Tillie the Toiler comes to Rialto Theatre in film
At the Rialto Friday and Saturday December 26 and 27 the world famous Tillie the Toiler cartoon heroine leaps to life on screen. Kay Harris leads a strong cast with William Tracy Daphne Pollard George Watts Jack Arnold Ernest Truex Stanley Brown and Edward Gargan in this Westover-based story of a stenographer who dreams of dresses and dates while stirring up office chaos.
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Tillie the Toiler
Russ Westover
Rialto Theatre
Kay Harris
Tillie
William Tracy
Daphne Pollard
George Watts
Mr. Simpkins
Jack Arnold
Wally Whipple
Mae
Little Stories From Years Gone By
A retrospective feature recalls short events from the Times-Press archives, highlighting small, human moments captured in past years. Readers are invited to reflect on familiar names, places, and everyday happenings that shaped the community’s history.
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Times-Press
Brown couple welcome a daughter into their family
Sixty five years ago the Brown family welcomed a daughter, a young but interesting addition. S. W. Woodruff taught penmanship to a large class at the courthouse. M C Connett, R B Rockwell, H McConvill, J M Thirkield, W G Barrows, J W Combs and others visited Creston Tuesday to discuss Masonry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Brown
S. W. Woodruff
M. C. Connett
R. B. Rockwell
H. McConvill
J. M. Thirkield
W. G. Barrows
J. W. Combs
Creston
White Christmas Hope Guides Iowans Holiday Tide
A weather note links rain to snow and a white Christmas in Iowa. Des Moines visitors Dodie and Hank meet locals and enjoy Santy at Younkers. Old papers from 1887 1888 show patent medicines ads and lively politics. G. L. Finn listed as a candidate for national legislature.
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Des Moines
Dodie
Hank
Santy
Younkers
Times-Independent
John J. Clark
Post Office Bonds Mixup Sparks Cash Shortage
A local post office story in Maryville Forum describes a patron who bought two $1,000 defense bonds with two $500 bonds valued at $750 short in receipts. After being notified, he returned to correct the error by writing a difference check while keeping the extra $1,000 bonds, illustrating wartime American support despite confusion in the mail system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Maryville Forum
Canterbury Considers Taxless Fiscal Year 1941 42
The town of Canterbury Connecticut with about 1000 residents votes to forgo taxes for the 1941 42 fiscal year. The message implies a perceived surplus in the treasury and questions the need for further taxation.
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Canterbury
Conn
Waterloo Courier
Burlap Bottleneck Plagues Farmers Amid Supply Strain
Farmers face tight burlap supplies as global bottlenecks limit gunny sack production. Imports from India struggle to meet demand for grain storage and packaging, forcing delays and higher costs for decades old textile use.
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India
Gamoni Cnronivic
Bridge Collapse Spurs War Time Steel Shortage
Wayne county officials confront the cost of a failed road tractor crash into a steel arch bridge. The collapse forces a new span but steel girders and arches are scarce due to wartime priorities, delaying reconstruction.
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Wayne County
Lamoni Chronicle
Late blooming bush resembles Japanese nation in buds
A Japanese quince bush on Aunt Kate Norris lawn was noticed Tuesday to be full of buds, almost ready to bloom. The remark notes the bush, like the Japanese nation, has started something it can't finish.
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Kate Norris
Redding Herald
Boone youths front hydrants causing water loss
About six boys in Boone Iowa opened ten city hydrants on Halloween. Officials closed them after a half million gallons were wasted. The youths were taken into custody and fined $100 each, then paroled with a condition to repay $10 each for the water loss.
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Boone
Iowa
Afton Star Enterprise
Car Owner Is Man Who Needs More Time
A reader questions the Motor Vehicle department extending the due date to September 1 for driver licenses. The editorial laments the need for a two month extension to pay fifty cents, calling the situation absurd for any taxpayer who drives.
