Local News Bits Highlight Holiday Socials and Visits
A busy spell in Fairbury features Christmas invites at Tondre hall, wheelbarrow races at the Roller Rink on December 15, and new theatre openings by Floyd Kerns. Local residents travel to Beatrice, Omaha, and Beatrice Beatrice while visitors arrive from Davenport Sparks and Endicott as families plan holidays.
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E. J. Jenkins
Fairfield
Fairbury
Omaha
W.G. Gardner
Sparks
Nevada
J.-L. ‘Hutchison
Majestic Theatre
Opera
Floyd Kerns
Parlin Theatre
J. C. Boggs
Endicott
S. H. Carmony
Hubbel
Fairbury Notes Include Local Visits and Events
Local residents and visitors populate Fairbury notes with crossings from Lincoln Beatrice Omaha and beyond. General J C Hartigan attends legal business in Lincoln while Miss Ethel McCoy returns from Lincoln. many locals visit, transact business or attend events. A December 15 wheelbarrow race at the Roller Run and an orange race for ladies promise community amusement. the White Piano Co shows a new Victor at 17.50.
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Miss Hope
State
Center
Iowa
Will Petite
Donald
Beatrice
White Piano Co
Ethel McCoy
Lincoln
Attorney Blackledge
Red Cloud
Nebr
Fairbury
Georgia Simpkins
Gladstone
Gladys
Mae Richardson
Chas. Armstrong
Morrowville
Levi-Cramb
Butte
Mont
Ch Cramb
T. Ss. O. McDowell
B. W. _McLucas
White Piano’ Co
Jenkins
Los Angeles
Calif
Florence Bower
Miss Jackson
Thompson
Kans
Frank Bachoritch
E. B. Cowles
Mr. Cowles
Harold Montgomery
W.G. Champlin
Informal Dinner Setup Turns to Comedy of Errors
Gerald Brabrook plans a casual dinner with five guests using a new mahogany table and silverware. A rehearsal mix up reveals Madeline Gaylord arriving a day early while Gerald scrambles to manage a charming but chaotic social night.
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Gerald’ Brabrook
Madeline Gaylord
Brabrook
Gerald
Madeline
Gaylord
Madéline
York
Ole San
Thie
Enid Gerald
Southern Spoon Corn Bread Method
A recipe instructs to pour two cupfuls baffling water over a cupful corn meal and cook five minutes stirring continually. Add a tablespoon butter two eggs milk and salt beat thoroughly pour into a greased baking dish and bake thirty five minutes in a hot oven. Serve from the dish. In which it is baked. What to Eat.
Sympathy For the Orphans Fable Echoes Kind Hearted Elephant
An elephant accidentally steps on a bird nest and, hearing the chicks cry, a mother elephant comforts them. She sits on the nest and shelters the owlets, saying she understands being a mother. This excerpt is from George J. Lanigan's fable The Kind Hearted Shé Elephant.
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George
T. Lanigan
Genie Declares Schedule Over See You Monday Evenings
In a Washington Herald excerpt Aladdin asks to be freed, and the genie replies that service ends only with limited exceptions. The dialogue outlines days and times when the genie remains available across Tuesday Friday afternoons and alternating Sundays.
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Aladdin
Washington Herald
Opportunity Knocks But Quietly Comes to the Successful
In Uncle Eben's saying the successful man keeps quiet so others may hear opportunity knock at the door. He notes that failure often tries to imitate the knock while the truly successful stay silent and prepared.
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Paris
Rok
Andronicus
Romar
Androntens
Eben
Washington Star
Old Golden Coffee praised for mellow richness
Advert claims Old Golden Coffee offers mellow richness and refreshing flavor from skilled blending of old crop coffees. It emphasizes superb quality and substantial goodness, presenting Old Golden as unusually good coffee.
Strap Hanger in Subterranean Rush Hour Scene
A fragmentary caption depicts Luther hanging from a subway strap during a crowded rush hour. The figure, described as Martin Luther, proclaims his limitation in a wearied voice and invokes divine aid, with a judge referenced in the line.
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Luther
Martin Luther
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Johnson
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