Local notes and events spark in Lincoln and beyond
Reports from Lincoln and nearby towns cover fundraisers for a Fourth of July celebration, theater plans for Mrs. Fiske, and social gatherings. The county commissioners meet to begin equalization after assessor footings, while residents travel to state university exercises and hospital visits. Multiple brief items detail teasers, marriages, and local business notes.
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Joe Fillion
Davis
Cozad
Board of County Commissioners
John T. Strahorn
Lincoln
The
State University
Miss Mary
Simmons
Ginn & White's
Land for sale near Luther and Bratt GoopMAN estates
Property listing advertises 20 acres of good hay land near an estate and 160 acres of hay land near Blood Siding with several houses noted at Bratt and GoopMAN areas.
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Blood Siding
Luther
Bratt & Goopman
Good horse and carriage offer at local livery stable
A local livery stable advertises affordable horse and carriage rentals for pleasant drives with a good horse and companion. The offer emphasizes easy rates and the enjoyment of pleasure driving as the primary value.
Local notes on jobs sales and plans across North Platte
Sale notices and town news report a Postmaster salary increase tied to receipts, land transfers near Hershey, a Lavish addition to Chas Pass’s greenhouse, and fieldwork on Geo Field’s barn and home. Students Omega McNamara and Tillie Blankenburg receive scholarships and exam plans for clerical work and a Grand Island civil service test.
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Linton
Misa Tillie Blankenburg
George Savin
Ralph Ray
Grand Island
Oneral Land Office Civil Service
NTON
McMichael
Geo, Field
North Platte
Field
Bratt & Goon
Omega McNamara
Peoria
Ill
Good Investments in Rural Properties Auctioned
Four room house with barn and two lots offering 12 percent return on investment at $1100. Seven room cottage with improvements and 3600 price. One neglected house with good barn and two lots. Eight room residence with barn, two blocks from Dewey Street priced at $3650.
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Dewey Street
Thoelecke
Cheyenne Couple Marries in St Marks Church
Misa Bertha Toll and H L Anderson wed at 10 30 AM in St Marks church Cheyenne with Dr G C Rafter officiating. Bride wears brown suit and diamond brooch. couple heads to Salt Lake City for honeymoon aboard Andersons private car. Both are prominent locals with Toll a nurse at St John’s hospital and Anderson a Union Pacific railroad supervisor.
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Union Pacific
Andeson
Salt Lake City
Anderson
St. John's Hospital
E Wyoming Division
Union Pathe Wing Divi F
Union Pcific
S City
Mra. Anderson
M d. Andill
East Seventeenth Street
Arnica Salve Heals Foot Sore Says Rural Cobbler
Tom Moore of Rural Route 1 Cochran Ga reports a stubborn foot sore healed by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He used less than half of a 25 cent box and claims a perfect cure under the product guarantee at Stone's drug store.
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Tom Moore
Cochran
Bucklen
Stone’s
Curtain to Rise at 8 15 Next Thursday at Opera House
Manager Miller reports a letter from Mrs Fiske's company stating the curtain will rise at 8 15 next Thursday and no seating will occur until after the first act. Theatre patrons are urged to be in their seats before 8 15.
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Miller
Opera House
Manu Oft Mre. Fiske Company
Gilt-edge Mortgage Offered on Westin Property
Gilt-edge $1500 first mortgage at 8 percent interest semi annually for two years on a good rental property in western area valued at a set amount. Also other first class loans available. See Baatz & Goopman.
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Baatz & Goopman
Bixby Lectures At High School Auditorium Tomorrow
Junior Normal entertainment course opens with a lecture by A. L. Bixby the poet philosopher of State Journal and former North Platte resident. The speaker blends wit with pointed philosophic sayings and appeals to North Platte reserves to attend.
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Bixby
A. L. Bixby
State Journal
North Platte
Bix
Nebraska
Sewer disturbance threat issued by Trustee Taror
Roy B Taror trustee warns in the Trustee's Addition that boys interfering with sewers and property will be arrested if they do not stop the activity.
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Roy B. Taror
One Bid Delays Presbyterian Church Construction Plan
Only one bid arrived for the church project last night. The bidding time will be extended to hear from other contractors. Architect delayed. Peter Wind, builder of the Keith Opera House, submitted the sole bid.
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New Presbyterian Church
Omaha
Peter Wind
Keith Opera House
Owner Must Sell Cottage Notice
A cottage listing offers sale with lawn shade and cement walk close in. Price cut to 1400 dollars with 200 dollars cash and balance 15 dollars per month. Contact Brat and GoonMAN.
Mrs Fiske Brings Rebecca West To City Opera House
New York audiences applaud Mrs Fiske for her Rebecca West in Rosmersholm and she performs Thursday at the opera house. Her long study yields mastery of a demanding part in this Henrik Ibsen drama with love betrayal and a dramatic confession. The Manhattan Company ensemble also receives high praise for its support in this production.
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Fiske
Rebecca West
Rosmersholm
Opera House
Henrik Ibn
Rebecca Est
John Rossmer
Electric Bitters touted as grand family medicine in ad
J Frank Conlan of New York praises Electric Bitters for dyspepsia liver problems and weak kidneys. The tonic claims to regulate digestion purify the blood and renew vigor. Sold under guarantee at Stone's drug store. 50 cents. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE four Thoroughbred Hereford bulls two four year olds one two year old and one eighteen months old inquire of W B Ellis North Pintte.
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J. Frank Conlan
Houston St
New York
Stone's Drug Store
W. B. Ellis
North Pintte
Railroad News From the Local Yard
Tom Yonda returned from Omaha last week. J Pred Dawson, Union Pacific hotels auditor, is in town on business. About 400 tons of coal daily arrive from Rock Springs vein. Chief Dispatcher M F White takes a thirty day lay off in Illinois. Walter Beam acts as chief in his absence. J A Jones plans a Virginia visit with Mrs Jones and children. Frank Hopkins returns from a Minnesota vacation. Mrs Hopkins and the children stay. Two freight crews were cut in the Third district and two in the Second district. suggests business is not very brisk.
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Rock Springs
M. F. White
Illinois
Jones
Walter Beam
Omaha
J. A. Jones
Virginia
Mia. Jones
Frank Hopkins
Minnesota
Dr F W Miller Graduate Dentist
Dr F W Miller operates as a graduate dentist with offices over Dixon's Store offering general dental services.
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DR. Brock
First National Bank
F. W. Miller
Dixon’s Store
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United States Land Office
Everett Fonda
Frank
Miltenberger
Mary
James Snyder
Mary Horton
Rawlins
Wyo
Nebraska State University
Lexington
Harrington & Tobin
Raymond C. Young
Keith County
June Arnett
Nichols
W. M. Evans
Hershey
Fire Department
P. M. Sorenson
Cupid
Dixon, the Jeweler
Garman
Thompson
Geo. T. Field
Carroll C. Chamber
Culver
Ind
Hammo la
Arkansas
Bratt Goodman
John R. Mylander
Jennie B. McConnell
Chas Pass
Pass
A. ©. Kocken
Oraha
Margaret
Arta Kocken
Arnica Salve
Brat
Goonman
Mrs. Fiske
Local Railroad News
Tom Yonda
J. Pred Dawson
Union Pacific Hotels
Tyle
Button Oxfords
Forest King
J. PF. Schmalzried
Humphreys
Croup
Muliria
la Grippe
Frea
Med. Co
Cor William & John
Detroit
JOS. Hershey
Locust Street
Pittsburg
Joseph Hershey
White & Leskey
North Platte, Nebraska
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