Missionary meeting and community notices in Potter
Mrs Struble led the missionary meeting on Sunday with a focus on The West Indies and Porto Rico. Mrs Branscon left for Ravenna. C W Johnson and wife plan a trip to Southern California. James Rodman of Lincoln visited, and Rodman received a patent for his homestead Crawford's Claim. A well attended dance with an orchestra is planned next Saturday. Ice cutting may occur soon. Xmas activities include trees and a solo by Irma Struble.
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Lee Stoddard
Wyoming
Ash Grove Family Notices and Winter Snowstorm Report
Mrs. Robert McAdam is expected back soon. Ed Wickhorst and family spent Christmas with Ford Wickhart. Andrew and Robert McAdam visited Will McAdam for Xmas. A hard snowstorm occurred last week. Myrtle Taylor traveled to Lund to visit friends. Mrs. Joe Johnson and children are recovering from whooping cough. Paul Rabbits’s little girl has been ill. Joe Johnson and family stayed with Mrs. Leafdale for a few days.
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Andrew
Robert McAdam
Will McAdam
Joe Johnson
Paul Rabbit
London
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Baron Hardinge
India
Alfred Gynne Vanderbilt
Smith Hollins McKim
Margaret Emerson
Baltimore
Reigate
Jonathan Hartong
Plainfield
Charles H Mayo
Rochester
United States
St. Paul
East
Western Governors’ Association
Thomas Noble Miller
Pittsburgh
Mr Miller
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Phipps
Local Holiday Notes and Weather Delays in Herdon
The Herdon community reports a Merry Christmas with heavy snow. Maggie Peetz closed her school early due to weather postponement and pupil absences. Edward Anderson’s minor runaway damaged the team lines but no injuries occurred. Miss Hilma Thurston and Fendlay Thurston visited Harm Fecht near Dalton for Christmas. A planned Herdon dance is postponed. further notice will follow. Frank Barth spent Christmas with Henry Walsh.
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Maggie Peetz
Edward Anderson
Miss Hilma
Fendlay Thurston
Harm Fecht’s
Dalton
Herdon
Frank Barth
Henry Walsh
Christmas Snow Causes Delays and Small Joys in Union Valley
Union Valley reports a heavy snowstorm over Christmas week with autos stuck, no Christmas Eve church rites, slow new church construction, and frigid days. Local residents endure supply woes and frozen livestock, while a few families note births and extended families visiting amid the storm.
Almanac Lore From Early Colonial Almanacs
A look at colonial almanacs highlights their role as household reference volumes. It notes Poor Richard’s Almanac and Ames Almanac, discussing weather prophecies, verse, wit, and monthly maxims that guided families and endured as trusted references.
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Richard
Benjamin Franklin
Dr. Ames
Adam
Railroads in receivership and global rumors fill brief
The item list notes Wabash railroad placed under friendly receivers, talks of Swiss president, Prince Arthur of Connaught as India vice royalty, and other brief items. Includes Mrs. John Strange Winter’s death and a Canadian telephone rate hike amid varied world news.
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Wabash
Tiis
Louis Ferrer
Federal Council
Berne
Arthur Stannard
John Strange Winter
London
Stock horses and Jacks for sale by D R Jones
Stock horses and Jacks of the large kind offered by D R Jones for farm use. Also recommended for stomach disorders in children, Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are easy to take and mild in effect. For sale by all dealers.
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D. R. Jones
Love and Time in a Baltimore Herald Verse
A Baltimore Herald verse laments Love and time as New Year arrives. The speaker lines describe Love aging, dreams fading, and the thorn within a rose, ending with a paradox of Love dead and Love born as winter gives way to renewal.
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Love
Baltimore Herald
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Potter
J. W. Graham
Kimball
Mrs. Biggs
H. W. Struble
Irma Struble
G. W. Davis
John Walsh
Mr. White
ASH
Ed Wickhorst
Ford Wickhart’s
Myrtle Taylor
Lund
Union Valley
Santa
Nice
H. A. Fecht
Fred Bratz
Wm. Sigler
Illinois
Steve Babb
Geo. Hinrichs
Karl Kraft
H.G. Henricks
Paul Wickenscher
Gothenburg
Nebraska
Chris Weyerts
John Hinrichs
Little Henry
Sidney
The
American Railway Association
William J. Cummins
Geefunet Carnegie Trust Company of
New York
Hibbing
Minn
Game Commission
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Battery E
Sixth Field Artillery
Fort Riley
Frank D Edgell
Erasmus Hall High School
Brooklyn
Harriman Line
Houston
Thomas C. Lyons
Southern Pacific Railroad
J. WH. Tanbury
Urbana
Wayne N. Johnstone
Champaign
University of Ilinois
Morano Dimsti
Jinsti
San Francisco
W. Holder
McSurely
Chicago
Maurice Enright
United Association of Plumbers
Vincent Altman
George W. Dillaway
United States Marshals
Illinois Central Guards
Memphis
Captain Dillaway
Muscatine
Christian J. Olsen
Fourth Avenue Baptist Church
Dr. Olsen
L. C. Hemphill
Reno
Kan
Sidney Lumber CO
U. P
Rock Springs
Hanna Coal
Sidney Mercantile Co
OUR
American Bank
NEBR
A. Pease & Sons
Sidney, Nebraska
Schlitz Beer
Tobin Biock
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