BLAINE COUNTY 
NEBRASKA

Named for James G Blaine (1830-1893), an American Statesman. 
Established 5 March 1885. 

BLAINE-BITS 
from the BREWSTER NEWS
1908, Volume 3.

All the bits-of-news you might have missed . . . since 1905!
Donna (Collier) Dietrich, Editor, reporter, and copy person.
Patricia C. Ash, printer's devil. 

Mamie Osborne Collier Article Collection .

1908

Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Owings of Dunning spent several days of the week with friends in Brewster.

Dr. Owings was called out to S. E. Hannas place yesterday afternoon where young Stanley had shot himself through the left leg with a revolver.

Daniel Schipporeit is down from Ainsworth, the guest of his brother John on the Middle Loup.

Mrs. A. J. Robbinault of Pritchard spent the week with her daughter Mrs. Porter Riggs.

Mrs. J. L. Donahoo of Giles received a telegram last Sat. announcing the death of her father near Waterloo.

Born:  A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sauerburg, Sunday. 

G. A. Vanderveen arrived with his machinery Wed. and will at once commence work on the new courthouse.

Elmer White went to Aurora Sat. expecting to spend the summer on a farm in that neighborhood.

Johann Schipporeit and his brother Daniel were in Brewster Friday on business from Milburn.  There is no use in talking, people will come a long ways to trade in a good town.

Josiah Hollopeter of the Calamus, who is the inventor of a real practical and durable Barbed wire gate fastener was in town yesterday with a sample of the invented article and an inexhaustible supply of talk to back its good qualities.

A new frame house is being built on the Mrs. Wadham’s place east of Dunning by W. S. Turnbull.

Fred Schneidereit died Friday evening, May 8, at his home in German Valley.

Ross Wilkinson with a crew of men is still working on the German Valley telephone line.

George M. Hocker of Meade, Kansas, is among the recent arrivals looking for land.  Mr. Hockery has taken three quarters in German Valley under the “Kinkaid” act.

County Commissioner Burke was in town from Hawley Flatts Tuesday taking a peep at the work on the new courthouse.

Dunning:

Willie Robison is back from Gothenburg and will visit with relatives near Anselmo.

Charles Craig has bought the Joe Allen place in the east part of town and Harry Clark now occupies the Section house.

Clinton Wilson has returned from the far west and is now at home on the ranch northwest of town.

Sabbath evening Dr. Cox was called to Brown County to see Mrs. Wm. Featherston who was suffering from a serious attack of puerperal fever.

A. J. Robbinault of Purdum was visiting in our town for a few days.  Jack used to live in this city some twenty years ago.

An ice cream party was given at the home of Mrs. A. F. Carlson Friday evening to the school children in honor of Minnie and Mary Goldman who left for home Monday.

L. W. Hannah took a load of cattle to the Kansas City market Monday.

Died:  Mrs. Fannie Hunt, wife of T. N. Hunt at her home three miles southwest of Brewster.  

Died:  The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jenkins near Halsey of pneumonia, and was buried yesterday in the Dunning cemetery.

Rex Roberts is putting up a new frame building on the south side of the street between the Grant and Burlington hotel in Dunning.  It is reported to be used as a hardware store with living rooms in the rear.

J. C. Roberts has returned to his “first love”, that is, he has bought the store at Halsey that he formerly owned and is spending the week in invoicing the stock with Mr. Kennedy, the present proprietor.

E. P. Robison was over from Dunning Monday to close up business matters he had pending here.

  Tuesday Judge Turner issued a marriage license to George Tappen and Nettie Sturdevant, both from Milburn.

Miss Lizzie Worth of Brewster is visiting at the home of her sister Mrs. McIntyre in Custer County.

Dunning Doings:

Mr. and Mrs. Rex Roberts spent Sunday at Halsey.

J. M. McMillan was down from Thedford today.

Mrs. M. F. Roberts is attending the Bryan notification ceremonies at Lincoln this week.

Dr. Picket died at his ranch north of Dunning Friday afternoon of last week and was buried in the Dunning cemetery the next day.

We wish to start the Dunning church building at once and to assure its being completed this fall we would be glad if those who have subscribed could pay at once at the Dunning State Bank.

Frank and Lida Golson returned Monday from a visit at different points in the eastern part of the state.

F. W. Spencer returned from Ainsworth Sat. with a registered Hereford bull that he will place at the head of his herd this season.

Giles was represented in town yesterday by L. S. Ellis, W. L. Parks and Joe Fetherston, who were all here on business.

A boy baby was born Sat. morning of last week to Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Riggs.

A boy baby was born March 21 to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McMillan on the Dismal.

Dry Valley will soon be a “sure thing”.  The post office is to be located there, there is to be a cream station and the Dry Valley schoolhouse is to be moved close by.  We predict great things for the city of Moulton.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rankin were in town from Hawley Flatts Wed.  Mr. Rankin has the distinction of being the first in the North Loup Valley to live in a concrete block house and praises the material highly for building purposes.

Fred Spencer was in Taylor Wed. for a load of posts.

J. H. Teaford and son Sam of Purdum spent Sat. with Brewster friends.  The younger Teaford is now comfortably located in a nice new frame house on the old Dr. Cox homestead on the lower Buffalo Flatts.

Mrs. Roy Jacobs and Mrs. Carl Sorenson returned Wed. from Minden, where they visited about six weeks with relatives.  If you ever saw a happy man it was Carl when he met his wife and little girl here in Brewster, his winters crop of whiskers had been left at home and his smiles were broad and impressive.

  Married:  March 22, Mr. Hugh R. Ferguson and Miss Jessie M. Cox, both of this County.  Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cox witnessing the ceremonies.

Mrs. D. C. Norris and children arrived yesterday from Dunning and will make Brewster their future home much to the joy of County Clerk Norris.

Mrs. S. E. Hanna returned Tuesday from Merna where she attended the sickness, death and funeral of her sister in law, Mrs. Charles Thomas who died Sunday leaving a family of five small children.

M. F. Roberts is living on his claim near Wagner.

A girl baby was born to the NEWS family yesterday and the editor now counts the Newslings by the quarter dozen.

T. B. Miller was called to Sargent to meet his son George who returned from Buffalo, New York with 15 registered yearling heifers.  They are Holstein Fresian stock.

Work will commence next week on the new Congregational Church.

John Kugler has shaken the Dunning dust from his feet and is now a resident of Brewster.

Mr. Vanderveen with his force of men is progressing nicely with the courthouse having three-fourths of the block made and is now laying the wall.

Mr. and Mrs. George Sawyer drove down from Ainsworth Sunday to visit the Gardiner family here.

A. L. Mattson received a telegram yesterday from relatives at Lincoln announcing the death of his father.

A. F. Carlson and son Adolph departed Friday of last week for Gothenburg where they will visit the family of John Hagberg.

The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Parkhurst Wed. evening and left with them a nice baby boy.

A baby boy was born Weds. to Mr. and Mrs. Orland Weesner near Lucy and the young man will be called Moses (P. K.).

Scott Turner and Ed Stoll of Brewster were doing Elsmere Mon.