Varnish Leader Max Dusterhoff Featured in Murdock Ads
Local notes mention Max Dusterhoff promoting fine varnish and wallpaper at his shop. Several visits and social rounds anchor a village column with residents and travelers from Alvo Omaha Lincoln Wabash Ashland and Gordon Block’s meat market connection.
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Max Dusterhoff
Louis Bornemeier
George Hall
Alvo
Backemeyer
Charles Schneider
Omaha
Rock Island
H. H. Lawton
Lincoln
State University
Will Meyers
Walter Baumgartner
John Paul Pickwell
Glen Pickwell
Kenneth Tool
Gale Pickwell
J. M. Reymer
Alice Burnham
Worcester
Mass
Robert Lawton
Wabash
Homer Lawton
Grace Reymer
Murdock
Max Smusterhoff
Ashland
Gordon Block
Block
Ece
Dusterholf
Numerous Local Trips and Work Notes From Murdock Area
Local residents report visitors and small projects across Murdock and nearby areas. Gus Wendt visits Omaha for business. Diller Utt starts baggage work in the union station. Prof Jackman aids dirt hauling. many people travel to Lincoln Fremont and Wisconsin for family, work, or hunting.
Mrs Horace Reeves Seeks Relief at Saint Elizabeth Hospital
Mrs Horace Reeves, troubled by a foot condition, traveled to Lincoln to enter Saint Elizabeth hospital for treatment. It is hoped she may obtain relief.
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Horace Reeves
Lincoln
Saint Elizabeth Hospital
Mail Carrier Appointments for Plattsmouth Routes
L B Goerthy moved to Plattsmouth midweek to begin as mail carrier on route two. The lengthy 29 mile route boosts pay to about $1,770 yearly. Harold Cool of Elmwood also started as carrier on route one.
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L. BB. Goerthy
Plattsmouth
Mr. Goerthy
Harold Cool
Elmwood
Baby girl arrives in Stock family as seven sons end
Fred Stock's family with seven sons and no daughters gains a daughter when Gus Stock's child is born last Thursday. Gravadon Stock expresses great happiness over the new baby girl chaperoned by the stork, marking a rare new arrival in the Stock household.
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Fred Stock
Gus Stock
Gravadon Stock
Electric Light Extension Efforts Underway In City
City officials and committee are taking steps toward securing electric lighting. A large crew near South Bend cleared roadside trees last Saturday to enable transmission lines from South Bend to Louisville.
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South Bend
Louisville
Wallace Adler Sets May 4 Musical Recital at Murdock
Lincoln music instructor Wallace Adler wraps up a two unit course for Mur dock and vicinity with a free recital on Tuesday May 4 featuring Mrs Emma Ward Mrs Martha Thimean Miss Irene McDonald Miss Ethel Schwab Miss Lydia Streich Florence Thimean Mary Isabel Tool Lara Weitzel Margarite McDonald Elenor Stroy Henrietta Bauer Meredith Weddell and Masters Walter Stroy Lester Thimgan. The program invites all local residents to attend.
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Wallace Adler
Lincoln
Murdock and
Emma Ward
Martha Thimean
Irene McDonald
Ethel Schwab
Lydia Streich
Florence Thimean
Mary Isabel Tool
Lara Weitzel
Margarite McDonald
Elenor Stroy
Henrietta Bauer
Meredith Weddell
Walter Stroy
Lester Thimgan
Campbell Brothers Circus Draws Community Crowd
All community members gathered for the Campbell Brothers circus in town last Saturday. The parade ran late but the afternoon show drew a fair crowd and the evening performance was unusually well patronized.
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Campbell Brothers Circus
Notice to Patrons of Murdock Rural Free Delivery
Patrons are reminded to provide sufficient postage stamps for letters and parcels. It is inconvenient for the carrier to search mail boxes for pennies when loose change is placed inside. Signed F A Melvin P M.
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Murdock Rural Free Delivery Route
P. M
Murdoch Telephone Co. Gets Rate Increase OK
Nebraska state railway commission approves a proposed rate hike for Murdoch Telephone Co. from 1 to 2 per month for all service classes with May 1 start. Commission notes annual revenue at 12 when expenses run about 3,420. Company cites rising maintenance and operating costs making old rates unviable.
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State Railway Commission
Murdock Company
Boxing Exhibition Draws Crowds At Barber Shop Event
Local youths gathered at the barber shop Friday evening for informal boxing exhibitions lasting several hours. Accidental taps occurred but the atmosphere remained good natured and all participants likely gained from the exercise.
Will Restore Traffic on Bridge
Scott Hare returned from a winter in the east and visited Murdock and Plattsmouth before planning to rejoin Rock Island as an operator at Meadow Tower. The Rock Island bridge traffic will resume once detours via Louisville are ended, permitting trains to use the bridge soon.
