Beating the tax on amusements and other small town notices
A collage of small items from a Nebraska town includes ads for sale items and services, local social news, legal notices, and brief anecdotes. Notable mentions: a sheep found with a coat, meat for sale by Chris Malchow, pleurisy illness, and a Beatrice travel note.
Fairbury Electric Shoe Show Opens in Nebraska
A Fairbury Nebr footwear advertisement promotes men and women shoes with prices from 25 cents to 125 dollars. Men's sales include Se to 125 dollars, men's heels 25 to 50 cents, ladies shoes 35 to 50 cents, and ladies heels 35 cents.
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Fairbury Electric
Fairbury
Nebr
Diller Farmers Grain Co Seeks Fat Hogs For Market
We are in the market all the time for those fat hogs. We pay the highest market price and take them any day. Get our bid first and sell at home. I. R. Andrewa, Mgr.
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Diller Farmers Grain Co
I. R
Andrewa, Mgr
Beatrice Lady Sells Flu Remedy Crystals in Diller Ad
Mrs. John Wiegand of Beatrice Nebraska promotes Beat Thing for flu crystals priced at 25 cents 50 cents 75 cents and 1 50 for sale to old customers via Diller Farmer's Store. A 2 50c box lasts as long as cheaper $1 boxes.
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John Wiegand
Beatrice
Diller Farmer's Store
The Undertaker's Assistants Chronicle
The passage lists assistants tied to death rituals, including a man in a closed garage with car running, a man using wood alcohol in a cocktail, and a man who believed he could beat a train at a crossing, as described in Pathfinder.
J N C Meeting Opens New Year With Contest Prize
Mrs Albert Hubka hosted a J N C gathering at her home on January 4. After a brief business session a new year contest awarded the prize to Mrs Clarence Hiatt. Guests included Mrs Marguerite Payne of Lewiston Mrs Mary Postal Odell and Mrs Emily Baresh. A social hour followed with lunch then adjournment to meet January 18 with Mrs Earl Harris.
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Albert Hubka
J. N.C
Clarence Hiatt
Marguerite. Payne
Lewiston
Mary Postal
Odell
Emily Baresh
Earl Harris
Half District Court Filings Foreclosures Rise in 1932
The Fairbury News reports Gladys Hughes notes 1932 district filings total 188, up from 157 in 1931. Foreclosures reach ninety six, while divоrces criminal cases and suit on notes decline. counts include various causes of action such as divorce damage equitable relief judgments and appeals.
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Gladys Hughes
Fairbury News
Local News Notes From Fairbury and Neighbors
Mr and Mrs L M Cavett visited Fairbury business Tuesday night. Mrs Guy Hill of Beatrice visits her sister Mrs E E McCune. Ramsey brothers ill with flu. Saathoffs move into Vic Andersons south of Diller. Roy McCune and family visit E E McCunes and relatives in Diller. Nebraska to join lame duck amendment.
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Motte Riddle
Lew Ramsey
Beatrice
Idola Ramsey
E. V. Ing Werean
Pawnee City
Nebr
Guy Hill
E. E. McCune
Klaus Saathoff
Vic Anderson
Diller
Nebraska
Roy McCune
Lincoln
Death of Doris Nickeson Grieves Grandparents at Bantrice
Mrs Margar Albers was summoned to Bantrice on Wednesday afternoon due to the death of her granddaughter Doris Nickeson daughter of Clarence Nickeson and his wife The tragedy touched the Nickeson family as the community mourned the youngster’s loss.
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Qid Bascom
Bascom
Pathfinder
Margar Albers
Doris Nickeson
Clarence Nickesoo
Small Town Hotel Scene Brings Out Subscribership Names
A railroad agent dines at a local hotel while a waiter and a patron discuss a dog and eating habits. The notice lists renewals from Mrs Christie Thompson Jack Hill Fred Heoricks and Henry Hulman as longtime subscribers who wanted to help keep the paper going.
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Christie Thompson
Jack Hill
Fred Heoricks
Henry Hullman
Hulman
Diller Town Team Splits Games With Odell and Harbine
The Diller town team defeated Odell 26 to 16 with V t scoring 19 and Green adding 3. They then lost to Harbine 26 to 12 at Diller Wednesday night, with Sherman leading the winners and V Green top scorer for Diller.
