Book Notes and Local News From Plattsmouth
A compilation of literary notices and wide ranging local items. Debates on new books by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and others accompany notes on industry commerce and crime in districts including Plattsmouth and Wayne County. Reports cover farming, hunting, church work, and public safety with several mentions of NE towns.
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Meg Uy Yaw Pons
Elizabeth Barrett Brown
Lilian Whiting
Keuben
Pansy
Alden
D. Lothrop Company
Edith Henrietta Fowler
Eilen Thornycroft Fowler
Devonshire
Everard Coates
Sara Jeannette Duncan
William L. Alden
Edgerton Castle
Night trains St Joseph Grand Island for shorter trips
Travelers seek improved schedules between St Joseph and Kansas City using the St Joseph and Grand Island night trains. These services offer reclining chair cars with free seats and Pullman sleepers, and travelers inquire about the applicable fees.
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St. Joseph
Kansas City
Grand Island
Fragmentary notice hints at transit and trade topics
The readable fragments mention night trains and various goods such as corn oats oats and seeds. References include a seed company in La Crosse and a postal 5 cent fee note. The text also contains a dated sentiment about men and women’s ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzer
John Aa Seed Co
la Crosse
Poultry Compound and Insect Killer Promoted
A brief notice describes a poultry compound and lice killer offered for home use. It mentions a one to two week application period and emphasizes household safety and effectiveness for poultry facilities.
Have you ever been married before
A clergyman recounts a humorous exchange with a bride and groom about prior marriages. The bride admits a past marriage twenty years ago in which her former husband died in a barn accident a week after their wedding, a detail she glosses over.
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Sis
Kill the Babies Menace to Mankind Warned by Warutas
Public health notice urges mothers to adopt rational remedies to prevent dangers to infants. The article emphasizes practical care and avoids sensational claims, citing warnings attributed to the Warutas and urging prompt action by caregivers.
Rare talents lift burdens without floor seating
The remark compares an exceptional woman who can perform a feat without sitting on the floor to a man who goes to bed without hanging his necktie on the gas jet, highlighting unlikely, humorous skill.
Various Patent Remedies and Miscellany Advertisements
A collage of old advertisements offering Hall's Catarrh Cure with a 100 dollar reward, Piso's Cure for Consumption claims, and other cures. Mentions Dr. F J Cheney Toledo endorsements, druggists selling 75 cent bottles, Navy control of Samoan islands, Laxative Bromo Quinine, and Mrs Winston's Soarine Syrup for teething with a 25 cent bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney &O
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Deacon Jones Praises Sermon Moment in Chicago Record
In a brief exchange, Dr. Thirdly asks which part of the morning sermon was enjoyed. Deacon Jones replies that he especially liked the closing line about finishing. The prose then shifts to an advertisement for Ely's Cream Balm promising relief from catarrh and hay fever, noting trial sizes and pricing.
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Thirdly
Deacon
Deacon Jones
Bretheren
Chicago
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren St
N.Y
Rell and Lake Exchange Banter About a Bullet Stop
The pair joke about what might save a soldier from a bullet a pocket item supposedly blocked the shot. O'Reilly and Lake suggest the surprise answer a paper with a New York murder mystery.
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Lake
New York
Shorty the nickname and a telltale obituary quip
A humorous Harlem Life moment reveals a man nicknamed Shorty after being called Tom. a quip about reading obituaries contrasts with a pianist in Madrid who learns pieces after one hearing. a jailer is blamed for bad company. Cuba’s public schools will get first class American clocks signaling better times ahead.
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Cuba
Island
Parenit Included In Teacher's Unclear Note
Bright Boy reports price changes with a casual remark about suits and a misquoted term parenit appears in a brief item taken from a trimmed newspaper fragment. The piece shows a student reader referencing paper language and a sale note.
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Lynon
My Beautiful Baby Boy and Other Women Care Tales
A collection of letters endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound noting happy outcomes for women who struggled with childbirth and health issues. The material includes two grateful testimonies, a humorous poem about hosting a minister for tea, and literary snippets from the New York Times and various readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lane
Proxuam
Mary Lave
Coytee
Tenn
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promised Benefits for Spring Ills
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for spring ailments such as blood humors rheum catarrh malaria and psoriasis. It claims the product will do wonderful good and urges readers to take it now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Chambers
Hood
W. L. Douglas
Coals Spark Wife's Reminders of Rich England Past
In a Chicago Tribune anecdote Hiram groans at his wife asking for a bucket of coals. He muses that this request echoes memories of her six months annually in England before their marriage, revealing class and travel contrasts in a light domestic moment.
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Hiram
England
Chicago Tribune
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Peruna
J. O. Blinkiron
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Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Plattemonuth
Republican Valley
Superior
Lewellen
Deuel County
Albert Swanson
Peterson Olson
Liberty
Olson
Goldberg
McLester
Fort Niobrara
Sargent
Sporsmen
Platte River
Julesburg
Arthur B. Boark
Burlington
Holdrege
Wisner
Nelson
Devel
Chase
Roch County
Otoe County
Herman Schacht
Christena Damme
Red Cloud
Jackson
Naper News
Nebraska
Naper
John Farmer
Arapahoe
Butler
Manila
Ocheyenn County
Sidney
Union Pacific Railway
Lincoln County
John DeLong
Manley
Springfield
Plattsmuth
W. D. Wheeler
Edholm
Maddeh
Comstock
Salver
Timothy
Farmer
Salter
Earth
John
Asalzer
Lacrosse
Gore
Miertebby
Jovenh & Orend
Pan Man
Arters
Navy Department
E. W. Grove
Box 6
Auanta
1CO
Camdem
Love
Tom
Shorty
Harlem
Madrid
Rodriguez Arriola
Puck
Richard Carvel
David Hartm
Richard
Janice Meredith
Helen
Italy
Hugh Wynne
New York Times
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el Eiu Halen
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York, Neb
America
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Ottawa
Canada
St. Paul
Minn
Manktoba
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton, Mass
Bran
A. d. Tower
Boston
Mass
Stabassine Company
Grand Any Et Michiga
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