Nebraska Newspapers

    THE COMERS AND GOERS
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST TO
YOU AND ME.
What Your Friends and Their
Friends Have Been Doing
the Past Week.
—Eat Sowle's Candy.
July the Fourth ip a year away!
—Dr. Wilson, Wahl’s building.
It is better to be useful than happy.
The Fourth was truly a “glorious
day.”
—The Candy Kitchen for brick ice
cream.
Dr. Fid Hayes of Dawson was in
the city Monday.
J. If. Whipple, Poland China hog
sale, November 19, 1910.
Judge Latshaw has denied Dr.
Hyde a new trial.
Harvey Hogrete and wife ot Stella
spent the Fourth in this city.
It it. now possible to travel around
the world in thirty-seven days.
Wyniore had a $1*0,000 fire Friday
in the businness sectionn of town.
—If it’s shoes you want, call at
the Home Shoe store. 14-11
J. R. Cain, Jr., of Stella saw Ihe
ball game here Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weaver came
down from Verdon Monday afternoon.
A number of Dawsonites took in
the celebration in the neighboring
towns.
Miss Eller. Wyler of Nemaha town
ship spent Monday with friends in
this city.
Charles Cornell and wife were up
from Hiawatha Monday to witness the
ball games.
Mrs. Lois Wakefield, a cousin of
Mrs. Samuel Marts, spent the Fourth
with her In this city.
Miss Hale of Omaha spent most ot
the week in the city the guest
of the Misses Anderson.
We may refuse to think about
death but that fierce spirit of the
glass and scythe, will not forget us.
Mrs. Carl Schaer retrned to her
home in Superior Sunday, after a
short visit to her mother, Mrs. San
ford.
Miss Ruth Lewis left Sunday for
Omaha to spend several days with
her brother, Therein, and her many
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Esburn Wheeler of
Stella-spent the Fourth in this city.
They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. il.
M. Jenne.
Samuel Kanel of Nemaha township
is in Sabetha taking special electric
treatment for a severe attack of
sciatic rheumatism.
■ George llossack came down from
Homing, Iowa Sunday night and
spent a few days with his parents,Mr.
and Mrs. John Hossack.
Fred Lehnherfr, who lived south
of Nims City died Friday and was
buried Sunday afternoon. The ser
vices were held at the home.
Mr. and Mrs. Simpson of Wahoo ar
rive! in the city the first of the
week and spent a few days
with their son, R. B. Simpson and
wife.
Ben Stabler of Nemaha township
has been threatened with pneumonia
fever. He is feeling better now and
will soon be able to be about his
work as usual. ^
Mrs. Amanda Beaver, who lias
, been spending the past, few- months
with her brother, Ben Foster and
family, left this week for a visit to
relatives in Illinois.
W. B. Alexander of Dawson helped
tlie Salemites do their Independence
Day stunt. We venture he was
drum major, heating time while the
boys raised the wind.
Mr. and Mrs. .lames Stephenson and
little son, Oliver, came down from
Sbubert Sunday and spent the Fourth
with Mrs. Stephenson’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Oliver.
C. L. Marts came down from Wy
rnore and spent the Fourth with his
wife and son, who have been visiting
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Marts, for a few weeks.
E. W. Eteininger, Dawson’s cap
able blacksmith and machinist, took
a day off on the big and glorious
Fourth and came down to Falls City
on the early morning train.
The hail storm Saturday which
passed to the west of Falls City,, did
serious damage to corn and grain
fields. Where it wras severest the
corn was beaten into sherds.
New Shoe
Repairing Shop
In connection with our
Shoe Store we have in
stalled a Shoe Repairing
Shop, and have in charge
a first-class, up-to-date
workman. Bring in your
old shoes and have them
fixed up at reasonable
prices.
Half Soles 50& 65c
Heels 25c
The best leather used i/i
all repairing.
Home Itore
J. O. Shroyer ami two auto loads
! of Sunday School veterans from
Pleasant \’iew made a hurry up run
of twenty-five miles to Zion last
j Sunday morning. They were on
| time. Their talks and suggestions
j bristled with zeal and good sense.