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Motor Vehicle Department
Northwood
Abbott Costello and Powell in Navy Musical at Rialto
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello star in In The Navy with Dick Powell at the Rialto Theatre December 31 and January 1. The Andrews Sisters headline supporting acts with Claire Dodd, Dick Foran, Butch and Buddy, and Shemp Howard. Powell plays a radio singer who deserts to join the Navy a San Diego training station.
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New Service
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Dick Powell
Rialto Theatre
Andrews Sisters
Patty
Maxene
LaVerne
Claire Dodd
Dick Foran
Butch
Buddy
Shemp Howard
Condos Brothers
Comediennes
Powell
New York
Navy
San Diego
Naval Training Station
Miss Dodd
Honolulu
Abbott and Costello
Andrew Sisters
4-H Training School Held For Leaders
Miss Gladys Adams leads the first 4-H training school of the year for Taylor County girls and club leaders. The program covers Nutrition, food records, and Red Cross sewing and knitting projects with club credit. Seven clubs are represented and plans include Red Cross garment work with a time limit.
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Gladys Adams
Taylor County
C. S. Orth
Red Cross
Parks Remains Sole Veteran on Team This Winter
The team features Parks as the only veteran for the upcoming winter season, signaling a youthful roster and potential leadership challenge.
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Parks
Twenty Years Ago Births and Marriages Noted in Bedford Area
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred McKenzie of Bedford on December 21. A marriage license was issued to Ray Daugherty of Clarinda and Bertha Bramble of New Market. James Daugherty’s twelfth birthday celebrated. Mayme Lee and Douglas Turner wed in Maryville. Rev. E. E. Lowe injured en route to church and could not lead services. Ruth Cooksey and Paul Ross married in Clarinda. Licenses issued to Kenyon and Crawford, Putnam and Livingston, Payne and Hunter.
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Fred McKenzie
Bedford
Ray Daugherty
Clarinda
Bertha Bramble
New Market
Mayme Lee
Hopkins
Douglas Turner
Maryville
E. E. Lowe
R. E. Kennon
Corning
Mable Crawford
Gravity
Virgil Glen Putnam
Mary Nancy Livingston
Kenneth Paul Payne
Sioux City
Helen Gwendolyn Hunter
Conway
Local Notices and Social Updates from Bedford Area
Twenty five years ago births new residents announced as Homer Avey and M J Murphy families welcome a son and a daughter in Blockton and Bedford. Bedford depot opening announced for December 30. Alta Johnson and Clyde Bristow wed at Elder Barnum residence. Leslie Ogle and Freda Humphrey receive marriage license. J R Crum marked eightieth birthday with many cards from Illinois friends. Bedford Free Press editor A C Brice Jr sells half stake to A W Hamblin. Shinny hockey incident leaves James Ulmer with a severe eye wound in Hopkins.
Bedford High names finalists for inter-school debate
In the final preliminary debate at Bedford High on Tuesday afternoon, James Thompson Earnest Parks and James Hoxworth were selected to represent the school in the inter-school debate competition.
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James Thompson
Earnest Parks
James Hoxworth
Bedford High School
Trailer Vagabond in Los Angeles Sees Blackout Trial Run
In wartime Los Angeles residents adapt as sirens plunge the city into darkness. Officials plan simultaneous alarms and broader blackout measures to protect life and property while keeping essential operations running.
Farm Bureau Posts Record Year in Taylor County
Hundreds of farm families supported the Taylor County Farm Bureau in 1941 as membership rose to 267. The year featured 106 meetings with nearly 4,000 attendees, extensive home project work, 25 farmer projects, 37 study groups, 166 soil meetings, and CCC tree planting. The bureau also produced numerous letters, bulletins, and articles, and organized 15 townships and 13 4 H clubs. Officials credit the program and state and national legislative wins, including farm parity, for future growth.
