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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1911
Page
7
A promotional piece highlights a male oriented shop offering useful items at sensible prices. It emphasizes the store as a place where men would naturally shop for practical gifts and notes the slogan Where Quality Counts and the focus on functional merchandise.
Lee Allison visits Murray. Mrs Godwin trips to farm. farmers cheer rain aiding fall wheat. U S WU ships cattle to South Omaha. Mrs L Jean visits Omaha guest of Mrs W R Murray. Frank Richardson visits from South Omaha. Swift packing plant worker. M P Y enlarges freight operation near town with new shoveler. Wells fail to reach water as ground caves. horses and cattle suffer. Birthday gathering for Grant Wetenkamp. many attend. Line visit and move to Sargeant, Nah. Brimwood death of Mrs Stapely after long illness. funeral details.
A 1906 advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal remedy. It claims lightning kills few people nationwide while liver and digestive troubles are common, then cites Robert Madsen of West Burlington Indiana who was reportedly cured after doctors gave up. The pitch, from F. G. Fricke & Co., promotes the product as a mood purifier and stomach liver nerve remedy.
Leader Beho and John Gonzales visited his sister Mrs. Baker at Grete Sunday and Monday. Sid Weal moved back to his property once occupied by Joe Hopkins. Dr. Allen reports from Monterrey that the estate is ideal and work progresses. Mrs. Asa Fellows is seriously ill from pneumonia, a baby girl arrived to bring some cheer to a sorrowful home, and Mr. and Mrs. Wray spent time in Omaha with their son Arthur as an operation was attempted. The ball issue remains unresolved with no artificial replacement in sight. The Degree of Honor elected officers for the coming years at a Wednesday meeting.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve promises relief from frost bite, chaps, burns, boils, sores, cuts and sprains. A trial convinces its healing power, priced at 25 cents at FG Fricke & Go.
Lewis Pool buys a new Shudson A3 automobile while families and neighbors plan moves and visits. Mr and Mrs Masters visit from Lincoln and Glenwood. Oelsthlager move to Hickman to run a saloon. Dopp clan head to St Petersburg for winter. Sack and wife visit Lincoln for hospital treatment. Mrs Rhoten visits Ossowma before returning east. Fred Wenzel starts a new farm improvement. JG Johnson Burns carpentry. Roob does cement work. Adams & Son supply materials.
James Verryberry and family left for Tala Iowa. Thiele went to Berlin and spent Sunday with family. Lincoln visitors aid Ossenkop store. A wolf hunt southeast of town killed four wolves. Two railroad velocipedes collided on the M P Platte river bridge injuring Mrs Ackels and Koop but no serious injuries.
Repuldan residents visit Imperial and Plattsmouth friends as typhoid hospitalizations rise for Miller family. E Ratouw plans a two week land viewing trip through New Mexico and Texas. Mrs Snider loses a tooth in a kindling accident. Tom Wiles advances street grading on Bidora avenue with a 1000000 house project in planning. J M Fowler suffers sudden paralysis but shows signs of recovery amidst Thanksgiving aftermath.
A reader from Ganton N S reports a loud hoarse cough alarming the household as croup. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is praised as essential, with the spray sold by F G Fricke & Co.
A business caller stopped at a cash store in Omaha this morning indicating local commerce activity.
Mrs M H Shoemaker and Mrs Vanline left for Albion Nebraska for several days. Mrs Margaret Applegate came from Villisea Ta visiting relatives. Samuel Stotler arrived from Brown County for a family visit east of town. Mrs James Easter trains to Lincoln to meet Mrs John Gault of Holyoke. Rh G Watkins and wife plan Sterling Nebraska then Louisville Kentucky for about a month. W T Wolfe and son Wesley return to Lusk Wyoming. Mrs Wolfe stays longer. Mrs Molden and Mrs Elizabeth Calvert visit A J Anderson and family from Glenwood Iowa. James T Reynolds heads to Plattsmouth to join the Improved Order of Red Men. Clyde Loveless and wife welcome a daughter eight pounds ten ounces born Tuesday morning.
A major county deal last week swapped 800 acres of land for 250 horses. Parties include Dr. J Minger with 80 acres in Cheyenne County Kansas Avens Bereman with 160 acres in Perkins County Nebraska and Go J Reitler with 160 acres in Sherwin County Kansas. Horses are on a government reservation in Arizona. Mrs Bergman plans to visit horse markets and Houston to explore disposition options. A L McDonald arranged the transaction.
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