CAVE UP THE DIAMOND
Two Former Falls City Residents
Had a "Mix-up"
The following article, taken
from the Kansas City Star of
Saturday, July 25th, is self ex
planitory:
“A neatly dressed young man
registered at the Kupper hotel
early this week, writing the
name of Byron Priest. His at
tire was the admiration of the
bellhops and he appeared pros
perous. Thursday morning a
letter came for him from Wich
ita, Kansas. At 8 o'clock the
same morning J. B. Keshlear, a
detective called for Priest. He
was not in, The officer waited
until 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
When Priest tinally came for his
letter the officer asked him for
a 8200 ring belonging to Mrs.
Daisy Braham of Wichita, Kas.
Priest admitted having the ring
and said he was going to Wich
ita the next day to return it.
The officer took the responsi
bility of returning the ring, and
Priest was not arrested. A dis
patch from Wichita last night
said that Priest had been a chef
there and that Mrs. Braham
said that Priest took the ring
over her protests and wore it
away, Both formerly lived at
Palls City, Neb.”
Baptist Church.
The services for Sunday will
be held as usual. Sunday school
at 9:45 a. m. followed by the
preaching service at 11 o’clock.
The evening service begins at 8
o’clock. Prayer meeting Wednes
day at S p. m. In spite of the
warm weather our congregations
were unusually large Sunday.
Our Sunday school also is taking
on new life and every phase of
our work is growing- Our com
mittees are getting to work and
soon we will see their fruits.
Pastor, G- F. Reichel
A Butter Famine
A scarcity of butter during a I
few days caused many of our peo
ple to resort to bacon juice and]
axle grease to lubricate their j
bread. The merchants, however,
eventually shipped in some cream
ery butter and saved the situation.
Chicago creamery butter sold here
Monday at 35 cents per. Talk of
carrying coals to Newcastle! In
this most favored of agricultural
districts, with its vast pastures
and countless herds, shipping in
butter from Chicago.
The cream separator has taught
the farmer that it is more profit*
able to turn the crank than to
beat the dasher. As long as but
ter fat sells for 20 and 22 cents a
pound, the busy farmer isn’t go
ing to spend time making butter,
lie will sell the butter fat to the
middle man, who in turn sends it
to the creamery, while the poor
town devil pays the farmer for his
( product, the profit of the middle
man and the creamery, as well as
the transportation both wavs be
fore he can fix the roasting ears
in the right way.
I
Injured in a Runaway
I Mrs. Win. Nedrow, who lives
1 on the Harris farm south of Stel
la, was on her way home from
Verdon, last Friday, and while
going down a hill the shafts be
came unfastened and the horse
ran away, throwing from the
buggy Mrs. Nedrow and her two
small sons. She and the three
year-old boy were terribly
bruised, but the older boy es
caped injury. The buggy was
badly broken up. Mrs. Nedrow
was able to carry the little in
jured boy to the home of her
brother, Dan Fisher, from where
medical aid was summoned, and
they were afterward taken to
their own home. This is the
second time Mrs. Nedrow has
been in a runaway accident and
once she was in a cyclone,—
Stella Press.
THEY MADE GOOD
The Rise of Three Falls City Boys
to Influence And Riches
This is a story about three good
boys: Years ago there lived in
Falls City three boys, named
Charley, *<rohn and doe Battrell.
Their father was poor, and the
boys all worked. Charley Batt*
rell was employed in 1*. II. -Jus*
sen’s store at S<> a week. '’Flic
other boys had jobs paying still
less. They were good boys, and
their parents taught them to be
industrious, polite and honest.
Where do you suppose they are
now? They live in St. Joe, and
Charley Battrell is principal owner
of a shoe factory which employs
many workmen and twenty eight
traveling men. Joe and John are
also prospering. Some years ago,
they sent for their parents, who
now live in a hanksome home of
their own, a present from their
sons. We point to the Battrell
boys with pride- And here is a
thing worth remembering: The
Battrell boys haye had an easier
time achieving success than other
boys have had achieving failure.
It is terrible, being a drunkard
and loafer and being pointed out
as neglecting the ordinary duties
of life.—Atchison Globe.
Barber Called the Bet
Two men got to talking politics
in a local barber shop the other
day. One was a Bryanite and the
other was for Taft. Each man
was certain that his favorite can
didate would win. The Bryan
man said he would bet $1,000 that
the Fairview statesman would be
the next president. The republi
can said; “Make it $2,000 and I
will take the bet”. Both of them
were bluffed to a standstill when
the barber remarked: “Before you
fellows post your bets pay me for
the shaves that you have been
standing me off for the past three
or four months”.
Ten Days of High Grade Entertainment!
Every Day a Big Day!!
THE SECOND ANNUAL
Falls City
Chautauqua
Assembly
AT THE
City Park, Falls City, Nebraska
One Block South and Two West of National Hotel
August 7th to 16th, 1908
INCLUSIVE
The names on the program speak for themselves. Every attraction guaranteed
to be good. No experiments will be tried. This will be a great campaign of education,
Culture, Religion and Amusement. The Chautauqua is the people's and it has come to
stay. You can hear all this talent at about six cents per program on the season ticket
plan, and your children at about three cents. Buy your season ticket now and assist
the management.
