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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1909
Page
3
A Woman's Home Companion column discusses keeping a prized book set intact and the etiquette of lending. It advises that loaning a complete set is preferable to risking loss, and outlines polite reminders to borrowers who retain volumes. It notes neighbors and friends may borrow, urging timely reclaim and respectful handling.
A four-man business group lunches and mocks each other about foreign birth. One American-born member tells them natives opened doors, while an Irish participant notes his own arrival with fare paid and clothes on his back.
A humorous exchange imagines cooks peeling onions underwater. A comedian boarder boasts a cook who peels vegetables underwater, then quips about a submarine chef. The banter turns on the absurd image and ends with a punchline about a cook aboard a sub.
A New York manufacturing concern uses a 24 hour clock in the timekeeper’s office. The workday begins at one o’clock in the morning and the shop uses 14 and 16 o'clock after midnight. Workers adapted to the new system, which reduced recording errors and is now accepted as standard practice.
The text prescribes Hauld ammonia spray directly into a cavity and notes avoiding touch on tender gum. For ulcerated roots it advises a flaxseed poultice applied with a small weasel skin to the gum, then folded and refreshed as it cools. A second party should prepare the poultice quickly and keep a hot water bottle outside the bandage.
A young woman explains that learning a version of writing can make her appear younger. She notes that handwriting is read by others as recent schooling and aims to gain a favorable start in friendship with a man, though she is only 23.
Preparations for Pioneer day on September 2 proceed with Windham coordinating efforts. Hon. F. E. White and Hon. Orlando Tefft plan to attend and speak, with Tefft in the afternoon and White at the banquet. The big tent near the court house hosts exhibits from McMahen & Sons and relics of early Nebraska. Relics include the old Methodist organ and Sarpy ferry bell, on display with the church and local collectors. A reception committee will assist at Coates Hall, with over 100 banquet tickets sold and calls for early applications to reserve seats.
Mark White offers three well bred registered Shorthorn yearling bulls for sale alongside several fresh milk cows.
Readable snippets show times listed as 5:00 p m 3:40 p m 4:00 p m and 6:00 p.m with no clear context or event names. The lines resemble a timetable or agenda for an upcoming gathering or presentation.
Sept 2 marks Pioneer and Homecoming with M. W. A. Band concerts at Fourth/Main and Sixth/Main. Ft. Crook Military Band, trapeze acts, balloon ascension, and a governor speaking event highlight the schedule. Baseball game Ft. Crook vs Plattsmouth precedes a dance and banquet at Coates Hall.
A compact schedule lists a Sept 4 sports and entertainment lineup with M W A band concerts at multiple corners, balloon ascensions, trapeze acts, wrestling, tug of war between Havelock and Plattsmouth, dash events, and a baseball game, concluding with evening trapeze and band performances.
Readers are invited to a labor day program featuring the M. W. A. Band at multiple corners of Main and Sixth and Third streets. The day includes band concerts, baseball games between Union and Plattmouth, bicycle and automobile races, trapeze and slack wire acts, and a Turners exhibition with events across Main Street venues. Prizes range up to $20 and events run from morning until evening with numerous races, performances, and a wrestling match at Court House Square.
Acham Kaffelberger and Adam Fornoff returned from farms near Huron Dakota to report incalculable crop damage from a recent hailstorm. Kaffelberger says some wheat was saved and corn damaged but he fared better than Fornoff whose wheat was largely destroyed.
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