! Mr. Shroyer is the fellow who took
the prize in Falls City at the last
Sunday School convention for bring
ing the biggest delegation. For this
! indiscretion he was elected county
president. Call on him if your Sun
day School needs stirring up.
Misses Myrtle and Lena Kamel of
this city left Tuesday for Mur well,
Nebraska to visit their sister, Mrs
Glen Brunson. From there they will
go to Aurora to visit their brother
Clyde and family. Thye will also
visit friends in Lincoln on their re
turn.
The Rock Creek rally Sudnay af
ternoon proved a very pleasant af
fair. The afternoon was ideal, the
grounds were all that could he de
sired. Everybody was in a happy
humor, and an all-round good time
was enjoyed by all present.
The necessary equipment arrived
last week which will enable the digger
south of Dawson to cross the river
and begin work beyond the mill dam. j
The crew have been idle for some'
time awaiting the arrival of these*
parts.
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alf. Schmid, who live about:
three miles south and west of Nims
City was interred in Wild Rose cem
etery last Friday afternoon. The ser
vices were held at Zion church.
Mrs. C. It. Marts and son ofWymore
who have been spending several days
with Sam Marts and wife in this
city, left Monday night for Kansas,
City, where they will visit friends
for a 'short time.
Toni Whalley from Arkansas is in
town.
Beecher Cornell was on our streets
Tuesday.
Mrs. Tom Hewitt lias relumed to
her home.
Bessie Arnold is no longer in V. Cl.
Byfords store.
Ed Hall of Wymore was in town
on the Fourth.
Mr. 1*. Kaiser Moved into his new
house, Wednesday.
Dr Huston of Kansas City was
seen on our streets.
Anita Wilson was a visitor to
Hiawatha, this week.
Charley Banib was up from Hia
watha. on the Fourth.
Edwin Morehead took an auto party j
to Baiada. onTuesday.
Mrs. Lyman was visiting with rel
atives in Kansas City.
Ten; Howit has been seen on our
streets during the week.
Riv F. It. Williams was in the
city tile first of the week.
George Slocum came down from j
Stella on business Tuesday.
Lew Rodcwald came up from Ilulo
to celebrate with his friends.
Irvin DeVault was up from ilulo
Monday to see the ball game.
Florence Bowers and Florence Far
chen are in Clay Center visiting.
Ed Holland and wife of McCook
are in town visiting with friends.
Mrs. Grant Sperry has left to visit!
with relatives in Leavenworth, Kas.
Mrs. Russell lliatt dropped down
from Salem to call on her mother.
Leha and Myrtle Ramel are visit
ing with tiicir sister in Harwell, Neb.
Grace li-.-rry returned to Peru on
Wednesday to renew her school work.
Archie Paxton found it congenial
to celebrate in Kansas City, Monday.
Five Minutes Late!
THE DESTINY OF AN EMPIRE HAS
OFTEN HINGED ON INACCURATE TIME
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A Dependable Watch j
\
Such as we handle
is a good investment, besides having a tendency to
qiiiet the nerves and promote confidence. A ‘ ‘ gootl ”
watch is not necessarily an expensive watch. We can
fit you out at a very moderate cost.
Come in and let us
talk the matter over
DAVIESOWENS
JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA
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Dr. Dailey and daughter left for a
trip lo Utah. The doctor has been
leading a more than strenuous life
ever since he undertook the task
of building a new church. Now that
this chore has been happily finished
the doctor is away for much needed
repairs.
T. J. iOst, wife and tw-o daughters
left for Colorado to spend their va
cation in the mountains. That they
will enjoy the simple Jife goes without
saying.
Mr, and Mrs. \Ym. Fenton were
in Humboldt, last Sunday.
W. A. Greenwald and wife went
to Humboldt on the Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs. John VVUtse celebra
ted the 4th. by calling on Mr. Wiltse's
brother, who is one of Nemaha town
ship’s successful farmers.
Charley Jxird came perilously near
ditching his auto on the Fourth
while racing with Wm. McDougal on
the Salem road.
