Local farm and business notices from Fairbury Gazette
The report covers Carloads of hogs and fat cattle sent to market by families including the Henrichs, a 10 percent dividend declared by Plymouth Telephone Co, Miss Mabel Folkers visiting Texas, Burlington pay car profits at this station, land investment trip to Oklahoma by C. T. Cully and Taylor Gerard, a new bank planned at Odell by Wymore parties, Howard Jeffries visiting Denver relatives, Mrs. L. Greenwood returning from Lincoln, H Z. Sawyer selling shredded cornfodder at 3 ten a ton, and a note on converting corn stalks into value for economy in Fairbury Ga meet.
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H Z. Sawyer
Lis Farm
Fairbury
Public sale near Diller and medicinal ad in one notice
Fred Rensmeyer plans a public sale Friday Jan 25 starting at 1 00 PM with a free lunch at noon. The auction will dispose of 9 horses 13 head of cattle 10 Polish China brood sows assorted farm implements and household goods. J B Wright auctioneer Weiters clerk. Spear Drug Co advertises Dr Kings New Life Pills 25 cents guaranteed to cure constipation at Fort Madison Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Sherpe
Fort Madison
Fred Rensmeyer
Diller
Poland
J.B. Wright
Wii. Weiters
Hon W C Line Visits Farm North of Diller
Jefferson county representative Hon. W C Line spent Sunday with his family on their farm about a mile and a half north of Diller and returned Monday to Lincoln. He serves on Constitutional Amendments Public Printing and Appropriations. His colleague Hon. John Thiessen was appointed to Public Lands and Buildings and Claims and Insurance.
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W. C. Line
Jefferson County
Diller
Lincoln
Grip Claims and Pocket Gopher Plight
The Grip weighs heavy on sufferers with intense physical and mental agony. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is praised as preventing pneumonia and aiding recovery. Meanwhile J J Spicer reports pocket gophers hoarding alfalfa roots, ruining fields, prompting calls for bounties and enforcement to curb the pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Spicer
Mr. Spicer
Eld
Gopher
Franklin man seeks admission for son at North Western College
H. McBride of Franklin Nebraska visited Friday to arrange for his son to enroll in the North Western Business College in Beatrice, assisting with the move and enrollment plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. McBride
Franklin, Neb
North Western Business College
Beatrice Times
Piles Get Quick Relief with Dr Shoop Magic Ointment
Piles soothe fast with Dr Shoop's Magic Ointment made for piles alone. Itching pain protruding or blind piles disappear with its use. Try Spear Drug Co.
Referees' sale draws Clark estate officials to Fairbury
Jis M Clark of Colorado Springs Will Clark of Denver W W Clark of Chickasha E T K A Chirk of Medo UL and Harve Seaman of Davenport Ind attend the referees sale of the S Clark estate in Fairbury today. Seaman plans a Pacific coast trip before returning home.
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Jis. M. Clark
Colorado Springs
Will Clark
Denver
W. W. Clark
Chickasha
K. A. Chirk
Medo, UL
Harve Seaman
Davenport
S. Clark
Fairbury
Seaman
Pacific Coast
Farmers Institute at Fairbury Two Day Event
Jefferson county farmers institute will be held at Fairbury January 21 and 22 with state speakers Wm Moller Falls City on alfalfa and tame grasses R McKelvie Lincoln pork production Ex Governor Poynter Lincoln essentials to successful farming and dairy herd care D P D Ashbone Gibbon American homes growth of corn and good roads Dr Peters experiment station animal diseases and our agricultural school Local speakers Sessidua Monday afternoon and evening Tuesday forenoon afternoon and evening Bring your families L R Lambert Secretary Diller Nebr.
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Jefferson County Farmers’ Institute
Fairbury
Wmn. Moller
Falls City
R. McKelvie
Lincoln
Poynter
DPD
Ashbone
Gibbon
Peters
Sessidua
L. R. Lambert
Secy
Diller
Nebr
Post Office Rule Bans Unstamped Rural Box Insertion
Notice warns against placing sale bills and other matter in rural mail boxes without stamps. Postmasters must report violations. The Child Saving Institute seeks homes for children at 1806 Ohio St. Omaha. 300+ children go through yearly. 40 to 60 on hand. written responses with return stamp invited.
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Post-Office Department
Child Saving Institute
Ohio St
Omaha
Nebi
How to Cure Chilblains in Winter
John Kemp of East Otisfield Maine says Bucklen's Arnica Salve frees from chilblains. The remedy is also cited for fever sores indolent ulcers piles burns wounds frost bites and skin diseases. 25c at Spear Drug Co's drug store.
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John Kemp
Otisfield
Bucklen
Spear Drug Co
Largest living woman claimed by Mrs. Anna Redline of Kansas
Mrs. Anna Redline of Sabetha Kansas asserts the title of largest living woman. She weighs 611 pounds with a 11 foot 11 inch waist and other measurements including a 13 feet bust and four foot eight inch height. A music teacher and singer, she occasionally performs in public to showcase Kansas, her home state.
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Anna Redline
Sabetha
Kansas
Cattle Shipments Reported From Harbine
J E Clark of this place shipped five car loads of cattle from Harbine on Wednesday. An advertisement touts Lax-ets candy tablets as a gentle, non irritating laxative sold by Spear Drug Co in 5 and 25 cent lithographed metal boxes.
