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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1904)
. , L" r . . . .iV..j ; ' 1' , ' . .V' : . ! " . . ; : ' ; . . . . . - . - - " . . , . , " . . , " I" , . . . I . - , P4 , * 4 , " , aIIs tt nut. . , . . ' ' , , ' . VOLUME : I FALLS CITY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , MAY 6 , 1904. UMBER 18 \.i ) I - \ . \ . . , ' ' LOCAL AND PERSONAL . . , . : ' The first barefoot boy has ap- I r , " : ' .peared. , , . \ Dick Mo10ne of Humboldt was . in town Tuesday . . ' , . L. F. Gilbert of Stella was ' a . , .i , Falls City visitor'ruesday. A. R. McMullen of Stella was , I . in town on business Tuesday. _ . Clarence Wiltse left Sunday for a trip to Los Angeles , Cal. , . ' ' , Mrs. Chas Sedylmayr left t t Tuesday for a visit in Omaha C. H. J-Iargrave went to St. Joe r Tuesday to purchase new goods : Frank Snethen of Humboldt \ I was in the city on business Tues- t - day. , M. : J. Clancy and family of , , . . , > Stella was in the city yVednes- 1 : , ' , , ' lay. day.Wm. . ' W m. Jennings of Surprise , is " , "s . . . . . ' , visiting at the home of J. A. Mc- Cormick. . .Mrs W. S. Fast visited with . friends and relatives at Corning , this week. P. H. Jussen left Tuesday to : . . . . . .look after business interests in i , . , , < , . . . Y 4- M , , . " . - . . Henrleta , I. T T-1 r John W. Powell has sold his , _ " interest in the Star livery barn " I - Frank Wylie The front of J. S. Johnstons - & Sons store looks very attractive . - since it has been repainted. : Mrs. Martha Weaver returned . . to Zion City , 'Vednesday after a : 'w visit of several weeks in this city. / It' " t- , . The season at Sycamore springs : " . , . " N has opened and the resort prom- , . . ises to be more popular than . . , y. " , - , y , , " " . ever. t J " , - Peter Fredrick jr , H. C. Davis . . , r . and George Dietsch went ' to Au- burn Tuesday to see the street . . . . fair. I Dave Sowles has installed a ' . gasoline engine to furnish the . , _ motive power for his big ice cream freezer . . " The tennis players are begin- . ring to get in practice. The . Towle court has been put in shape for playing. Mrs J. J. Faulkner , who has . . , been visiting friends and relatives . , - in ttris'cit-y-left Wednesday for her home in East St. Louis. I ( 1rs. : George Coddington came . ,4V1' ' ) : ' down from Auburn this week and visited her sisters , lrs. A. , V. , Burchard and Frankie Dixon. I . . lrs. Coddington left Tuesday to \ join , her husband at Holton , Kas , t. , . where they will make their home , . I , . in the future _ . ' . ' . . ' " . . , ' . , , . . . . " , . . , ' - ' . 7' . ' ' I L r C do " ' " ' ' ' ' , . : . ' , , - : - : ill' : A Iw 1 : I " - John Starbel has made a good street commissioner and the mayor did the right thing in reappointing - ing him. 1r. Startzel is an earnest convert to the "dragging" system and by keeping everlast- ingly at it has put the streets in fine condition Th : circulation of The Tri- bune has passed beyond the boundaries of the United States of America. The first name to go on our foreign list is John \Vissman , High River , Alberta Canada , , who became a subscriber - er this week. J. O. Phillipi , general freight agent and J. P. Barrett assistant freight agent of the Missouri Pacific were in town Wednesday. Both gentlemen denied that they had any divisions concealed about them. The annual junior reception will be held at the high school on the evening of May 20th. The annual reception is always a brilliant - liant affair and the class this year promises to break all records. The very sight of Chief of Po- lice Aldrich almost makes man ; afraid of himself. A man who will do wrong in this town during the next year , will evidently have a grudge at himse1 It does any progressive' citizen good to see so many new and permanent sidewalks being laid. By the way that one in front of the Commercial hotel is going to ae a dandy. There will be preaching ser- vices at the Baptist church on Sunday. May 8th. both morning- and evening by A. 1. Alexand.er of Burchard. All are invited. The first excursion ticket : read- ing from Falls City to St. Louis over the Missouri Pacific was sold to John Towle. A , fine Chickening baby grand piano was delivered to Mrs T. J. Gist this week. The Chickering piano is one of the very best made . P. A. Beach ) ? , wife and son of Chicago and 11rs. Alice Beachy of Beatrice arc visiting at the home of Norman ! vluss 1man. Two fine big flower beds have been laid out in the southwest and northwest corners of the court house