Town and County News Finds and Social Notes
Attendees include Attorneys Beeler and Halligan in Grant for district court. Presbyterian missionary society hosts exchange at Howe & Maloney’s. Theatre orchestra returns from Gothenburg after May dance. Lost pocket book found on April 24. reward at office. County commissioners discuss roads and claims. Copper, ex-newsman now with Union Pacific, in town. Meamer from Chicago to settle as carpenter with McMichael. Rev Geo Williams arriving from Lexington to lead Presbyterian church next Sunday. LeMasters building prep for new cement block brick structure. Modern Brotherhood of America to host May 12 box supper. program to be published. McDonald and Beeler named delegates to Spokane irrigation congress. Sol Hodes runs voting contest for Lincoln county’s top teacher. Pathfinder car delayed by Iowa mud. expected soon. State High School contest at Alliance. Brady outlet hopes for gold medal. Severe storm causes snow and cyclone impacts across regions. Personal mentions include trips, visits, and arrivals of numerous residents and officials in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beeler
Halligan
Grant
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Howe & Maloney
Gothenburg
G. F. Copper
Union Pacific
Otto Meamer
Chicago
McMichael
J. G. Beeler
National Irrigation Congress
Spokane
Wash
Shallenberger
McDonald
Sol Hodes
Lincoln County
Iowa
Omaha
Hawkeys
Alliance
Nebr
Brady
Robert Beatty
True
North Platte
Longevity Claims and Youth Advice from Kentucky Man
James Wright of Spurlock Kentucky says he feels like a 16 year old after using six bottles of Electric Bitters. He credits the remedy with relieving thirty years of kidney trouble and calls it the greatest cure on earth. The ad touts Bitters as a godsend for weak or old people and urges a purchase at Stone Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Parr
England
James Wright
Spurlock
Bie
Stone Drug Co
Arthur Salisbury Announces Sheriff Nomination Bid
Arthur Salisbury of North Platte announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Sheriff at the upcoming primaries. He recently sold his livery stable and has long been a resident with wide country acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Salisbury
Salisbury
North Platte
April cold snap sets record with low precipitation
The report notes last month was the coldest April since 1876 except for one warmer year, with a mean temperature of 44 degrees versus a 49 degree average. Precipitation totaled 0.72 inches vs 2.04 inches typical, and winds reached 7 305 miles with a max velocity of 48 mph.
Dr Longley Enters Practioners Course at State University
Dr F H Longley of the city has gone to Lincoln to rest from active practice and become a student in the practionera course of the medical department. At seventy six he joins the university he helped organize, having been named to the board of regents in 1869 while in Washington county. He has practiced medicine for fifty three years and lived in North Platte for thirty five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Longley
Lincoln
Medical Department
State University
Episcopal Guild Benefit at Keith Theatre Mon May 10
The Episcopal guild presents a benefit at the Keith theatre Monday evening May 10 with special pictures The History of Joseph and The Prodigal Son. A notable musical program includes two solos and selections from cantatas plus the hymn Jesus Lover of My Soul with orchestral accompaniment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Guild
Keith Theatre
Joseph
Jesus
Mrs H M Slack Pioneer Resident Dies at Maxwell
Mrs H M Slack former North Platte pioneer dies at her Maxwell home after years of invalidism. Funeral held yesterday forenoon. She leaves four sons from a first marriage, only Maryin Dickinson living locally, others in the west. Several local women attended the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Slack
Maxwell
North Platte
Maryin Dickinson
Crusen
Elder
Brown
Benefit entertainment for boys' band at Keith theatre
On Thursday evening the W C T U presents a program at the Keith theatre to support the boys' band. The event features a band selection, prayer by Rev Porter, music, a Mary Stuart scene with impersonations, a Go Way Beckie Go Way recitation, and a costume drama directed by Mrs Ritner. Proceeds fund uniforms for about twenty band members under Prof Garlisch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Theatre
Porter
Faroright
Mary Stuart
Queen Elizabeth
Myrtle Beeler
Irma Huffman
Lady Hannah
Mamie Pixer
Lord Leicester
Willie Ritner
Earl of Shrewsberry
Paul Scharman
Paulet
Master Johnson
W. ©. Ritner
Beckie
Willie Siebold
Garlisch
Nebraska Central Building & Loan Assoc Proposition for Home Finance
The Nebraska Central Building and Loan Association of Lincoln advertises affordable, repayable home loans with small monthly payments. Temple Realty & Insurance Agency in North Platte promotes explanations by letter or in town. Local business notes mention increased branch activity and westward expansion traffic with a well-filled train and twenty cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Central Building & Loan Association of
Lincoln
Nebraska
Temple R
AL Estate & Ins
McDonald Block
North Platte, Neb
Engineers May Party Draws Hundreds at 1888 Event
Between five hundred and six hundred attendees joined the twenty-fifth annual May Party of Division 88, B of L B, at the opera house. Decorations featured electric-lit cylinders and May baskets. Miss Dye won a five dollar prize for her basket design. A concert by Hart's Orchestra and a male quartette preceded a grand march led by J. H. Fonda and daughter Blanche. The event wrapped after 3:30 AM with supper and continued dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division 88
B. of
L. B
Opera House
Miss Whittaker
Miss Dye
Huffman
Misa Dye
Hart
Messrs Clinton
McGovern
Selby and Robinson
Thos. Orton
Railroad Notes and Local Developments Across Nebraska
Henry Sudman will open a general store at Larden on the Glenburnie Keystone branch. A lumber yard is already established there. Union Pacific bids for grading the second track between Watsons Ranch and North Platte. North Platte branch tracklayers work west of Finley, about twenty miles east of Northport. Last week the usual track was not laid due to material shortages on Friday. Charles McEvoy of the local shops will marry Ellen Kildare of Ogalalla on May 12 at St Patrick's church. They will travel to Ogalalla on train No 11 for a reception at the bride's parents home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sudman
Larden
Glenburnie
Keystone
North Platte
Finley
Northport
Charles McEvoy
Ellen Kildare
Ogalalla
St. Patrick's Church
Real Estate Offers In Town And Range Of Properties
Seven and a half lots on Sixth street offered at 750 dollars each if taken now. Two lots on west Fifth street at northeast corner priced for 800 dollars. A nice five room house in south town seven blocks from the courthouse with 2660 dollars or 2350 for single purchase. Properties can be bought with part cash and the balance in easy payments through The Temple Real Estate and Insurance Agency. A ditch being dug on Hendy ranch near Maxwell by a ditching outfit uses 48 oxen to create a three foot deep, six to eight foot wide furrow to drain sloughs and improve hay land. Somaté and CLABAvGH Sole Agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Street
Temple Real Estate & Insurance Agency
McDonald
Hendy
Maxwell
Dr Kings New Life Pills Offer Health Tonic
All round laxative tonic claims to tone stomach liver and kidneys purify blood strengthen nerves and cure constipation dyspepsia biliousness jaundice headache malaria and more. Sold for 25 cents at Stone's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Stone's Drug Store
Free Rexall Kidney Pills Coupon Offer
A promotion offers a free 50 cent box of Rexall Kidney Pills with a ten cent coupon. The buyer will get ten cents back on the next 50 cent box, making the first box free. Sold only by McDowell & Graves with money back satisfaction guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell & Graves
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