Local notices fill Fairbury pages as community gathers
Mrs Edwards visits Fairbury while offices take a vacation for chautauqua. Families travel to Omaha Lincoln Beatrice and St Joe for work leisure and visits. Threshing begins in area farms as Alfred James injures his foot. wind of a death in Minden Nebraska and a note on Bracken family illness and death in Casper Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred James
David Topham
Minden
Nebr
Topham
Frank Bruc
C. R. Bracken
William
Mr. Bracken
Casper
Wyoming
Hot Springs
S. D
Off to the War: Lincoln Volunteers Head to Training
Six volunteers from Company A based in Lincoln Steele City and vicinity prepare for training. Charlie Wright Roy Broadston Irvin Pool Carroll Wilson Perry Cassell and William Ford bid farewell with calm resolve. Wright previously served with the regiment on the Mexican border last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Steele City
Charlie Wright
Roy Broadston
Irvin Pool
Carroll
Wilson
Perry Cassell
William Ford
Taking Big Chances With Travel and Remedies
An advertisement warns travelers to carry Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, noting it cannot be obtained on trains or steamships. It emphasizes the sudden severity of bowel attacks and urges preparedness, with sales through all dealers.
Steele City Chautauqua draws growing crowds in first venture
The Steele City Chautauqua, begun Monday, enjoys good attendance and increasing interest with larger admissions at every program. favorable weather and cool evenings enhance the shows. Organizers hope to schedule another chautauqua next year, with Saturday featuring the Arion Male Quartet and reader Esther E Lehrbas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steele City
Arion
Esther E. Lehrbas
Building material standards lag for timber quality
The article notes standardization has advanced for steel cement and roofing but not timber. It cites the Forest Prod movement and major lumber mills adopting trademarks to indicate product quality. Also mentions Rev. Dillon’s Tuesday drive and a niece Mrs Lorene McWilliams aiding his slow recovery after care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Dillon
Sisters
Lorene McWilliams
Dillon
Two Years of Ill Health Describe by Mrs and Doctor
Browsmess narrative lists lifelong ailments with repeated attacks and severe dizziness. The speaker, identified as Etoma Verbryke from Lima, Ohta, recalls poor appetite and stomach distress that worsened over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Ohta
Seed Wheat Sale and Homestead Lands Opening
Farmers are urged to leave names and estimated seed wheat needs at A H Phelps's office for Sept 1 shipment. The notice also advertises 2,300,000 acres of Oregon California R R Co grant lands revested to the United States, open for homesteads and sale, with a map and soil data offered for $1 postpaid by Grant Lands Locating Co Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Phelps
Oregon
California
R. R. Co
United States
U. S
Grant Lands Locating Co
Portland
Women Register for Food Conservation Heads of Households
Nebraska plans widespread registration of women as household heads to sign food pledge cards. The cards go to the Food Administrator in Washington and a household window tag is issued. Mrs Woodrow Wilson hung the first White House tag. Volunteers are sought for county registry boards with contact at the State Council of Defense Lincoln Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Nebraska
Women’s Committee
State Council of Defense
Lincoln
Also Mentioned on This Page
Army of the Furrows
C. I. Clark
International Harvester Company
F. V. Lowe
Mrs. Edwards of
Fairbury
Wm. Barber
Mr. Binger
Wilber
Chester Pearson
F. W. Lowe
Ona Cassell
Omaha
Mrs. E
Frank Manley
M. H. Coons
Harry Faday
Beatrice
Mrs. Bridwell
Geo. Mowry
Fay Clark
Alexandria
Alexandria Park
Nina
Virginia Malone
St. Joe
Mrs. C. C. Daugherty
Bruce Harris
Fort Riley
C. L. Clark
Columbus
Ohio
Miss McKhinney
John McWilliams
Ed Lowe
Chester
J. C. Dillon
Miss Richert
Riverton
Iowa
C. F. Scharmanna
Chicago
Scharmann
Chester Andrews
Illinois
M. H. Smith
Adams, Neb
A. L. Jackson
Mr. Smith
Department of Justice
Clemons
Reynolds
Denver
Goodland
Kansas
Vera
Bessie Stewart
P. D. Erheart
Yuma
Steate City
Chautauqua
Lydia Wing
Elizabeth Rucker
P. M
Neb
Will Hoeft
L. K Lambert
O. Fairbury, Neb
Ford
Werner
W. EK. Wikley
Alfalfa
L. R. Lambert
Rexall Fountain
Taylor’s Pharmacy
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