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Taylor County Farm Bureau
County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Soil Commissioners
I. L. Christensen
CCC
Marriages and anniversaries marked in Maryville and Bedford
Ten years ago Miss Marvel Burns and Harold Brown wed in Maryville on a Thursday. Beatrice Orme and Halbert Hensley tied the knot in Maryville last week. Richard Campbell and wife celebrated their forty first anniversary at home in Bedford on Christmas day. Wayland Maloy, longtime associate in Council Bluffs, moved permanently to Shenandoah.
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Miss Marvel Burns
Harold Brown
Maryville
Beatrice Orme
Halbert Hensley
Richard Campbell
Bedford
Wayland Maloy
Council Bluffs
Shenandoah
War Comes Closer in the Midwest Says Knoxville Express
The Knoxville Express notes that the war reaches even agricultural towns in the Midwest. It urges citizens to steel themselves as England did, acknowledging several sons already died in early clashes and warning that not all efforts will be successful.
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Middlewest
England
Knoxville Express
Painful wrapping woes end as celophane goes away
After years of fighting clingy celophane wrappings that needed a buzz saw to remove, residents will soon do without them. The Boone News Republican notes the change and the coming fuss over alternatives.
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Boone News- Repusiican
At The Library by Mrs Beebe Celebrates Christmas Reading
A library note praises Christmas stories and anthologies including The Well of the Star by Elizabeth Goudge and The Sister of the Angels, plus Dickens famous tale and other Christmas pieces. It highlights resources in the library and suggests Christmas themes for research and enjoyment.
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Jenn Hadfield
Mr. Plardhoe
Tyr Jay
Elizabeth Goudge
Ladies Home Journal
Dicken
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Bedford Times-Press
Vines-Repubblican
Bedford Free Press
Times-Republican
Bedford Free Press Co. Inc
Main St
Seondes Mil Matter
A. W. Hamblin
Ofpecial Newspaper
Iowna
Emuice Tow Press
Iowa Newst Association
Apers, Inc
Dot Blake
A. G. Lucas
Carter
F. H. Rowley
G. L. Finn
Rm Taka
IN the Navy
Lively Loyal Larks
Hazel Woods
Loyal Legion
Glade Keith
Benton
Paxe Shafer
Mery Shofar
Pepper Benton
Busy Belles
Guy Guess
J. L. Stemps
Marjorie Stroud
Tau
Guen Maidens
Joan Boster
Kathleen Wintermute
Betty Baxter
Verla Loehry
Wilbur Novinger
Sire. C. BE. Burton
Mason Township
Pink Dobson
Paul Poore
Bedford Township
Veaton John
Ralph Andrew
Finis Park
C. H. Templeton
Norma Hollen
Home Demonstraton
Jas. H. Daugherty
James
Ruth Cooksey
Paul Ross
Sertha Dorr
Adolph Steeve
Frank Johnston
Homer Avey
Blockton Saturday
M. J. Murphy
New Bedford
Alta Johnson
Clyde Bristow
Elder Lee H. Barnum
Leslie G. Ogle
Freda L. Humphrey
Sharpsburg
J. R. Crum
Illinois
A. C. Brice, Jr
James Ulmer
Los Angeles
Calif
Pacific
Adhree
Hollywood Blvd
Wilshire Blvd
Pearl Harbor
Army
F. C. Beebe
Trailer Vagabond
Pote Drug Company
Bedford, Low
Rexall Store
Rd. Flick
Luca
Flick & Lucas
Attorneys AT Law
Bedford, Iowa
J. M. Haddock
James R. Locke
J. Kirb
Bedford Nationa I Wneo Gtn
OWEN
C. W. Edmonds, M.D
L. C. Smith Dealers
Bailey Typewriter Exchange
Phone 407
Pote Drug Store
M. A. Brant
Wayland H. Maloy, M. D
Shenandoah, Iowa
John F. Hardin
G. W. Rimel, M. D
C. W. Steward
X-Rey
Abrang Drug Hatlding
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