Romance versus Realism at the Shoe Store Clerk
A poetical note contrasts a handsome, moneyless suitor with a plain speaker who values wisdom. The clerk from a shoe store is teased for fitting a wearer with sixes while she wears sevens. Kansas City Star reports flu in the Beckwith family and Christmas visits by the Hadleys. Tiffis Blauser’s sale ad will run next week with a sale date set for Friday January 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Star
Tiffis Blauser
Beatrice Doctor Offers Eye Exams and Oil Delivery Ad
Beatrice area notice advertises eye exams by Dr. Adams successor to Dr. Garland at 1114 North Sixth Street and promotes barrel oil or gas delivery through Diller Filling Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller Filling Station
Adams
Garland
N. 6Th St
Beatrice
Big horse and mule sale planned at Fairbury
Walter Carpenter will hold a big horse and mule sale at Fairbury next Friday January 4th. Seventeen sets of harness on hand priced from forty eight to sixty five dollars for the best Concord. Gus Dressen notes it's a close out. Local ads also mention repairs at Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop and Shining Parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Carpenter
Fairbury
Concord
Gus
Dressen
Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop and Shining Parlor
Bonham Theatre
Christmas Dinner at the Leapers Home
Mr and Mrs Roy Sturgman and two children of Russell Kansas travel with relatives from Steele City Fairbury and other towns to share a Christmas meal at the home of their parents Mr and Mrs Albert Leaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Sturgman
Russel, Kans
Yer
John. Ridenour
Steele City
Geo. Fur and Baby
Fairbury
Albert Leaper
Wheat straw lumber finds market across the river
Kansas farmers near St. Joseph exploit wheat straw to produce lumber from baled stacks. The fiber is turned into a strong finished product and shipped nationwide, with earnings of 50 to 70 dollars per stack.
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Kansas
St. Joseph
United States
Ice land temps and Nebr home moves noted
The report notes Reykjavik rarely has freezing temperatures despite its chilly name. C. C. Barnett and a family moved to a new home near Waverly Nebraska earlier this week. Mrs. C. H. Cully and her children returned Tuesday from Lincoln after visiting her mother.
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Iceland
Reykjavik
Waverly, Nebr
C. H. Cully
Lincoln
Beatrice Teacher Miss Alice Line At Home For Christmas
Miss Alice Line, a junior high teacher in Beatrice, spends the Christmas vacation at her mother Mrs. Jennie Line’s home.
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Alice Line
Beatrice
Jennie Line
Cavett Couple Visit Geneva for Christmas Day
Mr and Mrs L M Cavett traveled to Geneva Nebraska on Christmas morning to spend the day with her brother Dr Jos Bixby and family.
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L. M. Cavett
Geneva
Nebr
Dr. Jos. Bixby
Mrs Flora Riddle Visits Diller Relatives for Christmas
Mrs Flora Riddle and her son John travel from North Platte Nebraska to spend Christmas with her father Charley Brandt and other Diller relatives this Sunday in a family gathering noted in local society.
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Flora Riddle
John
North Platte, Nebr
Charley Brandt
Miss Golda Green Holiday Visit Near Hum il
Miss Golda Green, a teacher in the Wm Glathar school district southwest of Diller, spent Saturday traveling to her home in Hum il to enjoy holiday time with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golda Green
Wm. Glathar
Diller
Humi
Line family to visit mother for holidays in Nebraska
Harrison Line and family from Loup City Nebraska and Dr Eva Line of Chicago are expected to arrive today to spend part of the holidays at the home of their mother Mrs W C Line.
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Harrison Line
Loup City
Nebr
Eva Line
Chicago
W. C. Line
State University students spend holidays with home folks
Edith Patton Mildred May born Alfred Mayborn Robert Diller Lynn Waggoner and Robert Bell were among the state university students who came to spend the holidays with home folks.
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Edith Patton
Mildred Mayborn
Alfred Mayborn
Robert Diller
Lynn Waggoner
Robert Bell
State University
Diekhoff Family Christmas Visit From Bird City
George and Anna Diekhoff arrived last Friday from western Kansas. He teaches in Bird City schools and is visiting his brothers Rudolph and Rev. H J Diekhoff and their families for the Christmas holidays.
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George
Anna Diekhoff
Kansas
Bird City
Rudolph
Rev
H. J. Diekhoff
Christmas Dinner Guest List At Mrs Madden Home
On Christmas day Mrs. Lawrence Madden hosted a dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Will Amos and Velma, Mrs. Nora Packer of Woodriver, and Mrs. Ida Woods. Guests departed in the late afternoon expressing a fine time.
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Lawrence Madden
Will Amos
Velma
Nora Packer
Woodriver
Ida Woods
Madden
Green Family Celebrates Christmas in Fremont Alliance
Carrie Green and relatives from Fremont Alliance and Janec gathered for a Christmas celebration. Mrs. Carrie Green hosted a noon dinner with family, sharing gifts left by Old Santa and enjoying a festive morning together.
