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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1944
Page
3
Joe Faith visited Mount Ayr last week and frost and icy roads hampered travel. Local residents include Charley Dunning buying corn, John R. McCaun serving as Hills City postmaster, and Colonel J. A. Pierson moving to Fort Scott Kansas. Bedford social club plans a Christmas Eve reunion with unique exercises.
Mrs J F Conn of Pleasantville reports two Minneapolis mailed boxes insured to her containing six crystal sherbets a hand painted chocolate set cut glass creamer and sugar turkey platter three plates and buttons and earrings all items from her Minnesota home stolen five years ago and now returned in good condition. The Knoxville Express notes the tale prompting questions of who when and why.
A hired man at George Barmann’s farm misshucked corn in a field southeast of Bedison. Graham Edwards found his own corn shucked and reported it to Deputy Sheriff Ray O’Grady. The error was traced to the hired man confusing directions while returning from Barmann’s farm.
The Knoxville Express rails against social security, arguing it will erode the work ethic as citizens rely on government aid. It contends the aged and disabled deserve support by law, but warns of a decadent society if able-bodied people abstain from work.
The 280 horsepower diesel motor from Corning's Municipal Light plant is shipped to Carrizozo New Mexico for installation in a smaller plant. The old unit is removed and a wall opened to fit the 1000 horsepower replacement costing about 71000 dollars funded by revenue bonds.
A Christmas meditation urges readers to keep the holiday spirit through giving and duty, citing Henry Van Dyke and a Kablegram tale about a Bethlehem birth and wartime hopes. The piece closes with a brief station-foregone humor anecdote about a stranded young woman and a station agent.
Wallace Beery stars as Honest Plush Brannon in Barbary Coast Gent at Rialto Theatre Sunday through Tuesday December 17 18 19. Binnie Barnes John Carradine and Noah Beery Sr co star in a tale of deceit mining schemes train robberies and a final lucky strike set in old Barbary Coast Nevada.
Hopalong Cassidy stars in Mystery Man at the Rialto Theatre Friday and Saturday December 15 16. Bud Trilling heads a bank thieves and cattle rustler gang and clashes with Hopalong California and Jimmy in Holbrook as a bank raid and cattle rustling scheme unfold ending in Trilling’s arrest.
A spelling mix up between Rock Port and Rockport Mo and Rocheport Mo causes mail misrouting. A carload of feeder sheep was sent to the wrong Rockport and had to be unloaded and fed. Residents urge correcting Uncle Sam’s directory or improving handwriting in schools.
Twenty Hampshire pigs about 100 pounds each disappeared after a farm sale in Greenfield. A man identified as E. McDonnall bought them for a four man group and fled in a pickup with no payment. Sheriff M L Lydon seeks leads as similar thefts occur at other sales. The suspect is described as a 25 year old, 6 feet tall, dark haired man driving a Chevrolet pickup with a black rack.
Ellen Beebe summarizes Journey In The Dark as the third Flavin novel about Sam Braden a sixty year old Californian whose life spans sixty years of American history. The book traces Braden from a small town boy to a successful yet dissatisfied man with complex family ties including Natasha Hath and a Jewish half brother. Reviewers praise the economical narrative and note the novel exposes that money cannot alone shape a true personality.
Local reports describe a hornless doe or young deer adapting to stay among cattle north of Bethany within city limits. Sightings began mid last week with Mrs. Dale Van Meter and others confirming evenings when the deer rested with Charley Taylor’s cattle on the north edge of town. Farmers welcome the wild animal and enjoy its presence.
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