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! on over there.i It was good tx he there and | listen to all that*was said and we nthoroughly enjoyed it.L-: -plainly showed the team had come to the house without a driver and in passing through a gate had 1 caught and broken some of the rails on the load. IIow he gotinerGirl Drowned Sunday.A party of young people came1011 the wagon he does not know, I but the supposition of some is that'over from Bedford Sunday morn- stranger saw had serious-jing to spend the day on White ‘-v in-lured the hov and pLaeed hira■on the wagon then started the!team for the house. Others thinkbL-dbRiver at Armstrong's cabin. Inthe party was Miss Floy Black, , .age 16 years. After reaching the that although dazed and nncon-•_ , '......i........., . iscious or what he was doing Walter made his wav back to theriver a number went in bathing.Some went up the river in a boat. . . ,, .,i • . j wagon but, was unable to guideand were going to wade back.!,, • loPrecaution had been taken toi^eA *’eam’As soon as his condition wasen,sgydi-L- supply each girl with a log to hold to in case deep water was encountered, but when they reach cd the deeper water and their feet left the ground three of the girls became excited and let go the log. The boys in the party went to their rescue and succeeded in10learned a doctor was summoned but the only thing Walter would say was “don’t hit me, I won’ttell.” which he would mumble*occasionally during the afternoon. After be regained consciousness and told what had happened a•bringing two of the girls to safe- s,,!la}1 knot was found at;the basety but they could not save Miss Black and she*? sank from view.of the skull just back of the ear, showing where he was hit.The water was dragged with aL Waltei- is al!- ^ht now, hut i.__ .. i n,. i. n fi reeling is pretty high and this;tfeeyLSIeseine and the body recovered after it bad been down forty-five minutes. A physician was summoned and worked with the girl but she war beyond recall.Funeral was held from the Bedford Free Methodist church Tues-idav afternoon at 2 o’clock.man will be run down if there is any possible chance.in*ABeing poor is nothing to be ashamed of, but if you are poor and proud of it, you’ll probably never be anything else.s-Cowardly Assault.Ibs-1-nySt111,ydi Walter Reid was assaulted by i ^ ia stranger in the woods ,on the-| farm of his father E. M. Reid,; Thursday morning about 10'0 ’clock and was unconscious jabout eight hours. During this time his parents could not learn what had happened to him. When he came to his right mind about 6 o’clock Thursday evening he told wliat had happened.Walter, who is 15 ye^rs old, Ipid gone to the back of the farm to get a wagon load of old rails to put under , a haystack. He had loaded the rails and was returning when he heard a gunshot in jthe woods pasture just off the field. lie weiit over and arrived just, in time to see the man, who was a t;otal stranger to him, start to pick up a squirrel. Walter told the stranger to leave that squirrel alone. The man replied he would not. Walter told him if he did not he would tell his father. To this the stranger replied “if you tell1 will kill you.” Walter started to get the squirrel and the man struck him in the* back of the head either with his fist or the butt end of his gun and from that time, on Walter knows nothing of what happened until in the even-• • • ..•■*' , # ‘ r-mg.When they found / Walter he was on the wagon load of ' rails and the Wagon was standing inn the barn lot. Tracks of the wagonWith the ChurchesMethodist Episcopal Church.Sunday School 9:15 a. m. Church Service 10:30 a. m. Epworth League 6:00 p. m. Church Service 7 :00.p. m. Prayer Meeting We'dnes day 7:30 p. m.J. D. JEFFERY, Pastor.seeis.s.idiSityiedie1-de.iefidEHirStillVNO matter what you may Market is still buying ctinue to buy. We will ham us, and continue to serve ot ly and accurately in prices have many regular and sa and you are, invited to coratws wn.1. VAT CASK FI■••' V. .lt;* £V: . - ** wV i1- '.* v . ; v*
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Mitchell Commercial
Mitchell, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 17, 1919
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