Nebraska Notes Highlights Town News and Deals
Waco plans a saloon for the season. Kerr sells Hastings area farm to Glanitz for 5008 dollars. Plainview church torn for new edifice. Rickett injured in runaway. Tekamah sheep delivered 17000 pounds. Presbyterian church contract set at 2500. Beatrice high school joins north central association. Saunders county grain sales slow awaiting roads and prices. Pickrell elevator takes 148 wagon loads of corn. Water-well prospecting near Beatrice ends as wells dry. Sherman county grain coal livestock group forms with 100000 capital. West Point drives earthquake relief funds. Pickrell residents oppose druggist permit and saloon license. Norfolk Press Publishing incorporated with 4000 capital. Ponca post office gains rural route 4. Schuyler lab aids mill testing with modern gear. Prague approves 5000 waterworks bonds. post-election cannon fire. Leigh ships many cattle in several car consignment. Burlington cars burned east of Plattsmouth. cause doubtful. Manley suit over side track damages filed. Leshara town grows with lumber yards, elevators, hardware, butcher, bank, and post office amid irregular Fremont mail.
Pink Pills Claim Rheumatism Relief by Blood Strength
A Topeka printer recounts long rheumatism suffering and crutch use. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills his pain and swelling vanished and he reports lasting improvement. The pills are marketed as blood building and nerve strengthening with broad cures claimed for anemia neuralgia and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Clark
Buchanan Street
Topeka
Kans
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Worst Case of Eczema Healed by Cuticura Remedies
A mother recounts her four month old son's severe eczema spreading over his body and face. After doctors failed, she used Cuticura Remedies and reports improvement in two months and full recovery in six months. The testimony dates October 24 1908 from Piermont New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutiura
R. L. Risley
Piermont, N. H
Leather businessman invites for dinner
Munniman boasts prosperity in the leather trade to Marryat. They exchange casual chatter about wealth and social hospitality as they plan a dinner at Marryat’s house with his wife cooking pies for dessert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marryat
Munniman
Tramp-Lady Questioned on Exposure Death
A terse exchange asks whether the deceased is a tramp, a politician, or a financier as authorities probe an exposure death case.
Eminent Doctors Praise Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription
Dr Fyfe editor praises Unicorn root as a key ingredient in Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women's reproductive health. He lists indications such as leucorrhea amenorrhea heat sensations and digestive issues. The endorsement cites medical authorities and stresses the remedy’s broad support among physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
John Fyfe
Tags Edizorito
Mepical Ravisw
Helenias
Fyfe
Brownville Man Identified Among Drowned Crossers Near Rulo
The body of J. G. Mason, about 22 to 23, was found floating in the Missouri River one and a half miles below Rule near Bowker bend. Identified by his brother, Mason and his companion Coffman of Brownville Neb attempted a night crossing in a skiff on April 21 and were not seen again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rule
Bowker Bend
J. G. Mason
Brownville
Mr. Coffman
Neb
Mason
Nebraska State Fair Plans Three New Swine Barns
The state fair board in Lincoln approves three new swine barns costing about $700 each to meet rising space demand. A temporary shed will be dismantled for use in construction, and the project moves ahead north of existing buildings. Secretary Mellor to secure another attraction, a pacing mare Emma with 2.14 percent record. W L Wilson to erect a theater building of at least 2400 square feet to present Nebraska life scenes. President Youngers says York band will perform during the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Mellor
Emma
W. L. Wilson
Bankers’ Life Insurance Society
Nebraska
Youngers
York
Auburn to Have a Carnegie Library
Auburn Nebraska votes to levy two mills for library maintenance and receives a $10 000 pledge from Andrew Carnegie for a building. Dr McGrew donates land for a library memorial to his children Grace and Butch who died in Philippine waters two years ago.
