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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1946
Page
4
A long list of Bedford area residents and guests arrive for Christmas and the holidays. Families from Missouri, Wyoming, Illinois, and South Dakota join local relatives, with travel to Des Moines, Chicago, and Omaha noted among visits, meals, and gatherings. A note announces an income tax office in Garland Hotel. A concluding paragraph quotes Kelly warning about soil erosion as a national threat and urging mobilization.
Tom Kelly, soil conservation lecturer, warned December 6 at Creston High School that erosion costs American farmers 400 million dollars yearly. He said soil is the nation’s budget and warned that losing topsoil threatens business, industry, and national food self sufficiency, noting England’s example of self feeding colonies.
A mash of household tips includes meat cooking by dry and moist heat, low temperatures to avoid toughness, and handling of buttons with shank sewing. It also offers care for fine china, safe heating of canned foods, and a local election notice for landowners in Taylor County Iowa with absentee ballot details. Executor James R. Locke's 1946 probate notice closes the page.
Notice to landowners within Taylor County Iowa that an election for a district commissioner will be held on January 8, 1947 between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. The district covers all land in Taylor County excluding incorporated cities and towns.
Notice that Odis M. Brown is appointed administrator of the Margaret Jane Brown estate in Taylor County Iowa. Creditors must present claims and all parties may appear in Bedford on December 31 1946 at 10 AM to show cause why final discharge should not be approved. Executors are Charles E Perdew Neva O Lawrence Vera A Brown with Locke and Reading as attorneys.
Executors and administrator filed final reports in the Taylor County Iowa District Court for estates of E W Perdew deceased and Iss M Perdew deceased. Notices direct heirs including Charles E Perdew Neva O Lawrence Vera A Brown and others to appear at Bedford on December 31 1946 for court approval or show cause.
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