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June THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE r'
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I .Educational Conducted by County Superlntende 7Jeparimern t Crocer
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Dates for Annual Settlement.
The county superintendent will
, meet - directors and others inter-
ested in school work as follows :
June 28 , Barada , school house ,
8 to 11 a. m. Shubert , hotel ,
1:30 : to 5 p. 111.
' ' hotel 7 to 11
The 29th , Stella , ,
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a. m. Verdon , hotel , 3 to 6 p.m.
The 30th , Speiser , No. 65 , 8 to
10 a. 111. Humboldt , Park hotel ,
1:30 : to 7 l p. 111.
July 1 , Dawson , Albright ho-
tel , 8 to 11 a. 111. Salem , hotel ,
3 to 6 p. m.
July 5 , Rub , Geo. D. Kirk's
office , 4 to 6 p. 111. .
July 2 , 4 , 6 , 7 , 8 , Falls City.
The annual report must be made
within ten days after the annual
mceting. '
The following is from a letter
. recently received from Prof. Un-
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sell , "I have taught school for
Z5 years aild during all that time
I have never had more pleasant
and cordial relations anywhere
than I have had during my three
years stay in Richardson county.
May God bless old Richardson
0 county with her splendid corps of
hard working teachers and may
the coming year be the most suc-
C2ssful in her history , is ! the sin-
cere wish of one who loves the
cause of education and our noble
profession. "
Prof. Johns of Dawson is enjoying -
joying a trip through southern
Missouri and Arkansas.
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Prof. Watson of Salem has
been elected principal of the Ver-
don schools.
Prof. Will James of Stella , who
was principal of the Strang pub-
lic schools last year , has been
elected principal of the Dawson
schools for the ensuing year.
Alpha Roberts will teach in
the Verdon schools. .
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
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Cora McElvain was visiting in
Stella during the wcck.
Mrs. Chas. Maddox of Preston
was visiting relatives here Satur-
day.
day.Sheriff
s Sheriff Lawrence of Auburn
f was iu this city on business last
Mend ay.
1\lrs. Emma Cook of Nebraska
City spent Wednesday with rela-
th'es in this city.
' \V. W. Brown who has been a
1 member of the Woodmen Acci-
dent association of Lincoln for
less than year has had two par-
ti"l disabilities for which he has
' received $30. The losses were
paid promptly and without pro-
test. Mr. Brown recomments
, this company very highly to any
one wishing accident insurance.
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LJ.5t Friday and Saturday the
following applied for teachers'
certificates. Some took all of the
examination , others only part :
Iva Lowe Mabel Macomber
Lillith 'Wagg-oner Mary Doc1ch
Della Kniscly Ah'irda V. Allen
A. D. Larrabee May Crawford
Julia Cronin Mabel Greenwald
Zi11a Belden Georgia 14. . Wells
J. ' 1'Vag goner Orrie French
Chas. P. Stump Agnes Shrader
Beulah Greenwald Pearl Hanna
Lena Caverzagic Clara Babb
Ida Peirce Flora 1\1. Britt
, Nellie E. Knisery Laura Aikman
Jessie Craig Dais\ Morris
Olive Petrashek Mamie Kanaly
Myrtle Larrabee Jennie Gravatte
Maud 'l'osland
Mary James of Hula' has been
elected Grammar grade teacher
in he Adams , Nebraska schools
for the ensuing ) 'ear.
' \ . . D. Larabe' , who taught in
the Rule schools last year has
beers elected to succeed Prof.
Unsell as principal in the Preston
schools for the ensuing year.
A note from Prof. Osher Sch-
Jaifer of Humboldt brings word
that he is "at present enjoying
life on the Hsilen , spec _ Jiless
God-and-me-alone-i n h a bit i e d
plains of 'Vyoming" near Cody.-
Humboldt Leader.
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Last Tuesday . .evening'Vini -
fred Freemole , who taught the
primary department in the Hum-
bolt schools , last year , became
Mrs. John P. Pangburn. The
teacher of Richardson county
extend congratulations.
The next teachers examination
will be held July 15 and 16 in the
Central school building in Falls
City.
Nellie E. Davidson has con-
tractcd to teach in Dist. No. 9 for
the ensuing year.
L. A. Kinsey and wife of Ver-
don attended the Sunday school
convention in this city . during the
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week.
Mrs. W. C. Sloan and little son
of Verdou spent Sunday " ) with her l
parents in this city.
Lorena Sloan returned to Kan-
sas City Sunday after spending
several weeks with relatives and
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friends here.
J. C. ShulenLerg and wife of
Barada were in the city Wednesday -
day Mrs. Shulenberg was a
pleasant caller at this office.
Joe Prichard has been improv-
ing his property on North -Chase
street by the putting in of con-
crete walks in his yard.
The fronts of the Opera House
bakery and Opera House salocn
are being repainted this weck.
r FOR SALE ! .
