Local notices and ads highlight fabric sales and health salve
Collinson visiting brother P A Donza. slaugher sale of dress goods and overcoats at Loock's. Toledo Blade and Diller Rezcorp offered for $1.25. Moss recovering from grip. Underwear line promoted. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve praised for skin troubles burns and piles. local dealers Lightner Sutton announce blacksmithing shop plans.
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Loock’s
DeWitt
B. F. Lightner
J. W. Sutton
B. Ff. Lightner
Recorp and Word and Works Offer One Year Deal
The Recorp and Rev. Irl Hicks paper Word and Works offer one year for $1.75. The package includes a free copy of his 25 cent almanac.
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Irl Hicks
Tristman Builds Longening Crib Edifice for Harrin Co
L Tristman fitted four large cribs with corn for Harrin & Co and yesterday began raising a new one measuring 384 feet in length. The project reflects ongoing industrial scale grain handling.
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L. Tristman
Harrin & Co
Fordyce Heads East for Short Oklahoma Visit
Zane Fordyce boarded the east bound B and M passenger train yesterday bound for Oklahoma where he will spend four or five weeks visiting relatives.
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Zane Fordyce
Oklahoma
Lost Child and Croup Cure Advertisement
A short notice recounts a missing child and endorses One Minute Cough Cure as the infallible remedy for croup, attributed to B. F. Lightner and J. W. Sutton.
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Croup
B. F. Lightner
J. W. Sutton
Special W. R. C. Meeting For Annual Supper
There will be a special meeting of the W R C next Wednesday after noon to confer on the annual supper. Erin Morgiano, Pres. Emma WaaGoner, Sec'y.
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Atteton
W. RB. C
W.R. C
Erin Morgiano
Emma WaaGoner
Sec’y
Ballard's Snow Liniment Promises Quick Relief
Local readers report Ballard's Snow Liniment curing rheumatism and inflammation with claims from Mrs. Hamilton of Cambridge and Chas Handley of Kewaunee Illinois. Advert boasted benefits include wounds and sprains. sold by J W Sutton. A Nebraska birds talk by Prof Bruner drew a small audience with concerns about air gun use.
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Ballard
J. W. Sutton
Novelty dress goods at Collinsons attract shoppers
An item notes new novelty dress goods at Collinsons and promotes One Minute Cough Cure from J W Sutton and Dr F Lightner for croup relief. The text mentions a foggy day and a groundhog near miss with his shadow. It advertises a state journal subscription and a one dollar annual price.
Mrs Sam Green Sells Full Blooded Mammoth Bronze Turkey
Mrs Sam Green offers a full blooded mammoth bronze turkey for sale. The bird weighed 48 pounds two years ago and is now considerably heavier. Asking price is five dollars, described as cheap at that.
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Sam Green
Farmer sells 120 acre farm and moves to Wichita
W. R. Smith sold his 120 acre farm three miles west of the city to Erie Rocks for 3000 dollars and left today with his family for Wichita Kansas where they intend to make their future home.
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W. R. Smith
Erie Rocks
Wichita
Kan
Charley Simons Returns to Diller After Denver Sojourn
Charley Simons and his wife, daughter of Mr and Mrs T Collinson, returned from Denver where they had lived for months and will likely settle in Diller. Recorn publicly welcomes them back to town.
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Charley Simons
Abe Lectures on Japanese Customs Draws Church Crowd
The Christian church was comfortably filled last evening by attendees of the Ladies Aid Society event featuring a Japanese lecturer named Abe. The talk covered manners and customs of his native lands and the lecture proved entertaining, aiding the Ladies Aid Society’s efforts.
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Babaiay
Abe
Ladies Aid Society
Farmers Share Experiences for Nebraskan Agricultural Gains
We invite Nebraska farmers to submit their crop results and cultivation methods to help others improve. Sharing practical experiences can benefit the farming community and encourage study and dissemination of agrarian knowledge.
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Nebraska
Woman's Edition of Westfield News Promotes Croup Remedy
The 1866 edition notes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best cure for croup colds and bronchitis. It recommends it for family use and mentions 25 and 50 cent bottles available from J. W. Sutton.
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Westfield
Ind
Westfield News
Chamberlain
J. W. Sutton
School Report for Dist 85 Gage County 1897
Report of Dist 85 Gage county for month ending January 1897 shows total enrollment 27 and attendance 445 with 20 days taught. Absent were Archie Moreland Bert Moreland Clarence Cully Joan Hayworth Addie Cully Inez Cully. Pupils voted on occupations. School 13, blacksmith 1 banker 1 lawyer 1 railroader 1 sopibeer 1 merchant 1. Park Koons, Teacher.
