Bedford Faces Smallpox Epidemic Closures
Bedford community grapples with a smallpox outbreak as Sunday schools and picture shows shut down. Public schools may close soon amid health fears and caution from officials.
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1914
Page
2
Bedford community grapples with a smallpox outbreak as Sunday schools and picture shows shut down. Public schools may close soon amid health fears and caution from officials.
Public notice reports a church appointment or event though the readable text is fragmentary. Names and exact roles are unclear but the item concerns religious leadership or a church organization. Further details are unreadable in the provided snippet.
A fragmentary notice urges attendance at Sunday school next Sunday March 5 with a temperate forecast. It references leaders and organizers including Elba Webster and a general call to workers to do more than average work as quoted from Ben Franklin Monthly.
Advertised health tonic claims to prevent need to work while sick and promises to restore strength. The copy emphasizes avoiding sickness costs and touts Rexal Stores as the selling point, urging immediate use of the product to retain money and health.
Officials in the township prepare the personal property schedule for assessment. Aircraft, planes, household goods, instruments, and various items will be valued. deputies assist, and the state statistician aids in compiling data to determine tax liabilities.
A small advertisement notes a sale of cow peas and clover seed at 221 Ty E Littell in Plainville Inn. Mrs Stella Jarvis and her daughter Lydis of Indianapolis visit Lydia Seneff in the town. context indicates a local business listing and a family visiting.
Mrs Emma Andis went to Indianpolis Tuesday to visit her daughter Mrs E E Hindman. Alice and Ellen Dean daughters of Mrs Hindman who have been here for a visit accompanied her home.
Layer boiled macaroni in a buttered dish with grated cheese, repeat the steps, pour over seasoned white sauce, cover with crumbs and bake until golden. Instructions reference butter, cream or crumbs and list names that appear garbled in the copied text.
Fragmentary recipe text describes angel food cake steps with sugar, flour, baking powder, egg whites beaten with sugar, milk heated, and a bake in a moderate oven. Mentions Beatrice Dongierty as a person reference.
A readable snippet describes a butter rich cake with sweet milk and a thin batter using baking powder. It mentions layers and a decorative presentation as part of a lesson or recipe, naming Mrs Liibe Neorierne in the context.
Readable fragments reference people and places with scattered numbers and partial phrases. The text hints at a meeting or event with unclear context and several proper nouns, but lacks coherent actions or outcomes to report.
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