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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
9
Local Bedford notices list subscription rates, household goods, wall paper, poultry powder, and various shop ads. Residents such as Mrs. McFests, Miss Eva Pratt, Lafe Long, and Dr. Randolph are mentioned with moves, illnesses, and visits. Small-town commerce highlights include Bibbins Pharmacy, Maple City Soap, and VanSicle groceries with dates and places like Hopkins, Gravity, and Lenox.
A vintage advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It cites endorsements from F. Cheney and associates, asserts the remedy acts on blood and mucous membranes, and lists price and availability from Toledo druggists.
Community items report H F Shaw's Albion trip return and Miss Lillian McCracken visiting Kansas City. Des Moines business trip by Art Evans. Rev Dyerig attends to property. Maryville sale of fire shorthorns May 22. Mrs Willis Wise joy over arrival of a son. Roxa Jackson teaches in Enox schools. D Fordyce visits Creston family. new jardiniers at Variety. Stowell Aver y heads to Valparaiso for college. Baptist yard terraced and sodded with evergreens. Local ads tout Cascarets and Maple City Soap claims. Community notes on residents' visits, frost on Monday, corn growth in Benton, Ridgeway moves, Miss Bettie Baker travels, Mrs Flick’s Cleveland trip. Local merchants announce plans for larger dry goods stock and improved assortment.
Bob Moody of Anchor Farm wrote that he insured with John Ross on March 27 1901. A cow was killed by a lightning strike May 5 and appraised at 40 dollars. On May 8 he received full payment of 40 dollars. He questions why he did not insure earlier and expresses satisfaction with the Anchor.
Advertisement for Orwell's Tree Paint by Delbert Jared as sole agent, sold at Tom Mahan's in Bedford. Claims protection for fruit and shade trees against borers bark lice sun scald rabbits mice and pests. Guaranteed not to injure trees and promotes early bearing with extensive use across the United States.
Col Miller attended to business in Hopkins on Tuesday while Dresher and Meikle advertised home made candies and ice cream. Ornan Ormsby returned from Kansas City for the big ball games. Mrs R A Heller and Mrs Nesland visited nearby relatives. Attorney Charles Thomas transacted legal matters in Creston. Mrs W S Reynolds was summoned to Hopkins by illness. The fair grounds race track received preparatory attention and street work was underway. The candy kitchen was relocated at Dresher Meikle restaurant. Mrs Melissa Rhoads returned for her brother Ed Stephens funeral. The Thomas Brown barber shop was redecorated opposite the post office. Hopkins postoffice burglary yielded 175 in cash and 500 in notes with no clue.
Woodmen met in Bedford Tuesday to arrange the annual picnic. It was decided to hold the event at Gravity on Thursday August 15. Organizers are making plans to ensure a memorable occasion.
The Free Press offers horse registers for sale at 25 cents each. If you need one, remember this notice.
B F Worthington, noted as a lucky man, arrived in town with mine wolves and earned 18 dollars for each scalp, totaling 318 dollars in the exchange. The brisk deal highlights his edge in early frontier commerce and wealth from hunting.
Dr. Payton will be absent all next week while attending the State Dental Association at Cedar Lake. His patrons will take notice and seek alternatives during the absence.
Bedford defeated the Nebraska Indians 1-0 in a rain shortened opener as Reynolds drew a walk, Ormsby scored on a fielder’s choice in the fifth inning. The game ended after five innings with Bedford's lone run, and a rematch was planned for this afternoon.
Conway Telephone Company plans an exchange at Gravity after securing orders for thirty phones. The town is described as advancing rapidly with a building boom, and residents express support for the new enterprise.
Near Guss farmer H B Moats earned local fame when he used a shotgun from his house to drop two geese that had been feeding nearby. He carried the game home, then a neighbor arrived asking about stray geese, and Moats noted they seemed wild. Local reporting frames this as a humorous contrast in his hog judging skills.
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