Proper Shoes for Growing Feet
A notice warns that children's shoes must fit correctly to avoid harming foot growth. Shoes should be broad in sole and heel to accommodate expanding feet and prevent permanent deformity.
20 Apr 1909
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Newspaper
North Platte Semi Weekly Tribune
Location
North Platte, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1909
Page
1
A notice warns that children's shoes must fit correctly to avoid harming foot growth. Shoes should be broad in sole and heel to accommodate expanding feet and prevent permanent deformity.
Community notes report crocus bloom delays at three weeks, Schiller Co enameled shopfront, Dr. Lucas plans groundwork and a heating plant. Local wrestling crowd watches Pritchard and a hospital choir performs The Resurrection at the Episcopal church.
North Platte plans to hire six saloons during the next municipal year instead of five if daylight saloon licenses requested are approved. The applicants include Messrs. Timmerman Den Waltemuth Whelan Hebbutsen and Haley. A new candidate Tinterman seeks a license to conduct a saloon on the corner after purchasing the Vienna Restaurant.
An old ad offers a wide selection of curtains lace patterns in white Egyptian and two toned. It touts twenty four to seventy patterns including velvet mequette and tapestry fabrics for carpets and furnishings. The copy promises chicag o and new york prices and invites readers to visit for demonstration.
Local residents report visits and travel updates from Omaha KOR Kearney and Ogden with multiple travel accounts. Estates and work notes include grand jury appearances duties in Omaha and arrivals from Port Jervis New York for a relative’s death.
The David Cole Creamery Co. of Omaha invites buyers to purchase cream at the highest market price. Delivery accepted at any time with prompt weekly remit.
A residence lot on Fourth Street near W. W. Hoagland is sold for two thousand dollars to EB. R. redpan from T. Z. Foley. The owner regards the plot as among the town’s best building sites and Mr. Goodman plans to construct a home there.
Buchanan and Maitternon sold the Doolitts dwelling on West Second Street to J. G. Beeler for two thousand dollars. Mee Guillaume sold her residence on West Third Street. OC Wilson sold property for 500 dollars. Wilson, a wealthy Nichols precinct farmer, plans to move into town and occupy the house later.
A cautionary note urges shoppers to review their passbook to compare cash payments versus other methods. It emphasizes that paying with cash can be advantageous and suggestive of savings. The message implies careful accounting and material cost differences between payment forms.
Cash counts offer lower cost than banks for timely purchases of groceries and goods. The notice urges customers to try the method and settle account disputes efficiently.
The notice explains growth over five years since January, with tripled floor space and expanded seed, mower and implement lines. It names J. W. Henderson, M. J. Forbes, and Robert Dean as heads of departments and commits to courteous service, reliable up to date goods, and guaranteed prices. It requests continued patronage.
A telephone line may connect Willard to the Matte valley near Brady. Farmer J C Rewdy near Dickens was kicked by a horse, suffering a deep cut. W C Blackmore of Sutherland visited town. he plans to leave for California next week. Major Dow’s Fayetteville transfer at McPherson cemetery will be followed by Mr McMillen from Keokuk, Iowa. Brady plans a 400 occupation tax for a new spring saloon with a 1000 dollar permit. W J Ball of Birdwood reports 200 acres of grain with winter wheat healthy and oats rising. first-year yield around fifty bushels per acre. W Glendinning from the county’s southeast drove forty-five miles to town and notes winter heat and wood conditions. A C Burton of Wellfleet, real estate man and stockman, says land values rose sharply. best farms now sell at forty to fifty dollars per acre.
Public notice lists a ten year old Percheron stallion at 1700 price and two coming two year old black Percheron stallions. Animals described as excellent quality offered for sale or trade with guarantee, contact at a local address ending in m dO.
Charles B. Hanford, a leading Shakespearean figure, headlines at the Keith Theatre presenting The Winter's Tale with Autolycus and Leontes played by Hanford. Miss Marie Drohian appears as Hermione as illness kept her from last season. The engagement begins Friday, April 22.
Notice that D. C. Den applies to the Lincoln County Nebraska Cش for a malt spirituous and vinous liquor license at the northwest corner of Fort Lake and Dany and Protrate in North Platte. The license would run from the first Monday of May to the first Monday of March with protests due within two weeks from April 20.
The document records an application by A. E. Tinnerman for a liquor license in North Platte, describing submission to the county authorities and a public objection period ending in May. It notes filing dates and awaits official action on approval or objections within two weeks.
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