Correspondence from Bedford area notes and events
Revival services closed as Gilead correspondence records visits and social rounds around Bedford and Lenox. Included are weddings, examinations, travels to Des Moines and Conway, local auctions, a jail contract bid, and plans for concerts, church talks, and temperance meetings with local residents and firms shaping the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad Bradley
Bedford
Jus. Wallace
J. J. Lemon
Bessie Kighmy
Rebecca Anderson
J. Harkless
Des Moines
Ora Payne
Myrtle Long
Gertie Hanna
Rarl Hopkins
Roy Hanna
Bert Stewart
Ed Holmes
Tom Dugan
Campbell
Livia Miller
C. L. Tointon
Stella Phelps
Law enforcement raid at leading drug store yields liquor and beer
A search warrant led officers to seize whiskey and brandy and more than two barrels of bottled beer from a leading drug store. The spoils were stored in the court basement. The article also mentions a contract contest for erecting a new jail.
Local notes from Ladoga and nearby towns prompt busy week
Residents return from visits in New Market Chicago and Gravity as Rev Pruitt starts M E church meetings. Local social life includes lectures at Gravity, supper at Eliotts, and young people gathering at a home. Board of Supervisors discusses bridges, jail, and official papers for Taylor county with Gravity and Lenox Times tied to 1901 publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Boyer
Chicago
Fred Barber
Myrtle Brewer
Borden
Bessie Litter
Conway
Win
Boyden’s
Mise McIntyre
Lenox
C. Whipple
Todu ‘Trost
Sr. E Wainright
Verna Boyden
West
J. C. Gardner
Cory French
Jessup
Ada Cook
Elmer McLanghlin
Wm. Brown
Sharps
Geo. Bustlack
Centerville
E. Wainright
Arkansas
Larsen
M. W. A. Hall
G. W. Grote
Bedford
Lincoln Bent
Blockton
Gravity Indepement
Lenox Times
New Christian Church
New Baptist Church
Maryville
Missouri
Lon L. Moody
Minton
Ellid
Oklahoma
Geo. B. Tedford
Kansas
Mt. Ida
Anderson County
John Graff
R. M. Jenks & Sons Hardware
Court
Main Streets
Paul McClintock
China
Baptist Church
C. C. Pool
Pool
Jno. Larkins
New Market
C. R. Chamberlain
Chas. Toler
N. T. Brown
Gravity
HL Steele
Stella Preston
Vera Wallace
J. H. Eliott
Miss Wainright
Peanut Gang
Miles Walker
Louie Ray
Clare Adams
Omaha
Mr. and i
Oscar Holiday
GW Thompson
W & Randolph
Qogway
Dennis Mullen
Weaver
Raynor
Mason
Wickershill
Clayton
Pierce
McCurdy
L Mathe
Justice of Peace
Noday Township
Stafford
Wakeman
Mank M. Milles
Board of Supervisors
Taylor County
New Times
Gravity Expereivest Tach
Gravity Ity
Gravity Inverenpent
Laws
Sherif
Grote
G. W.ite
Manx M
Sudden Death Ends Life of Mrs. Paraly sia
The death was caused by a second stroke of paralysis. Funeral services led by Rev. Pruitt were held at the Christian church on Monday, February 18, with interment at Memory Cemetery. Attendance at both service and cemetery was among the largest in New Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pruitt
Christian Church
New Market
Jimmy Anderson
Death of George Ferguson in Coal Hollow
George Ferguson, living near Coal Hollow, was found dead in his bed on Sunday morning after a period of liver and heart trouble. Funeral services were held Tuesday at his home conducted by Rev. Pruitt of the M. E. church. He leaves a wife and three children. burial was in Memory Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ferguson
Coal Hollow
Rev. Pruitt
M. E. Church
Yorktown
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Maud Walker
Council Bluffs
Elihu Baker
G. B. Crosswaith
JM Bean
Alley
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HH Johnson
Jon Dowher
Weet
Mans M. Mituios
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Peninsular
Board Proceedings
New Market News
P.S
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N. Scott
W. H. Nevius
Das, Cox
John McGraff
Dan Thompson
John Nevius
Henry O'Connell
H. Johnson
Abe McCracken
Stewarts & Hanna
L. L. McGregor
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Sims
Cols. Hanshaw
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J. W. Pfander
Rock Island
W. P. Savage
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