For Sale in Fairbury Listings Include Livestock and Tools
Holstein bull calf listed by Glenn Blauser with fall pricing and nets for sale. Gus Dressen advertises low prices on stock nets. Moon & Son promote quality monuments in seasonable prices from Fairbury Nebraska Est 1886. Used implements include a Deering mower and a hay rake. S Hutchinson promises best material for money with grade material prices. Electric Shoe Shop Fairbury advertises services.
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Gus Dressen
F. A. Moon & Son
Fairbury
Nebr
Electric
Hog buyers seek hogs at Diller market prices
Advert issued by Paul Stark of Diller Farmers Grain Co calling hog producers to bring hogs to Diller for sale. mentions weekly Thursdays and market prices.
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Diller
Farmers Grain ’Co
Paul Stark
Cornbelt Lumber Co Ads For Screen Doors In Diller Neb
Local ad from Cornbelt Lumber Company of Diller Nebraska urges readers to inspect and replace screen doors and windows with new units offered at reasonable prices. The brief notice emphasizes affordability and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornbelt Lbr.,Co
Diller, Nebr
Carpenter Family Visits Relatives After Trip
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Carpenter returned Tuesday from a trip to Cather and Hemingsford. They were accompanied by their daughter-in-law Mrs. Russel Carpenter and a family member who will visit relatives for a time.
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W. H. ‘Carpenter
Cather and Hemingsford
Homie
Byeir
Russel Carpenter
Pop Opinion on Shape Triggers Class Discussion
A classroom quip has students debating the earth's shape. The conversation centers on whether the world is round or flat, with one remark noting a contrasting view that the earth is crooked.
Chain letters and their superstition warned against
The writer notes the rise of chain letters asking recipients to forward copies to many people. Each letter includes a prayer and a threat of misfortune if the chain is broken, a superstition some readers take seriously despite skepticism.
Cupid's Poor Shots and Alimony Rise in Detroit
A Detroit report notes rising divorces and growing alimony. It cites 4000 husbands under alimony, 125 in jail for nonpayment, 116 at last report, and alimony payers increasing about 70 dollars weekly. The piece portrays Cupid as misfiring in modern Matrimony.
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Cupid
Detroit
Detroit House of Correction
Rainy Wednesday Evening Noted in State Journal Ad
The State Journal lists a $1.00 office price for Jan 1. A damp weather pattern is described. E M Crocker and family visited Lincoln relatives. Depression years bring worries such as limited car access. Lew Shelly returns home from Rochester after a serious operation. Ant control advice stresses eliminating exposed food to deter ants.
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Lew Shelly
The
Fairbury News
Rochester
Weather Relief Breaks Ten Day Heat Wave
After ten days of extreme heat with temperatures from 95 to 105 degrees a cooler rain arrived on Wednesday evening. In the Diller market Charley Barber sold the first several wheat crops to the Farmers Elevator at 37 cents. Wheat weighed about 62 pounds per bushel, lighter when raised on sweet clover ground.
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Charley
Diller
Pleasant Hill Club Holds Meeting at Leader’s Home
The Pleasant Hill group met at leader Helen Wehling’s home. After business, light refreshments were served by the leader and her sister Edna. The next gathering is planned with the Ellison sisters on July 8.
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Pleasant Hill
Helen Wehling
Jeader
Edna
Ellison
Stockton Man Admits Murder of Colorado Teacher
John Schopftin confessed to the 1930 murder of Enid Marriott a 32 year old schoolteacher of Wiggins Colorado. He claimed they met at a railroad station and he shot her with a revolver before abandoning the body in an irrigation ditch.
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John Schopftin
Stockton
Cal
Enid Marriot
Wiggins
Colo
New Truck License Fees Set by Last Legislature
New truck license fees take effect August 1 with rates based on load capacity. Trucks under 14 tons pay 75.00, 14 to 34 tons 125.00, and higher classes range up to 200.00, while trailers cost half as much. Farm and ranch trucks remain exempt with special F plates, and city–within limits vehicles use L plates.
Weather and People Report from Local Area
The passage notes Grandma Greider recovering after a brief illness. Rain on Wednesday evening measured between half and three quarters of an inch. Mrs. W A Boggs of Beatrice visited this week with Mrs. Isaac Saylor. Fairbury recorded 103 degrees as the state's hottest Tuesday while Alliance was the coldest Wednesday at 60 degrees.
