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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
8
A scrambled clipping references Dr. Barton Pitts and a Private Eye hospital ad. It mentions women, freshness, and nonsensical phrases about vitality and potions. An Oley’s Kidney Cure claim appears, with a H. B. Rhoads seller note.
Attorney Blagg of Maryville handles cases Saturday. Burdock Blood Bitters touted as health tonic. Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil recommended for household use. Foley's Kidney Cure claimed to treat kidney disease. Germany tariff revision noted with travel ticket details. Wanted: gentleman or lady with references to travel for a business venture. Des Moines publisher Mr. Pierce discussed with Des Moines connections and Mor County Republican roots.
Small town notices mix political quips and personal items from Blockton Cres ton and Creston areas. J H Poe and Mr Showalter visit the city saturday. Fred Henderson of Cres ton visits with parents. Foley Kidney Cure advertised. Lem King family visits with relatives including Dr and Mrs R G Berry.
An old advertisement touts Dean's Regulats at 25 cents per box claiming to correct the liver tone the stomach and cure constipation. The clipping notes several residents traveling to Des Moines Minneapolis and Denver for reunions encampments and visits. A Rocky Mountain Tea product is promoted as a remedy for beauty and health.
A collage of classified snippets lists agents with addresses across many Midwest states, offering a 1500-agent contact list for sale. It notes marble monument discounts and a town expansion opportunity with Chicago Great Western Railway openings, urging readers to request catalogs and details.
After selling his harness store, McMantiz of West Main Street in M O invites all debtors to call at once and settle owed shop work or merchandise. He notes a feed barn on West Main Street as the location and date for payment.
A plan for a barn on a seventy five acre farm requests space to stable four horses, four milk cows, and four or five head of young cattle, plus space for twenty five sheep. The proposal outlines a compact bank barn design suited to housing diverse livestock.
A short description notes a compact bank barn 86 by 48 feet, suitable for horses, cows, young cattle, sheep, grain and hay. It suggests an eight foot basement, sixteen foot superstructure with curb reef or twenty with a gable roof, and estimates a build cost under $600 for a farmer to haul and construct locally.
Circular No. 65 summarizes H. G. Raschbacher’s irrigation study along 200 miles of the Snake River from St Anthony to the Salmon river entry. It details 800000 acres of reclamation, costs of land and water rights, and how to secure lands under the Minidoka project. Average outlay per acre runs around 40 dollars with year one cash needs about 6.25 dollars per acre. Yields around Twin Falls in 1905 show strong crop results for corn, wheat, oats, potatoes, beans and millet. Copies available from the issuing office.Track: heavy autumn irrigation benefits, sheep industry notes on ram demand, and sheep mortality from black goosewood.
Chicago bankers offered a 5000 reward for Paul O Stensland fugitive president of Milwaukee Avenue state bank. A conference planned rapid action to aid police in the search while two receivers moved to manage the failed bank. A mysterious room was found in Stensland’s Irving Park home believed to be a hiding place.
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