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Auburn
Neb
Carnegie
Dr. McGrew
McGrew
Grace
Butch McGrew
Philippine
Miss Templeton Elected Nebraska Library Secretary
The Nebraska library commission accepts Miss Edna Bullock’s resignation and selects Miss Charlotte Templeton of Omaha as secretary effective July 2. Miss G. Humphrey will assist. Templeton, a state university and Brooklyn library school graduate, succeeds Bullock who has led library work since the commission’s creation and fostered traveling libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Library Commission
Edna Bullock
Charlotte Templeton
Omaha
G. Humphrey
Miss Templeton
The
State University
Brooklyn Library School
Miss Bullock
Nebraska
Dismal River Reserve Abuzz With Tree Planting Expansion
The Dismal River Forest Reserve headquarters at Halsey Nebraska shows intense activity as thirty five men plant, dig, and pack trees. Thirty five thousand pine trees are being shipped to Kansas and Montana for irrigation projects while the nursery expands to four to five million trees annually and broad leaf species will be added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Pike's Peak
Mr. Scott
Garden City Reserve
A. E. Sterling
Office of Forest Extension
Halsey Station
Sterling
United States
Middle West
Robbery at Butte Nebraska Postoffice
The post office at Butte Nebraska was robbed of 1060 dollars, including 225 in cash and the rest stamps. No crew has been found. The robbers entered through a rear door and operated the safe combination. Sheriff Coleman and bondsmen of the postmaster are tracking the robbers in Boyd County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Neb
Coleman
Boyd County
Mutual Telephone to Establish Toll Station at Falls City
The company held a meeting at Rulotor to solicit stockholder opinion on a toll station at Falls City. With near unanimous support, stockholders voted in favor and citizens have subscribed 800 dollars to back the plan. Work will begin at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Telephone Company
Rulotor
Falls City
Statue of Seward to grace Seward County courthouse
A Vermont marble company donated a block of white marble for a life sized statue of William H. Seward after whom Seward County is named. Home sculptor Mr Vrinders will carve the statue to be placed near the court house north entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Marble
Seward County
William H. Seward
Vrinders
Court House
Seward
Child Found In Far Field Near Seward
Joseph Silvers found a very cold, thinly clad child three and a half miles from home while driving over wheat fields near Seward. The child belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Cart Banshof. the parents were away from home when it wandered off.
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Joseph Silvers
Seward
Cart Banshof
Will Buy Kearney County Court House Bonds
Kearney county officials at the state house arrange sale of new court house bonds totaling 80000 dollars at 4 percent interest. Mortensen agrees to pay a 400 dollar premium for the block of paper and sale to be taken over by the state at an early date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Board of Supervisors
Kearney County
State House
Court House
Mortensen Aranged
Kearney Boy Burned In Gasoline Stove Accident
In Kearney young Reiley Irvine thirteen year old son of Mrs Anna Irvine was badly burned when gasoline spilled while filling a stove at Young s barber shop where he worked as a porter. The illness followed an engine explosion of the fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Reiley Irvine
Anna Irvine
Young
Abilene Man Credits Dean's Kidney Pills
J C Lightner of Abilene Kansas describes years of back pain gravel and frequent urination from kidney trouble. After using Dean's Kidney Pills the pain vanished and did not return. The testimonial notes price and distributor Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Money may move a mule but not start other things.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Lightner
Cedar St
Abilene
Kansas
Mr. Lightner
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Struck by Lightning and Healed by Cardui
Mrs. Nancy Cleary of Brewers NC describes severe pain and fatigue after an incident she calls lightning like. She credits Wine of Cardui for cure and says she feels like a new person. Cardui is advertised as relieving female troubles and periodic pains, priced at $1.10 at drug stores.
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Nancy Cleary
Brewers
N. C
Cardus
Cardui
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted with $100 Reward
Readers learn of a claimed cure for catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. The ad asserts the medicine treats constitutional disease by affecting blood and mucous surfaces and offers $100 for any cure failure. Includes testimonials and seller contact in Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. Jees & Co
Toledo
Charles Lamb and Tobacco and Elia’s Farewell Ode
Charles Lamb described as a fierce tobacco smoker endured growing pains with tobacco and a long clap pipe. He and Dr Parr discussed his habit and Lamb noted aging reduced his use to occasional puffs. He finally penned a Farewell Ode to Tobacco and sent it to Wordsworth after headaches from tobacco hindered his singing of its praises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lamb
Parr
Elia
Wordsworth
Judge Peters Advises Debtor to Pay by Wednesday
A Bangor Missouri case recalls a collector asking a debtor to commit to paying next Wednesday. The debtor promised, but vanished until news of his death appeared in the paper, after which the bill was settled the following day.
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Peters
Bangor
Repairing Brain A Certain Way by Food
A piece argues modern work strains brain power and that brain tissue must be rebuilt daily. It claims phosphate of potash from field grains supports gray matter and advocates Grape-Nuts as the proper natural source.
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Nature
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Diller
Debraska
Waco
William Kerr
Hastings
John Glanitz
Plainview
John Rickett
West Beatrice
Houston Bros. of
Tekamaha
New Presbyterian Church
Loup City
Beatrice High School
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Saunders County
Farmers’ Elevator Company
al Pickrell
Frank Salts
Beatrice
Sherman County Grain, Coal and Livestock Association
West Point
California
Pickrell
C. A. Smith
William Brehm
the Press Publishing Company of
Norfolk
Galusha
Logan
Ponca
Wells-Abbott-Neiman Company of
Schuyler
Prague
Cannes
Leigh
Burlington
Missouri River
Plattsmouth
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Manley
Great Northern
Leshara
Fremont
Nebraska News
Souri Near
Rulo
Ville
Andrew Carnegie
Miss Edna Bullock
Rob Butte
Postoffice
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