Hogs vaccination rules tighten at Bedford community sales
Bedford community sales in Vogt produce house and Marley and Hatfield barn moved to enforce hog cholera vaccination after last week’s state order. Buyers may opt to vaccinate before purchase and quarantine animals 21 days on purchaser premises. Dr. H A Seidel, Iowa bureau chief, cites outbreaks tied to sales not supervised by authorities and warns other diseases will face controls. Former Gravity residents Henry and Julien Bertrand, now in Upland Nebraska, visited Grav ity homecoming and county friends before returning home.
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Bedford
Vogt Produce
Marley & Hatfield
H. A. Seidel
Idwa Bureau of Animal Industry
Iowa
Dr. Seidell
Henry Bertrand
Julien Bertrand
Upland
Nebra
Gravity
Taylor County
Weller
Stephens
Slack
Nebraska
Kansas
Work Continues On Water Plant
Over the last year improvements at the city pumping and filtering plant on the 102 river east of town include a new settling basin, repaired basin walls, a homemade lime and alum deskge machine, cleared dirt around the main pump area, steel posts for a future fence, and roofing on both basins using salvage materials. The project aims to protect water from freezing and sunlight, enhancing purification and handling.
Mitchell Firemen’s Kittenball Triumph at Bedford Diamond
The Mitchell team won 5 to 4 on Sunday afternoon at the Henry diamond southeast of Bedford. Watts pitched for Mitchell. A Sheridan, Missouri team challenged them in a 15 inning follow up, winning 3 to 2.
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Mitchell
Henry Diamond
Bedford
Watts
Sheridan
Winton
More Than One Thousand Drivers Barred From Operating Cars
More than a thousand drivers have been barred from driving in the state. Records as of July 1 show 581 licenses suspended, 366 permanently revoked, and 268 denied. 9031 drivers lost one or two license stubs, with thirds causing loss of driving rights. Reckless driving leads with 660 disciplined, intoxicated driving next with 317, speeding 96 for stop signs 96, and 68 licenses suspended pending grand jury action. Since the law began there have been 1,027,569 licenses issued.
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Drivers License Bureau
Bureau
Welfare funds for Taylor county aid under NBA plan
Reverend C M Crowell reports federal welfare money for Taylor county is approved but not the amount. He will issue relief only to NBA cooperating stores and will review 325 county files to drop non needy families. About 100 families were helped in July with roughly $800 distributed. applications rise and tighter rules will be enforced in August.
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Taylor County
Iowa
C. M. Crowell
Crowell
Will Attend Her Sixth World Fair
Mrs. C. W. McColm of New Market has visited six world fairs across years 1893 Chicago 1898 Omaha 1901 Buffalo 1905 St. Louis 1907 Portland 1933 Chicago. She left Saturday and will stay ten days in Chicago.
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Timen
New Market
C. W. McColm
Chicago
Omaha
Buffalo
N. Y
St. Louis
Portland
Ore
Poor Warrants Called for Payment in Bedford Poor Fund
County Treasurer L. L. Moore issues a call for warrants numbered 273 through 310, stamped not paid for want of funds about 90 days ago. About $700 remains in the poor fund. In a separate note, a Bedford doubles tennis tournament will begin next week at Ribbins park courts with registrations at Ahren's drug store and a small entry fee. prizes will go to the winners.
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L. L. Moore
Moore
Ribbins Park
Bedford
Ahren's Drug Store
All-Day Picnic Planned by Township Farm Bureau
Clayson WentOn and Ross township farm bureau members and their families will hold an all day picnic in Bibbins Park Friday of this week. It is to be a general good time get together affair with everyone bringing his dinner.
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Clayson
Wenton
Ross Township Farm Bureau
Bibbins Park
Giant Hay Stack Destroyed by Fire
Fire caused by spontaneous combustion destroyed a large stack of meadow hay on the Grant Davis farm southwest of Bedford. The blaze burned for days despite Bedford fire trucks. Hay from over 90 acres fed the stack, containing more than one hundred loads on land owned by an insurance company with Grant Davis as tenant.
