North Divide Threshing and Weather Notes
In North Divide the area has several threshing machines. Wm Simms and family hosted visitors at the Adny Ladine home. A heavy frost struck Monday night. James Perkins runs threshers at this place this week. Stacy of Co F visited Wanueta then returned home Wednesday. Pete Simms helped with the separator for his father. Lightning struck four of Wm Simms wheat stacks last Saturday night. Mr Simms had some insurance. P T Higgins hauls coal and prepares for threshers. Mrs Robert Simms visited over Sunday at the Wm Simms. Higgins and Gus Schwartz toured Sidney Sunday. Joe Ladine injured a front finger on a pump jack at the windmill. Mr Cunningham is finishing threshing and pleased with crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Simms
Adny Ladine
James Perkins
Co. F. Stacy
Wanueta
Pete
Simms
Cunningham
Pleasant Valley Sees First Frost and Crops Prosper
The first frost on October 4 signals abundant feed and strong winter crops across western Nebraska and eastern Colorado with wheat yields of 25 to 40 bushels. Farm values are favorable at $25 to $40 per acre. Mrs. G. P. Rishel returns from Lodgepole after four weeks with daughter Mrs. Morrow. Willing Workers meet at Mrs. John Lauderbach’s home, a popular social event. Mrs. A. E. Pettit visits Elm Creek relatives and travels by auto. R. G. Simpson offers an acre of ground for a church, spurring talk of building and early spring completion. The rural church effort could lead by example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Colorado
G. P. Rishel
Morrow
Lodgepole
John Lauderbach
A. E. Pettit
Elm Creek
C. E. Simpson
R. G. Simpson
Lords Debates Irish Land Bill Sparks Roars in Parliament
Lord Londonderry ignited a chorus as he attacked the Irish land bill during its second reading in the House of Lords. He warned that past failures won’t be repeated and questioned whether the bill would be accepted as the keystone of the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Londonderry
House of Lords
Tnuchter
Loudon Tatler
Quote by Herbert Spencer on raising boys to be men
A terse aphorism appears stressing that education should mold boys into men rather than fostering gentleness. The author asserts the aim is to develop strength and vigor, echoing the late 19th century emphasis on masculine virtue.
Big Black Pig Breed In Europe Draws American Interest
J DUNLAP of the Large Black Pig Club outlines the breed’s Europe dominance, slow US adoption, and attributes. The hog is long-bodied with drooping ears, prolific, fast growing, and crosses well with Poland China, Duroc, and Berkshire. A yearling barrow weighed over 500 pounds dressed out high meat yield. Descriptions note quiet disposition and maternal capacity, with Canadian sources praising Marriner’s Suffolk herd for uniform type and vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Dunlap
Large Black Pig Club of America
Europe
England
Poland-China
Duroc
Berkshire
Dominion of
Canada
Ireland
C F Marriner
Suffolk
Marriner
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha Market Report
Cattle receipts about 9,000 head with two days totals over 21,500. Values steady to slightly higher for cornfed cattle. fat sheep firm with some higher spots. Hogs 3,000 head, prices 10 to 20 cents higher. packing hogs cashed to 7.60. shipping hogs 8.15. Sheep and lambs 30,000 head, fat lambs steady. best loads at 8.70 to 8.75. feeders and yearlings mixed in steady ranges.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Seventeenth Century Jury Return Names From Rye Sussex
A historical note cites James Broome’s 1700 Travels Over England and Wales, sharing a Rye Sussex jury return from the late rebellious times. The document lists jurors including Stand fast on high Stringer, Earth Adams of Warbleton, Kills in Pimple of Witham, Graceful Harding of Lewes, and Be Faithful Joiner of Britling, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Broome
Ugland
Scotland
Wales
Rye
Sussex
Flere
Stringer
Crowhurst
Earth Adams
Warbleton
Pimple
Witham
Harding
Lewes
Roberts
White
Emes
Spelman
Watling
Brewer
Oukhan
Fowler
East Hadley
Tondou Chronicle
Forget Your Grudge and Seek Mental Peace
The text urges dropping old grudges entirely to heal mental health and achieve peace, warning that lingering resentment poisons life. It compares grudges to a growth a surgeon would remove, arguing for complete elimination rather than partial pruning.
