Safety First Young Chemist Mixes Vial Sparks Teeth Found
A young chemist in Fairbury Nebraska mixed chemicals and struck a vial with a match, later finding his front teeth and a cuff nearby. Walter Greenwood visited family in Waverly last Sunday. A large frame barn on Capt Andrews' Steele City farm burned, costing about 3000 dollars with no insurance. Gertrude Lambert, visiting since last Friday, assists at Superior Express but will return to Guide Rock Signal.
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Wiese
Walter Greenwood
Waverly
Gertrude Lambert
D. V. Fanders
Miss Lambert
Superior Express
Guide Rock
Miss Averil Fouts Returns Home From Coast Trip
Miss Averil Fouts a Lewis and Clark high school teacher in Spokane Washington traveled home by the coast and southern route with stops in Seattle Portland San Francisco Los Angeles Grand Canyon and Kansas City. She plans to return to Spokane September 1.
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Averil Fouts
Lewis and Clark High School
Spokane
Wash
Seattle
Portland
San Fracisco
Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
Kansas City
Schenk Resigns as Diller Farmers Union Manager
E. J. Schenk steps down as manager of the Farmers Union Co-Operative store at Diller effective July 31. He plans to open a new grocery on the west side of the square in Fairbury as fixtures are installed. No successor announced yet.
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E. J. Schenk
Farmers Union Co-Operative
Diller
Fairbury
Walk Indeed Boys Visit in Cars
Ethel recalls last night when friends visited in their cars. The line hints at improvised social moments and the tease of unexpected company.
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Ethel
The Farmer's Vacation Idea for Harvest Time
The piece argues farmers deserve holidays like others but must work through summer harvests. It suggests planning rest in fall or winter and advises farmers to stay alert to learn ideas that could offset expenses.
Prudence's Daughter to Start in Record August 7
Home grown roasting ears are ripe soon. A new serial story Prudence's Daughter will be started in the Record August 7. Many a husband is busy predicting rain and cannot water his wife's garden. Mrs. Arthur Wieths foot injury resulted from stepping on a nail.
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Prudence
Arthur Wieths
John Steiner Named Manager at Nye-Schneider-Jenks Grain Co
John Steiner has accepted the manager position at Nye Schneider Jenks grain company and has held the job for over a week.
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John Steiner
Nye-Schneider-Jenks Grain Company
Mrs Cavett Returns From Geneva With Nephew
Mrs L M Cavett attended the funeral of Mrs Dr Bixby in Geneva then remained for a visit. She returned Sunday with her little nephew Junior Bixby, brought by Mrs Belle Bixby who drove them home and then went back to Geneva that evening.
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L. M. Cavett
Geneva
Dr. Bixby
Junior Bixby
Belle Bixby
Credit and Delivery Costs in Grocery Trade
The piece argues credit buyers pay about 22.36 a year for delivery and credit on a 10 weekly purchase, versus cash buyers. It notes delivery adds a cost but cash payment avoids bad debts and may reduce overall grocery bills, highlighting the trade offs for customers and merchants in urban retail.
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Diller
Lincoln visit notes and church pastor trip abroad
Mies Eleanor Diehl visits Lincoln with friends this week. Two men sit in front with two girls in back indicating marriage. Rev Otto Bergfelder, pastor of St Pauls Lutheran church, left Sunday for his old home in Germany.
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Mies
Eleanor Diehl
Lincoln
Otto Bergfelder
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Germany
Marguerite Green Relates Mountain Train Journey to New Mexico
Marguerite Green describes a 1925 trip from Cherau Colorado to Aztec New Mexico with stops at Pueblo Alamosa and Monte Vista. She notes scenic La Veta and Compass Passes, a moonlit night ride, a tornado of mountains and tunnels, and meeting Rhue and Miss Lamme on the way. The letter mentions scenery, cold high elevations and photography at the Gorge.
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Cherau
Colo
Chautauqua
Pueblo
Scotland
San Francisco
LaVeta Pass
Alamosa
Brother Rhue
Miss Lamme
Ulysses
Nebr
Monte Vista
Rhue
Compass Pass
Aztec NM Chautauqua notes and desert journey
Marguerite writes from Aztec New Mexico during a late evening train stop. She notes a small town of about 500 people surrounded by high hills and pines, mentions Indian markets and Navajo weaving, and plans to visit the Aztec ruins after the Chautauqua program before continuing to Carbondale Colorado and Steamboat Springs.
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New Mexico
San Juan
Aztec
Farmington
Carbondale
Colo
Steamboat Springs
Will
Marguerite
Expenditures Proposed for Diller Village Budget 1925
At a July 7 1925 meeting the Diller Nebraska board of trustees approved an expenditure estimate for the year starting May 1 1925 set at 3000 dollars and ordered the figures spread on records and published as required by law. S. C. Moser as chairman and Chas E. Waggoner as village clerk signed the record.
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Diller
Nebr
Ees
Diller Village approves 1925 annual appropriation ordinance
Ordinance No 99 levies eight mills on the dollar on Diller Nebraska property for 1925. It appropriates one and a half mills to w ards maintenance light and other sections allocate three quarters to a light fund one mill to interest two mills to sinking fund and becomes effective July 7 1925 signed by Chairman C Moser.
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Diller
Nebr
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Diller State Bank
Saftey
G. H. Newton
Fairbury, Nebr
Woods
Nebraska
Liberty
Credit and Delivery
J. W. Fouts
Marguerite Green
N. Mex
FORD
Beatrice Riverside Park
Beatrice, Nebr
Lizzy
S. C. Moser, Chm
Chas. E. Waggoner
Rockies
Burlington
W. I. Filley
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