Aged Harrisburg Lady Passes Away at 102
Mrs. Anna B. Shafto of Harrisburg aged 102 years and 2 days died Tuesday night. A resident of Banner county for 32 years she lived with her son Judge M. E. Shafto since 1904. Grandmother to Clarence and Paul Shafto she remained mentally sharp in old age and was fondly called Grandma Shafire by friends. Survived by son M. E. Shafto his wife and two grandsons. Banner County News reports.
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Anna B. Shafto
Harrisburg
M. E. Shafto
Banner County
Grandma’’ Shafire
M. E
Clarence
Paul
Banner County News
Pool Hall Transfer Under New Ownership and Management
Fred W. Vaughan becomes owner of the local pool hall, purchasing from W. S. Nagle who retires due to ill health. Vaughan hires Ray Johnson to assist, plans to share maintenance, and will keep the current high standards. Nagle and his nephew Pratt, plus wife, are uncertain about staying. Nagle’s long tenure is praised for orderly operation.
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Fred W. Vaughan
W. S. Nagle
Vaughan
Ray Johnson
Armers Grain & Milling Co
Johnson
Nagle
Potter
Mr. Pratt
Fred
Ray
Pearl Cross Home Destroyed by Harrisburg Fire
A Harrisburg fire totally destroyed Pearl Cross and wife's residence yesterday morning. The Crosses awakened in time to flee their burning home after Pearl lit a stove and returned to bed. A defective flue is blamed for the blaze. all belongings including a piano perished.
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Pearl Cross
Harrisburg
Mr. Cross
Pearl
Sixth Annual Firemen's Ball Set For January 14
The Pot ter Volunteer Fire Department will host its sixth annual ball on Wednesday January 14 at the Leyfang theatre. The Dalton orchestra will provide music. Tickets cost $1.00 and go on sale by the firemen with prints of bills the first of the week. A fuller notice will appear in the next Review issue.
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of the Potter Volunteer Fire Department
Leyfang Theatre
Dalton Orchestra
Distillate in Radiator Causes Bogus Anti Freeze Crash
In frigid weather W Ray Wood mixed distillate with radiator water to prevent freezing. The test near the Adolph Groeger place blew up, badly burning Mrs Wood, scorching Ray, and tossing their baby into a snowbank but leaving the infant unhurt. The car was wrecked beyond repair.
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Peety
W. Ray Wood
Adolph Groeger
Snow Depth Rises to Two Inches After Midweek Storm
Weather moderated Sunday and Monday with much of last week’s snow melting. Tuesday was cold and cloudy with no melt. Snow resumed Tuesday evening and by Wednesday morning covered ground to about two inches. Some snow fell in late morning. by 3:30 p.m. Wednesday no new snowfall was occurring. Temperatures have stayed above zero since last Saturday.
Hundred Years Ago a Year of Firsts in America
Steam ferries linked New York and Brooklyn for the first time while yellow fever raged in Louisiana. Portland cement patent by Joseph Aspdin, Erie Canal nearing completion, first steamboat through the canal, Lafayette honored across America, and other early innovations and events noted.
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New York
Brooklyn
Rochester
Albany
About men only and the traps of pride
A compact reflection on male vanity and truth telling. It notes that men justify faults to lovers and praise themselves as they age. It argues wise men may tell truth selectively and links reform to salaries, luck, and whether a man is ever out of work. It ends with a note on kindness versus hypocrisy.
Wise Sayings Prose and Verse Fragments
A compact collection of aphorisms from various authors notes ugliness as a sin for women war as corruption zeal for froth truth as virtue verse as embroidery and excitement as spiritual drunkenness, reflecting editorial taste.
Bartletts Visit Cheyenne In Family Trip By Car
Mr and Mrs J C Bartlett and their daughters spent a few days in the latter part of last week visiting relatives in Cheyenne. They traveled to the city by automobile.
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Mro
J. C Bartlett
Cheyenne
Selwwarty and father visit Sidney on business trip
Jos P Selwwarty and his father traveled to Sidney last Friday for a business trip. Mrs L H Biggs called in Sidney on Wednesday forenoon.
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Jos
L. H. Biggs
Sidney
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Joseph Aspdin
Marquis of Lafayette
America
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Anon
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