Nebraska Notes From The Diller Record
A digest of Nebraska items from York to Lincoln including fair revival efforts at York, a new town hall plan at Bayard, Fremont fire drills in schools, grain elevator plans at St Paul, and local accidents and awards. References W. B. Knouse Beatrice tobacco plan and a Grand Island incident. Lincoln mortality January shows 46 deaths with pneumonia leading. Nebraska exhibits shipments to St Louis and irrigation delegation honors El Paso. Senator Hanna’s death described with poignant final moments.
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York
Bayard
Fremont
Nebraska
Gage
Columbus
Putnam
Dawson County
St. Paul
W. B. Knouse
Beatrice
the Express
George Shaffer
Hooper
Dodge County
Grand Island Board of Education
Lincoln Carnegie Library
Supreme Court
Sarah Graninger
Henry FE. Hunt
Firth
Co-Operative Medical Company
John V. Vans Burg
State Republican Committee
Lincoln
Grand Island
Gillner
Mathewa
Wheeler
Bright
H.G. Shedd
Nebraska State Commission
Ashland
St. Louis
Omaha
Shedd
Commission
Commercial Club
el Paso
Texas
Dobson
State Board of Irrigation
el ‘Paso
Senator Hanna Death Reported In Washington
Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna died at 6 40 PM Monday in Washington DC after a two month illness marked by relapses and brief recoveries. Doctors Catter and Osler attended as family members gathered in the Arlington hotel room during his final hours.
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Hanna
Senator Hanna
Marcus Alonzo Hanna
Arlington Hotel
Washington
Robert Bell Dies in Denver Actor and Founder of Theatrical School
Robert Bell died in Denver after a long illness from consumption. Born in Rochelle Illinois and thirty five, he began acting early and performed with Frank Daniels. He founded a theatrical school in Denver and originated a plan for a home for consumptives there. He is survived by a widow.
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Denver
Rochelle
Frank ‘Daniels
State Debt Shrinks As Febuary Withdrawals Target $200000
State Treasurer Mortensen says February will reduce the floating debt by more than $200,000 as warrants retired and funds come into the treasury under the new revenue law and annual country treasurers settlement. He notes possible additional withdrawals of up to ten thousand dollars and emphasizes the improved outlook and steady receipts.
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Mortensen
Mortense
Burglar Scared Away From Hardware Store
A burglar attempted to rob Anderson and Frank hardware in Memphis Nebraska. The thief entered the front door, woke owner Car Frank who fired a shot into the air, scattering the intruder into the street. No clues identified the robber.
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Anderson & Frank
Memphis
Neb
Car
Liederkranz Hall Chooses Site for New Auditorium
West Point Nebraska Liederkranz selects a site north of the old West Point house at Main Street as the location for a new auditorium. The building will have an east frontage of 66 feet and depth of 132 feet with spring construction planned once ground is open. Funds are already subscribed to ensure success.
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Point
Liederkranz
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised by Doctors as Kidney Disease Cure
Buffalo report notes physicians accept Dodd's Kidney Pills as standard remedy for kidney and related diseases. Statements from doctors in Benton Illinois St. John Arkansas Yorktown and other places praise cures for diabetes kidney trouble and epileptic fits. a legal anecdote about a landlord and a lawyer ends with a cautionary sentence.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Dodd
R.H. Dunaway
M. D
Benton, Hl
Jessel. Simes
M.D
St. John
Aransas
York Town
Ark
Widowed women's finances and lack of banking knowledge
A fragment discusses widows and older single women, noting they often lack banking experience. It claims many never own a bank account during marriage and only gain funds after husbands die, with insurers left unmanaged due to presumed incompetence.
When a Girl Checks Her Skirt on the Street
The writer imagines stepping in to reassure a nervous girl about her appearance. The note frames a proactive stance of courtesy and respectful concern for public manners. It echoes casual social habits and a promise to offer help in everyday encounters.
