Free 50 Cent General Catalogue From Sears Roebuck
Sears Roebuck announces the big General Merchandise Catalogue is now free by mail postpaid. The 8 by 11 inch book features thousands of illustrations and low prices on dry goods clothing hardware tools furniture and more. Readers are urged to tell neighbors and request the free catalogue by postal card or letter. Seasonable weather note ends the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Chicago
Boston
R. Paxton Co
Mass
Paragon Typewriter Ribbons Offer Sensible Savings
Paragon Typewriter Ribbons carry the Remington guarantee and sell for 75 cents each. Coupon books reduce the price to 58 1 3 cents per ribbon, highlighting how many inferior goods cost more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paragon Typewriter
Remington Typewriter Company
Paragon
A New Damon and Pythias from North Wales
A romance of lifelong male friendship ends in death within 24 hours as Henry Price and Robert Elis, once boys in North Wales, emigrated to Australia and shared work and fortune for over fifty years before both dying in their native village aged above eighty.
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Damon
Pythias
North Wales
Henry Price
Robert Elis
Australia
Rhosllanerchrogog
Wales
Price
Elis
Mount Booker Washington Named For Tuskegee Principal
Tacoma artist Mrs Hill has painted Washington scenery for a Western railroad trunk line. A nameless peak is now Mount Booker Washington after the Tuskegee Institute principal. The Louisiana Purchase exposition will display the canvas in St Louis this summer.
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Mount Booker Washington
Hill
Tacoma
Wash
Western Railroad
Washington State
Tuskegee Institute
United States Geological Survey
Coffee Poisoning Foe Found in Postum After Ten Day Trial
A man describes coffee as a monster causing bad dreams headaches and nervousness and credits Postum with restoring health after ten days of trial. He reports improved sleep digestion and writing, noting the Postum promotion by the Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and the Road to Wellville booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Robbery Attempt Shocks Norfolk Nebraska
At 1 a.m. a violent attempt to rob the First National Bank in Norfolk triggered a fight, gunfire, and an explosion. Robbers fled in a wagon as armed residents mobilized and the bank cashier summoned help, marking a dramatic early-morning raid in the Merrill building.
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Carrolis
First National Bank
Merrill
BROSS ELECTED COMMANDER AT G A R ENCAMPMENT
Har mon Bross was elected department commander at the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Kearney. Other officers elected include Andrew Traynor Omaha senior vice, Joseph Hoagland North Platte junior vice, Erastus Smith Alma chaplain, Dr J B Ralph Omaha medical director. The encampment chose no more state reunions and adjutant general and quartermaster positions were decided. Womens Relief corps elected Mamie Cleaver Neligh department president Diana Potter Litchfield senior vice Julia Brown Butte junior vice.
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Adjutant General
Quartermaster
Womens Relief Corps
Mamie Cleaver
Neligh Department
Diana Potter
Litchfield
Julia Brown
Butte
Benton Explains Taxation For Pullman Cars
Lincoln report shows Pullman company with 178 sleepers and 79 tourist cars in state service. Sleepers valued at 1180231 and tourist cars at 6983.62. assessed values total 7921959 for sleepers and 1549178 for tourist cars, about 5 percent of market value. Valuations drop nearly 20000 from last year.
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Lincoln
Pullman Company
H Benton
Bennett
Dodge State Bank Reorganizes as First National Bank
Stockholders vote to increase Dodge State bank capital to 25000 dollars and rename the institution First National Bank as part of a national bank reorganization plan.
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New National Bank
Dodge—Dodge
Dodge State Bank
First National Bank
Lincoln youth to depart for Japan in May
Bryan's Jap Yamachi ta Yashicuro, now in St Louis, will sail for Japan May 20 to supervise a newspaper for several months. In August he plans to accompany Tezima of the Japanese commissary department and Prince Arigawa back to the United States, announced by Kin Akagi of Lincoln.
