Avoca Veiled by Picnics and Visits from Nehawka to Weeping Water
Avoca residents hosted many visitors and attended picnics with neighbors from Union Nehawka and Weeping Water. Trips to Omaha Berlin and Lincoln mix with local events. A large crowd gathered for the Odd Fellows picnic of 1909, with reports of a minor brawl but good town hospitality and a 400 served at the Oxford hotel.
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State Fisheries
South Bend
Hagenow
Lincoln Band
Avoca
Thhat
Gus Mohr
Oxford
Welcher
Odd Fellows
Picnic Event Draws Large Crowd and Warm Comments
A Thursday picnic drew a large crowd with strong attendance and a joyful mood. Past Grand Master Fr. Carrick delivered a masterly address praising the order and his conduct, while the writer noted the festive scene despite the noisy merry-go-round.
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Carrick
Corrick
Missouri Pacific Sets World Train Handling Record
Floods near Kansas City shut other roads between Kansas City and Chicago, prompting Missouri Pacific to move 516 trains over three days July 10 to 12. The detoured trains from M, K, T, Frisco, Burlington, Wabash, Santa Fe, Alton, KC8, Rock Island totalled 375 passenger, 135 freight and six mixed runs. The feat, achieved with one main line, earned national praise for dispatching and resource management.
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Kansas City
Point
Chicago
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Frisco
Burlington
Wabash
Santa Fe
Alton
Commissioners Approve Land Purchase To Widen Sampson Road
County commissioners moved toward acquiring a small land strip along the old Sampson road southeast of the city to widen the road. The tract measures about 857.9 feet long and 1.72 feet wide, totaling approximately 20 acres more or less according to the filed description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampson Road
Town
Old Road
Youthful William Jennings Seybert Visits McNurlin Family
Master William Jennings Seybert, son of Will Seybert and wife, came down this morning on the Schuyler to make a visit with John McNurlin and family after previously having foot surgery. He was willing to travel this time and seemed in good spirits.
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Wilhelmina Beckord
Peru
Herman Wellensick
Osage
William Wellensick
Osterhout
Cook and
Talmage
William Jennings Seybert
Will Seybert
Schuyler
John McNurlin
Ed. Stroemer
Barneston
J. H. Stroemer
Omaha
Mrs L W Lorenz and Sister Board Early Northbound Train
Mrs L W Lorenz and her sister were passengers on the early morning train headed north. The brief note records their travel as part of a local transport update.
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Mra. L
Estate of Thomas J Campbell Court Hearing Notice
In Cane County New Mexico a court will hear the report and petition for settlement in the estate of Thomas J Campbell. The bearing will occur before the court at Platina on the 4th day of January 1900 at 10 o clock am. All objections must be filed on or before then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Campbell
Platinamouth
Ansant
Notice of Hearing in John V. Krenberger's Estate
In County County, Nebraska, notice is given of a petition to administer John Valentine Krenberger's estate. A hearing is set before the county court on August 20, 1908, at 9:00 AM. objections must be filed by then. county officials attest to the proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kuhnhein
Kitts
Nebraska
John Valentine Krenberger
Drengeer
Pinttiom
Said
Anguer
Sand County
Autunt
Allen
Alvo Notes on Local Movements and Family Life
Alvo notes record numerous Lincoln and Omaha visits by residents and relatives, arrivals for visits, and several weddings and births. Activities include farm work, lumber shipments, trading trips, and social gatherings around July 1908 with many named locals and nearby towns.
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Evala Weaver
South Bend
J. A. Shaffer
Ed. Stroemer
Omaha
Frank Uptegrove
C. F. Rosenow
Nervin Knott
Elmwood
William Boyles
Lincoln
Emma Cashner
Elton Snake
Minerva Toole
Murdock
E. M. Stone
August Klemme
Muir
Abel Prouty
Fred
Mel
Ed. Hurlbert
Knott
Alfalfa trade in Nebraska grows with rail demand
A Nebraska traffic inquiry shows alfalfa purchases are limited in state mills but several large buyers, near Ord, contract for multiple farms at eight dollars sixty cents per ton. Mills depend on in transit rates to stay viable, while railroad reports may understate conditions despite rising crop activity and growing alfalfa industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Ord
State Journal
Local capitalist to visit Sonora Mexico for business interests
A. & Will, a well known local capitalist, left this morning for Sonora Mexico to oversee extensive property interests. He expects to be away a month or six weeks and notes the cool nights despite hot days at altitudes above seven thousand feet. He says recent Mexico earthquakes did not affect his northern state dealings. American interests there are large and growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Sonora
Will
Prosperous Partner John Pearsley in Union Visit
Prosperous partner John Pearsley, a notable Liberty county farmer, arrived yesterday from near Union. Delayed train connections forced him to stay overnight in the city. Pearsley predicts a bumper corn crop and praises his fine farm and timber grove near his home. He plans to return this morning.