Robust Virginian quits coffee for Postum gains strength and weight
A Virginia telegraph operator explains years of caffeine use causing nervous strain and insomnia. After switching to Postum his nerves strengthen, he performs work with ease, gains 35 pounds, and improves overall health, becoming a "new man." The testimonial promotes Postum by Postum Co of Battle Creek Michigan.
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Ame
Medical
Postum. Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
The Love of Home and Its Moral Call to Family Life
A moral essay argues the home as a central instinct in humans and animals, urging parents to cultivate lifelong associations within the home. It links home influences to character, loyalty, and national strength, urging early teaching of duties and comforts while celebrating the home as a bulwark against life’s temptations. A concluding ad promotes Dean's Kidney Pills with a nurse’s testimonial from Hattie Brigham.
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Reed
Loy Alty
Old Seatmonds mill and Bourbon county honest whisky history
Bourdon county’s early industries included mills and distilleries. The Seatmonds mill near North Middletown, erected in 1806 by Thomas Owens, later owned by Seamonds, used horse power in dry weather and stayed in the Seamonds family for decades. Distilling by Owens also occurred nearby.
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Bourbon ‘County
Seatmonds
North
Middletown
Thomas Owens
Maryland
Manson. Seamonds
James Wells
Seamonds
Bourbon County
Thomas
Owens
Paris
Early English Street Smoking Penalty Record
The 1695 Methwold court entry imposes a shilling fine for smoking tobacco in the street. Nicholas Barbér is cited for smoking in public and fined one shilling, with petty constables authorized to distraine for the use set above.
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Methwold
England
Nicholas Barbér
Fraud Scams Nabbed in Hay Bale Hoard and Watch Tricks
A 51 pound stone found in Cincinnati hidden in a hay bale sparks alerts to fraudulent gold and silver watch cases. The piece exposes ways watch makers use stamps and guarantees to mislead buyers and names Canton Ohio’s Daeber Hampden Watch Company for responsible disclosure.
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Cincinnatimmercial
United States
Daeber: Hampden Wwateh Company
Canton
Ohio
Salzer Seed Co catalog touts record yields and seed samples
The Rural New Yorker cites Salzer seed claims including ears of corn and potato yields and fodder crops. It invites 10c stamps to La Crosse Wisconsin for Salzer’s big catalog with varied seeds and grasses, including Teosinte fodder and New National Oxis.
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New Yorker
Salzer
Wisconsin
John A. Salzer
N.U
A Good Beefsteak Noted For Its Durability
A light remark on beefsteak quality contrasts tenderness with durability, suggesting a well prepared cut should be juicy and flavorful rather than rugged or long lasting.
All Up to Date Housekeepers Endorse Defiance Starch
The ad copy extols Defiance Cold Water Starch from All Up to Date Housekeepers noting 4 oz more for some money. It muses on friendship labor and aging women, joking that as a woman grows older her eyebrows fade while a man's eyebrow grows bushier. It ends with a quip about a baby’s mouth open like a bird.
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Diller Record
Dille
F. T. Pearce
Nebraska Notes
Isaac W. Carpenter
The
Omaha Young Men's Christian Association
G. G. Wallace
Cairman
E. C. Henry
George F. Bidwell
H. J. Kreider
George Gilmore
John Lane
Ravenna
Congressavan Norris
Congress
John Diedrich Spreckles
Claus Spreckles
San Francisco
Spreckles
Tenderfoot
Colorado
New Lisbon
Lisbon
Cleveland
M.A. Hanna. & Co
Globe Ship Manufacturing Company
Union National Bank
Chapin’ Mining
Lake
Superior
William McKintey
National - Republican Committee
Robert Bell
Robert-E- Bell
New Liederkranz Hall
Edwin James
West
End Chambers
Kim
James
Landord
Bure
Dean
Colin
Hattie Brigham
Noan
Foster- Milburn Co
N. Y
Doan
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