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Newspaper

Bedford Free Press

Location

Bedford, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1916

Page

7

Local notices and visits fill Bedford week

Local items list visitors from Ames Cornway Hopkins and St Joseph and returning residents to Bedford. Births, marriages, travels, and small ads appear, including frame deliveries and sewing jobs. Notables include Mrs Mossby and Mrs Rhoads visiting relatives, Joe Cathcart departing, and Maxwell photo ads.

Joe Cathcart Grain Valley Mio

Birth Report for Baby Boy in Bedford Area

A future subscriber reports a baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Glenn Jered southwest of Bedford on Tuesday. The infant's gender is male and the parents are listed as Mia and D B Gollis.

John Tinkham Little Child Des Moines A. J.J. Sowers Cecile Long Chicago Mrs. Hi, M. Long Ross Carr Grand River Mound City Mr. Carr D. B. Gollis Mia Glenn Jered Bedford

Howard County pioneer Stokes Maxwell dies at 94

Stokes Maxwell, longtime resident of Howard County Indiana and reputed sole holder of United States government land in the county, died Friday June 16 at his Sycamore home at age 94. A renowned Angus cattle breeder, he held the Jackson Township 160 acres deeded in 1842 signed by President Zachary Taylor. Maxwell had lived in the county since around 1849 and left behind a widow Catherine Miller, a son Mathew Maxwell in Bedford Iowa, and grandchildren T. B. Windsor and Nora Hollingsworth.

Howard County Ind United States Sycamore Friends’ Church Stokes Maxwell Jackson Township Zachary Taylor Maxwell Chicago Catherine Miller Howard Mra ‘Maxwell Mathew Maxwell Bedford Iowa T. B.windsor Marion Nora Hollingsworth Los Angeles Col

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