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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1913
Page
8
Mrs Bryan, celebrated as the second lady of the land, tends her Lincoln home with fruit canning and household duties. She promotes her own product over branded goods, guiding public questions with a practical, frugal approach while supporting her husband in public life.
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Rioting and a prison fire at Sing Sing led to the transfer of leaders to Auburn. Damages reach $200,000 as convicts endured bread and water. investigations focus on cocaine smuggling and the use of damp coolers to confine rioters. Warden Clancy acted swiftly to quell the disturbance.
Paris article describes a proposed poets bank that would provide instant relief to struggling writers without deposits. It envisions a fund created by young authors to support talent during the early phase of careers. The plan aims to ease poverty and encourage artistic pursuit.
Senator Thornton of Louisjont finds the heat intolerable on a Washington Capitol elevator. The elevator operator quips about his lack of collar and tie. Thornton, startled, realizes his neckwear is missing and hurries back to his office to retrieve it after lengthy departmental calls.
Mantor and Frank Harris cross Moone Creek when a rattlesnake coils to strike. A dog named Tippy, having swum the creek, seizes the snake by the head and kills it, saving Harris from a fatal bite. Harris earlier served as county treasurer.
The Senate committee on post offices and post roads decided without a formal vote that Postmaster General Burleson acted within his powers by increasing parcel post weight limits and lowering postal rates. Burleson’s order will take effect without legislative interference as no action was taken on the bill or joint resolution sponsored by Senator Bryan.
Washington D C Dr Gamilton Wright American delegate to the second International Opium Conference reports enthusiasm over its成果 at The Hague and expects world ratification of the 1912 Opium Convention by year end The conference urged the Dutch government to press capitals for ratification through Dutch ministers to accelerate adoption by remaining nations.
Faced with a depleted county treasury and a refusal to fund a schoolhouse, about 100 residents of Unnois Park gathered with hammers and saws and completed a sturdy local school building by nightfall. They supplied labor and materials, and Ernest Kline, a local divinity student, volunteered as instructor. The echo will run a summer session.
A waiter bit into a black pearl valued at $1,000 after breaking a tooth during lunch at a restaurant in Akron. Jack Newman handed the pearl to Bayern Jewelers for appraisal. experts confirmed the rare gem’s perfection despite initial fears it might be spoiled by cooking.
The Oregon, flagship battleship, sails from San Francisco in 1898 on a bold voyage around Cape Horn to reach the Atlantic via the Panama Canal project. Captain Clark leads a long, perilous crossing as war looms with Spain, seeking shelter at neutral ports and signaling confidence in rapid canal transit.
Sister Mary Alexandrine, countess by birth, died at the Visitation Convent in Willington Delaware aged eighty one. Attached to the Bavarian court in youth she served forty five years as a nun and twelve years as mother superior. Born April 10 1882 in Bavaria to the Counts de Butler and de Buller von Kaimhusen, she once acted as maid of honor at a Buchan court.
Wilkesbarre detectives investigate a New Rochelle postal note claiming the murder of Miss Alice Grispell. They question acquaintances about a suitor with initials A N and review letters between Herbert Jing and Grispell. Chief Holtman and James Price vow full inquiry and postal help, deeming the writer possibly fictitious but not ruled out.
In Allentown Pennsylvania Francis Rhoades a Lehighton man formerly employed as a trimmer killed his wife by poisoning her coffee after an argument over finances and jealousy. He injured her previously breaking two ribs and later killed himself. his body was found in a barn after the alleged poisoning. He had previously won a $6000 verdict from long litigation over an arm injury.
Jefferson City Mo Barrington Seymour called Lord a convict seeking liberty after a 1902 murder near St Louis. He was condemned to death but Governor Folk commuted to life. Barrington claims a British upbringing and altered identity, with an affidavit from Cecil Rollins to prove the victim was James P McCann.
Joliet with Rosa Novak, 20, married Anton Kurchino of Detroit a month ago. She removed his wooden leg and hid it to block service of divorce papers. Kurchino shouted for help from a hotel window when he woke and learned papers were served after deputies located the prosthesis.
In Tuscaloosa County Alabama farmer George Hiogg of Searle reportedly lost three sons in a single day. While cutting wood an axe flew from the handle striking an infant in the head, killing him and injuring two other sons who died later, leaving the family in shock.
Sailors from the Pacific fleet disrupted a strike led by the Industrial Workers of the World causing damage estimated at eight thousand dollars. Mayor George F. Cotterill issued orders to close saloons and stop street meetings while taking control of city affairs, likened to martial law, after a threatening wave of unrest tied to national tensions.
Bath North Dakota Frank Burnside flew to 12950 feet to set a new American altitude mark. He stayed aloft one hour forty minutes as crowds watched from ground to clouds. He battled severe cold despite winter gear with temperatures dropping from 92 to 80 at altitude.
Local readers recall the long-running claims for Doan's Kidney Pills and a Clarinda user’s strong endorsement. An August incident near Blue Grove details a car accident injuring Charles and Brims Beck, with Beck sustaining severe cuts and a broken nose, both cared for locally before recovery. Lenox Lime Table.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable cases and endorsements from the National Bank of Commerce. A separate notice reports Shenandoah’s Western Normal college property valued at 75060 dollars transferred to the Shenandoah school district to continue as Western Normal college offering normal, business and vocational courses alongside high school studies.
Mrs D L Kenney praises Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment for curing a fifty year tetter. Ad notes that ointment costs 60 cents and is available from Pfeiffer Chemical Co. Readership is reminded of druggists and mail orders in St Louis and Philadelphia.
Ill or stubborn stomach liver or kidney disorders patients urged to use a fifty cent bottle of Seven Bark[s] claiming blood purification and brain clarity. The ad promises life improvement and directs readers to buy at druggists, listing Lyman Brown 68 Murray Street New York NY.
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