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W. A. Boggs
Beatrice
Isaac Saylor
Death of Former Sheriff F W Bonowitz in Endicott
F W Bonowitz former sheriff and assessor of Jefferson county died at his Endicott home after fifty years residency in the county.
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F. W. Bonowitz
Jefferson County
Endicott
Peggy Joyce Receives Threatening Phone Messages
Peggy Joyce has been receiving threatening calls from a possible spurned admirer. The quote suggests she cannot marry everyone and reflects the social pressure faced by individuals in romance matters.
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Peggy Joyce
Sheriff Helvey Probes Theft at Crittenden Elevator
Sheriff Helvey answered an official call to Diller Saturday after a sum of money was taken from clothing at the Crittenden elevator. Suspects were named but no arrests had been made at this time.
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Helvey
Diller
Crittenden Elevator
Rural visitors stay with Neely and Gaebler in Winside Nebr
Rural mail carrier Scott A Miller and his family visited Winside Nebraska for several days as guests of Dr J G Neely and family. The Neelys Harold and Jack, Gladys Neely and Sonny Gaebler hosted them while Louis McCall and family also stayed nearby. Yleen Neely visits California summer school. Dr Neely reported in good health with a thriving practice and Harold runs a suritse and undertaking business. Weather in Winside was hot and dry.
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Scott A. Miller
Winside
Nebr
J. G. Neely
Rosemary
Harold Neely
Jack
Irving Gaebler
Gladys Neely
Sonny
Louis
McCall
Twila
Neely
Harold
Gaebler
State Bank
San Bernardino
Calif
Mrs
Summer vacation safety for children urged by children’s bureau
The article cites a U S Department of Labor children’s bureau list of safety tips for vacations. It advises clean safe housing, drinking safe milk and water, avoiding roadside springs, ensuring four to six glasses of water daily, moderation of fruit juice, no raw milk, boiling if pasteurization is unavailable, avoiding street cart foods, serving leafy vegetables and fresh fruit, and outdoor time five to six hours daily. It notes psychological risk of relaxing routines and praises impersonal safeguards to prevent errors during holidays.
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Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Post Office Holiday Hours And Wheat Yield Report
The post office will observe holiday hours with no rural delivery on Saturday July 4. Lew Barber loaded out Wednesday at Shea a carload of new wheat grown by Henry Wiemers. The crop covered 100 acres yielding 4000 bushels, about 40 bushels per acre.
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Lew Barber
Shea
Henry Wiemers
Dil ler Ladies Quartette Sings at Odell Funeral
The ladies quartet from Diller sang Wednesday afternoon at the Odell funeral of Mr. Faye Phillips a farmer from the Odell vicinity who died following an operation for appendicitis.
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Diller
Odell
Faye Phillips
Vis
War Department Abandons 53 Posts in Economy Drive
The War Department will abandon 53 military posts, valued at about 22 million dollars. Most have long been unused for military purposes and only staffed by caretakers.
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Hoover
War Department
World circumnavigation completed by Wiley Post crew
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty completed a global flight landing at Roosevelt Field New York after 16 000 miles in 8 days 15 hours 51 minutes. The feat is hailed by famed aviators as aviation history’s greatest achievement.
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Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Globe
Roosevelt Field
New York
July 1931 Opens Seventh Month of the Year
In July 1931 we enter the seventh month and note there are 150 days left to finish Christmas shopping. The message encourages readers to let conscience guide their plans and timing.
Lincoln Journal offers seven hour later news in Nebraska
Lincoln Journal promotes later editions than Omaha papers claiming seven to ten hours of delayed rural route news and day and night printing. The offer lists the price at $1.00 through January 1, 1932 or $1.50 with Sunday delivery.
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Lincoln Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln
Omaha
Journal
Lincoln Daily
Mornin Journal
Lincoln Journal
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Diller State Bank
Glenn Blauser
S.C. Hutchinson
Pop
Daily State Journal
Pleasant Hill Snaps
Marriott
Greider
Cornbelt Lumber Company
Nebraska
Curtis
Lea
Physican
Roy Geer
Girlugag SF
Bell Syndicate
H. B. McCall
Clay County
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