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Gage County
Archie Moreland
Bert Moreland
Clarence Cully
Joan Hayworth
Addie Cully
Inez Cully
Park Koons
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Advertised By Lightner Sutton
An old clipping notes Woody Denny recovering Trot the grip and urges Loock’s bargains. Gov Holcomb appoints W H Barnes of Fairbury as aide with rank of colonel. Mentions torpid liver and consequences, plus DeWitt’s Little Early Risers pills. Names B F Lightner and J W Sutton appear.
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Gov. Holcomb
W. H. Barnes
Fairbury
DeWitt
B. F. Lightner
J.W. Sutton
Marriage Notice From Flintstore Sparks a City Tale
Married at Flintstore by Rev Windstone Mr Nehemeah Whetstone and Miss Wilhelminina Sandstone, both of Limestone. The item hints at local social ties and a couple forming in a limestone region, with few additional details.
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Flintstore
Windstone
Nehemeah Whetstone
Wilhelminina
Limestone
Chamberlains Pain Balm Said to Relieve Rheumatism
Louden Grover of Sardis Kentucky reports his daughter suffered severe back and hip pain from fever and after trying many remedies found full relief with one bottle of Chamberlains Pain Balm. The ad claims it cures rheumatism and lists J W Sutton as the seller.
Delinquent Subscribers Targeted by La Cygne Journal Editor
The La Cygne Journal editor laments unpaid debts in the community. He denounces the Fork life for trying to impose on the public while avoiding payment. He warns that the public and the Lord are catching on to the dodge.
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la Cygne Journal
Fork Life
Breeze
Something for Nothing Premium Offer from State Journal
The Semi-Weekly State Journal doubles as a subscriber offer inviting readers to pay $1.00 and receive a free premium choice of Toledo Blade or New York Tribune, or any two of Poultry News Swine Breeder Farm News and Woman's Kind. Additional premiums include an Atlas Almanac US History among others. Send payment directly to the State Journal Lincoln Nebraska and request the premium list.
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Stateournal
Toledo Blade
New York Tribune
Poultry News
Farm News
Womankind
Splendid Atlas
State Journal Almanac
United States History
State Journal
Lincoln
Nebraska
Obituary for Laverne Allison Miller
Laverne Allison Miller youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Miller died Wednesday night March 3 1897 after about a week of grippe illness. Funeral at 2 PM from the Christian church Rev A B Grossman officiating burial in Prairie Home Cemetery. Community sympathies extended to the Miller family.
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Laverne Allison Miller
P. B. Miller
Vernie
Jagrippe
Christian Charect
A.B. Grossman
Prairie Home’ Cemetery
Burial of Infant at Prairie Home Cemetery
One of the born the vile alt to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Eilts was buried this week at Prairie Home Cemetery. Rev. Chas. Woblfarth of the Lutheran church officiating.
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Jacob Eilts
Prairie’ Home Cemetery
Chas. Woblfarth
Lutheran Church
Clergy Hold Special Meetings Close as New Members Join
Revs Grossman and McLaughlin led special sessions in Methodist and Presbyterian churches ending Sunday evening with several new accretions to church membership.
Ballard’s Horehound Syrup Ad Claims Superior Cough Remedy
An advertisement boasts Ballard’s Horehound Syrup as the best cough syrup in the world for consumption coughs colds sore throat and lung diseases. It cites testimonials from users and druggists as proof and notes price at 25 and 50 cents sold by J W Sutton at 4.
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Ballard
J. W. Sutton
Weather Prophet Predicts Severe Winter Ahead
St Louis forecaster L Hicks warns February and March will bring the hardest winter weather with deep snows. He projects notable storms through mid March, heavy rain in April, and severe freezes up to the 20th. May offers better outdoor conditions but may see frosts and violent storms.
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Ir] L. Hicks
St. Louie
Farmers Institute at Fairbury Draws Lively Rebuke
The Journal censures absent farmers who missed the Fairbury institute citing lack of time as no excuse. It praises the program's value and urges farmers to study, read, discuss, and organize to improve farming in Nebraska, warning neglect leads to losses and misfortune from cattle and hog cholera.
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Fairbury
Journal
Institute
Nebraska
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Jefferson Co. Record
Wahre
Collinson
Fredrick Donza
Ohia
Brother
P. A. Donza
Diller Rezcorp
Lot Moss
Ben Hicken
Chicago
Prof. Bruner
Bruner
Fairbury Gazette
Collinson’s
BR. F. Lightner
Woody Denny
Ballard’s
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