Local residents note illnesses and travel from area towns
H E Wegele and Mss John Bettin are listed as ill. Miss Myrtle Ginder returns from Canton Kansas. Several neighbors from Fairbury and Clinton Oklahoma visit or relocate. Families travel to Hooker Oklahoma and Oregon. Henry Koop, Miss Kathrine Lohrenz, and Sam Potts family are noted with various visits and moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Thiesen
Hooker
Okla
M. Koop
D. W. Buller
Henry Gilles
Oregon
Buller
Kathrine,Lohrenz
Kansas
Sam Potts
Palmer City
Helvey Community Notices and Obituaries
Sunday School attendance was light at Spring Valley with Mrs House the only participant. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Ben Townsend died Saturday evening May 90th. funeral at Spring Valley church Monday at 10 with Rev Hulse. burial in Powell cemetery. George Starr dies at nephew John Starr's home southeast of Helvey. funeral Sunday afternoon. burial in Alexandria. Fisbeck sold about a thousand bushels of corn with no Helvey buyers last Tuesday. Readers note rain across the area and upcoming Children’s Day plans in Spring Valley and Alexandria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
House
Will Ware
Ben Townsend
Spring Valley Church
Hulse
Powell Cemetery
Jessie Herwick
Lida Pletcher
Alexandria
George Starr
John Starr
Helvey
Ar He
Happy Hollow News Social Notes and Local Visits
Special correspondent reports A C Wheeler and family visited W T Strain home last Sunday. Kennedy considers fencing to keep frogs from corn fields. Dawson Rath Johnson and Mrs Neilson attended county Sunday school convention at Diller. Oberhelman family visited Zienberg, Zienberg hosted dinner with Strains. Ira Holmes sought to buy good milk. heavy rains require replanting as corn fields washed out. Students planned a surprise birthday for Miss Fehlman. everyone enjoyed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. .C. Wheeler
W. T. Strain
Ah Kennedy
Dawson
Johnson
Neilson
Diller
Oberhelman
Zienberg
Ira Holmes
Fehlman
Zion News Children Day Program At Church June 21
Zion's Sunday school plans a children's day program to be presented at the church on June 21. Mr Burkhardt visited with Mrs Dave Terp at Jansen Thursday. Jas Amos is recovering from a severe rheumatism attack. Mr and Mrs Fred Rupnow and
June sale prices on fabrics and laces offered
Lot 1 features a wide variety of styles and patterns with June sale pricing on fabrics. Lot 2 presents regular quality ginghams and linens with two thirds discount on select lace and embroidery lengths plus special prices on bleached polka dot patterns and satin finish fabrics.
Economy Focused Store Showcases Low Prices and Styles
The ad highlights affordable women and children’s garments from black to tan options. It promotes silk shower proof Habuti, long silk gloves, and gauze union suits with prices ranging from a few cents to several dollars. Window displays invite shoppers to view styles and prices.
Millinery Sale Promises Our Store's Biggest Success
A clipped promissory note from a shop promotes a June millinery sale with bold claims of vast bargains. It urges customers to visit and see the goods, noting printer's ink cannot convey the values and that only viewing will reveal the true deals.
Local Social Notes Span Sunday Gatherings Across Town
Mrs Sarah Snyder arrived from Pawnee City Nebraska to spend the summer with her son Aaron Snyder and family. Mr and Mrs B F McPherson and daughters Ethyl and Edna visited Ralph Graves on Rock Creek. Tom Griffith and family came from Fairbury to visit his parents D D Griffith. Carl Walters is painting Peter Terp's residence. Mr and Mrs David Terp and Irene Kreteaching visited C F Kroetsching. Kathryne Terp visiting with her son Mrs Thomas Chirnside. Mrs B Dawson and baby returned from Illinois with her father who left for home Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Snyder
Pawnee City
Nebr
Aaron Snyder
B. F
McPherson
Ethyl
Edna
Ralph Graves
Rock Creek
Tom Griffith
Fairbury
Dd. B. Griffith
David Terp
Irene. Kreetaching of
Jansen
C.F. Kroetsching
Kathryne
Terp
Thomas Chirnside
Mrs. B. ~ Dawson
Illinois
Spring Branch Neighbors Report Moves and Meetups
Mrs Mankins moved from Fairbury to Kesterson ranch. Lester Parks works for Earl Bowers. Pleasant Valley school closed Tuesday for a picnic with a large crowd including the county superintendent. Mrs Hoppe McCord Joe McCord Snider and Mrs John Reesman visited Mrs Lenahan Tuesday. Miss Anna Lenahan visited Fred Jones Thursday. Henry Townsend and Jacob Ritchey finish building for Mrs Lewis. Four inches of rain fell Wednesday night last week. Mrs Lenahan is quite sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley
Hoppe
McCord
Joe McCord
Snider
John Reesman
Lenahan
Anna Lenahan
Fred Jones
Henry Townsend
Jacob Ritchey
Lewis
Rain Lashes Rose Creek Area. Crops and Hogs Shift
Special correspondent reports heavy rains in Rose Creek County causing corn losses and water damage. August Witt begins construction on a new cattle facility while buying hogs from Floyd Quinn. Floyd Quinn records an eight pound carp catch Monday and Miss Morris with her father move into Witt’s Thompson home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Quinn
Gladstone News Social Notes from Local Residents
Ernest Rosner and family visited Charley Starck on Sunday. Mrs Val Glenn visited her parents at Nora Nebraska last week. Mrs Will Bonawitz and children stayed with A C Bonawitz last week. Rosa Shroeder and Lucia Jackson visited D M Pearsons on Sunday. Children’s day set for Sunday June 14 1908 with all invited. Mrs Ed Stauss visited A C Bonawitz Sunday. Chas Starck and family spent Sunday with his mother Mrs Theo Starck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Rosner
Charley Starck
Val Glenn
Nora
Nebr
Will Bonawitz
A. C. Bonawitz
Rosa Shroeder
Lucia Jackson
D. M. Pearston’s
Ed. Stauss
A. C. Bonowitz
Chas. Starck
Theo Starck
Delicate Turns At Midnight Quiet guests and neighbors
A professional guest considers stopping late at night and jokes about nearby neighbors being annoyed. The hostess reassures and warns that neighbors might have poisoned their cat, implying a tense but humorous social moment from a Youth's Companion excerpt.
