Local notes from Jansen Nebraska and area
Short notices report wartime stance by France and Britain and a miller H A Friesen helping raise Equity elevator framework. Local items mention Christmas toy displays at a drug store, health concerns in the Thomas family, visits by Miss Martha Cressman, a trip to Glen Elder Kansas, a German M E Church service, a marriage of Miss Marie Funkner and Herman Freddie, and Lewis Friesen's illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Thomas
the News
Thomas
Beatrice Hospital
Martha Cressman
Lincoln
George
Frank
Maggie Friesen
John J. Ratzlaff
Glen
Elder
Kans
C. J
M. E
Marie Funkner
Herman Freddie
Lewis
John A. Friesen
Agnes Devere Show Impresses Rex Theatre Audience
Cold night spared few from the Rex Theatre as the Agnes Devere Show Company presented its performance. The young Miss Devere, new to the stage this season, received a favorable reception from attendees, with the company having played in Jansen several times and drawing good crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Devere
Rex Theatre
Miss Devere
Jansen
Letter from J H Rohrbaugh Excused for Publication
A fragment from a Hemingford Nebraska letter dated 12 7 16 to Mr Jacob J Fast discusses reluctance to disclose full country details, mentions a fairly successful season, land value trends, and a humorous note about fishing in a wash basin. The page also lists Real Estate Transfers for the week ending Dec 12 1916 in Fairbury Steele City and adjacent areas, totaling 351607.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Rohrbaugh
Hemingford
Neb
Jacob J. Fast. Jansen
Raitor
Black Hen's Eggs Riddle At Greeley Grocery
A boy enters a Greeley grocery asks for a dozen black hen's eggs and the grocer challenges him to prove it. The boy selects the twelve largest eggs from a basket and pays, proving his claim. The scene unfolds as a small, humorous local vignette amid quotes about books as legacies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Jansen News
J. J. Fast
United States Post Office
Nebraska
Mosr
H. A. Friesen
Eugene S. Diller
Ray W. Green
Diller
Prairie Home Cemetery
John H. Kuper
Thomas A. Woodward & Wf
Charles J
Fréd P
Paul Chapp
SWD
Oak
P. H. Shea
Rebecca A. Hennings
Clovis B. Thompson & Hus
Charles K. Nispel
Plymouth
Edward Hughes
Joseph ©. Evans
Highland Addition
Fairbury
Joseph O. Evans
Merrel
Max Merrel
Margaret A. Evans
Guy O. Taylor
Dee
Tranqueline B. Taylor
Swi
Steele City
Fred H. Wall
Tha Ford
Chester Andrews
Widr
William Barber
Guy
Taylor
D. B. McLaughlin
Clafis
L. E. Blauser
John
Blauser Et al
E. R. Bee
L. O. Arnold
King’s Add
Addison
Jansen Light & Power Co
A. & Thiessen
Poland
China
McCormick
Deering
John Deere
Deering Lister
Rock Island
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