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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
3
An explosion at the Roof hardware store in Blanchard broke the front plate glass after a gas leak from a butane tube caused a flash of fire. Charles Foust suffered facial and hand burns in the incident reported by the Clarinda Herald Journal.
Mary Ellen Johnson aged 18 months nearly died after drinking a pint of kerosene from a quart jar left on the coal bucket near the stove. A Glenwood physician pumped the stomach and recovered almost a pint. She had just eaten and drank milk earlier, and by Thursday morning was improving. The incident was reported by the Glenwood Opinion-Tribune.
Ben Moyer of Villisca, 54, suffered rib fractures and other injuries Thursday noon when trapped in a Hepburn mine collapse. He was taken to his mother's home where Dr. F S Williams treated him. The doctor said he cannot work this winter, noting the rocks’ arrangement prevented fatal pressure on his diaphragm.
At the Rialto Theatre Friday and Saturday December 28 and 29 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy headline Block Heads a comedy of a front page celebrity thrust into domestic mayhem. Patricia Ellis Minna Gombell Billy Gilbert and James Finlayson support with sharp humor and charm in a lively print era screening.
Bob Burns stars in The Arkansas Traveler at Rialto Theatre with Fay Bainter, Jean Parker, John Beal, Lyle Talbot and Irvin S. Cobb. The tale follows a vagabond who edits a town paper, battles a political machine, and helps build a radio station in a tale of neighborly spirit. Also shown Sing You Sinners with Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Donald OConnor, Ellen Drew, and Elizabeth Patterson, about a country family chasing a son to settle down and a racehorse dream.
Community notes record multiple birthdays weddings and engagements around Bedford including R W Fitzgerald turning 33 Walter and Mrs Ross returning from a wedding trip. Erve Sturm and Loyd Grimm buying a Sharpsburg meat market. several licenses issued for local marriages and plans for a Mormon Teachers Association debate on corporal punishment in 1879.
Thirty years ago a son was born to Mr and Mrs W R Collins of Siam on Sunday December 20. Ruth Thomas hosted a party for several young friends Saturday afternoon.
Ten years ago Mrs J Bailey of north of Bedford hosted a Saturday party for Gretchen Hosman with sixteen girls on her eleventh birthday anniversary.
Harold Sinclair presents American Years a panoramic novel about the frontier town Everton Illinois from 1830 to 1861 blending humor and brutal hardihood in a story of growth and democracy. The author a Sears Roebuck manager in Bloomington Illinois, based the work on a self described path to literary achievement.
In Taylor County Iowa District Court November Term 1938 No 5226 Ira A Roberts deceased December 17 1932 will filed read December 28 1938 hearing set for ten o clock A M at Bedford Court House to prove validity of the will. Frank Herriott Clerk of District Court. Pub Dec 22 38.
Dear friends, the World’s Poultry Congress will open in Cleveland, Ohio, July 28 for eleven days. About 7,000 birds will compete as governments and 31 countries plan large exhibits, with demonstrations, youth activities, and a focus on poultry and eggs boosting markets and incomes for raisers and suppliers alike.
In Our Town reports Bedford High School lost 40 to 1 to Creston in a decisive boys basketball game. The piece notes local pride, fan turnout, and reactions, plus festive Christmas scenes including loudspeakers, trees, and community charity efforts ahead of Christmas.
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