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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1902
Page
7
Conway visitors attend local events while shops promote goods and services. Mentions of births, injuries, repairs, and visits fill a jumble of notices from Hadley and VanSickle’s, urging purchases of candies, watches, sewing machines, and embroidery supplies amid community news and town appointments.
Miss Vera Vickery plans a two week Minneapolis visit with sister Miss Nellie. Goldie and Ernest McCaun visited Cres ton at Mrs Connett's home. Frank Parker from St Joseph visits Bedford for family. Rev D W Griffith to speak at Meatsgrove prohibition picnic July 4. Shoes newly stocked with low price pairs. Jewelry stock moved to vacated Durham Wright building to become a news stand. Rocky Mountain Tea ad ends the column.
Big figures boast of 100000000 bottles sold to sixty years claiming the remedy cures stomach and bowel complaints and many other ailments. The advertisement warns readers to beware of imitators and promotes Percy Davis as the only Patokilter.
Hadley’s jewelry store announces large stock of spectacles and eye glasses. Miss Katie Keegan to speak at the park. Local updates include births, deaths, and marriages, with notes on Mrs. Frank White’s infant passing, Eli Craig’s bereavement, and community events in Bedford and surrounding towns.
An old advertisement touts To Cure a Cold in One Day tablets with a Grove signature on each box and a 25 cent price. It promises a refund from druggists if the tablet fails to cure and is dated November 5.
Miss Lennie Jackson left Monday for Des Moines where she accepted a position with the Des Moines Mutual Telephone Co. The company faces a staff shortage due to a current strike by employees. Mrs W E Miller hosted a Mother Goose party last Thursday night with Sunday school class members in attendance and refreshments served for a lively gathering. The Free Press note on electric lights and fans in Odd Pillows hall has been fulfilled, improving comfort for lodge attendees.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous membrane remedy. It includes endorsements from Wess & Truax, Wayne, and others, claims physicians' testimonials, and notes price five cents per bottle with sales through druggists.
Lyle Dunning, a recent Iowa State University College of Dentistry graduate, left for New Virginia in Warren County to begin practice. He is praised by Mt. Ayr friends for diligence, high class standing, exemplary habits, and integrity, and well wishes accompany his move.
A杂 collection of local notices reports sales, visits, jobs and events from Conway and nearby towns. Frank Miller and Daisy Nash visit L. R. Dowis. Bert Babson’s Brown transfer claim debunked. Ketch and Myers named rural mail carriers from Conway routes starting July 1. Weather praises unusual June frost, cold rains, and dampness. Local residents travel to Des Moines for shows. organ sales, missions meet, ball challenges, and Belgian hare samples noted.
Why it pays to patronize C J Johnson in Breasaust. He has 25 years of watch and jewelry repair experience and runs a locality based business. His aim is customer satisfaction and he warrants every repair. Watches and clocks are timed and adjusted before leaving the shop at J S Pieringer & Co, Sedford, Iowa.
Kodak supplies at Bibbins. Fine clocks cheap at Hadley. Miss Cecile Long visiting in Geneva Nebraska. Rev Griffith fills pulpit at Union church. Mrs Wm Hook visits from Clearfield. Hadley repairs praised as first class with reasonable prices. J Downey travels Bedford to Des Moines. J W Beauchamp enlarges porch. Scroggs & Tyler dissolve. Tyler & Copeland Broa formed. Hadley subscription service promotes saving time and money.
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