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Lincoln
Bryan
Yamachita Yashicuro
St. Louis
Japan
Tezima
Prince Arigawa
United States
Kin Akagi
State Warrants Called by Treasurer Mortensen May 14
State Treasurer Mortensen issues a call for May 14 for warrants totaling 150000, numbered 99281 to 101017. The action follows county treasurers returning all funds from the permanent school fund. temporary school fund balance stands at 382000.
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Mortensen
Burglary Wave Plagues Lincoln Area Finds Home
Burglars have lately been operating quite freely in Lincoln, prompting concern among residents and calls for heightened police patrols and neighborhood vigilance.
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Lincoln
Harlan County Supervisors Seek Action Over Rail Lines
The Harlan County board expects Attorney General Prout to halt a CB&Q and KC&O railroad merger seen as harming service in the county. Alma reports poor train service due to line consolidations. supervisors urge a Supreme Court suit to remedy the situation.
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Harlan County
Lincoln
Board of Supervisors
Prout
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
Kansas City & Omaha
Alma
Supreme Court
Sewing Machine Offers From Sears Roebuck Co
A Sears Roebuck ad promises a free catalogue and low price offers on Minnesota Singer Wheeler & Wilson White Standard and New Home sewing machines. It urges readers to cut out and mail the notice to receive the latest book and surprising propositions. Some people burn their money, others get into society.
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Minnesota
Singer
Wheeler & Wilson
Standard
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Chicago
Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement and assorted notices
An assortment of old notices and ads include Allen's Foot-Ease powder promising foot relief and easier shoe fitting with 25 cent price. Also offering Homesteaders' Guide for Rosebud reservation claims and a low price 5¢ Lewis' Single Binder cigars. Addresses include Le Roy New York Bonesteel South Dakota and Peoria Illinois.
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Allen
Frey
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Rosebud Reservation
Forbes Locating Agency
Bonesteel, S. D
A Chinese Farewell in a Lippincott Tale
Wing Chow, after church study and scriptural talk, pleads for higher wages. Mrs. Cash refuses and he vanishes, leaving a note in broken English pleading for money and invoking the Lamb of God. The dining room is found orderly the next morning.
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Wing Chow
Lippincott’s
Wigggle-Stick Laundry Blua Sample Offer
Unclear ad copy promises Wigggle-Stick Laundry Blu a spill proof, non fading product for 10 cents with 20 cents value comparison. Includes a crank movement drill in a lunatic asylum reference and a Mrs Ivinston soothing syrup claim for teething. A humor line about appetite ends with the doctor bill joke.
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The
Laundry Glue Co
Michigan Street
Chicago
Defiance Starch Promises Superior Quality and Quantity
The advertisement asserts Defiance Starch offers superior quality and extra quantity, claiming it outperforms competitors and enhances every picture frame worth hanging on the wall.
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Nebraska State News
Carroll
Norfolk
Peter Dunbier
Polk County
Germany
James E Miller
Ravenna
Fremont
Ed Drannon
Charles Wilcox
Star Barn
Omaha
Kansas
Nebraska
Normal Chapel
Peru
D. W. Cook
Kansas City
Gage County
Isaac Palmer
Odell
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Phillips of
Laurel
May
W. 10
Wheeler
Cass County
E. L. Dougherty
York
A. I. Boylan
Warwick
Kan
Hardy
Boylan
Boyland
Guy Andrews
Andrews
State University
David City
Ross
Judge Field
Red Willow County
West Point
Messrs. Johnson and
Graham
Ames
Union Pacific
Beatrice
Ed Kelley
Texas
Kelley
Charles Avey
William Avey
York Park
Mead
Bross
Grand Army Veterans
Grand Island
Benton
State Board
the Pullman Company
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Mrs. Prasnas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cons. F. Brown
Cedar Terrace
Hot Springs
Ark
Mothers Club
Gsoop
Joo
ISP
Fac Simile Signature of
New York
TOWER
Watersrook
Zarmans
Aa Tewlie
Rosen
Masel
Cabadian
Defiance
Neb
Castoria
Bears
N. B
Depota
London
Charterhoure Sy
Paris
Rue de la Palz
Dorton
Columbia Ave
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Cauhotue
Chempton
Prieca
Adam J
Kroll & CO
New Era Bldg
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