Eddie Cantor Real Name Isador Iskivitch
The note links Eddie Cantor to his birth name Isador Iskivitch. Two season ticket books for Gage Co Fair are offered at a discount as attendees cannot go this year. The Burlington’s little freight rain arrived Wednesday noon aboard two coal cars to be shown in the picnic parade. A youth group including boys and girls softball clubs attended Jansen Sunday evening. Diller lost both games to Jansen. Nebraska State Fair plans underway for the annual event September 3 to 8.
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Gage Co. Fair
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Burlington
Jansen
Diller
St Paul Church School Picnic Draws Attendees
Attendees enjoyed a Sunday church school picnic with a program and dinner as the main events. The crowd noted a pre picnic grooming trend with shaved and styled hair for both children and adults.
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St. Paul Church
Diller Band Nearly Freezes After Blue Springs Picnic
Members of the Diller Band rode home in an open truck from the Blue Springs picnic Tuesday night and felt near freezing as the thermometer stood at 53 degrees Wednesday morning.
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Diller
Blue Springs
Mercury
Wig and Bill Split Hints for Diller Tourney Plans
Softball rally echoes after the picnic with Wig and Bill driving a tournament bee in their bonnet. Promoters push ongoing activity at Diller as the motive behind the event plans.
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Wig
Bill
Diller
Band Concert Fills City Park Amid Cancelled Service
A large crowd gathered at the city park last Sunday evening for a band concert. With no preaching service, the band performed in lieu of church and as a replacement for the previously cancelled event.
How to Rid Wild Mallard Ducks From the Farm
Ralph Carpenter keeps five ducks. Three are old and two are young. The birds stay with chickens by the well and watering trough and return to the house. They cannot be killed due to season laws. The reader asks for lawful methods to rid themselves of wild Mallard ducks.
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Ralph Carpenter
Jefferson county folks attend annual Nebr picnic in California
The Fairbury papers list 134 Jefferson county residents at the annual Jeff. Co. Nebr. picnic held at Bixby park in Long Beach California. Among those named from Diller are J A Zook and wife, with many others from nearby areas aiding California’s map.
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Fairbury
Jefferson County
Jeff. Co
Wanted A Worker for Local Farmers
An honest industrious man is sought by a national protein and mineral feed company for work in our circulation area. Duties include calling on farmers and offering valuable livestock service. No high pressure salesmanship or special experience required. Send name and address to Box 149 care this paper.
Nebraska Tax Collectors Seize Locomotive in 1877 Case
Federal researchers recount a Nebraska dispute where delinquent land taxes owed by a railroad led to seizure of a locomotive. Unable to remove the engine, officials moved it to the track, but railroad workers refused an interruption, and when forced to use the chained locomotive, the crew started it and pulled away, leaving broken chains behind.
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Nebraska
Gold values and distrust in Old Capitol City rhetoric
Joe Serra criticizes gold manipulation and the loss of security tied to precious metal value. He laments sleight of hand in economics, notes historic gold as secure wealth, and invites readers to share thoughts on burying gold in Kentucky as he feels stuck.
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Joe Serra
Old Capitol City
Kentucky
Editor To Direct Senatorial Campaign for Hugh Butler
F Valdemar Peterson of Elgin was named campaign manager as Hugh Butler announces active work in his bid for the United States Senate. Butler, a former southwestern Nebraska farm boy now in the grain business at Omaha, filed for the post last month.
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F. Valdemar Peterson
Elgin
Hugh Butler
Nebraska
United States
Butler
Omaha
How Fast Should We Drive Controlled Speed for Prevention of Accidents
Nebraska traffic law underscores safe driving with speed limits and conditional rules. The article notes speeds up to sixty miles per hour by day and fifty by night, with forty under five ton loads, stressing the duty to slow under changing conditions. It discusses accident causes from loss of control and cites rising fatality trends in summer months.
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Nebraska
Lord Jesus Christ and the Devil Run
A Sunderland hospital ward hears a preacher recount the line The Lord Jesus Christ the Devil also ran on a big race day. The tale reassures the dying patient with a vivid religious image and a lingering hush in the ward.
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Sunderland
Lord Jesus Christ
Christian Herald
Gone Train Confusion at Five Thirty
A passenger demands timely departure times while the porter notes clocks at church post office and his own are off. The humor ends with the train already departed and no agreed timetable.
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Porter
Royal palms define Rio de Janeiro's green legacy
In Rio de Janeiro the abundance of royal palms mirrors the idea of kingship. Dom Joao planted the first seed in the early nineteenth century and decreed the royal palm as his exclusive tree, shaping a lasting urban emblem.
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Rio de Janeiro
Dom Joao
Not United Lady Visitor And What Brought You Here
A humor piece from London features a Convict speaking in a jail cell about his father’s wish for him to marry beauty and brains. He confesses he is in jail for bigamy as the Visitor questions the scene.
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Humorist
London
Girls spend more on college costs per month study finds
Detailed budgets from university students show costs for female students exceed those for male peers. Meals average 29.87 dollars monthly for men but coeds spend more on clothing and rent, with coeds smoking less and spending slightly more on barber and beauty services.
Garden of Eden Transformed by Iraqi Irrigation Projects
Government irrigation schemes near Baghdad turn the biblical Garden of Eden from dusty desert into green, productive land west of the Euphrates and Tigris. Modern travel and oil infrastructure surround the ancient site as air, rail, and road transport expand.
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Government of
Iraq
Baghdad
Euphrates
Tigris
Mediterranan
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