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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1906
Page
6
A fragmented timetable shows GOING NORTH and GOING EAST listings with freight and passenger times. The lines reference Keokuk & Western at Gravity and F. P. Benn as agent, with Sundays excluded for some services and several times in the 9 to 12 hour range.
A fragmented OCR listing county officials shows names such as Turner, Cobb Molitor, Fred Besco, W. Evans, T. G. Stewart, Jeres Ash, E. Stephens, J. Humphrey, J. Dann Breyer, Edward S. Chesbro, Alex John, and Payton. The text is garbled with stray characters.
City officials and ward members are listed: Geo. S. McKinley, Jas. W. Beauchamp, Frank Coppel, Isaac Kersey, R. Vickery, Chas. Thomas, C. A. Orth, George Whiels, J. S. Hanshaw, A. Hindman, Will Dallison.
A garbled list shows lodge and chapter meeting dates in Masonic, Knightly, G A R, and Allied orders. It notes hall locations and regular evenings for Secret Societies including Masons, R A M, K P, D of R, M W A, R N A, Woodmen, and G A R relief groups with second and fourth weekly sessions and full moon or monthly timings.
A vintage testimonial touts Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a nerve tonic for St Vitus Dance and similar disorders. It claims to strengthen nerves, ease strain, improve sleep, and cure epileptic fits, citing a Boston Ga user and a guarantee from Miles Medical Co. with refunds if the first bottle does not help.
Baptist church announces Sunday school at 9 30 preaching at 10 45 and 7 30 Young Peoples Union at 6 30 prayer meeting Wednesday evenings 7 30 Covenant meeting the 2d Sunday before 3d Sunday 2 30 communion 3d Sunday 10 45 Choir practice Friday 7 30 BY PUJ business meeting 1st Tuesday 7 30 BY PUJ 330 call 2d Sunday of each quarter at 3 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 7 30 WFM 1st Tuesday 2 30 LMU 4th Friday 2 30 official board Monday 7 30 Standard bearers 1st Saturday 2 30 Pastor W B Tuomeson leads the church events.
Morning Star church runs Sunday school at 2:00 with preaching every two weeks at 3:00. Presbyterian church holds Sunday school at 9:45, preaching at 11:00 and 7:30, Young Peoples at 6:20, prayer meeting Wednesdays at 7:30, and pastor's study class Thursdays at 7:45 led by Pastor R L U Bakackman.
Christian Sunday school at 9 45 AM and preaching service. Evening meeting at 6 30 PM. CWHM holds a prayer meeting at 2 30 PM on the first Tuesday each month. Prayer meeting also on Wednesday evenings at 7 30 PM. Epcer Prics serves as pastor.
Eminent medical figures tout Unicorn root Helonias and Golden Seal as key ingredients in Dr Pierces Favorite Prescription. Editorials cite Dr Fyfe and others praising uterine tonic effects, relief from menorrhagia, amenorrhea, and general debility, with calls that the remedy addresses symptoms across reproductive health.
The text explains how comet tails form from particles driven from the nucleus by intense solar heat. It compares tail formation to a factory’s black smoke plume, renewing as combustion releases carbon particles. It notes tails can extend over 200 million miles and exceed the sun’s bulk, and cites Barnard’s illustrations and distinctions among hydrogen, hydrocarbon, and iron vapor–rich tails.
The Philadelphia Bulletin cites diverse beauty practices. Japanese women gild teeth, Greenlanders blue and yellow faces, Arabian women red fingers and toes, Indian castes blacken teeth, Borneo hair dyes, Hindoo brides grease and saffron, New Holland scarification, South American tribes tooth drawing, and New Guinea nose rings.
A collection of brief anecdotes and jests from English court life and daily humor. Lord Ellenborough scolds a bricklayer for appearing in working clothes, a witty exchange over a surgeon’s identity, a Birmingham cabman who becomes educated to fit in society, and a physics note on cast iron.
Historical note describes Professor Conestrini’s tests removing heads from insects to study post decapitation survival. Beetles showed immediate distress while ants bees and wasps survived for hours. Some headless lives lasted days with flies butterflies and moths faring variably. Myriapods retained life longest despite head loss.
Descriptions by Licetus and Zahn recount a 1511 era monster born near Ravenna Italy with a single leg ending in a sealed turkey buzzard claw four toes with a mixed horned head and a three inch horn. Wings and feathers covered the upper leg while the knee to foot bore scales and a lidless eye. The creature held an erect stance with a female like torso and a prominent low set ears.
The article explains the leading scientific view that the moon drives tides via differential attraction, with the sun's influence as a modifier seen in spring and neap tides. It also cites Oliver Wendell Holmes on not denying recovery and notes death as a natural warning akin to sleep.
The fragment discusses how parental influence and misapplied morals affect language and behavior. It cites a dressmaker's commission as a trigger for bad language and implies misfortunes can restore moral balance after prosperity. The tone resembles a didactic moral lesson on manners and virtue.
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