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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
4
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Sheriff Thomas W. Box faced a civil suit in the Mayor's Court after King Bros. claimed $48 for a mare sold at the B and O stockyards. The mare collapsed and died after a leap, and Mayor Stipp ruled the sale complete, holding the Sheriff responsible for the payment.
Ada Thomas of Christman Edgar county Illinois sues Calvin Thomas in Paris county court claiming she was tricked into marrying his twin Alvin Thomas who resembled him closely. She learned the deception after four months of courtship when a planned trip to marry in Charleston revealed the twins. After two unhappy years she seeks divorce.
Evans Bros of this city win the contract for a new boiler house at the Monon shops. The stone iron and brick structure will feature a tall stack and cost about 20000 dollars. It will be near the wheel department and include new boilers to boost power. The Monon plans to spend about 100000 dollars on overall enlargements this year and relocate the boiler and machine shops into larger spaces. The blacksmith shop will shift to the former casting sheds, and the expanded facility will add about 100 workers.
The article highlights Lyman H Howe's moving pictures of Victoria Falls and the Zambesi, praising the footage as a sublime, comprehensive, and realistic depiction. It compares Howe’s achievement to Livingstone's discovery and notes the dangers faced during production, with daylight, sunset, and moonlight scenes. It also mentions a separate note on Indiana’s goats milk program to reduce infant mortality.
A long list of visitors and locals in Bedford today includes R. E. Plummer from Leesville James Stewart from Bloomington Aaron Roberts from Stonington John C Walls from Bloomington and John Tolliver from Mitchell among others. Social calls and business trips thread through the day as residents meet and depart for nearby towns.
Claud Allen and Vida Luallen arrived in town to see the show and secured a marriage license. Judge Wilson adjourned court briefly to perform the ceremony in the clerk’s office before the pair attended the show and returned home happy.
James Brown waived a preliminary hearing on enticing a female to a house of ill fame and was remanded on $500 bond. He is represented by Frank M. Vance who seeks to prove his innocence. The case, involving Nettie Hickman of Heltonville, was sent to circuit court for trial after the waiver. Brown plans a plea shift and awaits record changes.
Jesse Johnson, a country lad, angrily cursed in front of Miss Owen and friends after she declined his company to a show. He pleaded guilty to using swear words, claimed no insult was intended, and was fined 1 dollar plus 11 dollars costs by Mayor Stipp. Johnson paid the bill with help from supporters but still missed the show.
A severe hailstorm struck multiple Indiana locations causing window damage on trains near Edwardsport and West Baden, killing livestock and destroying crops in Paoli and Paoli area. Horses, mules, and trees suffered as hail measuring baseball size battered homes and fields. Disturbances occurred from Vincennes to Paoli with extensive property loss and scattered debris.
Sunday raid by Chief Gratzer and officers Payne Holmes emptied a back room of a Wallace saloon of a refrigerator full of whiskey and beer. No arrests then but warrants issued for about twenty others over Sunday liquor law violations.
Ora A. Emery, a brakeman on the Southern Indiana line, fell from an eastbound local freight between Surprise and Freetown. He suffered a fractured shoulder blade and other bruises, crawled to a farmhouse, and was found by a farmer before crew returned to Seymour for medical treatment.
Jake Anderson and Jes Rogers, Oolitic residents, fought Friday over a cow purchase. Anderson, a night watchman, says Rogers attacked at his door with a knife injuring Anderson in the left arm. Rogers also had a knife wound on the right shoulder. Both men were arrested.
The piece blends seasonal imagery from fairs and harvest with humorous verses and light opinions. It notes a newsroom labor crunch, a poker anecdote, and a series of rural scenes from farms to livestock, ending with city papers joking about romance and compromise across regions.
The Railroad Commission upheld United States Cement Company in a dispute with Southern Indiana and Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern. From September 19 the two lines must restore the joint 50 cent coal rate from Linton fields to Lehman Ind. The price had been raised to 75 cents despite prior 50 cent terms. The cement company appeal is sustained.
Ferguson’s talking parrot prompts a comic quarrel with an iceman delivering ice to I H Crim next door. The bird supposedly ordered ice, sparking a back and forth as the iceman retorts and Mrs Ferguson clarifies the mix up while Polly the parrot remains on the front porch.
A Saturday evening fire at about 7 30 destroyed the home of Dick Hazel the blacksmith at Englewood. An alarm started at headquarters but the address was Lakewood causing a useless run. The house with two living rooms was empty at the time and the fire is believed diary origin as Hazel reported no earlier fires. Loss on building and contents set at 500 dollars.
Captain Clark general manager of the U S cement plant has just returned from a trip through Alabama and southern states. He was detained several days under a physician care suffering from a bad blood poison with an abrasion on his hand that worsened to two fingers. The physician advised amputation but Clark refused and is slowly improving at home.
Benjamin Hall a 60 year old farmer near Harrodsburg Monroe county committed suicide yesterday. He hanged himself with a rope in a poultry house after brooding over illness. His daughter Ivy found him dead with a farewell note in his hat. Hall was a respected farmer, a Mason, and a Methodist.
Poem warns children to brace for school as vacation ends and study resumes. It frames education as a hostile camp and urges readiness to take their medicine, mentioning returning to books and a familiar mouse.
Community leaders deny rumors of liquor license applications in Bedford and Shawswick township. H C LaiBreE, president of the Retail Liquor Dealers Assn, warns against unfounded circulation. E W Shirk of the U S Cement Plant reports a minor foot injury from a rusty nail but expects no serious consequences.
A Bedford post office lobby incident involved an old man delivering a misaddressed package and joking about a death, prompting bystanders to joke about a father in law. The piece also reports the death of Sister Mary Harris Montgomery and temple resolutions from White River Temple No 18, Pythian Sisters, mourning her loss and detailing condolences. Community notes mention Arthur Newland’s return to Bedford from Terrebone Parish, Louisiana, and comment on local schooling.
Bryan leaders in the Second Congressional district push Robert J. Aley as a Moses to lead Jacksonian voters out of defeat. Aley, a Bloomington professor and former IU math professor, was the party nominee for Superintendent in 1906. Cy Davis faces a wall of opposition.
Bob Wicker dominated the Browns in Indianapolis on Wednesday, allowing 7 hits and fanning 5 as his team beat the Browns 5 to 3. The Star notes the visitors staged a seventh inning scare but Wicker held firm except for a shaky eighth, aided by poor Browns support. The piece hints Bob seeks a $500 bonus offered to Columbus players if they capture the American Association pennant.
A speaker praises the inventor of ice cream and champions summer outings to a shaded ice cream saloon. He imagines feeding his face with a spoon, contrasting with others who spend on pie or beer, and hopes for a dime to buy cream and let time drift in a sweet dream.
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