Bedford Free Press Roundup of Local Notices and Updates
Bedford community notices recount frequent town business, visits, sales, and social events. Posts include residents from Lenox, Maryville, and Creston, multiple property and livestock ads, school happenings, and upcoming elections with references to local shops such as Wrights Drug Store and Pieringer jewelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. N. Oxley
G. H. VanHouten
Lenox
T. W. Bennett
Wright’s Drug Store
A D King Elected Superintendent At School Board Meeting
At a Tuesday school board meeting A D King was elected superintendent for the next year. He will finish his M A at State University this year after seven to eight years of teaching and is highly recommended. The board also elected teachers including Maude Eaton Cecil Long Edward Golisch Eva McCloud Maud Gordon Victoria Faith Mary Armstrong Grace Shores Abbie Western Alice Hale Nellie Jones Mattie Rankin Millie Graham Ella Wood Margaret Wetmore. Contracts run to May 22 with many salaries increased by five dollars per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. King
State University
Key
Maude Eaton
Cecil Long
Edward Golisch
Eva McCloud
Maud Gordon
Victoria Faith
Mary Armstrong
Grace Shores
Abbie Western
Alice Hale
Nellie Jones
Mattie Rankin
Millie Graham
Ella Wood
Margaret Wetmore
A New Bank for Bedford Opens Soon
A private bank organized by F. N. Lewis and Geo. Hartley will begin in Bedford around June 1. They have rented the former Pieringer building. The firm carries a $75,000 individual liability. capital stock pending. Lewis will be president, Hartley cashier, and Lloyd Lewis assistant cashier. All organizers are regarded as solid, conservative businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Messrs
F. N. Lewis
Geo. Hartley
J. S. Pieringer
Lloyd Lewis
Inquiry From Gay R V Lucas on Primary Ballot Use
A reader asks whether a voter can cross out a Republican candidate on a Republican ballot to write a Democrat’s name or vice versa on a Democratic ballot. The reply states a voter may write a Democrat’s name on a Republican ballot, but it will only count for the Republican ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Lucas
Independent voters face party choice in primaries and nominations
An editorial notes independent voters cannot vote in nominating during primaries and must join a party. It urges voters to choose the party whose principles align best with their views, acknowledging that many supporters see value in both Republicans and Democrats. The Baptist church ladies plan a dinner at City Hall tomorrow and extend invitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Baptist Church
City
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. P. Smith
B. R. Smith
Sharps
Grace Webb
Maryville
Jas. Gilchrist
F. E. Howard
Indianola
Will Walker and Son
Berkey
New York
Rhode Island
E. E. Healy
Iowa
J. N. Haddock
Greenfield
G. B. Haddock
Bradley & Beauchamp
Frank Wisdom
Kansas City
Tf Hiatt
E. S. Rowe
Jackson Township
Healy
Sim Butts
St. Joe
Bess Michan
Chicago
L. E. Forsyth
Jos. S. Pieringer
Optician
Bedford National Bank
Aldrich
Senate
W. A. Conway
Conway
Seppo
E. F. Clovis
Shenandoah
Powell
B. F. Menoher
Gravity
Freeman
Villigen
E. E. Kuhn
May Meek
W. H. Lake
Bridgewater
Payton Allen and Son
Topeka
Kas
Healy and Wilson
Creston
E. H. Johnson
Wyatt Johnson
Sterling
Neb
CO. W
Cummins Club
Clarinda
Pete Hepburn
Guy Thompson
B. B. Boyd
Ira Pratt
Enterprise
Ore
F. P. Healy
W. R. Wilson
Stream
Hinton
Okl
Gilchrist
West
Mr. Thompson
Idaho
Lawrence
W. D. Ashcraft
Free Press
W. M. Jackson
New Market
Nendick
Dresher
Mamie Bray
Elmer Ulrich
Margaret Olive
Corning
N. J. Bates
Great Western
J. P. Flick
Clearfield
Frank, Whiteman
Albert Storer
Roy King
Strang
C. O. Dresher
Taylor County
Frank Wright
Eva Lewis
Stream’s
Plymouth Rock
Hawkins & Thompson
Bright & Bradley
C. CG. Carson
New Virginia
Scott Walker
St. Joe Gazette
Dave Burroughs
Blanche Burroughs
Pieringer & Co
Miss McCloud
Bedford High School
Allie Nelson
Foster, Mont
Miss Wood
Litttle
Riggs
Mr. Riggs
C. C. Smith
Sec. of
A. J. Sowers
Edna
J.E. Winder
Blockton
Chas. Winder
Ladoga
Harry Ridgeway
Ed Crum
H. A. Meek
Cora Turner
Q. E. Sperry
Edith Payton
T. M. Boner
Prof. Golisch
Aston
J. E. Williams
Colorado Springs
Colo
Red Oak
L. T. McCaun
Kentucky
Indiana
Bruce J. Flick
Nelle Flick
Sadie Williams
College Springs
Amity College
Alix
Washburn-Crosby
Bohart
Fairbank
Brice Coppany
Russia
The
Thompson Mercantile Co
Thos. Greer
General Feed Store
Hotel Garland
Oxford Cafe
Court Street
Parker
Ring
the Johnson
Clothing House
Nobl
Barton Pitts
Eye and Ear Hospital
Sta
St. Joseph
W. A. Harvey
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