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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1921
Page
2
The list records numerous visits and relatives from Des Moines, Des Moines, Red Oak, Creston, Glenwood, Hopkins, and Bedford as residents travel for Christmas and weekend stays. Notable names include Moore, Emma Eagon, Paul Bartlett, Mrs C Hill, Miss Bana Levine, Nelson, Chas., N J Levine, Florence Doubet, Elmer Larsson, Mrs Walter Spurgeon, and J N Weatherly among others.
Mr and Mrs Clel Miller and family from Mt Ayr spent Christmas at the home of Mr and Mrs H F Fuller. Mrs Lizzie Morris went to Genterville Friday for a visit with relatives.
Miss Elizabeth Sparks travels Friday to Waterloo Iowa to visit sister Mrs John Bride. Several residents while here for Christmas visit relatives: Helen and Margaret Ash to Lenox, Mrs W C Denton returns to Hopkins, Rev Harry Lake spends holidays with Lake family at Macedonia Iowa, Lois Parker comes from Conway to Tom Parker home, Miss Elsie Moon returns to Omaha, Miss Ethel Evans goes back to Des Moines, Scott Hamilton returns to Des Moines, O J Kirketey visits Eagle Grove over Christmas, Goldie McNees arrives from Iowa City, Mrs John Miller visits Hopkins home of Mrs Earl Stone, and many more moving about Bedford for holidays and events.
E. J. Rhoads and family, guests at the 8. F. Steely home, left for Arkee Missouri on Tuesday. Miss Ethel Straight, unable to assume duties at Bedford post office since October, traveled to St. Joseph Tuesday for medical treatment.
A long list of local residents and guests traveling for Christmas visits and holidays. E T Philpot Sharpsburg visits Bedford on business while Miss Helen Keith and others visit family in nearby towns. Several teachers and students return home from Ames St Louis Lake City Corning and Whitewater for Christmas and attend gatherings with relatives and friends.
Miss Lucile Ellerman who had been visiting with her sister Mrs H M Loos returned Thursday of last week to her Dallas Center home.
Mr and Mrs W C Wright and grandchildren Dolores and Billey Wright left Wednesday of last week for St Joseph to visit at the I G new home.
A series of short notices lists Porter Jarvis of Clarksburg Virginia visiting with Donald Thompson and many others calling on relatives in Bedford and nearby towns this holiday week. People travel from Des Moines Ottumwa Maryville and Ottawa while Misses Agnes Jones Edith Moon and Marie Double return home for Christmas.
Mrs Jas Nevins and her daughter Ruth left Wednesday for Lenox to visit Mrs Chas Menoher. They plan to travel on to Corning to see Mrs Nevins daughter Mrs V O Vincent.
B V Kemper visited Kansas City for business then returned home Wednesday noon. W R C will hold a call meeting Friday December 30 at 2 30 pm at the hall. Mr and Mrs Charles Fitch went to Newton Iowa for Christmas visiting their son Verne. F McWhinney of Blanchard returned home with Wetmore party for a week. Lizzie Martin taught El Reno and visited sister Mary Martin in Lenox. Auto mechanic offers service with a guarantee of working order and no pay if not fixed.
The article notes freight and passenger totals last year show trucks carrying 1200 million tons of freight and rail lines 240 million tons. Motor car passenger futures rose by 4000 million versus the prior year while railroads gained 60 million revenue passengers, with auto growth largely tributary to rail service.
Mrs Harriett Hill who died recently in New York was the inventor of the vending machine for sale of paper drinking cups in railway stations. She headed the paper products division of a manufacturing company and had been employed as head of that unit.
A compact survey of royal titles from Portugal to Muscovy notes changes in sovereignty terms and notable shifts. It recalls Peter the Great adopting evor all the Russias, sultan meanings, and early majesty usage, alongside a satirical exchange about marriage. Also references Irish Sinn Fein activity near Rathrowen and a historic abduction linked to the Carden estate near Devil Bit mountain.
John Cole returned from Loma Montana to attend his father’s funeral and go home Tuesday. Roy S Brookman and son LaVerne from Bayard Nebraska arrived Friday to spend holidays with the Brookman family in Clarinda. Grace Brookman and brother Roy of Bayard spent Thursday in Clarinda. Ray Hamblin of Denver is here with family for the holidays. Darrel Reed attends school in Clarinda and is home for holidays. Mrs Sherr Neff returned to Atchison Kansas after attending her father Thos Cole’s funeral. Mrs Beerhart returned to Montana after funeral duties. Mr and Mrs Claude Nelson of Omaha returned home after a ten day visit. Jas Francis and family spent days in Red Oak with Mrs Francis and mother, with Mrs Arthur Bedell of Clarinda also visiting the farmers. My r and Mrs Frank Whiteman spent holidays with Fred Whiteman at Shelby Iowa. Mrs L F Philips spending Christmas week in Des Moines with daughter Mrs Row Coan. J B Masters of Clarinda seen in town attending business. Grace Brookman under doctor’s care two weeks, reportedly improving.
The Borden and Blair families express gratitude to those who assisted during our brother’s last illness and for the beautiful floral offerings. Mrs. Sarah Borden Mrs. Amanda Blair John Hanna
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