Talking Need of Lake Down at Maryville
A Maryville discussion calls for a regional lake project at Lake of Three Fires near Bedford. Readers urge cooperation with Taylor County Iowa WPA plans and Iowa Conservation Commission upkeep, proposing boating swimming cottages and a park to serve nearby communities.
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Maryville
Lake of Three Fires
Bedford
Taylor County
Iowa
WPA
Iowa Conservation Commission
C. of C
Maryville Forum
Being Happy Rated As Important Duty
A compact quotation emphasizes the duty of happiness, arguing that happiness benefits the world more than measurable wealth. It presents happiness as a radiant, contagious force that improves lives and rooms, beyond proving abstract theorems. The author cites Robert Louis Stevenson to underscore life’s livableness.
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Robert Tsouis Stevenson
How the Georges Shaped English Vowel Speech
A Kansas City Star note explains that the pronunciation of either and neither in England and later in America was influenced by George I and George II from Germany. Germans pronounce ei as eye and ie as ee, so the kings adopted eye ther and ney ether, later spreading to court and common usage.
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J.C. Long
Mr. Pitt
America
England
Germany
George
Kansas City Star
Rat Bites Lad in Harvest Field Near Carbon
Donald Chase, son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Chase, southwest of Carbon, was bitten on the second finger of his right hand by a rat while picking up rabbits in a harvest field with his father. The finger swelled and stayed sore but no serious outcome was reported.
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Donald Chase
Lewis Chase
Carbon
Donald
Corning Free Press
216 Young Pheasants Released Near Villisca
A total of 216 young pheasants were released Saturday on nine farms near Villisca. The birds will receive protection and food and water until they are grown and able to survive on their own.
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Villisca
Detasseling Corn Jobs Created in Shenandoah
More than 150 men work detasseling hybrid corn for two Shenandoah seed firms. Field Seed and Nursery employs about 60 workers on a thousand acres of mule hybrid crops while May Seed and Nursery lists about 110 men in detasseling. This labor reduces local unemployment in the city.
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Shenandoah
Field Seed and Nursery Company
May Seed and Nursery Company
Dry creek fishing yields a live catch by a boy
Billy Sam Nichols six, son of George and Mrs Nichols of Allerton, fished a dry creek bed under a tree root and found a live two pound catfish in an old water hole. His brother Merle helped land the fish.
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Billy Sam Nichols
George Nichlas
Allerton
Merle
Corydon Times-Republican
A Cook’s Time Song For Boiled Eggs
An anecdote from Lenox Time Table recounts a cook who sang Nearer My God To Thee to time her eggs. One verse for soft boiled and two for hard boiled, shared as a light science experiment by Editor Sweeley.
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Pure Science
Sweeley
Lenox Time Table
City Provides Children With Shower At Osceola
The northwest corner of Osceola Square hosts a sprinkler attached to a fire hydrant as city workers run a cool spray for local youths. The water board plans to sponsor additional showers if heat persists.
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Osceola
Water Board
Osceola Sentinel
Spirit of a small town comes alive on Sunday
A Silver City Times piece describes a quiet Sunday evening scene with a man on his porch, a dog, neighborly greetings, children at play, and church hymns drifting in the breeze, capturing a peaceful sense of small town America.
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America
Silver City Times
Blue Bird in Technicolor at Rialto Friday and Saturday
Maurice Maeterlinck's The Blue Bird lights the Rialto Theatre Friday and Saturday August 2 and 3 with a starry cast including Shirley Temple Nigel Bruce Gale Sondergaard and more. The roadshow film promises wonders and a luminous fairy tale of memory future luxury and talking trees with a human story at its core.
