Community notes and notices from a Nebraska local page
Local items include travel plans and social visits such as Dr Gritzka and wife leaving for Talmage, Mrs Betty Wheatley visiting Capt Starr and family, and Edna Martin hired as an intermediate teacher in Diller Schools. Reports of sales, births, and obituaries accompany community announcements and upcoming entertainment at the M E church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Wheatley
New York
Capt. Starr
Edna Martin
Odell
Diller Schools
New Life Pills Promise Quick Help for Bowel Ailments
A vintage ad promises relief from pains in the bowels and fear of appendicitis. Dr King’s New Life Pills are billed as a universal cure for bowel and stomach issues including headaches billiousness and constipation. Sold at Spear Deeg Co’s drug store for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Spear Deeg Co’s
Pleasant Surprise At Pleasant School Meeting
A surprise gathering occurred Sunday June 18 with ice cream cake and lemonade for attendees including Aug Grefe Fred Grefe Dick Gobber Geo Reents Thos Price Mrs 2M J Price Miss Minnie Clausson Mr and Mrs Ed Waagener Dick Folkers and Thos Nelson. School director JF W Fouts posted notices for the annual meeting at the school house Monday June 26 at 2 PM with four new board members to be elected and a vote on buying extra school ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Sasee
Aug. Grefe
Fred Grefe
Dick Gobber
Geo. Reents
Thos. Price
J. Price
Minnie Clausson
Ed. Waagener
Dick Folkers
Thos
Nelson
Scool House
Residents and visitors noted in St Joseph area news
Mrs Willie Mormon of St Joe visited her mother and family on Tuesday. Perley Miller and Will Friday left for Kansas to harvest. J J Lamb sold his pump and windmill business to Geo Pickard and Son. Mrs Effie Hafer of Gage OK visited relatives for health. Children Day observed at the Christian church with a fine program. Pattons Sun Proof Paints promoted. J O Blauser sells paints. An exhibition features a gasoline engine that operates a feed grinder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Mormon
St. Joe
J. J. Lamb
Geo. Pickard & Son
Effie Hafer
Gage, Okla
Pittsburg Family Visit Reaches Tinatman Home
Mrs. Hartman and two sons from Pittsburg PA visit Mr. Tinatman and family on Wednesday evening, bringing a sister of A. L. Tinstman to the household.
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Hartman
Pittsburg
A. L. Tinstman
Tinatman
Wanted By Chicago Manuf Weighs for Local Assistant
A Chicago manufacturing house seeks a trusted, familiar local to assist in a branch office. Permanent role with weekly pay of $18. No investment required. Prior experience not essential. Apply to Manager Branches at 328 Dearborn St Chicago.
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Chicago Manufactoring House
Dearborn St
Chicago
M. E. Church Notices for June 25, 1905
Sunday school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. topic Spirit and Flesh. Epworth League at 7 p.m. Regular union prayer. Meeting Thursday night on What does it mean to be Spirit filled. Please read up on the subject and come. F Mille, Pastor.
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Epworth League
F. Mille
Found a Cure for Byspepers in Fort William
Mrs 8 Lindsay of Fort William Ontario suffered years of dyspepsia and stomach pains. A druggist advised Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. She reports great relief and no further suffering since starting them. For sale by Spear Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. Lindsay
Fort William
Ontario
Canada
Chamberlain
Spear Drug Co
Just What Everyone Should Do
Mr. J. T. Barber of Irwinville Georgia keeps a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy ready for sudden attacks. He praises it as one of the best medicines he has used and notes it saved him during bouts. Sold by Spear Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.T. Barber
Irwinville
Spear Drug Co
Local notices and fleeting items from Diller area
Short items include Buster Brown hats at L O Ballard and fresh seeds at J O Blauser. Emerson’s brick walk on Main, Mr and Mrs George McPhillamey move to Topeka, Oregon exposition opens without Sunday injunction. Witty maxims on divorce and fashion. Pitchforth and Pearce visit Muscatine relatives in Diller. Powell lists three properties for sale. Prices right by J W Fours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Pitchforth
Ben Pearce
Muscatine Jr
Diller
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Cure for Consumption
In a claimant style testimonial Wm Myers of Cearfoss Md praises Dr King's New Discovery as a quick relief and sure cure for consumption and related respiratory ailments. The ad stresses prevention of pneumonia and offers bottles at Spear Drug Co with a free trial.
