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Newspaper
The Fairbury Enterprise
Location
Fairbury, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1900
Page
9
Lincoln visitors attend opera and business trips. new arrivals and property sales. marriages and church programs. local trades and loans highlight a busy period. Notables include Gus Ostrom and Louise Coffey marriage, Col Bills loan activity, and Mennonite college prospect. Community life, health, and obituaries set the week’s mood.
The county notes list three marriages or engagements this week by W. Hi. Smith who goes to Kansas City, William Ewart who will return to York Pennsylvania to live, and Winnie Calkins whose plans are unclear. Two more are booked for next week. Fred Leonard finishes a new house and moves in. Frank Leonard loses a fine heifer in Henay News corn stalk incident.
High Prairie residents traveled to Powell on Sunday for Eis tos young lady lecture in support of the Methodist hospital in Omaha. Mrs Mike Cross of Fairbury with daughter in law Mrs Harrison Cross visited Mr John Cross Jr. Mrs Fred Hagermeyer of Gladstone mourns infant daughter who died of diphtheria last Tuesday. Will Butler seen driving around High Prairie. Van Pickens left for Salt Lake City last week en route to the coast.
Advertisement collage from Fairbury ads lists free framing of marriage certificates for 1900 12 01 to 1901 03 01 by E W Thomas Co. Hughton Wilkins of Chicago cited for heroism saving eight women from a runaway team. Also notes clothing stores Near's Cash Store and Umley ox Square Dealing Clothiers, Dr J P Williams visits for eye ear nose throat care, mayor of Omaha bans prize fights, etc.
News notes a first of its kind potato shipment planned from Washington to China. Also mentions local shop ads from Fairbury, a Kentucky governor’s wedding return to Frankfort, a used Marseilles eight horse power engine for sale, and a Swiss government stance on the Franco-Brazilian boundary dispute.
W O Lockwood will sell at public sale at his residence one and one half miles northeast of Powell and three miles south of Helvey station on Tuesday December 18 starting at 1 o clock. Items include 4 good horses 2 Jersey cows both milking 2 heifer calves one Jersey wagons plows check row corn planter and wire harrow harness hog fence corn cribs barbed wire lumber hay millet Kaffir corn chickens and more.
Rev J D Detar pastor of Spring Hill Iowa suffered long winters with coughing until Dr Kay Lung Balm eased his symptoms. Five 25 cent boxes cured him and druggists sell it. A V Pease & Co. carries it. Unofficial returns show Bryan ahead in Kentucky by 7976 and Beckham by 3518.
An ad touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a remedy for chronic constipation with pleasant taste and price points of 10 cents 50 cents and one dollar. The notice notes W W Morse and Co as dealers. Senator Chauncey M Depew personally presented his portrait to New York state officials at Albany.
The passage notes that no government issue $50 gold pieces were minted in the United States. During the 1849 California gold rush, private parties produced many such pieces for private circulation, not official government coins.
A Nebraska expansion ad promotes two weekly issues and full year coverage for one dollar from now until January 1, 1901, with delivery through Lincoln. It touts prompt Nebraska reports, legislature coverage, and a senatorial contest lead time, urging prompt subscriptions to receive more papers before the period ends.
Dr Kay’s Renovator is advertised for tone up and system renovation by druggists. The sales copy markets it through pharmacists and local shops, emphasizing health enhancement and consumer ease.
The Grand Island route and Kansas City and Omaha Railway announce Christmas and New Year holiday rates. On December 23, 24, 25, 31 and January 1, round trip tickets to local points are offered at a single fare with return good through January 2.
An 19th century pamphlet promotes Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a cure for colic and diarrhea. It claims to restore normal stomach and bowel action and declares the remedy superior to palliatives not correcting the condition. Sold and recommended by W. W. Morse and Co.
Christmas and New Year rates announced by the Omaha and Kansas City railways offer round trip tickets to local points from December 24 and January 1 with return by January 2. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin now sold by W W Morse and Co. Several trainmen were imprisoned by Mexican authorities for accidents, and Sonora division engineers of the Southern Pacific refuse to work.
A Bloomingdale postmaster extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a great aid for indigestion constipation and dyspepsia after 25 years of suffering. The note includes testimonials from Rev Chas W Savidge and Omaha editor Geo W Hervey plus a promotional offer and a rail fare notice for holiday travel.
Hon A B Churchill and Mrs Churchill praise Dr Kay's Renovator and Dr Kay's Lung Balm for stomach relief and other benefits. Free advice samples and book offered. Write Dr LB J Kay Saratoga NY. Sold by A V Pease Co.
Advertises low round trip fares via St Joseph and Grand Island Railway and Kansas City and Omaha Mailway for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Mentions Dr Kay's Renovator and Lung Balm with claims of renewing the body and curing ailments, including coughs, la grippe, and pneumonia prevention. Product endorsements cite Chicago druggists Thos Whitfield Co and A V Pease & Co, with references to US Civil Service reforms in the Philippines.
The Kansas City Southern Railway runs a grand excursion February 11 from all points between Kansas City and Joplin to Port Arthur Texas for 12 dollars round trip. Tickets are valid five days outbound and fifteen days return with a stopover allowed north of Texarkana. It promotes Southern Louisiana Texas rice fields and Port Arthur as a winter resort with preparations for traveler comfort.
Probate action in Johnson County Nebraska. County Court sets October 18 1900 at 7 pm for hearing the final account of William H Beeman administrator in the estate of George Bosman deceased. Interested parties may appear and oppose as required by law.
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