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Hollywood Theatre
New York
Maurice Maeterlinck
Blue Bird
Rialto Theatre
Shirley Temple
Spring Byington
Nigel Bruce
Gale Sondergaard
Eddie Collins
Sybil Jason
Jessie Ralph
Helen Ericson
Johnny Russell
Laura Hope Crews
Russell Hicks
Cecilia Loftus
al Shean
Gene
Green Forest
Edison the Man shines in Rialto portrait of American achievement
Edison the Man screens at Rialto Sunday to Tuesday August 4 5 and 6. Spencer Tracy delivers a masterful Edison performance praised as blazing and authoritative with a superb cast including Rita Johnson Lynne Overman Charles Coburn Gene Lockhart Henry Travers Felix Bressart and others portraying Edison’s loyal workers.
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Edison
Rialto Theatre
America
Spencer Tracy
Tracy
Rita Johnson
Lynne Overman
Charles Coburn
Gene Lockhart
Henry Travers
Felix Bressart
Trene at Rialto Promises Charm and Fanfare
The film version of a famous musical comedy stars Anna Neagle and Ray Milland at the Rialto Theatre on August 7 and 8. Neagle shines in a clever debutante role with Milland as her wealthy admirer in a New York City ascent tale. The story blends romance and fashion satire with songs like Alice Blue Gown and Irene and features Technicolor sequences and a Negro chorus.
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Rialto Theatre
Anna Neagle
Ray Milland
Miss Neagle
Milland
New York City
Alan Marshal
Roland Young
May Robson
Billie Burke
Arthur Treacher
Marsha Hunt
Doris Nolan
Irene
Oats Harvest Yields 29.5 Bushels Per Acre in Field
Ira Gray of Hopkins reports twelve acres of volunteer oats harvested last month yielded 29.5 bushels per acre. The oats, threshed last week, weighed about 40 pounds per bushel and were of good quality. The volunteer stand sprang from an alfalfa field disced and harrowed last fall and withstood late frosts maturing two to three weeks earlier than neighboring fields.
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Ira Gray
Hopkins
Maryville Forum
Sixty Years Ago Births and Local Notices
Sixty years ago last week Mr N B Headley became father to a daughter and a July 22 marriage in Bedford House joined Simpson Hornaday and Louella Howard of Lenox. T H Morgan, aka Tom, returned from Kansas, P J Wisdom plans a new picket fence and fly screens for his Mormontown store. John Graff and children Harry and Lizzie visited Clarinda, Lizzie staying with her uncle Valentine Graff. Trial jurors for the August term include H F Howard and others. grand jurors listed.
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P. J. Wisdom
Mormontown
P. Ji
John Graff
Harry
Lizzie
Clarinda
Valentine Graff
Twenty Five Years Ago Hopkins Births and Weddings
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Tim Butts of Hopkins on Thursday. Mrs William Lake of New Market Friday. Al Stewart of Polk township is having a big barn built on his farm. Miss Essie Glassgow and Guy Morris both of New Market were married in Clarinda Wednesday afternoon. Thirty people took refuge in
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Tim Butts
Hopkins
William Lake
New Market Friday
al Stewart
Polk Township
Essie Glassgow
Guy Morris
New Market
Clarinda
Wisecup and Richey Wed in Gravity Ceremony
Miss Mattie A. Wisecup of Gravity and Perley Richey of Sharpsburg were married Thursday evening July 15 at the bride’s Gravity home with Rev. W L Dunlavy officiating as clouds bore a cyclonic appearance over New Market.
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C. E. Mason
New Market
Mattie A. Wisecup
Gravity
Perley Richey
Sharpsburg
Bride In Gravity
Rev
W. L. Dunlavy
Marriages mark spring in Bedford area
Mrs. Ross Reed of Sharpsburg and Grace D Hall with Claude G Gray both of Gravity wed at Bedford Christian church parsonage officiated by Rev E E Lowe. Miss Mabel Price and Fred Shafer wed at Price home in Bedford officiated by Rev Harry C Lake. Sam Scrivner sells New Market residence to G L Moore and plans move to Craig Missouri.
