Local Notes From Egbert and Nearby Towns
Updates report station crews at Herneney under new management while residents stay alert: in Hershey club dances fill the hall and Wm Ware lies ill west of town. Miss Sadie Trevillo attends Nativity School in North Platte as her parents accompany her. Ed Ewel of Grand Island visits K I Seeberger for sugar beet crop matters.
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Egbert
Wyo
Herneney
Sadie Trevillo
North Platte
Wm. Ware
Hershey
A. M. Stoddard
Lake Country
Lena
Ed Ewel
Grand Island
K. I. Seeberger
Bid Opened for Brady Island Jetties Awarded to Abercrombie
On Sept 5 1901 the board opened bids for Brady Island river jetties and awarded the contract to A Abercrombie at 1.25 per linear foot as lowest bid. The next day the board met with full attendance and approved A L McNeels bill for services and mileage at thirty four dollars, then adjourned.
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Brady Island
A. Abercrombie
A. L. McNeel
Dale
Snakebite Injury Reported After Grasp in Grass
A snake struck a man just below the shoe top as it coiled in the grass. Prompt wound treatment brought only minor swelling with no serious effects. Also referenced is a state exchange pushing a society to prevent cruelty to vegetation citing harmful agricultural acts.
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Sidney Telegraph
State Exchange
We Still Sell Tomatoes at 10 Cents a Can
A list of grocery items with sale prices printed in a vintage ad style. Tomatoes priced at 10 cents a can appear among numerous other foods, beverages, and household goods with varied packaging counts and per-unit prices. The store advertises extended hours, noting it remains open until 8 p.m.
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Sherwin & Williams
Between the Rivers Plains Outlook for Fall Grain
W A Paxton pastures two carloads of cattle on Canal Company land near Spuds as plowing improves. Farmers expect a large fall grain area. Roy Ericason begins his second Platte Valley school term at the Platte Valley school house. Ernest Gibbon and family plan to move to Colorado after selling crops. D McLaughlin and family consider moving near Gering after crop sale. Locals near Platte Valley abandon an overland Oklahoma move due to the drier climate. Roads worsen from recent rains. H H Hollingsworth leads a section crew at Hershey area, while W W Young's son manages coal lumber and hardware in Lodgepole during absence. Seeberger & Co. at Hershey ship substantial small grain. Frank Limpus and Warl Adams, Hershey operators, have been reassigned.
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W. A. Paxton
Old Canal Company
Spuds
Roy Ericason
Maxwell
Platte Valley
Ernest Gibbon
Spode
Colorado
Raina
H. H. Hollingsworth
Hershey
W. W. Young
Lodge Polo
Manager Hill
Seeberger & Co
Frank Limpus
Warl Adams
Harness Store Offers Wide Selection for Equine Needs
Team Harness Concord Harness Horse Collars Work Bridles Heavy Traces Trace Chains Hame Straps Bolt Hames Clip Hames Hook Hames Burlap Fly Sheets Leather Fly Nets Cotton Fly Nets. Store open evenings until 8 o clock.
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Concord
Insane From Reading Trashy Novels Sparks Local Discussion
A Syracuse woman allegedly became insane after reading trashy literature. The Nebraska City News questions how such reading could cause insanity. The Willow Springs distillery in Omaha resumed operations at half capacity after a shutdown. Lincoln reports a death rate of 1.18 per thousand, among the nation’s lowest. The late university football team plans three weeks of training at South Bend before the season. A 14-year-old boy from Geneva’s industrial home reportedly committed suicide by carbolic acid. A Syracuse man cut a four-inch branch from a plum tree bearing twenty plums. A Hitchcock county man killed eleven rattlesnakes to start a button material stock. H. B. Reed shipped 900 head of steers from New Mexico to winter on his Keith county ranch. The Farmers’ Bank of Broken Bow closed with $48,000 liabilities but is expected to pay out. Chas Wake presented a sound last year apple kept through floods. Chappel Register notes G. C. McAllister sold a Logan county homestead sight unseen for a buggy, awaiting the buyer’s arrival. Overton high school fire causes $5,000 loss with $3,000 insured. library and furniture destroyed. blaze started in the belfry. The McMullan child was bitten by a rattlesnake at the cemetery between Miss McAleese and Miss McKee.
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Lincoln
South Bend
van Cleve
Geneva
Syracuse
Hitchcock County
H. B. Reed
New Mexico
Keith County
Farmers’ Bank of
Broken Bow
G. C. McAllister
Logan County
Colorado
Indiana
George
Chappel Register
Overton High School
James McMullan
Miss McAleese
Miss McKee
Railroad Notes From the Region
Wrecking outfit moved from Sidney to be dismantled in this city. L A Mullen heads to Omaha on union business. Only twenty four cars of fruit iced in twenty four hours as shipments drop. Caboose 3114 arrived westbound painted red. E B Heinzle shifts from night to day car repair. A forty car stock train, including sheep and cattle, passed east. California dried fruit volumes rise as Union Pacific moves more fruit stock.
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Sidney
Ll. A. Mullen
B. of LF
Omaha
E B. Heinzle
California
Union Pacific
We Have Led Why Because We Do Business On Merits
A furniture sale offers deep discounts on antique oak and gold oak side boards desks book cases and a mahogany dressing table. Prices range from 5.50 to 45.00 with multiple pieces advertised as available during a brief clearance before new stock arrives.
Well Dressed Men and Fall Fashion Patters
Advertises new Fall styles and exclusive designs for men. Encourages immediate visit to choose from latest fabrics and patterns.
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C. A. .Howe
Nwers' Proceedings
Walter Bakers
Phigienss
Aware Navy
J. T
Gothenburg
Lewis
Civic
Arbuckle
Hilling
Esseat
Arm
Joseph Hershey
Locust Street
North Platte, Neb
John Gbratt
John Bratt
ER. Goodman. Co
Nebraska
Im Nebras
Schmatzarih
D’s
The
North Platte Pharmacy
A. F. Streitz
State News
Nebraska City News
Willow Springs
Chas
Cozad Tribune
Railroad Notes
E. B. Warner
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