Mrs. George Shouse had for her
guests over the Fourth, her son-in
law, Karl Clark and his family
from Morrill.
The Fourth of July picnic held in
the Deuchler grove was a very pleas
ant affair. Ail who attended had a
good time.
J. D. Hill of Sioux City arrived in
town Wednesday . He is the guest
of Mi. and Mrs. W. L. White while
in town.
John Davis of Topeka was visiting
in town this week. Mr. Davis is a
brother-in-law of Mrs. R. A. Dittmar.
T!i ' big dredge on the south fork
of tli • Nemaha is at work again and
appntently has an open way out.
L). F. Harbaugh, .Mr. Miles’manager
on bis big ranch' south of Dawson
was in town Wednesday.
Miss Stonedeck of Lincoln was
the guest of her friend. Miss Blanch
McCray over the Fourth.
John Vossel and wife enjoyed a
visit from their daughter Clara, who
; is staying in St. Joe. 4
There was a train wreck in Ohio
on the Big Four.
The little hay prodigal has returned
and Rev. is’aninga is,happy.
It is quiet about town these days
the farmers have to do at home.T
Herbert Ilays and wife of Stella
were interested In the hall game on
the Fourth.
It. E. Meyers and family were up
from Morrill Monday to attend the
hall game.
The H. B. T. club took to the woods
Wednesday. Of couers they had
a capital lime.
Peter Lugenbili, one of the farm
ers of Speiser precinct, was on our
streets Monday.
Mrs. Frank Mason of St. Joe
is wiling her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frrank Judy.
1 he iteputmcan county convention
will meet at the court house July
the T 4th at 2 o’clock.
The wo'-k on the new Christian
church building is moving along as
rapidly as could be expected.
Dr. Green and family have returned
from their trip to the north. The
dotor purchased a farm in South
Dakota.
The Linde] recently faded away
behind the painters dextrous flour
ishes and the McPherson House
emerged in its place.
$ Foundations <1*
for Fortunes*]?
Are right here in the advertising
columns of this paper.
If w hat you're selling has merit
AD V K li 7 / .V E l T.
An ad. will sell it for you.
O’-OO.vrt viit% ilKiy, t v Vi’. N. f.)
SURPRISED VISITOR TO CITY
Good Old Uncle Josh Wondered at
Liberality Displayed by “Them
Oprey People.”
A few days ago a resident of Sha
niong township came over from Jer
sey to lay In a supply of seed pota
toes, cultivator teeth and other things,
and after looking over tho cut glass
and picture display In one or two life
saving stations, he rambled out Market
street to see the city.
While making the tour Uncle Josh
ran across a building operation where
nn old structure had been torn down
to make room for a more modern one.
The bricks which had been taken
from the old building were piled sev
eral feet high and many yards long in
the street, and, of course, were cov
ered from one end to the other with
theatrical posters.
Uncle Jo. h let his eyes play on the
brick pile for several minutes while
nn expression of mingled surprise and
admiration lloated over his coun
tenance. Finally he turned to a po
liceman on the.corner.
“I jes' tell you what it Is, constable,"
he remarked In a confidential lone,
“them oprey people don't mind ther
expense when they start to do a tiling,
do they?”
“I don't know," was the wondering
response, "what do you mean?"
"Why, jes' look at thet.," said Uncle
Josh, pointing to the brick pile, "who
would think thet they would go to all
ther trouble o' puttin' up a brick wall
as lhick ns thet jes’ ter paste them
actin’ pietwr's on?" Philadelphia Tel
egraph.
HAD FUN WITH PRESIDENTS
Children of the White House Seeming
ly Had No Fear of Chief
Executives.
Agnes Carr Sage, In her book,
"Boys and Girls of the White House,"
has included tome stories of children
who, without living in the presiden
tial mansion, were privileged to have
their fun at the president's expense.
Among them was the adopted daugh
ter of Holly Madison. Who was tho
president Is not told, but the chances
are in favor of Van liuren. The little
maid stood n good chance of knowing
Van liuren, Harrison, Tyler nnd Polk
in the White House. Van liuren Is
the one who would have enjoyed the
joke most heartily.