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Grant Davis
Bedford
National Guard Unit Passes Thru Here to World's Fair
Battery C 128th Field Artillery Missouri National Guard, 133 men and 11 officers, travels via Bedford en route to Chicago for maneuvers at the World's Fair. They stop overnight, open camp to the public, and plan a free concert and kittenball game with Harbour's Roosters before continuing to Maryville. Details of the visit will appear in next week's Times-Press.
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128Th Field Artillery
Missouri National Guard
Bedford
Chicago
Maryville
Fair Grounds
Harbour
Roosters
Mine Operators Organize Group In Southwest Iowa
Operators of coal mines in southwestern Iowa organized at New Market to promote cooperation and curb cutthroat competition. The S. W. Iowa Association of Coal Mine Operators elected Ben A. Pullan as president and W. L. Steeves as secretary, with J. F. Ruth, Harley Pearson, James Pullan, and others named directors. Twenty mining companies belong to the group as they draft a code of fair competition.
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Iowa
New Market
Ben A. Pullan
W. L. Steeves
J. F
Ruth
Carbon
Harley Pearson
Clarinda
James Pullan
S. W. Iowa Association of Coal Mine Operators
J. F. Ruth
William Drake
J. A. Smith
George Evans
Homer S. Stephens
Kinnison Visits Bedford on Midwest Stop
Virgil M. Kinnison of Ottawa kans spent Monday in Bedford visiting friends while en route to Davenport Iowa with the Ottawa sheriff to seize a jail escapee. Kinnison, a former Taylor county clerk, now heads Ottawa night police.
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Kinnison
Bedford
Virgil M. Kinnison
Ottawa
Kans
Davenport
Iowa
Taylor County
Retailers Club Planned Across Six Counties in Iowa Territory
Bedford retailers plan to form a six county association covering Nodaway Atchison Montgomery Page Adams Taylor to standardize NRA practices. Committee members L C Morris G W Hook and Guy Thompson appointed to represent Bedford. Grocers operate 7am to 6pm, Saturdays 7am to 11pm, 71hour week. workers limited to 48 hours. Other shops near 40 hours. Beauty parlors publish hours.
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J Association
Nodaway
Atchison
Montgomery
Page
Adams
Taylor
Clarinda
L. C. Morris
G. W. Hook
Guy Thompson
John Prugh
Community Club
Bedford
Tagan
Oun
Retailers’ Association
NRA
May Cut Quota County Patients at Iowa City Hospital
Taylor county officials anticipate a steep drop in indigent patients admitted to the State University hospital in Iowa City. County Attorney Roger Warin says the state has ordered pro rata shares for each county due to rising applications and bed demand. Quotas by class of patients will be announced. three categories cover who pays transportation, doctor fees, and hospital charges.
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State University Hospital
Iowa City
Taylor County
Roger Warin
Warin
Walkers Grocery Sold to Farragut Pair
Walkers Grocery in the Baker building, formerly H. C. Little, was sold early this week to Duane Roberts and Robert Coy of Farragut. Possession given today. The Roberts couple plan to move to Bedford as quarters are found, while Mr and Mrs Walker have not decided their next move. Roberts has grocery and market experience in Farragut and with Jewel Tea in Des Moines.
Marriage license issued in Maryville and Bedford
A marriage license was issued in Maryville Tuesday to Gilbert Yearous of Gravity and Darleen Slaight of Clarinds. The ceremony was performed by Ralph Graves, justice of the peace. Millard T. Blakesly and Nina Louise Grahl, both of Council Bluffs, were issued a marriage license in Bedford on August 5.
