28 Jul 1921
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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1921
Page
1
The page lists editors and publishers eC Brice Jr and A W Hamblin. It shows subscription rates in advance and notes Bedford Iowa as a second class mail entry.
A town should foster a strong band as a valued asset. Local businessmen have funded one year, and a plan urges creating a youngsters band in the schools under Mr. Phillips guidance. This would feed future players into the community band and raise overall musical status.
A lyrical meditation on a derelict country church at the forks of the road. Once a hallowed Mecca of singer and sinner, time and tide erase its glory, leaving only a ruined sanctuary and sleeping congregation, while a grander city spire rises elsewhere. Uncle John is addressed in the closing line.
Secretary Corey announced that all concession spaces for next month's Iowa State Fair were sold last week with many more applicants seeking room. Outdoor machinery exhibits and livestock pavilions are filling rapidly, signaling a record fair turnout.
In a Pennsylvania poultry yard a bantam rooster hatched four chicks and now tends them like a hen. The birds vanished early, leaving the yard quiet as neighbors recalled the rooster’s missing crow at 4 a.m. and hours of clucking.
A brief note from Adams County Union Republican states the attempt to raise young birds went awry as seven eggs were placed under a male, with only four hatching. The report hints at experimental breeding or incubation practices without detailing species or outcomes beyond the hatch count.
In Taylor County Iowa August Term 1921 Kurg C. Lester sues to quiet title on extensive land parcels. He claims fee ownership since before March 1 1920 and seeks vendor lien for 600 dollars plus interest, with defendants Lloyd Turner and others in possession subject to the lien. The filing notes clouded title and asks for decree establishing plaintiff’s or restoring his title with costs and relief. Bedford Iowa July 1921 attorneys Brant Greene.
Alfred Anderson files an equity petition in the Taylor County District Court at Bedford Iowa against Albert Eaton Dwight Ferrill or Terrill Jacob Bohart Humphry Osburn Moses A Goff M A Goff and unknown claimants of Government Lot No 1 Section 29 Township 67 North Range 32 West seeking remedy in a real estate matter. The defendants are notified the petition is on file in the clerk of court's office.
In the District Court August Term 1921 No 2720 State of Iowa Taylor County to all whom it may concern You are hereby notified an instrument purporting to be the last Will and Testament of W H Cannon deceased dated January 25 1902 having been filed opened and read and the 23rd day of August 1921 is fixed for hearing proof of same at the Court House in Bedford Iowa before the District Court or the Clerk at ten o'clock A M of the day why the instrument should not be probated and allowed as the Will of the deceased Dated at Bedford Iowa July 14 29-31
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