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Bedford Free Press

Location

Bedford, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1917

Page

7

Bedford Personal notices reveal many local visits

Local society notes list multiple Bedford residents and visitors including A A Taylor, Lucile Duncan, Nellie Dant, Viola Watkins, Mrs Morgan, George Whodard, Clint Emmitt, Mrs Anne Herriott, John Dowell, and many others. The column mentions trips to St Joseph Conway Des Moines Hopkins and Chicago, family events, births, marriages licenses, and Maxwell's studio ads.

A. A. Taylor St. Joseph Bridges Lucile Duncan Conway Nellie Dant Bedford Baby Maxwell Adv George Whodard Clearfield Clint Emmitt Anne Herriott John Dowell Harrisburg B. F. Chandler Gravit Joseph Longfellow Georg Bear R. L. Blank Chappell, Neb H. F. Heath Will Young Hopkins Zella Barger Derby C. E. Marvin H. E. Nelson Des Moines H. L. Rush Leon M. Judy Blockton J. S. Hartley T. W. Trimble F. H. Agness Myrtle Kinser Lenox Nick Eppers Jimmie J. C. Anderson Springsteel Lew Bert Windle N. J. Levine Villisca Ethel Straight Maryville Lottie Lowden Florence Darling C. E. Darling Chicago J. E. Riggle Shenandoah Riggle J. R. Freemyer Clayton Township Red Oak James Hook Bolck G. W. Pook Fremont Benjamin Council Bluffs H. P. Jaqua Mary Burlington Junction Verne Davidson Denver Colo Frank Davidson Washington Iowa

Iowa optometry gains stature and travel limits praised

Optometrist Jos S Pieringer reports at Des Moines meeting that optometry has grown as medicine and dentistry over 15 years and should be protected from itinerant examiners. He urges strict standards, noting Iowa’s law shields residents from inferior service and that many spectacle vendors travel from Missouri where no optometry law exists.

Jos. S. Pieringer Iowa Association of Optometrist Des Moines Iowa U. S Missouri

Drive Five Buick Cars From the Factory

Six Buick cars passed through Bedford en route from Flint Michigan to Ambrose Bay near Topeka as dealers race to move autos amid freight-car shortages. A Kansas dealer drove five drivers and himself about a thousand miles. the cars arrived muddy and the drivers noted strong crop prospects along the route. County road work continues with three wheeler grader gangs active near New Market Clearfield and northeast.

Buick Bedford Flint Mich Ambrose Bay Topeka Kansas New Market Clearfield

County gangs build culverts and bridges with graders

In Blockton a typical gang comprises about 10 teams and 15 men. Three cement gangs are installing permanent culverts and small bridges. The county favors the tractor pulled form of grader, with two or more in use.

Blockton

Maulding Quits Fourth Regiment Band as Harold Named Successor

T B Maulding applies for discharge from the Fourth Regiment Band to be replaced by Harold Maulding as chief musician and director from Maryville. The move follows a letter from Col John D McNeely confirming the appointment and notes the band’s wartime recruitment and pending call to service around August 5.

Ty. B. Maulding Fourth Regiment E. M. Claypool Commercial Club John D. McNeely Harold Maulding Maryville Maulding Musi

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