Mistress Dolly's closing days would
have been desolate, indeed, hut for
Anna Payne, the child of a brother in
Kentucky, whom she adopted late in
life. This young girl was her Constant
companion after the death of Mr. Mad
ison, in 18116, and a veritable sunbeam
In tho home which she made at Wash
ington within a stone's throw of the
White House.
A prankish little creature was Anna,
nnd up to all sorts of mischief. Thus,
one first of April, she invited the one
who was then president to dine, with
out mentioning the fact to her aunt.
When that worthy lady was horri
fied by the unexpected arrival of so Il
lustrious a guest, Anna flew in and
laughingly informed them both that it
was only an "April fool."—Youth's
Companion.
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A Strango Hairpin.
“Tliis,” said the gay bachelor, lend
ing his visitors through the flat, "is
my famous collection of hairpins.”
The hairpins, 100 or more, filled n
Louis Qulnze cabinet. Some were of
shell, some of silver, some even of
gold.
"This is the strangest,” said the
bachelor, “this hollow glass one. See,
there is a fluid in it, a perfume. And
here is a tiny hole, so that, when the
pin lies obliquely In the hair, the per
fume is emitted slowly in delicate
drops.
"It Is a Japanese hairpin," he con
cluded. "A geisha in a Yokohama tea
house gave ft to me. I can still see
her as she sat on her cushion, playing
the samisen, while very slowly, In
drops resembling tears, the perfume
fell on her amber-colored cheek.”
Advantage of the Blind.
A correspondent, writing on the Il
literacy of the native classes, points
out a strange anomaly. In devising
the “Oriental Braille” alphabet for the
use of the Indian blind it was found
that the G3 combinations of the six
Bfallle dots' will serve to give the
blind one code for the whole of the
languages and dialects. With this
code the Indian blind are being taught,
and no difficulty has arisen in any ver
nacular. The ordinary native blessed
with sight is more unfortunate. The
complicated nature of the native syl
labaries is such that it requires from
GOO to 1,000 sorts of type to print a
book even in simple language. Orig
inally the letters of Asoka were sim
ple in form, but the modern varieties
of Asoka’s letters have become elab
orate and complicated.—Allahabad
Pioneer.
Had to Find His Man.
‘‘Mark Twain,” said a magazine ed
itor, “lilted to tell, as an Illustration
of perslstance and push, a story about
a Sheepshead hay race. He said that
at the end of an important race a
young man shouted so savagely, ‘Hats
off! hais off, there!’ that every one
in hearing distance' obeyed him and
stood bareheaded. A moment later
the young man hastened towards nn
elderly gentleman, shouting as he
ran, ‘You can put on your hat again
now. It’s all right.’ Some one asked
him later why he had made all the
people take their hats off. ‘Well,’ he
replied. I'd bet fifty with a bald-head
ed man, and I had to find him, hadn’t
I?* ” '
FUT3 BLAME ON FAMILY RULE
Writer In Eastern Periodical Se
verely Arraigns American Parents
as Responsible for Evils.
It Is manifest to the most careless
observer that the public conscience
of America Is thoroughly aroused and
that the American people are resolute
In the determination to have a gen
era! "house-cleaning." This senti
ment Is confined to no section or
state; It pervades the entire body poll
tie from ocean to ocean, says the
Wi hlngton Post.
It It shall result In governors who
will rigidly execute the laws without
fear or favor; judges who will dis
pense' justice, with balance rightly ad
justed, speedily and without delay;
jurors who will do their duty, "blind
lo the offender and lynx-eyed to the
deed,” a new era will come to bless
our land.
Our tribulation Is nil In the fault
01 the themselves. Nowhere
else in Christendom are found chil
dren with so little reverence for
parental admonition nnd with so much
contempt for parental authority as the
average American family. It Is a rare
>(>• h of seventeen who does not look
on Itis daddy as an Imbecile or a fool.
