Nebraska notes and local incidents in early 1900s
The column catalogs community items from Kearney Omaha North Platte and surrounding towns including Arbor Day tree planting shade counts, bank holiday observances, accidents such as a broken wrist from a road cart, robberies at Edgar, smallpox quarantines in Lawrence, insanity ruling at Madison, bankrupt discharges in Omaha, a York preliminary hearing, Elmwood injury from a saw, gypsy camp troubles near Osceola, a Sioux encampment for the Pan-American exposition, an escape mystery from Neligh jail, and local business ventures like a Hay Springs telephone line. It also carries notices and ads for Grain-O and Garfield Tea and testimonials, plus miscellaneous rural jokes and health tips.
Bicycle Wheel Yields Ten Dollar Find In Accident Scene
A cyclist in Long Island named John Flushing found a ten dollar bill wrapped around a bicycle spoke after a flat tire accident. The item appeared during a routine repair with his own kit. The report blends curious detail with a health ad and a foreign language note from Lord Salisbury urging study of French German and Spanish for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flushing
Long Island
John
Lord Salisbury
Lincoln Photo Supply Co 1901 catalogue request
Advertisement style notice for Lincoln Photo Supply Co Lincoln Neb offering new 1901 camera catalogue. Mentions Beeman's Pepsin Gum Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup career of Abraham Lincoln talk by Joseph Choate and six cents postage to F A Miller Chicago Ill for speech and catalogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kodaks
Lincoln Photo Supply Co
Lincoln, Neb
Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Choate
Great Britain
Avraham Lincoln
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Ill
Mrs. Pinkham Promotes Remedies For Female Troubles
A 19th century correspondence column features letters praising Lydia E. Pinkham and her remedies as quick and sure help for female illnesses. Readers describe symptoms of hysteria, nerve weakness, back pain, and urinary issues, with testimonials dated 1898 and 1900 praising the physician and her advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledia Pinkham
Valentine Ave
Tremont
New York
N. Y
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Diller
Nebraska Notes
Kearney
Omaha
Roca
Harry Rice
North Platte
G. A. McKinney
Humboldt
Edgar
Lawrence
Green A. Freeman
Madison
Norfolk Asylum
Lindon
Judge Munger
William W. Mace
John W. Berger
Charles Schultz
Henry Hora
Stanton
A. C. Freeburg
York
District Court
Thomas Throne
Julius Kirchoff
Elmwood
Osceola
Rushville
Buffalo
Alec Karl
Cuming
Neligh
Karl
Hay Springs
Ezra Mitchell
Weepingwater
Grand Trask
Clark Street
Piso
England
da. R. BH. Kime
Philadelphia
Tomach
Beeman
Exma
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