Diller News Roundup Highlights Local Events and Notices
Local notes report Wit Starr’s return from New York and Starr’s Denver trip. Diller and Beatrice area items include new desk phone at Dr Bauguess’s, a juror drawn for Lincoln court, revival services in Alexandria, and plans for a Farmers’ Grain Co elevator. Pine-ules advertised for kidney and neuralgia relief. Neeley’s Pharmacy sells the product.
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The
Diller Telephone Co
Dr. Bauguess
Neeley’s
Death claims in thousands of homes from Consumption and Pneumonia
In a letter from Huntley of Oaklandon Ind a wife with consumption was given up by three doctors until Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds cured her. The ad claims the medicine kills germs of all diseases and offers a trial bottle free with guaranteed 50c and 1.90 by Spear Drug Co.
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Huntley
Oaklandon
Ind
Spear Drug Co
Fatal accident claims Marion Blackwood near Odell
Marion Blackwood, a wealthy Odell area farmer, was struck by passenger train No. 15 while walking home and died the next day from chest injuries. He lived in the area twenty five years, owned three farms near Odell and near Oberlin, Kansas, and left a wife and several children. The article also notes the death of Charles A. Diller at 21 with a lengthy obituary and unrelated verse and ad items.
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Marion Blackwood
Odell
Oberlin
Kan
Gage County
Diller
Charles A. Diller
Mr. Watson
Charlie
Presbyterian Church
Ted
R. J. Lockhart
PF. G. Knauer
Chirle
W. ‘Diller
Sam
Tobias, Neb
Silas
Lincoln
J. L. Waggoaner
Meridiand
Idaho
Beckle
J. le Waggoner
School Notes From City Problems And Plans
Elsi Tristman was absent Wednesday while Glenn Harris and Ruth Sparks missed the forenoon. Forty two is the high school enrollment. eighth grade scholars include Roscoe Coleman BéA T Tienrichs and Ray Green. Clara Hood and Archie Armichael have not resumed work since vacation. the graduating class organized Monday with LaForest Raymond as president Ay Reinhart as vice president and Elsie Tristman as secretary Edythe Bixby as president.
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Elsie Tristman
Glenn Harris
Elsie Lamb
Ruth
Sparks
Pleasant Township
Rev. King
Roscoe Coleman
Béa
Tienrichs
Ray Green
Clara. Hood
Archie
Armichael
Ekina
LaForest
Raymond
Ay Reinhart
Edythe Bixby
Modern Woodmen Postage and Benefit Fund Report
The Modern Woodmen shows a postal expense over 20000 annually. From Jan 1 to Dec 8 1905 postal accounts totaled 19343.40. First class mail 967170 pieces. second class 322390. total mail 1289300. Benefit fund stood at 2463095.59 with 776519.04 in outstanding claims and 1666576.65 surplus. Deaths reported in eleven months reached 3477, liability 6200000.
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Woodmen
Electric Bitters Advertised as Malaria Cure
A regional ad praises Electric Bitters as a pure tonic for malaria and ague claiming it drives malaria from the system and avoids quinine after effects. Testimonial from E Munday of Henrietta Texas says it saved his brother from severe malaria. Available at Spear Drug Co. for 50 cents with guarantee.
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Munday
Henrietta
Tex
Maitland coal price quotation from J B Zoom
The dealer J B Zoom advertises Maitland coal with $7.00 off the car and $7.25 from the house per unit, claiming one cent adds no soot.
Nitrous Oxide Gas Promoted as Safe Dental Anesthetic
Dr. L. R. Fritz of Wymore advertises having the only nitrous oxide administration apparatus in the region. He touts its safety and effectiveness for painful dental operations.
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L. R. Fritz
Wymore
Blizzard Anniversary Marks Nebraska Suffering in 1888
The note marks the 17th anniversary of a January blizzard that swept Nebraska on January 12 1888. The storm caused many deaths and destroyed livestock valued in thousands of dollars.
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Nebraska
The Wife as a Banker Advice for Working Men
A brief column notes that women are savers and spend wisely, arguing a dollar in a woman's head stretches further. It targets men whether unemployed, salaried, married or about to marry, claiming wives can act as financial banks for all social classes. The piece cites a note from the Indianapolis Sentinel.
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Iit
Indianepollé Sentiel
Frail Parents and Farm Inheritance Spark Family Strife
A letter laments elderly parents forced to surrender farms to children, noting cases where parents suffer verbal abuse and even legal action to have them placed under guardianship. The writer urges stronger laws to protect aging farmers and preserve home stability.
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Pratt
Fleck
Lee
Uncle Sam
Starr
New York City
Mr. Starr
Denver
Dell Wright
Burlington
W.N. Sparks
Federal
P. B. Miller
Sycamore Springs
Seneca, Kan
J. W.sparka
J.L. Henrichs
Robert
Erva Clark
Roe
Mrs. Clark
S. Clark
Jas
Pickard
Beatrice
Evens
Cub Creek
Her. Huntington
Alexandria
Neb
J B Wright
Vetran
M. E
Christian Church
King
Farmers’ Grain Co
Nelson's
Plymouth Telephone Company
Kentucky
Polan- China
Jon S. H. Khan
TR. Armstrong
Fairbury
Gazette
Mr. Armstrong
Nealey
Ray
Hubbell
Folsom
Beatrice Occulist
Scott
Burlington Station
Dilfer Lodge
W. F. Hill
Pittsburg
G. T. Mills
Arthur Mills
Willsonville
Bmg
W. Mills
Atirim
Tsiana
Flushing
Tahal
Arthur L. Catlin
Rock Creek Precinct
Wellsboro
Neelag’a
Viona Witty
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