05 May 1921
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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
1
A.C. Brice Jr. and A. W. Hamblin editors publish a subscription rates notice stating advance yearly price of 1.50 and noting Bedford, Iowa post office second class mail entry.
The American Press mocks Hicks who claims to forecast weather a year ahead. It notes fifty years of U.S. Weather Bureau study with minute observations across the nation yet no exact forecast for tomorrow or next week exists. Experts provide probabilities, not certainties, while Hicks asserts universal long range prediction.
President Harding proclaims Forest Protection Week for May 22 and the American Forestry Association of Washington issues a safety statement for schools tourists and campers. It urges never drop lit matches never burn near dry woods never leave fires unattended and to extinguish fires with water or mineral soil while seeking a fire warden and staging firefighting actions carefully. The guidance stresses that fire travels with wind and advises systematic efforts to stop its front and smother sides and rear. The forest fire loss for the last year is noted as context.
Five years into the program the American Forestry Association notes a cumulative total of 85 million dollars and Congress considers measures to curb fires as part of the Snell Forest Policy Bill.
Under the new serum law effective July 4, counties will host school of instruction for hog cholera vaccination. Seven farmers paying $5 each can request a session arranged with the Extension Department at Ames. Attendees may take an exam to receive a one year permit to vaccinate their own hogs only, not neighbors. The program brings training closer to farmers in remote counties, replacing travel to Ames for instruction and exam.
Yap, westernmost of the Caroline Islands, rose to global attention after a postwar dispute over ocean cables and a Japanese mandate over Yan. The locals, famed for stone money, live quietly, while Furness’s 1903 visit notes boats landing only five times yearly and a colorful culture with coffee stone wealth.
A local project called A Nurses Intensive Training Course seeks to use the public school building for a twelve week program in practical and scientific nursing during summer vacation. Backed by physicians and regional doctors, the plan promises intensive daily lectures and rigorous study led by a senior nurse, aiming to fast-track graduates to certification without hospital dormancy. The trial envisions sixteen year olds and up, with the goal of demonstrating nursing’s growing professional value and offering an economical path to qualified work.
A compact moral aside notes that a man may bar room behavior or vice yet if he pays his debts by the tenth of the month he earns most people’s praise. The remark frames punctual repayment as a valued virtue amid other faults.
The Iowa State Teachers College will run an Extension Summer School in Red Oak for twelve weeks starting June 6, five days a week. Courses include Normal Training for teachers, county certificate subjects, Primary and General Methods, with college grade options for high school graduates. Directed by college faculty, the program offers better reach, wider usefulness, and higher salaries for teachers. Inquiries to Extension Division, Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Iowa. For room and board contact J R Inman Red Oak Iowa.
Mrs T P Ballard of 1520 Locust Street Des Moines expresses relief after taking Tanlac claiming restored health and appetite. The report also notes declining butter prices and rising butter fat prices, then records final report notice for the estate of Wm Beson with hearing set in Taylor County Iowa.
An old advertisement touts training at Grand Island Business College Nebraska. promises help to secure positions in Business, Civil Service, or Commercial Teaching. The school claims high call volumes and offers a free catalog while highlighting the motto about honest toil and the good life.
The sale will offer the described property to the highest bidder for cash on May 14 1921 at 2 PM in front of the Bedford Court House. Attendance will be given by W M Parrish Sheriff of Taylor County.
Goree levy under a district court special execution from Waylor County Town on Anvil 12 1921. Judgments favor J A Nam phres against George Mothershear Clara Mothershead William Kienast Je Henry Vateha en J K Frans et al for 564.41 plus costs. Personal property of the defendants to be sold. North Unal? Noa of Lots 5 and 6 in Block 35.
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