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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1925
Page
3
Neighboring towns report visits and calls in Creston New Market and Osceola Iowa. Families attend church, entertain guests, and welcome babies while farm business and meetings prepare for an upcoming Feb 18 Farm Bureau event with program and pictures promised.
Wits-d Eo Hinirick of LaCrosse Wisconsin visited sister Mrs Ed Martin near Isadora Missouri and Mrs Jess Martin of this place along with brother and father Walter and George Sickels. Harry Stout P O Townsand W R Reed and R C King toured Gravity coal mine Monday to compare local rock and shale formations.
Leslie Davis returned home after a week to visit his father Will Davis. Chas Lepley of Lacomi took his three oldest girls from grandparents but then brought them back. Claude Nelson and Ralph Rutledge visited Creston for one night. Howard Richey Howard Key and Paul Chitty visited Bedford for one night. Otha Vincent was a business visitor.
Local notes report Mrs Gath Pheeney visiting Lenox sister Mrs S Smith, and many inquiries into neighbors travels. Loyd Lowe dies in St Joseph. Dr L T Reed attends funeral. Farm moves, visits to Bedford Downs and Des Moines, marriages in Gravity, and local business and market activity noted. 96 year old Mr Hastings dies at county home. several residents trek to Shanda oah and Creston for work and family events.
Mrs Ike Howes has been ill for days. Nora and Edna Bloom visited Shenandoah. Earl Hipsley visited Clarinda Monday night. Herschel Harris and daughter Jeanne were Clarinda visitors Thursday. Ed Lawrence and son J D called in Clarinda Monday night. Alade Kelso visited Cris Whetstine home Tuesday. Arthur Littlewood attended a Centerville funeral Monday. Mesdames Cliff Novinger and …
Zarah Agra, a Constantinople porter who recently marked his 150th birthday, is touted as the world’s oldest man. He spent century-plus years hauling loads for ships and market stalls, reportedly avoiding alcohol and illness. He has had five wives and seeks a sixth.
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