Local visitors and livestock shipments at Pacific Junction
Mrs Ed Monroe visited her Plattsmouth relatives while Lou Hansman from Denver visits his cousin Mrs Ed Lilley. Creston and Omaha Lilleys also visit Junction kin. Clyde Gammon from St Louis visits LA Gammon and wife. M Reading and Monroe Lee hauled hogs to Omaha. Jess DeLashmutt shipped hogs and cattle. J B Lincoln sent hogs. Mike Mack of Garrison SD visits. Andy Bane's team ran away while hauling to stock yards, injuring him. Dr Bacon treated him though age and weight suggest a lengthy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas Lilley
Creston
Frank Lilley
Omaha
Junction
Clyde Gammon
St Louis
LA Gammon
M Reading
Monroe Lee
Jess DeLashmutt
J B Lincoln
Mike Mack
Garrison
Andy Bane
Mr Bane
Dr Bacon
FOLSOM SB Snyder Visits Farm Interests on Rivers Edge
Snyder of Council Bluffs visited the area last Saturday to look after farm interests. Mrs S C Walker, formerly of here now of Malvern, visited her daughter Mrs E W Hams. The Missouri river remains high causing worry for residents in the bottoms after last year. Albert Jones of Walbach Ned is visiting relatives here. Chas Staley lost his driving horse Monday to spasmodic colic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SB Snyder
Council Bluffs
S C Walker
Malvern
E W Hams
Missouri River
Missouri Bottoms
Albert Jones
Walbach
Ned
Chas Staley
Emerson notes rapid hotel ownership churn in town
The Cottage hotel changed hands three times in ten days and new owner Lerk Johnson, a former apprentice, is highlighted as a responsible young man. The item also mentions local residents visiting, family health updates, a rain event, and small town happenings including farm purchases and schooling plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W H Mitchner
L’erk Johnson
Mr Johnson
Glenwood
Emerson
Wm Crawford
J F Galbraith
Gladstone, Jr
John Cox
JC McGrew
Omaha
SS White
Squire Thompson
York
Ned
Sherman
Des Moines
Masonic Grand Lodge
Abe Shaner
W J McMallen
Hillsdale U B Church to Host Cyrus Kephart Lecture
Hillsdale U B Church invites the public to a Friday June 22 lecture by Cyrus J Kephart of Leander Clark College Toledo Iowa on The making of a man of present day tendencies. Admission over $5 will be donated to the YPCW. He will also preach Sunday at Pleant Ridge and Hillsdale. Rev Grigsby urges all to attend with special invitation to youth and neighboring churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus J Kephart
Leander Clark College
Toledo
Iowa
Ephart
YPCW
I Am
Pleant Ridge
Hillsdll
Congregational
Methodist Brothers and Sisters
Grigsby
Sixth Sense in Birds Carrier Pigeons Prove Its Possession
Experiments with carrier pigeons indicate a highly developed sense of direction. In tests starting at 10 p.m., a pigeon flew 17 miles to its roost in twenty minutes, with half arriving before midnight and the rest within a few hours, suggesting remarkable navigational abilities.
