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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1915
Page
3
Lively attendance marks the funeral of Mrs. Wm Short of Fayetteville as communities share news from Uren. Notable notes include births at Hugh Pless's home, children ill with typhoid, and family visits. School reopening eases with cooler weather while repair work progresses on the Church of Christ. A Blacksnake sighting alarms Mrs. Hlorer Perkins but is promptly removed.
Clo Marie Turner reports from Wilsonville with social visits and church notes. Residents, including Edith Turner and Rev William Phillip, attended services while families exchanged visits across Caldia Watson Needmore and Bedford areas. A disturbance Sunday morning involved a young man pursuing a ten year old girl, pursued to Salt Creek bridge where he fled.
J C Todd of Fairview is in the city on business Saturday. Mrs S Chesnut of Springville has been visiting her sister Mrs Lincolnia of Golith and returned home Thursday. Mrs B W H Peck and children have returned to Midland after visiting her mother Mrs Jacob Bauer. Born to Reed and (Mrs) Blackburn of Peerless a daughter Friday night. Mrs Fred Davis and daughter visited sister Mrs Henry Trowbridge in Huron. Born to Mr and Mrs Robert Ashley North Ostreet a daughter. Grover Wright and Mrs John Foster learned their father James Wright of Cloverdale was very low and planned to leave for Cloverdale that night. Mrs William Short of Fayetteville is seriously ill. Miss Henrietta Schmidt left for Minora to visit sister Mrs L A Haungs for the weekend. Mrs W S Boone North O street goes to Mitchell to visit her sons Frank and Hisle Ramsey. Abraham Hawkins of near Heltonville visited the city on return from Bloomington to see Elmer Hawkins.
Clarence Dowling teacher. Mrs. Martha J. Knochs is numbered with the sick the past week. E. A. Dixon and W. S. Roberts were at Bedford attending court Thursday. Homer Barker was attending to business at Campbellsburg Saturday.
Hydia McPike visited Kate McPike Sunday. Several neighbors and relatives from Bedford, Clifty, Paoli and Indianapolis were listed as visiting, hosting, or traveling for school and church events. A note about an ongoing pig poultry scam Tuesday and a tale of a man posing as a farm member circulated.
Pinkook notes frequent rain as residents travel for business in Tunnelton and Bedford. Dorothy Haws, two, suffers tonsillitis while Dr. Dobbins vaccinates hogs amid a county demonstration led by C J Jones and Purdue. Jane Lane dies at 60 in Mitchell after a long illness. funeral in Tunnelton led by Rev. Williams.
Springville correspondent reports Charlie Short and Rath visiting relatives in Bedford on Saturday. Agnes Giles of Bloomington visiting relatives this week. Jean Woo Clark of Hope, Thu, visiting son Bert Clark and family. Sonua Dean leaves for Ladoga for three weeks with friends. Walter Hammond of Danville and Harry Bevers of Oolitic visiting relatives. Calvin Bair conducts services in Hobbsville. Frances Deputy arrives to lead high school duties. Pearl Sipes recovering from appendicitis at Bedford Hospital. Rural Route Inspector and Bedford Postmaster Darrenberger inspect the local route. M F Short and daughter Mary return from Bedford. Margaret Temon and Grace Evalyn Hall hosted by Cleo Gray and Miss.
Several from here attended the Fair at Indianapolis. Harry Sanders vaccinated several hogs in this neighborhood last week. Mr. and Mrs. Guss Greeland visited Ermal Burton and family, Sunday.
Mrs. W. H. Bryant is very low and Everett Tincher moved to Bryantsville to work his trade. A large group of locals visit relatives and friends, with Isom and Edwards families hosting gatherings. The Isom school will open Monday September 20th, while hog vaccination questions divide farmers and County Agent Jones urges vaccination to save hog herds.
We thank friends neighbors and Stone Cutters Union for sympathy during illness and death of our husband father and brother and for floral offerings. Alfred and Robert Smith and others mention visits and greetings as well as travel to Paragon and Paoli for visits and business. Eslder J J Hatfield will begin a meeting September 25 at the Church of Christ Fayetteville. public invited.
Bill Smith of Rivervale visited Turrellton Tuesday. School started with a full week. Mrs Sue Allen is improving. Fred Reynolds preached at the M E church Sunday. Blanche Mathis of Pinhook visits Lawson Mathis and wife. Pearl Allen and daughters moved into Miss Pickett’s house last week. Merline Simpson visited relatives in Lawrenceport Saturday. Frank Martin preached at the Christian church Saturday night and Sunday. Bert Wright family visited Will Hubbard in Buddha Sunday. Funeral for Mrs Susie Lane at the Christian church Monday. Spencer Cooper and family and Charlie Wedgewood and families visited grandfather John Williams Sunday. Mr Sutherland leads High School with Miss Stevens as assistant. Miss Allen teaches seventh and eighth grades. Miss Crawford room No 2. Miss Effie Mahonery primary.
Murrell Boyd reports Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Kern, formerly of Loxton, visited relatives in Bedford before returning to Lincoln Nebraska. Mussel shell diggers in the area have a carload ready for shipment. A gathering at Daisy Cooper's home included Wilma Adamson Clare Kern Ebbie Brock Rose Malott Flora Fields Carl Meadows Volney Kern Raymond Malott John Adamson and Claude Kern. Relatives of Mr. and Mrs. A G Kern met at A L Boyd's home to celebrate Mrs Kern's seventieth birthday.
Delight Stannard reports the Popcorn Glee Club left Wednesday to attend the Republican Love Feast in Indianapolis and perform on the day’s program alongside other activities.
Miss Zore Chapman of Bryattsville will attend Indiana University in Bloomington this year, pursuing studies at the university and starting her on campus activities.
We thank the neighbors friends and Mr Roach the undertaker for kindness and sympathy during the sickness and death of our beloved wife and mother and for the many beautiful floral offerings signed Wm Short and Family
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