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Bedford Free Press

Location

Bedford, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1905

Page

4

Bedford Chautauqua Attractions Schedule and Tribes

The program lists Captain Pearson Hobson Governor LaFollette and speakers Yenaga W Hinton White G A Gearhart Thos McClarey Dr Frank Bristol with moving pictures and entertainers Roltaire Nolan Mid land Concert Company Nightingale Jubilee Singers Madrigal Ladies Quartette Round Table Seton Indian Tribes for boys and girls plus Indian games. Season tickets cost 2.50 for adults and 1.25 for children under 15 with more details to come.

Pearson Hobson LaFollette Wisconsin Yenaga W. Hinton White Illustrated G. A. Gearhart Thos. McClarey Frank Bristol Roberston Moving Pictures Roltaire Nolan Midland Concert Company Nightingale Jubilee Singers Madrigal Ladies Quartette

Mannered Mexicans and their street etiquette

The New York Tribune describes Mexican greetings, handshakes, inside walks for women, bowing, and the ritual of passing hats. It notes how Americans and Mexicans differ in signaling, social distance, and proximity in everyday meetings. It also covers smoking norms, funeral customs, church attendance, and funeral processions in urban life.

Mexico Mim Ife Meelf New York Tribune

Binding Of Books And Mirages Across The Mediterranean

A discussion on early book binding distinctions between rolled and folded sheets, followed by observations on mirages, notably the Fata Morgana off Calabria. Describes how atmospheric illusions create inverted or angled cityscapes seen at sea, with notes on historical awareness of the phenomenon.

Tropics Arctic Mediterranean Sea Calabria Italy Sicily

The Folded Book and Its Binding History

The piece traces early writing forms from rolls to folded sheets, noting Egyptian, Greek, and Roman use, the Hellenistic invention of parchment, and the Pergamene origin of the folded form. It explains binding by sewing back creases and uniting sections, marking the rise of modern binding and the term volume from roll origins.

Humenes Pergymus

Farmers Improve Highways In Indiana Good Roads Move

The good roads movement advances in Indiana as farmers embrace better highways. They learn markets come closer to the farm by improving roads and perceive clear benefits from road improvements.

Indiana

Great Western Offers Homeseeker Tickets to Many Regions

The Chicago Great Western railroad will hold home seekers ticket sales on May 2 and 16 and June 6 to 20 for round trip discounts to the north northwest south southwest and east. Additional homeseeker sales occur May 9 23 and 30 and June 13 27 to Minnesota the Dakotas and Canadian northwest. Inquiries to any Great Western agent or J Palmer G P A St Paul Minn.

Chicago Great Western Railroad Southwest Minnesota Dakotas Canadian Northwest Great Western J. Palmer St. Paul Minn

Low Rates to Portland via Chicago Great Western Railway

Travel bargain offers on Portland trips via Chicago Great Western Railway with tickets on sale from May 23 to September 29. Also available at very low rates to Seattle Tacoma Bellingham and Everett for regional travel.

Portland Oregon Chicago Great Western Railway Seattle Tacoma Bellingham Everett

Western agent sale details span several Pacific cities

The notice lists Wash . Victoria and Vancouver British Columbia . San Francisco . Los Angeles and San Diego California with low rates and sale dates plus other information applying to any area. J. P. Elmer P A St Paul Minnesota appears as contact.

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