Rethinking Suction in Chimneys and Pumps
Ackerman explains that suction is a misnomer in physics and that what occurs is a pressure difference. He notes that a chimney’s draft results from buoyancy between hot chimney air and cooler surrounding air, driving an upward current as long as the chimney stays hot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackerman
London Express
Nutshell Cottage to Chez Nous Is a Change of Name
A man in the country after leaving town life names his cottage Nutshell and later Chez Nous. A London visitor finds the change delightful and asks for the meaning. He explains he was tired of being jolned and kidded, noting locals once rang his doorbell asking if the colonel was in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Forgetmenot described as a tying string omen
A humorous exchange quotes a Philadelphia Press joke about forgetmenot meaning a string tied around a finger to remember an errand. The quip frames forgetmenot as a wife’s reminder rather than flora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citiman
Flora
Philadelphia Press
Republican Committee seeks essay on party’s future success
The Republican Congressional Committee offers 150 for the best article on why the party should be successful next November. Submissions up to 1,000 words judged on style argument and facts with the winning piece to be widely published. Manuscripts due by July 15 mailed to the Literary Bureau Metropolitan Bank Building Washington DC with a check sent by August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Congressional Committee
Republican ‘Party
Congress
Republican Congressional. Com
Metropolitan Bank Building
Washington, D.C
Sale of Short Horn breeding cattle at Cedar Hill Neb
At Cedar Hill stock farm near Belvidere and Bruning Neb on June 12 1908 a sale of Short Horn breeding cattle will offer 36 head including bulls heifers cows and calves. A R Wilson Son and A B Thompson of Belvidere present the sale to southern Nebraska farmers and stockmen. Sale begins at noon with dinner at 11:30 and lodging nearby for nonlocals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Hill
Belvidere
Bruning
Neb
A. R. Wilson & Son
A. B. Thompson
Nebraska
Keononaai Ton
Enum
The Defect in His Dressing
A London Globe anecdote about a renowned British professor of surgery who tests a student during a clinical demonstration. Asked to diagnose a wrong dressing the student blushes and finally blurts that the tie is not straight revealing the humor in formal medical exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Britain
Ain‘a
London Globe
The Son's Answer to Dumas Senior
Dumas fils replies promptly to a letter from the elder Dumas praising his Son's work. The youth expresses pleasure at meeting the renowned author of Monte Cristo, recalling how his father spoke highly of the elder writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandre Dumas
Dumas Fils
Monte Cristo
Going Elsewhere Prefers Other Shops
A friend visits Mr. Highprice’s furniture store to announce plans to shop elsewhere after seeing the ad. Mr. Highprice expresses eagerness to sell, while the caller repeats intent to go elsewhere. The exchange ends with the shopper departing.
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H. E. Wegele
John Bettin
Myrtle” Ginder
Canton
Kans
Minnie Zimmerman
Emma Myers
Edith Fette
Martha Brockmeyer
Charles Grebe
Courtland
Henry Koop
Grand Island
Gladys Pauls
Beatrice
Mrs. Twohn
Emma Twohn
Jacob Flamming
Clinton
Henry Fette
Omaha
Will Gerberding
Gladstone
Henry Ellsworth
Ellis
Helvey News
Sarah
Davi
Happy Hollow
Wangperdle
Reece — Ly
Ciate
7Th Street
Lindell Street
Tike
Ladies Hom Journal Patterns
East Side
Fairbury, Nebraska
Carl Walters
Peter. Terp
Spring Branch News
Mrs. "Mankins
Kesterson Ranch
Lester Parks
Earl Bowers
Rose Creek News
August Witt
Gladstone News
Reat
Pogte
Gran Morlan
Amy
W. Pbr
Galbraith
Galbraith’s
W.F. Karges
5Th, & G Streets
Morningside
W. H.jackson
Holland
Jones
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