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Newspaper
North Platte Semi Weekly Tribune
Location
North Platte, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1908
Page
1
A letter from the Good Roads mission at Washington confirms a civil engineer and road expert will be sent here in about a month to supervise a section of model road. The city or county must provide the machinery, men, and teams.
Grand Chief Stone informs Geo. W. Vroman that he has been made an honorary member of the Grand Lodge in recognition of forty years of service to the order. An emblem will be sent to him.
Wise homeowners are urged to secure tornado insurance before storms. The notice promotes old line insurers and emphasizes affordable rates offered by Patterson.
Adrian M. Nevens reader and impersonator will perform as the second number of the Junior Normal entertainment course next Saturday evening. Selections include The Pithe, A Message from Mars, The Other Wise Men and A Singular Life. Press notices are highly favorable praising his impersonations and humor.
Members and families, about 1000, gather for the first grand union district session in Creighton hall Creighton hall opens June 23 with Mayor Pabiman giving a welcome and Grand Master Hanrahan likely to respond A city picnic at Manawa on the 25th invites all unions Congressman Hitchcock is expected to speak A C Dillon vice grand master will oversee the meetings World Herald
Two story house and a lot available at 820 South Dewey Street six blocks from the office. Cash price $300. Inquire Picard Bros.
A Friday afternoon recital at Odd Fellows hall by Misses Hildegarde Clinton and Gertrude Rebhausen, assisted by the class and under the Dominican Sisters, drew a packed audience. The program featured strong class-grade pieces with notable vocal selections by Irma Clinton and Mina Irene Richard, each performer receiving a bouquet of cat flowers. This second annual music dept recital underscores North Platte’s advantages in having the Dominican Sisters school.
David Siega and Joseph Fen berg, 18 and 21, were arrested on arrival of the Overland limited after stealing watches rings chains and diamonds from a Des Moines firm. Nearly two hundred watches and numerous jewelry pieces were found in their baggage. Their father took them back to Des Moines on the noon train.
About thirty to forty prominent business men met at the Commercial Club rooms and agreed to hold a Fourth of July celebration in North Platte. A finance committee reported nearly six hundred dollars raised for expenses, with a general committee organizing sub committees to plan events. The day will feature automobile, horse and foot races, broncho busting, residents-only contests, a flag pole ceremony using a staff from the McPherson national cemetery, speeches by a Nebraskan, and a liberal pyrotechnic display. Music by Lowell's cornet band will accompany the festivities, expected to be one of the best in the region. The complete program will be printed later in this paper.
Lester M. Nelson of Naples Maine writes that Dr King’s New Discovery saved his life and remains a reliable remedy for coughs throat and lung issues. The advertisement touts forty years at the head of throat and lung remedies as a pneumonia preventive and lung healer, sold at Stone’s drug store for $1 with a free trial bottle offered.
Local notes cover millinery shifts, a Denver trip, social gatherings, and upcoming parties. Marriage plans, new school appointments, real estate for sale, and business openings are listed alongside weather impacts on crops and a recall of charitable activities.
A roundup of residents traveling visiting relatives and friends from Omaha to Lincoln Lincoln’s campus and beyond. Names include Julius Hahler Mrs Fred Waltemath Miss Geraldine Bare W. C. Patterson and many others with movements to Denver Hot Springs Terre Haute Pittsburg and St Catherines. Also notes on a marriage license F J Strayer and Grace Sutton and a county teachers institute attendance.
After years of chronic indigestion the customer B F Ayscue of Ingleside North Carolina praises Dr Kings New Life Pills. The product is sold under guarantee at Stones drug store for 25 cents.
North Platte readers report relief from backache and rheumatic pain after using Dean's Kidney Pills. Mrs. C. J. Bowen describes years of suffering followed by improvement after purchasing from A. F. Streitz's Drug Store. The Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo, NY markets the pills at 50 cents.
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