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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1907)
:.-F. Hill went to Filly ( ay, returning Saturday. Fri- Wo haven't seen any. ems in j mand fchc Nebraska papers recently mj praise of the fine California weather in this state. Cyrus Minick went to Nebras ka City Saturday, where he is holding a position as rclegraph operator on the Burlington. Send your friends a postcard view of the Nemaha park, the Methodist church and parsonage, or the street scene. On sale at the postoflice bookstore. Miss Muriel Barker went to Falls City Wednesday evening to have her eyes treated by a spec ialist there, with whom she has been doctoring for some time. It is rubbing it in pretty hard , llalph Ritchey, who is quite a genius in electrical working, has fitted up a small dynamo in the rear room of the store. He would not tell us what he was going to operate with it. Elmer E. Allen went to St. Joe Monday evening with a car load of cattle and one of hogs shipped by his father, F. E. Allen, from Bracken. He returned Wednes day evening. The Advertiser now has an organ in the office and an angel to play it. We are thinking of offering to have a choice selection played for every caller who pa s a year's subscription. to have to shovel snow until the t iii grass gets nign enougn to ue- running of the lawn 1 mower. Frank Gulp, who makes his home at the Soldier's Home at Milford, Nebr., visited Nemaha friends Friday afternoon and Saturday. Competition in telephone busi ness appears to help out in many mi i t ways, me.new company, tne Farmers and Merchants, has about fifty suoscribers and the Auburn company has about one hundred and twenty. Both com panies are adding subscribers. Wm. Snelling loaded up his stock of general merchandise and his household goods Monday and moved to Shubert. During the Will Cummings, the handsome clerk in Harrington's store, re turned to Crab Orchard Tuesday to officiate in a like capacity in the store there. He does not know how long he will stay. And there is mourning in Nemaha. The following account of the death of a nephew of Mrs. Wm. IT. Hoover is taken from the Watson ville (Cal.) Pajaronian of March 21: News has been received here of the death by accident at May field yesterday of George F. Beam, son of Mrs. Frank Hamm and brother of Mabel Beam of this city. jjeceasea was employed as a brakeman on the Southern Pacific freight trains running between San Francisco and San Jose. He was instantly killed at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon by stepping The front cover of the Satur day Evening Post of April 6 had a large picture of Helen Marie from his freight train directly in Walsh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. front of a southbound passenger A. F. Walsh of McCook, and her train which he had failed to see. little friend Milton Durand of I He resided in San Francisco and Denver. The little tots were ha(1 been on the road fr only bareheaded and bearef ooted and I two months. two vears Mr. Snellinc has been had evidently been having a big ' The young man was a general - ml j IJ il fcnrnmffl if T3iio1al."i nrV nvn Vi t . . i i 1 . in JNemana he has enjoyed a romp, xne picture occupied tne Muunuireuoic, n 0i nis mistaice umess it good trade and would not have moved away if he could have secured a good building. entire first page. It was a good one. Wednesday's Lincoln Star con tained a list of the "dry" and "wet" towns in Nebraska, so far as any expression was made the Winter Weather We have certainly been having winter weather for the past week Monday morning there was had the foremanship of the Swensen ranch for a number of years. His sudden death brings a shock to his many friends. He was capable, active, and of a very genial nature, and was a success in all he undertook before Hon. V. P. Peabody claims to be an expert in his knowledge of trees and shi ubbery, as well as a skillful agriculturist- and ho isn't very slow as a politician. But they are telling a story on him that doesn't uphold his claims of tree knowledge. A few days ago he was seen along the roadside northeast of town digging up a small tree. A neighbor asked him what he was getting. Mr. Peabody replied that he was an admirer of the ash tree on account of its sym metrical growth and beautiful foliage and he was digging up one to set out in his front yard. The neighbor told him his taste was good but he had selected a fine specimen of pawpaw instead of an ash. But Mr. Peabody declared it was an ash and took it home, and will not be convinced bears pawpaws. at are im 4. 