School column notes and local notices 1913
Lincoln relatives visit. Mrs Watson and daughter Grace visit in Lincoln. Mrs Green called to Beatrice by mother's illness. Diller family from Pittsburg attend funeral and return home. Cigarette laws tighten after underage smoking. School reports on Lincoln era classes, officers, and planned plays at Fairbury and Diller high schools with dates in March 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Watson
Grace
Lincoln
H.E. Green
Beatrice
Mary Emerson
D. H. Diller
A. M. Diller
Diller
Pittsburg
Kaw
Large Barn and Horses Burned at Germer Farm
Fire at the Germer farm near Jansen Nebraska destroyed a large barn and all contents. Nine work horses and four mules perished, 1000 bushels of oats, hay, barley, a farm wagon, three buggies and all harnesses were lost. William Germer owned the property with extensive Jefferson County farmland. Insurance covered the barn and contents though the amount was not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jansen
Neb
The
Express
William Germer
Germer
Rock Island
Jefferson County
Farmers Struck Diller Area As Warm Weather Arrives
The report notes farming operations around Diller with several farmers seen cutting stalks this week. Jas Fairbank, visiting from the state university in Lincoln, stayed with his parents over the weekend. Landlord Tatman of the Colman House was first seen on the streets this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
Jas. Fairbank
State University
Lincoln
Chas
Fairbank
Tatman
Colman House
Hair switches and portraits by Emma Pool
Emma Pool offers hair switches and decorative portraits plus other items. Contact Diller Phone No.11105 for details related to these craft offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geenery
Diller
Emma Pool
Post Office 2 Parcel Post Guide and Map Availability
Merchants and others may obtain the 2 parcel post guide and map by leaving an order at the postoffice. The guide costs 15 cents and shows the zone number of every postoffice in the country, aiding postage calculation for packages up to eleven pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehia
Dr Kings New Discovery Cough Cure Endorsed by Seller
A Floydada Texas ad claims Dr Kings New Discovery cures coughs colds sore throats and lung issues with a money back guarantee. J R Wells testifies the medicine cured a severe cough and cold and helped him gain weight. Sold at Shutt Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
J. R. Wells
Floydada
Texas
Shutt Drug Co
Methodist Church Announces Services And Events
Next Sunday the Methodist church at Diller will hold both morning and evening services with Sunday school and Epworth League at regular times. A Children's church service is set for 3 00 pm. Saturday evening the Epworth League hosts a social at Esther Green's home. The Ladies aid plans a Pie Social in the church basement on Tuesday February 25 at 7 30 pm with a free admission and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Diller
Epworth League
Esther Green
Ladies Aid Society
Ladies Coterie Meets at Miss O’s Home
The ladies Coterie gathers Thursday afternoon February 27 at the home of Miss O. The event is the group’s regular meeting with attendees expected to share plans and socialize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mss. O
Mothers Concern Over Colds Prompts Cough Remedy Note
The passage notes mothers worry about children catching frequent colds and cites Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as popular and safe. It also mentions Dr. Wiley proposing a plan to cut living costs by making breakfast mush from a pint of wheat to feed a four person family for four days at a penny and a quarter daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain’ S . Cough
Shutt' Drug Co
Wiley
Government
Service
Diller Commercial Club Reelects Officers and Plans Omaha Visit
The Diller Commercial Club met in city hall and heard the treasurer report a balance of 26.56. It re elected officers including President Thomas P Price and Secretary Frank T Pearce with S C Hutchinson as treasurer and committee members for Good Roads and Lunch. A four member delegation including Price Fouts Loock and Alf Mayborn was chosen to visit Omaha to request stopping night trains 13 and 14 at the station and report back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller Commercial Club
Good Roads
J. W. Fouts
Frank T. Pearce
S.C. Hutchinson
Thos
Thos. .P. Price, J. W. Fouts, J. Smith. Diller, O. J. Mayborn
E. L. Loock
S. C. Hutchinson
B. F. Lightner
Ernest Habicht
Thos. P. Price
Alf. Mayborn
Omaha
Po Oll Holdredge
Entertainment and Box Social at Hill School
An event by Hill school pupils to be held Friday evening February 28 1913 at the church four miles south and one mile east of Diller. The program includes Ma s New Boarders and one act comedy Professor Alto Gether with cast Roy Edging Sig Basso Profundo Orval Riddle Mrs Holdright Minnie Edgington Jessie Virginia Dunn Mons Tenori Ernest Pospisil Clementine Cora Wright Bessie Vera Miller Caspar Sleepyhead Forrest Riddle and Cora Wright as teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
Hill School
Ma’ S New Boarders
Alto Gether
Roy Edging
Sig
Basso Profundo
Orval Riddle
Mrs. Holdright
Minnie Edgington
Jessie
Virginia Dunn
Mons
Tenori
Ernest Pospisil
Clementine
Cora Wright
Bessie
Vera Miller
Caspar
Sleepyhead
Forrest Riddle
Preparing for Trouble Among Ahax warns of future hardship
A fragment warns that reckless present behavior leads to future suffering and poverty. It notes that a healthy family and stable business do not guarantee protection from reverses. The tone urges prudence to avoid future hardship.
Hadsell Returns to Lincoln After Visit
SV. P. Hadsell and Rev. W. L. Hadsell with family visited here for a couple of weeks and returned to Lincoln on Monday. A local ad promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy stating it relieves lungs, opens secretions, aids exhalation, and restores health. for sale by Shutt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Ante Drug Co
SV. P. Hadsell
Lincoln
Shutt Drug Co
Public Sale Promotes Move of the White House Auction
The notice schedules a public auction at the east front door of the White House on March 4 1913 at 10 am. Items include an elephant a bull moose golf sticks a steam roller and post office fixtures. Oyster Bay will offer a carved moose and socialist planks with free noon lunch and Bull Moose sandwiches. Terms: four years on notes at 3 percent and 20 percent cash discount. Taft and Roosevelt owners Col W J Bryan auctioneer Woodrow Wilson clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
D. C
Oyster Bay
Africa
Taft and
Roosevelt
Col. W. J. Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Public Auction of Farm Equipment Near Diller and Odell Neb
Having rented the farm I will offer for sale at public auction on the place two percent miles north and two east of Diller five south and one west of Ellis three miles south and four east of Harbine six miles north and five west of Odell Neb. Items include 15 horses and haying gear a Jayhawk stacker a 23 wheel sweep a 12 ft McCormick rake a 10 ft Beyer a 16 ft mower corn and straw a McCormick grain harvester eight ft cut a McCormick corn binder pair a Dom and a Dempster riding cultivator shovels a Dempster six shovels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
Ellis
Harbine
Odell, Neb
McCormick
Dempster
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Heniy Madden
J. C
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Leaper
J. O. Blauser
Wymore
Wymorean
Supt. Eastwood
Abraham Lincoln
Oon
George
Washington
Earl Snyder
Carl Forsyth
Florence Line
Reed
Hoenschel
Irene’ Blauser
Evning
D. H. S. Athletic Club
Patton
Harriss
Dean Eas i
Hawiote
Fairbury
Miss Hughes
Maurice Johnnie Grump
Delmar
Ensle, Carmichael
St. Joe
C. J. Martin
Boone Mill
Kimball’s Laundry Ladies ’ and‘ Gentlemens
Ges
B. F. Blythe
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