Town and County News Highlights Local Moves and Storm Losses
Attorney W V Hoagland transacted business in Lexington yesterday and Charley Reynolds bought a Ford for a test drive. The Campbell Brothers circus is stranded at Fairbury amid debt, while a severe hail storm damaged crops across Myrtle precinct and southern McPherson. Water main work starts today with planned shutoffs on Second Street and nearby additions, and the city warns residents to prepare for brief interruptions.
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Levi Duke
M. A. Semer
Las Vegas
N. M
T. B. Greenlee
Omaha
Colorado
Wilcox Department
Campbell Brothers Circus
Fairbury
Corbin Jones
Millege Bullard
Masonic Hall
Wilcox Department Store
Myrtle
McPherson County
Second Street
Said Street
Peniston’s
Miller's
Banks
South Park
Hersey S. Welch
Cares & Goodman Offer Gift First Mortgage Loans
Cares and Goodman present gift first mortgage loans starting at $500 with net seven and eight percent semi annual interest. The notes are described as non taxable and marketed as safer than other idle money options.
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Cares & Goodman
Five room fate in parent star room at deposit boxes
Bratt and Goodman handle the fate of five rooms in a central building with deposits boxes referenced as the parent star room. The note outlines ownership and custody arrangements.
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Bratt & Goodman
Ford Plant Plans Reach Denver With New Assembly Center
Ford Motor Co official Chas Hendy Jr touring Nebraska to assess agencies and place 1918 orders. he will meet secretary Cousins in Denver on August 15 to arrange a large assembling plant and site purchase. East of the Missouri river dealers will ship from Denver, speeding deliveries. The Rockefeller rumor about Ford ownership is unfounded.
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Ford
Denver
Chas. Hendy, Jr
Ford Motor Co
Nebraska
Cousins
Missouri River
John D. Rockefeller
Dickey's Sanitary Laundry Ad Promises Prompt Service
Open for business with easy to remember phone number 77. Dickey's Sanitary Laundry offers wash service using soft water and pure soap, promising prompt, courteous treatment and a trial.
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Dickey
Cattle Shortage Warns Omaha Stock Yards Managers
South Omaha Live Stock Company officials and packers warn the cattle shortage risks factory closures. General Manager Buckingham urges laws to curb killing of cows and heifers, criticizes public demand for beef, and calls for a national lesson in restraint.
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South Omaha Live Stock Company
Cudahys
Buckingham
Record cattle sale breaks three dozen beef prices at South Omaha
Forty six steers from J. Thorman of Elgin Nebraska sold by J. M. Cook for the Great Western Commission at 10.00 per hundred or 35 cents above the prior high. The herd, mostly high grade Durhams, weighed 1569 pounds on average with total value about 7217 dollars for the forty one eight.
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South Omaha
J. Thorman
Elgin
Neb
J. M. Cook
Thei Great Western Commission Company
Have You Property For Sale In East Town And North Side
Real estate pitch seeks five room houses in the east part of town and north side. C F Tempe invites interested sellers to contact at 562 Railroad. Freight car shortages loom as piling wheat fills elevators across Nebraska and Kansas, hampering shipments. John Fritzinger of Valpariso takes a role at Stone Drug Store succeeding Claude Macomber.
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C. F
Nebraska
Kansas
John Fritzinger
Valpariso
Stone Drug Store
Claude Macomber
Real Estate Bargains Bratt and Goodman Offer
Real estate bargains include nice homes cottages vacant lots improved farms and farm properties offered by Bratt and Goodman. Real estate listings highlight diverse properties and potential investments in the current market.
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Bratt & Goodman
Definition of a curious boundary remark in court
A southern witness and a lawyer illustrate a def ined definition of language during a boundary case. The witness claims the house “cattawamous” while a sharp junior attorney explains he meant “curt a wampus.” The judge seeks clarity.
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St Loula
Tree Money Ruse in Oriental Justice Tale
A young man lends a hundred dinars to an old man who denies receipt. The judge orders the tree to be summoned with the old man’s seal. The messenger reports no tree appears, and the judge determines the money is the old man’s claim despite the tree’s nonappearance.
Unclear fragment notes on local figures and loans
Fragmentary text mentions Victor Halligan from Oshkosh with caviar, employment spanning weeks, and a visit by Mr and Mrs Arthur Gilbert to Cozad with relatives. Also references money to loan on real estate and Bratt Goodmar, with no clear event or outcome.
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Victor Halligan
Oshkosh
Arthur Gilbert
Cozad
Bratt Goodmar
Fragmentary note on breathing and heart function
A distorted excerpt discusses the heart lungs and digestive system as involuntary processes. It argues the necessity of breathing and heartbeat under all circumstances and notes the danger of failing to function properly, implying imminent death without these mechanisms.
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Clintte
Elerimen
Tee
Dia
Moat Important Event In Paris History
Washington Herald quotes Weil questioning the most important event in Paris history. The tourlet figure weary of distribution and links wealth to the discovery of America as a defining moment for the town.
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Paris
Weil
America
Washlinaten Herald
Bankrupt Joins In On Settlements As Cashier Questions
Dialogue shows a cashier and banker discussing a bankrupt named Joan Jones. The banker notes recovery of debts would be easier if the business had continued, while the cashier reflects on the impact of the bankruptcy on loans and collections.
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Joan Jones
An Egotist. Tommy Pop on self view
Tommy explains an egotist as a man who thinks he can form an impartial opinion of himself. Source: Philadelphia Record excerpt.
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Tommy —Pop
Tommy Pop
Philadelphly
Vivid Household Banter and Local Notices From August
A playful exchange about a former mistress precedes a note that Finre Tom Green from Grand Island arrived to oversee business and plans to sell his billiard hall. Also, Katherine Ami Brandt invites guests to a birthday party at her home on Thursday, August 15.
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Tom Green
Grand Island
Mr. Green
Katherine Ami Brandt
Studebaker Sets Stock Car Records at Beach Meet
At Galveston on August 9 1912 Douglas Christie drove the Studebaker 30 through three consecutive races totaling 100 miles. He outfinished two Nationals, two Cases, 4 Simplex 90, Lozier, Mercer, Stutz and Mason Special, without leaving his seat between heats. The day highlighted Christie as the sensation of the event.
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Flanders
Galveston
Tex
Studebaker Corpn
Detroit
Mich
Studebaker
Douglas Christie
Lozier
Mercer
Stutz
Mason
Christie
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Lexington
WD. Joder
Cheyenne
M. J. O'Connel
Charley Reynolds
West Srd St
Margaret Rocken
C. W. Keyes
Council Bluffs
North Platte
St. Russell
Homer Haniley
Comfort Conway
Dean
Grace
Sandusky
Ohio
Rush Dean
San Diego
Jas. Belton
Earl
Ogden
The
Episcopal Guild
H. E. Welsh
Sadie Trevillo
Hastings
William Dolson
D. Monahan
Broadwater
Helen Davidson
Sam Morant
Lamoni
Richards
Kansas City
Fall City
St Joe
D. T. Oliver
Star Clothing House
Union Pacific
Gibbon
Farmer
Ares
First National Bank
OP North Platte
Royal Society Packages
Royal Society
E.T. Trawp
DRY Goods Department
Oriental Justice
Heart
Finre
Bruske
J. L. Burke
Airdome
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