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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
6
The schedule lists northbound trains No 31 mixed and No 95 freight with times 12 56 pm and 2 25 pm. Southbound trains No 30 and No 32 mixed with 3 50 pm and 9 30 am. Eastbound No 2 passenger 12 19 pm and No 28 freight 10 30 pm. Westbound No 1 passenger 5 30 pm and No 27 freight 2 10 pm. Daily or Sunday service notes apply.
Mayor Geo. F. McKinley presides with Clerk Jas. W. Beauchamp and Treasurer Frank Copper. Isaac Kersey chosen Assessor. R. Vickery is Marshal and Street Commissioner. Night Watch: Thos. Meredith. City Attorney: Chas. Thomas. Ward councilmen named: 1st ward W. E. Dean and J. S. Evans. 2nd ward George Daniels and M. H. Allen. 3rd ward John Hindman and Will Dallison.
Local notices list monthly meeting times for Taylor Lodge 156 F and A M Triangle Chapter 68 R A M H P Bedford Chapter 228 OES Bedford Lodge 101 K of P Wild Rose Temple 89 Rathbone Sisters H C Bedford Lodge 91 IC C F and other groups at various Masonic and Odd Fellows halls. Meetings occur on specific Mondays Tuesdays Fridays and Thursdays after full moons, with named officers.
In a testimonial a patient from Allegheny, Pennsylvania credits Dr Miles Nervine with rebuilding the nervous system after years of breakdown. The account claims sleep, pain relief, and restored health following eight bottles of the tonic. The Miles company markets Nervine through druggists with a guaranteed first-bottle benefit and refund if not satisfied.
Baptist church announces Sunday school at 9 30 and preaching at 10 45 and 7 30. Young Peoples Union at 6 30 prayer meeting Wednesdays 7 30 covenant meeting Saturday before 3rd Sunday 2 30 communion service 3rd Sunday 10 45 choir practice Friday 7 30 BYPU business 1st Tuesday 7 30 BYPU roll call 2nd Sunday quarterly 5 30 17 30.
Sunday school at 9 45 preaching services at 11 00 and 7 30 class meeting at 12m Junior league at 2 30 Epworth league at 6 20 prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 30 WIX M 1st Twesty at 2 30 LMU 4th Friday at 2 30 official board Monday at 7 30 Standard bearers 1st Saturday at 2 30 W. B. Tuomerson Pastor.
The Presbyterian church lists Sunday school at 4 45 and Morning Star Sunday school at 2 00 with preaching services at 11 00 and 7 30. Young Peoples meeting at 6 20 prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 pastor Rick LU Barackman, pastor, conducts a study class Thursday 7 45 and preach every two weeks at 3 00.
Christian group holds a meeting at 6 30 with C W BM and a prayer meeting on the first Tuesday each month at 2 30. Prayer meetings are on Wednesday evenings at 7 30. Pastor Edger Prich.
State notes show Dunkerton creamery paid patrons 43 901 91 for milk in the past year. Muscatine Produce Co files articles of incorporation with capital stock 10 000. Boiler section exploded at Phoenix heating plant in Sanborn causing damage. Mrs Keiser of Keota dies. Panora forms Citizens State Bank with 25 000 capital. Ashbury Johnson of Stratford kicked by a cow, breaks a leg. Sioux City approves two story city hall and fire station of cement stone. Burling ton postmaster J L Waite receives gold medal from Louisiana Purchase Exposition organization in St Louis.
Janet returns to the country with Burke for Thanksgiving and faces an old flame, minister David MacAllen, who rekindles unresolved feelings. Burke struggles with the sight of Janet with MacAllen as the day unfolds through Briersons church and the red farm. The tale closes with a mythic note on love using mistletoe as a symbol.
The article extols farm youths for hard work from dawn to dusk and argues fathers should support their sons with stock to raise. It suggests letting a boy own animals to feel rewarded, which would reduce rural youths seeking town life.
Industrial department notices openings across five towns in Iowa Missouri Illinois Minnesota for business professionals and manufacturers. Contact Chicago Great Western Railway St Paul or E B Magill Townsite Manager Omaha for full information and a list of available lines. Dr King’s New Discovery praised for coughs and throat ailments with a trial bottle offered.
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