Hastings Social Notes and Local Visits in December
Dee born to Mr and Mrs Howard Ren. Clara McGee visiting Dunning Nebraska. Baxter cafe hosts New Years dinner. Gus Russell travels to Billings Montana. W A Luther visits New York. Walter Oaks from Monmouth guests at Martin home. Mrs Wm Whitnall confined but improving. George Chapman ill with grip. Mabel Martin ill but improving. Yard gangs laid off. Crow family visiting relatives in Pender. Lizzie Chapin and Mary dine with Parker. Nancy Weaver from Peaceville visiting Hicks. James Sawyer guest of Elizabeth Hutchings. W E Owens visits Hancock. Judge Smith McPherson in town. Rev Bollinger family Christmas at Talley home. Shoemaser wins meerschaum pipe raffled at Purcell store. John Clover visiting from Pender. Mrs Madge Van Gorkum hosts BA club Friday. Oscar Peterson raffles shotgun. Wes Young wins. Ora Hutchings to Custer county for hunting. Hutchings family Christmas at Randolph. Colling sisters visit Lincoln. Miller family from Dakota. Frank Carey entertained guests at Xmas. Large house party at J D Robbins home with Lineal visitors. Woodruff sisters and Mary Evans guests at McDonough home. Rachel Dolph returns from Des Moines after teachers association visit. Four boys arrested for disturbing U B church services. Sam Record buys mules, including $375 span and $340 pair. Van Buskirk council feud over alley obstruction. Chas Jones ships cattle and sheep. sheep pass Indian avenue. Galen Purcell photographs. RH Shay home hosts Christmas gathering of kin from Glenwood, Elgin, Des Moines, and Colorado. FH Priest hosts 5 o’clock dinner for Mrs Dave Kinney of Gein. Pythian Sisters box social at Pythias hall yields funds to clear debt.
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Dee
Howard Ren
Clara McGee
Dunning
Neb
Baxter Cafe
Gus Russell
Billings
Montana
W A
Luther
New York
Walter Oaks
Monmouth
Martin
Wm Whitnall
George Chapman
Mabel Martin
W E Owens
Hancock
Smith McPherson
Rev Bollinger
Malvern
Kmas
Oscar Peterson
Wes Young
Ora Hutchings
Randolph
Custer County
James van Buskirk
van Buskirk
Chas Jones
Hastings
Indian Avenue
Galen Purcell
Kodak
Shay
C P Kinney
O B Shay
Glenwood
M A Shay
Elgin
Ned
Will Shay
Des Moines
Clarence Shay
Lafauyene
Colo
FH Priest
Dave Kinney
Gein
Ban
Grace
Jeanette McDonough
Mannie Hicks
Elizabeth Hutchings
Fred Martin
Ley
S Hollingsworth
San Pedro
Cal
Nellis Young
Ids
Edith Robbins
Lincoln
A S Paul
Stewart
Henderson
Stella Smith
C S Swaney
George Rew
Jos. Parker
Wro
Cala
Charles Vinton
Mary Maxwell
James Greig
Sam Record
Pacific Junction
Chas Pleak
Treasurar
Fickel
Henry Darnell
Citizens Bank
Rock of Gibraltar
Red Oak
Arthur Anderson
Genouw
J D Robbins
Paul
WD Craig
Local Notes and Visits From Henderson Area
Henderson area updates include Stanley Graham back from Ta bor and visits by Miss Edna Harlan and Mrs Ed Arnold. Clarence Workman home from Des Moines College for holidays. Ben Yeager and others visiting relatives. four cattle shipments from area ranchers. Christmas gatherings at Hastings and Glenwood. diphtheria affecting school schedule. safe at Citizens bank praised. traveling library initiative. holiday and lecture events. Ernest and Lalla Morse returning to Portland. Lillie Slump hospitalized for gallstone operation. Darter Hougas and wife planning winter trip to Los Angeles and possible Honolulu trip with Inez Grahem.
