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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1901
Page
1
Mrs. Ellen McMahan of East 19th Street awoke Sunday to smoke filling her house. An investigation found a bed in a rear bedroom on fire. the blaze was extinguished before major damage, but the bed was burned. Cause of the fire remains undetermined.
County Assessor J R Pope of Lawrence county met with Seymour Republicans and exchanged views with the local assessor in Brownstown. Rev Walter S Smith of Greenfield Ind starts a protracted meeting at Mount Hope church on the Saturday night before the 38th Sunday in September. Frank Green of Salem visited relatives here Sunday and departed Monday for Detroit to work for a time. Mild and gentle relief is sought by most. Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets are suggested and sold by W C Elliotts.
A would be assassin shot President McKinley at the Temple of Music during a reception. One bullet hit the breast bone. the other penetrated the stomach but spared vital organs. Surgeons sewed the wounds and the President's condition showed mixed signs with hope of recovery.
Across several editorials from Indianapolis and Louisville papers, strong calls urge harsher penalties for attempts on President McKinley's life. They discuss state versus federal punishments, condemn anarchist threats, and warn against political violence. The pieces condemn class war rhetoric and media cartoons blamed for stoking agitation.
Marshal Woolery of Heltonville has been elected principal of the Fort Ritner school by unanimous agreement of Trustee Ray of Shawswick township and Trustee G A Dodd of Guthrie township.
An advertisement promotes Chamberlains stomach and liver tablets to ease fullness belching and sour stomach and regulate bowels for 25 cents sold by W C Elliott. Louis Mayer boss shoe store manager recovers from injuries from a runaway near Oolitic two weeks ago with friends glad no worse.
John S. Halloway of French Camp Mississippi recounts thirty years of diarrhoea and feebleness before using Chamberlain's Cough Ciclera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After several bottles he claims full cure and urges availability through W. C. Elliott.
Mrs Henry Kindred entertained many young people last Saturday in honor of her sister Miss Nellie Howard visiting from Seymour. The evening featured games and conversation, with refreshments served and all attendees reporting a good time.
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