Forty Years Ago Memories From A Small Town
The column recalls events from forty years ago including Mrs Isaac Saylor’s trip for health to Set more Springs, WN Sparks serving as a federal court petit juror in Lincoln, and invitations at Diller for the wedding of Zila Pearce to Asa Tijidteon. It notes various visits, relocations, and local people’s movements with year-old social details.
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Isaac Saylor
Setmore Springs
WN Sparks
Lincoln
Federal Court
Diller
Mies Zila Pearce
Ce We ‘Pearce
Bise
Idaho
Asa
Lincoln Daily Journal Pay Rates and Postal Delays Mentioned
A fragmented notice discusses paid readership and wage issues at the Lincoln Daily Journal in Nebraska. It mentions pay rates, delivery mail, and mail routes or post office handling affecting rural towns and the press’s distribution.
Unclear ad fragment outlines daily rates and weekly terms
Fragmented OCR ad mentions daily rates and weekly terms with Sunday premiums and monthly comparisons. It references a price of 5 dollars daily and 800 dollars with Sunday, plus a directive to order direct or through an office. Details are incomplete.
Horses And Tack Goods Offered In Team Bar Sale
A sale listing notes horses number 8 and 9 weighing 2800 pounds with 2 foot sets and 1 percent inch harness. Included are old harnesses, six collars and fly nets for the team.
Cattle inventory note with mixed ages and colors
A list describes 13 cattle including roan cows aged 7 and 9, a spott ed cow, several fresh cows including a February fresh, a 14 month heifer, three yearling heifers, two red and black white face calves, three summer calves, two steers, and bucket calves.
Hog breeding notes with vaccinations and weights
A farm record lists 18 hogs including 1 spotted sow bred and vaccinated, 1 Duroc boar vaccinated, 5 spotted gilts bred, 3 Hereford gilts bred, 8 spotted stock pigs, and 80 lb weights noted for the group.
Poultry and Miscellaneous Auction Items Listed
Auction listing includes 50 yearling hens and 50 pullets of New Hampshire red, consigned by Chester Sparks. Also offered are farm items: hay rack, mower, hay slings, horse collars, hedge posts, chick brooder stove, old Trusty deer boards, scoop end gate, oil tank, bookcase, flat irons, rug, dining table and other odds and ends.
Farm equipment and seed consignments listed in sale catalog
A catalog entry lists rack gear wagons wood-gear Kentucky drill manure spreader harrows binders plows disc seeders and other farming implements. Items include Moline equipment Case Jister Osborne disc and seed corn planters with harnesses and cream separators plus millet clover and cane seed among consignments by H. A. Bell.
Fragmentary Household Items List Appears in Scrap
Partial OCR shows a mix of items including a stove, gas cream can, garden plow, hog troughs, a boy’s sled, riding boots, and sleeping roll with numbers and notes. The readability is low but items imply a miscellaneous inventory or classified listing with no clear event or entity beyond household goods.
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New Garden
Gun collection details: 12-gauge, double barrel and rifle
A listing describes a 12-gauge double barrel shotgun and a Winchester rifle with a 15-shot capacity, alongside a 1 BB gun. The fragment notes quantity and basic types without context or ownership details.
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Billy
Breiber
Pennsylvania
J. Hill
Diiler
Forest
Hartz
Geneva
Yaat
Ee Bixby
Frank‘ A. Houston
Fairbury, Nebr
Oklahoma
Phillips
Elva
Beatrice
Jeroen
Es Ag
Edw
B.ackermeen Optometrist
Fairbury
Nebraska Golden
Eneral Hospital
C.E. Rice, M.D
Surgsey
Ovell, Netiracka
Grantland Rice
Sportlight
Lincoln Daily Journal
the Daily
Lecoln
Nebraska
Journal
Ite
Lees Oe
Drs
Hull& Hull Dentists
Golden Rowe
Phane
New Hampshire
Chester Sparks
H. A. Bell
Osborne
The
Lutheran Church of
Schultis Bros
Garrett
First National Bank
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