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t' , I VOLUME I FALLS CITY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , JULY , , 1904. NUMBER 30
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At the home of his mother ,
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: Mrs. Jolm.Hoffman , on 7th Street ,
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' _ Monday July 25th at 7:30 : p. 111. ,
, George Hoffman after lingering
_ . illness departed this life. George
" L . . . . ' Hoffman was born in Aurora ,
, " . . ' . Illinois , on the 16th day of
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.c..i" . - October 1873 and at the time of
his demise was 31 years , 9 months
. . . and nine days old He , with his
" parents , came to Fall City in
: ' > : . 1885 , which place has been his
' : ; : : ' , : , : home ever since. He was a famil-
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' . _ " : .J jar figure on our streets and had
made many lasting friends. For
,
' ' . . . 'I' " ' , , , . I , the . last . year and a half he had
X 0 : + , ' been failing very rapidly , and
I " 1k" . : : ; . : Y : . while it was known that the end
- " : . was not very far off , yet his
death was fl shock to many ; especially -
pecially to those who were ware
, . ' of the fact that he was on our
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" streets Saturday evening. He
- leaves to mourn their loss , a wid-
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owed mother , a sister Miss Sadie
' , , . . twp brothers , Peter and Matthew ,
{ : ' . : . and a host of relatives and
; t . . friends. Services were conducted
. 0 ? ; ' ' ' 'i : ' in .the Christain church by the
If ' : " " I pastor , Rey. Ferd. Pougeon , and
: ' . the remains were laid to rest 'in
, ; , ; " , . . . . ' Steele Cemetery , followed there
: : ' 1 . : . ' by a large concourse of friends.
, . . ; : " The floral tributes were many
: : . : ' > - : ; " , , and beautiful , and bore silent
it ; ' : : : ; : < \ " testimony to the fact that he was
' , ' J' . respected by many. The mem-
I' . , ' " " " . . bers of the family desire fo thank
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; : , , . , . those who assisted them in their
sad bereavment.
, - Mrs , Eliza Kaiser died at her
home in Preston on Saturday ,
" July 23 , 1904 , at 10 o'clock p. m.
The deceased was afflicted with
f- - heart trouble and at the time of
her demise was 68 years , 7 mon tl . s
and 5 days old.
, She was borne in Germany De-
I' ' cember 18 , 1836 , and although
subject to frequent- attacks of
.
heart trouble was otherwise in
. the best of health and until five
minutes before her death was
I laughing and talking with other
members of the family. Her
death being so sudden was a
great _ shock to her many friends.
She leaves io mourn her loss
; , four children and a host of
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friends , Funeral services were
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conducted by Rev. Linge in the
' Evangelical church in Preston ,
I' Monday : . July 25.
Married ! in Los Angeles.
11 . . . . A Los Angeles' Cal. , paper of
June 28 , has this to say about the
1. marriage of Miss Mahala Clark
- and Francis Authier which occur-
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Commercial Club Suggestion
If the enthusiam which now
prevails in , the local commercial
club shall continue , this organization -
tion will be of inestimable value
to this city. Many young busi-
ness men are enrolled as members
and are working to the el\d that
Falls City shall be the best town
ever. There is no reason why
this city should not be large as
Beatrice , Kearney , Nebraska City ,
Hastings and towns of like size.
We have every natural advantage
and by a little concerted effort
we could realize of many things
which are at present embryonic.
Why not appoint a special com-
mittee of twenty active young
ed at that place June 27 and
mention of which was made in
this paper at the time :
"Miss l\'Iahala Clark and Fran-
cis Authier were married yester-
day at noon in the Pico Heights
Congregational church , the pas-
tor , Rev. Shaefle . ofi. ; iating.
Miss Clark wore white chiffon
with a large white lace hat and
carried sweet peas. Her atten-
dant was her sister , Stella Clark
who . was gowned in material of
mixed blue and white and carried
sweet peas. Willard Berman sup-
ported Mr. Authier. The wed-
ding music was furnished by the
organist of the church , who
rendered ' 0 Promise me , ' during
the reading of the rituals.
After the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served for the few
friends and relatives who witnessed -
nessed the marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Authier will enjoy
a wedding trip to San Francisco
and cities of the Middle west and
upon their return will be located
in a pretty home on East Fourth ,
where Mrs. Arthier will receive
her friends after July 15.
Mr' Authier holds an important
clerical position with the Santa
Fe Company and his bride is a
well known singer , who possesses
a splend < I'soprano'voice and who .
is popular in social circles.
