Gene Heaths Grip and Box Butte Growth in 1880s
In April 1886 Gene Heath started Gene Heaths Grip at Nonpareil the future Box Butte county seat then part of Dawes county. The paper praised Box Butte and advertiser M J Bailey Bowen Bros Box Butte store advertised goods and services. Railroads B M and F B M V sparked optimism as surveyors visited Hemingford and Nonpareil hoping to gain status.
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Gene Heath
Box Butte County
Dawes County
Gene
Box Butte
M. J. Bailey
Bailey
Grip
Bowen Bros
Hemingford
Description of Our Climate Promotes Settlement Here
The account claims a superior climate shielding by the Black Hills to the north and Wyoming mountains to the west and east sand ridges, avoiding severe winter storms and summer tornadoes. It notes western and northern storms bring rain and asserts damage stays 70 to 100 miles east and southeast. It cites a mild Iowa Missouri and Nebraska winter and a busy February for plowing and seeding.
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Black Hill
Wyoming
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Local Ads List Yardage Prices and Lot For Sale
Prices show lawns at 4¢ per yard and prints 6e, Brown sheeting at 4 to 7c per yard. Town lots for sale by Parker on terms at $7 for 160 acres. Carpets offered from 2f to $2.00 per yard.
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Parker
Note on newspaper quality and printing methods
The author laments the Grip paper quality, praising the old white, strong stock after forty four years. He notes two of eight pages were home print while the rest used patent boilerplate, with no engravings and little free publicity, yet the boilerplate was a good grade.
Vintage Patent Ads Echo Familiar Brands of Yesteryear
The column recalls old patent inside ads such as water brook steel pens Thompson’s eye water Tower’s Fish Brand slickers and Piso’s cure for consumption now marketed as Piso’s for coughs and colds. It notes long vanished names like Buckingham’s dye and Mexican Mustang liniment and remarks for sale price of the Omaha Weekly Bee at $1.25 a year.
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Waterbrook Steel
Thompson
Eye Water
Tower
J. I Case Company
Piso
Piso's
Buckingham
Brown
Omaha Weekly Bee
De Lessepa on pyramids vs the Panama canal
The quoted observer argues that building the pyramide was simple boyish work compared with constructing the Panama Canal, noting the pyramids as a contrast to the canal project.
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Providence Journal
de Lessepa
Pyramide
Panama Canal
Man Arrested for Ripping Sidewalks for Firewood
An arrest is reported for tearing up sidewalks to use as firewood. The men are described as slovenly with damaged footwear, and Lyon's Heel Stiffenera boots are noted at 25 cents a pair.
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Lyon
Signs for Marking State Highway System
Three hundred Nebraska highway signs per day are being produced to mark the system. Signs include Mile Distance Danger Direction County Line and Patrolman with an estimated cost of 3 dollars each. Twenty are ready for shipment as production aims to cover the entire system by May first.
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Nebraska
Department of Public Works
Many a girl who marries to suit herself doesn't
A compact saying reflects on marriage choice and independence, suggesting personal motives influence partnerships and outcomes are not guaranteed by convenience or social expectations.
Plucky man refuses to stand as others pluck him
A bold individual defies removal from a crowd by remaining seated while others move to pluck him. The incident highlights a man's stubborn stance in a social interaction.
Paper Hat Prophecy Foretells Water Resistant Headwear
A historic note describes a hat of wood pulp called a paper hat. It is claimed to be water impervious and highly flexible, suggesting an imagined durable headpiece of early folding or pulp technology.
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Myra Goodwin
Lowell
Magss
Big Rapids
Mich
Omaha
Pennsylvania
Godey
Vallejo
Cal
Glen Miller
Ves
West Third Street
Huber Tractors
Huber Mfg. CO
Lincoln, Nebr
Thorebred
Ansley
B. J. Tierney
Ansley, Nebraska
Liberty
J. C. Berzina
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