Revival Meetings At M E Church Sunday Evening
The item notes revival meetings at the M E church on Sunday evening and mentions festive holiday visits by Miss L O Ballard in Beatrice plus Christmas gatherings of the Carr and Diller families with relatives and friends. It includes several ads for Tanlac from Shutt's Drug Store and a warning about radiator safety around open flames.
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M. E. Church
L. O. Ballard
Beatrice
Mrs. C. E. Carr
Gilead
Diller
Tanlac
Shutt
Prairie Home Cemetery Assn annual meeting set for Jan 7 1922
The Prairie Home Cemetery Assn will hold its annual meeting at the city hall in Diller Nebraska on Saturday January 7 1922 at 2 o'clock p.m. The gathering will include the election of officers and any other proper business. 21 A. L. Tinstman secretary.
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Prairie Home Cemetery Assn
Diller
Nebr
A. L. Tinstman
Sec’y
California Hooch Sparks Sewer Repair Suit Warning
In Sier raville California authorities face a suit over sewer repairs after confiscated liquor eroded a cement lining. Federal commissioners ordered the liquor to be poured into sewers, revealing 804 feet of disintegrated lining and prompting warnings tied to prohibition era enforcement.
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Sierraville
California
J Cheney & Co. Toledo Promise Catarrh Cure Testimonials
State and county notices indicate J Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio offers testimonials and a promise to pay one hundred dollars for any case of Catarrh. The document bears a sworn statement dated the sixth day of July and was sworn in the presence of an official. The ad promotes the firm’s remedy and its free testimonials.
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Toledo
Lucas
Anne
J. Cheney & Co
Teejedo
Aretrank J
Cheney & Co
Toledo, Ohio
Nine-Section Wolf Hunt Near Ellis Reported
A nine section wolf hunt took place north and east of Ellis yesterday. Diller Telephone Co stockholders plan their annual meeting for January 9 1922 in the Citizens State Bank directors room for officer election and business. The report notes holiday visits by local residents including the Waggoners and Blausers with relatives in Diller and Fairbury.
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Ellis
Diller Telephone Co
Citizens State Bank
Methusaleh Wealth Hypothetical Shows Compound Interest
Government actuary Joseph S. McCoy used Methusaleh as a cautionary example to illustrate how a single dollar invested at 6 percent from age 21 would grow to an astronomical sum by age 969, assuming annual compounding and a modern utility company setting.
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Methusaleh
Joseph S. McCoy
Safety Precautions for Exhaust Gas Dangers in Garages
Government warnings describe lethal exhaust gas risks from car engines. Open garage doors before starting. never run engines in closed spaces. avoid working near exhaust. ensure ventilation in pits. fix leaks when using exhaust for heating. victims require fresh air and artificial respiration until help arrives.
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United States
Fairbury Visitors From Nearby Towns
Harry Strockey and Dede Fanders visited Fairbury on Wednesday driving a Chevrolet roadster. Rudolph and Ben Senior from Squirrel Idaho came last week to visit Fairbury and Diller relatives. Volney Raymond with wife and daughter Donna Jane traveled from Fairbury Wednesday evening to visit home folks.
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Harry Strockey
Dede Fanders
Fairbury
Rudolph
Ben Senior
Squirrel
Idaho
Fairbury and
Diller
Volney Raymond
Donna Jane
The Friendly Path and Wealth in Society
Tolstoi would question current plights of the poor and warn against wealth worship. The piece condemns Lenin and Trotzky for swaying masses and argues true gains come from contributing to mankind and improving mindset.
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Tolstoi
Lenin
Trotzky
Live Like a Rose by Douglas Malloch
A reflective poem on life and death comparing a year to a rose's cycle from spring to winter. It urges living fully and dying with grace, portraying life as a gift that blooms for others and ends with sweetness. The speaker imagines being a rose beside a wall, a quiet act of friendship.
Boy's music ear and humor sparks a quick exchange
A brief exchange quotes a parent praising a boy's musical ear while a witty retort notes the boy "doesn't play with his ears" highlighting a light domestic moment.
Mosquito Plague Figures in Alaska Declared Harsh
Alaska observers note mosquitoes are highly aggressive though not malaria carriers. Dr. Aldrich reported capturing 110 mosquitoes in a single net sweep near his head, illustrating the dense swarms that plague the region.
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Alaska
Hetty the Star Named Diminutive of Hester and Esther
The article traces Hetty as a pet name for Hester and Esther, its linguistic evolution across languages, and its link to star imagery. It notes Hetty's Persian roots via Atossa, the star motif estrella, and English shifts from Esther to Hetty, with turquoise talisman, New Moon luck, Saturday as a lucky day, and five as a lucky number.
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Hetty
Hester
Benjamin
Atossa
Stella
Hestera
Esthera
England
Esther
Essie
America
The Hand of a Lawyer According to Palm Signs
A newspaper item discusses palmistry for lawyers noting that a long second thumb phalanx and a strong first phalanx indicate reasoning power and willpower. It also links eloquence to a prominent head line between the little finger’s second joint and the third.
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Diller State Bank
A. Friday
Diller and Endicott
Sible‘s Hall
Odell, Nebr
A. Mayborn
Omaha
Steele City
McKelvie
the Volunteers of America
Shutt’s
FUN Viet
Anna Willems
Shea
Ilinois
Everett Doughtery
Brunning, Nebr
Mrs
Arthur Grone
L. A. Blauser
Colorado
Harry Green
Rex Green
V. A. Raymond
T. H. Waggoner
Flora
Aurora
Lincoln
Walter L. Robinson
By Douglas Malloch
Henry
Ford
Shorty’s
C. E. Piveral
Diller, Nebr
Mildred Marshall
Mickie
F. O. B. Detriot
Ord
Taneee
C. G. Catlin
Fordson
Pany Fairbury, Nebr
Emer
Ford Sedan
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