Avoca Area Visits and Picnic Prep Highlight Local News
A stream of visitors from Nebraska City Murdock Syracuse and Eagle Grove Iowa gather in Avoca for family visits banking affairs and a major Odd Fellows picnic. Local business moves include Fred Rughe purchasing half interest in Gus Buss store as postmaster duties limit goods attention. A rain freshens fields boosting town spirits and social events.
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F. A. Schaffer
Miss Schaffer
Avoca
Odd Fellows
Fred Rughe
Henry Rughe
Gus Buss
Rughe
Buss
Athelete Joe Zimmerer Breaks Arm in Fishing Plan
Joe Zimmerer injured his right wrist when he jumped from a wagon to fetch fishing tackle. Dr Brendel set the fracture, the pain subsides, and he plans to fish again before the season ends. Friends say he fell short of delivering fish as promised but regret the mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Zimmerer
Joe
Red Sox to Meet Royal Achates in Omaha Showdown
Baseball wagers place the Red Sox against the Royal Achates of Omaha next Saturday afternoon at the ball park. Both teams in good trim promise a red hot game. Admission is usual. First pitch at 2 50 p m to accommodate the Omaha return on the M P.
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Red Sox
Royal Achates of
Omaha
Ball Park
Daily Weather Report from Dr Cummins Office
Observations at 2p.m. show temperature 81, humidity 59, wind northeast and cloudy. Nebraska forecast calls for fair Thursday with showers and cooler in the west, fair Friday with warmer west and showers cooler east. Chas. Cook arrived in the city from his farm to conduct business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Cummins
Nebraska
Chas. Cook
Settlement Battle Echoes in Avoca Street Tangle
Last Friday a pair of locals clashed over a dispute settled in a Nelson and Gans style quarrel. The younger, quicker man dodged the heavier opponent who chased with a large plank, then dropped it and the crowd suggests a championship road showdown at Avoca.
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Nelson
Gans
Avoca
Timblin–McNett wedding at Timblin home
On Monday evening August 3 Rev H W Cope united Doxey McNett and Fern Timblin in marriage at the bride’s parents home Geo Timblin and wife were host witnesses about thirty five relatives and friends attended and refreshments followed the ceremony McNett son of Henry McNett is a trusted young man while Fern Timblin is well liked. McNett currently assists F H Gorder in the implement business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Timblin
H. W. Cope
Doxey McNett
Fern Timblin
Henry McNett
Help of Nature and Tuiner's Elixir Advertisement
An advertisement extols nature as the primary healer and promotes Tuiner's American Elixir of Bitter Wine as a digestive aid. It claims the medicine stimulates digestion, restores regular body function, improves appetite, blood quality, and nerves, and lists Joseph Tuiner's Chicago drugstore address.
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Tuiner
Nature
Joseph Tuiner
Ashland Ave
Chicago
Ill
Harris on Way to Red Oak After Oklahoma Job
W C Harris traveled this morning to Red Oak Iowa by way of the M P from Chickasha Oklahoma where he had been employed as a switchman on the Rock Island line.
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W.C. Harris
Red Oak
Iowa
Chickasha
Okla
Rock Island
Zeppelin Flight to Mayence Breaks 250 Mile Route
Count Zeppelin’s airship sailed from Friedrichshafen with a quick stop at Nackenheim for repairs before resuming the 250 mile journey to Mayence and back. The ascent reached 400 feet as the craft traced a loop over Constance and Friedrichshafen before heading northwest via Mulhausen Strassburg and the Rhine valley toward Mayence.
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Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Count Zeppelin
Mayence
Rhine
Nackenheim
Mawrence
Constance
Basle
Mulhausen
Strassburg
Valley of the Rhine
Manley News Highlights Ball Game and Local Visits
Sunday ball game draws largest attendance as Manley hosts Louisville in a 15 to 9 home win. Residents share stories of Sunday visits, threshing near finish, hotel opening, and regional travel to attend funerals and events. Local showers aid corn, nearby towns referenced.
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Geo. H. Wood
Manley
Hotel de Manley
Dora Wilson
Ed Cleghorn
Avees
Backers
Omaha
J. A. Keedy
Sullivan
Dr. Dailey
Hennessy
Wayne
Henry Heil
Cedar Creek
Peter Vogler
Mr. Dettman
Elmwood
Geo. Ray
Utica
Neb
Will
Steinkraus
German Luthern School
Louisville
Teegarden
Shannon
Meeting With Favor On Mainstreet Street Lights
A. Claybaugh reports success in circulating a merchants subscription list to fund Mainstreet street lights. He estimates about four hundred dollars needed to install lamps and notes one year of operation may not profit the company. Some merchants argue city duty. if subscription fails, he will petition the Mayor and council to guarantee any deficit. The lights are urged as streets are very dark.
