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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
12
A Kansas City Star notice reports a banker recounting a peculiar overdraft request from a client whose balance never exceeded 1,000 dollars. The client sought 4,000 with safe conditions. a later visitor presented a 5,000 check, then destroyed it. The next day the client returned the overdraft idea, revealing the bet motive and the 5,000 check won from a friend.
A Lagrange Georgia Graphic item describes the chaos a toddler creates at home and the joy he brings. The piece paints a lively scene of a house turned to bedlam with toys scattered, brushes and books displaced, and a roaming child who chews editorials and even coal yet fills the home with laughter and love. The narrator vows not to trade the rascal for anything, valuing the boy's presence over order.
A reflective piece on value, independence, and diplomacy noting that inheritance does not guarantee satisfaction, urging lists of uncompleted and completed tasks to guide ethics. It recalls a railroad study request, then quotes biblical verses as comfort, guidance, and discipline for attitude toward work, money, and people.
A tall stern woman with a goatee clings to a door seat on a Washington street car. The conductor requests she move forward but she refuses. The car stops when the motorman disables power, and she falls as passengers laugh. she insists she would not move.
A department of agriculture clerk cites a case where clover failed to seed in Australia due to native bees with short tongues. A scientist imported long tongued humble bees, transforming the crop into one of the country’s richest. Also a Marysville tale features Evelyn, a brave girl who mocks fear, asking if her father fears anything but mother.
A suburban couple moved in last fall to a house haunted by noises that scared away servants. A winter raid by marauding squirrels settled up in an unused loft, feeding on crackers placed by the lady. Over a week the animals grew tame and now sit on the dining room window sill during breakfast with their human hosts.
The article recounts a dispute over ancient vaccination for cowpox in India. Lord Ampthill cited Dhawantaria as describing vaccination, but the claim is challenged as possibly interpolated. Sir John Malcolm and Ellis of Madras are noted for a Sanskrit poem aiming to ease Brahmin prejudice toward a prophylactic vaccine.
A hotel cafe scene in which a wandering man pretends a Missouri legislator who fights tipping is dining nearby. He flirts with the waiter by pointing out the other table as the supposed legislator, then reveals the ruse after the waiter questions the tale, admitting the man is merely a gentleman and leaving a quarter as payment.
A preacher outlines the Easter morning narrative from the tomb, angels, and Mary Magdalene, detailing Jesus rising on the third day, appearances to Mary and the disciples, and the commission to carry the gospel, with notes on the Ascension and the Holy Spirit promise.
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