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Maryville
Gilbert Yearous
Darleen Slaight
Ralph Graves
Millard T. Blakesly
Nina Louise Grahl
Council Bluffs
Bedford
Michael Delles 76 Dies At Home Near Conway
Michael Delles, 76, died at his home near Conway at noon Sunday after a two week illness. He had been in weak health eight years. Funeral at St Patrick's church Lenox Wednesday conducted by Rev H C Pouget. Burial in Fairview cemetery Lenox. Born September 25, 1856 in Roodt Luxembourg he later moved to Paris then America with brother Jacob. Arrived Burlington Illinois then Chicago where brother died. In 1883 came to Iowa and settled in Taylor county near Missouri line. Married November 28 1893 to Sarah Bannon of Sharpsburg in St Patrick's Lenox church. Survived by three sons including Carl of Los Lomas New Mexico. Member of St Patrick's Lenox and a charter member of Modern Woodmen of America Conway.
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Michael Delles
Conway
St. Patrick’s Church
Lennox
H. C. Pouget
Fairview
Lenox
Roodt
Luxemburg
Paris
Jacob
America
Burlington
Ill
Chicago
Iowa
Mississippi River
Bulington
Taylor County
Missouri
Local Man Grows Two Acres of Tomatoes Near Bedford
W. V. Tucker, a truck driver who moved to Bedford last year from Grant City, farms two acres of tomatoes west of Bedford on No. 3. He and helpers pick about 40 bushels of tomatoes every other day and sell them in Bedford and nearby towns. Ten thousand plants from Tucker hotbeds were set in the two acre patch last spring and cultivation uses a single horse and plow.
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Bedford
W. V. Tucker
Grant City
Tucker
West
Fire Threatens J. M. Little Store
An electric motor at the Frigidaire plant in the J. M. Little grocery store burned during an electrical storm, risking major damage. Ida Kemple of the Hi-Way Cafe noticed smoke at about nine, alerting store employees. the motor in the basement stopped when power flickered, and the fire burned out before extensive damage occurred due to cement and sheet iron walls slowing spread.
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J. M. Little Grocery
Ida Kemple
Harbour Wins Over Times-Press In Double Header
In a Friday night double header on the local diamond Harbour defeated Times-Press 2-1 while Knowlton beat Times-Press 6-3. Watts pitched for Harbour and Beitman for Times-Press. Harbour also faces Diagonal and Maryville later this week as late games are scheduled here. Gillispie becomes Genoa plant superintendent after serving in Bedford Seward transfer noted. Bedford library closes for a week from Aug 14 with librarian Cora Beall traveling to Des Moines and Oelwein.
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Times-Press
Knowton
Harbours
Diagonal
Watts
Beitman
Firemen
Gravity
Maryville
Knowlton
Bedford Public Library
Cora Beall
Des Moines
B. J. Flickland
Oelwein
RB. V. Lucas
County Records Heavy Rain Tuesday Boosts Corn Prospects
Four inches of rainfall by official gauge at Arthur Bishop farm north of Bedford and five to six inches in Bedford by homemade gauges on Tuesday night eased moisture fears. General county rainfall promises a bumper corn crop with ample moisture, though some soil wash and wind-blown stalk damage noted. Soybeans across hundreds of acres gain moisture. fall plowing and threshing of wheat oats and barley were already complete.
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Arthur Bishop
Bedford
Lions Plan Kittenball Meet Structured by Wetmore
Frank Wetmore was named chairman of a Lions club committee at a Monday dinner to organize a kittenball tournament to be held in Bedford within two weeks. Teams from nearby towns are to participate. Entertainment included a piano duet by Mr. and Mrs. J Harold Prugh of Albany and a violin solo by Betty Bray with Miss Elinor Thompson at the piano. The Rain Bow hotel hosted the dinner.
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Frank Wetmore
Lions Club
Bedford
J. Harold Prugh
Albany
Betty Bray
Elinor Thompson
Rainbow Hotel
Office Declared Vacant at Clearfield Post Office
The Clearfield post office is declared vacant after eight years under Harry Aitken. Applicants may obtain application papers from the postmaster to enter the competitive civil service examination to select a successor. Applicants will be advised later on when and where to take the examination.
