Local Gossip Highlights Social Events And Moves Around Otella
Stella Roy Hitching visits Nebraska City aunt Mrs. S A Montgomery. Myrtle McCray named Salem grammar teacher for next year. Mary Bilinger staying with aunt near Falls City. Sherm Kroh buys Fairbury short order restaurant. wife to join soon. Raymond sisters guests of Mrs. Ralph Clark. Toland family from Lincoln visit. Emma Meredith and grandchildren from Omaha visit. Mysterlarc Club dance at Otella Opera House draws many. grand march led by George Hansen and Gertrude Hays. Rev. Biggs of Omaha guests M L Hays. preaches at Baptist church. H C Frankell resigns town board. Dr. Andrews appointed. Saloon question on council agenda tonight. W T Doss, local veteran, dies. funeral at Prairie Union cemetery. Community cleans cemetery. Enos Martins from Abilene visiting Ira Martins. Mrs. O W Nickel and children of Rulo visit W J McCray. Nickel to teach Lincoln ward school. Wilmer Lane family to move to Peru. canning factory work. Frank Helmick travels to Dakota to buy land. Rev Rhode plans to preach at Lutheran church all summer. Carrie Dieterich graduates from Peru Normal. Piles remedy Man ZanPile advertised by A G Wanner. Area men attend Henry Kuper cattle sale at Humboldt. Participants listed include J H Morehead and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle McCray
Salem
Mary Bilinger
George Johnson
Falls City
Sherm Kroh
Fairbury
Biggs
Omaha
M. L. Hays
H.C. Frankell
Dr. Andrews
W.T. Doss
Prairie Union
Enos Martins
Abilene
Kansas
Ira
O. W.nickel
Rulo
W. J. McCray
Nickel
Lincoln
Wilmer Lane
Peru
Frank Helmick
Dakotas
Rhode
Midland College
Atchison
Lutheran Church
Carrie Dieterich
Eclectic Medical Society Address Highlights Direct Medication Rise
The Nebraska State Eclectic Medical society met for annual address at 2:30 Tuesday May 21 in the state convention. Dr M L Wilson Falls City praised rapid growth of eclecticism and the rising value of direct medication while noting the era as a bright point in medicine. About seventy five homeopathic members attended and a banquet followed. The Nebraska Photographers association also met at the Lindell hotel with exhibits to open at the state university art hall and athletic events planned before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State Eclectic Medical Society
M. L. Wilson
Falls City
Nebraska
B. F. Bailey
Covention
Nebraska Photographers’ Association
Lindell Hotel
Art Hall
the State University
World Herald
Household Tips and Local Notices From The Paper
A collection of home remedies and practical tips appears, including cucumber juice for neck stains and cucumber slices, condensed coffee ready to brew, a soap paste for enamel and metal, removing mud from black cloths with raw potato, bait traps with sunflower seeds, tansy leaves to deter moths, witch hazel for tan and sunburn, and Dr Shoop's Magic Ointment for piles. Also notes on rain blessing Decoration Day events and jars sold by dealers.
History and Details of Silk Worms and Silk
The silk worm has been domesticated for over 4000 years and originated in China. A tiny brood of 39 000 eggs weighs one ounce and the worm passes through seven ages before reaching three to four inches. Silk cocoons come in white yellow and green and spin in hours to three days yielding 600 to 800 yards of thread. Mulberry leaves feed the worms with 100 pounds yielding one pound of raw silk and one pound of raw silk makes forty yards of China silk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Widow Garfield Holds Unique Mail Privilege Frank
Mrs. Lucretia Randolph Garfield widow of the President possesses the United States mail frank enabling free mail across the nation She is the only woman in the United States granted this privilege and uses it as a symbol of historical entitlement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucretia Randolph Garfield
United States
Frank
Invalid inventor plants potatoes from bed in breakthrough
John Petermann Jr of Ontonagon, bedridden three years with bone tuberculosis, drew and patented a potato planter in the United States and Canada. Aiming like a grain drill, the device plants two rows at once from a hopper, with adjustable row spacing and thorough covering, propelled by a team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Petermann, Jr
Minneapolis Tribune
United States
Canada
Petermann
Message From Mars Prompts Surprise Visit At Home
Professor Peepup and his wife discuss a Mars message received via a micro telescope. The discovery excites the wife and unsettles the scientist as the conjured name Maar's and a long awaited visitor are anticipated in a London Tit-Bits styled scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peepup
Mars
Maar’s
Mar
London
Wanted a Paragon Horse By Nashua Pastor
Rev Mr Aldrich of Olive Street Church sought a perfectly sound kind gentle horse fast enough to meet a three minute pace. A profane stableman, warned to beware swearing, listened as the pastor listed ideal traits and blurted out that such horses do not exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Aldrich
Olive Street
Nashua
N. H
Aldrich
Blanket Bill Jarman Trades for a Roll of Blankets
An 80 year old Puget Sound figure known as Blanket Bill or King Dodo recounts being captured by Indians after a British crew traded him for blankets. He lived among the tribes, later returned to marry and trade spouses, and maintains a routine of daily sea swims and long walks to Bellingham, Washington for exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil Jia Jarman
Dodo
Puget Sound
Blanket Bill
Ali
Jarman
Tudson Bay
Bellingham
State of Washington
Grapes grown under glass in Belgium near Brussels
The article describes glasshouse grape production near Hoerlaert Brussels, a major source for winter supply to London Paris Vienna Berlin St Petersburg and New York. Hundreds of chests are shipped weekly to the United States, with prices around 15 pence per pound plus 5 pence packing. Bunches around two pounds are favored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Wideawake
Hoerlaert
Brussels
Hoerbert
London
Paris
Riviera
Vienna
Berlin
St. Petersburg
New York
United States
Toerlaert
Soothsayer’s 50 Cent Fortune Draws Debt Curiosity
A debtor jokes about a next-block soothsayer who reveals the future for 50 cents. The collector agrees to add the fee to the account while the debtor admits lack of funds and interest in the answer.
Expensive repairs after long illness on his farm
A farmer under long medical care after a violent injury faced a heavy medical bill. An old friend congratulated him on his recovery, to which the farmer replied that he had spent nearly $100 on repairs and was not finished yet.
Czar warns press censor after fortune teller warning
The czar tells the press censor to be vigilant over palace publications. He cites a fortune teller predicting a risk of hearing bad news, prompting questions about a special reason for heightened scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
The Value of Good Products in Market Trade
A piece argues that quality sells, urging producers to offer the best goods and brand with care. It cites apples as an example, noting careful sorting and packaging, with name branding to cultivate trust and repeat trade. It warns that lowering standards invites deterioration and erodes demand.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas. M. Wilson
Stella
Roy Hitching
Nebraska City
Alice
Geneva Raymond
Ralph Clark
Opera House
Mysterlarc Club
Otella
George Hansen
Gertrude Hays
Price
A. G. Wanner
Henry Kuper
Humboldt
J. H. Morehead
Ben Morgan
W. F. Reischick
John Reischick
F.C. Buchholz
Henry Hahn, Sr
Frank Uhlig
W. R. Holt
Falls City, Neb
Alex. Johns
Bedford
Iowa
H. Marion
Neb
Bellows
Marion
Job Goslee
Hiawatha
Preston Bank
John Petermann
Mr. Binks
Paragon
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