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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
5
This morning Mrs. J. C. Petersen and her daughter Miss Edna left for Alliance to visit another daughter Mrs. Edward Spies. Mr. Spies works for the Burlington at Alliance and the Petersen party will remain there for some time.
The Sheridan Post reports Mr. Wm. C. Ford of Gillette and Miss Marguerite E. Walters of Gillette were married at the Episcopal rectory by Richard Whitehouse. They will reside in Thermopolis where Ford will manage a bank. The couple are welcomed by friends and wish prosperity.
Little Fred Mittlemeyer son of Mr and Mrs Louis Mittlemeyer was taken to Emanuel hospital in Omaha for an operation on his ankle bone tuberculosis. Dr Davis will perform the procedure as a last effort to save the foot and restore health. A similar operation on John Halmes at a Lincoln sanitarium is reported to be yielding good progress.
Washington December 14 postoffice policy shifts as Postmaster General Mayer orders that letters plainly addressed to Santa Claus received at local post offices until January 1 1908 be sent to regularly organized charitable societies for exclusive charitable use. If multiple groups claim letters they will be divided.
A Burlington freight train caused a freak wreck at Louisville when a frightened team pulled down a telegraph pole, tangling the line with the engine. Mrs Thomas rode in the wagon and was hurled to the pilot seat while Engineer Fekt suffered a severe facial gash from the pulled wire. The incident ended with the near miracle of no fatalities.
Bertie Kyle an 11 year old orphan traveled alone to the city on the Burlington seeking a home. O C Dovey a lodge member found him and arranged care at the institution funded by the Masonic order. The boy's tears gave way to relief as a friendly welcome was arranged.
Nehawka Register reports Lew Ingwerson, at home with his wife visiting Carleton, returned from Weeping Water to find his air tight heater ignited fire in the bed room. The room and house burned to the ground, neighbors away, with goods insured but house not. The property near Jim Delesderries and Ingwereen ownership will likely not be rebuilt.
Letters from Mrs E D Lawson of Navasota Texas and others describe Peruna restoring health from catarrh weak lungs and deafness. Testimonies claim rapid relief from coughs colds headaches neuralgia and digestive issues after using Peruna prescribed by Dr Kartman for decades.
The Bluffton Banner promotes going home for rest consolation and fun urging readers to act at home and practice with family. It adds a note to use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds and mentions F. G. Fricke & Co. as the seller.
A student, Vance Todd, sick in school last week, developed scarletina but has passed the dangerous stage and is recovering well. Dr. McLeod notified the town board, a quarantine was set Monday, and no exposures are reported. It is believed the illness originated at a social near Murray. Itch cures offered by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion via Gering & Co.
Dr. Julian A. Pollard defends his claim of teaching forty chickens to eat after dark by feeding them at six each evening and guiding them with the sound of corn. He invites skeptics to visit after dark to observe the poultry behavior firsthand.
An old advert warns against unknown cough remedies and promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar as a cure for coughs colds and pneumonia prevention. The genuine product is in a yellow package and substitutes should be refused. F G Fricke & Co.
W. E. Wachtell of University Place, visiting Mynard as guest of his son the Rev. A. E. Wachtell, departed today. He reported conducting a revival at Eight Mile Grove with good success and several additions to the congregation.
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