Local notices and classifieds from Fairbury area
A roundup of small items includes travel to Wymore for business, a sister visiting Mrs. A. T. Watson, sale of 100 racks of dry stove wood, trips to Oberlin Kansas, Fairbury county commission meeting dates, schoolhouse repairs, Olive Ballard's fall goods sale, typhoid illness of Raymond Wright, a $16 ball bearing sewing machine at J O Blauser, visits to Pueblo Colorado, land in Cheyenne county Kansas, a music class recital at Sparks home, five cent Laxets boxes at Spear Drug Co.
Ring's Dyspepia Tablets Promote Rapid Digestion Aid
For bloating belching sour stomach bad breath and malassimilation Ring's Dyspepia Tablets are a prompt corrective sold by Neely's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ring
Neely’s Pharmacy
Land purchases fuel travel from Texas to New Mexico
Phil Thiebolt and Cal Waggoner returned from a trip to Texas and New Mexico. Cal Waggoner bought a quarter section of land near Dimmitt, Texas, and could have sold it the next day for a $400 advance. The Frisbie brothers also bought land and are due back today.
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Phil. Thiebolt
Cal. Waggoner
Texas
New Mexico
Cal
Dimmitt
Frisbie Boys
Major Hamm and hog traders and patent medicine notes
Summary mixes a local smear: Major Hamm recalls a four year old attack and praises Aretee Salve from Spear's Drug Store as fastest burn and wound cure. J B Clark ships hogs to St Joe and J B Zook after stock yard claims. Pine-ules ads claim kidney benefits. Washington post office order mandates stamping and weighing four pound parcels at window. carriers forbidden to take un-stamped postage. see July 1906 guide.
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Post Office Department
Washington
Post Office
Dr Kings New Life Pills Claim Universal Satisfaction
A Magnolia Ind man praises Dr Kings New Life Pills as solving chronic biliousness and constipation. The advertisement promises guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Available for 25 cents at Spear's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
John N. Pleasant
Magnolia
Ind
Spear’s
E. W. Goodloe
Dutton St
Waco
Tex
Spear’s Drug Store
Fodder Saving Advice Amid High Hay Prices
With hay prices rising, experts urge farmers to save fodder now. Properly matured corn fodder fed to horses and young cattle can keep them in good shape through winter. Cut before leaves dry and store by shocking or siloing once corn is dented.
Editor's Bill of Rights for a City Paper
A fragment outlines that editors cannot please all readers. It notes some demand scandal, others truth, and some would harm editors for telling it. The piece argues the Lord did not please everyone and claims editors labor to entertain subscribers and seek forgiveness after mistakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Diller Picnic Draws Odell Residents Excerpt
Maude and Belle Hill visit Mrs Mc p Aunt in Diller. The village pushes permanent improvements with brick business buildings and cement walks. A Denton led 125 tickets sold for the morning, with others on the afternoon train. About 150 Odellites attended the picnic per Odell Wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude
Belle Hill
Diller
Mc P
Denton
Cal. Carpenter Hurt In Farm Elevator Fall
A California carpenter who recently moved from Fairbury to Mrs. Y house suffered a fall Wednesday while working at the farmers elevator. The scaffold collapsed sending him about sixteen feet to strike his back on a sloping joist in the bin. He escaped without broken bones and should recover soon. The other worker grabbed a board overhead when the scaffold failed, avoiding injury.
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Cal. Carpenter
Fairbury
Mr. Carpenter
Uncle Sam
The life arc of a stubborn printer and editor
A playful biographical sketch follows a boy from birth through early adulthood to a printer’s career and marriage. At 18 he owns printing gear and edits a country paper, by 30 he fathers a large clan, and at 35 he dies, with 500 delinquent subscribers lamenting he could not save money.
Church Split at Stanton Forms New Lutheran Class
In Stanton on August 17 a faction of German Lutherans split from the parent church over doctrine and secret societies. A 40 member group says freedom of thought was discouraged and now worships separately. Similar tensions exist in Diller with lodge issues and diminished attendance. Rev Knauer of the Presbyterian church preaches for the dissenters every other Sunday afternoon.
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Stanton
Omaha
Diller
Knauer
Presbyterian Church
Lincoln convention names Sheldon and Brown for Governor and Senator
The Republican state convention met in Lincoln and nominated Geo L. Sheldon for governor and Norris Brown for senator. Also noted: Col J B Wright returned from touring with Lucky Bill's show having sold his camel and tent to another showman. A local reminiscence praises King King Dr New Discovery and rural mail routes benefit farmers.
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Lincoln
Geo. L. Sheldon
Norris Brown
Col
J. B. Wright
Lucky Bill
Prairie Gem and Vicinity News Notes
A prairie area update records a new farm purchase near Hollenberg by Mr. Lion, several local visits and trips including Sidney Hooker to Beatrice and C W Hooker to Jansen, a birth to Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes, farm work such as Floyd Monasmith hauling lumber for a new barn, and residents’ opinions on a southwest visit. Fort Riley poison ivy effects on Albert Steffen are noted as improving.
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Mr. Lion
Hollenberg
Sidney Hooker
Beatrice
C. W. Hooker
Jansen
Mrs. Rhodes
Mrs. Bickle
Floyd Monasmith
Wm. Nida
C. W. Monasmith
Dakotas
Fairbury
Albert Steffen
Fort Riley
Sidney
Oldtime Medicines and Postal Notice Across 1906 Ledger
An assortment of patent medicine ads praise Pinesalve and Cade's Little Liver Pills, with warnings about mail carriers and road use. Government reports forecast grain prosperity for 1906, citing wheat and corn crop increases and expected farmer spending gains.
Dr Shoop Night Cure and Restorative for Women Relief
Dr Shoop offers two remedies to relieve female weakness and related symptoms. Dr Shoop's Night Cure provides local nighttime treatment to reduce inflammation stop discharges and soothe. Dr Shoop's Restorative is a constitutional tonic in tablet or liquid form to restore strength and vigor. Sold by Spear Drug Co.
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Shoop
Spear Drug ‘O
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J. W. Fouts
Henry Brant
Oberlin, Kan
Olive Ballard
Raymond Wright
J.O. Blauser’s
W. N. Sparks
Pueblo, Colo
J. T. Carmicheal
Capt. Andrews
Steele City
Cheyenne County
Kans
L. P. Raymond
Spear Drug Co
Major Hamm
The
Constitutionalist
Eminence
Spear’ S Drug Store
J. B. Clark
St. Joe
J. B. Zook
Stock Yards Company
Neely
Durock
Jersey
T. B. Wappelt
Udell, Nebr
Claude Ellis
H. BE. Green
J. O. Brauser
Chamberlain
Farmers Elevator Co
Pickrell
Gage County
Patrice McEllwee
Ora Zook
Grace and Orphan Bell
Elsie McManes
Alex. Ballard
D. R. Kelley
Alex Bell
Wymore
Commercial Club
W. J. Bryan
Galveston’s Sea Wall
Prairie Gem and Vicinity
Mrs. B. Greenwood
Southwest
Mrs. Monasmith
Clair
Mr. Linns
Neely’s
Murphy
Cade
Diller Markets
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