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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1904)
t 8 TI-IE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE February 26190 . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - LOCAL AND PERSONAL Ed May spent Sunday in Nebraska - braska City. J. R. Cain jr , of Stclla was in . ' " town Wcdncsday ; t Joe Culp has just finishcd an- other big ice housc. D. W. Nicll of Humboldt was in town WChusday Irvin Shirley of Humboldt was in town Wcdncsday. - C. P. Rcavis drove to Barada on business Tuesday Emma Kcllcr has returned from a visit in Nebraska City. , I ' , Miss'Ncll Snyder leaves today ] I for a visit in Red Oak , Iowa 11 Dr. Houston was called to Hum- f1 boldt profession 'l'ucsday. :1 William Wilson is reported as lli ' being among thc seriously ill. Robt. Hoback of Barada was R' in town on business cdncsday. { . O. L. Bantz of IIumboldt was a Falls City visitor Wednesday . f Joe Culp went to Hiawatha ! yesterday . for a visit with rcla- " , tives . Dr. G. H. Neal is very ill. The doctor is suffering from typhoid fcvcr. 1 Otto Porr and F. 1\1. Boss of 1fumboldt were in thc city Wcd- f nest1ay. I Mr. and : Mrs. C. E. Stolt of Dawson were halls City visitors q . W cdncsdar. . . 1. ' . C. Cunningham of Vcrdon transacted business in this city cdncsday. Mrs. George Jennings is very ill. Her condition is regarded as somewhat scrious. A.complctc line of fresh , salt- . cd and stroked fish luring lcnt.-- Coupe & 1."hornton. Gco. Smith of Spciscr precinct was shaking hands with his friends in Falls City Tucsday. . . . Miss Martha .Krossa is very ill at thc home of V. G. Lyfol'C1. Miss Krossa is suffering from typhoid - phoid fcvcr. Fulton Ganttreturned from thc Pacific ' coast Monday for a visit at thc home of his father , A , E. Gantt of this city. 1t has now been definitely dc- cidcd that thc German hall will be rebuilt and the work to begin as soon as the weather will permit - mit Street Commissioner Starhe1 and a force of men dragged Stone street Wednesday and smoothed down a good many of thc rough places. Just before his death John Burkart sold his meat market to , D. cPhce who came to this city from Oxford , Ncb 1\11' 1\lcPhee has had long experience in this line of business and will doubtless meet with success , ' . , Peter Kaiser has gone to Nebraska - braska City to take charge of one of thc retail establishments of John Mattcs If 1\1r. Kaiser likes thc change hc may decide to remove - move permanently to that city , although hc has not dhposcd of any of his interests hgre , having placed thc sole control of thc bus- incss in thc hands of his partner , Wm. Harnack George Thomas , an cxpcricnccd man at this busi- ness , has been employed to take Mr Iaiscr's place during his ab- scncc. The many friends of 1\11' Kaiser trust that hc will decide not to move away permanently from Falls , City. When Guy Grccnwald was called from Lincoln to this city by thc d leatli of his mother he was accompanied by Roscoe Dav- idson , Murray 'l"ownscnd , Edward Quillcn and Cliff Crooks , all meni- bcrs of Signa Alpha Epsilon fra- tcrnity. One of thc finest window dis- plays in town is that of Hargra\'c & Harg-ra It took lots of work and no little skill to arrange this window but it is worth it all and all who have seen it express their adt)1 i ra tion. 1\11'5. Kate Steele was called to Chicago Wednesday by thc announcement - nounccmcn of thc very serious illness of Mrs Josephine Stccle. Thc la test reports show thc con- dition of 1\'lrs. Steele to hc very critical. Petitions were circulated this week asking thc city council to call a special election to vote bonds for the purpose of buying thc Schock homestead for a city park. Ben Potcct also wants thc property. l\Ionday was Vashing-lon's birthday and thc occasion was fittingly - tingly observcd. trIte postoffiicc and thc banks were closed and exercises - ercises were held ill the vat ious grades of thc public schools. The wild ducks arc g'oing north and whether or not this is a sign of spring , it is a sure sign that the sportsmen arc having a good time. A number of local hinters - ers report good shooting. Among the IIumboldt people who attcndcd the funeral lVl1's. Grccnwald in this pity Tuesday were , Mrs E. A , Tucker , H. E. Boyd , J. F. Walsh and wife and Ray Huston , Mrs. Will Crook is , very ill. Her condition for several days has been so serious as to cause thc gravest fears on thc part of her fricnds. Dr l\1cConnc11 , who has been very sick is some bcttcr. IIc has been in thc custody of the sheriff , his mind having became affcctcd. Oliver