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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
8
The mean temperature tends slightly above normal with clear and fair weather forecast Monday through Friday. The week ends partly cloudy with frequent beneficial showers in all districts. Conditions favor four to five days of corn cultivation and much of the acreage is second plowed. Growth in well cultivated fields is satisfactory. Meadows, pastures, oats, barley, garden truck, potatoes, and small fruit show favorable progress.
Notice to defendants Duval and others in Taylor County Iowa court case from October term 1907. Plaintiff seeks payment of thirty seven dollars and twenty five cents plus interest and an attachment on lands goods and credits. Default possible if not defended by October 7, 1907. Attorney W M Jackson. Also notices probate and estate administration and debts to Farmers State Bank. Administrator J B Boyd.
A fragmented account reports belief in witchcraft in rural Scotland and England with observers claiming eradication by school boards. A London Post note describes a mad dog incident at Flora Avenue. a police officer, a retrievable revolver, and a fleeing African American bystander.
A New York Sunday tale follows a bootblack named Jimmy who attends a mission school. For Christmas his gift, a Browning poetry book, disappoints him until a policy allows exchanges. Jimmy marches to the front and requests a swap for a tin of blacking.
A conversational vignette recounts a man explaining that a few mammals lay eggs, naming the platypus and echidna with home in South America and a pouch carrying an egg. The odd dialogue pairs with a theatre anecdote about Rosa Lind and a dentist note, then snippets on word origins, wit, and a Ruskin quote about happiness.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and bladder issues and related pains. It claims benefits for frequent urination, back pain, and alcohol aftereffects, urging readers to request a free sample bottle and book by mail from Kilmer Co, Binghamton NY.
A young wife seeks a birthday present for her husband and, on druggist A L Bibbing's suggestion, selects Wadsworth Bros Chicos cigars. Mr Younghusband praises the choice, noting he will smoke Chicos again for value, quality, and satisfaction. Bibbing markets the cigars locally.
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