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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
3
A proclamation extols the Red Cross as a universal charity, tireless and ageless, uniting faiths and aiding the poor. It claims the organization brings light, joy, and restoration after disasters, rebuilding homes, comforting the sick, and spreading tangible charity worldwide.
The Corydon Times Republic columnist muses on Paradise comparing it to Wayne County. He notes autumn beauty and comfortable living, praises local roads for rubber tires, and argues contentment beats worry, suggesting Paradise offers little beyond mental attitude.
A veteran engineer on his final train run reported a pheasant killed by the locomotive. He returned with the bird as a somber, memorable keepsake of his last shift, per the Thurman Times report.
A magazine passage asks why brunettes seek to become blondes while blondes rarely imitate brunettes. It questions gendered clothing button sides and women’s dislike of housework yet affection for decorative kitchen attire and dress.
The Reinbeck Courier quotes a local reader arguing that business leaders must model loyalty to the town. He cites coal from Illinois being sold near Reinbeck and asks why merchants would demand loyalty while ignoring their own example amid a coal famine.
Quick thinking with cream prevented serious injuries from sulphuric acid. At Grand River Mrs. Russell Morrison got acid in her eye. her husband poured cream to neutralize burning and got her to a doctor. In Spencer Leonard DeWall escaped major injury after a friend poured acid on him and rolled the container to dilute it.
The state highway patrol released pledges for motorists to reduce accidents. Drivers commit to reasonable speed, courtesy, using signals, yielding, watching pedestrians, not passing on hills, maintaining vehicles, and recognizing others' rights and privileges.
John Hagland killed a white feathered bird described as head like a chick en yet with pheasant body and long tail. Locals speculate the creature is a cross between a pheasant and a white leghorn, prompting discussion in Swea City.
At the Rialto Fri and Sat Dec 8 and 9 the film What A Life showcases Jackie Cooper as Henry Aldrich and Betty Field as a talented newcomer. The comedy centers on school life and first love with lively mischief and a charming cast appealing to all ages.
The third Dr. Kildare film stars Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore at the Rialto Theatre Sunday Monday Tuesday December 10 11 12. Ayres pursues a nameless fear behind a hospital mystery aided by Barrymore with Laraine Day Mary Lamont and a cast delivering drama comedy and medical intrigue.
Carole Lombard stars opposite Cary Grant with Kay Francis in a key role as a love triangle drives the plot. Grant suffers a pneumonia hospital stay after a quarrel while Lombard appears as the other woman and the tense dynamics unfold with Coburn Vinson Alexander Hale Muscovich in supporting parts.
The column records a mix of community updates including Dr S S Weidner's visit and typhoid illness near Memory, John Schwertley and Miss Mary Gesset’s Wayne county wedding, Bedford’s anticipated brick buildings, Windsor Cathcart and Dr Galliday planning new business houses, Colonel Pierson’s two brick projects on Green street, high corn yields around sixty bushels per acre, Platteville jubilation after Gay township railroad vote, Captain Flick’s remarks, and several marriage licenses issued to local residents.
Thirty five years ago C. S. Bradley sold his Gravity feed business to J. C. Hill. A Bedford company formed by R. G. Moon L. E. Reid and F. E. Davidson aims to manufacture copper cable lightning rods for wholesale distribution.
In Iowa the corn harvest remains robust with the second largest annual output on record. Efficiency rises as plant spacing tightens and bird corn varieties boost yields, while farm profits hinge on careful management of costs and prices.
Thirty years ago report notes births in Bedford and Gravity with a girl and a boy. T N Coles feed mill in Conway burned from overheated boxing causing about three thousand dollars loss, fifteen hundred insured. Bridges planned across West 102 and a forty foot span in Jefferson township. Woman's Relief Corps and Post held a spelling contest. thirty attended in the G A R room with candy given after.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Dewey Fidler of Ath elstan on Monday Dec 2. Twin sons were born to Mr and Mrs John Shaffer of Clear field on Monday Dec 2. A marriage license was issued Monday to Katheryn Brummett and Max Kendrick of New Market.
Plans for the 20th anniversary of the American Farm Bureau Federation are nearly complete. The program includes speeches from Cabinet members and Henry A Wallace with John W Studebaker among speakers. Rep Marvin Jones of Texas has not yet confirmed. The event opens December 5 with community singing and memorial service.
The piece notes Sid Morris seeking side work for his three boys as they head to school, praises Dodie and Hank, and recalls the Blakemore family dog Shep who has died. It invites Bedford residents to a mammoth Santa Claus parade next Wednesday and suggests schools dismiss early for families to attend.
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