09 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
The Fairbury Enterprise
Location
Fairbury, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1901
Page
1
A busy Diller column reports on dances and clubs forming, weddings and travel, several illnesses, a death in Beatrice, church meetings, a snowstorm affecting trains, and various local happenings from February. Notable names include Rev. Harris, Dr. Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. Clapp, and Mrs. Burks.
Sophomore boys enjoyed a bobbing party Tuesday night while Juniors face dull days from mitten boredom. The ninth grade elects Anna Fellman president with Max Merrill as vice president and Mabel Lindell as secretary treasurer. Earnest Walters returns to school as Sophomore poetry helps morale amid fatigue.
High Prairie notes a forthcoming wedding bells and new organ purchases by John Jones and John Jurgens. Mr and Mrs Peter McCurdy of Fairbury visit neighbors. Nina Crossey listed sick. Albert Elgert returns from Cincinnati hopeful for better hearing but advised to rest. W E Chamberlin family visit Wm Pickens. Mrs John Mitchel Jr visits sister Mia. John Kusuth stops by Tuesday. Messere Kinnamon Baker and Tripp patrol High Prairie for rabbits last week.
Public sales and social news dominate with drifted roads and Sunday visits. Kerkhoff Locke Co. to perform Shadow of the Past and The Count of Monte Cristo at the opera house with 15 20 25 cent prices. Also reports eye ear nose throat care and a petrified forest in Arizona along with railway accident figures.
Busby Bros presents Ten Nights in a Bar Room a dramatic revival that draws large crowds with strong temperance themes. The production has drawn praise for its realistic portrayals of folly misery and crime and has moved many audience members to tears. Steele's opera house hosts the show with a noon parade and band on February 13.
A local sale advertises 200 youths and children's suits for cash at Grant A Henney's store. The listing emphasizes affordable boys and children’s attire available at reduced prices.
The Kerkhoff Locke Dramatic Company presents Sapho a chaste dramatization of Daudet’s novel next Friday night at the opera house. The troupe uses minimal set pieces and promises a pure moral interpretation of the French classic.
The St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway will sell one way tickets to California at a low rate of 25.00 on specified dates including February 12 19 26 March 5 12 19 26 and April 2 0 16 28 30 1001. Tickets priced at 25.00 each.
E W Thomas Co offers a free framing service for any marriage certificate filed between December 1, 1900, and March 1, 1901. The promotion invites couples to begin the century with a properly documented union framed for display.
An assorted advert section lists wants for a ton of popcorn and a free carpenter. It also promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a remedy and includes pricing in 10¢ 50c and $1 sizes. The piece mentions a farm paper critique and offers a free year of The Western Poultry News with a $1 subscription to The Journal. It notes hail losses in France totaling 83,000,000 francs with historic range from 40,000,000 to 140,000,000 francs between 1873 and 1895.
An advertisement claims La Grippe and pneumonia epidemic danger this season and offers Dr Kay's Lung Balm and Dr Kay's Renovator as the sole remedies. It prescribes frequent doses, rest indoors, hot water, and warns of deadly after effects if untreated, urging readers to trust druggists nationwide.
A promotion invites readers to receive The Western Poultry News free for a year by subscribing to The Semi-Weekly State Journal for $1.00. The Journal, issued every Tuesday and Friday, promises world news ahead of farm papers and weeklies and targets farmers as a comprehensive reader.
An old advertising snippet touts Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a cure for constipation indigestion and stomach trouble with a guarantee and Dr Kay’s Renovator as a daily remedy. It notes Rock Island Route dining houses under Dining Car Department from January 1 and mentions widespread indigestion claims.
County Court in Jefferson County Nebraska to hear G M Lyons petition to grant administration of Sarah A Holliday estate to Edgar McConnell. Hearing set for February 6 1901 at 10 o clock am. notice to interested parties via Fairbury Enterprise for three weeks. County Judge CO Boyle oversees.
In Jefferson County Nebraska a county court hearing is set for January 2, 1901 at 1 o clock to consider the final account of executor A M Bailey for the estate of John A Alexander and his discharge. Notice calls all interested parties to appear in the county court room to show cause if any. The matter is filed December 20, 1900 with County Judge C G Borne presiding.
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