square. The Presbyterian ladies ken- sington club met Wednesday afternoon - ternoon and were spleudidly entertained - tertained by Irs. Bohrer. Not only was the meeting very pleasant - ant but very profitable as well. . . . . . . . . . . . . w. L " : 'I-.u " " " 'J - 10. , mi . New City Officers The city council met on Monday - day night and after some remain- ing unfinished business had been transacted the old council adjourned - journed sine die and the newly elected officers were sworn in as follows : I-I. C. Bartou , m ) 'or ; John Powell , councilman first ward ; Grant Windle , councilman second ward ; Ed McKiever coun- cilman third ward Mayor Bar- ton took the chair , and having called the new council to order , announced the following com- mittees for the ensuing year : Finance-Powell , Clegg , Holt. Water and Lights-Reagan , Clegg , Powell. Supplies - lYlcKiever , Powell , Wind le. Poor-Windle , Holt , Reagan Railroads-Clegg , Reagan , , Mc- Kiever. . Commerce - Holt , McKiever , Windle. Prin ting- IcKiever , Powell Sanitary.-Holt , Windle , Rea- gan. gan.Streets Streets and Sidewalks-Coun- cilmen of respective wards. . .i Mayor Barton then announced the following appointments : L. L. Aldrich , chief of police ; Sam Marts , patrolman ; Aug. Neitzel water commissioner ; A. E. Gantt , city attorney ; John Startzel , street commissioner. The coun- cil confirmed the appointments and approved the bonds. No change was made at the water works , Geo. rviorrison : , electrician Ike Brannum , assistant and H. C. Lapp engineer were .ppointec1. The council then took up the matter of liquor licenses and per- mits and after examining the bonds and applications in each case , granted all the licenses and permits as prayed for. The Prisoner Escaped Frank Boyd a printer who has been working Harry Custer for some time , having become disorderly - er1y and drund and obnoxious generally , he was arrested and given a jail sentence. When in front of the j : f it ' door , the prisoner - er made a break for liberty and succeeded in scaling the high fence. By the time the officer , who could not duplicate the feat ran around to the gate the pris- oner had escaped and has not been seen since. Samuel Diffenba.ugh. Samuel Diffenbaugh died on Wednesday at the Gardner hospital - pital at the age of eighty-four years. For a long time Mr. - - . . . r . . . . . . , _ _ .S _ . . . , . _ _ _ . . . . . . . . . . _ , . ' JO J Diffcnbaugh had been a sufferer from gangrene and a few weeks \ ' ago one of his limbs was amputated - , \ ted and although Mr. Diffen- l--r baugh stood the operation well , , his advanced age prevented his recovery. I . - . , 1 The deceased was born in Penn- sylvania in 1820 and his life ha ! been as eventful as it had been long. He had lived in this com- ' " 0. ; munity for a number of years and had a. wide acquaintance and r many friends. lIe leaves a sister errs Barbara Dilts , several nehn- . ews and other relatives to mourn \ " his loss Funeral services were p held on Wednesday , after which the remains were taken to Norris , " - Ill. , for burial. " Shoe Thieves Two strangers attempted a rob- berry at Hall & - Greenwald's shoe parlors yesserclay afternoon. - Entering - tering the store together , one of " tnem drew Mr. Hall's attention - by pretending to make a purchase , while the other attempt to get away with several pair of shoes. When their game was discovered , they 'attempted to escape but Chief of Police Aldrich was too quick for them and the next thing they knew they were in police 4 court. Judge Cleaver gave each , thirty days in jail. Married Ladies Kensington. vIrs. John , Oswald and Mrs. J. , W. Pickett entertained the mem- bers of the Married Ladies Ken- sington club and their husbands at the home of Mrs. Oswald last evening , The ladies spared no efforts to afiord their guests a pleasant social time and their ef- forts were abundantly repaid. Ladies Art Club. Mrs. J. L. Slocum entertained the Ladies Art club on Wednes- day and despite the rainy weather - er the attendance was large. It was . a very pleasant meeting the congenial spirits of the guests and the generous ' hospitality of the hostess combining tq make it so. H. S. M. Club. Georgia Beaulieu was hostess for the H. S. M. club on last Sat- urday evening. The musical program consisted of varied selec- tions 'by the different members and after the program dainty refreshments - freshments were served. Mollie 'lOran isdangerously ' l1 at a hospital in Kansas City w small hopes for her recovery' . - . . . , , . , . . ' lrl ' 1. ' t' M - f n + lHfM 'H i xyt .4b' :9Ca ;