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Clearfield
Harry Aitken
Aitken
Iowa land values cut by 642 million in preliminary assessor figures
Preliminary figures certified to the state board show a 642 million drop in assessed land values from 1931 to 1932, with land at 1.673 billion and city lots at 738 million. Reductions average about 20 percent, some counties above or below. The state board will finalize valuations after county equalization. a Norma Trinity club meeting space carnival vote failed.
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Lowa
State Board of Asessment
J. W. Reynolds
Future Farmers Visit Projects Tour County
M. Z. Hendren led twenty one Future Farmers of America on a Wednesday tour visiting nineteen county projects. Some were skipped due to distance while meson projects were not visited. They picnicked at the Tribolet home in Siam, played kittenball, swam at the Williams home, then returned to Bed ford for home made ice cream and a Rialto theater showing. Participants included Harold Tribolet and many named growers such as Charles Churchill and Harlan Hamilton with crops and livestock projects noted.
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M. Z. Hendren
Future Farmers of America
John Tribolet
Siam
Harold
C. EB. Williams
Thomas Williams
Bedford
Rialto Theater
Temple Drake
Charles Churchill
Dean Lovitt
Arthur Lewis Bishop
Ray Kernen
Nelson Smalley
Ebi L. Wainwright, Jr
Paul Leighton
Leland Hamilton
Harold Tribolet
Keith Talbott
Harley Sheley
Harlan Hamilton
H. K. Russell
Field
Albert Hensley
Guy Weir
Elgin Grace
Cecil Morrison
Homer Horning
Times-Press Triumph Keeps Title Hopes Alive
The Times-Press defeated the Bakery 11-5 boosting to second place and into a three way tie for first as play heated up in Bedford league with heavy hitters missing. A postponed schedule and recent protests over eligibility cloud the outcomes ahead of next week’s key matchups.
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Bedford
Times-Press
Bakery
T-P Bunch
Bakers
Harbours
Firemen
Cobbs
Times-Press- Bakery
Dads
Times- Press-City Dads
Firemen- Bakery
Conway Homecoming Picnic At Dotts Grove Aug 20
The Conway Housing and Picnic plans an annual event at Dotts Grove west of Conway on Sunday August 20. A basket dinner will be served at the noon hour followed by a social afternoon activities.
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Dotts Grove
Conway
Wheat Adjustment Program Cash Benefit Details for Iowa Farmers
The wheat adjustment plan in Taylor County Iowa offers cash payments equal to 54 percent of average production from 1930 to 1932 for acreage reductions. Example shows farmer John Jones reducing by 20 percent could receive about 162 dollars in 1933 and additional payments in 1934 and 1932, totaling 486 dollars over three years, plus a guaranteed annual cash payment if properly managed.
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Taylor County
T. H. Isaac
Murl McDonald
Towa
Wallace
John Jones
Iowa
Jones
McDonald
Sharpsburg Store Looted by Thieves
Thieves pried open a side door to the Clydle Taylor store in Sharpsburg Friday night and stole items including men and women shoes caps shirts pants children's shoes a Parker fountain pen and a small cash amount. Sheriff Tom Lacy investigated and ordered prints. Wilkins Boys Band of ten played concerts at Gravity homecoming Friday and Saturday of last week.
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Clydle Taylor
Sharpsburg
Mr. Taylor
Hig
Parker
Secriff
Tom Lacy
Gravity
Wilkins
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National Guard
B. A. Pullan
Gooden
Wayne Gooden
Peoria
Kana
Ira Gooden
Walkers Grocery
J. M. Little Store
Gillispie
E. C. Gillispie
Iowa- Nebraska Light & Power.company
Genoa
Nebr
Seward
Lions
Seaior
Norma- Trinity Club
Times
Press
City Dads
Conway Homecoming
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