19 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1918
Page
1
A critical riff on the phrase German efficiency, arguing it masks a lifetime of enemy war preparation. The piece accuses Germany of cold blooded murder, piracy of ships, civilian casualties, and espionage, claiming efficiency has been prostituted to ignoble ends and urging protection from such efficiency.
Edwin Chandler attends a summer course at Highland Park College. Darrell Reed returns from Camp Lodge and Audubon Town. Miss Deatrice Neal of St Charles assists at a West Main Street restaurant and visits sister Mrs. Fred R. Johnston. Mrs. Harbison and daughter Ellen return from Burlington. J W Chitty and family go to Shenandoah for the Vaneguardy Jones wedding. Fred Ornes, a former Gravity resident, sends congratulations. Sant Robison, postmaster, returns from Ottama after attending the Masonic Grand Lodge annual session.
CLEARFIELD residents anticipate a July Fourth dedication of a new monument honoring old soldiers. Local remarks praise the effort as a point of town pride amid wartime sentiment and national unity.
A sweeping eclipse in Oregon darkened skies for hours, startling farmers who lacked astronomy knowledge. Separately, 629 new ships were built in early year, and a safety vault heist in New York reportedly involved $850,000 in Russian crown jewels planted by a man posing as an army lieutenant’s wife.
A brief notice describes movement between a school and a bathing beach area and mentions swimming facilities. It notes an authorized transition or access change affecting the locality. No names, dates, or organizations are specified in the readable text.
Dr. William T. Ellis of Swarthmore praises American soldiers in the Apremont fight northwest of Toul. He sees brave acts including a Greek-born soldier who killed a German lieutenant after losing his rifle. Captain from Boston leads a trench raid, captures a trench, and returns with prisoners. The voyage also carries Albert Van Hecke and others studying Belgium’s postwar needs.
Lieut General G T M Bridges, head of all British war missions in the United States, returned to Britain where he assumed command of the Nineteenth Division on the Flanders front. His leg was amputated last September due to a wound from the front. The photo was taken at his Washington headquarters after his return.
In London Fraser and Fraser engineers and boilermakers attempted to surpass Charles Schock’s Baltimore nine hour rivet record of 2720. Led by Robert Farrant the yard beat 2850 in nine hours and finished with 267 rivets in nine hours averaging about one every seven and a half seconds, claimed as a world record.
Denver woman Mrs. Outwater takes over her husband Stanley Outwater's large insurance office when he enlists for the marine service after Wilson's call. In six months she shows a satisfactory rise in returns, proving a wife can manage a major business in wartime.
Miss Nora Keefe went to Creston Sunday where she commenced work in Straits store Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Cotter spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Coligan near Cromwell. Mrs. Cotter and Mrs. Starry Leonard visited Sunday at the Rudph Preston home north of Corn me. Mrs. C. C. Anderson of Corning spent the weekend with her daughter Mrs. J. C. Tuck. Mr. and Mrs. William Keefe and
Creston residents Mix and Mrs McDonald with Mrs Arthur Leonard traveled to Red Oak to visit Miss Leonard who suffers rheumatism. Miss Gladys Singer and students from the Bairview school gave a fine program at Fairview church before crossing to the schoolhouse for a Red Cross sale that netted about 74 dollars for the local auxiliary. The piece also reflects wartime attitudes and criticism of German leadership.
Notice to all interested persons that on June 18 1918 the Clerk of the District Court of Taylor County Iowa appointed the undersigned administrix of the estate of Emma Wright Cole deceased. All persons indebted must pay the undersigned and those with claims should present them.
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