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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1916
Page
4
Numerous Bedford residents and relatives are mentioned visiting kin across Iowa Missouri and Kansas during Christmas week. Names include Hutchinson Parka Menzies Burk Burnside Goodsell Evans Tinkham McNair Daugherty and several families with travel to Des Moines Centerville Ames and Denver among others.
First Presbyterian announces A Message for the New Year for next Sunday with 9 46 Sunday school start under Supt H M Ramsay The Christian Endeavor meets at 6 20 led by Mrs James Galter The Lord's Candlestick is the evening theme The chorus choir will provide cheerful music Special music planned Public invited The Christian Church holds Bible school praising a banner Sunday The New Year Work is the morning theme Preaching both morning and evening Prayer meeting Wednesday Choir practice after service Ladies meet Wednesday at 2 30 PM A New Year greeting from Minister Lee H Barnum
Lenox residents Mr and Mrs N G Whisler and family visited Creston last week Rev A L Davidson attended Presbytery in Clarinda Monday Mrs Vern Dunlap returned from Malay relatives Mrs Will Potts hospitalized for appendicitis at St Joseph J R Locke and Mrs J H Spencer are among travelers visiting Kansas and other distant places Win Davidson visited his parents this week
Local column lists numerous visitors and travel, including Mrs. Jesse L. Clark's December 14 death in New Market at age 67, funeral at Baptist church, and interment at Memory cemetery. Other entries mention relatives from Peru Neb, Oklahoma moves, and several Kansas City and Missouri trips with family.
D W Griffiths gigantic spectacle The Birth of a Nation will be shown at the Armory Clarinda Ta on December 28 29 and 30 with matinees and evening performances. The film previously played in New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia St Louis Milwaukee St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Omaha and other cities, drawing large weekly crowds.
R M Jackson announces a new small claims practice location upstairs over Farmers and Merchants Bank on Main Street.
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