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A. Claybaugh
Leyda Proposes Special Train to Lincoln
John M. Leyda seeks a Missouri Pacific special from the city to Lincoln and back on August 12 the Bryan notification day. A 7 am departure and a return after ceremonies are described with plans to connect from Union. The Journal backs the idea amid country inquiries and awaits the railway’s decision.
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John M. Leyda
Missouri Pacific Railway
Lincoln
Bryan
Here
Norton
Mr. Leyda
Nebraska City
Union
Bone Broken by Tenpin at Main Street Alley
Charley Truman proprietor of the bowling alley on Main street between Third and Fourth fell victim to an accident while setting pins for a game with three strangers. A ball struck the pins, a pin flew and caught his foot, fracturing a bone near the ankle. He treated the injury himself and expects a several day absence from work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Truman
Main Street
Charley
Barber Charley Martin Fights Roaming Cows Threatening Legal Action
Charley Martin, a barber, reports his sweet corn crop has been repeatedly eaten by roaming cows each harvest. He rises at odd hours to shoo away the livestock and warns cow owners he may call in the law if the cows are not penned.
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Charley Martin
Mayors push for reduced rail fare to Lincoln
Mayor Gering receives a letter from Mayor Brown of Lincoln. The Commercial club of Lincoln aims to press railroads for a two cent per mile short line rate on all trains between the two cities, regardless of through service, to boost attendance at the Bryan notification meeting on the 12th. The hoped saving is 54 cents per round trip, replacing the current 1.52 dollar rate.
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Gering
Brown
Lincoln
Bryan
Commercial Club of
Omaha
Banning Seeks State Senator Seat as Democrat
The Weeping Water Republican notes Banning of Union ex county commissioner has filed as a Democratic candidate for state senator. It recalls his past influence and praises his tenure, claiming Cass County was better then and now.
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W. B. Banning
Union
Banning
Plattsmouth
Jacob Falter
Cass County
Ten Years in Bed Recounts Kidney Disease Cure
Oakville Indiana resident R A Gray J P describes ten years bedridden with kidney disease. He sought top medical care but found no relief until Foley's Kidney Cure, which he calls a Godsend.
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R. A. Gray
J. P
Oakville
Ind
Foley
Gering and Co Advertise Cigar Trade and Price
To accommodate all we make a specialty of box trade on such cigars. The cigar is right our price is right. The brief ad emphasizes a wide box trade and competitive pricing for cigars offered by Gering and Co.
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Gering & Co
Recervis and EXPesDiTcRes FOR THE VEAR EspixG JUNE De
Nebraska bank association financial statement dated July 1 1908 showing receipts balance on hand real estate sales loans taxes and stock details with sworn oath by T M Patterson secretary and witnessed by Clara Brown.
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Terese Pou Snes
Iguaes
State OF
Nebraska
Cass County
T. M. Patterson
Windham E. Acro
J. Whitsu
Clara Hrown
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Henry Wohlers
W. W. Straub
H. GC. Wellensier
The
Bank of Avoca
Dan Click
John Ruge
Murdock
Nettie Yocumb
Russ
J. M. Palmer
Nehawka
J. M. Dunbar
Will Metzger
John Frazer
Syracuse
Ahrends & Mahr
Mace Riggs
Morris Nelson
Tom Straub
Mrs. Wilcox
Kansas
Peckham
Mabel Schaffer
Eagle Grove
Oxford Hotel
Orlando Teft
Teft
H. G. Wellenseik
Avoca Bank
State Capitol
Dr. Karr
Weeping Water
Gene Miller
Cook
L. A. Hupp
Jack Buskirk
Percival
Benj. Betts
Mabel Cutter
Bethany
Fred Beckard and Son
Ather
L. J. Marquardt
J. B. Frey
Dougals
H. G. Willensiek
Herman
Dunkak
Maseman
Monarch
Sharples
Bartlett
Edison
Phonographs
T.H
Straub
Daily Weather Report
Ala Nelson
B. Co
Marquardt
Kirkendall and Goodman
Ora E. Gopes
Zeppelin
Monster Airship
Manley Department
Ernest Pautch
John Bartz
John Roehrdanz
Chas. Murphy
Dr. A. Jenkins
John C. Murphy
Mr. Pluerman
John Schmidt
Amenda
Mohr
Plattsmouth Loan and Building
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