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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
3
A nostalgic fragment tells of a loyal, plain dog who ignores beauty for affection. The page then shifts to a flood of local news items: residents traveling to Indianapolis and Noblesville for visits and business, job changes, state fair attendance, and a switch of auto cab firms in Bedford.
Joseph L Shanks a former Bedford meat dealer and former Bedford town marshal died at his home in Campbellsburg on Tuesday. He was a member of Shans wick lodge of Odd Fellows. The funeral was held Wednesday at 2 o'clock.
Franklin Circuit Court freed William S Taylor from arrest while he returns to Kentucky to testify in the Goebel murder case. Judge Robert L Stout granted immunity under condition he aid in Caleb Powers conspiracy trial. Goebel murder indictments for Finley Golden Powers and others were postponed.
Two girls aged 15 and 14 from Surprise were caught shoplifting at the Gold Mine Department store in Seymour. About $8 worth of items including combs, a pipe, a tooth brush, lace, silk gingham were found hidden on their persons. An affidavit lists petit larceny with $100 bond. Their parents claim good record and ownership of sixty acres. The case may go to the grand jury this term.
Floyd county Auditor Captain Thomas Hanlon, long-time county official, received a tempting railway position in Virginia with a ten day deadline for response. He has served sixteen years as Floyd County Auditor, eight years earlier, and began his career as a railroad man on the Louisville New Albany and Chicago lines.
John Bevill from Muhlenburg County Kentucky appeared in police court on a loitering charge. He claimed an Indiana relative in Shoals and stated he would leave town quickly after a verbal exchange with Mayor Stipp. The mayor noted Bevill’s odd behavior and attribution to a girl who had given him the flip flop.
Fire department respond to 7 o'clock alarm at East 7th Street where a small fire at Lyman Kelley home was extinguished with little loss. About 700 feet of hose laid. no water needed. One mile run completed in good time.
A damaging hail storm swept Daviess county, causing immediate losses around 154000 to 200000 dollars. One thousand five hundred acres of corn were ruined and eight thousand acres damaged, with extensive harm to watermelons, alfalfa, meadows, houses, barns, and livestock.
The New Long Distance Telephone Company announces abolition of night rates on all toll lines following Central Union Company action. Conversations after 6 p m will cost the same as daytime calls. Initial message period set at three minutes, reducing prior half-rate night charges.
Two bred sows and pigs of both sexes for sale from a prolific stock. See them in March April and May. Also Barred Plymouth Rock chickens. Prices reasonable. Correspondence solicited. Old Phone. George Hunter Zelma Indiana.
A pretty residence ceremony at W P Younger home in Shawswick united Miss Josephine Younger and J Mil liard Norman in marriage. The pink and white decor pleased guests as Rev J W Newland officiated at 7 pm. A reception followed with ice cream and cake before the couple left at 9 pm for a short bridal trip to Indianapolis and Martinsville.
The marriage will take place tonight at 8 at the bride’s grandparents home on Lincoln avenue with Rev M S Heavenridge officiating. Only immediate relatives attend. Miss Owen, a Bedford B&P employee, wedlock with Charles Werkhoff of Lafayette follows a romance formed at Lafayette Business College. The couple plans a two week wedding trip to Chicago and Michigan.
The Evansville Journal reports Chief Engineer DeBruin of the Chicago Indianapolis & Evansville railroad is visiting the Vincennes Evansville route survey with W H Townsend. Survey teams operate from Evansville northward and Vincennes southward while W T Hicks reviews ground near Union. The project may connect with the Pennsylvania railway at Vincennes as options are explored. Warren and Charles Johnson depart for San Pedro California via Southern Indiana.
An 83 year old Samuel King arrested for intoxication pleads guilty in police court before Mayor Stipp and pays fines with a large cash roll. His son Frank also pleads guilty for intoxication and is fined. King promises to return with funds to settle damages. Buck Burrell and Joe Taylor also face minor charges in the unusual session.
The Mail Liners department proves the value of advertising by restoring lost property and facilitating sales. It assists employers and job seekers, helps tenants for vacant houses and store rooms, and earns public praise. A small investment in the Mail Liner yields significant community business gains.
In Orange Circuit Court the State v. Cal lah an case against a Lawrence County school teacher charged with murder of John R. Walters began with jury selection delayed until morning. Prosecutor Voyles opened the case and testimony started at 1 30 with three State witnesses examined by 2 30.
About thirty thousand people crowded the Indiana State Fair grounds at noon and traffic showed heavy use of street cars. By afternoon the crowd swelled toward a potential Wednesday record, with estimates near fifty thousand. Ticket sales recovered as 50 cent admissions on Wednesday substantially exceeded Tuesday levels from last year.
The Southern Railway expects to operate its 27 mile extension from Jasper Indiana to French Lick Springs by October 1. Construction included a 2200 foot tunnel costing 100 dollars a foot delaying completion. Jasper is touted as a gateway to the East as the line connects St Louis with French Lick.
United States Treasurer Charles H. Treat announced a call in of all ten thousand dollar bills. He recalled the Chicago loss of 173000 dollars last winter and noted fourteen ten thousand dollar notes disappeared with six five thousand notes in the stolen packages. Treat said the missing fortune has never been recovered and remarked on the destruction of misprinted ten thousand dollar notes.
Announcement reports the marriage of Dora Martin to James Sullivan in Louisville last Tuesday. The couple, with Dora the daughter of Mr and Mrs Afte Martin of West 18th Street, had kept plans discreet. They now visit the groom’s parents in Columbus.
B and O S W officials including Supt J C Hagerty travel from Washington on No 7 to arrange moving Indiana train dispatchers to Indianapolis. Electrician Beresford and lineman Helm work on temporary connections as Seymour Democrat notes a new yard office building is likely. Yard clerks stay in the hall and the yard master quarters beneath the coal elevator awaiting the change. Dispatchers slated to relocate include B W Parker M L Wilson Harry Smith W R Funk John Mack G W Copeland and Sam Baker.
Receiver Oscar S. Brooke of the People's State Bank at Brownstown sues Hugh A. Burrell to attach 116 acres of farm land and residence property plus wheat corn and oats as security for an embezzlement claim estimated around 100000. Burrell owns a 160 acre Owen township farm. total property valued near 20000. Separate suit against James W. Cunningham seeks 3000 and injunction to halt transfers of assets.
The jury awarded 1200 dollars to the plaintiff in the Routh versus the B and C S W Railway case for the death of the plaintiff's son killed on a crossing west of Mitchell two years ago. Court adjourned until next Monday as Judge Wilson returned to Bloomington at 10:30.
Judge W F Brooks to hear evidence this afternoon in the Edwards divorce case David Edwards versus Lulu Edwards. Married January 5 1905 separated March next Abandonment charged Plaintiff represented by W E Clark Judge Wilson to grant or refuse divorce on arrival Monday.
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