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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
2
Mrs James Turner departed Monday to New Castle Indiana to visit her sister, traveling to the city for a family visit.
Willie Houck and his wife and son of Missouri visited here last weekend. Mr and Mrs W H Paige were in Des Moines the first of the week visiting friends.
Mrs E H Chilcote visited Cres ton Tuesday noon for a brief visit with friends. Mr and Mrs Clyde Livingston and their children were Maryville visitors last Friday forenoon. Mrs R C Griffith of this community was called to Adrian Missouri last week by the death of her brother in law John Mahan.
The county page recalls a week of travel and visits with neighbors and relatives. Mr and Mrs R T Burrell left for Nebraska last Sunday in their car. Miss Frances Fox from Battle Creek arrived for a Glen Woods visit. Mrs Lloyd Churchill visits her parents, and many others are mentioned including Polk Ingram in Kansas City and Miss Bernice John returning from Maryville hospital. Various residents travel for business, family visits, or outings, with mentions of a sales event at Kemple Sale Barn on Saturday August 22.
Mr and Mrs Will Stephenson and their son Elvon of Pleasantville Iowa spent several days last week visiting Sam Harley and his wife Mrs Harley The Stephenson family includes Mrs Stephenson and Mrs Harley who are sisters Will Stephenson is the editor of the Pleasantville paper
A Farm Bureau meeting is set for Friday August 21 at Lou’s home west of Sharsburg. Community sales begin Saturday with reminders to bring items for sale. Fred Fuller and wife plan a late week visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Ben H Fuller and relatives. Miss Lula Anderson of Canon City Colo left Tuesday noon for home after a week here. Mrs Philip Jackson visited Cres ton last Saturday to see her son Ben Tinkham and family. a niece and nephew of the Tinkhams joined. George Walker, Des Moines agent for the Western Newspaper Union, and his daughter Pauline Walker in Chicago for Junior Red Cross work are here on vacation.
Miss Virginia Mohler daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Mohler from east of town went to Maryville Monday to have her tonsils removed. She was accompanied by her sister Miss Lucille Mohler and by Dr Beau Champ.
Mrs James McCluskley and her daughter Jean of Fullerton California arrived Friday for a visit at the W H Kemery home. Mrs Kemery is her aunt. They had been visiting in Oklahoma just prior to coming here.
Mr and Mrs J S Larsson and Mr and Mrs Sam Harley plan a car trip to Minneapolis St Paul and other northern points visiting Mrs Roy Spurgeon in St Paul Miss Pearl Laird visiting from Chicago where employed by a Lewiston Montana Hililinery company Dr G W Rime visited Estes Park after two weeks away with his father from Malvern Iowa Leland Hopson returns to Des Moines to work after visiting his mother Mrs Warren O'Dell and relatives in town He is employed by a bonding company.
Mrs Emma Houston of Himore South Dakota died at her home last Sunday local telegram says Elmer Robbins her brother received Monday. Raised in Taylor county she spent many years there and in the area.
Hal Pierce seven, son of Mr and Mrs Howard Pierce near Bedford, came home last Saturday from Maryville where he recovered from an appendectomy performed a week ago Friday. Attorney O J Kirketey arrived home Monday from Rochester Minn where his father underwent gall stone removal at Mayo Bros hospital last Friday and is believed to be improving. Mr and Mrs B F Williams and son Donald plan to drive to Sioux Falls SD to visit Mrs Williams sister Mrs B J Klopp and will also visit Minneapolis and nearby areas in a trip lasting several days once weather allows.
Miss Pearle Campbell daughter of Mr and Mrs W E Campbell will leave for Spokane Washington on or about August 15 to join a party of friends including her fiance Dr R A Lower. They will then go to Priest Lake Idaho about August 22 to vacation at the summer home of Dr Lower's parents returning to Omaha about September 20 where she is employed in the U S Government Service.
Miss Vesper Price, who has taught Dramatic Art in Shenandoah schools for two years, departs this week to serve as dramatic coach with the Sympson-Levie Producing Company of Bardstown, Kentucky. Her current assignment will place her in the Des Moines area for a period to produce home talent plays.
Several tickets were sold here last Friday for the excursion trip to Chicago. Included among those from here taking the trip were Mr and Mrs Ralph Woodward M G Maxwell John Dinges and Francis Gant. The excursion was well patronized especially from Creston on east and the special train was divided into several sections before its arrival at Chicago. The local excursionists arrived home Monday morning.
Mrs. Alice Crosson, Mrs. Roy Churchill and Miss Vesper Price drove to Des Moines on a business trip in Price's car. Returning they faced Town mud during a heavy rain, spent a night at a farm house, and arrived home fatigued with mud on every side of the trail.
Mrs Marion Russell of Bedford announces the marriage of her daughter Dorothy Helen Bisenius to Raphael T. Bisenius on Tuesday August 4 1925 at Saint Cecilia Cathedral Omaha Nebraska. Bisenius formerly resided in Bedford and graduated Bedford High School in 1919. Mr Day Pierson of Kansas City and his wife visited Bedford early this week. Pierson once lived here and is a Kansas City apartment-house owner and Elks Club leader who winters in Key West Florida.
Mr and Mrs C C Newport from Des Moines are visiting at the Alex John home. Mrs Newport is a niece of Mr John. Mr Newport is foreman at the incubator maker Successful Incubator Company, which builds several thousand incubators yearly including a 300 cycle model and sells to South America, international markets, and all states in the union.
R E Bradley left Friday forenoon by car for Doland South Dakota to assist with vesting and threshing on his farm near there Bert Hopson accompanied him to Sioux City to visit his son Lucile Bradley Jean Dougherty and Marjorie Webb joined Mr Bradley to South Dakota Miss Mary Louise Hook left Sunday for Lincoln Nebraska to visit Lindenwood friends Edwar dine Hillyer Judith Van Dyne Evelyn Janssen Glen Day and others were Lindenwood guests. Petitions for divorce were filed by John A Norman of Lenox and Bertha M Newman near Conway alleging cruel and inhuman treatment and seeking custody of their minor children and property.
Classified item offer states a typewriter is for sale and available in this office. The notice is concise and provides a direct call to action for interested buyers.
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