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Newspaper
The Fairbury News
Location
Fairbury, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
5
Local items include social visits from Edmond Kansas and Chicago. plans for a Ku Klux Klan event tonight. a Saturday matinee. road and rail updates. birthdays and anniversaries. school and church happenings. a Rock Island depot Indian arrival. and obituaries. Several residents travel, marry, or relocate as community life unfolds.
A local retailer promotes a sale to introduce a line of cold meats with a buy one can get one free offer. The deal lists various meats including red salmon, boneless chicken, beefsteak, corned beef hash, and veal loaf priced from 5c to 15c per can or glass, aiming to attract customers with perceived value.
Listings show Strawberries at 5c to 10c per quart and tomatoes and sweet corn priced around 10c. Coffee, tea, and canned vegetables appear in bulk deals with various peck and pound measures. Items include old potatoes and cabbage with assorted pricing and promotions.
A damaged notice warns to vacate by August and urges readers to come in for supplies including sheet music and dishes. It mentions a big cut in dishes and references the phrase The Racket.
A reader promotes the U. S. ive shows describing them as the best ever with a matinee scheduled for Saturday at 2:00.
Methodist services scheduled for Sunday at 11 am and 7 30 am with lessons on God as creator and cause. Sunday school at 10 30 am. Over the Racket rooms 4 and 5. H J Surgensen listed as First Reader. Railroad Employes mass meeting at McCloskey hall Tuesday evening organized the Nebraska State Railway Employes Protective Association with officers Burbridge, Killean, McCoy and others. Speakers included J C Martigan and D B Cropsey from Fairbury Commercial club and Union Pacific Conductor North Platte, R F M Ryan of Lincoln. Large turnout, great interest shown.
Morning exercises begin with children's activities at 8 p m. The training course opens Tuesday with commencement exercises. Rev J Bee Davis of Beatrice, a prominent western pastor, will deliver the address on this great occasion.
The church announces a Christian Endeavor at 7 p.m. and Bible study on Wednesday June 10 at 7 p.m. Acts 13. The morning service will feature a talk by the Neighbors of America. Friends and visitors are invited to worship.
Old folks service at 1 a m with sermon on The Blessings of Old Age. Carriages provided for those who cannot walk to the church. Evening service at 8 p m with sermon on The Extra Efforts Which Bring Success. Sunday school at 9 45 a m and young people meeting at 7 p m. A cordial welcome.
The Rev. W. H. Moor will hold services at Emmanuel Church on Sunday June 7 with holy communion at 7:30 a.m. Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. morning prayer at 11:00 a.m. and evening prayer at 8:00 p.m. The choir meets Saturday at 8 p.m. Attendance urged for anniversary music plans.
A fragmentary reflection on toil and character attributes hard work as the price of achievement. The text hints that effort, not fate alone, shapes a man’s worth, suggesting body and brain sustain immense toil before crowns.
Delays due to fresh brick arrival push the Wooster building completion toward mid July. Nine operator positions planned, each handling about 140 drops, with expansion in three sections to reach a capacity of 2 200 phones.
The University Dramatic Club presented A Scrap of Paper from Lincoln last Friday night to a fair sized audience. Audience members noted several performers stood out, while others were merely average or poor in ability.
A Saturday matinee at BU features C S Lewis shows with all seats available at 2 PM. seating policy and venue details not specified in the fragment.
An aged dialogue shows a physician awakening to a patient’s failing breath as he strums through a counting game. The Irish patient repeats numbers aloud while the doctor lies beside the cot to listen for pulmonary sounds.
A likely drunken or ill behaved man in a sixth avenue New York store eyes a crowd and a small boy, who, seeing the man loom over him from a balcony, begs him not to spit. The onlookers find the scene awkward as the man retreats in red faced confusion.
A fragment quotes a caterer and guests discussing a splurge plan with friends versus acquaintances. The dialogue shows tension about paying more to cover costs, with phrases about intimate friends and out-of-pocket expenses.
A clipped quotation from a New Orleans Times-Democrat piece discusses social ease. The speaker notes strangers feel nervous and lose appetite, while with friends one feels at home and eats heartily.
The article describes early motion pictures using three quarter inch wide film in 800 foot reels. Cameras can feed these rolls smoothly so images appear in rapid succession on a white sheet, with the eye unable to detect each interval.
Mme de Arblay better known as Miss Burney held an odd trait in her eighteenth century fame. She despised washing and water and never washed for fifteen years. Sir Henry Holland treated her during her final year and heard this revelation.
The article traces Yankee speech roots to seventeenth century Suffolk settlers in America. It claims their Suffolk pronunciation shaped the early Yankee accent and spread as colonists migrated.
Dialog shows a teacher asking what to compare with an empty canteen and a student answering a razor. The exchange reflects confusion and a debate over a simple comparison and use of language.
An excerpt warns that the world is a harsh anvil where life’s blows shape us, with the first hurtful strike potentially forming character and strength. The speaker likens the process to a Plutonian blacksmith shaping souls.
A fragmented quote from Mrs. Nuvoreesh recalls a deeply touching moment with French pheasants and singing mayonnaise. The odd wording suggests a surreal, satirical item in a cultural pages snippet.
A reflected prerogative on virtue over mere passion, arguing that only those with grander aims deserve esteem. The author cites La Rochefoucauld’s maxim to challenge readers to elevate intent above simple enthusiasm.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal quotes a tombstone man describing an ajar gate as a handsome design. The widow agrees it is just what she wants noting a door was never shut in their marriage.
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