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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
8
Santa Barbara Calif May 13 Between two hundred and three hundred eastern Shriners and friends will depart this afternoon on a special train to the east One coach will carry the bodies of twenty one dead At San Luis Obispo the eleven bodies there will be taken aboard.
Detroit May 18 The magnificent new passenger steamer City of Cleveland, under construction, burned early today to the water's edge. The loss falls upon the Detroit Shipbuilding Co. and amounts to seven hundred thousand dollars.
The Reichstag yesterday moved to the second reading a commercial modus vivendi between Germany and the United States, as Berlin reports May 13. The measure concerns trade arrangements and future economic relations between the two nations.
For the week ending Monday morning May 18 the average daily temperature was 3 to 5 degrees below normal. The week’s low was 26 on the 11th and the high 90 at Sioux City on the 12th. Precipitation was light and mainly snow flurries in the northeast. most of the state was rainless. Cold dry weather hindered seed germination but warmth and moisture kept small grain growing and fields showing fair crop potential if normal weather returns. Cereal crop damage from freezing was less than feared. fruit crops in the southern half suffered most. Corn planting progressed with dry soil protecting seed, and most corn acreage in fine condition with early completion possible. Hay meadows and pastures showed the worst effects of abnormal weather, predicting a light hay crop.
Advice urges buyers to inspect cemetery monuments in person at the Iowa and Missouri Granite and Marble Co. yard on East Main Street Bedford Iowa before purchase. Warns against buying from agents mail order houses or pictures and stresses concrete foundations and guaranteed granite color and polish. If visiting is impossible, request to be placed on the mailing list by writing to manager C L Van Nostrand.
Castellan, a black Percheron stallion record No 40144, imported from France in 1904. Bred by Francois at Burd huis, Nor ee depart ment, sired by Mercure and dam Mauvette with lines tracing to Black Chief and Vaillant. Trained at Bedford area farms in 1907 with weekly service schedule and terms including 15 to insure standing cost. accounts due July 1, 19%.
A period advertisement claims kidney and bladder trouble affect both women and men, causing mental distress and diminished vitality. Swamp-Root by Dr Kilmer promises quick relief, with sample packs and a pamphlet available by mail from Binghamton New York, urging readers to mention the paper.
Sixty years after their 1847 introduction Allcock's Plasters are hailed as the world standard porous plasters. The ad touts their quick, cheap relief and healing for various ailments, noting they are the original genuine porous plasters sold by druggists worldwide.
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