Dr Shoop's Restorative Promises Stomach Relief
An advertisement urges readers to trust Dr Shoop's Restorative for stomach distress. It describes warning signs like fullness and fatigue as signals of disease and claims the tonic strengthens digestive nerves to restore inner stomach function. Sold locally by merchants mentioned in the ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Cure for Insomnia Through Word Association Ad
A medical journal advert suggests insomniacs carry a list of words to recite. Each word appears to calm the mind by shifting attention from one cue to the next, claimed as an infallible cure. The method compares to counting sheep but uses linked word associations to ease sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janse
Hastings society notes and local visits
Hastings and surrounding town residents share a busy Sunday and week events. Miss Dad Adkins of Malvern spent Sunday with Diantha Young while Uncle Henry Loyde and several ladies visited Malvern to see Dr Corbin on Monday. Auditor Carpenter of the Q visited the depot Monday and Mrs Jas Darnell of Henderson passed through town en route to Red Oak Saturday. F J McMillan’s Ill. mother visits, a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs AE Tipple but died after a few minutes, body laid in the cemetery south of town Tuesday. BS Moore and family of Imogene spent Sunday with relatives, Frank Inman of Imogene visited J J Starre, Mrs John Cox and daughter Mrs Geo Deering went to Council Bluffs Monday, J F Christie and wife attended a Malvern musical Tuesday, IOOF elected officers June 2 with NG, CC Harmon, V G, H H Wilson, Tres, JF Martin, RS, HA Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad Adkins
Malvern
Diantha Young
Henry Loyde
S B Hutchings
I M
BS Moore
Imogene
Frank Inman
CC Harmon
H H Wilson
Tres
JF Martin
HA Russell
Elephants Break Loose at Batignolles Goods Station
Five elephants at Batignolles goods station caused a fruit feast as they broke from stables while charters were prepared. They scented and devoured cherries, peaches, apricots, and strawberries by the hamperful, fending off porters with their trunks and finally returning to their stalls. London Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batignolles
London Globe
The Raven in Folklore by R Boswell Smith
English scholar R Boswell Smith presents an exhaustive study of ravens in folklore religious legends and literature. He notes the paradox that Christian nations often abhor the raven though legends and church histories show the bird as a companion to saints and martyrs who found sanctity in companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Boswell Smith
Shrewd Father-in-Law Regulates Dowry by Sharp Fiance
A barber, amused by his daughter's engagement to his assistant, sets a dowry with fines for every time the fiancé cuts a customer with a razor. The arrangement sharpens the fiancé’s skill and boosts the shop’s clientele, with extra takings offsetting the penalties as the marriage nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Figaro
College Don's Mistake In Victorian Tale From Jewet to Balliol
In a tale from Levenson Gower's Bygone Years a College Don, invited to Balliol, enjoys female company but denies romance. A young woman asks him to marry her to bring cheer, yet he declines, having given up matrimony. She reveals she is engaged to someone else and only sought his performative ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewet
Balliol
Levenson Gower
Banker Recovers Chickens Left on Lawn
A western banker hailed a ranchman for delivering chickens to his house. The birds were left on the lawn and many disappeared. After a search, he recovered eleven, only to learn the ranchman had left six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Crawford
Harper's
Bank Depositor Ready To Pay Overdraft In A Mock Drama
Fritz Himmelsdorf, a western town butcher, kept bank funds in a single local bank. After mistakenly drawing a check beyond his balance by 4.63 dollars, bank collector William Jones arrives at his shop and is told to fetch his checkbook to cover the overdraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Himmelsdorf
William Jones
Himmelsberg
Jones
Fritz
Billy
Vernon Wilder
Harper’s
Read on Old Tombstones Two Inscriptions
Visitor at West cemetery in Litchfield reads two epitaphs. One marks Mary, wife of Dr. John Buel, born 4th 1768 aged 94 with 18 children and many descendants totaling 410, noting 336 survive. The other honors Mrs. Rachel Woodruff, daughter of Norman and Lois Barber, who died May 24, 1835 at 22. Correspondence in Hartford Courant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Mary
John Buel
Navy
Rachel
Jerome B. Woodruff
Norman
Lois Barber
Hardford Courant
The Gentle Cynic
A wry collection of maxims on applause opinion and gender roles. The verses wittily critique social behavior noting how praise money quarrels and choice shape relationships and present neglect. The piece concludes with a sharp line about pleasing a woman by letting her decide what she wants.
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Dandruff
Ayer
Sula
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Pacific Junction
Ed Monroe
Plattsmouth
Lou Hansman
Denver
Colo
Ed Lilley
Folsom
Dias Grisman
Ada Turner
Hillsdale U. B. Church
Hastings
Kiddoo Gallery
Mills County
E. M. Myers
Glenwood, Iowa
Sample Shoes
Alon Tate
Nebe’s Shoe Store
the Opinion
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
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