Rheumatism Arrested by Cod Liver Oil Emulsion
Purported health ad claims impurities in blood cause rheumatism and that cod liver oil emulsion acts as a blood purifier and restorative tonic. It asserts the product strengthens the body and helps expel impurities, promising relief for many sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobeott
War News From Artois and Champagne Fronts
Prolonged fighting continues across Artois Champagne and the Vosges with German and allied shelling and trench combat. Paris reports German counterattacks repulsed except near Givenchy while British forces claim losses near Hulluch and Zeebrugge raids.
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Artois
France
Champagne
Vosges
Paris
Givenchy
Sir John French
Hulluch
Hohenzollern
Semedes-Hulluch
la Panne
Berlin
Lens
Zeebrugge
Athens
Italian Forces Claim Small Engagement Wins in Alps and Tolmino
The Italian general headquarters reports snow thick in high mountains and small engagements that ended in Italian favor at the Lagoscuro pass and Pramosio. In Tolmino, Italian troops repelled an attack on positions recently taken on Santa Marta heights.
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Lagoscuro Pass
Pramosio
Tolmino
Santa Marta
Indictment in Tubercular Cattle Sale Case Names Gilberts Broker
James Dorsey a cattle broker of Gilberts Newfoundland Labrador was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of using the mails to defraud in the sale of tubercular cattle. The alleged sales were to John T Milck Sturgis Minnesota and William Spath Lewiston Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dorsey
Gilberts, NL
Federal Grand Jury
John T. Milck
Sturgis
Minn
William Spath
Lewiston
Kills Dourine Horses In Hooker County Quarantine
J D Anderson returned to Lincoln after supervising the killing of twenty dourine horses and two grandered horses in Hooker county. Hooker county and nearby Blaine, Thomas, Cherry and Grant have been quarantined since October due to horse disease. First killing occurred last week and Anderson expects hundreds more to be killed to lift the quarantine within a month. Dourine horses were appraised at 1901.50 with state and federal share of one third each. grandered horses valued with state paying two thirds while the owner covers the remaining third.
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J. D. Anderson
Lincoln
Hooker County
Blaine
Thomas
Cherry
Grant
Anderson
Federated Woman's Clubs elect Nebraska officers in Norfolk
The Federated Woman's Clubs of Nebraska elected officers at its Norfolk session. President is Mrs J N Paul of St Paul, vice president Mrs George N Beels of Norfolk, recording secretary Mrs M D Cameron of Omaha, corresponding secretary Mrs J Rowan of Alliance, treasurer Mrs J W Babcock of Cambridge, auditor Mrs W H Davidson of Springfield. Delegates to the New York biennial convention in May include Mesdames T J Gits Falls City, E B Penny Fullerton, F A Long Madison, Cameron Omaha, J H Bell York, K R J Edholm Omaha, Romine Chadron, Lena Mead York. Hastings awarded next convention.
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Federated Woman's Clubs of
Nebraska
Norfolk
J. N. Paul
St. Paul
Mra
George N. Beels
M. D. Cameron
Omaha
J. Rowan
Alliance
J W. Babcock
Cambridge
W. H. Davidson
Springfield
New York City
T. J Gits
Falls City
E. B. Penny
Fullerton
F. A. Long
Madison
Mr. Cameron
J. H. Bell
York
K. R. J. Edholm
Romine
Chadron
Lena Mead
Hastings
Envious Maude-Alice Repeats Mirror Obsession
Clara notes Maude-Alice never passes a mirror without looking into it while a brave girl, she sees, is unaware of the envy that shapes their interaction.
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Maude
Alice
Clara
Girl
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North Divide
Pleasant Valley
Herbert Spencer
Nisi Cook
United States
Corn Belt
HOGS
Seneca
Pittsburgh
Dees
Bulgaria
Balkans
Constantinople
London
Servia
Italy
Rome
North Sea
Givenchy Wood
Arters
Souchez
Argonne
A. R. LE Sueur
Sidney, Nebraska
Erinarian
Mrs. Paul
of Women’s Clubs
Sidney Drug Co
Fremont
R. E. L. Jackson
California
San Francisco
Burlington
America
M. A. Shipman
Sidmey
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