A FINE FARIVI ' of 85 acres nearly touching the
city limits of Falls City. This is one of the best farms
of its size in the county : fine , strong soil , good fences , , " - ;
house with porches fine cellar , '
good 2-story 7-room ;
fine water , pumped to the house by fine , steel wind-
mill , then returns to a large supply tank and then piped '
to barns and feed yard. Also a fine , stone cave ; good
horse barn , 28x2.i , 14 ft. posts ; a new , large hay barn , '
30xSO , 20 ft posts , holds 75 tons. Good granary , corn ; I "
cribs , implement shed , stock shed , 14x60 ft. ; chicken : f
house , Sxtt 4 ; another good sized shed , 6xso ft. , with - : , ;
shingle roof ; and good pair of stock scales. Farm ! is ' y
largely set to clover , timothy and alfalfa , with hog tight " l ; \
pasture ; good orchard and plenty of all kinds of small ' , ' i
fruit , and good abstract title. This is a fine farm home' !
and so close to town that you can haul your hogs to
market before breakfast , and have the benefit of the " f
churches and high school of the city. We will sell you '
this home for $ 9 , 200 , this is less than 5 lob per acre. '
"VVe sold the Bauman farm recently for $110 per acre. .
It I will only I be a few years until this farm will sell for ; '
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$ 120 per ac-e. Can give you good terms on this if ' ;
you desire. '
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. . WHITAKER S..y '
Trim Your Trees.
There are places in this city
where the , limbs of the trees are
so low as to conflict with the city
ordinance governing such mat-
ters , and they are a great nuis-
ance to pedestri ans _ and especial-
1) so in wet weather. Cut off
the lower lim's on your trees
next to the sidewalks and thus
confer a lasting favor 011 suffer-
ing humanity ;
FAMOUS GEM WILL BE CUT.
lagersftJntein Excelsior Diamond Is
About to Be Subdivided-
Was a Big Stone.
Great interest has been awak- -
ened among the owners of large
diamonds by thc , announccment
that thc largest of these gems
known is about to bc thrown upon
thc market piccemeal. This stOlll !
is known as thc "Jugersfontein
Excelsior , " and it is to bc severed
into sixteen Iml' s.
The stone was held for ten years
before its owner could make satis- -
factory arrangements for its cut-
ting , which has now been undertaken -
taken by II firm in An sterduto ,
Holland. It was transported from
London to Amsterdam under special -
cial police protection , and a car-
peted room , with a specillll made !
safe , has been provided for ita
care during the progress of cut.
ting and poH i8hing. The responsi ,
bility : of handling and guarding so
precious a stone may be gathered
from the fact that its value may
be almost an 'thing. When discovered -
covered it was estimated to bp-
worth $1,000,000 , but in its fin-
ishcd state it will command a fab
illous IH'ice.
The story of the disco ery of
this wonderful gem is of no little
intel'est. It was found on June
30 , 18D3- at Jagersfgntein , in thc :
Live while be &b loaning It trucks
and although It white overseer
was standing near him , he- managed -
aged to secrete it and keep : i it on
ifs ; . person for Home time In thi
case , however , it did not appear ,
that he proposed stealing the gem ,
but only wished to deliver it personally - ,
sonally to the > manager. This ' hl' 4-
did , and as a bonus he received „ t
$7E'i0 and a horse , saddle and brio. iiI
dIe. . , I ,
The diamond weighed in through '
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rough exactly 9171 carats , 01'
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about 71.3 ounces avoirdupois. II" .
is of a beautiful bluish white color -
and shaped like the broken off end - . . . .
of an ieieh. The diamondiferot1-\ : \ , ,
monster measures three inches in ,
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length , one and Oll.half inches in . ' 1 I
thickness , two and one-half inches e
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in greatest breadth and one and } :
onc.third inches in least l)1''adtll. .
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The Excelsior has now been .I.
broken into H pieces the 1 three
largest of which are 155,147 and : .
130 carats , respertiYel These ,
individual gems in themselves c.t „
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extraordinary size , will be , when" " , . " \
fully cut and polished , among the I
finest in the world. , :
Growth of the Great West. !
In 1850 the country beyond the ' J k
Mississippi was a waiting ; wilder- " ;
ness. To-daJ , with Alaska , it it i ' , 1i
thrce-cluartcl's of the area 'of tl\l. \
coullh' ' . It has more than a ' guar . < . ,
ter t of the people , one > -third tha { f '
number of farms , half the fin- i t l
proved form area and nearly half
the farm value. The population ;
has grown H57 per cent in 50" ! ;
" n > urs-from 1,500,000 to 32,000- : , \
000. Missouri [ , Iowa and Louisiana , . ' . . . . .
exceed in density of population : ,0 . . " -
the general average. Ten cities .t
beyond the Mississippi \ exceed
00,000 ] population. The > mineral
products of the west in the census
year were $144OOOOno. Ca lifor- , t
nix has yielded one . eighth of the
world's total gold produced since
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