Farmers store ad and local notices in Fairbury
Farmers store call to substance. Earl Stefford. For sale pair of auto chains for 29x440 tires at 1.00. Enquire at D W Fanders garage for auto and furniture polish. F A Moon acre monuments at reasonable prices Fairbury Neb Est 1886. Mr and Mrs Eilert Hullman and son Lawrence and Miss Edne Hullman visited Falls City Sunday.
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D. W. Fanders
Moon
Fairbury
Nebr
Eilert Hullman
Lawrence
Edne Hullman
Falls City
Shoe shop seeks old footwear for repair work
Local Fairbury shop asks residents to donate worn shoes for restoration. The ad invites all ages to drop off women’s men’s and children’s pairs at the Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop located just north of the Bonham Theatre for refurbishing.
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Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop
Bonham Theatre
Fairury
Fur farming shown as viable business by silver fox pelts
The Biological Survey of the U S Department of Agriculture notes that over 98 percent of silver fox pelts sold today on raw fur markets come from ranch bred foxes, illustrating fur farming as a business enterprise.
Rolling Pin Throwing Wins At Local Picnic Event
A small town picnic hosted outdoor games where Mrs. W. P. Upsal won a rolling pin throwing contest with a 167 foot throw. Mr. Upsal claimed the 100 yard dash for married men, highlighting amusing athletic feats from the gathering.
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W. P. Upsal
Upsal
Pines Add Value to Farm in Four Years
Chris Latter of Minden reports his 180 acre farm gained about 500 dollars in value after planting 206 Scotch pine seedlings four years ago. The trees, now four to seven feet tall, form a wind break north of buildings, and were supplied and guided by the agricultural extension service.
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Chris Latter
Minden
Agricultural Extension Service
Ice Box for Sale in Diller Area
31 Jorden Lanman of Lincoln attends business in Diller on Wednesday. Odell will hold a special election on August 5 to issue bonds totaling 28 000 dollars for a municipal water system.
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Henry Jess
Diller
Jorden Lanman
Lincoln
Odell
Trip returns from Denver with heavy rain along state line
Dr and Mrs Claude Ellis returned Monday from a Denver trip reporting heavy rain along the Kansas Colorado state line both ways. Mrs Neil Diller who visited here at the homes of Chas ays and her father in law J Smith Diller and a family returned to her Chicago home last week.
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Claude Ellis
Denver
Kansas- Colorado State Line
Neil Diller
Verne Green End
Laukershim
Calif
New York
Nebraska
Verne
Diller
John Mains
Norman
Nebr
Rancits
Aka Lottman
Mains
Beatrice
Green Family Returns From Superior Visit
Mr and Mrs H H Green and Lloyd returned Sunday from Superior where they visited his brother Wilber Green and family. They were joined by her daughter Elizabeth who spent a week visiting her uncle.
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H. H. Green
Lloyd
Superior
Wilber Green
Elizabeth
Early Plowing For Wheat Boosts 1931 Yields
Early plowing followed by dishing to control weeds and firm the soil markedly increases 1931 wheat profits. Lincoln University Agricultural Experiment Station finds plowing July 15 and dishing August 15 yielded 31.5 bushels per acre on average, 1.5 to 15 more than other seed-bed methods across several years.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
University At Lincoln
St Johns Tabitha Home Band to Play at Lincoln Picnic
The Tabitha Home Band of Lincoln Nebraska will perform at the annual Sunday school picnic west of town next Sunday August 3. A short service in German and English begins at 11 15 with program readings by Sunday school children. Music and entertainment follow the service. Pastor Albin Heinz extends a cordial invitation to the public.
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Tabitha
Lincoln
Nebr
Echc
Albin Heinz
Returning Nebraska visitors and quilting club meet
Residents in Diller and surrounding areas hosted relatives from Fairbury Norman Laukershim and Beatrice over the weekend. The N RC met with Mrs Will Amos Thirteen members answered roll call. Quilting and guessing contests honored Mrs Vieths and Mrs Kunecke with refreshments served. Next week the club meets with Mrs Herman Albers.
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N. RC
Will Amos
Ida Woods
Isabel Vieths
Hilda Vieths
Wieths
A. Kunecke
Herman Albers
4-H Club Notes and Home Makers Meeting Highlights
Alexandria 44H Club opens camp at 1 p m Monday August 4 through 2 30 p m Thursday August 7 with third Lincoln county judging trip August 11. Happy Home Makers 4 H Cooking rehab meets at Miss Eleanor Diehl s home July 29 with bread muffins and entertainment by Gene Andrews Helen Frisbie and Rachel Diller noted.
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Alexandria
Jefferson County
Lincoln
Happy Home Makers
Eleanor Diehl
Diehl
Centenarians rise as aging population grows
In 1900 there were 38,504 people aged 100 or more, with a slight census uptick afterward. From 1910 to 1920 centenarians surged to 4,276 while the U. S. population doubled and those over 65 nearly tripled. Women reach longevity faster, with five centenarian women per three men, despite age reluctance.
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U. S
Balloon flights and stunts in early aerial history
An 1830s account notes ocean crossing ideas pursued in Norwich and Wilburg Germany with balloon travel. A figure reached 26 146 feet in descent era balloons and performed an ascent astride a pony, illustrating early air stunting.
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Norwich
England
Wilburn
Germany
Secretaries duty sworn statements and penalties under new act
The article details a sworn filing requirement for expenditures and obligations by proposed purchasers, with penalties including felony status, fines up to ten thousand dollars, and possible imprisonment. It also states that existing electric light and power laws on eminent domain and utilities apply to municipalities and public districts under the act.
Proposed Act on Electric Plants Sales by Municipal Districts
Initiative text outlines prohibiting sale of city or district owned electric plants and lines except for cash, requires electors vote, regulates related elections, and sets penalties for violations including gifts or payments in sales or purchases.
Nebraska Anti‑Kickback Provisions For Public Purchases
The law prohibits offering or giving any gratuity to officers or employees to influence the purchase of equipment materials or the sale lease or transfer of electric light services. Violations are felonies with penalties up to ten thousand dollars fine or up to one year in prison or both as determined by the court.
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Secretary of State
Suiadaigaliig
Ox‘aullta Absatae Gate
Asd
Ana Ghia
Nebraska farm life and population figures noted
Nebraska is described as an agricultural state with 47 percent of its population residing on 127000 arms.
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Nebraska
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