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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
6
Trains marked daily. No. 5 Freight at 9:22 p.m. No. 30 Lee at 6:52 a.m. No. 32 Mixed at 3:50 p.m. No. 94 Freight at 9:30 a.m. Times listed for northbound trains. daily service noted, with some trains daily except Sunday. Agent F. P. Beri.
A clipped timetable lists GOING EAST trains No 2 Pass Ex Sunday 12 19 p m and No 28 Freight Ex Sunday 10 30 p m. GOING WEST shows No 1 Pass Ex Sunday 5 30 p m and No 27 Freight Fix Sunday 2 10 p m.
A fragmented OCR list shows county officials including a senator and representative. Notable names include William Cobb. auditor appears as C C. treasurer listed as Besco. clerk G Stewart. superintendent H S Ash. recorder K E Stephens. sheriff J A Humphrey. attorney J B Dunn. surveyor Edward Chesbro. and supervisors L S Payton and C A Huss.
Mayor Geo S McKinley Clerk Jas W Beauchamp Treasurer Frank Coppel Isaac Kersey Marshal and Street Comm R Vickery Night Watch Thomas Meredith City Attorney Charles Thomas Councilmen First Ward C A Orth J Evans Second Ward George Daniels J S Hanshaw Third Ward John Hindman Will Dallison
Fraternal orders from Taylor Lodge No. 156 and multiple chapters and lodges convene on various monthly evenings at Masonic and other halls. Notable groups include Triangle Chapter No. 68 A A M, Bedford Lodge No. 101 K P, and Sedgwick Post No. 10 G A R with meetings set for after full moons or on second and fourth weeks.
An old advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as nourishing blood to calm nerves and restore vitality. It claims no alcohol, praises universal medical endorsement, lists multiple ailments it purportedly helps, and mentions a free offer of "The Common Sense Medical Adviser" with stamps, plus separate claims for Pleasant Pellets.
Sunday school at 9 30 preaching at 10 45 and 7 30 Young Peoples Union at 6 30 prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 covenant meeting Saturday before 3d Sunday 2 30 communion 3d Sunday 10 45 choir practice Friday 7 30 BYPU business 1st Tuesday 7 30 BYPU all call 2d Sunday of each quarter at
The document lists a church week at Methodist with 22m Sunday school at 9:45, preaching at 11:00 and 7:30, class meeting at 12 m, Junior league at 2:30, Epworth league at 6:20, and Wednesday prayer at 7:30. It also notes meetings from WFM 58 on the first Tuesday at 2:30, LMU on the fourth Friday at 2:30, official board Mondays at 7:30, Standard bearers on the first Saturday at 2:30, led by Pastor W. B. Tompson.
Presbyterian church announces Sunday school at 9 49 with preaching at 11 00 and 7 30. Young Peoples at 6 20 and Wednesday prayer at 7 30. Pastor's study Thursday 7 45. Morning Star Sunday school 2 00 with biweekly sermon at 3 00 by Pastor R Ul Barakman.
A fragment lists times for a Young Peoples meeting at 7 30, a 1st Tuesday CWBM meeting at 2 30, and Wednesday prayer sessions at 7 50. It mentions Pastor and church acronyms, with uneven punctuation and capitalization.
Two methods of tying wool on farms are described with advocates for each. Boxing, commonly used on ranches, ties wool in a loose bundle that may come apart before the sorter, while the loose bundle approach risks disintegration if the quantity is too large.
A South Dakota sheepman weighs two wool tying methods highlighting compact fleece handling and box preparation. Practical guidance covers box construction, tying cords, and squaring a foot-square wool bundle. Also features cucumber trellising on wire fences and chicory soil, sowing, and cultivation notes for May sowing and row spacing.
Poetic exhortation urging action to drag the road as seasons change. A rhythmic, advertising like call to duty and self improvement using seasonal imagery. The verse emphasizes a simple task to stay productive during idle moments regardless of weather.
Farmers consider growing flax to feed calves and stock without oil extraction. An acre yields about twenty bushels, with flax used cooked or ground in rations. Alfalfa as sole roughage shows mixed results. experiments suggest alfalfa alone may limit grain intake. Wool outlook remains firm with high prices as foreign demand stiffens. In Oklahoma, RK Poison breaks virgin soil on a 820 acre farm using a 34 hp traction engine and large disk plow for initial ground prep.
More than 40 million Americans live on almost 6 million farms, with one breadwinner in three a farmer. Westward movement of Midwest farmers to North Dakota surges from Illinois Indiana Iowa Wisconsin and Nebraska. Spring outlook is bright for a bumper wheat crop while Ohio earns its hayseed state label for cutting and curing hay. Destruction from insects is common when people delay action and then seek quick remedies.
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