Harbine News Items From Beatrice to Hastings Visits
Local notes report Mrs. Anna Dibble of Beatrice visiting the Harlan and Henry Weaver homes. Mrs. Henry Schmuelle left for Hastings after learning of her mother Haybrook's death. Mrs. Henry Arnold returned from vacation in Pawnee City and Lincoln. Ruth Steffen of Helvey visited local friends, then went home. Mrs. John Huffman and daughters Golda and Gladys were Reynolds visitors. Mrs. John Ademeier returned from Beatrice after a hospital stay. Will Lohman underwent appendicitis surgery at Hepperlein’s hospital.
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Anna Dibble
Beatrice
Harlan
Henry Weaver
Henry Schmuelle
Hastings
Haybrook
Henry Arnold
Pawnee City
Lincoln
Ruth Steffen
Helvey
John Huffman
Golda
Gladys
Reynolds
John Ademeier
Will Lohman
Hepperlein’s Hospital
Happy Thought Poem to Cheer You Up
A hopeful verse invites readers to leave the smoky town for a bright spring day. It describes sunny skies, fields, and a Sabbath walk with family, urging forgetfulness of daily care and poverty for one cheerful afternoon.
Americans Use More Coffee
The 1919 import share from Brazil fell to 54.38 percent from 75 percent in 1914, with gains from Central America and the West Indies offsetting the decline. The United States remains the largest coffee consumer, overall, though not per capita, and per person consumption has risen since nationwide prohibition took effect.
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Washington
Brazil
United States
Department of Commerce
Central America
West Indies
Prices Rise for Snakes in Idaho as Demand Grows
A Cleveland company seeking to bottle rattlesnake oil asks Idaho officials for snake crop data. The inquiry traces rising prices as rattlesnakes breed in Idaho hot rocky areas and moves through game wardens to state officials.
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Borse
Idaho
Union
Cleveland
Visitation by Dead Wife Helps Locate Missing Papers
Philadelphia church reports Dr. Conwell recounting three posthumous visits by his wife who sat by his bed and provided clues to locate seven crucial papers at his house. He pondered dream or thought transfer but says the papers were found where she indicated.
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Philadelphia
de. Teassell
HW. Canwell
Grace Baptist Temple
Cannwell
Temple University
Baptist Temple
Paris Warns Stay Home as Rent Soars in Paris
Paris warns potential migrants that housing is scarce and rents exceed 6 000 francs per year, with agencies telling observers it is impossible to find even two rooms. The piece notes trains reporters and police moving in, urging would be residents to stay away or risk enlisting only if they can spend high rents.
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Paris
Presse ‘de Paris
Tentec
Wilter Nildas
Varin
Ngone
Farmer Sucks 72 Eggs To Prove Eating Fame
In a Chicago suburb Roy Webb, a young farmer known for eating feats, attempted to outdo neighbor George W Berlin by sucking 72 raw eggs after hearing of Berlin’s pie challenge. The supply ran out before he could continue beyond seventy two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Berlin
Chicago
Duquoin
Roy Webb
Webb
Mine Fire Quelled at Homestake Mine in Lead
A long burning fire in the Homestake mine near Lead has been extinguished by flooding the mine with water. Officials estimate the total loss from the fire at about $1,000,000 after two months of burning since September 25.
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Homestake
Lead
Tail of Ramon’s Dog Bloody Sign
A fragmentary 1919 style dispatch describes a feud between Santo Domingo and Porto Ricans on Puerto Rico’s shores. It details a ritualized test of pronunciation where a captive Porto Rican must utter a sentence containing rolling R’s or face execution. The piece links Dominican hostility to American influence and draws parallels to Sicilian Vespers with cultural digressions on language and food terms.
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San Jose
Porto Rico
Porto Riesiris
Domingo
Aguinaldo
United States
West Indies
Maine
Ramon
Rafael
Mexico
Sicily
America
New York
To Develop French Water Power and Canolization Plan
A bill introduced in the French chamber of deputies on August 9 aims to canalize the Rhone and utilize water power. The project costs about 2.5 billion francs, roughly 482.5 million dollars, with power equal to at least 5 million tons of coal or one fifth of France’s 1918 coal output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhone
Chamber of Deputies
France
The Woolworth Building Cathedral of Commerce
The Woolworth Building in New York City stands as the highest office tower at 792 feet and 60 stories. It draws visitors from over sixty nations, houses about 10 000 tenants and staff, 250 operating personnel, and handles roughly 250 000 mail items daily with 28 elevators moving at 700 feet per minute.
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Wilzy
Coal Car Crashes Into Man Bathing in Bay City
Bay City Michigan report states EF Hill manager of Mueller Chicory plant was bathing at his home adjoining the facility when a freight car broke through the wall and struck the bath area. Two cars stood on a short switch and were not secured before more cars were moved, sending them into Hill's bathroom.
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Bay City
Mich
Telford
EF. Hill
Mueller Chicory Company
Hill
Farmers Mercantile Coe Incorporation Details at Shea Nebraska
The Farmers Mercantile Coe of Shea Nebraska incorporates to transact general merchandise for fifty years from April 10 1918 with capital stock of 20000 of which 2000 is paid in at start. The company may not incur debt exceeding two thirds of paid up capital. affairs to be conducted by a board of five directors.
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Shea, Nebr
Probate Notice of Estate of David R. Kelley
Creditors of the estate of David R. Kelley deceased will meet the administrator before the county judge of Jefferson county Nebraska at the county court room on April 15 1920 at nine o clock am to present claims for examination adjustment and allowance. Claims not filed by April 14 1920 will be barred by order of the Court. Dated January 14 1920 Louis J Nutzman County Judge H W Fouts attorney for estate.
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David R. Kelley
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Toom
Louis J. Nutzman
H. W. Fouts
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Fairbury, Nebr
M. J. Powell
Fairbury
AN. Thoms
Hinds’ Bank
Jefferson Co
J. Monroe Davis
First National Bank
Fairbury, Neb
Col. A. L. Tristman
Ceneral Auctioneer
Diller, Neer
Calkins Bros Auctioneers
Beatrice, Nebr
Col
Henry Eden
Ovell
H. R. Royle
Bell Phone
Elerbeck & Hale’s
Diller Record Office
O.C. Diehl
S. B. Viers
Diller
Nebr
Diller Veterinary Hospital
Harbine
Barnard
World’s Tavern
San Domingo
The
Wonders of America
T. T. Maxey
the Cathedral OF Commerce
the Farmers Mercantile Coe
the State of
Frank T. Pearce
Diller - Nebraska
Record Office
D. Swift & CO
Washington, D.C
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