Nebraska Roads Improve as Winter Ends
Local weather notes warmer conditions with thawing snow. Road surfaces improved and highway travel remains fair though some stretches still rough. Jansen Lumber Co and International Harvester sponsor a Primrose separator expert visit February 4 5 to service machines free with repair costs only. Community letters from Glendale Arizona mention lettuce and cantaloupe shipments. Paxton and nearby farms report markets, hogs, corn and wheat prices with local trades and social notes.
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Politeness Rules Missed by Poet Tennyson
The Kansas City Star notes Alfred Lord Tennyson gained a late reputation for rudeness due to mood and solitude. A neighbor arranged a luncheon with a visiting society woman who admired his work. Tennyson forgot the visit and spoke never, leaving the guest reverent but unheard in silence.
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Tennyson
Kansas City
Friendship With Nature by Thoreau Reflection
Thoreau extols nature as a sweet gentle society that uplifts the poet and the melancholy soul. He argues that living amid nature preserves sensory beauty, turns life away from vulgar sadness, and makes seasons a source of enduring comfort.
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Thoreau
England Sees Fish Rain In August 1918
In a northern English territory a unexpected shower delivered a rain of fish. Officials cited a waterspout offshore that lifted the fish and released them inland as the unusual meteorological event.
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England
Harbine Social Notes Include Visits and Church
Several of the young folks attended a Beatrice show last week Wednesday. Miss Helen Kremke joined Epworth League services in Beatrice Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John E Wrigley and children visited Herman Sixes home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schmelle were in Beatrice Monday. Gus Kroetsching family visited the Wrigley home Sunday evening. Arthur Unger and baby from Plymouth visited Henry Wolters Monday. Mrs. Hausche and baby returned from Beatrice hospital Sunday. Mrs. Hausche is former Miss Anna Sandmab of Tracey South Dakota.
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Beatrice
Helen Kremke
Epworth
John E.wrigley
Herman Sixes
Carl Schmelle
Gus Kroetsching
Wrigley Home
Arthur Unger
Baby
Plymouth
Henry Wolters
Lincoln Maid Brand Bread Ad Endsorsement Note
A brief ad style item promotes Lincoln Maid brand bread with a recommendation by P. M. Friesen. The message emphasizes a higher quality flavor and urges readers to try the product.
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P.M. Friesen
Mrs H A Thiessen Ill for Weeks with Orthopedic Ailment
Mrs H A Thiessen has suffered a prolonged orthopedic illness for several weeks, receiving treatment and rest as advised by her physician. Her condition prompted notice to friends and relatives seeking support and well wishes.
Jansen News Subscriber Reports Snowbound Weather in Nebraska
From Roscoe Nebraska on January 16 Jacob F Thiessen accompanies his subscription remittance noting heavy snowfall since December 3 with good sleighing and persistently cold weather in the area.
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Jacob F. Thiessen
Roscoe
Nebraska
Jefferson County
Jacob Brandt
Karoline Brandt
Niy Court
Fairbury
Seala
Louis J. Neutzman
County
Jud
J. A. Brant
Thrift Week Prepares High School For New Semester
About 15 eighth graders attended the exam Saturday. Teachers adjust programs for thrift week and seek a speaker on thrift. Ninth graders begin Botany and tenth graders Botany and Commercial Geography. Last week saw perfect high school attendance.
Local Visitor Notes and Community Updates in Garden City
Garden City residents report visitors from Reedley California Rev J Z Wiebe's Bible meetings in Hillsboro Kansas Rev Henry Dick and Mrs Dick from Canada visiting relatives. Peter Brandt improves. Thiessen brothers bought a Fordson tractor. Lena Friesen travels to McLough Kansas for high school. I T Brandt ill with gallstones. I M Friesen hauls wheat for J Z Wiebe. Weather mild. roads good. residents enjoying life.
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J. Z. Wiebe
Hillsboro
Kansas
Henry Dick
Canada
Labor reports rising employment across states and steady business
The Department of Labor notes increasing employment in most western states and many eastern states with generally satisfactory business conditions nationwide.
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Department of Labor
Free wagon doll and more at Friesen sale
A notice advertises a sale featuring a large coaster wagon best made Scooter a large walking talking doll that can sleep a beautiful apron and kodakete all free. See them at P M Friesen with Mrs Maggie Friesen of Fair.
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P. M. Friesen
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United States
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The_ Nebraska Press Association
Rev. Eckels
Glendale
Arizona
Mr. Fast
Ernest Eckels
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Paxton
A. B. Flaming
Robert Wall
Elsie
Jacob Janxens
John Strauss
D. A. Flamings
John Krause
Omaha
J. P. Flaming and Family
D. A. Walls
Matilda Jansen
Martha Ratzlaff
Grant
Jacob Thiessen
Helen Krause
North Platte
A. B. Flamings
Miss Mead
Pete
Jake
Lizzie Flaming
Curt Goertz
Henry Kliewer
Henry Ratzlaff
Mable
Agnes
Sarden
Dave G. Thiessen
T. A. David
A. R. Isaac
John Flaming
Frazer Montana
Frazer
Montana
J. K. Fast
J. J. Wall
J. K
Asleigh
J. R. Redekopp
Phoe Olfert
Ladies Sewing Society
J. R. Warkentine
H.C. Wiens
Wolf Point
Fred Mehrer
M. B. Church
J. H. Janzen
J. H. Jai
Peter Dick
A. C. Wali
North Star
H. A. Thiessen
White Dove
Rose
First National Bank
Hollister
Jansen Drug Co
John £. Harms
Said County
Louis J. Nutzman
Jude
Denney & Denney, Attys
Garden City, Kansas News
John H. Wiebe
Reedley, Calif
Isaac
Dave Thiessen
Lena Friesen
McLough, Kansas
I. M. Friesen
J.Z. Wiebe
Maggie Friesen
Fair
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