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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
3
Sixty five years ago damp skies and showers hinder picnics and worm picking for farmers. Frank Begis sold his dray business to G C Maynard. The week brings church dedications, school planning, stone quarrying, and a fire at G S McKinley’s Ladoga store.
At the Rialto theater on Friday and Saturday June 20 and 21 audiences meet Mad Dog Roy Earle played by Humphrey Bogart as he seeks freedom from mob debt. The story follows his return to the mountains and a tense plan to pull a desert hold up with henchmen and a growing bond with Velma. Standout turns include Joan Leslie and Arthur Kennedy.
A 30 second lapse can cost 285 dollars in fire damage as homes and businesses burn. The Osceola Sentinel urges simple prevention steps from disposing of rubbish to extinguishing cigarettes as part of a nationwide fire safety campaign.
Editor notes eastern editors overlook the 1930s drought crisis. He proposes Kansas Industrial Development funds ten carloads of butter eggs greens and flour labeled Kansas Relief of the Drought Stricken East. Cars travel to the rail heartland with photographers to document the welcome and distribution.
A fragment from the Osceola Sentinel lampoons a trickster scheme promising easy money from strangers. The piece notes gullible victims and mocks the lure of quick gains, reflecting on common con artist bets and the public’s suspicion.
When a graduate is handed a diploma at commencement exercises, he accepts not only an honor but a definite obligation. He accepts the responsibility of finding for himself a useful place in society according to the Shefield Press.
Excitement swept Villisca as two boys aged 8 and 19 sailed a plank tied to shore down the West Nodaway river. The rope slipped, leaving them adrift for about four miles before they moored near the cable bridge near the T. E. Day farm. both saved themselves with no need for rescue.
A Chronicle piece urges friendly arguments and peaceful disagreement. It notes each person has a right to their opinion and advocates agreeing to disagree without hostility.
The Oskalooza Herald notes Latin American leaders view rising coffee consumption as a democratic symbol and a dream for economic security, with per adult intake increasing from 15.6 pounds in 1940 to 22 pounds seen as relief from totalitarian market losses.
City and court agreed to convert parts of the courthouse square into parking stalls. A twenty foot strip along the north east and south sides will be waived to allow paving under the WPA project. The plan adds about 79 parking spaces surrounding the square.
A Mitchell County Press item notes the value of criticism in public discourse. It urges readers to embrace criticism as a sign of engagement and importance, emphasizing that strong voices invite scrutiny and dialogue.
Johnny explains his essay on My Mother mirrors his sister's to a teacher, arguing their similarities reflect their common upbringing in New Sharon Star. The remark exposes classroom tensions over originality and parental themes.
A Gaynor neighborhood home of Ben Cooper caught fire Thursday evening due to a defective flue. A birthday note records the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Fred Joslyn of Gravity on June 11.
Roy V Cannon graduated from a Kansas City dental school on May 28. Mrs D B Louis hosted a Saturday afternoon party for daughter Carolyns sixth birthday. A picnic lunch at Snyders grove drew Louise Brounink Dolores Bremmer Eva Klopp Truly Trousdale Gwendolyn Turner Mary Lane Jeanne Beebe Gail Howe Edwin Delmara Carolyn Sollis Mr and Mrs Perry Crouch Mrs Sollis.
A son was born to Rev and Mrs C F McMican of Bedford. Thomas Lambley of Conway marked his ninety sixth birthday. A fire destroyed eleven businesses in Maloy in about an hour. Leighton McCormick earned a Forestry diploma and Hal C Anderson earned a Chemical Engineering diploma at Iowa State College last week.
The article portrays Buffalo Bill Cody as more than a frontiersman, highlighting his role in founding Cody Wyoming in 1900 and inspiring irrigation work. It notes the Shoshone project and a modern cattle industry with dude ranches, a Western town culture, an air port, and winter sports. The town preserves Bill's memory with a log cabin museum while his grave remains on Lookout Mountain in Colorado.
The Rio film That Night In Rio opens at Rialto Theatre with TechniColor shows Sunday through Tuesday June 22 23 24. Don Ameche and Alice Faye star in a double role plot weaving nightclub performer and Rio baron with Carmen Miranda and a witty supporting cast in a lively musical comedy featuring five Gordon Warren tunes.
Bonnie Baker and Orrin Tucker star in the comedy musical You're The One at Rialto Theatre on June 25 and 26. The film follows Bonnie's bid to sing with Albert Dekker's orchestra aided by Jerry Colonna and Lillian Cornell in a zany plot involving a weight loss sanitarium and a glamourous nurse, Edward Everett Horton co stars.
Stanley Swanson of Hopkins wagers on the seventh horse in the seventh race at an Omaha track. The horse pays 50 to 1, and the mule grows mystified by the speed of the horse. The note shifts to various anecdotes about seventh anniversaries and a farm lamb prank, then to a Cedar Rapids visit and the start of the 1941 fishing season with a muddy lake and modest catches.
In a campus entertainment scene Bonnie, now a glamour girl, reunites with Tucker at the sanitarium where she first gained attention. Tucker resents her transformation until Bonnie explains the glamour act, while the story delivers melodies like Strawberry Lane and Gee I Wish I’d Listened to My Mother.
At a Grand River area farm, a dog was bitten by a rattlesnake after a hunter kicked at the reptile. The owner Melvin Burton and his mother reported finding five rattles and a button, later given to Hugo Benefiel, with the dog recovering after a few days. The report notes rattlesnakes are now rare in the area.
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