Beatrice Visit Notes and Local Retail Chatter
Notary Public at this office. J B Zook and J W Fouts drove to Beatrice Tuesday. J D Fanders offers the New Deering mower. Dr A T Kaupp and J W Sutton are at Beatrice today. Wheat prices fell from 50c to 48c per bushel. Rocky Mountain Tea advertised. Mr and Mrs Fred Jeffries visited his brother Dr W Jeffries. Diller and Barneston to play baseball at Godell Sunday. Verge Wright surprised by forty friends. D K Calkins returned with remains to Stillman Valley. Leslie Osborn returns to Topeka after visiting Diller relatives.
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Leslie Osborn
Diller
Topeka
Kans
Mrs Erva Clark and son Roe return from extended visit
Mrs Erva Clark and her son Roe came back Tuesday evening after visiting relatives in Davenport Pittsburg Kansas and Lincoln Nebraska.
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Erva Clark
Roe
Daventown
Pittsburg
Kans
Lincoln
Nebraska
Wood Couple Start Summer Visit From Salida
Mr and Mrs Ja Wood began their Sunday evening visit trip to Salida Colorado where they once lived and plan to stay for about two months visiting relatives and friends.
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Ja Wood
Salida
Colo
Flowing well at Cub Creek draws county notice
James E. Pheasant of Cub Creek ten miles north of Diller hosts a flowing artesian well on his farm. The Beatrice Democrat editor reports the 500 foot deep well yields clear cold mineral water rich in iron and other minerals. The water tastes pleasant and is considered wholesome and healthful.
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James E. Pheasant
Diller
Beatrice Democrat
Local Work and Market Notes from the County
G. B. Pearce worked at brick laying in Superior last Sunday. County commissioners schedule their next meeting for Tuesday August 6 at 1 o clock. Otis Babb is laying a brick foundation on his residence on North Commercial Street. Diller markets report prices for today including No 2 wheat 50 cents No 8 wheat 48 cents corn 44 cents oats 25 cents butter 10 cents eggs 7 cents and hogs 530 dollars.
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G. B. Pearce
Superior
Otis Babb
North Commercial Street
Diller
Sidewalk Added Around Local Methodist Church Yard
Workers Thos Copeland Alt Waggoner and L L Catho laid a new sidewalk on the north side of the Methodist church property yesterday, completing a community improvement project.
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Messrs Thos. Copeland
Alt, Waggoner
L L. Catho
Governor Savages Penitentiary Visit Fee Policy
A new order from Governor Savage charges ten cents for visiting the state penitentiary on days other than Tuesday.
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Savage
Prisoner Denies Plea of No Visible Means of Support
The magistrate charges the prisoner with lacking visible means of support. The prisoner protests, stating he has a wife and six children.
Mrs Gertie McIntyre and Mrs Cowen Visit Lincoln
Mrs Gertie McIntyre of Lincoln and Mrs J C Cowen of Florida visit their parents Mr and Mrs D K Calkins. The McIntyre arrival occurred a day last week and Cowen arrived on a Wednesday evening in the week.
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Gertie McIntyre
Lincoln
J. C. Cowen
Florida
D. K. Calkins
Letter From Washington Describes Clime and Crops in Foothill
A letter from W F Leoper now of Foothill Washington reports cool weather and a 4 inch June snow not damaging crops. He notes good markets for produce including new potatoes strawberries raspberries pears and apples and lists local prices for poultry butter wheat oats and hay. He also mentions abundant fruit and a preference for the Foothill climate over Nea.
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W. F. Leoper
Foothill
Washington
Aecorp
Nea
Local newspaper notes courtesy to Arthur Price in Colorado Springs
A reader thanks Arthur Price for a late copy of the Illustrated Colorado Telegram. The paper features the New Antlers Edition celebrating a newly opened, large hotel in Colorado Springs with extensive illustrations.
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Arthur Price
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado Telegram
Arthaur
First to Wear a Gainsborough Hat in History
A discussion of the famous wheel-shaped hat once misnamed as Geifsborough or Duchess of Devonshire. Invented by Mille Bertin for Marie Antoinette, it gained fame through the Princesse de Lamballe and later appeared in descriptions and portraits in Paris and London.
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Lancc
Paris
Artificial gems rise from chemists' careful craft
The article describes how artificial stones are produced to meet demand for fake jewels. It notes the material is not ordinary glass, is prepared by skilled artisans, and emphasizes the pursuit of high clarity and uniform structure in the production of "precious stones."
Puritan Divines and a Thanksgiving Guard Story
The anecdote centers on Dr. Mather Byles born 1706 in Boston a famed Puritan divine humorist and Tory who in 1777 was sentenced to guard duty at home during the war. On Thanksgiving he paced his doorway with a musket claiming he only wished for cider for his family and asked the guard to let him out.
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England
Board of War
Sentinel
Dr. By's
Dr. Byles
Boston Transcript
United States fish commission tags 1500 cod for study
The United States Fish Commission now tags 1500 cod this year to identify individual fish. Each tag bears unique letters and numbers, stored in a ledger to provide history such as liberation date, weight, and length when a tagged cod is later caught.
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United Stats Fish Commission
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J. B. Zook
J. W. Fouts
Beatrice
J. D. Fanders
A. T. Kaupp
J. W. Sutton
Fred. Jefryes
Dr. W
Jeffryes
Barneston
Gdell
Miss Verge Wright
Stillman Valley
Sil
Gainsborough
United States
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