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Newspaper
Falls City Tribune
Location
Falls City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
3
George Creel critiques the National Association of Funeral Directors push to ban burial at sea. He argues sea burial is humane and condemns high funeral costs and lavish rites. Creel calls for reform toward simplicity and dignity in funeral practices.
The Lincoln Journal argues June brings anxiety as schoolhouses close for summer. Idle children risk mischief and overwork without year round schooling or vacation programs. Proposes vacation schools or trade schools to retain learning beyond nine months.
Mrs 5 L Bowen of Wayne Vis writes that Foley's Kidney Remedy cured her kidney disease after others failed. She says a one dollar bottle and part of a second cured her entirely and credits Kerr's Pharmacy for the remedy.
Private money to loan on real estate offered. Mortgages bought and sold by A. J. Weaver. Call at First National Bank.
Mrs Bob recounts arriving to meet her husband at Hector's while he stayed away. She orders a lavish lunch, feeling exposed as she waits, pays a $2.55 bill with 26 cents from her stocking, and fears a cashier’s scrutiny as she considers the check clearance and possible repayment.
A sensational court transcript recounts Frau Bie awarded 2 760 for Dustand losses, and a stoker given 65 000 after a shipboard accident. The judge quips that a younger husband could be bought for 68 750, leaving the widow with little relief.
The notice lists numerous transfers including Steele Cemetery Association to Hanna A Corsell for a toin house site, John L Hasenyager and wife to A Kroh with deed to sec 4, and A Kroh and Cora M Kroh to Jacob Bloom w d in sec 42. Other transfers include Orr to Albert S Story and Ralph W Story, W R Waggoner and wife to J M Greene, J S Parsons and wife to Ambrose Parsons, Win Cline and wife to M E Gaudy, Elizabeth Laforge and John M Laforge to Peter Frederick Sr, and Cooper & Linn to Humboldt Brick Co for 1 1/2 acres. Value shown as $1,000 and $1681.50 in portions.
The piece argues fathers are capable of deep affection and self sacrifice, citing William Jardine of New York who died rescuing his daughter from a runaway car. It contrasts mothers and fathers in literature and real life, noting balanced parental joy and worry in well regulated homes while touching on contemporary notices and local matters.
A physician explains how night heightens perception and worry. He notes sounds seem louder, thoughts grow grander or gloomier, and past errors loom large at night though daylight often dulls them. If hopes stay pleasant, sleep comes. if not, dawn reduces the intensity of nocturnal fears.
In Rothesay the father of the Marquis of Bute met a cockney traveler who mocked islanders. Mistaking the marquis for a Scot, the visitor sparred over national pride, prompting a retort with a raised cudgel and a brief confrontation before the cockney departed.
Grenoble citizens revive memory of Phyllis dé la Charce de la Tour du Pin and her equestrian troop. The account recalls France’s warrior women beyond Joan of Arc and notes Phyllis led a company of vascula and node against the duke of Savoy.
Count Tolstoy, criticizing Dante, describes the Italian poet's productions as cloudy and not clearly intelligible, noting the lack of clarity in his writings and arguing for a more lucid approach to poetry.
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