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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1912
Page
3
By mutual consent we have dissolved partnership and will sell all personal property at auction on the Culbertson farm four miles southwest of Bedford by White River. Auction to highest bidder without reserve. No bidders on site at opening.
Auction notice for October 8 details a large herd including mules hogs Hereford cattle and champions with numerous sires and dams named. Also listed are farm implements including Wagons planters cultivators harvesters and harnesses with six month credit terms and meals on site. Proceeds benefit local authorities and auctioneers J P Alexander and Thos Vintage & Co in Columbus Bedford Indiana.
The Southern railway company trained conductors to focus on trains while passengers and receipts were targeted. Eleven employees face charges after detective evidence showed a wide fraud spanning four states. Nine have been jailed as authorities recover assets including autos and real estate from the scheme. The conductors reportedly smiled as the investigation concluded.
Ensign Shincrest from Bloomington Indiana led special services at a Salvation Army tent on Thursday with Mrs Mungelle and Mrs Munselle assisting. The goal is to raise support for a permanent Salvation Army hall as Ensign Mun plans visits to local supporters.
Indiana university researchers publish notes on Shoals river traffic with gasoline boats replacing steamers. The Rosa Belle, 92 feet long, and predecessors like Garrett Williams led local river trade, while the Huntress failed attempting a perilous upstream run over a dam.
In a Loogootee Tribune account Carlos T. McCarty recalls a stern wheeler used for excursion trips. The boat often ran in shallow water four feet deep, with the rear wheel emerging when crowded. To keep the wheel in water, local boys rode at the stern for free rides.
A merry crowd of young folks surprised Mr and Mrs Edward Bluff Thursday evening at their new home on South streets. Attending were Goldie Martin Alma Quackenbush Helen Curren Evalon Clark Elsie Mitchell Mary Curren Pauline Crawford Jessie Richards with chaperone Mrs James T Wilson and accompanying guests Garwood Storer and Harry Daugherty.
Thursday afternoon Mitchell faced an unexpected swarm as millions of gnats filled streets and waterlogged gutters. The insects appeared from unknown sources, covering any nearby water and vanishing after a few hours.
Miss May Brooks returns home after visiting her cousin Miss Ida Chenoweth in Bloomington. J. W. Dobson plans to move his Jonesboro grocery business to this city. William J. Briscoe and his wife with their baby visit Mr. and Mrs. George Briscoe at 421 North 1st Street in Sapulpa Oklahoma.
Mrs. Clarence Blancett has returned to the city and is staying with her parents Mr and Mrs Wm Barr on South S street. She is recovering from a serious operation performed at the Deaconess Hospital in Indianapolis about three weeks ago.
Mildred Pace two years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Pace of South H street is improving rapidly after being burned on the arms and breast with carbolic acid. She spilled the bottle on her clothing and suffered minor injuries.
James Lynn, badly slashed by William Terrell on Labor Day, is out Friday with wounds healing and expected full recovery in a week. Terrell remains jailed in default of a $1,000 bond for the September 14 appearance.
Mr and Mrs Daniel B Dodds of Louisville have spent their vacation at Pentwater Michigan and returned to the city as guests of Mr and Mrs Coleman Duncan. They plan to return home Sunday.
Bloomington patrolman Hugh Hinkle maintains a notable collection of crimes relics from the town and county including bullets knives and loaded dice. He also preserves Indian arrow heads stone hatchets and flint spear heads gathered in Monroe County and grows over a hundred dahlia varieties at his Cottage Grove gardens.
Elza Jackson, long gravely ill with typhoid fever, shows slight improvement today. The update brings comfort to his many city friends after days of alarming condition and rising hope for recovery.
Mayor Albert Fields has been handling many blind tiger appeals, filing thirteen transcripts Saturday morning with three more due in the afternoon as cases move from the city to the circuit court.
Mr and Mrs O M Cosner and daughter Miss Rowena spent several weeks in this city and returned to Indianapolis Sunday.
A Washington Herald editorial notes that many aspirants claim it cost them nothing to gain a party nomination. It implies a surge of cheap skates seeking office this year.
Master Carleton Gould of Crawfordsville with his mother and sisters visited Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Thornton on L street and returned to his home Sunday.
The piece praises Lebanon Indiana Boone County for its civic pride and beauty. It notes green painted planters, clean streets, attractive cemeteries, and a $250000 Bedford stone courthouse with a dome, comparing it to other towns and citing a patriotic tone.
Extreme heat halts excavation for the new sedimentation basin south of the city. Crews struggle to work under tents as temperatures soar, delaying progress and keeping teams idle until the torrid spell ends.
Harold Casada returns home after a week visiting his parents in Kidder Kentucky. He arrived Friday and was welcomed by family and friends at the train station.
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