Local News: Belvidere Visit and Family Gatherings
Virgil Bugbee spent several days last week at Belvidere. Mrs Cerl Shultz is reported very ill this week. Francis a at Rex James Andrew Kersting and wife visited Howard Kersting at Enadicott. Mrs McClellan and daughter Fern of Fairbury spent Saturday with her brother Ralph Arner. Emil Harris and wife of Western were Sunday supper guests at the Glen Riddle home. Mrs E E Shultz returned from a visit with daughter Emma at Fairfax Missouri. Pe'er Sands and family kept houses for Earl Deems and family while they were away. Mrs George Krueger and Mrs W Doebels visited their mother Mrs Kersting Thursday afternoon. Mrs Kersting and Elmer took care of the Roy James place during their absence last week. The Misses Nell Drake and Fern Kiskall spent the weekend with Miss Jones at Sutton. Ernest Abel and wife of Lincoln were Sunday guests at his brother Abe's home. Harold Greenwood and wife of Washington Kansas spent Sunday with home folks. Wallace Palmer of Hebron visited his parents. Clarence Foley of Narcatur Kansas is visiting his niece Mrs Roy Phelps. C A Pickington and family were Sunday dinner guests of Ed Allen and family. Mrs Meserve Mrs McDonald and Edna James spent the weekend with Lila McDonald at Peru.
Mrs Kersting Attends Aunt's Funeral in Washington KS
Mrs Kersting travels to Washington Kansas on Monday to attend the funeral of her aunt Mrs M Lilliebridge.
Clayton and wife visit uncle in Lincoln area
C W Clayton and his wife visited Lincoln on a Sunday as guests of his uncle, Herb Staley, and the Staley family were entertaining them.
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Lincoln
Herb. Staley
Mehaske and Daykin Families Host Sunday Visits
G. W. Morey and family of Mehaske Kansas were Sunday guests at the M. O. Sampson home. Alfred Rosener and wife of Daykin spent Sunday with the latter's parents Mr. and Mrs. Bert Greenwood.
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G. W. Morey
Mehaske, Kansas
M.0. Sampson
Alfred Rosener
Daykin
Bert Greenwood
Mrs Mary Drake Hosts Son and Family for Birthday
Mrs Mary Drake celebrated her 67th birthday with her son Howard Drake and family gathering last Saturday.
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Mary. Drake
Howard Drake
Local Visits Highlight Weekend in Hazeldean and Diller
H M Manning with wife and daughter from Hazeldean visited Odell relatives on Sunday. Sam Friday and family along with Karl Ridale and family from Diller visited the Gien Riddie home with Mrs. Riddle of Fairbury also joining on Sunday.
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Sam Friday
Karl Ridale
Diller
Mrs. Riddle
Fairbury
Gien Riddie
Mrs Brei and Lanham Guest of Susan Taylor
Mrs John Brei and a Lanham friend were dinner guests of Susan Taylor last Thursday. They drove to Fairbury in the afternoon.
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John Brei
Lanham
Susan Taylor
Fairbury
Fairbury Visitors Visit Aunt Mrs. Mowry
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Mathias and daughter with Mr. and Mrs. Z. C. Morey and daughters of Fairbury called at the M. O. Sampson home Sunday afternoon to visit with their aunt Mrs. G. W. Mowry.
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W. F. Mathias
Z.C. Morey
Fairbury
M. O. Sampson
G. W. Mowry
Implicit Faith in Flower Oracles
An American visitor in England learns of a local flower oracle as a maid explains a tuft of yellow stone star flowers pinned on a bedroom wall. The plant is kept alive to predict love fortunes, with blooming or fading signaling outcomes for present affairs.
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England
Miles Standish’s marriages and children traced in records
The Miami Daily News notes Captain Miles Standish married twice before reaching America. Rose, his first wife, died in the first winter there, and he later married Barbara, Rose’s first-cousin. They had several children, with Priscilla said to have been courted between Rose’s death and Barbara’s marriage.
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Dier
Myles Standish
Boston
Ieee
Longfellow
Miles Stenehtt
Doctor Standish
America
Rose
Barbara
Priscilla
Miami Daily News
Local Couple Trip To Nebraska City And Shenandoah Iowa
Roy James and wife and Earl Dean and family made a business and pleasure trip to Nebraska City and Shenandoah Iowa last Friday. They returned home Sunday evening.
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Roy James
Earl Dean
Nebraska City
Shenandoah
Iowa
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Clark’s Store
Steele City, Nebraska
Virgil Bugbee
Belvidere
Cerl Shultz
Francis A
The
Rex James
Andrew Kersting
Howard Kersting
Enadicott
McClellan
Fern
Ralph Arner
Emil Harris
Western
Glen Riddle
E. E Shultz
Emma
Fairfax
Missouri
Pe'er Sands
Earl Deems
George Krueger
W. Doebels
Kersting
Mrs. Kersting
Elmer
Nell Drake
Fern Kiskall
Miss Jones
Sutton
Ernest Abel
Abe
Harold Greenwood
Washington, Kansas
Wallace Palmer
Hebron
Clarence Foley
Narcatur, Kansas
Mrs
Roy Phelps
C. A. Pickington and Family
Ed Allen
Mrs. Meserve
Mrs. McDonald
Edna James
Lila McDonald
Peru
Steele City
R. S. Wilfley
H. A. Richardson
Nutrina
HA. Drake Hardware Company
H. M. Manning
Hazeldean
Odell
Russell A. Davis
Cate 2
del Monte
I. G. A. Cash Store
Fairbury Monuments
Steele City, Neb
Dee Atherton
Us Direct
Mead
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Thang
Ft Se Tamed
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