Local Notes On Visits and Meetings In North Platte
Miss Lulu Burke leaves for Denver and Mrs. Charles Herrod hosts the Indian Card Club. Ruth Streitz starts as an instructor in Lincoln schools while the Tillikum girls plan a banquet at the Episcopal church. Various residents return from trips to California Paxton Portland Ore Lincoln and Omaha as local clubs and study groups hold meetings and prepare for city bond campaigns. The Boosters close the baseball season with a 11 to 6 win over Riverdale and plan player tryouts in Philadelphia Topeka and Waco.
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L. Moller
Union Pacific
Denver
Geo. Scharmann
Lincoln
Leader announces fall opening and new merchandise
Heolonins from the East Julius Mixer reports a three week buying trip to Chicago and New York for The Leader. The stock arrives daily as Nort Platte’s forty year merchant hype promises up to date goods for fall and winter. Window displays will feature the newest creations and the fall opening will be announced later.
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Heolnins
Julius
Chicagoe
New York
Nort Platte
Voters weigh bonds for street intersections and alleys
In North Platte voters next Tuesday consider $16 100 bonds to fund paving of intersections and alley spaces. City Engineer McNamara estimates total cost at about $60 000 with $40 000 paid by property owners. About one third of the labor will be local, a point urged to support laborers and local trade.
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Christian Church
M. J. Forbes
J J. Halligan
Cis
Mr. Birge
Ita L. Hare
W. T. Wilcox
Butler Buchanan
F. Temple
Misses O' Mare
Arthur Allen
North Platte
Gill
Forbes
McNamara
Nonah Platte
City Schools Open With Higher Enrollment This Year
City schools opened with 1285 students, up 42 from opening day last year. High schools totaled 254, up 44. Washington 383, up 38. Jefferson 314, down 14. Lincoln 311, down 14. Baker 7, down from 13. Classes dismissed at 2 pm for Labor Day. Seven new teachers hired to replace resignations. names include Ada Toole Edith Malm Ada Turpie Grace Holman Sadie Brown Isabella Stafford Catherine Johnson.
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Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Haker
Ada Toole
Kearney
Edith Malm
Stromburg
Ada Turpie
Columbus
Ohio
Grace Holman
Tobias
Sadie Brown
Minden
Isabella Stafford
Paxton
Catherine Johnson
Car Fire Destroys Chevrolet Near Suthmand
Miss Comfort Conway and a companion were driving when the car suddenly burned Sunday afternoon near Suthmand. The blaze forced Miss Conway to abandon the vehicle and she lost a sweater, a pocketbook containing twenty dollars, and other items.
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Miss Conway
Miss Comfort Conway
Suthmand
Tre
Miss Conway Isa
Roars For Sale Pure Bred Jersey Spring Bourse
Pure bred Jersey cattle offered at the City Experimental Station sale. Selection includes Daroen Jersey stock with two price points around $25.00. Buyers may choose individuals based on health and pedigree.
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Jersey
City Experimental Station
Elliott Wins Buick Car in Telegraph Contest
Frank K. Elliott won the Buick car in the Telegraph automobile contest conducted for three months by that office. Elliott's votes totaled 1,452, Ralph Starkey was second with 1,001,245 and Mrs. Leman Gregory third with 541,490. Also ads note for rent a five room modern hall and a church society meeting in the church basement Thursday afternoon.
For Rent Cottage Rooms and Storage Space
For Rent notice offers a cottage on Si4 west Fourth with houses, nice vacant rooms, storage space, and safe deposit boxes. See Bratt & Goodmans for details.
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Bratt & Goodmans
Levy and cost of city bonds for streets and park
The city council proposes a levy of one mill for interest on living bonds and three fourths of a mill for park bonds if the propositions pass. Example calculations show a property valued at $4000 would pay about 70 cents yearly, with 40 cents for paving and 30 cents for the park. The Tribune urges voters to consider the public benefits of paved streets and a park against the cost.
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North Phute
North Plitte
City Considers Street Lighting Contract With North Platte
The mayor, council, and lighting committee favor a street lighting contract with North Platte Light and Power. The series system will use sixty candle power enameled lamps, improved reflectors, and increased lamp count for better citywide illumination at about ten percent higher cost. Voters are urged to approve at the September election.
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Counei
North Platte Light and Power Companhy
The
Tribune
Heht Company
Christian church extends five year pastorate to HW G Knowles
The Christian church board of trustees renews with HW G Knowles for five years and increases salary by two hundred dollars annually. The Tribune notes Knowles is valued beyond pay, praising his conscientious nature, pulpit skill, town influence, and wide acquaintance built over thirty years.
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Chistian Church
HW. G. Knowles
Tvo
the Tribune
Knowles
Christian Church
Bishop Beecher
C.C. Wilson
Tey
John F. Seibert
For Sale Choice residence lots on west Fifth street
Real estate ad listing choice residence lots on west Fifth street with sidewalks city water fence and electric lights. Price $400 terms to suit. Also community notes: visitors Buchanan and Patterson Mrs Peter Becker and baby visiting. Timerman and Mrs Know in town. Lincol to amend the state fair. Rouche from Mitchell visiting. E J Rodgers Hoosier catcher injured with a badly sprained ankle Sunday while stealing a base.
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West Fitthtreet
Sid Buchanan & Pattersos
Mra
Peter Becker
Baby of
Ginds
Arthur Know
Loulde Peters
A. KE. Timerman
Lincol
E. }. Rodgers
Hoosier
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City and County News
Lulu Burke
Charles Herrod
Indian Card Club
Ruth Streitz
Mrs. Arthur
Ray Cummings
Jett
Mae Welsh
Iowa City
A. E. Garlicks
Norfolk
Tillikum Girls
Episcopal
J. Bb. Murphy
Creston
Iowa
Anna Kramplh
Plentec
the Hills
Edward Reblausen
Elfreda Mertin
Portland
Myrtle Point
Ore
Walter Shepperson
W. J. Tiley
Omaha
Presbyterian Church Will Nee
Emily Reetor
East Fourth Street
Raymond Christensen
Will Games
Bratt & Goodman
Cluston
Bravt & Goodman
Boosters
Ray Langford
Boosiers
Riverdale
Aix
Bright
Gettman
Artley
Luby
Eddie Bright
Philadelphia
Chas. Beers
Topeks
Waco
Texans
Mike Gleason
Jack McCullough
Oshkosh
Moiva Kelso
Hillside
Ailict
Wesley Welsh
U. Pr
North Platve
Frances Mulligan
Brule
W. W. Birge CO
Hendy-Ogier Garage
Christian Old Society
Keith Theatre
the Graces
Milton Schuster
Lasalle Theatre
Frisco
Rouche
Mitchell
Burke
Famous Young Men’s Tailors
Kingsbaker-Beirsdorf
Chicago
R. R
Waltemath Bldg
Jos. H. Stone
Nebraska
Emily Coates
North Platte Light & PowerCo
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