Young railroad clerk rises to power after deadly town feud
Johnny Bittern, a young clerk hired as the Upton Pacific expands westward, helps defend his sweetheart Lizzie Linzie during a shooting by Ben Hacketa. Johnny shoots back to protect her as Ben dies from his wounds while Johnny is hailed as a hero and promoted to division superintendent by age twenty five.
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Josh Coyne
Uoton Pacific
Omaha
Julesburg
Laramie
Lear
Johnny Bittern
Johnny
Chicago
John
Linzie
Ben Mackstatt
Lizzie
Johany
Ben
Johnny Aidern
Yant
Sven Bim Mo
Johnnoy
Wes
Johanz
Tinkle
Roz
Linnie
Lissie
Calli
Lixete
May
Jonnny
Lixsie
Joe
Becybody
Ben Hacketa
Listle
Atory
Spencer Area Notes Include Visitors and School Event
Local items report Mr s FF Damon visiting Wausau Spencer relatives and many neighbors traveling guests. Activities include basketball team pictures, a theater sketch Rip Van Winkle at the city library with Agnes Herman pupils, and a theater cast list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Irving
Rip van Winkle
Agnes Herman
May V. Dann
Charles
Gretchen
Helen Heaton
Judith
Glasina Roehrborn
Vedder
Allison Bly
Bram Dutcher
Dewey Cummings
Nicholas—Cornelius Below
Harry Trierweiler
Wiliam Burns
Cornelius Below
Clifford Lundgren
Doolittle
Morris Smith
Beatrice Schuette
Dorothy Marx
Minnie Schrage
William Burns
Margaret Wilhelm
Lulu Ewald
Barriers Burned Away praised at Adler's Opera House
A letter from Rev. W. H. Cantwell of Nelson Nebraska commends E P Roe’s Barriers Burned Away presented by a Crete company at the Columbia Opera House. He calls the play clean moral and suitable for Christian patrons and urges church members to support such productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Roe
Adler’s
Opera House
W. H. Cantwell
The
Christian Church
Nelson
Nebraska
Columbia Opera House
St. Cyprian
Bird House Contest At Library Draws Youngsters
Last Saturday's library event featured a bird house contest with two mounted birds on display from Stierle Bros. Prizes were awarded at 7 p m by the library board with W D Connor and Adam Funlus in attendance. Winners include Aloysius Wis sink 1st prize two dollars Edmund Thuss 12 years 2nd prize one dollar William Mauer 13 years 3rd prize seventy five cents and honorary mentions for William Burns Clarence Geschel and Carleton Tark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mauer
William Burns
Clarence Geschel
Carleton Tark
Canning Advice and Domestic Quips From a Past Ledger
Brief excerpts touch on honesty and hard work, warnings about misapplied gospel, and everyday tips. Also notes farm goods, health tips with Hyomet steam treatment, and a local ad for Miona stomach tablets from Sexton Bros with a 50 cent guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Me Brown
Titusville
Sexton Bros
Sacred Fires of India Rekindle Ancient Shrine
The sacred fires of India endure, with the oldest blaze consecrated twelve centuries ago to honor the voyage of the Purgeea from Persia to India. The fires are fed about every two hours with sandalwood and dry fuel, maintaining a fragrant, enduring flame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indies
India
Persia
Bulldog Mine Story Sparks Courageous Claim
Riley boasts about a gold mine purchased last year nicknamed the Bulldog. Smiley quips of bravery and a yellow streak appearing in the claim as Riley insists the mine is the bravest he ever heard of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackman
Abbotsford
Riley
Smiley
Briley
Puck
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Sheila Esther Dunn
Spencer
FF. Damon
Wausau
Thos. Welch
Bertha Diutman
Waupan
Harry Prehn
Lake Mills
Roland Johnston of
Colby
Rispa Crowell
F. Melihattan
Ladysmith
Foster
G. Utter
Trempealeau
Curtis
Marshfield
Harry Bodle
Eau Claire
Gene
Guy
John Noble
Edgar
Calvin Clark
Tomahawk
M. C. Blake
Radloff
Hustisford
Aug. Raabe
Fred Higgins
Stevens Point
Spencer Boys
Tony Carlson
Hanson
Booth Percy
Francis Clark
Long Beach
Cal
Loyal and
John Davel
Vernal
Hipke
Albert Schultz
National House
Jonas Ayer
F. A. Soles
Mary Hanson
Unity
Fred Schwantes
Neillsville
Elizabeth Schwantes
Albert Schuttz
Rev. Schmidt
M.C. Blake
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Dra. Mason, Sales
BAY
Tommy
Mama
Mamma
Jack Jones
Goodliven
Ron
Sub
Laigs
Spot Cash
Kestehel Brothers Coo
T. J. Tughscher
Koenig Building
Tuchscher
Kansas
Spaxr Crieat Co
Alice
Katie
Dep’t, A
Darroch
Santo Domingo
M. A. Darroch Piano CO
Archer Ave
Halsted ST
Chicago, Ill
Louis Larson
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Springbiald
Mars
W. T. Harris
United States
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