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J.E. Clark
Harbine
Spear Drug Co
Prairie Gem and Vicinity Local Notes
Logan arrived home from the west Monday and a cousin of the Logans from Wymore is visiting for a few days. Floyd Monasmith assisted Mr. Dvorak last Friday. C Monasmith lost a rule with the distemper last Sunday. Anton Dvorak baled hay Friday with Charley Ankrum's baler. Logan & Co thrashed Kaffer corn and millet for Mr. Rourebaugh last Friday. Winter weather has moderated after a day or two of cold. Several parties received Page fencing from the car through Mr. Kuper this week.
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Floyd Monasmith
Dvorak
C. Monasmith
Anton Dvorak
Charley Ankrum
Logans
Wymore
Logan & Co
John Rourebaugh
Mr. Kuper
Wise Counsel From the South on Electric Bitters
J R Blankenship of Beck Tennessee claims Electric Bitters cured his lame back and kidney trouble after using several bottles. He says the remedy gave relief in the first trial and complete cure with continued use. Sold under guarantee at Spear Drug Co's drug store for 50 cents.
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J. R. Blankenship
Beck, Tenn
Spear Drug Co
New Alfalfa Found in Siberia for Northwest Harsh Winters
Prof N E Hansen of the South Dakota Experiment Station reports discovering a Siberian alfalfa suited to arid northwest plains with long cold winters. The yellow flowered variety tolerates 40 to 60 below zero and promises strong forage. seed is secured and to be tested by the department.
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N. E. Hansen
South Dakota
Wilson
Hansen
Siberia
Western Breeders’ Journal
To Them Who Wait Poem In December Bohemian
A short dramatic verse shows Bill seeking a kiss from Jane in a quiet home scene. Paw sits apart as Papa notes the stillness and the couple shares a concealed moment by dim light.
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Bill
Fliegende Blatter as a Stolen Novel Title
Editor reports the novel title Fliegende Blatter appears in a theft case. The author questions the reception of the title while asserting the work was copied in full. The dispute centers on whether the phrase serves as a legitimate title or a copied element.
Pat Runs Engine in House in Comic Erie Railroad Tale
Pat, a yard worker and aspiring engine driver, seizes a cab lever and blasts an engine into the roundhouse. He pretends it's a success and repeats the stunt, blaming a door left open when questioned by the yardmaster in this humorous Erie Railroad Employees' Magazine anecdote.
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Pat
Olli
Zip
Erie Railroad Employees’ Magazine
Simplified Spelling and Whippings Over Missed Words
Willie Smith faced punishment after misspelling pneumonia as neumo n oa and neuralgia as pneuralgla, drawing his mother's concern. The tale highlights phonetic spelling and teacher discipline in Judge's Library era.
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Willie
North Carolina Judge Fettled Memory of Catfish Weights
The late Judge Saunders, famed as an angler, could not recall fish weights. A friend baited him by asking the weight of a big catfish, prompting the judge to ask his waiter, Bob, what he had said. The exchange ends with a humorous reminder of memory lapse.
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Judge Saunders
North Carolina
Bob
de Mawnin
St. Louis Republic
Those Useless Questions in the Mirror
A man shaves while blocking the kitchen range as his wife asks if he is shaving. He answers No and scolds her for interrupting his task, implying she is going out or to a matinee.
Hope Ahead in Friday Work Start Debates
A Boston Transcript cartoon dialogue features Weary Walker and Ragzon Tatters debating Friday as an unlucky start day. They discuss whether people will grow to view every day as permissible to begin tasks.
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Weary Walker
Ragzon Tatters
Boston Transcript
Welcome to Our Boarders Family Mr Slimm
Mr Starvem greets Mr Slimm as a new boarder, noting the growing household and the sense of a small family forming around him. The exchange suggests a community atmosphere and the arrival of a new resident.
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Mr. Slimm
Mr. Starvem
Boarder remarks on cheap fare in boarding houses
A boarder notes a recurring cost concern in boarding houses comparing meals to leap meat, as reported by the Philadelphia Press. The remark reflects common dining anxieties among residents in urban lodging during the period.
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Philadelphia Press
Dangers and Deadly Rapids of the Columbia River
Outing Magazine details the perilous Columbia passage from Timbasket Lake to Revelstoke canyon. It recalls drownings at Surprise and Death rapids, ships wrecked and bodies unrecovered, including miners during gold rush stampedes and river men like Tom Horne and Jack Boyd.
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Columbia
Big Bend
Leo Davis
Timbasket Lake
Leo
California
America
Revelstoke Canyon
Tom Horne
Jack Boyd
Outing Magazine
Fish Out of Water Invention Keeps Gills Moist Longer
A German inventor creates a wooden multi compartment box where each section holds damp cloths to keep gills moist. An external oxygen receptacle supplies air to the fish, allowing several freshwater species to stay alive for three to four days.
Oh George Arrives as Father Fears Proposals
A girl pleads with George to calm her anxious father who is distressed by the news that he plans to marry the narrator. The dialogue centers on the father's troubled reaction and the couple's intentions.
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George
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T. Henrichs
Geo
Fred Henrich
Plymouth Telephone Co
Mabel Folkers
Texas
Burlington
C. T. Cully
Taylor Gerard
Oklahoma
Odell
Wymore Parties
Howard Jeffries
L. Greenwood
Joe Greenwood
Chamberlain
Farmers’ Institute
Neely
Chicago
Wall Pou
Neely’s Pharmacy
Prairie Gem and Vicinity
Merve
Logan
Mr. Wm. Nida
Jane
Paw
Papa
Columbia River
J. Monroe Davis
First National Bank
Neb
K T. Pea Notary Public
Nebraska
the Recomp Office
Washington, D. Cc
D-Swift
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