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ALLS CITY TRIBUNE.
Vol. IV FALLS CITY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , AUGUST 2 , 1907. Whole No 184
Body Exhumed Three Times.
For the third time the body
of the unknown suicide , who
killed himself on the Burlington
train last May. has been ex-
hunied.
Dr. Renekcr has received
many letters from a Mrs. Perry
in New York as well .as those
interested in her who seemed
positive in their identification
from the photograph , and at
their earnest request the body
was taken up Wednesday morn
ing that there should be no
doubt about marks said to have
been on the body. Coroner
Reneker felt very positive that
no such marks could be found
but as the Metropolitan Life
Insurance company also wanted
another examination Coroner
Reneker complied with their
request. The marks described
by the wife were not found and
the case is again left a mystery.
The life insurance payments
had been made regularly to the
Metropolitan until just about
the time of this suicide and
have not been made since and
they are also anxious to locate
their man , dead or aliye.
It is net at all likely that the
body will ever be taken up
again nor is there any possibil
ity that it will ever be identi
fied after this length of time.
Family Keunion.
One ot the most pleasant
family gatherings recently oc
curred at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Levi Nedrow on Tuesday
of this week. All of their child
ren except one son , Simonwere ,
present and quite a number of
their grand children , An ex
cellent dinner was served at
12 , o'clock , the table fairly
groaning with all the good
things prepared for this special
occasion. Grandma Nedrow
has been in poor health for some
time but at this time is un-
usally well , and though advanced -
vanced in years , both she and
Uncle Ned are in fair health
and upon this occasion entered
into the spirit of joy and happi
ness , of loving reunion with
their family with the keenest
enjoyment and pleasure.
It would be hard to lind a
happier gathering than that at
the dinner Tuesday and the day
* vill long be remembered for the
, 'oy and happiness brought to
ic hearts of all the family. The
lildren from a distance who
) me to be present on this joy-
4 il occasion were , Millard
'jnshall , wife and daughter
"om Tryon , Oklahoma , Charlie
inshall , wife and little son ,
Norton , Kansas , Mrs. Emerson
HeachelNorcatur , Kans. , Henry
Nedrow , Norton , Kans. , Joe
Nedrow and wife , Stella Neb.
Of the family who reside in
or near this city are Mrs. Joe
Wicks and daughter and Wesley
Nedrow and family.
In the afternoon a photograph
of the family was taken in the
yard at the family home. May
they all live to enjoy many
happy reunions.
Married.
Miss Addie Clark of Stella and
Mr. Ed Reed were married lastf
Sunday at the home of the
groom's sister , Mrs. RobtFitz
gerald. Only a few relatives
and intimate friends were present
at the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Reed will make
Falls City their future home.
Congratulations are extended
through The Tribune by a large
circle of friends.
The work of redecorating the
post office continues. By this
time next week things wijl be
Oner than a fiddle.
Delivery Horse runs again.
The big bay delivery horse
from Nicholas meat market has
decided to be a runner and
makes good on very short
notice. Last Saturday he be
came frightened at an auto in
the northwest part of town and
started for the shop at a merry
gait , \\hen he reached there all
there \ \ ' as left of what started
with him was the thills and
harness , Verne Rowe having
been spilled out on the way
with light injuries and the
wagon unceremoniously dropped
The horse ran a block down
the alley past the market where
he slipped and fell , got upa nd
started off again but was stopped
north of Ferd Harlow's house.
Mr. .Nickolas believing him a
little to speedy on short notice
tor a delivery horse traded him
off the same day.
Chautauqua Notes.
Wednesday night closed the
first season of the Falls City
chautauqua assembly and it is
generally concede-l that taken
as a whole it has been a grand
success , much better than was
at tirst anticipated.
The last days of the session
were exceptionally good.
Nothing could have been
finer , more eloquent or soul en
thusing than the lecture of Hon.
G. A. Gerhart on Sunday atter-
noon. His lecture appealed to
the heart and mind , arousing
the finer perceptions , creating
higher ambitions , ideals and
greater confidence in the future
of our people in the minds of all
who were so fortunate as to hear
him.
him.A
A good crowd was in attend
ance to Monday to hear Dr.
McClary and his lecture gave
unusual satisfaction. He was
interesting and kept his hearers
amused from start to finish.