Commerical Club Meets.
On Monday evening the 'Com-
merical Club met at the Court
House but no business of impor-
tance was transacted The mak-
ing of a road across the bottom
south of town was talked about
in an informal manner , but there
was nothing definite settled upon.
The Club adjourned to meet
August 8th.
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business , men to communicate
with factories and other industries
seeking a location. There is a
splend opportunity to capture
capital seeking investment.
'Vhy would not cereal mills ,
starch works and tanneries pay
here ? We have all the raw
material. Is it good sense or
good business policy to send our
raw material east , and then have
it shipped back to us in its manufactured -
factured state. Why not save
the middle man's profit , the
transportation charges etc. , and
at the same time furnish employ-
ment labor that will bring many
families to our city ? Why not
appoint this committee ?
Colts Win Easily.
The Nebraska City Argos were
supposed to be ball players but
they bumped against a proposi-
tion in Falls City that made them
think of , "Home Sweet Home"
with variations. Paxton pitched
the ball to them in his ever reliable -
liable manner , and held the ! opposition -
position down until the eighth
inning when the Argos run ill
two scores. 'W will credit
Thomas , the visitors right fielder
with a fine catch in the first half
of the eighth inning. Game by
innings :
Nebr City-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-2
Falls City -0-0-1-0-1-2-0-1--5
Monday the Argos played at it ,
only worse than on Sunday. A
home run was secured by the
Argos in the first iuning. A
foul caught by Sears cut short their
score by one. The battery played -
ed good and held their usual
good reputation. Poteet secured
two 2-base hits and two 3-base
hits which is nothing unusual
for him.
Foehlinger made a good single
in the third inning. Gus got
busy and secured two 2-base hits.
Heck and Fode made a good
double play 'in the 6th inning.
Crip was there as usual.
Falls City-1-0-2-0-3-1-2-3-0-12
Neb. City-4-0-0-0-0-0.0-1-1-6
Craig and the colts will cross
bats Sunday.
Entertained.
Pearl and Jennie'Prater enter-
tained about thirty guests on
Wednesday evening in honor of
their cousins , Merton and Iilli-
gan Prater of St. Joseph. Dainty
refreshments were served and all
enjoyed the evening immensely.
Should Repeal It.
A. J. Weaver was hi St. Joseph
Thursday. We are informed that
a contract has been executed between -
tween the local telephone com-
pany and the inter-state company I
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whereby the latter is to come in
to Falls City. At one time the
city council passed an ordinance "
putting a telephone franchise at
$1,000. If our infoqnant is cor-
rect this fee will be avoided by
the inter-state company coming
in on the poles of the local com-
pan ) ' . If the inter-state can come
in without paying this tax , the
council should repeal its ordi- ,
nance and let the Farmers Mutual
company in also. .
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Bachelor Girls' Club.
The Bachelor Girls Club was . . .
organized and met with Miss
Carrie Slocum on Wednesday
afternoon. The time was pleas-
anti ) ' spent in card playing after . ,
which refreshments were served .
Ena Cooper of Humboldt was a . <
guest. The members of the club .
are Misses .Bess and Kate Hea-
cock , Sara and Ethel Hutchins , . '
Maggie Ewalt , Minnie Jussen , . 0 :
Carrie Slocum , Mary Clegg and
Eva Holland , chaperoned by Mrs "
Harry Jenne. '
'A Mangled. . . .
Newton H1gbee brakeman on a i
local freight No. 233 while adjusting - " ,
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justing a coupling Tuesday after-
noon had his right arm badly .
mangled. The freight was swit-
ching in the M. P. yards and
while Higbee was working the . ,
engineer backed onto him catch-
ing his arm. He was taken to .
the Gardiner hospital where Dr : - . t ,
Burchard amputated the injured .j
member. At this writing the " 1
patient is doing nicely. .J .Jf
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Doped. , ,
J. R. McMahon of 1522 Savan- . :
nah Ave of St. Joseph while in . ' . :
company with three other young
men Sunday morning was given . ,
wood alcohol. When found he
was unconscious and in a dangerous - i
ous condition. Under the care n
of Drs. Houston and Wiser he has
recovered sufficiently to return '
to his home in St. Joseph. s .
Struck by Lightning.
During the electrical storm ,
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Wednesday the high school build-
iag' was struck by lightning , sus-
tanning a broken window two .
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holes burned in the belfry - and
several shingles torn off. . _ _ _ ' ; fi
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