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Newspaper
North Platte Semi Weekly Tribune
Location
North Platte, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1908
Page
1
Hog cholera is reported to be quite prevalent near Curtis, causing heavy losses among pigs. The disease began in young pigs and then spread to adult hogs, devastating farmers in the region.
North Platte high school football opened with a 5 to 0 victory over Lexington on Lexington field Friday afternoon. The North Platte squad played steady and composed, delivering an exhibition that pleased the crowd.
Thomas and Crosby farmers living south of Dickens were badly burned while returning home from Guster county with a corn shelter. Overtaken by flames in the hills a few miles from their homes, they tried to save themselves the teams and the shelter and suffered severe facial and hand burns.
Sutherland residents plan a corn fair in mid November with liberal premiums to attract countywide participation. Winners will be chosen to represent Lincoln county at the interstate corn show in Omaha in January, inviting farmers across the county to take active part.
J Shurvington of Fox Creek precinct reports extensive corn damage from a cut worm like pest seen, with whole ears eaten in parts and partial damage in others. Farmers fear losses unless sorted and consider feeding affected grain.
Denver dispatch says the Burlington will soon begin a through line from Guernsey to Thermopolis linking Denver to a connection with the Northern Pacific at Billings. The North Platte valley line Newark to Bridgeport hinges on that connection, so work may start soon if the Thermopolis line is built.
Bob Smith the reader and entertainer, billed as the funny man from Dixie, appears at the Masonic hall under the Eastern Star. He is praised for his Riley imitations and other literary character delineations.
R L Graves longtime Sherwin Williams traveler is promoted to manager of a sales department at the Newark New Jersey works and will reside there permanently. The position carries a very fat salary and old friends in North Platte are pleased by the news.
E. J. Carpenter presents Her First False Step a melodramatic farce on its first West tour. The East run impressed and the West debut promises a mix of emotional scenes strong dramatic work and lively comedy with specialties to relieve serious moments.
H C Christiansen sold to L P Jepsen for four thousand dollars lots L B and U in Abbott's subdivision of Hershey. Many items cover local notices from bridge club plans to fires and weather with town personalities and events.
A hay fire started by locomotive sparks swept along a wind driven track west of Dexter burning about forty stack and a large amount owned by Pete Meyer and John Weir. The blaze crossed several miles of meadow between the railroad and the river reaching the Abshire place before being stopped by crews.
A brief item stressing fire prevention and the role of insurance in covering losses. It urges insured protection through reliable agents and companies and mentions Temple Real Estate & Insurance as a representative.
Patrick H. Morrissey, longtime grand chief of the Brotherhood of Way Trainmen, was elected Friday as president of the Railway Employes and Investors Association with a reported $15,000 salary. He will resign as head of the Order of Trainmen soon and assume duties immediately. The group aims to shield railway workers and investors from corporate pressure, with anticipated membership from over 1,500,000 workers and numerous investors nationwide.
E J Carpenter presents Her First False Step a melodramatic farce. The plot follows an innocent girl torn between her fiancé and a worldly former lover leading to marriage elopement and years later reunion with her father. The play features an elaborate staging and an accomplished cast for Saturday night.
Reverent salute to a primary school teacher described as the Republics good angel guiding unruly children. The piece portrays her as shaping guardians of society by discipline and instruction, removing youths from disruptive paths and steering parents toward upright citizenship.
L C Butcher of Ft Morgan Colorado will feed thirty thousand head of sheep at Gothenburg. He has bought 1200 tons of alfalfa and an equal tonnage of wild hay paying five dollars per ton for alfalfa and four dollars for wild hay in the deal.
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