Dr. Lloyd's lecture on Martin
Luther Tuesday afternoon was
unquestionably fine , one ot the
ablest and most forceful lec
tures given during the week ,
and a great source of instruc
tion and interest.
Tuesday evening's program
was cut short before Magician
Ritchie had finished his en
tertainment by the storm that
came up. However , as much as
was given was thoroughly en
joyed by the audience.
Dr. Fox gave one of his very
best lectures , "The Neglected
Cavalier , " on Wednesday after
noon to a very large assembly
and we hear only praise on all
sides. He is of very pleasing
personality , his delivery is good
and he has the happy faculty of
being able to carry his hearers
right with him.
While the session has been a
long one there was marked re
gret at the closing service
Wednesday evening. Friends
have mingled with friends , the
best feeling of friendship and
good will prevailing through
out , truly a session where fel
lowship , charity and love have
dominated.
The chautauqua was a success
intellectuallysocially and financially -
cially , Therej has been mis
takes , such as are common to
first years , but these can be
remedied , and Falls City prom
ises the patrons even better and
greater things for next year ,
with more and better conven
iences , such as were impossible
to so new an organization and
new surroundings. Plan to be
with us next year.
Dr. M. L. and Mrs. Wilson
eutertainen Dr , and Mrs. Litch-
field and 3Ir. and Mrs. Irvin
Shirley of Humboldt last Sun
day.
$25,000 Suit.
The Omaha papers publish
the fact that George Abbott ,
jr. , formerly of this city but
now living in Omaha , was sued
last week for $2,000 ) for alien
ating the affections ol another
man's wife. The petition al
leges auto rides in the moon
light and other interesting in
cidents. Mr. Abbott pronounces
it a hold up game and refuses to
be blackmailed for a penny.
Mr. Abbott's many friends here
will watch the case with inter
est , confident of his ultimate
vindication.
Where are the Candidates ?
The filings made by candi
dates up till Wednesday noon
are as follows : Roscoe Ander
son and S. R. Scott for county
judge ; Vincen.t , . Arnold and II.
A. Pence for assessor ; John
Watson and F. Wayne Coons
for county superintendent ;
George Smith and Hi Bel-
den for supervisor district ;
John Hinton for supervisor Gth
district. No candidate has
filed on the republican ticket
for sheriff , clerk of the court ,
clerk of the county or treasurer.
Neither has a candidate filed
for supervisor in the 2nd dis
trict against McCray who has
filed. Saturday is the last day
for filing and no one can be a
candidate who does not file his
application with the county
clerk before that time. It seems
to be up to someone to get bu < y.
Capture a Tarantula.
John Gehling has a tarantula
on exhibit at his store with
which he had a mixut ) Wednes
day. He was opening up ba
nanas and took hold of the stem
to lift them up when he saw the
legs moving , It was very close
to his hand. Needless to say
he dropped the bananas quickly.
He got a newspaper and a glass
jar and by pushing the paper
under the spider it jumped up
into the jar which was immedi
ately turned right side up and
the paper placed over it till
the lid could be secured , and
there it lias been a prisoner ever
since. There was quite a little
excitement in the store for a
while and John admits being
pretty badly frightened. While
he will keep the tarantula on
exhibition for a few days he
does not contemplate trying to
make a "pet" of it for any
length pf time.
Base Base Games.
The Haskell Indians played
the Kid nine here on Saturday
afternoon , the scor being II to
4 in favor of the Indians. The
Falls City team was weakened
by the illness of two members
whose places they were unable
to fill in time for the game. A
good crowd attended but not so
large as usual , owing to , , the
chautauqua session.
The Humboldt kid nine played
the Falls City juniors two
games Friday , the game in the
morning standing 11 to 5 in
favor of Falls City while the
afternoon game was won by
Humboldt , the score being 0 to
8. There was some pretty good
work done by the youngsters
and if they keep on we will
have a good ball team even if we
do have to w..it till they grow
into it.
Buys a Home.
John Dowvy has purchased
the property owned by Hiram
Spencer on Ixorth Lane street
and is preparing to move his
family to town in a short time.
We are glad to welcome them
among our townspeople.
An Urgent Invitation.
