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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1923
Page
1
Notice indicates mail handling actions at the Bee D Iowa Post Office as second class mail service continues. It records postal procedures and expected delivery timelines for residents and nearby addresses.
The essay argues simplicity reveals true quality across arts and life. It honors Home Sweet Home as a test, contrasts with ornate frills, and cites painting, sculpture, poetry, music, and Napoleon to claim strength lies in plain, unadorned form and living virtue.
A reflective piece discusses prospects in life as a steady pursuit while a man chews his daily bread. It muses how future gains shape today’s choices and the balance between immediate needs and distant hopes.
A patient reports years of abdominal discomfort and persistent piles, noting major worsening in the last two years and crediting Dr Trimmer's treatment as a turning point.
The speaker laments gloomy prospects yet clings to dreams of happiness as he lies awake at night. He wakes with a skyward gaze and a fighting spirit, wondering why his appetite for battle endures. He warns others to tread carefully on the path to the afterlife and dodge the fiery brimstone ahead.
A boy discusses multiplying with a rabbit as a joke about a seller’s promise. He asks how much is three times four as he strikes the animal when it stays silent. The tale mocks miscommunication between buyer and seller and ends with the rabbit paying the price in the crowd’s eyes.
A sermon notes why men neglect worship on the Sabbath citing fatigue, entertainment, laziness, poor preaching, and moral failing. It argues that civic leaders and professionals avoid church to dodge gospel demands and calls every decent citizen to attend weekly services and fulfill church obligations.
Mrs H L Burgess of Hardin County writes on home demonstrations sharing tricks to make a dress form label jars mend paper dolls and baskets repair broken window lights wrap mop handles and create foods and hats. She notes men view the dress form as a joke yet many would enjoy trying it themselves and mentions learning to bake white cake and carrot pickles and to remake hats using velveteen silk and ribbon with color.
A diary style report covers sewing tips origami flowers hat shaping food prep and canning, plus soap making, recipes and patterns. It notes exchanges with Union and Providence ladies and Eldora township women, praise for Edith Smith and Lillian Veline, and emphasizes knowing neighbors as the meeting’s main takeaway.
The principle of liming has been established by experiments and farm practice. Farmers ask how much lime to apply and whether to use lighter applications over larger areas. Indiana and Illinois data suggest lighter applications yield greater returns when costs are considered. Not all measured acidity is harmful, and richer soils need less lime than poorer soils.
Agricultural guidance outlines lime needs for alfalfa sweet clovers red clover and other legumes by soil acidity level fertility and legume type. It details acid strength lime tonnage per acre for slight or medium acidity and varies by low medium and high fertility, with strong acidity requiring higher applications. High grade limestone specs and cautions on seeding alfalfa on low fertility soils are included.
A compact reflection on how fiction becomes romance for a grown man and a child like play. The passage notes the joyous engagement, recall, and delight that literature invites, comparing mature literary absorption to childlike immersion.
A note suggests that copper rivets can mend items that cannot be soldered. They can be bought at hardware stores in assorted sizes for a small sum. A galvanized wash tub may be repaired with a rivet, though leaks at seams may still be tough.
The English language is spoken by more people than any other with over 150 million. German follows with about 120 million, then Russian at 90 million and French around 60 million.
Julia Kirkman administratrix of John Kingsley deceased in Taylor County Iowa invites all creditors to present claims legally authenticated to the district court for allowance. Those indebted should pay promptly. Dated June 6 1928.
State of Iowa Taylor county notice announces public auction of real estate on the Jim Aanahae farm ten miles northeast of Bedford Gay Township at 2 oclock p m June em Serad day 1923. Property levied under a general execution from the Taylor County District Court in favor of Lincoln State Bank against COW Rober and W A Rober.
A sheriff sales notice lists livestock including two red cows six or seven years old three yearling heifers two red and one black one two year old bull six small calves eleven Spotted Poland China sows one bay team getting seven years old or as much as may be necessary to satisfy the writ and costs. Executor notice follows appointing Lloyd Adams executor of Laura Adams estate with payment and claim procedures. Wisdom Kirketey, attorneys. Bedford Iowa May 28 1923.
In the District Court of Taylor County Iowa probate is opened for the last will of Caroline M Shade dated September 28 1917. Hearing is set for June 27 1923 at ten oclock am in the Bedford Court House before the District Court or Clerk. Interested parties must appear and show cause why the will should not be probated. Dated Bedford Iowa May 29 1923. W M Kinnison Clerk of District Court.
Dr J H Gasson physician and surgeon operates from an office one block south of the post office. Calls day or night promptly answered. Both phones listed.
Law firm listing states Flick and Lucas will practice in all courts from offices over Citizens State Bank in Bedford Iowa. Also notes John T Maloy M D physician surgeon in Dr Paschal office on West Main Street Bedford with phone 218 Iowa.
A brief item reports RPA Laman exiting from an event titled New Cupie. Details are sparse in the readable fragment. No dates, places, or affiliations are provided in the accessible portion. Further context is unavailable.
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