Gravity News Local Folks Visit and Move In Town
Gravity and surrounding area residents are noted visiting relatives in Bedford Red Oak Des Moines and Des Moines Drake University. Local moves include George Depews moving to Roy Walker property Elihu Baker moving to his new purchase and a Christian Advent revival underway with an evangelist from Chicago. A missionary pageant was presented at the Christian church to a full house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Laird
Casper
Wys
Henry
Laird
Sadie’ Cox
Bernadine Posteh
Drake University
Des Moines
Bedford
Fred Dunkin
Christian Church
Christian Advent Church
Chicago
George Depews
Roy Walker
Elihu ‘Baker
Bedford Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Health
Local residents were seen visiting relatives and attending events across Bedford and nearby towns. Notable mentions include Mrs. Burge’s ill brother William McCullough in Clarinda, visits by Fern Roberts Leland Pool and Dave Norston to a basketball game, and Mrs. Truman King and Ray mond visiting St. Joseph. Others include Dan Ryan Creston visiting sister Mrs. Franklin Burch, Herman Roberts at county seat, Mrs. J Ross Kopp consulting in Maryville, and numerous Bedford area visitors from Leon Ansil Lyons and Orville Pine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd
Clarinda
Junior
Frank ‘Wright
Groom
M. H. Simmons
C. E. Straight
Bedford
Ray Philpot
Son Mason
Maryville
Mason
Amos Humphrey
George Gold
Conway
F. M. Humphrey
John
Anson Gold
Lenox
T. E. Lambley
J. A. Lambley
J. A. Round
Blockton
Clarence Toops
H. A. Piper
Clarinda Visitors and Local Calls Noted in Week
Mr and Mrs Frank Kelso and sons visited Clarinda with Mrs Kate Cooke and daughter Wilma Journey. Clay ton Douglass Shenandoah visitors to Mrs Carrie Parker home. Marty Cherry Florence Pratt sick. Ora Cade Thelma in Clarinda on business. Jennie Hughes returned from Graham Missouri. Will Rice to Des Moines on business. Hattie King ill the past week. Claude Moorman and Mrs Parker callers. Emma Pace and Helen Pace with Katherine Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kelso
Chris
Kate
Cooke
Wilma Journey
Clayton
Douglass
Shenandoah
Carrie Parker
Marty Cherry
Florence Pratt
Paul Clark
Claude Moorman
Emma Pace
Helen
Katherine Johnson
SIAM ITEMS Local social notes from Bedford area
Fred Melvin and family were Bedford callers Saturday. Ray Fine and family were Sunday guests in Claude Pace home. D. D. Miller and C. A. Clayton were business callers in Clarinda Tuesday. Curtis Melvin and family spent Sunday with Fred Melvin and family. Rev. Pilalas and son Cleland were Saturday night visitors in Elvessa Laub home. Fred Henderson purchased 40 acres of Elmer Fine estate along Page county line. Glen McPherron reportedly out of danger. Rev. Pilalas and son and John Miller and family were Sunday guests in Nores Adams home. J. M. W. Miller spent Monday with daughter Mrs. Hugh Reid and family. Emory Hardee and family were Saturday night visitors in Ira Smith home. O. E. S. Chapter had good attendance despite bad roads and weather with a patriotic program for Lincoln and Washington. M. W. Miller helped New Market program broadcast from KFNF. Family and friends of Mrs Perry Fine gave her a 52nd birthday surprise with 48 people present. F. W. Shields and Emory Hardee’s families visited Hugh Reid Sunday afternoon. Clarence Henderson and family and Mrs Crystal Clayton spent Monday evening with F. W. Shields. Will Miller and family were Sunday guests in Frank Pace home. Miss Helen Miller has been out of school two days due to illness.
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Fred Melvin
Pilalas
John Miller
Nores Adams
JM. W. Miller
Hugh Reid
Lincoln
Washington
M.W. Miller
Stenando
KFNF
Perry Fine
F. W. Shields
Emory Hardee
Clarence Henderson
Crystal Clayton
Will Miller
Frank Pace
Helen Miller
Sharpsburg Community Briefs Highlight Local Happenings
Mr Duncan of Shenandoah visited on business last week. J A Key was a Gravity visitor. Howard Richey bought the Brown Cream and Poultry station. Gillett moves into the Young property in the east end. Residents attended Boltinghouse and Brown sales. The school marked Valentine Day Friday and the W C T U observed Lincoln's birthday events.