Local Notices and Social March of Households
Mrs. Vester Carmichael is on the sick list. Mrs. Oscar Amos has had the flu this week. Lois McLaughlin, a clerk in Clark's store, is off duty on account of flu. Norma Francis and Mrs. Sarah Witty are visiting relatives in Lincoln. Nora Packer of Wood River visits sister Ida Woods and other Diller relatives. Mrs. Arthur Timm returned from Beatrice hospital after an appendicitis operation.
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Lois McLaughlin
Clark
R. W. Green
Norma Francis
Sarah Witty
Lincoln
Nora Packer
Wood River
Mrs
Ida Woods
Diller
Arthur’.Timm
Beatrice Hospital
Cross town notices and inventions in brief
Mrs Free Logan attends Mrs Scott Miller at home due to her ill daughter. Magnets seven feet long used on Dakota highway trucks to clear metal hazards. A Brooklyn youth invents a vending machine that dispenses a lighted cigarette when a penny is inserted.
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Free Logan
Scott Miller
Dakota
Brooklyn
Family attends funeral. family returns to Dodge City
Mrs. Minnie Gardner and her son Arthur Ray attended the funeral of Floyd Ray and have now returned to Dodge City Kansas. A new strong room covering two and a half acres was blasted from solid rock 150 feet below the Bank of France in Paris.
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Minnie Gardner
Arthur Ray
Floyd Ray
Dodge City
Kan
Bank of France
Paris
Esther Gretzinger Visits Steele City Family for Christmas
Miss Esther Gretzinger of Steele City spends her Christmas vacation with her father John Gretzinger and sister Mrs C L Tinstman.
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Esther Gretzinger
Steele City
John Gretzinger
C. L. Tinstman
Beatrice Called Mrs Will Bristol’s Illness From Modoc Kansas
Mr Will Bristol and Harold of Modoc Kansas were summoned to Beatrice yesterday due to the serious illness of his wife who is hospitalized in Beatrice.
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Will Bristol
Harold
Modoc, Kans
Beatrice
Beatrice Hospital
Mrs Dean and Frakes Visit Diller Relatives
Mrs Katie Dean of San Francisco and Mrs Ida Frakes with her daughter Dean of Portland left Monday for Muscatine to visit relatives after visiting Geo B Pearce and other Diller relatives.
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Katie Dean
San Francisco
Calif
Ida Frakes
Dean
Portland
Oregon
Muscatine
Geo. B. Pearce
Diller
Congress Wees Boulder Dam Bill
The Boulder Dam bill only authorizes construction not funding. It permits a later congress to proceed, offering little opposition from opponents. The dam would store vast water, require large funds, supply substantial power, and irrigate extensive land.
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Congress
Boulder Dam
America
Plager Family Spend Christmas with Kuper in Humboldt
Mr and Mrs John Plager and their son Francis visited Mrs John E Kuper in Humboldt for Christmas traveling by Buick sedan.
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John Plager
Francis
John E. Kuper
Humboldt
Christmas reunion at Amos home yields Santa visit
Sunday near noon the Amos family gathered at Mr and Mrs Oscar Amos for a Christmas dinner and reunion. After dessert a strange noise drew them to the adjoining room where Old Santa Claus appeared and left gifts around the tree. Guests included Will Egger and others from Lincoln Ellis Diller and relatives.
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Amos
Oscar Amos
Santa Claus
Santa
Gladys Amos
Frank Grabber
Will Egger
Lincoln
Frank Amos
Vera
Laura
Ellis
Will Amos
Velma
Betty
Dean Barber
Diller
Nebraska Bank Guarantee Law Chronology and Bank Failures
The 1911 Nebraska Bank Guarantee Law is reviewed with 256 banks closed since enactment and 135 creditors fully paid totaling 15 million dollars. Forty five banks are in receivership with orders pending for immediate depositor payment near 10 million, plus about 2 thousand per bank to fund. The report notes 76 banks operated by a described entity and cites 739 state banks with total capital around 19 million and varying surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Eee
Nebraska Banks Face $15 Million Assessments To Fund Guarantee
Nebraska banks have paid nearly all their capital into the Guarantee Fund and deposits in failed and liquidating banks total $26 million. Assets realized may reach $10 million, leaving $15 million to be raised by assessments. The Guarantee Fund faces further strain as 300 state banks are impaired and may move to receivership, risking higher costs and potential insolvency if the next assessment continues. Nebraska Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Guarantee Fund Commission
Croesus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Diller State Bank
Herb Beckwith
Elias Hadley
Hod Green
F. A Moon & Son
Miss Clarice Moffit
Harley Moffit
Johnson Wright
Missouri
H. K. Shutt
Merrell
St. Wards
Mrs. Wheeler
Frank Andelt
Marie Andelt
Dorchester
Carrie Green
Bonnie
Marguerite Green
Fremont
Helen Green
Alliance
Nellie Green
W. A. Raymond
Donna Jane
Dicky
Janec
Green
Family
Santa H
W. A. Snyder
Clark’s Store
Diller, Nebr
Fairbury, Nebraska
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