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Newspaper
The Jansen News
Location
Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
4
The Jansen News notes the upcoming Chautauqua July 4 to 8 with hopes for broad ticket sales and early season purchases. Village officials warn against parking at street corners near A B Flaming store and the depot crossing, urging safer driving and signaling near the railroad.
The 1918 Nebraska State Fair plans are moving fast with most features secured. The fair will stress food production and serve a larger national purpose by acting as the government's mouthpiece to explain its story through exhibits.
Rock Creek News notes a last Saturday party hosted by Will and Ralph with ice cream and cake served late. Attendees include Barton and Wilma Wells and Mabel Brouse from Mahaska. Kansas and Irene Bonsall visited C. M. Turner’s horse on Sunday. Roy Hughes’s horse collapsed from heat Monday. Mr. and Mrs. G Meredick of Fairbury Nebr. visited daughter Mrs. E. Gaylor for a few days. Will Carstens and family of tonia Nebr visited with brother John on Saturday.
In Paxton the funeral of Mr. Dofier, an old settler, followed Sunday School at N. D. Thiessen's. Cremation details note Lutheran Church services and burial in Paxton Cemetery. Local residents, including Rev. Peter Fast and the Fast family, visited and conducted land purchases nearby. County Court in Fairbury set July 9 1918 for final settlement hearing in the Ferdinand Ackman estate case.
Jeff Moss of Fairbury has filed for the nomination of County Attorney on the Democratic ticket. A petition requesting entry into the race is signed by Luther Bentam F. P. Conrad Robt Adams J. W. McDonnell P. F. Rigdon John Ehbrett John C. Hartigan Geo W Boddy Abbot E Fay Wm Robinson W F Cramb W Mi Green P Huber John Simpson O F Burford F E Tincher G B Clary H Y McClosky Jas Simmons G E Milby P H Shea D C McEntee Herman Conerus Henry J Jonker Lyman Brown.
Recorded deeds from Fairbury Nebraska list transfers including Forest W Guthrie to Friesen Auto Go and others. Notable lots include block 1 4 and 11 with varying restrictions and prices. total value reported as 18805 dollars. Names include J Monroe-Davis Son bonded abstracters and buyers such as Mary Ewers Isabella C Raymond George Lichty F D Bradley Daniel Cropsey Henry Evans and William Keilwitz.
A brief, fragmented note discusses shifting ideas on a subject with unclear intent. The fragment hints at experimentation and a tentative fling at trying various approaches, but specifics are absent.
A wartime letter from a son in France notes transfer to the camouflage department. The dialogue includes the mother reading aloud and a curious line about a camel flag, framed as a fragment from Trans-Cartoons Magazine.
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