Weather forecast and local notices from 1915 era
U S Weather Bureau issues weekly forecast for the Upper Mississippi Valley and Plains States predicting moderate temperatures and fair weather first half with warmer, generally fair latter half and scattered thundershowers. Local items note Shutt Drug Co available fish oil for flies on livestock, Nettie Drake visiting Red Cloud, and F Brett injuring a thumb in a cog wheel needing dressing.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Washisgton
D. C
Mississippi Valley
Plains States
Shutt Drug Co
Mrs Sylva Fish Leaves With Child For Lincoln Home
Mrs Sylva Fish and her child departed Wednesday to join her husband Merle Fish in Lincoln where he is employed by the traction company.
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Sylva Fish
Merle Fish
Lincoln
Fish
The
Traction Company
Woman Prefers Apples Over Beer, Household Debate
A wife argues against beer calling it foolish and suggests her husband eat an apple instead. George objects noting no one wants to eat ten or twenty apples daily, highlighting a humorous domestic exchange.
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George
Ladies Enjoy Needlework Luncheon At Mrs Carico’s
The K K K ladies spent a pleasant afternoon with Mrs Carico on Wednesday July 21. Eleven ladies responded to roll call. A delicious two course luncheon was served by the hostess. Mrs Diller and Mrs E F Habicht were guests of honor.
Diarrhoea Cured After Week Long Illness
W C Jones of Buford North Dakota recounts a severe diarrhoea spell lasting over a week two years ago. A druggist advised Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy the first dose eased symptoms and within two days he was completely well. Obtainable everywhere.
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W. C. Jones
Buford
N. D
Chamberlain
Wilmington chemist patents carbonic acid purifier for submarines
A Wilmington Delaware chemist perfected an invention to purify carbonic acid gas with chemical substances. The device promises to increase submarine practicability. He stayed in an airtight compartment for over seven hours, though normally a man could not remain more than three hours.
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Wilmington
Del
State fair to open September 6 with full city services
A transient city forms for the state fair with 30 000 to 60 000 daily attendees. All departments of a modern city are represented including a telephone exchange, barber shops, hospital service, post office, express office, and telegraph offices to serve patrons.
Adler-i ka praised as thorough bowel cleanser in Diller
Residents praise Adler-i ka a simple mix of buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients as the most thorough bowel cleanser sold, claimed to relieve cotton sour or gassy stomachs with instant action and no griping. Shutt Drug Co. is noted as a supplier.
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Diller
Adler-i Ka
Shutt Drug Co
Local Harvest Update Details Obscure Names and Movements
Incomplete report notes Harry Pattton began threshing wheat yesterday. Joe Diehl returned Wednesday from a professional trip to Sabetha Kansas. Arthur Price received a new five passenger Haynes auto. References to a chauffeur and a Birmingham or Omaha linkage appear garbled in the text.
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Joe Diehl
Sabetha
Kan
Arthur
Price
Haynes Autady Ednes
Bysidge
Omaha
Mrs Barbet Visits Family on West Coast Journey
Mrs. Marc Barbet of Sawtelle California is visiting her sister Mrs. Sarah Fick and family as well as her niece Mrs. Quinter Fry and other relatives while en route to a destination on the west coast.
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Marc Barbet
Sawtelle
Calif
Sarah. Fick
Quinter Fry
Ll Nois
Wood Bros threshing rigs bought and sold this week
J Thompson unloaded a new Wood Bros threshing rig this week bought from S C Hutchinson who also sold another rig of the same make unloaded at Ellis this week.
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J. “Thompson
Bros
S.C. Hutchinson
Ellis
Chamberlain's Liniment Praised By Knee Pain Sufferer
Edicard Craft of Elba New York says last winter used Chamberlain's Liniment for rheumatic pains stiffness and soreness of the knees and reports it did him more good than anything else. Obtainable everywhere.
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Chamberlain
Elba
N. Y
Take Your Choice Irishman weighs future with doctor’s warning
An Irishman visits a local doctor who says whiskey will soon blind him. He thinks over the options, then quips that at 72 he has seen enough of what’s worth seeing and opts for life as is.
Nebraska power exhibit at the State Fair set for September
The Nebraska Manufacturers Association schedules a mammoth power display at the State Fair September 6 to 11 showing products from Nebraska firms in full view of visitors. Burlington freight for the year ending June 30 totaled 426 cars. 244 forwarded, 182 received, and 1,649,263 pounds handled in less than carload lots.
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Nebraska Manufacturers Association
Nebraska
Burlington
F. W. Black
Massive underwater trap net blocks Kaiser's submarines
A newspaper description details an 8,712,000 mesh wire net across the English Channel from Folkestone to Cape Gris Nez. Each 18 inch square mesh forms a deadly undersea snare 150 feet deep, held by anchors with surface buoys, stretching nearly twenty two miles.
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English Channel
Strait of Dover
Folkstone Harbor
Cape Gris
Nez
France
Wilds
Bouys
Folkestone
Cape Nez
Beatrice Military Band Engaged for Diller Fraternal Picnic
The Beatrice Military band has been engaged to play for the Fraternal picnic at Diller on August 12.
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Beatrice Military Band
Diller
Willer and Hansen paint interior of Dr Ellis office
J. F. Willer arrived from Beatrice this week to assist partner Chas Hansen in painting and decorating the interior walls of Dr. Claude Ellis new office building.
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J. F. Willer
Beatrice
Chas. Hansen
Claude Ellis
Hunnicutt Breaks Ribs After Hay Rake Mishap
Jesse Hunnicutt and his male team were hitched to a hay rake when the rig ran away. He initially believed he was unhurt but later found he had two broken ribs from the incident last week.