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Wm. Myers
Cearfoss
Spear Drug Co
Groundless Worry and Rail Travel Dangers
Beatrice Times notes that people fear cyclones and tornadoes far more than real rail travel dangers. Ninteen rail deaths occur for every storm death, while hazards like being kicked by a horse or drowning are more common, yet society fears weather more than everyday risks.
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Ninteen
Beatrice Times
Local merchants outbid Chicago mail order in price study
A Bartville Illinois Leader ad recounts how a nearby firm fought mail order by obtaining a major catalog and pricing against Chicago freight. The local price consistently undercut the mail order total, prompting customers to bring home orders back to local merchants and boosting the home firm’s bills.
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Bartville
Illinois
Chicago
Kensington Ladies Meet at Mrs Robertson’s Home
The ladies gathered yesterday afternoon at Mrs. Robertson’s residence. A large crowd enjoyed the gathering with refreshments of ice cream and cake served by Mrs. Chas Wagmoner, Mrs. Bauch, and Mrs. Robertson. Receipts totaled 3.80 dollars.
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Kensington
Dragging Roads A nineteenth century road lingo verse
A rustic verse urging road crews to drag rough paths to ease travel. It promises quick results, noting that a lighter load and regular dragging save teams and wagons, with horses shining as they trot on improved surfaces after rain and drying.
Travel Memoir from June Train Trip with Miss Benson
The writer notes a June 6 journey with Miss Benson to the west, boarding at Odell and Diller, sharing a somber mood that turns to joy after conversation. They compare tickets to Portland with overnights and Spokane with none, ride via Grand Junction, recall Leadville scenery, snow balls at 11 000 feet, Hell Gate, and meals in Colorado Springs and Leadville.
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Miss Benson
Odell
Diller
Portland
Spokane
Denver
Grand Junction
Leadville
Hell Gate
Colorado Springs
Travelogue of a Western Rail Journey
The writer recounts a train trip across the West with Miss Benson, noting stops at Salt Lake City Ogden Pocatello Pendleton and Spokane. They describe food generosity friendship and a tunnel fire danger yet emphasize safe arrival and a reunion with family. Moune Hapicat signs off with travel reflections.
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Grand Junction
Salt Lake City
Brigham Young
Roosevelt
Salt Lake
Pendleton
Durkee
Spokane
Moune Hapicat
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lightner & Stotts
L. O. BaLiam
Tristman
Wymore
Dr. Gritzka
Talmage
Dr. Bauguess
Harbine
Dr. Powell
Poland
China
C. A. Gale
Wm. Line
Bristol
Woods
W.C. Line
Eugene Wieglé
Geo. Picard & Son
Roy McFarren
Jefférson County
Sarah Colman
Fisher Musser
Fred Diller
Eva Pitts
Diller Cai
Perley Miller
Will Friday
Kansas
Fred. J. D
the Christian Church
Patton
J. O. Blauser’s. Tf
J. D. Fanpras
M. E. Church Notices
Buster Brown
L. O. Ballard
J. O. Blauser
S. Tr
F .H. Emerson
Main Street
Geo. McPhillamey
Topeka Kans
Portland Exposition
de. L. A. Powell
J. W. Fours
Tema
Geo, Pickard & Son
Beatrice Chautauqua
Beatrice Chautauqua Association
U. S
Robt. M. Lafollette
R. P. Hobson
U.S. Navy
John Meritte Driver
People’s Church
W. I. Nolan
Nat M. Brigham
G. A. Gearhart
Beatrice Military Band
Chas. L. Reed
Beatrice
Nebr
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