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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1938
Page
3
William Marlin 77 of near Laredo raced a two year old bull last week and leaped a protecting fence to escape after the animal charged. The bull attacked without warning, but Marlin used a stick to escape and vowed the animal would be the last to threaten him. He sold the bull the next day.
Carl Cook of Corinth township raises a peculiar one-eyed colt described as the offspring of an earlier sire who lost an eye in a prior injury treated by Ames veterinarians last year. The story notes contrasting eye removal and inheritance questions, but preserves local curiosity and quoted folklore.
Cyrus Robie found a brass marker embedded in a cement block on his Clarion farm near the old fair grounds. The device, described as a magnetic station by the Coast & Godette Survey, bears a warning of a 250 dollar fine or imprisonment for disturbance.
After banker John Youne of Nodale dies in Harrison county the will allocates half of the net estate to Father Flannagan's Boys Home in Omaha a quarter to the Christian Home Association in Council Bluffs and a quarter to the Old People's Home in Omaha A court interprets the latter as Florence Home for the Aged with 22 heirs claiming a share due to lack of such Omaha institution The gross estate is about 150000 dollars according to the Osceola Tribune.
Iowa City Press Citizen notes a New York judge allowed a woman juror to knit in the courtroom. The piece argues such activity could aid jurors in thinking and praises the move as a step toward more thoughtful jurors in the justice system.
The Clarinda Journal notes a farmer guiding his son at the end of a corn row, praising hands on instruction over classroom theory. It argues learning to handle a cultivator comes from a dad beside the boy, shaping his future whether in farming or other fields.
At an Indiana Press association meeting, Mrs. Anna Steele Richardson argued that advertising rebuilt American life. She claimed ads freed women from drudgery with labor-saving devices, fought ptomaine poisoning, saved lives by promoting vacuum cleaners, and improved healthful foods, beds, and ventilation.
Pearl Taylor of The Daily Forum, while helping a farmer near Quitman catch pigs, lost his straw hat when an old sow trampled it. He then purchased a new sailor hat at a Maryville clothier, becoming bareheaded again.
Sheriff Rev E Sellers deputies and State Highway Patrolmen D EF Harrison and Robert L Walker investigate a burned Model A Ford coupe about six miles east of Hopkins. Reported yesterday by farm owner. the 1931 model shows burn marks and lacks tags. Investigators seek owner identity and those responsible.
Mrs. Otto Rope received an unusual collection from Miss T. T. Diehl after a trip through the Holy Land and Far East. The shells came from the Sea of Galilee, stones from the Dead Sea, and alabaster from desert ruins, among other items.
Edward G. Robinson stars in a Burlesque style film about gangsters and bootleg beer. Four alocinated gangsters die in comic fashion as Eddie pivots from bootlegger to legitimate brewer and saves his fortune. The cast includes Ruth Donnelly Allen Jenkins Ed Brophy George E. Stone and Paul Harvey. See show Friday and Saturday June 24 25.
The Rialto Theatre features The Goldwyn Follies with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy and a star-studded cast led by Adolphe Menjou Zorina Helen Jepson Andrea Leeds and more. Also playing is The Big Broadcast of 1938 with W C Fields Bob Hope Martha Raye Dorothy Lamour and an all star ensemble including Kirsten Flagstad and Shep Fields Orchestra.
Reference to a hand embroidered kerchief from the Madeira Islands and a mention of Miss Dieh as dean of women at Midland College when Mrs. Rope was among the dormitory girls at Midland. Clarindy Journal.
The third session of the 75th Congress adjourned with no major new tangles. Major acts include amendments to the AAA 1938 program for soil and income stabilization, a tax bill reducing the Undistributed Profits and capital gains taxes, a land bank mortgage provision, CCC funding, and the Hatch Act expansion. Civil Aeronautics Authority created with five presidential appointees. Several relief and naval expansion measures passed.
Frank Priebe advises poultry raisers to plan capon production now as capons fetch 20 to 25 percent more than roasting chickens and turkeys. He cites a Poultry Tribune interview showing a couple increased income by caponizing cockerels, with capons outperforming 7.97 pound chickens by about 45 cents each and requiring modest feed. Capons mature quickly, are easy to raise, and need clean range shelter and basic feeders and waterers.
Sixty years ago John Eberle the section boss at Lenox plans an addition 14 by 22 feet to his Main street home near the depot. T H Sale and a brother in law are the builders. Stree’s opera house brick work starts next week. Baptist Sunday School reports 230 members with about 200 in attendance. Mrs Peter Bebout returns from Illinois. Mrs Jake Wyant hints at marriage plans and is building a 1½ story house near town. Miles Lowash exhibits 17 acres of flax and notes strong interest in Taylor county flax farming.
Ten years ago a son born to Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Connor of Conway on June 13. Gwen dolyn Weatherly marked her tenth birthday with a party hosted by Mrs. Frank Weatherly on June 14. Dora Jane Hamblin celebrated her eighth with a party hosted by Mrs. Allen Hamblin on June 15. Ada Fern Walters celebrated her ninth with a party hosted by Mrs. C. B. Walters on June 18. Community sales for the season have ended. total sales amounted to $50 149.35.
Thirty years ago a Blockton family welcomed a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Alvin Nye. In Platteville a Cubbage merchant’s son was shot at while climbing a tree. a stray ball pierced his foot. Wilt gooseberries abounded this year and fruit remained scarce and pricey in town.
Sheridan announces a carnival to be held on Wednesday through Friday June 22 to 24. Local events include neon sign installations at the Farmers Bank, Sheridan Oil Company, and Hennegin Service Station. Community members attend funerals and visit relatives in nearby cities, with travel to Mayo Clinic and family gatherings noted.
Miss Ethel Muntz and Miss Ruth Coup entertained friends Thursday night at a porch party. The Taylor County Medical Society held its quarterly meeting Tuesday, June 18 at Dr J P Standley's Platteville office. Miss Rebecca Miller of Bedford and Arthur W Secore of Chappel Nebr were married at the Presbyterian Manse in Maryville Tuesday, June 18.
The writer praises Lake of Three Fires as a weekend escape offering picnics, swimming, boating and a protected bath area with a lifeguard. Visitors from multiple states tour the park while Iowa residents tout regional beauty and growth potential. The piece notes the CCC camp may move in fall, urging continued erosion control work and site development. Chip Blakemore returns from Camp Dodge after a week with 570 Boys State attendees.
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