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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1915
Page
3
Fairview notes a series of relocations with Alva Ray and Dr. Butler moving to Erie and from Erie, plus visits from Artie Faubion and Rainey. The community plans fodder shredding, a local school opens Monday September 20 with Lester Laury teaching, and a large birthday gathering for Mrs. Clara Speer with a long noon dinner and social hour.
A crowded Saturday picnic drew residents and visitors. Several residents traveled to Mitchell Bedford Shoals and West Baden on various personal business and family visits. A marriage of A J Baxter and Emma Snow occurred quietly at the bride’s home with relatives present. Hugh King buys J D Powell farm and livery barn and plans to move this week. Powell heads to Georgia to enter a mercantile business.
W W Inman of Heltonville visited the city Tuesday on business as Clark and Wood advertise for fifty teams to haul gravel on South H street.
Pinhook notes many residents visiting relatives and attending a Bedford show. Mrs Mary Ingle and Mrs Susan Lane are mentioned among a string of visits. County Agent Jones investigates cholera and plans a church meeting Wednesday night.
W J Hinds travels to Linton Indiana for a meeting. John Hamilton and family visit Mary Stephenson. J W H Sheets and wife visit relatives in Orleans. J Harry Montgomery handles Medora business. James Sawyer visits his daughter in Leesville. Large attendance at a circus and Salem fair. Noble Smith and wife visit T L Neideffer. Willard Flinn improving from typhoid. J K Link family and Dora Flinn visit Charley Stewart. Mrs Josie Crothers visits J A Dixon in Terre Haute. Geo Tlinds from Louisville visits W J Hinds. J D Moorehead and wife visit Indianapolis and attend the state fair. Will Conkle, Ed Curray, and others visit Frank and Lizzie Lockhart. Frank Young awarded plastering contract for Oblong school building. John Flinn and Elizabeth Ingle wed in Louisville. Pauline Brooking sustains burn from hot apple butter. Dr. Afatlock attends.
Ruth McCleery reports Rev Warren A Sanders visit Mitchel. Residents attended Bedford races on Monday. Wallace Tragenbeck show drew locals Friday. Mrs Carolina Stewart visits son Thomas Stewart in Louisville. Young son of Mr and Mrs James Reynolds improving after illness. Roy Cummings of Zelmi visited relatives in Tunnelton weekend. Mrs Charles J Goodman visits her aging father. Jerome Young visited Thursday. Mrs Hurl Watson hosted Cincinnati guests. Gullets Creek church held services Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Marie Chambers and Ruth McCleery visited Misses Inez and Leo Blackburn at Peerless. A B seeks reliable family for home in exchange for work. Stimp John Pendergrass John Tresapple and Samuel Slaughter busy in Bono township Tuesday. Mrs Flora Mathis correspondent. Mrs Cinda Bundy sick. Mrs Sue Aflem at Bedford Friday. Oscar Simpson and family at Bedford Tuesday.
Delight Stannard reports on residents visiting relatives and making trips. Quincy Armstrong and J A Gunn traveled for business. Mrs Calvin Bair and Mrs Herschell made local and Bedford treks. Geor Vantayle relatives in Ooiuth. Rev Kiessley gave farewell sermon. Kenneth Short departed to Peru for winter teaching.
Wilsonville area residents attend Bedford circus and celebrate community life. Circuit Court heard in Bedford while locals travel for duties, fairs, and visits. Neighbors host a surprise 46th birthday for Mrs Short and discuss farming progress in Salt Creek bottom.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wray in Logan on Sunday.
Mrs Clyde Freeman and her small daughter Helen, who had been visiting sister Mrs Ed Atkinson and family on South Street, returned to Indian Springs on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ezra L Morris and daughter Gladys hosted guests Mr and Mrs K E Cadle and daughter Bernice of Oklahoma who spent Sunday at Williams.
Mrs. Harrison D. Flinn from this city visited Heltonville Saturday and Sunday as a guest of Charlie Mark and family and Mrs. W D Martin and son Harry. She plans to leave around November 1 for an extended visit with friends in Iola Kansas.
Mrs. Mary Emmons of near Browns town visited her son Cloveimmons at Peerless. He fell from a ledge at a quarry and sustained a badly damaged leg and knee with minor cuts.
A large barn owned by Earl Patton south of Livonia burned Tuesday noon. Six mules and five horses perished. one horse ridden by Patton escaped death. One thousand bushels of oats, grain, four buggies, harness, and farming implements were lost. Loss about 16000 with 1900 insurance. Fire blamed on engine powering a silo. workers were at dinner.
In Eureka, Letha Craig reports a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Franklin on September 7. Other items note illnesses including typhoid and malaria, visits to Bedford and Indianapolis, and social calls among local families. A church repair project near Fayetteville began plastering and papering.
Williams reports several travels and visits around Bedford. Dora Dorsett visited friends near Huron while John Vorbies was at Bedford. Families move and relatives visit from Hickory Point Tennessee Mt Olive St Bernice Bloomington and Martin County. School opens next Monday September 2.
A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jed Stipp is born. Dr. Woolery vaccinated several residents against typhoid. Sammie Ray and family visited Sunday. Mrs. Maggie May stays with Mrs. W J Norman. Corn prospects show improvement. Dr. Woolery treated Mrs. Hezekiah Kinser yesterday. Miss Fether Faubion of Oolitic visits school. John C. Lowder returns from Crawfordsville. Laverne Norman, typhoid recovery. Clarence Turpin and family of Peeress visit Grover Turpin and family.
The Valley Club of Brysnnsville will meet with Mrs. L Hill on Wednesday afternoon September 22.
Ollie Smallwood of Politic was in the city Tuesday morning on business.
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