Local residents trade in Omaha visits and farm matters
A stream of residents from Murray and surrounding areas travel to Omaha for business and medical care. Farmers including Chas Morton, Chas No Heverage, and J.T. Porter are noted for active dealings, while Miss Bite Chapman and Miss Margaret Jamison visit relatives and friends. Weather records report a chilly spell with temperatures near zero.
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Chas. F. Morton
Union
Fred Stringfellow
Glenwood
Misa Bite Chapman
Omaha
Miles Stanley
Tear Murray
Margaret Jamison
Murray
Wee & Passenger
J.T. Porter
Porter
Journal
Obituary notice for Grandmother Grimes
Friends learn Grandma Grimes is very ill at her daughter Mable Grimes home. Claude Everett, Union, reports via Cherley Grimes that her condition worsened and her son J G Richey and brothers Ed F Grimes of Omaha travel to Union to be with her in her final hours.
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Wedneedas
Grandma Grimes
Mere
Claude Everett
Union
Cherley Grimes
The
Journal
Phine
Grimes
Missouri Pacific
Mnion
Byverett
Med. Grimes
Eam
Gielmes
J. G. Richey
Mit Everetherkee
Ed F Grimes
Omaha
Sunmarinell
Crowder’s Condition Improves After Serious Injury
Conductor Jos Crowder, badly injured at the Junction, is steadily improving after days near death. Doctors are hopeful for recovery and railroad friends, especially east of the river, share in the cautious optimism. Crowder’s brave fight to survive has drawn wide local concern and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fie Conden
Jos Crowder
Mr. Crowder
Veryvone
Local News From Waliv Highlights Visits and Train Travelers
Sam Pitman of Murray visited the theater and stayed over Sunday with friends. Miss Evelyn Taylor rode the mail train to Omaha from near Rock Bluffs. Mrs Gee Hollenbeck and daughter Janet of Hayward Idaho are visiting with Register of Deeds Schneider’s family. Alma Larson visited Union with her sister Mrs Foster. M. P. Stein and Jon Kelly were in town for errands. Capt L P Fowler will run Kraft Clothing Company sale. James Gilmour, now of Ulysses Neb, visited his parents before heading to Omaha. Cass County Teachers Reading Circle met in Weeping Water drawing many from Nehawka Union Murray Mynard Plattsmouth. Teachers praised. men were less so.
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James Gilmour
William Gilmour
Ulysses, Neb
Omaha
Jimmy
Lincoln
Weeping Water
Cass County
Reading Circle
Nehawka
Union
Murray
Mynard
Plattamouth
Case County
Premonition of His Death on Burlington Tracks
Mills County Tribune reports the death of Thomas Watts, killed Monday evening on the Burlington tracks near Henton while walking with Cornelius Cronin. Cronin escaped as Watts was struck by a falling plank. Watts’s age, family details, and a pocket notebook with a grim verse are noted as authorities pursue Watts’s relatives.
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Thomas Watts
Cornelius Cronin
Burlington
Henton
KKCL
Cronin
Watts
Beneland
New Britain
Justice Day of
Greywood
Craig
Ares
Mills County Tribune
Witonty P. J. Expands Hog Business with New Pigs
Witonty J P adds to his ventures with a fine herd purchase. On Monday evening breeder Mr T W McIntyre of Red Oak Indiana sent three female and one male Poland China pigs by express. Mr Tritsch is proud of the stock and aims for top quality.
McCarthys Condition Improves After Omaha Visit
Councilman John W. Bookmeyer reports Jos McCarthy, the brass caster, shows clear improvement after a hospital stay in Omaha. Doctors expect to save his right eye and likely the left, with recovery proceeding well. Friends express relief and hope for his full return home. The note is paired with news of a premium at the National Corn Exhibition in Omaha offering a Port Huron Husker Shredder valued at $26. The machine, promoted by J Wilkes Jones, is praised for speed and efficiency, with Port Huron Engine and Thresher Co investing $80,000 to boost safety and popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Bookmeyer
Omaha
Jos, McCarthy
Mr. Boockmeyer
Mr. McCarthy
Port Huron
J. Wilkes Jones
Port Huron Engine and Thresher Company
Parmele Theater Hosts Faust Choir Night Next Wednesday
Celebrate a cathedral style choir performance featuring Porter J. White in Faust at the Parmele theater next Wednesday evening. The event promises refined harmony and dramatic staging in a historic venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter J. White
Faust
Parmele Theater
Two Weeks Vacation Set By City Schools Board
The board of education fixed a two week holiday vacation for city schools. Schools will close Friday evening December 18 and reopen January 13, 1908.
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Board of Education
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Mr Vallery
M. J. Sweeney
Tombstone
Hans Kemp
Hamburg
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Mixes Lizzie Spangler
Martini Kedteh
Cedar Creek
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L. M. McVey
Tir
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Crove
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Tad Som
Omule
Amd
William F. Gillespie
Mivnind
Oral
Hugh Dowd
Bellona
Kas
Thin City
Chis
Airs
Neverage
Joly McNurlin
Monrée- Cartney
A. C. Corey
Meadow
Schuyler
Doc
S. M. Gifford
Della Klepser
Unteon
Mr Gifford
Miss Gifford
Oregon
Dr. Price
Mrs. Gries
Crowder
Pitman of
Suday
Evelyn Taylor
Rock Bluffs
Alma Larson
R. E. Foster
Jon Kelly
Eight Mile Grove
Fred Kroehler
Edith
Edna
Havelock
Mrs.k
L. P. Fowler
Kraft Clothing Company
Weldman
Kodak's
Goering’ & Co
Royal Grape
McCarthy
W. J. Bookmeyer
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