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Mr. Duncan
Shenandoah
J. A. Key A
Howard Richey
Brown
Gillett
Boltinghouse
Lincoln’s
Local notes highlight community visits and new cars
In a look at the week in the neighborhood, Rev Kerr of Omaha Seminary preached Sunday cand. Ora Nelson of Gravity visited. J C Key loaded Timothy seed car. Ed Phélan Lenox visitor. Ora Nelson and son Claude Greenfield visitors. Raymond King Conway visited. Mr and Mrs Souder of Conway visited. Ed Philpot and O Nelson Bedford visitors. Mabel Grimm and Aline Brand attended Lenox show.
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Kerr
Omaha
Ora Nelson
J. C. Key
Timothy Seed
Jesse Henderson
Camipain
Paul
Chitty
Lloyd
Key
Phélan
Claude
Athelstan Items Show Visits Births and Local Trips
Glenn Sickels and family and George Reede and family visited Sunday at the Reede home. A son was born to Elbert Adams and wife Monday the 9th. Roy Kemery made a business trip to Grant City. Visits and trips filled the week as families visited Blockton Sheridan Bedford Isadora Parnell and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Sickels
George Reede
W. R. Reede
Elbert Adams
Roy Kemery
Grant City
Fred Scott
Haldeene
Blockton
C. M. King
W. C. Sickles
Anice Gibson
Guy Lantz
James Morris
Esther Cordell
Maloy
L. J. Hunt
Sheridan
P. O. “Townsand
Daily Thought on Montaigne Quote About Self Entertainment
The quotation reflects Montaigne's view that nature endowed humans with a strong capacity to entertain themselves alone. It suggests we owe much to ourselves rather than to society, emphasizing personal initiative and self-reliance as the primary source of amusement and reflection.
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Nature
Montaigne
Unhappy Man Seeks Favor Yet Minds Motives
A reflective note on a man deemed most unhappy on earth, unable to receive a favor without suspecting a hidden motive and always ready to reciprocate or repay, revealing a cautious, distrustful temperament.
Land boundaries among neighbors in Taylor County dispute
Abutting property owners Jani and others in Taylor County clash over land boundaries along a vacation route referenced as Appear. The dispute involves named individuals including Mrs Wey and alterations to property lines affecting tenants and owners along the pass through the land.
Meaning of Zion and Its Hebrew Roots Tentative Note
The fragment discusses the Hebrew term Zion or Sion as possibly deriving from an older word meaning dry or to protect. It mentions Mion as a farm, cites terms like citadel and summit, and notes Zion as the southern part of the eastern hill atop which the temple was built.
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Zion
Mion
Slyyon
Arilete
Frozen Elephants Found in Siberia Preserve Meat Specimens
Report notes that frozen elephants discovered in Siberia were in remarkable preservation. No records show anyone attempting to eat the meat, though several specimens are said to be preserved in museums worldwide. The Smithsonian Institute is mentioned in relation to the finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Institute
Sberia
No Mystery In Rain From Clear Sky Says Nature Magazine
Nature Magazine explains rain from a clear sky is not mysterious. Small raindrops fall slowly, may take hours to reach ground, while the cloud that produced them may have dissolved or moved beyond the hot zone.
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Nature Magazine
Byron differed with public on best work Don Juan chosen
The article notes Lord Byron, often hailed as the greatest lover, clashed with public opinion over his finest work. He believed Childe Harold’s celebrity status was his masterpiece, while the public credited Don Juan, written 1818 to 1820.
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Lord Byron
Childe Hanold
Youthful Heartbeat and Love’s Evergreil Tree
A quotation from Grit ponders youth and love, stating that a loving heart keeps one young. It suggests sixteen as the start of youth and sixty as a marker toward aging, arguing for perpetual youthfulness through love and vitality.
That's Quite Different Doctor Your Husband Dente
A mangled snippet appears to spoof a dialogue about smoking and eating between meals. The line pairs joke about habits, with a doctor and wife exchanging quips. The fragment lacks clear names, places, or an event context to anchor a full notice.
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Dente
Central
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Charley Morris
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Alfred Nye
Youth In Love
J Kemp
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