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. VOLUl'vIE I FALLS CITY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , .J J ULY I , 1904. . NUMBER 26 a
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. : . , , ' . LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
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' I , l\1rs. Blakeney IS'ISlt111g in
't ! Humbold
I 1 , . . . . . Mrs : J. 1-1. Miles is a Kansas
' / , ( City visitor.
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, . . Carraway made a business
t . . . . _ . _ . . trip to T-4incoln.
( f. : r- ' 'rhos. Taylor , wife and daugh-
\ ! . : ' ters are St. Louis visitors.
sue ; : : Mrs. ' .
' i , . Henry King's mother re-
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I ff.i6 turned to Omaha Monday.
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, j , Ingram Cain of Stella is visit-
I l \ . jug his parents in this city >
! / i .1 L ' \ B. Siman ton , Sr returned
' . I from an extended visit in Indiana.
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t' " . . . . . . . . U. i. . Cooper of Humboldt paid
n . ' : Palls City a flying visit 'l'ues-
\ day.
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f 0. : ' . , ' Billy Boyd from Salem drove
t ' . clown to meet Mr. Wilson of Paw-
, , nee City.
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t . , Dean 'Vindle who has been
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' 'I vIsItIng with I his sIster , Mrs.
; ' , ' Hattie l\1ettz , retuned to his
; rj home in Salem Tuesday
' Mrs. Dr. Rush and daughters
t who have been visiting in Lin-
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1 .1 m i' " . coin returned on Sunday.
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: ' . Fred Cleveland , Jean Cain ,
Bart Messier and Bert Gray were
Hiawatlla visitors 'ruesda\
, Anthony Nesladek was making
0 " a few repairs on thc Rube switch-
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1 ' . ; . ' , . board the first part of this week .
. . . ; ' . "Mrs. Maud Hearst of Padonia ,
rl' ' .Kanss . , is visiting with her par-
' ; ' , \ : cuts ! , Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Potcet
r. . Thomas McLane , "the genial
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: 'i" cigar . manufacturer" returned
. . ' from Rule the first of thc wcek.
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' \ ( ' The bill posters of Ring-ling- .
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) l. . . Bros Circus were in town , the
, . , ( result of which is very easy tq
jf 1 , ' see.
, .1 The smallest calf in the state
" jr ! of Nebraska is to be found at the
" : . Soldiers' Home in the southern
I , " part of the city. ,
} , } Mrs. Chas Birdsley , son and
, daughter left for Verdon Tues
. clay where they yill bc thc guests
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" . ' of Mesdames , Bowers and Du Ofnb.
. Mrs. Harnack returned from
Nebraska City Sunday evening.
I ' Mr. ' Harnack , Jr. is : still ) ) visit-
'j , . ing with his gqll1dp rents of
{ that city.
t - * - . ' Mmes. V. Siman ton , Wylie :
I 0 Bert Simanton , Samuelson and
j Zola Jones went to Humboldt
. Tuesday . to attend a meeting of
, . the Rebcccas.
. Mrs. Ewalt and daughter ,
l\1agilolia , l\Irs. Hcacock and
, , " . daughter Kate , Edna Holldnd ,
" , . . . Carrie " Slocum . , : Minnie . Jussen
and E. O. Lewis are visiting the
lib ; . pike at St ( Louis this wcek.
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Clara Babb is visiting in St.
Louis. , . . . , .
John \ViItse went to Lincoln
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on 1\1onday.
Mr. Judd returned to Dawson
on 1londay.
A. J. Helmick of Stella was in
the city Sunday.
Rev. Smith made .a trip to
Omaha the first of the week.
A. J. Baldwin , the insurance
man of Stella , was in town 'l'ues-
cl ay.
day.A.
A. E. 'Ken tner was up from
Leavcnworth a few days this
wcek. .
Ethel Shields is spending . the
week with relatives at Highland ,
Kansas.
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Chris. Shelly and wife from
Preston were halls City visitors
aturc1ar.
Fred Cleveland made a business
trip to Pawnee City thc first of
the week. -
Mrs. W. S. James of Sidney ,
Iowa , is 1n the city. visiting at .
thc home of L. B. Snyder.
Time electrical storm of last
week put about all the telephones
in town out of the busincss.
Master Albert Tanner of Hum-
toldt is spending the week with
his grandparents , J. J. Tanner
and wife
Henry Rogers left time first of
the week ] for Beatrice , hang returned -
turned from Leaven worth m Sun-
day morning.
Henry Barry came up from At-
cl1 son Tuesday for a few days
visit with his mother and } other
relatives here.
Guy Grcenwald is an addition
to the working force of the State
bank , made necessary by the increasing - \
creasing business of that institu-
tion.
Frank Diltz is seeking a ball
team that can beat Falls City.
He promises to teach the local
sports a lesson if he ever finds
such a team.