Rent a tent and take your vacation at home with your family and neighbors. In
vite your children home. The “Chautauqua time” is the real “Home Coming time.”
Write the Secretary, or Thos. J. Whitaker for program or tent. Splendid camping
facilities—good shade, water, light, police protection and sanitary conditions.
The business men of Falls City are desperately in earnest about the Second An
nual Chautauqua and are determined to make It a great success at any cost.
ADULT'S SEASON TICKET—Admitting the Bearer to All Programs, $2.00
CHILD S SEASON TICKET—Seven to Thirteen Years of Age . . . $1.00
SINGLE ADMISSION--Adults. 25c
SINGLE ADMISSION--Children.15c
JOHN LICHTY. Pres. PROF. T. J. OLIVER. Sec. W. A GREENWALD, Treas.
S. M. HOLLADAY. Supt. THOS. J. WHITAKER. Manager
SAVINGS BANKS IN SCHOOLS
Ingenious Scheme Has Been Found to
Promote Thrift Among the Chit- I
dren of Berlin.
lYnin in the slot savings banks j
nre tin' latest idoii to promote thrift
among Merlin school children. \
manufacture! of candies recently,
applied to the municipal council for ^
permission to place automatic sweet*,
meat machines in the communal
schools. The town authorities re
fused to grant it, but the suggestion
gave them an idea, which has been
so successfully carried out that it is
to be adopted in all Merlin schools.
Automatic savings banks were
placed in a schoolhouse. The child
who dropped in a coin received in re
turn a numbered counter. When
the child has collected ten of these
cardboard counters they are taken to
the schoolmaster, who presents him
with a savings bank book in which
the deposit is entered.
The machines have been in opera
tion for two months at the Schoen
berg schools. During the first
month over was found in the
form of ten pfennig pieces. Tho
month just expired brought only
half a dollar less.
STUCK IN THE PORTHOLE.
Because lie was fat, Manuelo Oli
vari late of Milan, Italy, did not
succeed in escaping from the ship
Brasile in which he stowed away at
Palermo to reach the land of the
free and brave. Otherwise Manuelo
would now he a citizen instead of
ignominiously on his way back to
Italy. When the Brasile got to New
York the stowaway tried to crawl
thrmtgh a porthole onto the dock.
Half way through Manuelo stuck.
He couldn’t get hack and couldn’t
go on. The sailors found him and
tried to assist but all they did wras to
rub skin otf Manuelo. lie yelled for
relief and the captain had his
.clothes cut otf and the men pulled
on his logs. Still never a budge.
.Then the sailors got a bucket of
axle grease and oiled Manuelo amid
ships, and with a “Yo-heave-ho!”
they all yankinl together and Man
uelo popped out of the porthole like
a champagne cork.
ROYAL BABES WEDDED.
One of the smallest wedding rings
of which we have record was that
fittffU to the finger of Mary, daugh
ter of Henry VIII., who, at the
age of two years, was solemnly wed
ded amid much pomp and splendor
to Francis I. of France, who had
just attained the dignity of six
months. Attending the little hriilc
were her father and mother, Henry
and Catherine of Aragon and Marie
of France, mother of the bridegroom.
The bridegroom himself was not
present at the ceremony, but his
place was taken by Admiral Bonni
vet, who acted as proxy and placed
upon the finger of the little princess
a tiny wedding ring, set with a
magnificent diamond. Cardinal
Wolsey performed the ceremony, at
wrhich the whole court was present.
FIRS CAUSED BY EAGLE.
The first grass fire of the year, and
extending over 50U acres of Tejon
land, owned by Truxtun Beale, oc
curred the other day south of this
city. The fire was started, it is said,
by the burning up of a large eagle
which perched ou one of the big Edi
son power line wires and was electro
cuted. The eagle in alighting touched
two wires with his wings and a short
circuit was formed.
Two men witnessed the burning
mass fall to the ground, starting the
fire, and later investigation disclosed
the charred remains of the bird. The
fire burned a swath four mile* wid«
and two miles long.—Bakmfleld
correspondence San Francis oo
Chronicle.
I .
! CHICAGO’S “GOOD ANGIL."
Jane Addams, the Chicago social
worker, i§ said to have a larger con
stituency than any college president
in the world. Nine thousand men,
women and children go to Hull
House to attend clubs and classes, to
learn how to cook, to sew, to make
hats, to dance, to paint, to model in
clay, to drink a social cup of tea, to
witness and take part in dramatics,
to study literature, philosophy and
political economy.
UNHEALTHY.
“Aren’t you ashamed, Georgie, to
make 6ueh a fuss about having your
hands washed? See how much bet
ter they look already.”
“I don’t enro. I don’t like to see
them so pale.”—Harper's.
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, I Does a general milling business, and manufactures the * >
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