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Scott Hare
Uniontown
Murdock
Plattsmouth
Hare
Rock Island
Meadow Tower
Louisville
Rock Island Bridge
Telephone Rates Increase at Murdock Telephone Company
Rates on the Murdock Telephone Company lines have risen after a period of agitation. State law requires costly compliance with service standards, line equipment records and a prescribed bookkeeping system, increasing expenses and service hours.
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Murdock Telephone Company
Telephone Rates Raised By State Commission
Three operator shifts have raised operating costs and prompted rate increases by the state railway commission. Party line subscribers now pay 1.75 per month if paid after May 1, with early payment lowering to 1.50. Private line service costs 2.00, with a 0.25 incentive for advance payment before the tenth, adjusting the total to 1.75. Previously rates were one dollar per subscriber, with amounts depending on location.
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State Railway Commission
Surprise social honors H A Tool family at new home
Last Friday friends organized a surprise for Mr. and Mrs. H A Tool at their new and elegant home. The commodious house was filled with warm revelry as games dancing and a luncheon followed. The gathering showed the high esteem in which the family is held.
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H. A. Tool
Fifty Birthday Dinner for Mrs L Amegwert at Son’s Home
Last Sunday marked Mrs L Amegwert s fiftieth birthday celebrated by her sons and daughter with an elegant dinner at John Amgwert s home. Granddaughter Marval Amgwert designed the cake placing ten candies for five year intervals. The family enjoyed the occasion and wishes for many more happy birthdays.
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L. Amegwert
John Amgwert
Marval Amgwert
Grandma Angwert
Neitzels Bid Farewell to Arnold Family for San Francisco
Last Monday L Neitzel and his wife traveled to Omaha to bid farewell to Mrs J J Arnold sister of Mrs Neitzels. They were accompanied by her two daughters Theda and Herta who were departing for a new home in San Francisco. The party planned to travel to Kansas City by the Burlington then coastward via the Santa Fe.
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Lena Reike
Herman Schmidt
Art Ward
Manley
J. A. Bauer
Hazel
Murdock
August Stander
Omaha
Flock Island
J. E. McHugh
Excelsior Springs
E. W. Thimigan
John Gakemeier
Fremont
Leah Schmidt
Penterman Brothers
Elmwood
Frank Eveland
Jacob Goehry
Wisconsin
Washington, D. C
France
Europe
L. Neitzel
J. J. Arnold
Surprise Party For Miss Scheel On Birthday Eve
A pleasant surprise party was held at Mr and Mrs John Scheels home near Murdock for Clara Scheels sixteenth birthday. Carrie Thieman and Hildegard Baumgaertner planned it. Hildegard also celebrated her fifteenth birthday. Guests enjoyed games and a late supper.
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Miss Scheel
John Scheel
Murdock
Clara
Carrie Thieman
Hildegard Baumgaertner
Hildegard
Carrie
Elda Thieman
Sara
Willie Lau
Carl Baumgaertner
Henry
Fred
Louie Wendt
Alieda
Louie
Leonard Lau
John Rose
Anna
Elma Scheel
Frank Wiester
Irene
Southbound visit aids Mrs Burwell for health
Professor J. H. Burwell traveled to Lincoln last Friday with Mrs. Burwell to begin a journey to relatives in Oklahoma. She is accompanied by a sister to seek rest and recovery from winter pneumonia, hoping the southern visit improves her health.
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South
J. H. Burwell
Lincoln
Mrs J N Wise’s Illness Dims Hopes for Recovery
Old friends in this city mourn as Mrs. J N Wise shows no improvement in her illness. She has lived in Omaha with her family, and daughters Mrs Jesse L Root and Mrs F W Jackson have been summoned to her bedside from Chicago.
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J. N. Wise
Chintz papers and wall paper stock display
A local ad notes tapestry and plain colored chintz papers as part of fine wall paper stocks. It invites customers to learn how to make beautiful combinations with the guidance of Max Dusterhoff and mentions floor wax available at all times from Max Dusterhoff.
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Max Dusterhoff
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Bank of Murdock
Murdock, Nebraska
Henry A. Tool
J. E. Guthmann
H. A. Guthmann
Gus Wendt
Max Kueterhof
S. Ih. A. Tool
Wm. Weddell
William Rush
Stebert Crawford
Diller Utt
Union
Kaur
Prof
Jackman
Bud Amewert
Woo. Gillespie
Clyde
Thimean
O. VW. Thimgan
Agency For
W. Thimgan
Murdock, Neb
Murdock Telephone
Nebraska State Railway Commission
R. M. A. Kensington
H. A. Toolfast
America
Kensington
Tsoking
J. E. Mcliugh
State Department of Agriculture
Lalu Reever
Overland
Henry Oehlerking
Alphonse Glatzel
Nebraska
Henry Beckameyer, Pres
August Fpanska
J. Pothast
Cashier
Merchants Bank
Transact
General Banking
Daily Journal
Dunlap
O. Cole
Mynard
Neb
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SY “aYey
Murdock, Nebr
WM. Gehris
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