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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1912
Page
8
The Bedford weekly paper lists Proprietors Editor RS Harry Askew Society Editor Jocelyn CRT and Manager Job Department with contact phones 887 and 269. The note captions roles within the newsroom and management.
The wedding of Mr. L. W. Cosner and Miss Louise Reath at the First Christian church Saturday evening came as a surprise to friends and relatives. Rev. A. E. Dubber performed the ceremony. The couple left for Seymour after the ceremony and planned to return to the groom’s parents’ home for winter before starting housekeeping in spring in a West 18th street bungalow.
Judge James B. Wilson and Mrs Maude Showers were married Sunday evening at the bride’s East High Street home in Bloomington. The Rev Joseph C Todd officiated and a wedding supper followed. Mrs Wilson is a prominent Bloomington woman active in clubs and hospital work. Judge Wilson serves on the tenth judicial circuit and is the Progressive party candidate for the state Supreme Court.
Cincinnati Reds will be here October 9 for a game with Wicker's Champions. Manager Wicker arranged the match, believing locals may provide a tougher test than brush leagues. Wicker's team could put up a strong showing against the big leaguers.
The five week old John Thomas Beasley, son of Mr and Mrs Flave Beasley, was found dead in bed at six Sunday morning on the Dr Freeland farm south of the city. Coroner Gibbons from Mitchell ruled heart trouble caused death. Funeral services were held Monday at Knott cemetery southwest of the city.
James Phillpot of Oolitic was shot in the right arm during a Sunday forenoon affray at the Louis Allio soft drink place near Oolitic. Two Kentuckians said to be brothers named Jackson are missing. The wound is painful but not dangerous. Phillpot sought medical help in the city. Officers failed to locate the alleged shooter.
Mr and Mrs John H Underwood hosted a Monday dinner at 5 pm honoring Hon Samuel Ralston of Lebanon Indiana Democratic candidate for governor. Attending were Judge Shea County Chairman C P Butler Mayor Albert Fields W E Clark Thomas Underwood Mc Henry Owen Robert Palmer and Robert Mellen.
William Terrell was sentenced Saturday to serve 2 to 14 years in the Michigan City prison and was taken there Saturday night by Sheriff William Sitler. Terrell, labeled a desperate character, offered no resistance and appeared content during the transfer.
Thomas Jones, 28, was struck and killed by a northbound freight in the Monon Railroad yards early Sunday. He had worked for the Monon Crushed Stone Co after arriving about three weeks ago. A naval photograph was found on him. inquest set by the coroner. He had been drinking and warned to stay off the tracks.
The New Albany and Floyd toll road was bought Saturday by Floyd township county commissioners at 1000 dollars per mile. The toll road has existed seventy five years and remains only the Corydon pike segment from New Albany to the Harrison county line. A petition may seek purchase of Floyd’s part to end the odium tied to it for years.
In front of the largest crowd of the season at Washington Park the Champs won the first game 1 to 0 with Billy Creamer striking out 12 in eight innings. The second game ended 1 to 1 with Ben Taylor fanning four as Jasonville managed four hits off Hoosier pitching. The doubleheader began at 2 pm and featured two seven inning games that extended into extra innings and five innings respectively.
Mrs Phoebe Lemon Hungate hailed as the only real daughter of the American Revolution from the John Wallace Chapter. She died suddenly in Long Beach California on August 31 after a life spent in missionary work across Missouri Nebraska Washington and California. Survived by four sons and a nephew, she joined the local DAR chapter in 1911 and received a gold spoon from the National DAR Society. Her home was 1145 Orange Street Riverside California where services and interment were held.
Charles I. Pearson of Chicago visiting Bedford relatives Monday. Miss Mary Hubrick of Louisville, a trained nurse, was called to attend Mrs. Green on West 14th Street who is seriously ill. Mrs. Campbell Fields on West 21st Street suffers from tonsillitis.
Born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Clin ton S McCurdy L street a son Robert Austin. Mrs W F Brooks and daughters who visited relatives in Terre Haute have returned home. Mr and Mrs Ralph Malott are making preparations to leave soon to make their home in Florida.
A resident triggered a fire alert Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock by reporting smoke from Frank Rariden s private garage on I street south of 23d. Firemen arrived, misread the location, and found no blaze after inspecting the area. Rariden, unaware of the commotion, drove off as crowds gathered and local curiosity grew.
There is speculation if the new sedimentation basin under construction by Wing Shields for the city will be completed before cold weather. Work is being rushed with progress showing hope of completion and possible winter use if no early freeze. If weather turns bad the plant may await next spring.
Peter Paxo an Italian from Mitchell died at City Hospital Monday at 3 a m from typhoid fever and related illness. He worked at the Lehigh Portland cement plant in Mitchell and had saved enough for burial expenses. Countrymen arranged burial at Wilson Roberts and Beech Grove cemetery after Catholic church services.
The article notes that Ladle and associates at the Central Union Telephone Company resume operations in the city today. It mentions a return to service after a suspension and outlines the expected impact on local phone users and business communications.
A gang of seven men and a foreman began work Monday to tear out and replace lines and cables of the old Home Telephone Company. The old wires were in bad shape and often failed service. New cable will be installed, and once finished every line will be housed inside a cable except at the city’s outer edge.
One of the Monon Railroad’s new passenger engines, 442, passed through the city Monday on its second trip over the south end. The engine ran on train No. 5 the previous night, and No. 6 brought it into town with the regular crew plus the traveling engineer aboard. The locomotive appears shorter at first glance due to its longer overall length.
Mrs Edward Shirey, guest of her brother T J Brooks on West 14th Street, returned to her home in Loagootee on Sunday.
The Lawrence circuit court opened Monday on a civil action filed by Mrs. Lilie Neff seeking $2,000 in damages. She alleges that while a buggy and wagon driven by Allen W. Richardson were nearby she was crushed between the vehicles, causing personal injuries.
A Bloomington man lost control of his car in Oolitic at about 8 30 Sunday night. The vehicle ran down an embankment and strived to mount the Byers home verandah. Two children escaped unharmed as the car, badly damaged, left the scene with the driver uninjured.
A surprise party honored Lon Lindsey on his forty third birthday at his wife’s home Saturday evening. Refreshments included brick ice cream and Nabiscos. Many friends attended and presented gifts while Rev Crawley and numerous families joined in the celebration.
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