There was a great ball game
in Humboldt this week. Te
cumseh said she could beat
Humboldt and she did by a
score of 1 to 0. Many Palls
City people attended the game
and pronounced it one of the
best games ever played in this
corner of the state. How much
money changed hands will never
be known , but Humboldt is both
loyal and game , so the amount
was enough. We want these
two teams to play a game here.
Of course we will bet on Hum
boldt , but we'll be fair to every
body and we will give the boys
a crowd that will break the
record.
We urgently invite both teams
to fix a date in Falls City to see
which is the better team on
neutral grounds , then see what
a crowd we turn out.
Where's that Gas.
What has became of all the
gas and oil we heard so much
about last spring. The Pirate
mine and the slate bed on the
Wagner farm were to supply
the city before cold weather.
Pretty hot to mention it now
but winter is coming and there
seems no slump in price of coal.
Its up to the gentlemen with the
shale beds to do something now.
Let us hear about it.
Btllie Boyd joined the Hum
boldt bunch Tuesday.
We will have another and bet
ter chautauqua next year.
Chautauqua is over , now conies
the institute and teachers galore-
Miss LenaCaversagie and Miss
PearlxMartin were up from Rule
last Tuesday-
H. W. Tiinmerman and wife of
Verdon attended chautauqua
here Friday of last week.
Mrs. Schrader returned Sunday
evening from a two weeks visit
with friends at Omaha and Weep
ing Water.
George Schmelzel was one of
the disappointed ones from this
place at the IIumboldt-Tecumseh
game Tuesday.
Master Albert Tanner returned
to his home in Humboldt Mon
day after visiting his grand
parents for ten days.
M. . and Mrs. Ray Fisher of
Des Moines , la. , will be in the
city over Sunday , the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Himmelreich.
John McNamaru of Chicago
and his little daughter , Alice ,
arc guests of Mr. and Mrs- Frank
Smith having arrived last Sun
day.
One of the biggest horse sales
of the year will be held Monday
Aug. 5th at the Missouri Pacific
stock yards , by Vastine & Cum-
minghan , Col. Marion auctioneer.
All business houses and most
of the offices closed from 2 till 4
o'clock Wednesday , the last day
of chautauqua , that all might
attend the last session who
wished.
Prof. F. Wayne Coons of
Ilumboldt was in town Thursday
and made us a call. Prof. Coons
will be a candidate for superin
tendent of public instruction at
the September primaries subject
to the will of the republican
party.
V. G. Lyford left Wednesday
for New York to buy his fall
stock of goods. He will be
joined in Detroit by Mrs. Lyford
and Miss Mable who have been
visiting in Chicago and after a
couple weeks in New York they
will visit Washington and the
Jamestown Exposition.
A Porch Party.
Mrs. T , J. Gist entertained
twenty young ladies Thursday
' morning in honor of Miss Kthel
Kinslow of Glasgow , Ivy. The
forenoon was spent in interesting
contests and a splendid luncheon
was served at noon.
.
Sheriff Fenton made a business
trip to Ilumboldt Wednesday.
Miss May Weltnerof Hiawatha
is visiting friends in this cit y.
Walter McKeivcr , took in the
big game at Humboldt Tuesday.
Mrs. Fred Unland of Humboldt
visited her daughter , Mrs. Gantt
this week.
Mrs. Allan May and son
returned to their home in Salem
Wednesday.
Mrs. J. E- James of Sidney , la.
is the guest of her daughter , Mrs.
Laurence Snyder.
Mrs- Milo Shields went to Hum-
boldt Tuesday to visit friends
and see the ball game.
Mrs. Hossack went to Stella
Wednesday to visit her daughter ,
Mrs. Ephriam Withee.
Mart Bright of Franklin , Kas. ,
is the guest of his sister , Mrs.
Ada Wells , this week.
Miss Julia Cronin of Rule was
the guest of relatives in this city
several days this week.
Grant Windle was among those
to attend the Humboldt-Tccum-
seh ball game at Ilumboldt.
Eddie Smith , Oliver Wells , and
Dolph Bently were of the crowd
that went to Ilumboldt Tuesday.
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Dr. Ed Hays who has been
down from Dawson a few days
went to Humboldt with the big
crowd Tuesday. ,
R. D. Fonts of bt. Joe was in
town Wednesday and took time
to come in and renew faith with
this family necessity.