This Is the observation nnd the testi
mony of pretty nearly every foreign
observer who has studied our civiliza
tion and our society. (Jo Into any
crowded street car and you will see
a great calf of a boy sitting while a
decrepit man or woman of three score
'ears and ten is standing, painfully
boding to n strap. It occurs con
stantly in this town, the capital of
ttl it we fondly say la the greatest of
n11 oils.
bet us take down Solomon nnd
rind: "lie (hat spareth the rod hateth
bis eon; but he that lovcth him chas
tened him betimes."
\ml remember chaos In the fatally
makes anarchy In the state
TOO MANY WASTE ABILITY
One of the Great Tragedies of Life Is
the Squandering of Pos
sibilities.
Doing the lower when the higher is
possible constitutes one of the great
est tragedies of human life. To squan
der money seems a wicked thing when
wo think of file good that might tie
done with it; but what about the
wicked waste of ability, (tie deliberate
throwing away of 50. 75, perhaps 90
pel’ cent, of one’s success possibility,
just becuuse he never trained himself
to use it, to grasp It with, such vigor
and power that he can ding ills life
Into Ills career with its maximum of
fectiveness?
Most people take hold, of life with
the tips of their ringers. They
never get hold of the life proposition
with that grip and tenacity of pur
pose and vigor of determination which
does tilings worth while. They just
hang on the outskirts of filings, play
ing upon the surface of their possi
bilities without getting down into
the marrow of their being where effi
ciency and power dwell.—Success
Magazine. ,
Trick of the Gas Man.
"Look out! It’s a dummy turnon,”
telephoned the gas man to a fellow
employee whose duty It Is to go round
and turn on the gas and Inspect the
meter for families that have just
moved In or have had the gas shut off
for non-payment of bills. He ex
plained that the man who Is sent to
a house to shut olT the. gas because
the bill hasn't been paid rarely tells
the housewife what he Is about to do.
She wouldn’t let him in. Instead he
make u pretense of trying to find a
leak. Once In the cellar he snaps a
padlock on the valve and the# trick Is
done. Then he leaves quickly. When
the turnon man comes around after
a settlement has been made he is like
ly to get at least a good tongue lash
ing, but he jerks his shoulders and
points to his ears, pretending to be
deaf.
"In either case,” said the gas man,
“there is no use In abusing him, and
that is why we put each other wise
when to act the plummy.”
In the Old Frontier Days.
An army official's wife laughs gaily
at what she is pleased to term the
fastidiousness of some of her friends.
"You should have been with me on
the plains,” she remarks. “I remem
ber when iny husband and I stopped
for a time in a Texas frontier house,
wtiere several civil engineers were al
so boarding. The tea and coffee were
served in cups without saucers. There
was, in fact, only one spoon in the
establishment, and that belonged to
the sugar basin. From (hence it would
be removed to stir each cup’s contents
as they were prepared by the hostess
and Started down the long table.
Sometimes It would be overlooked and
lost. Then a search would be insti
tuted. 'Where Is—oh, Mrs. Blake,
you have the spoon.’ I would send
it back to the tray and meal would
proceed.”
His Weakness.
"That woman over there.” he
mused at the- party, "Is Interesting
looking, but what age is she? She is
pretty, too, but she seems to be of
no definite age. She is neither old
nor young, but she is interesting.”
"That's just the difference be
tween ns women and you men,” said
his companion. "If you are interest
ing, we don't care what your age Is.
We even don’t care how bald you are,
if you are interesting.”
“Don’t!" he groaned, pressing both
hands to his head to try and hide his
baldness
JOB FOR THE FOOL-KILLER
Had He Be»n on the Lookout Inquisi
tive Passenger Certainly Could
Not Have Escaped.
It nil took place on a car the other
day. Most of tho passengers had
made a mental note that the man with
tils Jaw tied up was suffering from
the toothache. The ever-present In
dividual with tho never-absent inter
est in the other fellow's ailment
leaned over and spoke to the appar
ent sufferer.
"Does It keep you tip nights?”—Ite
spoke. The toothache man never re
plied.
