Local notice highlights social events and a stocking room
Reports from Pacific Junction and vicinity describe visits, reunions, and excursions. A large Forney’s Lake picnic led by Mr and Mrs Harris featured many locals and guests. The National Bank of Commerce opens a new women’s stocking room for deposits, and Nell Tanner’s upcoming Sept 9 wedding to Dr Floyd M McClusty is noted with a luncheon and gifts.
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Maggie Caples
Omaha
Alex. McCreary
Pacific Junction
Egypt
Forney’s Lake
T. C. Harris
Harris
Msual
Cash
Hopkins
N. P. Matheny
Otis
Fanniie Allen
Ola ‘Buckingham
Caples
Claude Hopkins
Weeping Water
Neb
A.D. Joyce
Maggie Harris
Rose Ryckman
Bruce Conner
Everett Buckingham
Gay Eyler
Harry Long
Everett Daniels
Ryckman
Fred
Rector
National Bank of Commerce
Mr. Winants
Nell Tanher
Floyd Mathew McClusty
Glenwood
Tanner
Baptist Picnic At Church After Rainout
Members of the Baptist church and Sunday school held their annual picnic Monday in the church dining room and parlors after rain forced the group to stay indoors. More than fifty attended and enjoyed lunch served in the basement dining area.
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Baptist Church
The
Redemption Notice and Affidavit for Fremont County Lands
Delinquent tax sale notices heirs of KE Richey estate and others. Fremont County Treasurer sold Lots 1161 and 1162 Riverton to William Hydinger on December 4 1898. Redeem within ninety days of service or tax deed will be issued. Dated August 1903. WHAM LIVI SINGER
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State of
Iowa
Fermoer County
Loss
Vo John Richey
George Richey
Howard Richey
Chales Keihey
Rank . Richey
Thomas Richey
Nelson Richey
I. W. Richey
Clara Swearinger
Leona Scoles
Minnie Benton
Richey
Fremont County
Lown
Willian Hydinger
Riverton
Fremont
Town
William Hydinger
Wham Livi
The Fool Who Won Horace Greeley First NYC Trial
Horace Greeley faced initial rejection in New York at printing offices after arriving as a green country youth. A foreman then offered him a chance to set type for a New Testament, and Greeley proved capable, producing better and more accurate work than others who tried.
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Horace Greeley
New York City
Greeley
Tolnap
Elso
Downfall Tied to Contaminated Water
Meandering Mike admits he drank water with microbes that harmed his health and led to his inability to work. The exchange is reported in the Washington Star quote from Higanaahac noting a drinking incident as the cause.
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Mike
Washington Star
What Is Your Idea of a Popular Tune
A humorous exchange notes that a popular tune is one that becomes widely disliked, with a quip about better results from complimenting a woman than arguing. The Boston Globe cites the remark as a light aside in the context of a broader cultural chat.
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Boston Globe
English Plurals and Latin and Greek Word Forms
An examination of how English pluralization handles words from Latin Greek and other origins. Examples include cherubs cherubim curricula memorandums gymnasiums sanatoriums beaux bureaux lbrettodl and crises theses and thesises. The piece discusses pedantry and preference for regular English forms.
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Keene
Brander Matthews
Harpes Magazine
Another Name For It
An inquisitive person asks the mountaineer why he has been nosy and a self styled sociological investigator explains his science. The mountaineer remarks that times change and recalls being called snoops by the older generation.
Ardent Reader and the Sheriff in a Century Snippet
A sheriff proclaims newspapers rarely captivate him as he reads a book at home. He recalls a woman who once paid a man a dollar and housed him for the night. The quote appears in a Century piece about politicking and quirky characters.
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Century
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