Town and County News Brightens Local Happenings
Coot gains standing after three months confined by disease complications. Political conventions set for tomorrow at the courthouse to nominate city officers. J C Wilson sale yields about seven thousand dollars. fat cattle and horses excluded. City hall bond sketch by Shaffer to be shown in a local business window. March weather praised as springlike. The Barrier at the Keith draws praise from the New York World and is produced by the Lady Hustlers. Mayor Patterson grants a sobriety request affecting a local drinker. Marriage licenses issued to Grady, Albro and Wagner, Albro with both weddings planned tomorrow. Henry Waltemath to build a three story brick on the Newton barber shop site. Remains of Judge M Ray arrive from Hot Springs and are buried at Fort McPherson. Attendees visitations include Kathleen Flynn, Victor Von Goetz Jr. and others. Local housing projects progress with two five room houses under construction. Real estate offers include 22 acres west of town and 240 acres north of Wellfleet. Mra J M Ray arrives for funeral. court activity noted. Sutherlands lumber yard to reopen after fire. The Hershey Gazette ceases publication. efforts to find successor underway. Diamond care and setting services offered by Dixon the Jeweler. Carnegie library plans submitted by Shaffer and Haastings. awaiting approval. Furnished rooms available at 400 East Third. E F Seeberger recovering from stomach ulceration. to sit up tomorrow and walk in a week.
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Court House
J. C. Wilson
Wilson
Shaffer
California
Los Angeles
North Platte
Keith
New York World
Alaska
Lady Hustlers
Patterson
Grant
Louis W. Grady
Hazel Albro
C. H. Wagner
Blanche Albro
Steve Albro
Ben Albro
Mra
J. M. Ray
Denver
Mra. Ray
District Court
Grimes
Tolefien
Sutherland
McMichael
Hopfer & Landgraf
Second Street
City
Hershey Gazette
Brewer
Dixon
Carnegie Library
Haastings
Rail work news and incidents across Lincoln region
Bil Kinglety of Sidney, a former North Platte engineer, travels to Omaha for treatment after a dropay. Conductor Chapman returns from Omaha hospital, having lost a leg in an accident. Train No. 16 runs late from Denver but reaches North Platte on time. Engineer Fenwick completes eighty one mile run in eighty minutes. A Greek yard worker sustains severe injuries after being knocked under a moving car. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen log records 1,067 fatalities last year with monthly breakdowns. Ed Rittgarn survives a close call from derailed cars after grabbing a brake rod and being dragged a hundred feet.
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Chapman
Omaha
Batie
Myrtle Precinct
Pew
Denver
Julenburg
North Platte
Fenwick
Brotherhood of
Grand Lodge
Ed Rittgarn
Rittgarn
Johnson Buys Small Stock At Public Sale
At a Saturday public sale of the Small stock of shoes and related fixtures and room lease, Trustee Keefe oversaw the bidding. J S Johnson, owner of Johnson cash store, offered the highest bid of 2665 dollars and it was accepted. The proceeds will yield about a thirty percent dividend to creditors. Johnson will distribute the stock among his several stores.
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Keefe
J. S. Johnson
Johnson Cash Store
Legislative district plan faces gerrymander concerns
The Mlacek bill for state legislative apportionment is criticized as flagrant gerrymandering. It slices districts to favor Democrats, reshapes former Republican districts, and assigns the west of the state more members. Lincoln County becomes its own district. a Dawson Perkins Keith area forms a senatorial district.
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Mlacek
Lincoln County
Dawson
Perkins
Keith
Pretty Suburban Home for Sale on Dillon Ridge
For sale the Hupfer place on the north side a one block ground six room house hay barn chicken yard and yarded fruit trees. Two lots with alfalfa four more with alfalfa totaling 15 tons hay cut previously. The ground lies on Dillon ridge noted as finest soil in the country priced at 35000 and offered on easy terms. Temple Real Estate Agency 1 and McDonald Block.
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Temple Real Estate & Ins
McDonald Block
Spring Opening 1911 at The Leader
The Leader announces the 1911 spring and summer stock arrival and invites public inspection. After eighteen years in North Platte the store offers a mammoth line, selected in eastern markets to show the latest and best merchandise of the season.
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THE
Leader
North Platte
The Barrier Opens Monday Evening In City
The Barrier will debut Monday March 20 in this city with Miss Helen Barham as Necia and Norval MacGregor as Capt Burrell. Cleveland appears as Poleon and as a French Canadian in this acclaimed production praised by New York and other cities for its strong company and actors.
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New York
Helen Barham
Necia
Norval MacGregor
Capt. Burrell
Cleveland
Attacks School Principal in Sylvania Ga
Chas. B. Allen of Sylvania Georgia describes a severe attack and years of suffering from various ailments. He credits Electric Bitters with curing him after four bottles, claiming relief from torture, liver and stomach trouble, and diseased kidneys. The ad touts benefits for female complaints kidney disorders and biliousness, with a 60 cent price at Stone.
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Chas. B. Allen
Sylvania
Summer tillage doubles wheat yield in western Nebraska
Lincoln Journal reports that at the North Platte experiment station last year with under eleven inches of rainfall, wheat plats yielded over thirty bushels per acre thanks to summer tillage. The practice stores rainfall from the prior year, takes two years to grow a crop but costs no extra, and is highly recommended for western Nebraska.
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North Platte Experiment Station
Nebraska
Lincoln Journal
Lincoln Development transfers land to James W Rose
Real estate transfers list Lincoln Development Co to James W Rose for southeast quarter of the northeast quarter section 15 29 at 4000 dollars. J W Payne to First Baptist church for lots 10 11 and 12 block 20 Town Lot Co Adda at 5000 dollars. First Baptist church to J W Payne for lots 3 and 4 block 122 at 12000 dollars. Fred Pierson to H J and F Mier for northeast quarter section 2 19 44 at 4600 dollars. Big Ben alarm clock advertisement from Dixon the Jeweler.
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Lincoln Development Co
James W. Rose
J. W. Payne
First Baptist Church
Town Lot Co
Evan's anti-treat bill falls to dry filibuster
A house vote ended 52 to 33 against the Evan's anti-treat measure after a four hour dry filibuster. Fifteen members were absent when the final vote was cast, and the measure was killed on Saturday.
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Drys
One Way Out: North Platte Resident Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills
North Platte reader J. C. McGowan cites kidney trouble relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills from McDowell & Graves' Drug Store. He reports a quick, permanent cure and recommends the product for backache and kidney weakness, noting price at 60 cents and Buffalo as sole U.S. agents.
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North Platte
J. C. McGowan
Chestnut St
Nebr
Saye
Dean
McDowell & Graves
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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Henry Waltemath
Newton
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Ralph Ray
M. Ray
Hot Springs
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Episcopal Church
Mr. Chapman
Fort McPherson National Cemetery
Kathleen Flynn
Ogalaila
Mia
Victor von Goetz, Jr
Lexington
Platte Plumbing and Heating Co
Senator Hoagland
Lincoln
J. F. Keefe
Blanche Warner
L. E. Hastings
J. L. Coates
Lewell
Wellfleet
E. F. Seeberger
Shop and Road News
Bil” Kinglety
Sidney
Burrell
the Keith
Johnson
Plats Plumaine & Hrating Co
J. Pizer
Big Ben
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