Local notes and family updates in a Nebraska town
Community brief listing illness returnees and social visits. Carl Habicht returns to Loock's store after a two week illness. Mrs H Z Diller and children back from Beatrice. Prof Beall's family moved to Mrs Lottie Miller's residence. Miss Addie Miller begins a new term at Thompson. Rev F Mills to preach funeral in Garrison Neb. Jas Emerson and John Clauson travel to Denver for sightseeing and care of Clyde Wright who has been ill.
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Prof. Beall
Lottie Miller
Garrison, Neb
Jas. Emerson
John Clauson
Denver
Clyde Wright
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised In Rural Column
A Chicago street car conductor used Bucklen’s Arnica Salve after a labor riot attack and recovered quickly. A Tekonsha Michigan man endorses it for family use and for cuts and burns. Ads note 25 cents at Spear Drug Co. Also a tall Indiana girl performs a hat prank on a local editor, and a market report warns of overpriced imported draft horses and Belgian stock.
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Chicago
G. J. Welch
Tekonsha
Mich
Spear Drug Co
Indiana
Like Finding Money Health Tip From Dr King’s Discovery
A reader from Lindy Level Virginia shares a testimonial of coughing chest illness cured by Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. Spear Drug Co offers 50c and 1.00 bottles with a trial bottle free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Barber
Lindy Level
Spear Drug Co
Postal deficits blamed on government waste and rail charges
The deficit is not from $9,000,000 rural routes loss but from shipping useless government documents, excessive railroad charges, and abuse of tracking by officials. Free mail delivery serves all, and rural costs amount to 12 cents per capita annually. If postal business practices matched other branches, a profit would result.
Local residents attend fairs trips and events across region
The note lists residents returning from Denver and Colorado Springs on No 16 and others visiting Central City. It reports a successful trip to Denver Lincoln state fair attendance, trips to Cheyenne Wheatland and Pairbury, and local social plans including a Degree of Honor chicken pie social at Bell's hotel with a supper promised.
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Bell's
the Ladies of the Degree of Honor
Are You Engaged Electric Bitters Boost Digestive Health
A Bennettsville South Carolina resident extols Electric Bitters for his wife after years of dyspepsia and a torpid liver left her weak. He credits the remedy with restoring strength and health and notes Spear Drug Co sells bottles at 50 cents with a guarantee.
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S. A. Brown
Bennettsville
3. C
Spear Qrug Co
I's
To the Hired Girl Honoring Working Women
A tribute praising the brave girl who works behind counters, desks, or printers cases. It honors her honesty, toil, and pride in earning an honest living and asks young men to respect her toil and achievements.
When I Was Down in Arkansaw Hunting Hog and Deer
Truthful James recalls a day when a razorback hog was shot in the forehead splitting the bullet. One half killed a buck deer and the other half killed a big coon. The hog escaped unharmed after the hunt. He recounts using the skinny hog as a fly fan at table summer after summer.
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Arkansaw
James
Gold Going Abroad and Its Effect on Exports
The article discusses how rising summer travel by Americans to Europe increases annual expenditures abroad. It cites a New York banker’s estimate that Americans spend about 80 million pounds or 400 million dollars abroad each year, surpassing prior estimates and helping explain New York’s persistent trade deficit despite large U.S. surpluses in goods. It notes the combined effect of travel spending and ocean freight/insurance on the trade balance.
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New York
Europe
European
United States
Paris
Plague of College Pressure Reveals Frustrations of Frances
A New York Sun vignette quotes a Vas sar'girl, Frances, lamenting family expectations after college graduation. She notes constant comparisons to others with or without college, the pressure to produce notable work, and her wish to abandon academia while enjoying simple pleasures like fudge.
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Vassar
New York Sun
Frances
Miss So Andso
Aging Oak with Ammonia Fuming and Wax Finish
The article describes aging oak by sealing the piece with concentrated ammonia fumes for 12 hours, then finishing with a wax polish. A yellow and white beeswax paste heated with parasine oil is applied, rubbed with a prepared wax pomade, and turpentine is added off heat. The ammonia fumes are said to depth-penetrate and produce a lustrous brown without surface variation.
Mixed History Curiosities Echo in a Child’s Riddling Tale
A reflective vignette traces legendary figures like Moses and Solomon through a child’s curious interpretations. The boy riffs on cradle pitch and dove’s leaf, weaving biblical imagery with modern wonder in a Century magazine mood.
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Moses
Solomon
Rabbit Hunting Coyotes Show Wit and Wrath in Snow
A Washington Star writer recalls Buckskin mountains in northern Arizona where two coyotes chase a jack rabbit. One coyote tires and blends with the snow, the other presses the hunt with loud yelps until the rabbit circles back. The exhausted prey finally falls to the pursuing coyote. The tale ends with a comparison to an otter hiding after footprints near a man’s house.
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Colorado Canyon
Arizona
Washington Star
Ducks and Holes of Misguided Duck Hunt
A San Francisco Chronicle recounts John Inglis recalling his hunting misadventure with a friend who swapped shells for fishing hooks. They traveled to Alviso, found a river full of ducks, and the mistaken haul doomed the hunt as Inglis never duck hunted again.
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John
Inglis
San Francisco Chronicle
Alviso
Jefferson County Bank Report Shows 1905 Balance Sheet
The document presents a balance sheet for the Jefferson County bank with figures for cash on hand 28812.29, total assets 1005023.09, deposits 75479.7, and loans 3818.50. It includes notes, bills re-discounted as none, and bills payable as none. The report is sworn by cashier I. O. J. Mayborn before a notary on September 1, 1905.
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Plabuat
Iese Capital
Aikibe
Nebraska
Jefferson
I. O. J. Mayborn
Notary Public Sworn Statement From Nebraska Bank Official
A bank cashier Thos Rice attests the truth of a sworn document in Jefferson County Nebraska. The affidavit is notarized by Frank T. Pearce on the second day of a month in 1906, with the expiration noted for February 21st, 1906.
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A. MarBorn
W. C. Lixr
Nebraska
Jefferson
Thos Rice
A. H. CoumMan
Antuni
Parory Chester Andrews
Frank T. Pearce
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Loock
Diller
Herman Sasse
Addie Miller
Thompson
PD. R. Kelley
Lincoln
Mrs. C.A. Mills
Council Bluffs
B. F
Blythe
B. F. Lightner
A. E. Price
Colorado Springs
Anna
Kunter
Central City
Colo
LaForest Raymond
Cal. Waggoner
Gene Diller
Harry Davis
Fred Reynolds
C. C. Wells
Steele City
Cheyenne
Wheatland
Wyoming
Carl Gale
Dodie Fanders
Billy Myers
Gertrude Land
Effie Diller
Pairbury
Fairbury
Duck Hunter
Diller State Bank
Ae Ee
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Sony
Case National Bank
Ronde King
U. S
Teleh
R. R
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Reix
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Morse School of Telegraphy
Buffalo
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Cross
Wis
San Franciso
Cal
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Texarkana, Tex
Lfwre
Ota
Cardus
Cardui
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
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