Mr. and Mrs. Will
went to Humboldt to see the
Richardson county team loose
in a hard faught game.
Catcher Potcet of the Ilum
boldt team went up with the
crowd Tuesday after a short
yisit with his parents here.
Mrs. Buckminster and daugh
ter came down from BaradaTues-
day afternoon to take the night
train for Los Angeles. They
will spend about two months in
California.
Mrs. Ray DePutran , with her
baby , came down from Lincoln
last Saturday for a three weeks
visit with her parents , George
Holland and wife. Mr. DePut
ran will be here to spend Sunday.
Frank Knickerbocker a'.id his
grand-daughter , Miss Stella
Knickerbocker returned last Sat
urday afternoon from a month's
visit with Seattle relatives. They
had a delightful trip though the
climate did not agree with Mr.
Knickerbocker.
II. C. Smith returned Wednes
day from Cambria , Wj' . , where he
went last week on a combine
business and pleasure trip. One
of the chief pleasures of the trip
was going through the immense
coal mines and salt works at the
big salt springs nearCambria.
The colored people of the town
gave a dance last Friday night in
Wahl's hall for the Virginia
Warblers , who had been filling
an engagement at the chautau
qua , A big crowd was in attend
ance and the amusement was
kept up till a late hour. Light
refreshments were served.
Mrs. C. F. Kttkur of Barada
spent Tuesday in town with
friends.
\\alt Knickerbocker saw the
ball game at Ilumboldt Tues
day.
Bug Lewis was one of the
rooters at the IIumboldt-Tccum-
seh game Tuesday.
Mr. McGowan and Miss Dunn
came down from Barada to at
tend chautauqua Monday.
Mrs. J. D. Mitchell with Mrs.
Lola Mitchell was a Barada
visitor to our city Monday.
Miss Clara Masengalc and
Sylvia Cannack were Verdon
patrons of chautauqua Saturday.
Mrs. Virginia Dunn and daugh
ter , Ruth , left Monday night for
a visit to Portsmouth , Ohio.
Elmer and Tommy Ivanaly
were members of the big crowd c
that went to munboldt from this
place Tuesday.
Mrs. Osterhohn and August
Usterholm of Essus , mother and
brother of Mrs. Dr , Wilson are
her guests this week.
Misses Alice and Blanch Mc
Cray were down from Stella at
tending chautauquaa fewdays the
latter part of last week.
Mr. Chas. Banks returned to
Decatur. Ills. , Saturday after
visiting two weeks with his wife
and daughter in this city.
Miss Florence Wheeler returned
to her home in Stella Wednesday
afternoon after a short visit with
her aunt , Mrs. E. F. Sharts.
Mrs. W. W. Spurlock of Salciu
attended chautauqua here Sun
day and visited Mrs. J. W. Holt
a few days the first of the week.
Miss Xetta Camhlin and Miss
Jess Paxton went to Humboldt
Tuesday for the ball game between
tweenTlumboldt and Tectmiheh.
With all good feeling to
Tecumsehi a good part of the
Falls City crowd were disap
pointed that Humboldt lost the
game.
Miss Eleanor Williamson of
Humboldt was theguest.of Mrs.
Dr. wilson last week , having
come cown to hear the Kilties
band.
Col. Jim Powell and Dow
Whitakcr were among the num
ber from this place that did'sotne
big veiling for the Humboldts
Tucsdav.
Len Glines and Gus Ruegge
went to Humboldt Tuesday to
see Humboldt do Tecumseh , but
like many others were dis
appointed.
Humboldt surely didn't ap
preciate Charlie Frenchy when
he went up to the game Tues
day or they would have chosen
him as their Mascott.
Simon Davies was in town over
Sunday. He has been' attending
the Elks convention in Phil
adelphia and stopped off to pay a
visit with friends on his way
back to Chester Neb.
Among the dignitaries from the
Temple of Justice who put busi
ness aside to see the big game at
Ilumboldt Tuesday were Judge
Gagnon , Treasurer Joseph Lord ,
County Clerk Joh'n Hutchings and
Janitor Henry Ruegge.
John Kleeber moved this
week from the Spencer property
on Lane street to the Maddox
property on Harlan street re
cently vacated by Oscar Maddox's
family. John Dowty who has
"bought the Spencer place will
occupy it soon.