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Stanley Graham
Tabor
Edna Harlan
Stockport
Ed Arnold
Logan
Darter Hougas
Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Santa Cruz
Honolulu
Inez Grahem
San Francisco
The Jabez Hunker Letter Case and Christmas Plans
Jabez Hunker, a respected justice of the peace, battles with a rambling love letter to Amanda Givens and a stubborn sense of dignity. He hurries between farm and home while his sister Mary dispenses blunt counsel, a missing letter sparks a frenzied search, and Christmas Eve unfolds with misread signals and small-town humor. Mary skeptically forecasts marriage odds as Jabez pursues Miss Givens to reveal if a proposal can finally succeed.
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Abez Hunker
Amanda Givens
Miss Givens
Bfarch
Jim
Somings
Mary
Jabez Hunker
Jabez
Bossy
Tabez
Burnsides
Maury
Givens
Milas Amanda
Miss Amanda
Adam Wheeler
Uye
Christmas Surprise Ends With Miss Amanda Revealing Jabez
A front doorway rustle leads to a kitchen full of neighbors. Jabez, unknowingly the party guest of honor, enters a parlor where Miss Amanda Givens stands under a white robe. She reveals she received his letter and hints the promise to keep silent may not hold.
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Jabez
Mary
James Givens
Miss Amanda
Ad Wheeler
Emerson and Surrounding Folks Holiday Roundup
Emerson residents return from Los Angeles Ames and other places for vacation. family visits abound as locals note Christmas gatherings, travel plans, and new farm land purchases in Cheyenne county. references include Miss McFadon Miss Cheney and John Supple with a focus on community movements and local commerce.
Tribune seeks reader tips from Sills County residents
The Tribune asks readers to share news from Sills County including visits, social events, and pivot parties. It invites letters or calls to help print all happenings and improve the paper.
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Sills County
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Tribune
Tribune Legal Ad Request Reminds Local Firms to Use Tribune
A notice urges Friends of the Tribune to designate the Tribune for any legal advertisements in Mills County district or probate courts including estate settlements. Readers are asked to inform their attorneys or the officer in charge of publication to use the Tribune, and a nudge to try the Tribune for job work.
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the Tribune
Mills County
Tribune
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W P Crow
Pender, Neb
Lizzie Chapin
Jas’ Parkers
Nancy Weaver
Peaceville
J B Hicks
James Sawyer
S B
Hutchings
Elizabeth
Mrs At Randolph
N P Colling
Nellie Stockton
Frank Carey
Tipple
Charles Purcell
G .S Purcell
Gordon
Louise
Geraldine Woodruff
Mary Evans
BS McDonough
Rachel Dolph
State Teachers Association
U B
Junction Horse
Carl Nelson
Hathaway Boys
Methodist
Christian
Wesley Chapel
Perry Wilson
Santa Claus
Chicago
Claude Wilson
Santa
Imperial Quartet
Lady Reader
Ernest
Lalla Morse
Portland
Mrs . Morse
Morse
Lillie Slump
Emmanuel Hospital
Omaha
Craig
Graig
Jabez Hunker, J. P
Willow Grove
Sim Gardner
Uke
Jamez
Sphinx
Jabex
Jabez Darhed
Emerson
Ray Hicks
Harold Cheney
Ames
W W Dehart
Norfolk
Néb
Carrie McFadon
Todianola College
Ed Kochersperger
Wellington
John Supple
Prescott
John
M \ Evans
Jack Evans
Decora
Ill
James Noonan
Riverston
Nebraska City
Mabel Sundiland
Fairfield
Mamia Cheney
Carlton College
Northfeld
Minn
Harry Smith
Balfour
HO Smith
Mya Frank Steninger
Morris
Misa Nelle Culver
Gem, Kan
Misa Mae Crawford
New York City
Rotzo
Joplin
Jim Hill
Tmerson
Lou Dalrymple
Haskell
Ruth
Jennie Knight
Ellen Noonan
Fritz
JB Nims
Griswold
Zaelke
CE Sherwin
Joe McGuire
White City
Kaw
John Sturgeon
Graham
Ray
Mra C E Trueblood
Winterset
John Tollinger
Avoca
Mra
Homer West
Hattie Gwathmey
Myrtle Leach
C E Lakin
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