveled through this area Friday toward New Albany in a covered wagon. Fisher, a former Washington County resident, is a very old man with a venerable appearance yet travels reasonably well, referenced by the Tred Ricksburg Gazette.
Hari Fossett is ill with typhoid fever at his mother Mrs N Mays residence 1619 South K Street. The notice states the illness occurred at the listed address and identifies the patient and location.
Testimony in Nashville Indiana case against Nimbal Taggart details a daughter Norma Taggart’s death following alleged cruelty. Witnesses describe arguing, threats and Norma’s pleas to “Papa,” with doctors noting death caused by fear and shock to the nervous system.
The fragment mentions Ego LSEG and base ball with a line about being kept awake. No clear event, date, or names beyond the two entities. The readable text is highly fragmented.
Wicker's special train carried fans to Princeton where Washington's Grays lost 4 to 1 after a string of errors. Johnson silenced the Grays with seven hits and a two base hit, while Sisson failed to strike out and allowed seven hits. The crowd near 2,000 set a record at Princeton Park.
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