Diller Bulletin Notices and Local Chatter
Local items include train schedules for Burlington time and local passenger and freight trains. Social notes mention a Presbyterian church event with supper and fair on April 6 and a Lincoln visit by Folly Franzen seeking an auto company position. Rentals, farm offerings, rheumatism tips, and town updates on opera house plans follow with sales of mules and cattle, street conditions, and a Bachelor Girls gathering hosted by Miss Arends with twelve attendees.
Attention to Horse Owners Pure-bred Percheron Featured
Attention to horse owners as season returns for our pure-bred Percheron stallion. This breeder produces colts with proper style size action and temperament. Strong qualities advertised for potential buyers and breeders.
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Gies
Sonera
Beatrice Worker Inspects City Drilling Site
Beatrice resident Harve Smethers, employed by Dempeter Co, inspects a city drilled well on Monday as part of ongoing work by the firm.
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Harve Smethers
Beatrice
The
Dempeter Co
Red clover seed offer for thin wheat pasture
Advertisement notes sowing red clover in thin wheat now will pay off in fall pasture. Home grown seed priced at $10. Contact Lambert in Steele City by phone.
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Lambert, Steele City
Farmer Armstead plans wheat-to-corn plowout in Nebraska field
H. S. Armstead of the Diller area says his 40 acre wheat crop will be plowed under for corn. He notes only a small patch of under three acres looks salvageable where snow drifted.
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H. S. Armstead
Diller
Dr King’s New Life Pills Ad Promises Quick Blues Cure
An old newspaper advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a solution for feeling blue and sluggish. The copy claims the remedy cleanses the liver stomach and kidneys and ends biliousness with a 25 cent price at Shutt Drug Co.
Connecticut Farmers Plan Rattlesnake Farm in Massachusetts
A syndicate of Centrecticut farmers will move 100 rattlesnakes to Massachusetts to establish a twelve acre farm. Land has been purchased and rattlesnake oil sells for six dollars a pint with valuable skins. Farmers project at least five thousand rattlers within two months.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Endowment of Christian Colleges Aiming at Stability
The piece argues that Christian colleges require large endowments to operate as serious institutions. It notes that even with creditable work, regular adequate funding is essential, citing recent endowment figures and the need for substantial support across denominational schools.
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Eeeates
Crete
Wastansekaa
University of University
Pregent
Testing City Well Could Supply City Water For Years
The city water test shows a continuous pump could provide at least 100 gallons per household daily. A reservoir and pumps powered by gas engines may enable fire suppression and lawn irrigation, with tests continuing to determine total extractable water.
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Nebraska
Smethers
Mrs Chas loud recovers from serious illness at home
Mrs Chas Loud has recovered sufficiently to be up and about at home after a serious illness, according to family updates.
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Chas
Salt sale ad from Lay in your summer supply
A half car rock salt for sale cheap. Lay in your summer supply with Loock and Habicht for a local rock salt offer.
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Loock & Habicht
Reed Couple Return From Visit In Wymore
Mr and Mrs Reed of Wymore visited at the home of their daughter Mrs W J Frisbie and returned home yesterday after the stay with family.
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Mrs. Reed
Wymore
W. J. Frisbie
Christmas Surprise Party for Mr and Mrs Riddle
A group of neighbors surprised Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Riddle for Mrs. Riddle’s birthday last Saturday evening. Eight guests attended and enjoyed refreshments, singing and games as the party proceeded in a festive mood.
Births and Local Notices Include Family News
A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Frank Amos on the 29th inst. Mrs Harry Drullinger visited relatives last Friday in Oberlin Kansas. Readers urged to see new hat styles and seven inchers from Rigdon.
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Frank Amos
Harry Drullinger
Oberlin, Kan
Clark's offers latest wallpaper borders and crowns
Local ad highlights new wallpaper styles including cut out borders and straight combinations. Prices start at 10 cents upward with promotions at Clark's.
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Clark’s
Farm ventures seek agents in Nebraska groves and farms
Orange and grape fruit groves truck poultry and general farms in best districts. Agents wanted. Write for literature P Land 322 First Nat Bank Bidg Lincoln Nebraska.
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P Land
Lincoln
Nebraska
Mrs Lena Green Gerwick Visits for Beatrice Hospital Operation
Mrs Lena Green Gerwick arrived Saturday from Spokane to assist her mother Mrs Wagenaar during an operation at Beatrice hospital Tuesday morning. The procedure was successful but Mrs Wagenaar has been very poorly since.
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Lena Green Gerwick
Spokane
Wash
Wagenaar
Beatrice Hospital
Notice to Advertisers Tightens Copy Deadlines
The newspaper announces a strict weekly deadline for display ad copy. Copy must reach the office by Wednesday to be considered for that week's issue, with any late submissions held over or discarded. Ad teams are urged to prepare copy early for neat, timely inserts.
Local Trips and Family Visits Reported
E. L. Loock traveled to Beatrice on a business trip yesterday. Mrs. Dr. Ellis was summoned to Omaha on Thursday due to her father’s serious illness. Mrs. A. L. Tristman visited Humboldt on Thursday to spend Easter with her daughter Mrs. J. C. Herwig.
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E. L. Loock
Beatrice
Dr. Ellis
Omaha
A.L. Tristman
Humboldt
J. C. Herwig
School Notes Preview and Staff Movements
Supt Eastwood reviews new pupil in fourth grade. Arnold Fouts misses week due to illness. Rhue Green named Harbine principal in a deserved promotion. Mike Cork Wright engaged to teach Hill district school. Emma Kielsmeier returns after two months at parochial school. Grammatical notes and April 20 teachers examination planned for Diller and Fairbury. No term at Tat and Friday last week.
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Elmer Deputy
Arnold Fouts
Marie
Colman
Diller
Fairbury
Emma Kielsmeier
Bell Sparks
Rhue
Green
Harbine School
Mike Cork Wright
Miss Wright
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Burlington
Presbyterian Church
Franzen
Thos. Copeland
Ker
Tecumseh
Dillerie Brandt
Chamberlain’s
Shutt Drug Co
B.F. Blythe
Weewreaver
Harm Myer
Arends
Wes Hampden
Fout ‘Ss
Frank Witherspoon
Live Stock Com. Co
Kansas City, Missouri
Supt. Eastwood
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