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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
3
Prairie hay baled and available at a reasonable price. Located seven miles west of Murray and fifty four miles east of Manley on the Walker section. Contact W. J. Ranard for details and pickup.
Charles James has filed a quiet title suit in Cass county Nebraska to clear the east half of the southwest quarter and west half of the southeast quarter of section 27, township 10 north range 12 east, and to cancel two mortgages held by M W Gay and Francis Fuller trustees and by James L Lombard. The case seeks removal of the cloud from the property and a bar on any claims by the parties, claiming the mortgages were paid or barred by the statute of limitations. Answer by March 6 1908. Charles James, Plaintiff. W F Moran Attorney.
Louisvile Courier item highlights neighbors and visitors. Bert Stevenson returns from a trip through Iowa Indiana and Missouri. H J Barker and wife visit Plattsmouth with Joel Fitzgerald family. O M Mayfield visits Petersberg and stays with parents. Ed and Wm Gobelman return from five weeks in St Louis. W J Rau now Utica visits Louisville friends. Jim Dugan digs a well on Gospel hill hoping to strike water. Mrs Jno Schaal of Springfield returns home after caring for her mother Mrs Capt Hoover who suffers rheumatism.
A 1908 seed and nursery stock price list from Pottawattamie county Iowa invites requests. Send a note to D Harris in Council Bluffs Iowa to receive by mail free of cost. It promises the best stock and prices.
One of the best 160 acre farms in Cass County for sale with fine improvements. A six room house and a barn capable of storing 50 tons of hay and housing 18 horses. Located one and a half miles east of the Wills place. JOHN URISH, Owner.
Washington's oldest inhabitant Dr William M Starr celebrated his 100th birthday amid friends and business leaders. The Oldest Inhabitants association hosted a banquet at his invitation in which Starr credited conservatism as the secret to long life, noting he never overextended in youth.
An elderly Washington resident recalls a prior civic debate over Lincoln era trees on Pennsylvania Avenue near Seventeenth Street. Officials ultimately removed the trees when the War Department building was razed to make way for a granite structure, after residents favored preservation. Col. T. L. Casey oversaw the construction.
The article portrays Dr Starr a long lived District of Columbia resident with ancestors famed for longevity. It details his military service in the Seminole Mexican and Civil Wars, his gold rush earnings, marriage to Lizzie Day, Civil War enlistment for the Confederacy, and postwar study of botany and medicine leading to a Washington practice. It also notes a public demolition of trees by a city official to clear a site.
A new mycological bureau in Tarare near Lyons offers expert mushroom judgments. Locals bring mushrooms for examination, ensuring identification and safety. Since its founding, many edible varieties previously avoided have been found to be safe and valuable.
A French visitor in Washington challenged a banker at the Metropolitan club over a shop sign reading Youfolster. After debate they went to verify, only to find the sign above a modest door painted "Upholsterer," clarifying the mispronunciation.
The Italian embassy in Washington, once a social hub in its new quarters, has closed briefly due to the absence of the dean of the diplomatic corps and Baroness Mayor des Planches. It is being readied again for a lively entertaining season as the ambassador and wife arrive with a new touring car. Sig Montagna will travel to New York to greet them and accompany them to Washington.
New York society woes grow as Chicago and Philadelphia outshine the 400. Debuts by Miss Dorothy Randolph and the Pauls’ grand entertainments spark envy while New York lags in creating lavish, calendar-free events. The 400 face pressure to reassert ultrafashionable status.
W A Clark ex United States senator and owner of a vast copper empire faced seizure of his office furniture to satisfy a $44 894 judgment won by mining expert George Treadwell. Treadwell claims Clark froze him out after he hypothecated 100 shares of United Verde stock. Judge Davis ordered Clark to transfer the stock with interest.
A study of Manhattan altitudes shows wide variations from sea level at the Battery to peaks over 250 feet near Washington Bridge road. The article traces elevations along major avenues from Canal Street to Duffy hill, noting reservoirs, parks, and notable rises such as Mount Morris, Central Park, and Murray Hill.
George A Fuller Jr a ten year old grandson of a skyscraper builder receives a miniature auto 60 feet underground at the Plaza Hotel. The toy speedster uses a one horsepower motor and a 200 ampere storage battery for propulsion and sleeps in the Plaza engine room as it runs seven laps to the mile around the sub basement walls.
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