Piano sale notice and local family update in Hastings
We offer a slightly used high grade piano and a pilay piano for sale to a reliable party in this territory for balance due. Write for price terms and description. Gasto Music and Parniture Co. 21p Hastings Nebr us. T. C. Payne of Florida assists at M O Sampson home helping sister Mrs Sampson care for their mother.
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Gasto Music & Parniture Co
Hastings, Nebr
T. C. Payne
Florida
M. O. Sampson
Mrs. Sampson
Miss Abovy Sutton Arrives From Doniphan This Week
Miss Abovy Sutton traveled from Doniphan and arrived at the start of the week marking a social visit.
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Abovy Sutton
Doniphan
It's Value to the Public by Ed Ackerman Optometrist
The article argues the optometrist's value lies in diagnosing vision errors and offering correction, asserting optometry is a profession focused on service rather than selling spectacles. It emphasizes that the optometrist sells service, not merely products.
Debating Season Opens with Faith in State High Question
The Varsity debate season starts February 18 with Edna James and Roy Reece leading the affirmative on the state high school question. Debates schedule includes Wymore, Hebron, Endicott, Holmesville, and Diller across February to April.
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Edna James
Roy Reece
Curtis-Reed
Congress
Chas. Lowe
Wymore
S. C
Hebron Academy
Hebron
Endicott
S.C
Holmesville
Diller
Fragmentary dialogue hints at wartime memory and social mores
Fragmented lines show Lyle Cassell and Leona Staley discussing money and hardship. Edna James echoes confusion over fashion and a grandfather figure recalls war, revealing social attitudes and gaps in understanding during a mid century era.
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Lyle Cassell
Leona Staley
Edna James
Steele City Markets Readied for Seasonal Stock Up
In Steele City local markets prepare for the seasonal rush as suppliers report steady shipments. Shoppers anticipate fresh produce and new goods amid ongoing store renovations and promotional events.
Public sale notices from Endicott area farms
I will sell at Public Apellon on my farm 3 miles south and 1 mile east of Endicott 3 miles west of Steele City. Items include 1 black mare 10 years old 1 bay mare 2 years old 1 gray mare 6 years old 1 brown horse 5 years old 2 broad sows 1 pure bred Poland China sow 20 shoats chickens 3 dozen Rhode Island Red hens.
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Endicott
Steele City
Poland
China
Mrs Wm Pearson on Bicallist Lois Week
Mrs. Wm Pearson appears on the bicallist Lois week page with a note of her listing. The item highlights her involvement in local society and community notices.
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Wm. Pearson
American fraternal orders list vast and playful names
A Nation writer notes American fraternal societies claim over 24 000 000 members and have adopted many animal and creature names. He reports Elks would have been Moose if founders knew lore. a large moose head in Baroum's museum misled members about an elk.
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Animal Kingdom
Order of the
Elks
Moose
Baroum's Museum
Victoria and Washington Devotion to Truth Compared
The Forum notes Victoria and Washington share a vow of honesty, unlike Queen Elizabeth. Victoria is praised for candor and forthright speech with no deception, faults admitted yet minds not loosened by loose talk, making her fame secure among sovereigns.
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Queen Victoria
Georgr Washington
Macciavelli
Queen Elizabeth
Sigismund
Pontent
Daisy Crowned as Queen of Flowers in Botanical View
A botanist argues the daisy is the true queen of flowers. He explains that stamens and pistils are the real floral structure, with rays actually being small flowers and the yellow center a cluster of many perfect blooms.
East and West Death Doors and Delights in Travel Tales
Excerpts recount Rosita Forbes recalling encounters across the East and Middle East. An American on a China mission meets a cheerful Attie mandarin who is under a death sentence, carried out after the mission leaves. A Syrian hostess speaks of a French killing and a market visit with waterskins.
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East
China
Attie Mandarin
Mme
Emie
Syria
Rosita Forbes
Vearson
Square meal concept outline for balanced diet from letters
A health note explains a square meal as a complete diet with four corners representing fats and vitamins A and D in A, vitamins B and C and protein in others. Foods listed include butter cod liver oil milk egg yolk liver in A. citrus fruits tomatoes greens in C. cereals dried peas beans lentils and meats eggs milk cheese fish in B and other corners.
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BR. H. A. Pummer
University of London Violer
G. Pummer
Hygeia Mag
New Name for Old Dish on Transcontinental Lines
A Daily Chronicle correspondent recalls traveling by rail and dining on a multilingual menu. He notes selecting lunch in Romanian but facing a Polish menu at dinner, choosing "hem entex" for an Esperanto delicacy, and enjoying ham and eggs as served.
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Daily Chronicle
Rall
Acinteest
Cradlow
Ull
Imner
Little Gray Man Learns He Was On Wrong Half of Road
A whimsical Kansas City Times recounts a chase between a big blue car driven by a big red man and a little gray car. The gray driver realizes he was on the wrong half after a dramatic near-miss and cartoonish roadside stickers shout "Howdy Half the road's yours" from a rear window.
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Renmins
Kansas City Times
Origin of Buttercup Legend Explains Name Myth
A legend ties the buttercup name to cows fed on the flower yielding better milk, but the tale is dismissed as fallacy for the bulbous buttercup. Another fairy tale says a farmer’s sack of gold spilled and turned into golden flowers, the buttercups, under fairy influence.
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Elim Yengea
Vivien Thompson
Indian Pictographs Across California From North To South
The article notes 3 to 6 sites of pictographs and petroglyphs across California from the northern border to San Diego County. Its purpose remains unknown and the makers are unidentified. In San Diego County historic times saw symbolic figures painted by girls at adolescence rites on granite boulders. Some anthropologists propose shamans created these carvings and paintings.
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California
San Diego County
Mr. Woodward
Capital Letters and Their Rise in Writing
The article traces the origin of capital letters from early uniform handwriting to the use of large letters to mark chief words. It explains that joining letters sped writing and that emphasis led to “capitals” for important beginnings.
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Cigi
Wacondisvmalty. Org
Arver’s Drug Store
Ed. B. Ackerman
Optometrist
Wer
Pairbury
Fairbury
Reynolds
Diner
Eana James
Fernaeras ’ Gretzinger
Chas
Steele City Markets
Endicott Lacies Aid
Jack
Jack Mule
Dack Mule
Molly Wealing
Rhode Island
G. W. Poffinbarger
J. H. Weddell
Aunét
First National Bank of Paibury
Clark's
EE. Shultz, Cerlk
Lander
D. E. Bone Lumber CO
Re ‘Clay
Victoria
Model of Truth
Daisy Queen of Flowers
Nebraska State
Farmers State, Bank
Steele City, Nebr
Davis
Nat’l., Bank
Gray Man
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Steele City Press
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