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A Reporter's Dream? Ravenna News: We have tried to figure out just what a Bank Receiver's Paradise would be like. But the next time we see Assistant Receiver Frank McGrew of the Ctizens Bank we are going to show him the following clipping, and if that isn't his idea of Heaven then we will be badly disappointed. This dispatch came over the Associated Press wire Wednesday of this week. It follows: Tampa, Florida, Oct. 13.-The bank of Tampa closed January 19, 1911 and J. A. Griffin was appointed receiver. Today he filed his final report, showing all depositors paid in full and 8 per cent interest besides. After all that was done, a balance of $3,095 was left and this was paid to the state treasury. If this dispatch had not come over the "highest of the high" authority on news, the Associated Press, we would not hesitate long in calling it a reporter's dream. But there it is, in plain black and white. Any day now we are expecting to see an item from Tampa, Florida, to the effect that citizens are running around the streets with hands full of money just looking for a bank that looks like it might close and go into receivership. Eight percent investments are rare these days. And safe! Say, did you ever try to get money out of a closed bank? It's about like trying to tear down the Rock of Gibraltar wih your fingernails. Lands 10% TD Catfish Howard County Herald: To many of the followers of the pole and line, the weather Sunday may have seemed to inclement, but to John Messbach and T. C. Christensen this seemed to be an ideal time to set out for the river and spot out the places where the finny tribe might be making that habitues. Their "hunch" proved with splendid results, for they hooked a 10% 1b catfish and a 3 1b pike on bank lines that they had set out. Now Has a Namesake Ravenna News: Hubert Boswell, Ravenna boy who soared into the limelight by scoring the.. only touchdown against the mighty Northwestern University football team in the Nebraska-Northwestern game three weeks ago, now has a claim to fame. He has a dog named after him, according to the following clipping from John Bentley's column in the State Journal: "Dr. Earl Deppen who served as team physician on the Northwestern trip, bought a dog in Chicago and decided to name him after the first Cornhusker who made a touchdown. That was Boswell so the dog's name is "Bos", pronounced with the long "0" as in "The pup was stricken with heeble jeebles, train sickness and some indication of logoes on the bogoes on the way home so those on the trip will be glad to know that "Bos" has fully recovered, according to the latest bedside bulletin issued by Doctor Deppen. Amusing Grain Story Potter Review: An amusing story that fits the present plight of grain farmer was told in Sidney this week by a grain man who has traveled over the entire country observing farming conditions. It ran: A Canadian farmer brought a load of barley to town to sell. The grain merchant refused to buy it, on the ground that It cost more to ship than he could get for it. The farmer. tired of the load, asked the grain merchant to accept It as gift, and unload it. The grain mer chant refused, but finally relented. and agreed to unload the barley If the farmer would bring him a turkey in payment. The farmer a. greed and in a few days brought & sack with two turkeys. only asked for one," the merchant said. "Keep them both," replied the farmer. "I brought another load of barley." Leg Burned in Pecullar Accident Potter Rieview: Thomas McGow an, 8th grade pupil, was quite badly burned on the leg Monday morn Ing in a peculiar accident at the Witt mill. He had gone to the mill office to pay for flour he had purchased and as be entered the door Harry Witt was attempting to throw out a can of oil which had become ignited while kindling the fire in the heating stove in the of fice. Tom was unable to get out of the way in time and some of the oil splashed on him and set fire to his clothing, burning him severely on the leg before the flames could be extinguished. Tom was taken at once to his home and a doctor was called to take care of the burns. The acctdent was unavoidable under the circumstances and was greatly regretted by Mr. Witt. Tom is Improving nicely and will soon be able to be back in school. Cream Separator Explodes Broadwater News: An unusual accident is reported from the Lis00 community. Andy Richardson was turning the crank of a cream separator when an explosion OCcurred in the interior parts of the machine which caused parts to fly off very forcibly. Mr. Richardson's hand was slightly hurt. No definite explanation as to the cause of the accident has been offered. A Freak Bet Litchfield Monitor: Of all the freak bets was one that a Litchfield man made during the World Series. A party of men had went together making a pool, throwing in two-bits each and then drawing out numbers, the winner being determined by the total -score of the two teams. This party, whom we are talking about, was in on the pool and the day that St. Louis was leading the Athletics 4 to 0. with two men down in the ninth inning, purchased the number four from another party who was in the pool, only to have Al Simmons come to bat with one man on and knock a home run, making the total score six. No, we won't tell who the individual was, as we also lost a malted milk on the World Series. Wheel of Loaded Wagon Over Head; Child is Unhurt Ravenna News: How the wheel of a farm wagon loaded with corn could pass over the head of a three-year-old youngster without causing a fracture is something for Mr. Robert Ripley to solve in his "Believe it or Not" column. Yet such an accident happened near Ravenna last Friday. Ellen, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Maxiner was riding on the wagon. She fell under the front wheel, and it passed over her head. The wagon was in the field, and the ground was very soft, and this alone saved her life. Medical aid was immediately summoned and examination showed bad lascerations, but no fracture of the skull. She is recovering nicely. Smallest Newspaper Published in State at Yutan. Ashton Herald: The smallest newspaper in the state is published and printed at Yutan, down near Omaha, by Eugene C. Smith. The paper measures only five inches and is known as The Yutan Druggist. It does not deal in ice cream, tincture of iodine or anything else that goes to fill a well-stocked drug store, but it tells who's who and what's what in Yutan. Mr. Smith is a druggist and prints his paper in his spare moments on a hand powered press and the people cry for it, Mr. Smith, declares. Mr. Smith boasts "Nebraska's smallest newspaper," independent in politics, tells the truth, fearing neither man, beast nor the devil. He is 28 years old and the father of three children. Yutan is a town of 400 people. Warning Issued Wood River Sunbeam: A warning has been Issued residents of Grand Island to demand to see 1dentification cards of men who seek to enter homes on pretext of reading meters or similar work who claim to be representatives of local power companies. During the past week several men gained entrance to homes when they posed as meter readers but the ruse was discovered when a resident called one of the power companies to register a complaint against the men. whom, he alleged, had sampled his choicest keg of "grape juice" and had forgotten to turn off the spigot, with the result that several gallons had drained on the floor The power company could do nothing about the matter wince the highjackers were not in their
Who Said Hard Times Cairo Record: Many people are roaring "hard times" we presume that times are hard-to an extent. But in the sixty-one (61) For Large Homes years that the writer has lived in the Central West. once called the "Frontier West" and also a part of the "Great American Desert" -we have seen times so much "harder" than they are at the present time, that living in the preFor Small Homes sent seems to us, in comparison, like being in our ideal of "Paradise." Brace up. Times seem to be getting better. During the past week we heard a farmer calling for corn huskers and at last report he had not secured them. The writer has had a few days' work For Churches he has wanted done for some few weeks, but all the parties we have spoken to about doing the jobs have been too busy to get the work completed yet. "Hard times" don't seem to be so "d-d-darned hard," after all.
