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Newspaper

Plattsmouth Journal

Location

Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1907

Page

8

Local notes from Nehawka and nearby towns

Nehawka residents greet visitors including Nehawka Bates from California and Col Abe Rupely from Union. Roy Uptons tin department completed several jobs last week. Robert Willis delivered the first wheat crop to Nehawka Mill testing 60 lb. Elmer Philpot celebrates a healthy 84 pound boy. Delbert Munn reports a corn crop outlook near two fifths of average yield. Joseph Martindale pleads guilty and pays fines. later remitted balance funds school. W H Banning travels to Lincoln York buys Rambler automobile and sets a brisk pace home.

Col Abe Rupely Union Roy Upton Robert Willis Nehawka Elmer Philpot Ballance Plattsmouth

The Doctor Away From Home When Most Needed

A household remedy advertisement urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at home for cramp colic cholera morbus and diarrhoea. It claims physicians may be away and promotes life saving value. Sold by F. G. Fricke & Co. and A. T. Fried.

F. G. Fricke & Co A. T. Fried

Union From the Ledger Barn Builds Near Town

Mrs. Pat Egan visits from Plattsmouth at the O'Donnell home. Mrs. P. E. Surface arrives from Dixon to visit relatives here. Miss Iva Mougey leaves for Ashland to visit Jennie Craig. County Clerk Rosencrans passes through town denying political fences. D. B. Chapman heads to Hamburg after his sister's death. accompanied by his son. Joe and Emery Bauer and C. W. McKean finish a 26 by 68 barn on Fred Young's farm southwest of town.

Pat Egan Plattsmouth O’donnell Iva Mougey Union Bank Ashland Jennie Craig W. E. Rosencrans Elmwood D. B. Chapman Hamburg Iowa E. B. Chapman Joe Emery Bauer C. W. McKean Fred Young

Local Births Marryings and Visits in Louisville

A baby girl was born Thursday July 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Tennant. C. W. Spence visited HaveLOCK with family. Dr. J. Gaebel set October 9 for his next annual thoroughbred hog sale. Henry Schoeman visited Ulisses last Saturday. Chas Hoover reports securing a fireman position on a Union Pacific freight run from Julesburg. Miss Alverda Lorraine Ellis and Mr. Frank DePuy married Thursday at Gospel Hill. Rev. James K. Maxfield officiated. Dan Blessington of Gretna stopped by the Courier office Thursday evening. he recalls railroad days and remains connected to railroading.

Louisville Courier Dan Blessington Gretna Dan Blessingtons Blessington Hill

Best Medicine in the World for Colic and Diarrhoea

C L Carter of Skirum Alabama praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best remedy for colic and diarrhoea. He recounts a severe spring attack, used half a bottle of the twenty five cent size, and felt renewed. Sold by F G Fricke Co and A T Fried.

Chamberlain C. L. Carter Skirum Ala F. G. Fricke & Co A. T. Fried

Elmwood Births and Farm Chores Highlight Week

Elmwood welcomed a son for Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Patton on Sunday July 21 and an eleven pound daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Will Bickert on Saturday July 20. Harvesting and corn lay by kept farmers busy these past two weeks. Atty. Howard Saxton and wife of Pender visited at the D Saxton home. Mrs. John Hayes returned Thursday to Pasadena California after an extended visit, accompanied to Omaha by Mesdames Wilber and Henry Hayes.

Ernest Patton Will Bickert Atty Howard Saxton Pender D. Saxton John Hayes Pasadena Cal Omaha Mesdames Wilber Henry Hayes

Local farm losses and a butcher injury

Louie Kunz lost a work horse to overheating while finishing oats. A prior horse was injured on barb wire and unsusable for summer work. Bert Bennet cut his left thumb to the bone at a slaughter house while sharpening a butcher knife. he received stitches and another man finished the butchering.

Louie Kunz Bert Bennet Bert Lisle

Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed By Local Resident

DANGER IN DELAY explains kidney trouble risks and lists symptoms. Mrs A P Campbell of Plattsmouth testifies the Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her backache and urges readers to buy them at Gering & Co. drug store. FosterMilburn Co of Buffalo sells the remedy nationwide. Remember the name Doan's.

Bright Dean Plattsmouth A. P. Campbell Patterson Ave Doan Gering & Co

Voice of the Dollar and local healing claim

A promotional piece argues the dollar should spend locally to boost the town economy from butcher to editor. It then promotes DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills as a remedy for kidney and bladder trouble, claiming a week’s treatment costs 25 cents and listing F. G. Fricke & Co as sellers.

DeWitt F. G. Fricke & Co

How to Test Eggs Under the Pure Food Law

The article promotes candling eggs to test freshness and safety under the new pure food law. It warns that sellers and farmers trading bad eggs are liable for punishment and urges discarding bad eggs before market. It also advertises DeWitt's Carbonized Witch Hazel Salve as an effective household remedy from F. G. Fricke & Co.

