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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1915
Page
7
An ornate sales pitch touts Suitables as the place to buy first class jewelry with service equal to the best and color engraving. The rest of the text shifts to local notices about residents, farm transfers, and a brief analysis of Iowa corn quality and farming conditions.
Hopkins Q O Reese celebrated a birthday anniversary at the Jackson Sherry lumber yard. David Young a Grand Island Nebraska freight conductor visited local friends. Elizabeth Smith returned from a visit near Avon Illinois. Mr and Mrs Fred Abernathy visited the Bram home. Lissie Whitten hosted the Christian church young ladies class. W K Adams traveled from St Joseph to manage farming interests. Pearl Traster of Winterset visiting friends. Gilbert Nace moved to St Joseph to work with the street railway. John Douglass underwent a second operation at St Joseph hospital and is progressing well. Clyde Otmetesd mentioned in delivery notes.
An 1915-era discussion notes corn risk in Iowa and adjoining states as early October freezes kill stalks. Experts warn wind and snow threaten the crop, urging cribbing and drying in crib or field to salvage feed for cattle and hogs, while noting heat shortages limited yields. references to Wallace Farmer and Austrian account of an Ancona torpedo incident appear in passing.
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