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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
2
A wartime reflection questions why veterans avoid wearing uniforms during Memorial Day and military funerals. It argues that fear of self-consciousness and heat keeps some ex-soldiers from joining memorial rituals, urging readers to act for the memory of fallen comrades and shed civilian clothes in service events.
Mrs Norman Girling of White Plains New York rescued her drowning infant by climbing into and out of an open well while pregnant with her fifth child. The Carnegie Hero Commission declined to award a medal, but she gained two healthy babies and ample public praise.
The piece argues that the emergency wheat tariff passed by Congress for the benefit of the farmer primarily enriched the grain traders and misdirected the intended aid, highlighting the policy's failure to reach the farmer.
In Chicago a writer laments the wheat slump from January to May with prices dropping from 1.49 to 1.10 per bushel as farmers liquidate stocks. He notes a May tariff passed after much selling, followed by a late May rally to 1.65, enriching speculators while farmers toil anew. The piece ends with a wry quip on the farmer’s lot.
Mayor's proclamation announces a June 21 1921 election in Bedford Iowa from 8 AM to 7 PM to decide granting an Electric Light Franchise to the Home Electrical and Manufacturing Company under Ordinance No 169. Ballots instruct Yes or No choices for the measure adoption.
The Bedford Iowa City Council approves Ordinance No 169 granting Home Electrical and Manufacturing Company and successors a twenty year franchise to erect operate and maintain an electric plant and distribution system in Bedford. The ordinance covers street rights construction care standards meter use, city purchases options and 1921 election procedures.
The Y W C A Page County presents The Youngest Dryad at Lake Crabill Clarinda Iowa on June 3 at 4 00 p m Four hundred girls from county clubs take part in May Festival dances and the May Pole ceremony The Balloon Dance closes the show If rain delays the pageant moves to June 6 at 4 00 p m Lake Crabill provides a natural theatre and swimming boating facilities
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