Northport News Local Visitors and River Damage Report
Mrs James Yockey and children visited in McGrew for a few days. Mrs Ella Franklin, ill, is improving. Mr Strake visits friends as Christensen family return from Atlanta Nebraska after two years. North Platte river rose eight feet causing dyke damage, a loss to the contractor. Fred Bentley shipped a carload of horses to Key Port New Jersey. Arthur Smith and Guy Kelley of St Paul Minnesota en route to Lander Wyoming stopped in Northport to visit Alfred Gebauer. The locals praise the country and old friendships remain strong.
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Ella Franklin
Strake
Christensen
Atlanta
Nebr
North Platte River
Fred Bentley
Key Port
New Jersey
Arthur Smith
Guy Kelley
St. Paul
Minn
Lander
Wyo
Northport
Alfred Gebauer
Alfred
Thia
Gleman Clippings Qeman Nebr April 29 Dinner at Westley ranch
Rain has fallen steadily over two weeks. Sunday dinner was hosted at the R. W. Westley ranch by Br. Carey 8. O. Carr Howard and Sybille Barrett and Thelma Westley. Esther Feagins celebrated her ninth birthday with a party.
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Qeman, Nebr
Br. Carey
Carr
Howard
Sybille Barrett
Thelma Westley
R. W. Westley
Alliance
Esther Fenginas
Tore
Ruth
Vera
Pauline Scott
Joy
Floyd
Lewis Covall
Clemain
Brian Rice
Donald
Amncott Elliot
Alien Westley
Madge Graham
Miss Bennett
Milas Peterson
Arthur
George
Helen
Esther Feagins
Esther
Wm. Arthur
Ralph Henderson
Gra
Ham Ranch Saturday Update
Mrs. John Bulman has been quite nick the past week. George Elliott drove to Alliance Tuesday where he will work for a while.
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Ham Ranch
John Bulman
George Elliott
Alliance
Peru Normal Notes Highlights From May Activities
May events at Peru Normal include a chapel concert with a new program and readings by Miss Ruby Page Ferguson and H. C. House. Delzell spoke to students. tennis soon to resume. about a hundred delegates visited from the southeast district federation of womens clubs. Maypole practice continues. senior class day prep underway. art club distributed prize pictures from the recent exhibit. Prizes for best snapshots awarded to Albin Johnson, Grush, and Sandberg.
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Ruby Page Ferguson
H. C. House
Delzell
Wesleyan
Federation of Womens Clubs
Auburn
Lincoln
Pres. Hayes
Prof
Bec
Overholt
Dean Rouse
Esther Clar
Gregg
Albin Johnson
Mise Grush
Mr. Sandberg
Government Ownership and Global Telephone Usage
The Bell System dominates U S telephony with about 15 million phones worldwide. eight million in the United States. Europe, with four times the population, has under three million telephones. America offers roughly one phone per ten people versus one per 160 in Europe and has the cheapest service. Copper and many materials cost more in the U S than in Europe.
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Bell System
United States
Europe
America
Cleaning Offer and Cough Remedy Excerpt
An advertisement promotes Alliance Cleaning Works offering a suit cleaning and three pressings for $2. The text then extols Dr King s New Discovery for coughs and fevers with a testimonial from J T Davis of Stickney Corner Maine claiming cure after other remedies failed. Bucklen s Arnica Salve is also advertised for sores.
Sage and Sulphur Hair Darkening Remedy Note
An old home remedy claims Gramimother used Sage and Sulphur to darken hair naturally. It suggests applying a simple brew, costing about 60 cents, to restore color and improve dry itchy scalp. Wyeths Sage and Sulphur is cited as a widely used brand.
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Gramimother
Wyeth
April Cough Thaw Isn’t Cold Headline
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and sore throats. It promises relief or money back and notes relief for inflamed throats. The ad targets children and lists 50 cents and one dollar as prices at the drugstore.
Time Saves Nine Hair Tonic Promotion
The ad promotes Merital Hair Tonic by F. J. Brenan as a reliable preparation to keep the scalp clean healthy and promote hair growth. It guarantees genuine merit and invites readers to try the product through the exclusive agency.
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F. J. Brenan
Dr King’s New Life Pills for Purifying Blood
Spring laxative and blood cleanser claim to flush waste and poisons from winter. Advertises Dr King’s New Life Pills as mild non gripping purgative to cleanse stomach liver and kidneys and cure constipation. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve also recommended for wounds and hurts at your druggist for 26c.
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Dr King
Bucklen
Remarkable Cure for Colic by Remedy in Store
A reader reports a boy named SDs from Virginia and the South was seized by severe colic. At a first store the merchant advised Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After two doses the child was cured. No further details are provided.
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Revere
Sds
Camela
Virginis
Suvereig i
Chamberlain
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Northport News
Herald Correspondent
James Yockey
McGrew
Gleman
Peru
Bell Telephone Service
Nebraska Telephone Company
E. C. Drake
Thiele
Alliance Cleaning Works
Reo the Fifth
Reo
F. O. B. Alliance
Nebraska
N. S. Snyder
Angora, Nebraska
W. Jeffers
International Aneweres
International Harvester Company of America
Crawford Neb
Deering McCormick Willweskee
F. M. Broome
Land Office
Norton Block
L. A. Berry
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