Big Hat Sale Was Downfall of an Ad Man
In Rockton the Famous department store faces ruin after a flashy ad man Roger Lane pushes outrageous campaigns. The rival Enterprise steals staff and customers as Lane’s schemes backfire, a rainstorm hinders the fifty-nine cent hat sale, and a dramatic downfall follows for Ira Stein and his shop. Nettie Duane and Merle Wharton reconcile after Lane’s plan backfires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Earle
Rockton
Golfig
Ira Stein
Stein
Merle Wharton
Roger Lane
Lane
Wharton
Enterprise
Nettie Duane
Nettie
Local social notes from Center Co Nebraska
Center County residents share visits and dinners across several homes including the Bancroft Groshans Happell Scott and Berry households. Attendees travel to Deshler Sidney Gothenburg and North Bend while threshers meals and illness are noted and a horse loss is reported.
White Cove Valley Community Notes
White Cove Valley reports include Carl Meyerholz hiring two Mexican helpers for oats and threshing moving to Mr Moore near Crook. Local visits involve Mrs Rhodes, Mrs Fisher, Mrs Clevenger, Mrs Hill and family, Mrs Buskirk, and many others to Crook, Crook area, Sterling, and Denver.
Sunol News Highlights Local Visits and Family Events
Numerous residents and visitors are listed including Firth Booth, J. W. Webb, A. Fenske, Henry Hokom, and families from Simner and Sidney. A baby girl named Betty Jane was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Webb. Various callers and visitors stopped at local homes, with illness notes and school staffing updates, and trips to Denver and Deshler noted among the community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firth Booth
Sidney
J. W. Webb
A. Fenske
Henry Hokom
Ong
John Hokom
Floyd Simpson
Simner
Nebr
Cronk
Esther Booth
Ruth Fenske
John Webb
Betty Jane
Emil Englert
Virginia
Lodge
C. Mull
Webb
L. EF. Allington
I. A. Pearson
Faithful Shadley
Sumner
Cronk’s
James Kucera
B. C Kucera
Grandma Volsteadt
TI. FE. Allington
Charles Dickinson
Hokom
Leona Lindley
Ray Johnson
Sutton
Nebra
Johnson
Antelope Divide Community Notices in Sidney Visit Families
The report lists local families visiting in Sidney on Wednesday including Hadley Hazlitt Bert ramson Howe Madden and others. It notes Sunday dinners at Howe and Madden homes, boys swimming in Lodge Pole creek, visits by Jimmie Curless and the Kofka family, and Ed Nelson's flu recovery progress with Erma fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Hadley
Bernice
Marshia
Frank Hazlitt
Frances
Irene
Inez
Jim Bertramson
Rodney
Cristie
Margaret
Pete Howe
Norman
J. H. Madden
Roscoe
Potter
Howard Madden
Gunhart
Olson
Swendson
Wm. Madden
Bronson
Lodge Pole Creek
Jimmie Curless
Edson Madden
Curless
Local 北orth Divide notes and Sidney errands
North Divide J A Chean visited Sidney last Thursday to stock groceries for threshers. Steve Hopkins drove from Dalton to Sidney for tractor repairs. Mr and Mrs Wm Jendes attended the funeral of Mr Johnson in Sidney last Tuesday. Elmer Hughes builds a cattle shed at his farm. Vern McManus and family visited C M Kinton last Thursday. Mrs Ezarts mother and sister arrived from the east for an extended visit. T C Spiker worked on heading grain. Frank Kinton and wife were dinner guests of Claus Engeland. Steve Hopkins and wife drove from Dalton for business in Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Chean
Sidney
Steve Hopkins
Dalton
Wm. Jendes
Mr. Johnson
Elmer Hughes
Vern McManus
C. M. Kinton
Mrs. Ezart
Sidney Area Harvest and Family News Highlights
Visitors at Sidney include C M Winton and family last Friday. Pete Beyer threshing over a thousand bushels. Lawrence Portrey hauled posts from Sidney Thursday for shed construction with Elmer Hughes. Will Laudenslager assists with building. Wm Jeudes delivered two feed loads for his father in law last Saturday. Mr and Mrs Henry Elsen welcome a son born last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Pete Beyer
C M Winton
Lawrence Portrey
Elmer Hughes
Will Laudenslager
Wm. Jeudes
Henry Elsen
Unadilla Visits and Local News Updates
South Divide residents guests visit Unadilla and McPherson families share meals in recent week. Aurora and Denver trips, sickness lists, and upcoming community meetings noted with multiple local families and farm residents.
Potter John Platek Arrives to Help Harvest in Farewell Neb
Potter John Platek of Farewell Nebraska arrived Thursday evening to aid in harvesting and threshing. Harold Ball and Harold Christensen returned from Denver Thursday evening after working there through the summer months. Rev and Mrs Slocumb and sons Raymond and Leroy departed Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Platek
Farewell
Nebr
Potter
Harold Ball
Harold Christensen
Denver
Potter Notes Little News From Town and Surroundings
Local residents and visitors travel for visits, family gatherings, and moves. Raymond plans a two week Casper vacation then joins a navy company on the coast. Several families from Grand Island Tekemnah Greeley and Blue Springs visit Potter relatives. Mrs. Stevens returns from California and Lillian Minor plans a week in Potter before teaching near Lodge Pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Wyo
Raymond
Navy
Elmer Seyfang
Miss Minnie
Sidney
Neils Srodstrup
Grand Island
Potter
Rev. L. V. Slocumb
Dalton
Chris Dyhdahl
Colorado
Shultz
Yellowstone Park
John Ekwall
Blue Springs
Nebr
M. G. Chaltburg
Emerson Attacks St George as Low Impostor
The essayist Emerson, famed epigrammatist, dismisses St George, the English patron, calling him a low impostor from Cicilia and claims he was lynched by a mob in A D 361, reflecting Emerson’s severe mood and provocative stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
St. George
England
Cicila
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George Elmer Cobb
Western Newspaper Union
Eleanor Dickes
Guy Berry
Claus Tank and Son
North Bend
Ray Berry
Neal
Emil Tank
W. Scott
Bancroft
Joe Reiners
Otho Campbell
H. E. Netherland
Babe
White Cove Valley
Carl Meyerholz
Rhodes
Fisher
Crook
Bernard Hill
Mrs. Clevenger
Haxtun
Cleneger
Hill
Louie Goetzel
Roy English
Harry Reeves
Sterling
Jack Charles
Mrs. English
Suno
H. E. Ferrier
Taunt Fulks
Diamond Gray
Fred Tortella
Deshler
J. R. Birdwell
San Diego
Cal
John Groshans
S. W. Scott
J. M. Netherland
North Divide
F. D. Schreiner
Unadilla
Guy Shaw
E. V Hiett
Schriner
Shaw
Hiett
J. W. Green
McPherson
Kansas
W. E. Payzant
G Shepherd
George
Aurora
B. V. Hictt
Albert Shear
Geraldine
Storm Lake
Iowa
H. Pr. Thomas
Little Murice Woods
Earl Woods
Omaha
Ernest Woods
Earl
Lucille Hiett
Ruth Shaw
Talbot
Longmont
Kimball
H. P. Thomas
Lew Shear
Paul McFee
Maude Wood
Will
Leslie Emerson
Medicine Bow
Nebraska
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Livoni & Son
Sidney, Nebr
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