Rugs At Free man Store In Fairbury Prompt Home Trade
Local notes report New rugs in all sizes at Free man in Fairbury. Mr and Mrs C Es Darr of Gilead visited relatives here Sunday. John Carrico from Wymore examined farm interests in the area. A man shaved off his moustache during a visit causing suspicion. Mrs Sam Diller and daughter Marie returned to Wilber after visiting Diller and Steele City relatives. Guy Marshall injured three fingers Monday while helping lift a vinegar barrel from Sam Thompson’s truck. Ben Clausson has returned from Hastings. Ruth Bowers, Diller telephone chief, left for St Joe and Kansas City with George Hiatt and Mrs Frank Cully for vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Diller
Marie
Diller
Steele City
Wilber
Guy Marshall
Sam Thompson
Ruth Bowers
Diller Telephone Central
Overland
George Hiatt
Frank Cully
St. Joe
Kansas City
Condit Family Visiting Relatives Before Ocean to Ocean Trip
Mr and Mrs Clarence Condit and son Norman with his wife and two children and son Fred from Elmwood Wisconsin stayed at Paul Stange home Thursday to Monday visiting their niece Mrs Stange and Lois Stahl as they travel by car to Modesto California. Edson Condit a dentist at Washington Kansas joined Saturday and returned Monday as the group resumed their Ocean to Ocean Highway trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Condit
Norman
Fred
Elmwood
Wis
Paul Stange
Stange
Lois Stahl
Modesto
Cal
Edson Condit
Washington, Kan
Ocean Highway
Reward Offered for Catarrh Remedy Cure
A local notice advertises a $100 reward for a catarrh remedy believed to cure the condition. The ad claims internal administration and promises effectiveness through a proprietary treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sageteutionat
Catania
Beatrice Residents Visit Relatives Near Diller
Peter Jobman and family of Beatrice visited relatives near Diller Sunday. Capt. Andrews of Steele City looked after farm interests near Diller Monday. Mr and Mrs George Hollenberger returned Sunday from visits with relatives in St Louis and Kansas City.
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Peter Jobman
Beatrice
Diller Sunday
May Borns Visit Lincoln Relatives Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs Edward M Eby of Lincoln spent the weekend here visiting relatives the May borns, returning Sunday to their home in Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Eby
Lincoln
Mayborns
Marquette Man Visits Dentist Friend in City
Ralph Erickson of Marquette Kansas, a former roommate of Dr. W S Diller during his time at Kansas City dental college, has been visiting here since Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph. Erickson
Marquette
Kan
Dr. W. S. Diller
Kansas City Dental College
Wyoming youth drives miles as bogey mishap hints at romance
A young man in Wyoming drove two miles alone before discovering his sweetheart had fallen from the bogey. The article contrasts Wyoming romance with the more ardent love-making seen around Diller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Diller
Johnson crosses border in arrest under slave act
Jack Johnson, negro heavyweight boxing champion, crossed the Mexican border Tuesday and was promptly arrested. He is being taken to Chicago where he is under sentence for violation of the white slave act and will be confined at the Leavenworth government penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Johnson
Pugilist
Chicago
Government
Leavenworth
Sugar Crop Prospects Boost U S Sugar Output This Fall
Officials project a United States sugar production rise next fall driven by July 1 crop conditions. Beet acreage nears one million with above ten year average growth, cane acreage exceeds half a million with Louisiana leading cane sugar. The rise equates to about 333 thousand tons or 22 pounds per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Louisiana
Travel goods advertised at Freeman's Fairbury
Mrs. John Gretinger returned Sunday from visiting her daughter Mrs. Harry Greggory at Byron. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Davidson and daughter Irene and friend Miss Margaret Uhrig from Hellingford Nebr visited Mrs. David son's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hughes over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gretinger
Harry Greggory
Byron
C. A. Davidson
Irene
Margaret Uhrig
Hellingford, Nebr
Mattress Sale Notice at A Palmer Company Nebraska
Starting Monday the 19th to Saturday the 24th we offer a special mattress made of 50 lbs of cotton felt tufted roll edge tick. Price six dollars. At A Palmer Company in Atrice Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ge A. Palmer Company
Atrice
Nebr
Nurse Clara Steiner Leaves Lincoln for California Visit
Miss Clara Steiner a trained nurse from Lincoln and daughter of I D Steiner left on an early Wednesday morning train for a trip to California. She was accompanied by Mrs F Hartzell of the same locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Steiner
Lincoln
California
F. Hartzell
Origin of Chautauqua Name The Lake Story
The Senecas camped by a lake after a hunt a storm rose a child was swept away and lost to the lake. The water body became Chauddaukwa meaning the place where the child was carried away later Anglicized to Chautauqua.
American Doughboys Pinch Seats Promise
An American Medical Journal anecdote describes two U S soldiers nicknamed doughboys aboard a British railway carriage. A prim English mother and daughter avert a supposed theft after overhearing the soldiers plan to pinch their seats upon exit, creating a comic misunderstanding in a Royal carriage setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mary
American Medical Journal
Cut His Wheat With Tractor Power
A test of cutting grain by tractor power was completed on the D. A. Hafer place four miles east of Jansen. A 120 acre wheat field was cut in about twenty hours using two seven foot binders drawn by a Hart Parr tractor. The owner praised the experiment and predicted broader use of tractors to save time and reduce horse labor.
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D. A. Hafer
Jansen
Hart Parr
Newa
Hafer
Jansen News
Harbine News Items From Local Visits and Events
Harbine and Swanton played ball Sunday with Harbine winning two to three. Local residents visited George Arnold Sr and Mrs Arnold, with other gatherings including a girl friend party and a picnic at Wilber. Henry Acthemeier and family planned a six week visit to Ontario, Canada. A miscellaneous shower for Mrs Ted Mudrow drew twenty six attendees at Mrs Henry Arnold’s home.
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Chiia Miller
Malcolm, Nebr
Henry Arnold
Harbine
Swanton
Freemont Logan
Fairbury
Will Muebler
Geo. Arnold, Sr
Glady Lottman
Hilda Arnold
John Huffman
Ernie Wilhelm
Wilber
Frances Sturmer
Lincoln
Ted Mudrow
David Thomas
Geo. Arnold, Jr
Plymouth
Arnold
John Gerth
Bertha Arnold
State University
Beulah Cook
Ralph Sandman
Henry Acthemeier
Ontario
Canada
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Diller State Bank
Freeman’s
Mrs. C. Es Darr
Gilead
John Carrico
Wymore
Harry Remely
University Place
Peter Remley
Colorado
Ben Clausson
Hastings
John Clausson
Capt. Andrews
George Hollenberger
St. Louis
Freeman’s Fairbury
Inguie
Freeman's
Lingua Americaine
Cressey & Son
Nebraska
Ford
Detroit
Mich
C. G. Catlin Co
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