Correspondence Notes From Bedford Area Residents
Letters and social updates from Bedford and nearby towns recount visits, weddings, illnesses, new business ventures, and local events. Mentions include Mrs. Ad Bradley, Miss Bessie Highmy, Miss Rebecca Anderson, and weddings of M. S. Campbell with Livia Miler, and C. L. Tointon with Stella Phelps. Local plans cover a new county jail contract, a concert by Larsen, and community gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itenia
Gilead
Ad Bradley
Bedford
Jas. Wallace
J. T. Lemon
Bessie Highmy
Rebecca Anderson
J. Harkless
Des Moines
Ora Payne
Myrtle Long
Gertie Hanna
Earl Hopkins
Roy Hanna
Bert Stewart
Ed Holmes
Tom Dugan
B. Campbell
Livia Miler
C. L. Tointon
Stella Phelps
Warrant Seizes Liquor and Beer From Local Drug Store
Police issued a search warrant against a leading drug store. Officers found a small amount of whiskey and brandy and more than two barrels of bottled beer, which were seized and stored in the basement of the court Be Be.
Local notices and community ties report in gravity area
Mrs Jno Larkins returns from New Market while Mrs C R Chamberlain comes home from Chicago amid family illness. Town and county business include meetings at Bedford and Gravity, bridge work, school loans, and official paper appointments for Taylor County with Gravity Independent and Lenox Time Table chosen as papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jno. Larkins
New Market
C. R. Chamberlain
Chicago
Chas. Toler
N. T. Brown
Gravity
H. Steele
Stella Preston
Vera Wallace
J. H. Elliott
Bedford
Spud
GW Thompson
Jacob Blake
Town
Western Publishing House School Books
Bedford Free Press County
T Cox
Burnett State
Vaing and Letson
McCurdy Bros
Vuard Merritt
Milo Dunning
Spencer
American Book
Cc Books
Death of George Ferguson in Coal Hollow
George Ferguson of Coal Hollow died in his bed Sunday after a long sickness from liver and heart trouble. Funeral services were held Tuesday at his home conducted by Rev. Pruitt of the ME church. He leaves a wife and three children. burial was in Memory Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ferguson
Coal Hollow
Pruitt
Yorktown
Sudden Death After Second Stroke At New Market
The obituary notes a woman died after a second stroke of paralysis. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Pruitt at the Christian church on Monday February 18, with burial in 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
Bedford County adopts Graviey Independent and Lenox Timetable as official papers
The 1901 board meeting adjourned at 11 am selected Graviey Independent and Lenox Timetable as official papers with half the legal publication rate. G W Grote won the jail and sheriff residence contract, to be complete and ready by June 1, 1901. The board adjourned to meet on February 18, 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Ny
Carr State
Alley
Carter
Jefferson
Brice
Grant
Raynor
Mason
Wickersham
Clayton
Pierce
McCurdy Bros Livery
L Mathews
C W Stafford
Wakeman
A. m
Mark M. Millfox
Joe Donner
Bedford
Iowa
Sam
Consat
Betiven
Graviey
Levertime Table
New Times
Lenox
Sherif
G. W. Grote
Mark M. Michios
Joe Douret
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Sharpsburg
Geo. Boyer
Fred Barber
Myrtle Brewer
S.E Wainright
Radkey
Verna Boyden
Elba Weat’s
J. C. Gardner
Caryl French
Jessup
Ada Cook
Elmer McLaughlin
Brown
Sharps
Geo. Hastlack
Centerville
S. E. Wainright
Arkansas
Larsen
M. W. A. Hall
Lincoln Bent
Blockton
Gravity Inpzpement
District Court
New Christian Church
New Baptist Church
Maryville
Missouri
Lon L. Moody
Minton
Enid
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. O. Pool
Pool
Okahoma
Wmn
Gibb
Emergon
Iawa
Mr. Updyke
Miss Wainright
Chas, Walworth
J. He Bbctt
Mr. Fetts
Conway
Bedford News
Ladoga News
Kansas City
M. E. Church
Emma
Maud Walker
Council Bluffs
Elihu Baker
G. B. Crosswaith
Adbareoi Topiceac Gsider
H H Johnson
Joe Doubet
B Wakeman
Manx M. Mitton
Jos Dowsert
Board of Supervisors
Taylor County
Gravity Indepement
Peninsular
New Market News
Board Proceedings
F. Greeley
N. Scott
W. H. Nevius
Jas, Cox
John McGraff
Dan Thompson
John Nevius
Henry O’connell
H. Johnson
Abe McCracken
Stewarts
Hanna
L. L. McGregor
Jones & Neville
Poland
Jersey
Victor
Lund
Cols. Hanshaw
Wilson
J. W. Pfander
Rock Island
B. Eh, Wilson
W. P. Savage
James Hanbhaw
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