Emmcrt and wife of Sa- lcm were in thc city on business Tucsday. - " " ' " YOU WILL MISS IT If you try to get along , this winter without j , . the proper kind of ' . . .r4 r ; E coal. , Always bear in \ . T = mind that the best is - the cheapest in the' , \ . - end , and that this is particularly true when the best costs no more than other kinds. We sell the best coal that money can buy , but we charge no more for it than you will have to pay for an ins ferior article. E. A. MAUST & . ser Sa PHONE NO. 38. Ephraim Withee of Stella spent Sunday in this dity. Nellie Weaver of Vcrdon was shopping in this city eucsday. Red uccd prices on lard antI all . kinds .01' cured , meats at Coupe & 'rhorntons. , M rs. John Hossack is visiting her daughter , l\'lrs. ' , V. C. Sloan in crdon. Remember that our line of corn fed meats cannot bc cxccl1cd- Coupe & Thornton. Rcv. E. g. Haskins and Dr. l\'lathcrs have given up their visit to Waterloo , Iowa on account of an epidemic of typhoid fever in that city. The church for which they were to conduct meetings having postponed them. WANTED 100 Bushels Sweet Corn at Hcck's Feed Store. Will pay B1.00 per bushcl. - . PLAYED JOKE ON A HAWK Pounced Down on Meadow Mouse At. tached to Inflated Bla.dder Hawks , writes the author of "Tra vels ill a 'rl'e ( top ; ' have aD unusual amount of l'uriosit.r. They are trapped , he says , almost as often through their curiosity as through their feal' Sometimes , in winter , when there is little to at , tract their attention , au uubaited trap , if of a new shape 01' variety , is quit as likely to laud u victim as if it held a moist appetizing mouse. Once a trick was plared upon a splendid blat'k hawk that had been mousing over the fields for half } the winter. It often perched upon a straw stack , illstf'nd ; of iu the lone hickory tree that s100d sea tinp.1iIw } in the center of Clue plr1. f Early one morning a plump meadow . ow mouse , with fin inflaaed hhu ) del' attached 10 it bY , n string . ryas placed on the top of the RhH'k. The bladder and 'ol'd ' ' < 'I' ( were ( 'OU' sealed hy the straw Theliawk 1 was apparently little suspicious when lIP first noticed the momH. UP was not used to seeing a mouse remain perfectly still in that way , especially when he Began 10 rirrle about with his great black wings ; dose down to the stu'k. : Present- lyhe l alighted ( } inn wary way on - one end l of flw stack : hl t l hpVa 11(1 nearer , eyed the those shul'pl and pecked at it At lasth ( > seized it with his talons amid : mside , off for the hie1wl'Y Halfway there , however , hp noticed tllf' adder attH'lwd : , and gave tl1f' mOU8P a violent jerk to free it from the strange apppndaA'p. This only served to snake 1 ilw hind , del' bob np and dowu 11100'P furi- )11s1" , and with a fU'l'pam of tPl'l'01'i - Ole ilHwk clropppd the riionse . and l r- all and fled to the woo < lR. It' was oml' Iiliu 1 l ) ( > f01' ( , hp was again . . . . ' . seen in the neighborhood ; of flIP , - straw starl\ : _ - - - - - - - - - PAWNBROKING IN CHINA 19 More a Stronghold : for Valuables Thttn n Loan Bank. Pawnhl'okiug' i'J ! a great iIlSt'itll' nOIl in the "tlon'ery lanel. " The - Chinesepawuhi'oker''s ) , however , iH quite a different kind of estab \ liHhlllPI fl'olll ours of the city of , London , says the Golden Ppnny The pawnshop of China is more a stronghold , a plan of quiet and , safe repose for ntlllahlp jPwpll'Y and the miscellaneous and costly wardrobes of time ppollp ) It t- also ) . in many iustarres performs the equally important hilt somewhat costly function of lending 10 the needy , and , HH in the collections of similar establishments of our OWl ! ' laud , one may see nIP 1lIIH'h-pl'izecl and trinkets of ' jewels happier times , which ( 'n nsp theirpoor own ; cars iuan\ , ' a bitter pang to pan . with , heartaches that wee ( > per heightened with the ' hnpR hoi that one day , they , would be able to ' ( 'edeem them , , Tolistentotheman . selling these 1I1lI'pdpcmtd : pledges if' one of the 'hoif'f ( ( ntpl'1'ain- meats I of the Peking streets UP iR selected by the pawnbroker for his fluency of speech and ready wit to which IIp gives full play in his humorous descriptions of the quality and history of the furs and richly embroidered dresses which are piled lip 011 tIle platform of his tpnt He at timeR runs off his speech in rhyme making clever and sarcastic allusions to the requirements - ! ' fJuil'ements of his audience , presR' ' ' ' ' ' ' tng a satin robe on the attention . " of some naked beggar. , Drawbacks Everything has its drawbacks Even apples have to be pared Wnshi1l ten ( Ia ) DcmocJ'at. "