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Grace D. Hall
Claude G. Gray
Christian Church Parsonage
Bedford
E. E. Lowe
Sam Scrivner
New Market
G. L. Moore
Craig, Mo
Mabel Alice Price
Fred Leslie Shafer
Wm. H. Price
Harry C. Lake
Wick
Iowa
Ten Years Ago Births and Marriages Highlight Conway Notes
A son was born to Supt and Mrs C W Farmer of Conway on Tuesday July 29. A daughter, Anne Marie, was born to Mr and Mrs Roger McAllister on Thursday July 24. Miss Dorothy Douglas of Bedford married Robert L Getz Jr of Savannah Mo on July 26. they will live in Savannah. Thelma Barnes wed Noble Campbell July 27 at the bride’s parents home in Athelstan. New miniature golf courses draw crowds. Court Street low score 33 on par 38 by Howard Lake. other course 45 by Sonny Ailen on par 42.
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C. W. Farmer
Conway
Roger McAllister
Anne Marie
Dorothy Douglas
Bedford
Robert L. Getz, Jr
Savannah
Maryville
Thelma Barnes
Noble Campbell
Athelstan
Charles Barnes
Court Street
Howard Lake
Sonny Ailen
Ash by Ashley and Anecdotes of Everyday Life
A humorous column blends light social observations and neighborly quips. Anecdotes touch on car payments, confusing terms, a mock accident, quail distributions in Kansas, and playful word jab at postmaster versus postmistress. Personal prompts about travel, hospitality, and domestic life finish with gentle wit.
Down Through the Years in Bedford News and Weather
A Bedford column recalls old friends Glen Bell from California visiting for summer, Jigger Bock now in Missouri, and wartime wrestling days. It notes storms at the lake, corn crops saved by rain, and a Farm Bureau hog calling contest planned for Sept 2.
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Glen Bell
California
Glen
Hank
Ham
Brice
Jigger Bock
Bedford
Missouri
Jig
The
Legion
Marines
Jim
Uncle Sam
Jigger
Shaw
Bureau Sports Festival
Moisture in Egg Air Boosts Freshness Says Priebe
Frank Priebe argues humidity matters more than cool temps for egg quality. He cites Pennsylvania farm data showing higher humidity over 75 percent yields more fancy eggs, suggesting milk houses could include a moisture controlled egg room to prevent moisture loss.
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Pennsylvania
Frank Priebe
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Bedford Free Free
Bedford Free Press Co., Inc
Malm St
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Iowa Newspapers, Inc
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Lad
CITY
Jim Andy Ford
South Main Street
Mr. Ford
St. Francis Hospital
Rialto
Erene
Times-Press
N. B. Headley
Bedford House
M. W. King
Simpson Hornaday
Louella Howard
Lenox
T. H. Morgan
Tom
Kansas
H. F. Howard
E. W. Fouts
J. H. Fisher
S. B. Smith
C. W. Leverton
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John Evans
John Winters
Abner Daugherty
D. E. Clayton
E. Campbell
Thos. Harmer
R. B. Burnett
A. J. McMurtry
I. N. Polton
F. L. Blakemore
G. W. Bean
Levi Davis
A. B. Fordyce
John Hammill
Clark O'Dell
Eli Pangborn
C. W. Cooper
O. M. Dunning
J. C. French
L. W. Fairbanks
Allen Long
J. R. Plummer
H. Seibert
D. E. Spaulding
Ross Reed
Ash By
Annah
Mr. Jones
Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Jones
United
Postoffice Department
Spring Boyington
South Dakota
North
Missouri River
Spagetti
Richey
Mama
Mary
Bath House
Diry
Havn
Egypt
Riebe
M. R. Brant
Bedford, Iowa
A. Elton Jensen
Ahrens Bldg
Wayland H. Maloy, M. D
Shenandoah, Iowa
John F. Hardin
G. W. Rimel, M. D
Black
C. W. Steward
Ahreng
B. J. Flick
James A. Lucas
Flick & Lucas
Attorneys AT Law
J. M. Haddock
Curt Howse
James R. Locke
Frank Wisdom
Bedford National Bank
Wisdom & Company
C. J. Kirketeg
Towa
L. C. Smith Desglers Bailey Typewriter Exchange
Creston
Phone 407
Pote Drug Store
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