The tobacco trust has placed
immense bill board signs adver-
tising a certain five cent cigar
along 'cvery transcontinental line
in the United States. These
signs , ar3 at intervals of three
miles all the way from New York
to Sanli'rancisco. Time tobacco
trust is managed by the ablest
and most conservative men in
America. Do you suppose they
would make such a vast outlay of
money in advertising if it was not
a paying investment . ? There is
a lesson in this . . to . the wide- '
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awake , progressive business man. i
Married.
- On Monday , June 27 , ' 1904 , occurred -
curred the marriage of Miss Ma-
hala Clark to Francis Hcrbert
Anthier at the Dome Cathedral
in Los Angeles CaI. The bride
is well known and highly respect-
cd in this city , being a daughter
of thc late A. " ' . Clark and a
sister of Emery Clark and Mrs.
Ceo. FrcilmrgJousc ! of this city ,
and has many friends throughout -
out the county to extend congrat-
ulations. The newly marricd
couple will be at home to their
friends after July 15 , at 2019 E.
4th street , Los Angeles , Ca1.
Smashed His Fingers.
Last Saturday afternoon while
Irvin Yoder was trying to find
out something , about the mechanism -
ism of Harry Custer's large job
press he got his fingers in too
close proximity to where two
parts of it meet , and as a conse-
quencc' , is carrying his right
hand in a sling , owing to the
fact that two of the fingers arc
s smashed , one so badly as
to require twelve stitches in order
to bring it together.
Burglars at Preston.
Last Friday nigh urglars en
tered the store of C. I ! . Pribbeno
at Preston , blowing open thc safe
and securing some clot1ing , about
S25 in cash and $12,000 in notes.
No clue to the robbers can be
found The notes were found
in the lumber yard. _ '
John Ncsladek went to Dawson
the first of the week.
N. B. Judd and wife of Dawson
SLtndayed with Ceo. Crocker and
family in this city.
Jno. 'l'immerman , the genial
politician of Salem was a : usi- 1
nesss visitor here nlomida } .
George Halt and Jim Powell
received three fine fox hounds
from Highland , Kansas , the first
of the wcek.
'Ve are informed that Col.
Sattcrwhite , the conservative and
taciturn telephone man will soon
be in our midst.
The Glass Blowers are install-
cd on the corner cast of the Union ,
House. "Uncle Billy" Watkins
hauled them up.
John Crook , who contributes
largely l to the immense business
of the Gilligan bridge compal1Y ,
is home for a few days.
A. KentHcr , wife and daughter
Helen returned from Leaven-
worth the fore part of the week.
1'11ey will make Falls City their ,
home for the future.
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Commercial Club Meets. Z , ,
Time Commercial club nlct at . .
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thc court house on Monday night t . . . . .
with a good crowd in attendancc. \
A motion was made and adopted " -
that thc present chairman and 1 - < f . . .
secretary be rc-elected. These
gcntiCimmen however declined the
honor and asked that steps be
taken for thc election of new ofii- -Y ,
cel'S. The secretary uf the brick '
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plant at Chanute , Kas. , was expected - "
pected to be present at this meeting - "
ing , but h telegram from him ] at '
.Howe stated that he had been \
carried through halls City and ( )
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could not be nr ' sent . ,
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W. H. C rook , A. Graham and \
Chas. 'ViIson were appointed to
recommend nominations for chair- \
man and sccrctary. A committee
of three were appointed for constitution -
stitution ' ' \ ) .
and
by-laws. They are
Geo. Hall , C. C. Davis and F. W x" J
Mich ll. , '
Committee appointed to solicit ( Q - ,
memberships are W. S. 1-4eyda , . ,
] i' . E. Martin 1 and A. Seff.
A resolution that the l11ember- t 1
ship fee be $5.00 was adoptcd. ,
The club then adjourned to
meet agail July 11. in the mean-
time subject to the call of the
hairman.
Fraternal Union.
Time various committees of the
Fraternal Union met at the G. A. x
H. hall on Monday evening for
the purpose of making further
arrangements for thc bier Fraternal -
IHtl picnic to be held in this city
August 23 , 24 and 25. There
s e c m s to 'be an impression
throughout the country that an .
admission fee is to bc charged at
this picnic , but the committe in
charge wants it distinctly under-
stood that admission will be free ,
to every event over which they
have control. Everybody should
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make arrangements to attend
this , the largest and best attrac-
tion to . be held in the county . this
season. .
\ The committee adjourned to
meet again at the G. A. R. hall
on Monday evening , July .11 , at
8 o'clock.
"Dead Easy. l " _
Although it was announced in
advance that the Atchison ban
team , which played the Colts here
Sunday , were a very strong team
and had not lost a game this sea-
son , they proved to be "dead
easy , " for the Colts beat them by
a score of 11 to 1. It was the
easiest game thc boys have had
. this season. On next MOlday :
they go ' to Hiawatha to play
Troy , Kansas.
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