Leafdale social notes record weekend visits
Mrs. Edgar Anderson and her mother visited Oscar Johnson last Monday. John Saxon and family called at the Anderson home Monday evening. J. A. Bowen and Wile and Miss Jen Brink dropped by Alfred Johnson's Wednesday evening. John Osberg left for Denver Thursday. HL. J. Omholt traveled to Bridgeport on Thursday on business. J. A. Bowen and Mrs. Carl Osberg spent Thursday afternoon with Anderson. The Eggers children attended school in district 86 Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Eggers visited J. A. Bowen's home. Miss Jen Brink and Miss Mildred Anderson traveled to Sidney Saturday for a county spelling contest. they and Mr. Anderson were Sunday supper guests at A. M. Leafdale's in Potter. Henry Omholt went to H Dolan's south of Potter Sunday, returned Monday. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Osberg and H. B. Leafdale were Sunday guests of Chas Waterman. Homer Waterman is improving and hopes to return home in a week. Mrs. Carl Osberg was a Tuesday caller at J. A. Bowen's. Miss Mammie Dvorack spent Sunday afternoon at Engstrom's. Alfred Leafdale returned from Laramie Wyoming where he had been working.
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Edgar Anderson
Oscar Johnson
John Saxon
Anderson
J. A. Bowen
Wile
Jen Brink
Alfred Johnson
John Osberg
Denver
HL. J. Omholt
Bridgeport
Carl Osberg
Anderson’s
Eggers
Chas, Waterman
Homer Waterman
Mammie Dvorack
Engstrom
Alfred Leafdale
Laramie
Wyo
Father Flanagan’s Boys to Perform at Local Theatre
Father Flanagan’s Boys of Omaha will present an entertainment at the local theatre next Tuesday. The home, open to all boys regardless of creed, color, or nationality, has aided about 1200 boys from fifteen states in three and a half years, with 861 lacking funds or families.
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Father Flanagan
Boys of
Omaha
Death of James Benish in Sidney Iowa
James Benish died May 19 1921 after a lengthy illness. Aged just over thirty six, he was a lifelong farmer, never married, and survived by his father Anton and four brothers and two sisters. Funeral held at the Albert Benish home with Rev Corbett in charge. interment at Greenwood.
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Sidney Telegraph
James Benish
al Benish
Mr. Benish
Anton Benish
Corbett
Albert Benish
W. C. Campbell
J. W. Johnson
Burgess
Antrim
Vacik
Greenwood
Four room house for sale near post office
Residence listing by H Stevens offers a new four room house with basement water and lights one block from the post office. Cash price 1500 with 800 through building and loan. Ideally located and cheaper than lumber to build. tf
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H. Stevens
Rat Called World Menace by U S Agriculture Bureau
The United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Biological Survey declares the rat a world menace and urges a relentless campaign against the common brown rat. It cites vast economic damage, germ-spreading risk, and calls for continuous trapping and newly developed barium carbonate poison use.
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Bureau of Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
India
Bureau
Biological Survey
State of Russian Science Movement for Russian scholars relief
A movement forms to supply Russian scientists and writers with needed literature cut off after the revolution. Despite Bolshevik restrictions some research and literary work continue, coordinated by two rationing bodies to secure basic necessities. British scientists and literary figures form a strong committee to facilitate transmission of foreign material, with interviews showing what aid is possible.
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Russia
Scientific American
New Explosive Target Invention From Brooklyn
St Charles Jacobs of Brooklyn debuts an explosive target shaped as a man or animal with a balloon head. When hit the head bursts, a fresh balloon attaches via a simple clamping device. Multiple figures can be arranged on a table and secured by pegs for shooting. This follows reports from the Philadelphia Ledger. Gun Shoots Seven Cartridges Together. A seven barrel Belgian gun, with seven 22 caliber cartridges fired by one hammer, is now owned by a Colorado sportsman. The seven shells eject via a removable disk with seven holes that swings when opened. Substitute for Cork. A Bruenn Koenigsfeld chemical works is testing a cork substitute from turf treated by a patented process. The material is light, firm, soundproof, and damp-proof, offering strong insulation and building properties compared to cork.
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St. Charles Jacobs
Brooklyn
Philadelphia Ledger
Popular Mechanics
Colorado
Bruenn-Koenigsfeld
Prague
Times Trade Supplement
Ups and Downs on Margot Asquith Nicety
A New York publisher recalls a London dinner party tale about Margot Asquith wife of the British ex Premier. He recounts her remark that a gentleman played women like fish to trap them he angles to make them rise while he aims to make them fall.
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New York
Margot Asquith
Will of Abba Goold Woolson Provides Cat Care Fund
Abba Goold Woolson, lecturer and educator, filed for probate in Portland Maine. The will creates a fund for sick and disabled cats and requires care including combing the hair of coon kittens, a Maine-bred feline.
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Abba Goold Woolson
Portland
Maine
Edison phonograph demonstration at Larson's Music
Sidney Nebraska store invites buyers to compare quality and quantity when purchasing a phonograph with a live Edison demonstration. Larson's Music Store promotes a one lifetime purchase opportunity and urges customers to attend.
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gasDo
Edison
Expert Optician Promises Eye Tests and Glasses Fitting
An advertisement from Larson's Music Store in Sidney Nebraska offers eye tests and glasses fitting by Expert Optician ER L Montgomery. It invites customers to compare an Edison phonograph in home demonstration against any competing make, at no cost. The pitch stresses proof and confidence in workmanship.
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L. Montgomery
Sidney
Nebr
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Tay
Lincoln Highway
C. A. Larsen
Potter
W. M. Kimptson
W. H. Cobble
Chappell
Paul Greusel
Bank of Kimball
Kimball, Neb
the Potter Volunteer Fire
Biggs
Leafdale & Woten Env. CO
State Bank
Geo. A. Roberts
R. A. Babcock
D. F. Enevoldsen
Fatiati Actatiat
Aavlav LN
Hite
Edgar Hite
Guy Hite
Livoni & Son Everbody Knows
Bank of Kimball Building
Ted W. Strain
Alex Gallapaux, Propuets
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