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Diller Town
Odell
Green
Novoto
Harbine
Diller
Sherman
V. Green
Bridge Club Hosts Social At Hiatt Home
The Saturday evening bridge club met at Mr and Mrs Clarence Hiatt on January 7. High score was won by Mr and Mrs Ralph Frisbie. A luncheon followed with hot beef sandwiches ginger bread and coffee. Helen Frisbie attended as guest. The next meeting will be with Mr and Mrs Paul Renz.
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Clarence Hiatt
Ralph Frisbie
Helen Frisbie
Pail Renz
Nine Points of Behavior From the Kearney Bulletin
The bulletin lists guidelines such as not contradicting others even if right, avoiding prying into intimate friends affairs, not underrating what you lack, not assuming others are happier, not being rude to those below you, not repeating gossip, concealing aches behind a smile, attending to your own business, and living within income.
Statesmen urge faith in currency amid scarcity
Roe Richard and Alfred McCune visited grandparents E. E. McCune then returned to Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Calkins and their daughter visited Ada Calkins in Blue Springs the prior Monday.
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Roe Richard
Alfred McCune
E. E. McCune
Woisecine
Lincoln
Lee Calkins
Leonard Frisbie
Mr. Frisbie
Carrol Lee
Ada Calkins
Blue Springs
Flag flown at half mast since Lincoln honored by Kyd family
The Beatrice Sun notes a flag with 36 stars flown at half mast for Calvin Coolidge is owned by R R Kyd of the city. The flag has been in the Kyd family since the Civil War era and was displayed for the thirteenth time last week in tribute to the late president.
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Abraham Lincoln
R. RR. Kyd
Calvin Coolidge
Kyd
Beatrice Sun
Peters Family Hosts Fun Night With Rock Prize Winners
The Peters home entertained members and families on Friday evening January 6. Irene Hill won first prize in a rock game session, Hazel Place took second. A late luncheon of sandwiches, cake and salad was served by Mrs. Howard Peters and Mrs. Herman Peters. All departed in good spirits.
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Howard Peters
Irene Hill
Hazel Place
Howard .Peters
Herman Peters
Ome
Burlington cuts cream freight rates for farm shipments
The Burlington Railroad will reduce cream transport rates about 40 percent, effective February 1, for Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. The change lowers costs for farmers whose daily cream shipments to big city creameries are a key income source during hard times. Transportation savings are passed to farmers via larger payments.
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Burlington Railroad
Creamery
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Diller State Bank balance sheet closing 1936 note
The record shows a Nebraska chartered bank as of December 31, 1982 with assets totaling 206 187.90 including loans and discounts 9 TS 010. 26 overdrafts 209 32 bonds and securities 82 830.02 and real estate 7 000.00 The liabilities list capital stock 20 000.00 undivided profits 2 648.16 deposits 178 437.89 and reserve for depositors final settlement 5 081.85 The document bears a notary public stamp, Pearce, with a March 5 1936 expiration date.
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U. S
Sracret
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ths Bank
United States
United States Treasury
Diller State Bank
Riverside
Bill Heorichs
F. A. Moon & Son
Fairbury, Nebr
Chris Malchow
Will Glather, Jr
Duluth’ .News. Tribune
Massachusetts
Dorothy Wind
Alfred Storms
St. Louis
Harry _(Keatin
San Francisco
Calif
Henry Wiemers
Ed. Saatheff
Henry Saatheff
Chas. Brandt Farm
Omaha Bee
Undertaker
Iso
St. Joseph
Excelsior Springs
Daily Papers
Glenn, Richard and
Clyde Ray
Mrs
Homer Ramsey
Tennessee
L. M. Hurst
N. R.C
Waconda Springs
Mitchell County
Wonder Water and Health Resort
Carl Bingesser
Sale Pavilion
DeWitt, Nebr
Western
John W. Heist
Collier's Comedians
Arizona
Clark's Gen
Ission
A R. Milow
Farmers Union Store
Green’s Cafe
the Diller Record