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Jesse Hunnicutt
Traveling Man Recovers After Cholera Morbus Attack
H W Ireland of Louisville Kentucky recalls a severe cholera morbus attack in 1888. Doctors gave no help and urged telegraph to his family. He paid a hotel porter for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and, after a double dose, slept and awoke able to travel.
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H.W. Ireland
Louisville
Feeding Europe How US food exports surged during war period
The July 1 statistics show foodstuffs valued at 724 million dollars exported in the eleven months ending June 1, a major portion of the U.S. foreign trade. Wheat led with 249.6 million bushels valued at 319.9 million dollars, oats 51.7 million dollars, flour 87.7 million dollars, corn 34.5 million dollars, and bacon nearly 305 million pounds.
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United States
Department of Commerce
Alfalfa’s Broad Growth Across United States
The article reports 1914 alfalfa statistics: 6.48 million acres nationwide with Kansas leading in acreage and Nebraska second. California, Oregon, and Idaho top yields, with Kansas and Nebraska valued per ton around $9.50. Total 1914 alfalfa value near $161 million plus $7 million for seed. Projected 1915 production uncertain if per-state growth continues.
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Middle West
Union
Kansas
Rhone Island
Nebrasa
Nebraska
Colorado
California
United States
Oregon
Idaho
America's Expositions Draw Westward Attention
Two expositions, the Panama Pacific in San Francisco and the Panama California in San Diego, are showcased as masterworks drawing American interest. The piece extols nature’s wonders from Glacier National Park to Yosemite, Yellowstone, Sequoia, the Grand Canyon, and Colorado's Rocky Mountain and Mesa Verde, inviting travelers to these spectacular sites.
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America
Panama- Pacific
San Francisco
Panama-California
San Diego
West
Glacier National Park
Europe
Mount Rainier
Crater Lake
Yellowstone
Iceland
New Zealand
Yosemite
Sequoia
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Estes Park
Mesa Verde
Beauty More Than Skin Deep
A beauty claim links health to digestion and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as beneficial for digestion. The ad states availability everywhere and urges purchase for improved wellbeing.
Nurse Mary Peterson Visits Friend on Way Home
Miss Mary Peterson a nurse at an Omaha hospital stopped Wednesday on her way to Red Cloud to visit her friend Mrs Dr Viers.
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Nettie. Drake
Mary Peterson
Omaha
Red Cloud
Dr. Viers
Beatrice Couple Travel South for Land Investment and Health
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Pittenger of Beatrice visited relatives near Diller and began an excursion to Southern Louisiana. They plan to invest in land and relocate there for Mr. Pittenger's health, seeking milder winter climate.
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H. J. Pittenger
Beatrice
Inlaw
Fred McAfee
Diller
Louisiana
Professor Miller travels from Wellington to visit family then heads to California
Prof F D Miller arrived Friday from Wellington Kansas to join his wife and son Kieth visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs W N Sparks spent Sunday with Chester Sparks and family at Hebron and left for California Wednesday evening over the Rock Island from Fairbury accompanied by Kieth to attend the expositions Mr Sparks gave him a ride from here in his auto
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Albert, Graef
Pauline
Iowa City
Iowa
John Novotny
Shea
Cline
John. Novotny
Fairbury
Nice
Earl Riddle
Lewis Barber
Cilne
Roy Roelf
Lila Novotny
Mabel Novotny
Odell
F. D. Miller
Wellington
Kan
Kieth
W. N. Sparks
Chester Sparks
Hebron
California
Rock Island
Diller Chautauqua Opens With Strong Attendance Expected
Record press noon reports the Diller chautauqua opening in Hartzell's grave area where a large tent seats all. Union Sunday school and church services Sunday forenoon may reduce capacity but a six day program of talent is promised and ticket sales are satisfactory.
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Hartzell
Union
Veterinary Dr Viers Gives Office a Fresh Coat
A new coat of paint goes on Dr Viers veterinary office. A baby boy weighing 11 pounds was born to Mr and Mrs Sam Friday on Thursday July 22 1915 one mile west of Diller.
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Dr. Viers
Sam Friday
Diller
Elias Hadley and Ouke Franzen Return from Chester Farm Work
Elias Hadley and Ouke Franzen came back yesterday from Chester where they helped erect a granary on a farm owned by A. H. Colman.
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Elias Hadley
Ouke Franzen
Chester
A. H. Colman
Light new head of Central Granaries grain office at Diller
Mr. E L Light of Shelton Nebraska succeeds Ed Wrigley as manager of the Central Granaries grain office in Diller He brings long grain business experience and intends to buy his share of grain for delivery to Diller He plans to move his family later and may visit California expos and Pacific coast points after assisting farms to save grain
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the Central Granaries Co
E. L. Light
Shelton
Nebr
Ed. Wrigley
Light
Diller
Wrigley
Pacific Coast
Shakespeare’s House in Stratford Born Place Preserved
The house on Henley Street Stratford-on-Avon where Shakespeare was born is noted as a modest wooden building. Washington Irving praised its humble exterior and walls filled with inscriptions from pilgrims of all ranks. The house was later purchased by subscription for preservation for future generations.
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Bard
Henley Street
Stratford-on-Avon
England
Washington Irving
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Velostigmat
Steffen Studio
Department OF Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles O “Marvin
Frank Mathias
Ansler
Harry Pattton
Shea Neighorhood
Alfalfa
Hall
F. J. Te
Dresuwes
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