December 9 Awaited in District Court and Local News
Jefferson Co records note district court in Gage county resumes next Monday. A cold wave arrived on Thanksgiving. today feels like May. Geo. Pickard has recovered from illness. Carl Gale made a business trip to Virginia earlier in the week. Eldorado Kansas announces a jack rabbit sausage factory in active operation. Lewis Saffle will farm the Andrews land northeast of town next year. A consignment of 500 horses shipped to South Africa for British army use. A Custer county enumerator reports a family with 21 children, 18 of them of school age.
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Lewis Saffle
Andrews
Charley Blythe
South Africa
Visit of Cass County couple to Niobrara family
Mr and Mrs Rusterholtz of Cass county visited their daughter Mrs E F Waks and family last week. A man in Niobrara was jailed for forty days for vociferous profanity on the streets.
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Mrs. Rusterholtz
Cass County
E. F. Waks
Niobrara
Dyspepsia Cure Claim Publicized by J W Sutton
J W Sutton states that TI suffered from dyspepsia and failed with doctors before using Kodo Dyspepsia Cure. The remedy is described as digestion aid that cures indigestion sour stomach heartburn and all forms of dyspepsia.
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J. W. Sutton
Woodman Lodge Refuses Death Loss Over Christian Scientist
The Woodman Lodge at Lushton Nebraska declines to pay a death benefit after a member died of fever and refused medical treatment by a physician citing Christian Scientist beliefs.
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Woodman Lodge
Lushton
Nebr
Mrs Thompson travels to Omaha as husband weakens in hospital
Mrs. Ben Thompson went to Omaha yesterday after word her husband is rapidly weakening in a hospital there for stomach cancer. Her nephew Tim O'Day arrived Wednesday evening to manage affairs on the farm in her absence.
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Ben Thompson
Omaha
Mr. Thompson
Tim O'Day
Be Ye There for Breakfast Be Ye There for Breakfast Joke
The village minister loses patience with a local paper after a Sunday sermon misprint. He notes the text should read Be ye therefore steadfast but the printer rendered Be ye there for breakfast, prompting lighthearted family banter.
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Werda
Burdens and burdens: humor in daily life quoted
An exchange notes how burden type shapes complaint. Twelve pounds of baby exhausts a man in hours, while 180 pounds of sweetheart can sit on his lap hours without protest. A short church walk contrasts with a ten mile billiard table tramp as recreation.
Portrait of a Nation Told by a Kansas Editor
A Kansas editor laments national hypocrisy claiming a Bible costs 15 cents while whiskey costs 5 cents. He cites sensational examples of political and social ills from Congress and prisons, hints at crime and corruption, and ridicules society’s treatment of the vulnerable.
Kidney cure and heaters advertised by local vendors
Lost confidence and health due to incurable kidney disease. Foley's Kidney Cure is pitched as a remedy. Cole’s Air Tight Heaters advertise for coal wood cobs or trash. J. O. Blauser’s invites inquiries. Also Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Ointment promises pile relief with bottles at 50 cents or tubes 75 cents via J. W. Sutton.
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Foley
M. Wright
Cole
J. O. Blauser’s
J. W. Sutton
Red hogs may resist disease study urged in county list
The Beatrice Express notes many Gage county hog losses from cholera with red hogs largely surviving or unaffected. Hog raisers are urged to investigate this apparent breed advantage. A church fair and supper by M E ladies is announced for Saturday December 9 1899 at Lpock's hall with 20 cent meals and Christmas gift displays. Mrs R Churchill of Berlin Vermont praises DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for a baby’s sores. Beware of counterfeits from J W Sutton.
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The
Beatrice Express
Gage County
M. E. Church
Lpock’s
Simple rubber safety against lightning warning
The Scientific American notes rubber shoes and standing up to keep clothes from touching as a simple safe guard against lightning. It claims rubber is a nonconductor and provides complete insulation, making indoors or outdoors safe.
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Scientific American
Hog cholera cure noted by Sioux Rapids farmer
The Sioux Rapids Press reports a farmer who claims to have avoided hog losses for twelve years while neighbors suffered. He uses pepper and alfotida in swill, a mixture of sulphur and salt for hogs, and restricts feed from vehicles tied to cholera sites, as his preventative method.
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Sioux Rapids
Wing Couple Guests in Diller Visit
Mr and Mrs Orin Wing of near Steele City visited in Diller Tuesday as guests of Mr and Mrs P B Miller.
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Orin Wing
Steele City
Diller
P. B. Miller
Foley's Honey and Tar Restores Hoarseness for Hutton Man
Benj Ingerson of Hutton Indiana says he could not speak above a whisper for months until one bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar restored his voice. The remedy is popular with speakers and singers. M Wright reports.
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Benj. Ingerson
Hutton, Ind
Foley
M. Wright
Ball as life through ages in a playful world
A reflective note on ball games as a natural part of life from youth play to old age. The text muses on society’s varied respect and mockery of those who chase projects or fame, using ball as a recurring symbol.
Free Sugar Shell Gift Offer From Quaxer Valley Mrs Co
A Chicago advertisement promises a free triple silver plated Sugar Shell to every married lady who sends name address and a two cent stamp as postage and a copy of The Home Furnisher. Limit one per family.
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Eptron
Quaxer Valley Mra. Co
Igan and
Carrison Streets
Chicago
Local notices on medicine and real estate in Fairbury
An old paper advertises DeWitt's Little Early Risers from J. W. Sutton to purify blood and aid digestion, White's Cream Vermifuge for worms, Lincoln laundry, and C. W. Pearce agent at the east side barber shop. It also notes child health and bonded abstract services by J. Monroe Davis near the First National Bank in Fairbury, Nebraska.
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Lincoln
C. W. Pearce
East Side
JW Sutton
J. Monroe Davis
First National Bank
Fairbury
Ebr
Way to California by Burlington tourist sleeper
The Burlington Route offers a personally conducted tourist sleeper to California. Travel without changing cars, fast service, and scenic views at a lower cost vs palace sleepers. Departs Omaha St Joseph Lincoln Hastings, arrives San Francisco Sunday and Los Angeles Monday after a 14 hour Denver stop and 24 hour Salt Lake City stay. Call or write J Francis Apr Gen Passenger Agent Omaha Nev for full folder.
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California
Burlington
Los Angeles
Omaha
St. Joseph
Lincoln
Hastings
San Francisco
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Denver
Salt Lake City
J. Francis
Nev
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jefferson Co. Record
Geo. Pickard
Carl Gale
Virginia
Eldorado, Kan
Custer County
Kansas
Roex Pc
Tera Joo
Wok
Valley Forge
ER. L. Loock, Diller, Neb
DeWitt
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