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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1926
Page
2
Local residents recall a wagon accident after a fast train struck Charley Chitty’s wagon near Nod away. Several families visit relatives and attend events in Sharpsburg, Creston, Shenandoah, and nearby towns. Memorial services draw large crowds at the Presbyterian church and Lexington cemetery.
State Line neighbors share Sunday dinners and visits among Clarey Burns Allen and related families. Social events include W H C flower roll call, a Hopkins entertainment crowd dispersal by a windstorm, and multiple calls among Carolyn Allen Jennie Hannah Ed Clarey and Maryville connections.
A Memorial Day program at Oak Grove drew a large crowd and favorable weather. A College Springs quartet and the Pleasant Ridge band performed, with Ben R. Vardaman delivering a well received address. Local residents and visitors from Corning and Bedford attended events and a union children’s day service was announced for June 6 at the M. E. church.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Pullen visited relatives in Des Moines over the past week. Mr and Mrs Lawrence O Dell and son of Clarinda were here Sunday with relatives and friends. Bess Hanshaw and family of See City came Saturday for a short visit at the J B Marsell home. Mrs B L Clark has been ill with the sick the past week. Ray Journey and family visited Monday night at the Floyd Journey home. Arnold Basher was a Clarinda visitor Wednesday. Mesdames Brodie Shreck and Wilber Lacy visited Thursday with relatives in Gravity. Mr and Mrs Clayton Douglas and son Jr of Shenandoah spent Sunday here with Mrs Carrie Parker. J B Marsell and wife were Bedford visitors Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Grover Hankins and Mrs Lowry Hankins of Shenandoah visited here Sunday at the Jim Hankins home. Mrs Emma Humphrey of Clarinda spent Sunday here with relatives and friends. Mesdames George Bloom and Ned Combs visited with friends in Shenandoah Friday. Dell Pratt has been very ill for the past few weeks. Wave Crawford of Bedford has been visiting the past week here with Mr and Mrs Carl Morgan. I W Abbott of Shambaugh was in town Sunday visiting with old friends. Mrs Pauline Peve of Hopkins spent Sunday here with her parents Mr and Mrs Marion Pace. Mrs Effie Taylor left Thursday morning for Shelbina Mo for a week's visit with her grandson Mr Ralph Lake.
Walter Brookman returned to Lexington Nebraska last Tuesday after several weeks there. Cherald Brookman will spend vacation with grandparents Prof Barr and wife. Various relatives and friends toured northern Nebraska and visited in Lexington, Ladoga Holt and Gravity cemeteries. Local ministers attended meetings in Lenox and Corning. Numerous small family and hospitality visits followed, with many journeys between nearby towns and counties.
The Frank Dalto family and their spouses attended the funeral of A. O. Shank, as Allen Shank from Kansas City arrived Monday to visit after the burial. The service was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 PM at the local church.
Local residents and relatives visited kin across town and nearby towns. Mentions include Letha Woods at her sister Mrs George Booker, Mrs L H White and children from Savannah Missouri visiting relatives, and druggist Dr G A Dawes with son in St Joseph for a few days. Several families attended Rural Graduation exercises at Bedford and celebrated with graduates from Jefferson township.
A busy social note chronicles Conway Walter Woodruff Glen Woodruff and Clyde King visiting from Iowa while crowds filled the air dome for Beloved Vagabond after storms interrupted the film. Upcoming shows Empty Cradle Life's Greatest Game Air Hawk are listed with prior receptions and local travel to events and cemeteries near Bedford Creston Blockton Sheridan Hamburg and Maryville.
The article lists visitors and gatherings around Bedford including J Merriman, Mrs H W Sickels, Mrs M Barber, Frank Older of Des Moines, George McMasters, Mabel Martin, Rev Albert Dawes, J M Adams home gathering at Blockton, S H Martin of Des Moines, Isaac Carter’s hospital return, John Sleeth and Will Hays visit, Vernon Chandler family trip to Brooklyn and Bethany, Anna Kauble and Catherine Barber, H W Sickels visiting E G Sickels, Dr Stanley from St Joseph, and Nancy Collins found unconscious after a paralytic stroke.
A long reader column notes visits by Mrs. Claire Burge and daughter Mary of Estherville to relatives in Gravity and nearby towns. Many Shenandoah Bedford and Conway residents are mentioned visiting, shopping, or traveling to Creston, Sharpsburg, and Barnard. A local play, church events, and preparations for a Children’s Day program are described along with mail service updates and a Monmouth County area drama cast list.
The article argues wool as the durable wear surface for carpets and rugs. It notes oriental textiles’ longevity and that wool used in these regions largely originates from sheep in Turkish lands.
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