DeWitt DeWitt’s F. G. Fricke & Co

Canvass Shows High Divorce Rate After Marriages

Frank Davis and wife completed canvassing marriage and divorce records at the courthouse and found roughly one divorce for every eight or nine marriages. He notes the figure places the divorce rate above eleven percent and says it looks bad.

Frank Davis Lincoln Court House

Postmaster Offers Chamberlain Remedy in Cherryvale

F M Hamilton, postmaster of Cherryvale Indiana, also runs general merchandise and patent medicines. He says Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is standard in its line and never fails to give satisfaction. For sale by F G Fricke & Co and A T Fried.

F. M. Hamilton Cherryvale Ind Chamberlain F. G. Fricke & Co A. T. Fried

Haywood Acquitted in Steunenberg Murder Trial

William D. Haywood, leader of the Western Federation of Miners, was acquitted in Boise Idaho of the murder of former Governor Frank Steunenberg. The verdict ends a long conspiracy and murder trial with prosecutors vowing to pursue Moyer Pettibone Adams and Simpkins. Governor Gooding said the state would continue prosecutions and bail requested for Moyer and Pettibone.

Boise Idaho William D. Haywood Frank Steunenberg Western Federation of Miners Fremont Wood Haywood Charles H. Moyer George A. Pettibone Denver Moyer and Pettibone Adams Simpkins Wood Moyer Pettibone Harry Orchard Steunenberg State Penitentiary Orchard O. N. van Duyn Senator Borah Clarance Darrow Chicago E. F. Richardson John F. Nugent

De Witt's Little Early Risers Promote Quick Relief

Advertorial note praising De Witt's Little Early Risers as a small, prompt, pleasant pill for relief from headaches biliousness and constipation.

de Witt F. G. Fricke & Co

Death of Miss Maude Moore from Peritonitis

Miss Maude Moore, 18, sister of Tom and Reno Moore, died suddenly of peritonitis. The Moore brothers hurried from Silver City to Glenwood and then by private conveyance to reach her bedside, but she passed away before they arrived. The Journal office family mourns her loss and a funeral was held Saturday.

Tom Moore Journal Office Miss Maude Reno Burlington Silver City Iowa Glenwood Tom

Electric Bitters for Weak Women and Beauty

A purveyor claims Electric Bitters restore weak women with strong nerves bright eyes smooth skin and a beautiful complexion. The ad guarantees the product through F G Fricke Co druggists at fifty cents.

F. G. Fricke & Co

More Trouble With His Eyes

David E. Rice again suffers eye trouble and traveled to Omaha to see specialist Dr. Gifford. Although prior surgery had healed, pain returns with effort or warmth, prompting another visit to seek relief and prevent recurrence.

David E. Rice Omaha Gifford Mary

Nebraska Prohibitionists Meet in Lincoln for State Ticket

State convention and conference called in Lincoln on Wednesday July 31 at 10 a m. to arrange placing a state ticket under the new primary law and handle any other business. Not a delegate convention. every prohibitionist in the state urged to attend.

Nebraska Lincoln

Will Have a House Party in Nehawka Event

Mrs. P. E. Ruffner and daughter Mrs. Roy Dodge left Saturday for Nehawka to visit relatives and attend a house party hosted by Mrs. E. A. Saneeeee. Paul Kirkpatrick and wife of Denison Texas and Mrs. W. B. Reed of Council Bluffs will attend.

P. E. Ruffner Roy Dodge Nehawka Pe Gen E. A. Saneeeee Paul Kirkpatrick Denison Texas W. B. Reed Council Bluffs

Nehawka Couple wed after Plattsmouth trip

James E Bannings of Nehawka and Miss Neale Humphrey of Nehawka married Saturday evening at the bride’s parents home Samuel and Mrs Humphrey. Jim Bannings, a Missouri Pacific employee, was formerly a local night operator. The couple left on a wedding tour to Denver and other western points as friends extend best wishes.

James E. Bannings Nehawka Plattsmouth Neale Humphrey Samuel Humphrey Jim The Missouri Pacific Denver the Ledger Union Ledger

Mrs Richter Recovers Nicely After Appendectomy

Mrs Robert Richter was taken to St Joseph Hospital yesterday for appendicitis surgery and came through the operation in fine shape. Friends are assured of a speedy and final recovery as she shows encouraging signs.

Robert Richter St. Joseph Hospital

Also Mentioned on This Page

Degiater Mrs. James Bates California Grandma Davis W. HB. Banning York Ledger P. E. Surface Dixon, Neb the Courier Lester Tennant C. W. Spence Havelock Echo Jeremma Mullins Odessa W. Va Cardui Cardus Ladies’ Advisory Dept Chattanooga Medicine Co Chattanooga, Tenn Cardu Voice of the Dollar Sears & Roebuck W. D. Haywood Nebraska City Toland Nebraska City, Nebraska Miss Maude Moore Thomas and Reno Moore State Convention the Bank of Cass County Plattsmouth, Nebraska Variety Store Bank of Cass County City Windham Investment Company
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