"I’ll bet It's a double tooth,” con
tinued Hie inquisitor, ”aud that the
dentist couldn’t pull it out without
an awful lot of trouble and that—"
"You fool,” t muttered the man
around the corner of the bandage.
"Oh, all right," replied the stranger,
“If that's the way you feel about it
I won't say another word, but you are
old enough to know that you shouldn't
he riding on a car, for the cool air
striking an exposed nerve causes an
ache and that there are thirty five
hundred nerves radiating from your
gums and that the1' exposure of any
one of those is liable to cause more
trouble, and furthermore every tliuo
you hit«» down on a piece of food you
use enough force io close a door—
why I knew a man who actually went
crazy with the toothache—he looked
a lilt like you, too, and I often told
him that the lie t way to stop a raging
toothache was to go and take a
fly this time the man with the
aching molar had signaled the con
ductor, loft the ear and was rapidly
beating It to the sidewalk.
“Strange," muttered the inquisitor
to another passenger silting alongside,
"how unfriendly a man with Ihe tooth
ache is!"
BAD BOY FOOLED OLD LADY
Got Away With Toy and Left Helper
in Somewhat Embarrassing
Situation.
When a kind old lady, in walking
along a residence street, beheld a
small boy struggling vainly to reach
something between the gratings of a
tall Iron fence surrounding a palatial
residence, she paused to watch his op
erations. The object of Ills quest she
discovered to be a handsome mechan
ical toy, an automobile that would run
when wound up The boy had a stick
with which he w/is trying to pull the
machine toward him, but as he could
barely reach It, the struggle was well
nigh hopeless.
"Let me try It," said the ol<l lady.
"My nrm Is longer than yours.”
“All right," replied the youngster,
relinquishing the stick.
Getting down on her knees the old
ludy, by dint of much stretching and
careful manipulation, gradually worked
the machine toward the fence and at
last had the satisfaction of seeing the
little boy grasp It with eager fingers.
"Xow," she said, “you must be more
careful and not let It get away with
you again.”
"Gee,” said the boy, "It never got ,
away from me, an' it ain't goltt’ tc
neither.”
“Wh wh why," faltered the old lady
with the dawning of a horrible sus
picion. "Isn't, it yours?"
"You bet it's mine now," said the
kid and away he scampered, leaving
the good old lady alone with her con
science.
Invisible Animals Alive !n the J
The shore »f the sea permits the
study of mbre than the poet’s horizon
or tinted shell. There are tiny ani
mals that live and move among the
plants of the sea. and these may be
observed clinging to any favorable
ocean object. "A small fragment of
bark, streaming with fine plant-like
growths,” says Howard J. Shannon, In
the June Harper’s, “Is cut from the
water-worn timbers which the receding
tide has exposed; and this apparently
Insignificant fragment, populous with
curious life. Is placed In a glass of
water beneath the microscope. . .
Veritable miniature forests appear,
endless vistas open, teeming with
curious Interest and populated by
creatures more strange and more won
derful than any the Imagination can
conoeive.”
Wistaria Trained Into Trees.
The wistaria tree is the latest Ja
panesque effect sought by expensive
gardeners. To train one Into any
kind of shape takes three years of
patient pruning, but the result is well
worth waiting for. so foreign and ar
tistic and unusual. The vine is first
allowed to glow to a height of four
feet, and then all tendrils are nipped
at the top and those at the sides made
to train out over stakes. These are
kept pruned as they grow into
branches. When strong enough they
are permitted to bloom, and clusters
of pale violet flowers soon hang In
profusion from the spreading, minia
ture trees.
Tricks Any Husband Can Learn.
To tell yellow from green In match
ing silk. To wash the dishes without
breaking more than two. To keep
quiet when he's spoken to. To face
the cook when she’s angry. To find
out what ails the gas range. To
stand 'In line an hour for two trading
stamps. To set up his wife's brother
In business. To get up winter nights
to investigate "robbers.” To smile
when his old sweethearts’ pictures are
burned up. To prefer halma at home'
to billiards at the club. To drop his
old friends because they are "vulgar.”
To give up'coffee because It disagrees
with his wife.—Puck.