1 1 no ice on standing water, recent election. There every morning except that there .tw lwlv will ho hmnoiir w dry" towns and 194 has been ice. Sunday morning I tomorrow and the funeral will Worked Like a Charm Mr. D. N. Walker, editor of thai spicy journal, the Enterprise, .Louisa, Va., says: "I ran a nail in my foot last week and at once applied Bucklen's Ar- ninn Qnlirn "Wrt inflnmmnf inn -fVkl lrmrrwl but ' entering his latest employment, the salve simply healed the wound." Heals every sore, burn and skin disease. Guaranteed at Hill Bros, druggists. 25c. We are very glad that in this case Nemaha is classed Will Dosier of Kansas Citv. Mo., came to Nemaha Thursday with the respectable minority of last week on a visit to his uncle. Henry Clark, and other relatives and friends. He re turned home Saturday. Mrs. E. S. McCandless of Thurman, Iowa, visited friends in Nemaha Monday and Tuesday. She says her mother, Mrs. Carse, and Miss Avis, will not return home' until after the close of school. Ex-Senator W. V. Allen, of Madison, will attack the primary law. Before the time for hold' ing the first primaries he will file his suit. He declares the act is illegal because it violates consti tutional provisions regarding the rights of party representation. Lincoln Star. Nemaha Post Cards we have some post card views inch thick ana the ; take place from the Presbyterian at 7:30 was 22 de-' church next Sunday at 2:30 o'clock, Interment at I. 0. 0. F. cemetery. it was a half thermometer grces above zero 10 degrees below the freezing point. Wed nesday morning was still colder, the thermometer at 6:30 being only 19 degrees above. Thurs day morning the ground was white with snow and it continued snowing until noon, when it turned into a light drizzling rain, part of the time almost snow. While our fruit men all agree that the pears, plums and cherries are killed, they think A party was given Saturday of "A Winter Scene in Nemaha," prooawy there win he some mmnincrnffV linmf Mn nnrl the Dai'k immediately alter a I'cauuco uui una uuuiub ucunu "' f ' i - . . .. i . i. T4. l i.. i M 1X7 T- ; t,. nf snow storm. the Method st uiiui musr. it mis ceriuiiiiy uuuu XII XO. iii. T . 111 1IU11UI VA I 7 1 . , .- PinVmwi Vnnrv AV,mif -friffv church and Darsonae-o. and a a severe test. It is hoped AllllUlU lkllUU7i XUl WJ I A young people were present The view of part of the business . . i i ii I ..i. -t? XT T 1 I. i.U evening was enjoyed oy an emaim, uu suie uj postoflice bookstore. Call and see them. They are good. apples and grapes are not injured. the much present. Nemaha real estate for sale by W. W. Sanders. Dr. Frazier has been suffering with a severe sore throat for two C. W. Roberts says the snow yesterday morning recalled to Elder Sapp sports a bran new his memory the spring of 1878. or three days, but is being treat- horse, harness and buggy. Lord Twenty-nine years ago this ed by himself and his wife and says it has been his pleasure, morning there was a heavy fall hopes to be all right again. He somewhat unusual to sell a of snow, it lying three inches is finding just how nasty his preacher two complete outfits in deep on the ground. He remem medicine is. one year, but that he does not bers that spring so well because draw the line even on preachers, on March 14th he was married to s they are as good as anybody Miss Jennie Skeen. The month as long as they behave them- or, March was about liKe last selves. 'Shubert Citizen. I month, very warm, but in April they got the winter weather. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Lukens, who have been visiting Mr. and Mr3. F. L. Woodward for a few weeks, went to Jasper, Mo.? Monday, to visit his mother. SEE CALIFORNIA NOW Special to California: Round trip rates to San Francisco and Los Angeles, about half rates April 25th to May 18th. Be sure to go one way via the Shasta Route and Puget Sound only $12.50 more. Stopovers, variable and attractive routes. Miss Mabel Clover, teacher of Mr. Lukens, whose health is very the Higgins school, went to her poor, is no oetter. home near Glen Kock Saturday TT . TT , 0 , , to be present on Sunday at the Uncle Hebron Smelser, who ftf hp,, Mnn(1o Hft has been at Frankton, Indiana, Creighton Hays, a young farmer for several months, sent word to nf fuA o!n.Wvwi,nn,i Tt turning to Stella Miss Clover was accompanied by her mother, who J. I. Dressier to have the Adver tiser sent to him, so Mr. Dressier called in Monday and paid a year's has been spending the week with subscription for Uncle Hebron. Otto Barker and Dan Lambert were hungry for bananas Wed nesday evenyng, so they bought what was left on the bunch at Ritchey's, getting 18 of them, the bargain being that the boys were to eat all of them before leaving