Bedford Chautauqua Detailed Program Overview
The official Bedford chautauqua schedule spans August 13 to 19 with daily performances and lectures. Highlights include Vierra’s Hawaiian Singers, Hon. Victor Murdock on national remedies, Hugh Anderson and Harriette Gunn Roberson, a Grand Musical Festival, Gov. H A Buchtel on America and the Great War, Royal Gwent Welsh Singers, and Dr Lena K Sadler lectures with a closing Mason Jubilee program.
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Bedford
Vierna
Victor Murdock
Hugh Anderson
Harriette Gunn Roberson
Royal Gwent
Narrow Escape At Nodaway River Near Villisca
J W Wise of south of Villisca barely escaped drowning after his wagon and team were swept by the Middle Nodaway river current near a bridge south of Villisca. He clung to a wire and was rescued by Mr Shum while his team likewise escaped, deemed fortunate to survive such a cold river crossing. A Dakota paper reports a Yankton family with 24 children all triplets, the eldest 12, the Norwegian mother and Indiana father proud of their growing brood.
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J. W. Wise
Villisca
Nodaway
Mr. Wise
Ovr
Lion
T. M. Scott
Mr. Shum
Scott Place
Villisea Review
Yankton
Indiana
Uncle Sam
German officials echo imperial supremacist rhetoric across eras
A March 5 1890 speech in Brandenburg and remarks by Emperor Wilhelm in 1897 and Konigsberg in 1910 express a belief in divine right and German protection of civilization. A German professor at Leipsic University frames Germany as protector of European civilization after bloody victories.
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John L. Brant
St. Louis
England
Konigsberg
Brandenburg
Team Drowned In Buchanan Creek After Flood
Monday morning Jas A Burch lost a large team and harness in Buchanan Creek northeast of Braddyville. He and his hired help worked on the north side of the creek as water rose over the bridge. The hired men reached the edge as the creek went out of its banks and tried to save the horses but the swift current carried them away. A piece of the harness floated downstream. Mr Burch clung to the bank and remained hopeful.
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Jas. A. Burch
Harness
Buchanan Creek
Braddyville
Mr. Burch
Stewardship sermons and church events announced
Next Sunday morning the pastor will begin a four part series on Stewardship based on Dr. Calkins's A Man and His Money with personal observations. The theme following will be The Pagan Law of Ownership. A Wednesday prayer meeting will study Psalm 11 Faith's Answer to Cowardice read beforehand. Epworth League meets Sunday night at 7 led by Mrs. Wetmore with officer installation. An official board meeting Tuesday night invites all members.
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Calkins
Epworth League
County Teachers Examination Set for June at Court House
County teachers will take the uniform certificate examination at the courthouse on June 27 28 and 29. The notice lists Aliie Nelson as County Superintendent and includes a subscriber list for Liberty Loan with names from local lodges schools and businesses.
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Court House
Aliie Nelson
Architects to commence school building under Bankers Realty
The Bankers Realty Investment Company announces work on a new school building with bids to be taken and contract let. Supervising architect F W Fitzpatrick, renowned for educational architecture, cites models in Ewing Sidney Yutan Red Cloud Nebraska. Bureau of Publicity credits the notice.
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Vestment Company
Bankers Realty Investment Company
Nebraska
F. W. Fitzpatrick
Ewing
Sidney
Yutan
Red Cloud
Neb
Bureau of Publicity
Springfield High School Plan Voted For in Springfield Neb
Springfield Nebraska voters approved bonds totaling 25000 for a new high school building. The project is designed by an Omaha architectural firm and financed through local Bankers Realty offices.
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Firm of
Omaha Architects
Springfield
Neb
Bankers Realty
Boy falls from horse breaks arm near Bedford
Paul Golding, a boy living with Mr and Mrs J B Dowell southeast of Bedford, fell from a horse last Wednesday and broke his right arm. He is recovering well and doing nicely.
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Paul Golding
J. B. Dowell
Bedford
Local residents visit relatives across Iowa and nearby states
Miss Margaret Foland spent Sunday in Maryville Missouri with her sister while Miss Hazel Randolph and Erma Rinard accompanied her to Merle Junction. Several others moved about visiting relatives including Mrs J M Rinard from Humeston and Mr and Mrs Marion Crew from Blockton.
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Margaret Foland
Maryville
Mal
Hazel Randolph
Erma
Rinard
Merle Junction
J. M. Rinard
Humeston
Margaret Duncan
Crest
Marion Crew
Blockton
W. A. Cochran
Maxine
Des Moines
Ruth Wyant
Tarkio
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Vierra
South Sea Islands
Round
All-Star Ladies’ Orchestra
Alva M. Reitzel
Geo. E. Colby
Clare Vaughn Wales’ Lyceum
Gov
H. A. Buchtel
America
Oberg and
Barnaby
Lena K. Sadler
Little Foxes
Lena K
Wm. S. Sadler
Oberg
Mason Jubilee Singers
Strickland Gillilan
Sunshine and
Awkardness
Ward
Cass County
Larson
Adams County
Hugus
Montgomery County
Jones
Freemont County
Samuelson
Page County
Nelson
Taylor County
Shenandoah
Clarinda
Hadley
First Methodist Episcopal
Liberty Loan
O. A. Kysar
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Masonic Lodge
Darrell Reed
George O. Kysar
Ella Burwell
Frank B. Fleming
E. June Pierson
Cordelius Chandler
John Thomas Harris
Anna Laura Banks
Nellie Norris
Elmer Brown
Bessie A. Brown
Helen M. Brown
Pearle Chamberlain
Harold Chamberlin
Chester Chamberlin
Leona Gaebler
Laura: Gaebler
Gerald E. Smith
Goldie M. Smith
Frank M. Chandler
Elmer M. Burwell
Lillie Chamberlin
Ruth L
Morley
T. A. Young
R. M. Meredith
J. P. Hamilton
Jesse Lovitt
Jay Lovitt
Frank Greeley Riley Lee Herbert Reeves
Roy Wicks
Seymour Hicks
Raymond Porter
Frank L. Marsh
L. W. Ross Nide Harris
A. W. Burwell
Nellie M. Berry
W. C. Ellison
Robert and
Eva Pickering
Gertrude Posten
Gertrude Burge
Clearfield
First National Bank
James Steele
Minnie Swanson
Ees
C. W. Edwards
Belle M. Anderson
Frank C. Wilson
J.S. Walton
W. E. Johns
E. M. Gard
H. S. Duncan
Martha Shane
Joe England
Myra Carson
W. M. Long
Lola M. Long
Sharpsburg
States Savings Bank
F. L. Hamblin
D. W. Hamblin
Phelan W. S. Groom
E. L. Pinney
Farmers Bank
W. Cc. Wiening
Lambley
W. R. Rice
F. C. Cooper
C. Miller
W. T. Brown
Homer Stewart
J. Roy Cooper
Fred Cooper
Boy
Glearfield
Faye van Winkle
Chillicothe
J. S. Walton
Mir. McNair
Quenemo
Kan
Little Lois Oldaker
Baby
Beaman
M. M. Johnson
Will Parkins
Jas
California
van Camps
F. W. Hart
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