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Newspaper

Bedford Free Press

Location

Bedford, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1907

Page

6

Wedding of Anna Laura Adams and Rev Henry in Indianapolis

The Indianapolis Star reports the marriage of Miss Anna Laura Adams to Rev S Edward Henry of Bedford at First Baptist Church Indianapolis. Rev Henry is returning with his bride to Bedford, planning home there after July first. The ceremony featured music by Leo Riggs and a gala reception at the bride’s North Albany street home with family and friends from Indiana and beyond. The couple will reside in Bedford after a wedding trip to the West.

Howard Henry Indianapolis Ind Anna Laura Adams Bedford First Baptist Church Misa Anna Laura Adams J. D. Adams S. Edward Henry John Henry Bornville Quissenberry College Avenue Baptist Church W. R. King Monmouth Ill Jerry Adams Johnson City Frank Adams Rockville Roy Elder Adams Ray Adams Joseph Henry Knoxville Tenn Bermunda Leo T. Riggs Flower Adams Albany Street McDonald Nixon Clinton Lasher Willits Bastian 8. C. Trueblood Edna Trueblood John C. McWillisma Marshall, Ind Evelyn Overmen Moberly Ella Cummings Marshall Henry Panama

Holmes Sold Information in Cotton Report Case

Louis Van Riper testified in the trial of Edwin S. Holmes Jr for defrauding the government over leaked cotton crop reports. He said Holmes showed copies of bulletins claiming they were nearly complete and that Statistician Hyde approved the estimates. Holmes said he earned fifty five thousand dollars from supplying information to contacts in New York.

Washington, D. C Jne Louis van Riper Eewin S. Holmes, Jr Holmes Hyde New York

Wonders of South Dakota Healings and Train Wreck Near Trinidad

A Real Wonderland South Dakota known for mines farms and formations features a healing case in Mound City. Mrs Clapp reports her son nearly died from lung trouble until Dr King’s New Discovery cured him. Santa Fe passenger train wreck reported near Trinidad Colorado on June 17 with a Marl 20 miles away.

South Dakota Mound City E. D.clapp Mra.Clapp A. L Santa Fe Trinidad Colo

Haywood trial prep shifts to Canyon county today

Boise report says William D. Haywood’s conspiracy trial will pause for a day as Harry Orchard is moved to Caldwell to face murder charges. Judge Fremont Wood will preside in Canyon county, with Orchard guarded by Idaho Penitentiary staff. Orchard’s return to Boise will be brief before Haywood’s case resumes Tuesday morning with continued evidence linking Haywood to the Steunenberg plot and to Adams. Defense claims 160 to 200 witnesses, with many testifying voluntarily amid Pinkerton connections. King, a defense witness, dies of heart neuralgia in Cannon City, Colo.

Haywood Boise City Boise Ida William D. Haywood Frank Steunenberg Harry Orchard Caldwell Canyon County Steunenberg Fremont Wood Ryan Orchard Whitney Idaho Penitentiary Adams Pinkertons Pinkerton

Doctor Isaac H Walker of Maine and Iowa Civil War officer

Isaac Howard Walker born October 30 1830 in Mountville Maine died June 15 1907 in Vil lisca Town aged 76 years 7 months and 15 days. A veteran of the 23rd Iowa Volunteers he rose from lieutenant to captain and served in infantry cavalry and the signal corps before medical study and practice in Adams County Illinois and nearby areas. He married Misa Sarah Compton February 4 1857 and held public offices including Page County judge and superintendent of public instruction.

Isaac Howard Walker Mountville Waldo County Maine Villisca Doctor Walker Adame John Walker Plymouth Colony Bellville Richland County Ohio Iowa Carlisle Warren County North River Misa Sarah Compton Page County Lodge of Clarinda Walker Jo Cramer Iowa Volunteers Infantry Cavalry Signal Corps Harrisburg Texas Davenport Eclectic Medical College Cincinnati Quincy Adams County Rawson

Dr Walker survives brutal 1870 Quincy store attack and fire

On August 18 1870 a band of robbers attacked Dr Walker in his Quincy drug store at midnight. They bound and battered him then robbed the shop and set barrels afire, a cat alerting nearby occupants to the danger. Friends rescued the apparently dead physician who, after Rawson’s care, recovered. He was interred at Oakland cemetery with Masonic and G A R honors. He left a wife and two sons and a daughter Minnie D wife of Alf J Moore. Among out of town mourners were E A Moore of Norfolk Neb Mrs Julia Cody Corning Ia and Mrs Cora Winslow Lenox Ia his cousin and nearest living relative other than wife and daughter.

Quincy Rawson Oakland Cemetery Masonic Order Lenox Iowa

A Happy Bride Sells Chicos Cigar Gift

A young wife seeks a birthday gift for her husband and, guided by druggist A L Bibbins, chooses Wadsworth Bros Chicos cigars. The husband praises the selection, noting the cigars’ Havana filler, good size, smoke, and value. Bibbins promotes Chicos as a 10 cent cigar for 5 cents.

A. L. Bibbins Wadsworth Bros Younghusband Chicos

Bucken's Arnica Salve Endorsed By LeRayaville Merchant

O S Woolever, a leading LeRayaville NY merchant, touts Bucken's Arnica Salve for piles and says it cured him twenty years ago. The paste is advertised as a cure for sores wounds burns and abrasions at 25 cents at Bibbins' drug store.

O. S. Woolever LeRayaville Anya Bibbins

Kidney Cure Advertisements and Anecdotes

A dated newspaper snippet highlights Foley's Kidney Cure claiming to purify kidneys and cure kidney and bladder diseases. It includes a testimonial from H. B. Rhoads & Co and a claim that German tuberculosis cures would astonish the world. Also mentions Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup testimonial from W. R. Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee.

Foley’s H. B. Rhoads & Co W. R. Ward Dyersburg Tenn

To Cure a Cold In One Day Laxative BromOQuinine Tablets

An old advertising brief promising a cure for colds in one day with LAXATIVE BROMO QUI NINE tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. E. W. Groves signature on each box. Price is 25 cents. Lite.

E. W. Groves

Henry James and Twain Comment on American Manners

Henry James quips he has never heard an American woman say thank you. Mark Twain is referenced as jesting about Detroit. The passage reflects mid nineteenth to early twentieth century transatlantic attitudes and cartoonish banter about American proprieties.

Henry James

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