the store. They kept their word, but said before they got through that they knew they hid been eating something. Rev. J. W. Sapp, in his sermon Sunday night, took occasion to warmly praise Nemaha as the cleanest and most moral little town he knew of. He said some people would claim that the jug trade was worse for a town than a saloon but if those who claim this would visit some of the sur rounding towns that have saloons they would see more drunkenness on one Saturday night than they would see in Nemaha in a year. her and Mrs. Stiers near Nema ha. Stella Press. NEMAHA HEAL ESTATE FOR SALE A good house almost now, four rooms, pantry, closet, lino barn livo lots splondid location. House of four rooms, three lots, cave, well, eta. House and two lots, House and one lot, good well. A five room house, two lots, large cellar, good well. Also a good 40-acro fruit farm in London precinct. W. W. SANDERS In June the Nemaha river flooded the bottom land and destroyed nearly all of Charley's crop which was on the low land. He got only 10 bushels of spring wheat the kind raised then 30 bushels of oats and 500 bushels of corn. The next year, though, he raised a big crop, and also the year after, and in 1881 he bougl t the west 40 of the 80 Jthat W. G. Maxwell recently sold to S. C. Lawrence. Six years later he sold this for $1600 and bought the 80 where D. E. Zook now lives, paying $2, 500 for it. After living here nine years he traded this to T. B. Skeen in part pay ment for the 120 acre farm where he has lived since until this spring. He got $45 per acre for the 80 and paid $50 for the 120. It is now worth $100 per acre, having doubled in value. Arbor Day Law The approach of Arbor day brings the following Nebraska law into notice. Section 3 of article 4 of the compiled statutes of Nebrask: "That the corporate authorities of the cities and villages of the state of Nebraska shall aie shade trees to be planted along the streets thereof." Sec. 4. "For the above puiposs a tax of not less than one dollar, nor more than five dollars, in ad dition to all other taxes, shall be levied upon each lot adjacent to which trees are to be planted as aforesaid and collected as other taxes." Sec. 5. "Trees shall be annual ly planted when practicable on each side of one-fourth of the streets in each city and village in the state of Nebraska until all shall have shade trees along them not more than twenty feet apart." Sec. 6. "The corporation au thorities aforesaid shall provide, i by ordinance, the distance from the side of the street that trees i shall be planted and the size Cheap, One Way West: Daily during April one way rates thereof. ' ' to Utah, California, Oregon,. Sec. 7. "Provided the owner Washington, Idaho, Montana and of any ot or iots may plant ad Big Horn Basin-nearly 50 per . . . Wofrt wuavt no of the cent reduction. Daily through standard and tourist sleepers. Homeseeker's Excursions: Frequently each month from above in the manner and size prescribed, and on making proof thereof by affidavit to col lector, said affidavit shall exempt said owner from the payment of Eastern Nebrasku to Eastern ' the aforesaid tax. " ,4 J How to Remain Young To continue young in health and strength, do as Mrs. N. F. Rowan, Mc Donough, Ga., did. She says: "Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured me of chronic liver and stomach trouble, comp licated with such an unhealthy condition of the blood that my skin turned red as flannel. I am now practically 20 years younger than before I took Electric Bitters. I can now do all my work and assist in my husband's store." Guaran teed at Hill Bros drugstore. Price 50c. Colorada, Wyoming and Big Horn Basin. Landseekers Information Bureau Irrigated lands along the Nortn Platte River, in the Big Horn Basin and Yellowstone Valley on terms cheaper than paying rent, and, money paid on a water right is money saved. Send for new descriptive folders. 0- V. GLENN, Ticket Awnt at Nomaha L, W. WAKELEY, 6. P. A., Oraaba,. Sec. 8 provides a penalty for injuring or destroying shade trees and Sec. 9 exempts busi ness lots. Neb. City News. For Catarrh, let me send you free just to prove merit, a trial size box of Dr. Shoop's Catarrh Remedy. It is a snow white, creamy healing antiseptic balm that gives instant relief to Ca tarrh of the nose and throat. Mak the free test and see. Address Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Large jars 50 cents. Sold by All Dealers. BANK OF NEMAHA NEMAHA, NEBRASKA WM. CAMlMJRLli, I'rct). KI.MEK E. ALLKN, Cnshlcr 1 E. ALLEN, Vice.Prus. FltANK TITUS, AsB't Cash X iOapital, $5,000 Surplus, $1,000 WJ With Ample Facilities for handling any Business entrusted to Us