Diller News Roundup With Local Births and Meetings
Diller columns report a new son born to Mr and Mrs J Smith in Diller and a list of town activities. A union meeting at the Christian church with Dr S E Hawes of Fairbury is announced. Local residents travel to Lincoln, Beatrice, and Adams for work, education, and family visits as weather brings rain and farm life continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Smith Diller
The
Christian Church
8. E. Hawes
Fairbury
Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
Steve Maw
Diller
Shramek
Daredevil Ride Ends in Accidental Injury Heal with Arnica Salve
Theodore Schnee of Columbus Ohio reports a deep foot wound from an accident that physicians could not help but Arnica Salve quickly healed. The ad notes burn soothing and sells 25 cents at Spear Drug Co. It warns against shipping goods away and stresses local employment for a town’s vitality.
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Bucklen
Theodore Schnee
Columbus, O
Buecklen
Spear Drug Co
Pain Balm touted for rheumatism relief by Spear Drug Co
An advertisement extols Chamb erlain's Pain Balm as a fast relief for rheumatism, noting widespread sales and many testimonials of permanent cures. One application purportedly relieves pain and the remedy is priced as a trifling cost. Available from Spear Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Spear Drug Co
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets offer relief
Advertisement promotes Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as a cure for weak digestion, claiming digestion and assimilation matter more than quantity of food. It notes cost of a quarter and lists Spear Drug Co as seller, with testimonials of benefitting users. It also reports Jefferson county independent telephone companies forming a county organization at a Fairbury meeting led by Thomas P. Price and others, with a May third Tuesday date for the next delegation.
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Chamberlain
Spear Drug Co
A. L. Tristman
E. L. Loock
J. P. Price
Fairbury
Jefferson County
Thos. P. Price
Diller
C. W. Harvey
Plymouth
Sec’y
E. C. Hansen
Tendencies of the Times from Estherville Vindicator
The column critiques local dependence on outsiders for revivals and elections. It notes merchants ordering liquor supplies and bootleggers thriving despite local home products. It observes many preachers and outsiders filling revival roles and smokers flocking to nearby towns for cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estheville
Local ads and notices from the fairbury region
Advertisements offering 25 cent coupons from 8 J Senior, piano and organ services by G A White Piano Co, and a church resignation from Dr Shepherd departing Fairbury for Webb City Missouri with pay rise. Local remedies extoll Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy via Spear Drug Co. Barneston Star’s muse on ladies fashion, home mess, and a testimonial praising Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and colds with trial bottle offer at Spears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Smithart
Pekin
Dr. King
Spears Drug Store
Accidental Death by Shooting in Diller Family Tragedy
Ben Specht also known as B F Rose dies in an accidental gun discharge at his sister’s home while wiping a barrel. Grandfather John Specht and Alonzo Specht bring the body from Cherokee Iowa for burial in Prairie Home Cemetery after funeral services led by Eld W T King. The Specht family and Osborn Kan relatives attend as the community extends sympathy.
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John Specht
Cherokee
Iowa
B. F. Rose
Ben Specht
Christian Church
Prairie Home Cemetery
Messers Specht
Ben
Carridge
Susan Powers
Ed. Powers
Osborn
Kan
Beatrice Woman Visits Friends In Fillingham Area
Mrs. Clyde Wright of Beatrice visited Mrs. Thiebold on the Fillingham farm this week then came to town Monday to spend time with her mother Mrs. F H Emerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Wright
Beatrice
Thiebold
Fillingham
F. H. Emerson
Griffith Wins In Nebraska Supreme Court Ruling
The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed Griffiths win in the Griffith Bonawitz county assessor contest. Bonawitz faces possible rehearing and ouster after a June handoff. Griffith will receive the salary and deputies retain pay. The decision rests on ballots previously miscounted or improperly signed, overturning Bonawitz’s election victory.
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Fairbury Journal
Supreme Court of Nebraska
W. F. Bonawitsz
D. B. Griffith
Boyle
Griffith
Fairbury
Bonowitz
District Court
Bonawits
Supreme Court
Bonawitz
Dave
Hartigan
Cub Creek
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Cal
Herwig
Hubbell
Dr. Powell
C. A. Reinhart
H. E. Grupe
J.H. Specht
Lincoln
Clapp
Martin
J. O. Blauser
C. W. Tonnemaker
Joe Greenwood
Mae Shea
Joe Mack
Differ
R. E. French
Kearney
Geo. Pickard
Jas. Gaisford
Minoak, Ill
John Beam
Arthur Bartlett
Jessie Maxwell
Phillipines
Copeland
Nelson's
J.B. Wright
Gertrude Foster
Mrs. Witty
Sopha Johnson
Adams, Neb
Loock
Lister
the Joker
J. D. Blauser
Sid Curtis
Boulder
Colo
J. D. Fanders
Dr. Neely
Drs. Powell & Gritzka
Powell
C. T. Gritzka
J. R. Fritz
WymMore
Russel Bodell
J. L. Lamb
Diller Telephone Co
J. T. Briggs
Havelock
Frank Mills
Methodist Church
Rock Creek
Beatrice Daily Express
Gus. Kelley
Republican City
Nebr
Pawnee City
Table Rock
the Times
D H Calvins
Ross Mission
Tf. G. A. White Piano Co
Shepherd
Presbyterian Church At
Webb City
Moore Bros
Eldon
Barneston Star
Diller Markets
PGP Cort
Cavee Es Co Aes
Enseebeeneenetees Voues
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