Seeing the Invisible and the Call to Solitude
A meditation on solitary fellowship with God as the source of strength for great deeds. References to Moses, Jesus, and Paul illustrate how isolation premits visions that guide future work. The piece quotes Edwin H. Eland and carries brief snippets about doubt, misanthropy, and baseball banter.
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Moses
Midian
St. Paul
Arabian Desert
Edwin H. Eland
Hasel Say and Mary in a Witty Portrait
A terse, period tone aside questions romance and fate. The speaker suggests true courage or a lack of boldness affects outcomes with genteel, reflective phrasing. The line hints at lessons about complexion, confidence, and the chance of happiness.
Oldest Sumerian tablet deciphered on locusts and rites
Officials reveal a 4000 BC tablet describing a farmer banishing locusts and caterpillars via a necromancer ritual, earning a palm tree. A 6000 year old Babylonia canal tablet links Naram Hin to canal openings at Nippur, while a 3200 BC tablet records land and grain transfers with gold and silver as early metals.
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Barton
New Kind of Sport
A man skippering a fishing day falls for a trout purchase and a playful demand to throw the fish at him. A garbled miscellany mixes with social and moral concerns about national challenges, labor value, and moral education, plus a theater scene ending in a hat vendetta.
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N. T. Houser
Health tonic promise in old baseball era ad
An old ad touts Hostetter's Bitters as a health aid to prevent liver and stomach complaints. It links weakened digestion to nerves and general illness and claims the tonic strengthens organs to guard against headaches chills fever and malaria. The tone urges daily use for well being.
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Maumee
Hostetter
Unclear dialogue about board bills and social scenes
A fragmented exchange shows Mr Hillroom behind on board money while a woman asks for funds. A character Mr Meekton recounts watching an Easter parade from the sidelines as Henrietta is seen in a nonpolitical hike. The text hints at posthoney moon marital tension and urban debt.
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Henrietta
Regents Order Two New University Buildings Costing 400000
Regents instruct construction of two new university structures with a total expenditure of 400000 dollars. The order outlines funding and timelines for completion, highlighting priority facilities on campus.
Nebraska Board Approves Bessey Hall and Chemistry Building
Lincoln Regents authorize construction of Bessey Hall and a $200,000 chemistry building on the city campus as part of a university extension plan. The junior medical college in Lincoln is abolished with emphasis on Omaha courses, and a $150,000 hospital at Omaha Medical College is planned.
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University of Nebraska Board of Regents
State Farm
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Reed
Alliance Plans Country Club and New City Halls
Nebraska notes report Alliance to obtain a country club, Geneva to lay a cornerstone for a new city hall, and Crawford opening a new city hall costing 12000 dollars. Other items include baseball manager changes, saloon closures, and agricultural efforts across towns.
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Central City
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Crawford City Hall
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Syracuse
Nebraska events and conventions May to July
Calendar of meetings across Nebraska from May through July including track meets in Scottebluff and Fre mont, gun club in North Platte, G A R encampment in Minden, tennis in Lincoln, pharmaceutical and Sunday school conventions in Omaha and Broken Bow, stockmen sheriff and travelers’ protection gatherings in Alliance and Omaha, Eagles convention in Omaha, seedmen’s meeting in West Point, and more. Prominent cities include North Platte Fre mont Lincoln Omaha Minden Alliance Broken Bow West Point and West.
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Pender
Ainsworth
Carl Peters
Fremont
Flése Motors Company
Weat Point
August Stander
Weeping Water
Nebraska Seed Association
Weet Point
Kearney
West Point
Nebraska Speed Association
John C. C. Will
Richland
Schuyler
Efe Yager
Hastings
Olive B. True
Fairbury
BE. N. Boyles
Wyoming Ne
Railway Commission
Harrett
New Methodist
Ord
North Platte
H. G. Hellensick
Harvard State Bank
Harvard Union” Elevator Company
Farmers’ Union
Helen Slater
Chicago
San Francisco
St. Joe & Grand Island
Phelps County
Elwood
Bertrand
Holdrege
School Board
State Board, of Control
Lincoln ‘Highway
Kearney Industrial School
Platte
Lincoln
Alliance Commercial Club
Unadilla
Max Schreiner
Farmers’ Elevator
Alliance
Travelers’ Protective Association
Omaha
Nebraska Eagles
State Seedmen's Association
The Club Talk Sparks Gossip Across the Street
A state women’s group held a meeting and discussed their new neighbor. Louise recalls the topic as exposing a brazen-looking hussy who just moved in across the street and Nietzsche.
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Nietzsche
Cuticura Complexions Soap and Ointment Ad Promotes Skin Care
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap to cleanse and purify and Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal for skin scalp hair and hands. It offers free samples by mail with a Book Address postcard to Boston and notes availability everywhere. The page also includes a humor panel about Mr Growcher who plans to keep chickens this year.
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Dept. XY
Boston
Ady
Mr. Growcher
Fletcher's Castoria Featured in Historic Ad Snippet
The fragment mentions CT and Fletcher's Castoria with the slogan In Use For Over 30 Years. It contrasts optimistic and pessimistic viewpoints, noting the hopeful stance of the Optimist against the discouragement of the Pessimist regarding a person.
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Fletcher
Kill the File. Now and Prevent disease
An old advertisement promotes FLY KILLER by H. Somers of 150 De Kalb Avenue New York. Claims it kills thousands and lasts all season. Includes a light proverb about boys and a wagon. The text reads as a generic vintage ad copy with questionable grammar.
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H. Somers
de Kalb Avena
N.Y
Adv
Farmer's Wife Ill. Kasota Woman Praises Pinkham's Compound
Kasota Minnesota resident Mrs Clara Franks reports severe right side pains and weakness for a year, then relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She endorses the medicine and urges others with gender specific distress to try it.
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Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Clara Franks
R. FD. No. 1
Crest Farm
Lydia E.pinkham
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