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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
2
Bedford residents and guests are frequenting nearby towns this week. Mrs. Mie Moss of Conway and O. M. Buckner of Gravity shopped in Bedford while Ira and Mrs. Roberts of Conway visited. Several Bedford locals traveled to St Joseph, Burlington Junction, Des Moines, Omaha, and Chicago for visits, shopping, or summer plans.
Mrs E Thompson and her son Charles Edward along with Mrs Richardson and Billie traveled to St Joseph on Tuesday to handle various business matters.
The text lists numerous Bedford area residents and visitors visiting relatives across Iowa and Kansas. Names include Lake, Mrs Hook, Emma Eckles, B J Flick, Margaret, Rob ert Plick, Emmitt Bradley, Naomi, Lucile Bradley, Chas Hall, F MaWhinney, Frank Whetmore, Sam Jones, J L Rogers, George Whistler, Laura Cline, and F Cline. Occasional travel to Des Moines, Maryville, Cresco, St. Joseph, and Villisca is noted along with a mercantile store painting project by Thompson Mercantile Company and Thompson and Purcell.
James A. Lucas of Iowa City after completing his law course at Lincoln University arrived in Bedford on Wednesday and will practice at the Flick & Flick law office. Mrs. D W Johnson of Denver and her husband visited Mrs. Chalon Perkins here and will return soon.
Miss Pink Vosburg, under treatment at the children's hospital in Iowa City, was brought home Wednesday morning. Mrs. J. M. Tobin, who accompanied her, returned to Iowa City Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Paul and son, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beebe with daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Q. O. A. Kysar drove to Clarinda Sunday where they enjoyed a picnic dinner with Mrs. C., M. Barger, mother of the ladies mentioned.
Mrs Anna Kinnison, visiting her sister Mrs Frank Hamblin in Sharpsburg for a week, returned to Bedford Monday and plans to stay here briefly before returning to Ontario California.
Miss Grether Anderson, visiting with her grandmother Mrs Will Derickson, left Thursday for Creston to stay with aunt Mrs Jennie Ferguson before traveling back to Sterling Kansas.
Mrs Dave Wright and her mother Mrs Webb recently returned home from a several week stay in Illinois around Monmouth. They drove over a thousand miles in the Dave Wright car on the journey. George Johnson of Johnson and Weiser was in Omaha on business Wednesday, returning that evening via Corning. He went to Omaha Wednesday evening to bring back an Overland Four sold to Winn Trousdale of the Garland Hotel.
Mahlon Lewis QC J Kirketey George Woodard and A W Hamblin visited Blockton Monday evening to support Bedford Legion post fundraising ahead of a New Ford touring car giveaway on July 4.
Mrs. Fred Traster and children return home from Hopkins after visiting Mrs Traster’s mother Mrs C C Douglas. Mr and Mrs Ralph Davis leave Gravity for Hopkins country via Bedford after a visit. A brief item notes wireless growth and a map sale with a state of Iowa census map priced at 3.95. Probate notice in Taylor County хү A S Morris will filed with hearing set July 1 1921 in Bedford Court House.
Wayne Paige returned Monday to resume duties at the Farmers and Merchants State Bank after a layoff weeks vacation spent in his hometown La Porte Iowa He attended the Grand Lodge meeting of the Masons at Waterloo while away O R Toman manager of the local light company shows a display of wireless apparatus in the light office windows stirring curiosity This is likely the first such display here or in this part of the region
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