Local School Notes Highlight Classes and Upcoming Events
Ralph Long enters 8th grade on Monday while Mr. G. W. McMulin visits from Omaha. Students report absences due to sickness as the fifth and sixth grades vie for perfect attendance. Basketball opens Saturday at City Hall with admission set at ten and fifteen cents. A December 24 literary program includes multiple solo and reading acts led by students and captains. Various notes cover attendance, club activities, an upcoming Y.M.C.A. conference report, and upcoming photography and holiday sales.
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Ralph Long
G. W. McMulin
Omaha
Trinetta Loock
Leigh Reinhart
Whdel
City Hall
Frank Campbell
Grace Watson
Lissie Campbell
Progam
The
Literary Society
Chub
Delmar Hale
Edna Wright
Robert Eastwood
Edythe Wrigley
Florence Grone
Dale Reinhart
Mabel Douglas
Everett Green
Claude Cavett
Miss Taylor
Will Diller
Clifford Sparks
Ethel. Weddel
Grayce Myers
Pearl Bell
Gracye Watson
Arnold Fouts
Will Logan
Ruth Lamb
Mary McMullin
Ruth Davis
Marie Stotts
Long
Club
Pearl Diller
Lavern
Pickard
Wayne Thompson
Lloyd Wright
Roe Carr
Elmer Loock
Patsy Diller
Veda Cavett
Thelma Stotts
Clinton McMullin
Allen Folkera
Lyle Johnson
Ethela Levy Nt Geer
Floyd Hadley
Arold Bowers
Willie Bowers
Decker
Ils Nather
Creola Hadley
Aurel Townemaker
Eva Line
Nanella Gilils
Grace Johnson
Robert Colly
Gertrude Brauser
Carroll Diller
Nellie Green
Bryan Tatman
Harold Hutchinson
Ex-President Mellen Predicts Government to Own All Railroads
Former official Mellen of the New Haven Road states his view that within twenty five years the Government will own and operate every railroad in the nation.
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Mellen
The
New Haven Road
Creap and Cough Remedy Croup Attacks Children
Unclear OCR text describes a remedy tied to a dangerous croup illness in children. The fragment mentions sudden attacks and fear, but lacks concrete details, dates, or identifiable sources to establish a clear news item.
Constipation and Toxicity Warning in Early Medicine Ad
An advertisement asserts that constipation poisons the body and promises relief with Dr. Kings New Life Pills. It claims the pills cure constipation headaches and other troubles and are available by mail from H. E. Backlen & Co. Philadelphia and Louis.
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Dr. King
H. E. Backlen & Co
Philadelphia and
Louis
Local Social News and Meetings Report
Miss Bert Ballard visited from Saturday noon to Sunday evening while returning from Hubbell where she held a civil service examination for postmaster as part of her Fairbury post office duties. Miss Fannie Diller hosted the K K K club on Wednesday afternoon December 17 with refreshments served by Mrs. Martha Diller and guests Mrs. J W Fouts and Mrs. Guy Cassel.
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Bert Ballard
Hubbell
Fairbury
Fannie Diller
Martha Diller
J. W. Fouts
Guy Cassel
Hunting Notice Warns Against Trespass on Local Farms
All parties are warned not to hunt or trespass on farms owned or controlled by the undersigned G. Place, G. T. Eick, K. E. Hill, Chas. Fairbank, J. Eu. Ben Behrends. The notice asserts private property rights and seeks to protect farmland from intrusion.
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Geo. Place
G. T. Eick
Chas. Fairbank
J. EU
Ben Behrends
Newly Elected R N A Officers At Laurel Camp No 986
Laurel Camp No 986 names its 1914 officers for the year. Oracle Eva Carr and Vice Oracle Anne Diller head a slate including Past Oracle Lucy Cunningham Chancellor Eva Stotts Recorder Ella Tonnemaker Receiver Lydia Stucker Marshal Lacy Hadley Assist Marshal Helen Bausch Inner Sentinel Nora Packer Outer Sentinel Anna McMullen and year officers Ada Cully Clara Myers Lillian Moser Physicians Bauguesa and Diehl Pianist Ruby Anderson Delegate to State Camp Ella Tonnemaker Alternate Arie Diller.
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Laurel Camp
Oracle
Eva Carr
Anne Diller
Lucy Cunningham
Eva Stotts
Ella Tonnemaker
Lydia Stucker
Lacy Hadley
Marshal
Helen Bausch
Nora@ Packer
Anna McMullen
Ada M. Cully
Clara Myers
Lillian Moser
Bauguesa
Diehl
Ruby Anderson
Arie Diller
Plenty of Room Yet Answers Crowd Theory
A scientist citing Scotland Yard crowding data says the earth’s 1.63 billion people could fit on London’s 120 square miles, Canada’s population on Hyde Park, and Australia’s all on Battersea Park. He notes King George could host all Zealand’s people in a crowded garden party, with ample elbow room remaining.
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Scotland Yard
London
Canada
Hyde Park
Battersea Park
Arise and Seek Him Christ the Lord Bold Christmas Message
A Christmas message urges Christians to arise like the Shulamite and shepherds and seek Christ the Lord, proclaiming God’s love through Jesus. It contrasts worldly distraction with repentance, faith, and salvation, urging belief in the Savior and the gospel’s forgiveness. An anecdote about gifts follows. An 1914 postal update lowers parcel post rates for small books effective March 16 1914.
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Bethlehem
Christ
Gabriel
Mary
Jesus
Baben the Manger
John
St. John
Calvary
Holy Land
Earth
Heaven
Burleson
Brooks
Parcel Post
Railroads Seek 5 Percent Freight Rate Increase
Rail lines north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi have petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for a five percent rise in freight charges. The move is viewed as likely to be approved due to rising living costs over the past decade, higher wages, and increased maintenance expenses, all argued as necessary for continued improvements and profitable operation.
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Potomac
Ohio Rivers
Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Farmers Congress Adopts Resolutions on Tax Reform and Rural Needs
Over 400 Nebraska farmers at the Farmers Congress approved multiple resolutions. They urged an efficiency study of the State Board of Agriculture, support for the Torrens land title system, a constitutional amendment for uniform tax reform, expansion of rural schools and rural high schools, government economy, and more information on rural credits and University consolidation.
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Nebraska
Wat
Farmers’ Congress
State Board of Agriculture
Tecumseh Alfalfa Profit Report By J B Douglas
Brundage and Thurber publish figures from the Tecumseh Chieftain showing J B Douglas earning 1600 dollars gross from 36 acres of alfalfa. He paid 460 dollars in labor and expenses, leaving 1150 dollars net. At 150 dollars per acre, the land yielded 293 percent gross and 214 percent net on investment. First cutting produced thirty tons.
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Brundage & Thurber
Tecumseh
State Board of Agriculture
J. B. Douglas
A Song of Christmas
A period poem by Ernest McGarrey celebrating Christmas with images of hearth, snow, sleigh bells, and carols. It invites family gathering, kindness to strangers, and reverence for the manger while weaving historical and festive motifs through verses and rustic imagery.
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Ernest McGarrey
A Coming Man Character Exchange Transcript
A Rostop transcript line features Griggs questioning Sharpe as a future leader while Briggs jokes he would if given charge of the penitentiary. The dialogue hints at perceptions of rising authority and control within the penal system.
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Griggs
Sharpe
Briggs
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Denver
Southland
California
Colorado
Salt Lake
Burlington
A. T. Watson
Diller
Neb
L. W. Wakley
Omaha, Neb
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First National Bank
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