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John Pearsley
Liberty Precinct
Union
Mr. Poursley
Penarsley
Petreley Rejcines
Smoke the Gut Heil. It is always good.
The fragment mentions a phrase praising a Nazi salute and adds a positive judgment. The text centers on the expression Gut Heil and endorses it as always good, reflecting a hostile extremist sentiment. No additional context or events are provided.
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Neva Zook
Copes
Mrs. James Dunbar
Nehawka
Harry Marquardt
T. W. Malcolm
Auburn
Jeff Welcher
Weeping Water
Oscar Hoback
William Betts, Sr
Mesdames Dunkak and
Mohr
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F. W. Rudge
T. P. Sammons
Florence Smoots
L. A. Hupp
Ben Mohr
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Opal Lewton
Stella Opp
H. G. Wollenslek
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George Reimer
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Oklahoma
Henry Behrns
James Fleshman
L. J. Marquardt
Utica
Canada
Arthur Ward
Vilas Sheldon
Henry Lutsmeyer
Harold Harmon
Willie Seacat
Vincent Smoots
Henry Wulf
George A Malcolm
Tangeman
Gerald Glispe
Lola Malcolm
Elizabeth Griffith
Eda Marquardt
O'Day
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Clarence Tefft
Matthew McQuin
Judith Straub
Iowa
Cecelia Ries
Mrs. Wulf
Sharp
Papillion
Benjamin Tetts
Harry Nutzman
Bertrand
Edward Morley
Richard Nutzman
James Dunbar
Ora EB. Copes
M. G. Keedy
Dr. Schall
F. L. Hillman
Berlin
J. O. Rowland
Bethany
W. R. Graham
B. C. Marquardt
Ora BE. Copes
John Opp
Masonic Lodge
Charles Kaufman
Peck's Grove
Mr. Kaufman
Ward Pittman
A. R. Smith
Dunbar
Our City
J. F. Brendel
Murray
Herman Ehlers
John Mohr
Syracuse
Dr. Brendel
James Wade
Cromwell
Bert Jameson
E. Nutaman, Sr
Florence Wilkinson
Thomas H. Straub
Charles Woodson
Guy Young
John True
Ilinois
Fred Hillman
Avota
BE. Nutzman, Sr
Hertland
J. W. Brendel
W. H. Betts, Jr
J. C. Zimmerer
John Rudge
George
William Bogard
Charles Steele
Congregational Church
Gus Gegley
Dr. Tuck
Joseph Yonkerst
Louisville
Fleishman
Lelen
Missouri
Jack Buskirk
Benjamin Betts
Imo Johnson
Mabel Hanger
Francis
Smoots
Fred McGrady
G. W. Harshman, Jr
Dr. Fisher
Rev, Andress
Avoon, Nebraska
Cane County
Nenmash
Alvo
Helle Keefer
C. R. Jordan
Plattamouth
John Casey
South Omaha
Charles Strong
Clyde Boyles
Charles R. Jordan
Charles Snavely
Grandma Foreman
Minnie Bailey
Council Bluffs
Mises Orpha Wallen
Misa Alt Liveh
Epworth
Bates
Ruth Taylor
Denver, Col
Mr. L. W. Friend
Alvyn
Harry Vickers
Knute Angwert
D. Leasley
Greenwood
James Friend
Diversity Place
Mr. Friend
L. W. Friend
Harry Parsell
Wilber
Agatha
C. Boyles
Mins Fiera
Dale
Roseyerana
Mattemouth
Baker
A. Myers
HR. A. Stone
Mr Myers
Ruth Bailey
Cecil Newkirk
Ruby Stone
Esther Rosenow
Bertha Bucknell
Irene Kirkpatrick
Mary
May Ingwerson
la Verne Stone
Orvil Ingwerson
Chester
Old Mexico
Henry Prosser
Neb
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