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Newspaper
Falls City Tribune
Location
Falls City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
8
A long list details residents and visitors moving between Falls City Rulo Salem Stella and surrounding towns including James Mooney Dil Hauser John McCall Mamie Kanaly Mrs Frank Simon Ruth Kanaly Clyde Asbury J A Hinkle Dave Felgler Lou Russell Archie McCoy and many others. Several marriages deaths and local activity occur as families travel work and attend funerals with notes of land sales and a surprise party for Harry Shepherd.
Mrs. Dikler spent a day with relatives in Rule. Pribbene left for Imperial Nebraska. The Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Dykes. County seat visitors included J. R. Shelly and Manhattan Arnold. Falls City visitors included Ilda Myers and Bessie Story. Several families visited, a Sunday school picnic occurred, and a timber accident sidelined Richard Kaiser. Clarence Haselton sale drew good attendance with strong prices. Reverend L A Myers and wife left for Virginia to summer with his parents and plan to attend Ashland College after the break.
Mrs A Tyntin hosted in Lincoln this week while Jobo Let? bought a Cadillac touring car in Humboldt. Theo Weaver left for Hoisington Kansas to visit relatives and Lloyd Morris with wife, Bethany students, spent Easter with his parents locally. Bert Curtis headed to near McCook to manage a farm he bought earlier. June Alexander of Johnson closed a Bourke district school term north of town. Hazel Hogrefe and Herbert from Midland and State university were home for Easter. Mrs Echeller and Miss Wheeler attended Miss Zulu McCool and Glen Curtis wedding in Salem. Will McDougall of Atchison spent Easter with relatives. Mrs Ralph Clark visited Kansas City to meet her husband returning from the east. Dora Montgomery, from the Press office, heads to Auburn to work in a printing office. Miss Janette Weller gave a whist party. Yoder and Weller, university students, were guests of honor. Cora Pearson arrived from Washington Kansas to keep house for her brother Will farming south of town. Mrs John Weddle’s birthday observed with a surprise party. Dr James and pride, married in Auburn, are now at home to friends at the Overman Hotel. a reception for them was held at Fred Wixon’s residence.
Community members journeyed to counties and cities for visits and business. The paper lists residents such as J. T. Sailers and A. W. Nixon with spouses, and trips to Omaha Chester Falls City and Jamestown. The Easter program impressed the Evangelical church crowd while the school board elected new teachers and administrators for the next year.
Local Humboldt items report travel by James G. Davis and others, teens from Lincoln visiting for Easter, and Esther Maxwell resigning as primary teacher while Emma Stans is elected to complete the term. A church couple, Rist and Otto Ruegge, wed with former teacher Esther Maxwell as bride, plus numerous social visits and a surprise birthday party for George Sturm with a cane rocker gift.
Notice to creditors of Henry P. Ringer of Preston county who filed in the district court. He was adjudicated bankrupt on April 15, 105 and a first meeting of creditors will be held at the office of Reavie and Rewrie in Falls City Nebraska on May 15, 105 at 9 a.m. Creditors may prove claims, appoint a trustee, and examine the bankrupt.
A speaker analyzes types of laughter from outright good humor to sneering and nervous chuckles. He argues that genuine laughter springs from frank, spontaneous warmth and acts as a spiritual cleansing, while mirth at others misfortune harms the victim and lingers in memory.
A Tar Heel recalls Miles Darden claimed as the largest man ever born in North Carolina. Born 1798, he reached 871 pounds in 1845, weighed near 1000 pounds at death in Tennessee in 1857, and required a two horse wagon for movement after 1852. His coffin measurements are noted as feet long with specific breast head and foot widths.
A young man recounts giving up his seat to a lady and being thanked with excessive politeness. He says a simple smile and slight head inclination would be his preferred acknowledgment.
Wealthy Greek Sevastopulos leaves 1,000,000 for public use. One hundred thousand funds the Greek Royal Agricultural Society, sixty thousand starts a technical school for workers, and five hundred thousand assists various philanthropic institutions in Athens and Constantinople.
Percy Plum calls Miss Peachreen on the telephone after an hour of attempts. The exchange shows playful tension as Peachreen admonishes him not to chatter over the line.
A London paper notes Lord Chesham born December 13, 1850 and married November 13, 1877. His elder son, born September 15, 1878, was killed in the South African war. The second son, born June 13, 1894, became fourth baron at age 13.
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