Local Notes From Diller Beatrice Visits And Town News
Local briefs mention Mrs Frank Spear visiting Beatrice friends since Tuesday. Edison Phonograph Records reduced to 35c at Diller Harness Shop. J T Briggs extends lumber shed. Wm Deaver visits from Fairbury to oversee land interests. Francis Holder of St Joseph visiting relatives. A wedding north of Fairbury attended by multiple families. Ice cream social at Mandeville schoolhouse near Diller on July 30. Bank examiner visited Peoples State Bank for national bank conversion. Osborn and Roy Nelson return from postal clerk duties awaiting next assignment.
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Edison Phonograph
Diller Harness Shop
Piano For Sale At A Bargain
Preparatory to moving I will sell my piano at a bargain only been a short time Cash or bankable mate Call at the house Mrs J W Sutton
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J. W. Sutton
Radium Cures Corns Proclaimed In Circulation
An advertisement claims radium cured corns with three ten minute exposures costing about $1,000. A note mentions a longer exposure could remove the toe with the corn. The report also records H F Stull of Adams Nebraska near J W Fouts Stafford farm near Diller traveling toward town after losing a horse, one of a valued team previously offered $250 in cash for.
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F. Stull
Adams
Nebr
J. W. Fouts
Stafford Farm
Diller
W. C. Line
Wonders and features in The August Woman’s Home Companion
The August Woman’s Home Companion offers a mix of features and fiction. It highlights modern bridge building and house boating on Lake St. Clair while including essays by Henry T. Finck and Edward A. Steiner and short stories by Mrs Spoford Agnes L Povest Bi Taylor and Emory Pottle, published by Crowell Publishing Company in Springfield Ohio.
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Lake St. Clair
Henry T. Finck
Edward A. Steiner
Tholstoy
Pease E. Clark
Mrs. Spofford
Agnes L. Povest
Bi Taylor
Emory Pottle
Crowell Publishing Company
Springfield
Ohio
Local Notary and Travel Notes Highlight Quiet Week
Notary public at the Recorp office. D. Fanders drove to Steele City Wednesday. Thos Nelson and R V Folkers took a business trip to Lanham last Friday. Insurance written against fire, lightning and wind storms at the Recorp office. Furniture prices listed: iron bed 1.98, 8 ft extension table six, side board twelve. Blauser offers Standard sewing machines. Miss Mage Crimming of Grand Island Nebr visiting Miss Mande Hauver.
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Thos, Nelson
R. V. Folkers
Lanham
Recorp
Nelson
Mage . Crimming
Grand Island
Nebr
Mande Hauver
Steam Coal Advertises Weir Point Coal Availability
J B Zook announces abundant Weir point coal for steam use and invites customers to view. The notice urges farmers and others to cut down weeds along public highways and fence rows now rather than when seeds ripen.
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J.B. Zook
Peaches for sale at 60 cents a bushel in orchard
Notices show J. W. Starr offering peaches at 60 cents per bushel for a few days. The text also contains unrelated advertisements about mail handling, health tonics, and a land claim drawing at Rosebud agency with 107,000 registrations but only 2,500 valid claims. first claim won by a Pennsylvanian.
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J. W. Starr
Rosebud
World’s Fair Rates to St Louis via Burlington Route
Burlington Route advertises excursion fares to the St Louis fair with tickets to St Louis and return options good fifteen days at 15.20 dollars, sixty days at 16.90 dollars, or all summer at 20.25 dollars. The notice urges seeing a ticket agent for full travel details and mentions a Smith family fundraiser in Louisville with 25,000 dollars to entertain attendees.
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St. Louis
Burlington
St. Louis’ Exposition
Smith
Louisville
Rural Carriers’ Salary Increase Under New Schedule
A Washington source details a new salary schedule for rural mail carriers effective July 1. The maximum salary rose from 600 to 720 dollars yearly for routes up to 24 miles, affecting about 12,000 carriers. For shorter routes, salaries were reduced by 18 dollars per mile under 24, resulting in over two thirds of 24,600 rural carriers receiving about 100 dollars a year more, while some got less.
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Washington Epee
Congress
Local notes include visits travels and industry updates
Mrs. Will Carmichael visits relatives from Odell. Aug 22 Jefferson county teachers institute to be held in Fairbury. A D Hedges promotes harness leather in Fairbury. Local merchants promote goods and gear including Defiance light draft plows. Hogs sold to market by J D Fanders and J B Zook. Dr J G Neely travels to Clarinda to aid wife in poor health. Mrs Stines returns from Superior after five week visit. Dora Price visiting Dr Jeffryes family in Arvada Colo seeking health. Packing house strike unsettled as strikers not fully rehired. pension increases for Adam Coleman and ex-mayor Thomas Copeland under new law. Mrs Witty rebuilding on Lavelle St. Pearce and Cavett visit Fairbury. Patton sun proof paints sold by J O Blauser. Christ Kielameier starts blacksmith shop. P Root of Chicago visits land southwest of town. Jim Condon Jr of South Omaha visits Diller. he is B&M switchman affected by strike. Gus Kelley returns to Kansas after wheat harvest. travels by bicycle from Steele City to Republican City.
Lightning rod agency claimed for Ch C W Shinn rods
J Le Lams says he has taken the agency for C W Shinn lightning rods, noted as the best, and offers to quote for rodding houses or barns. He warns against temporary or cheap improvements, insisting good workmanship yields lasting satisfaction over costly repairs.
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J. le Lams
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promote Energy and Health
The advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as the cure for weakness and lassitude, claiming they convert drain into mental power and energy. Sold by Spear Drug Co at 25 cents per box.
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Dr. King
Spear Drug Co
Butcher Shop Changes Hands in Local Deal
H Z and Gene Diller plan to take possession of and operate Hartzell’s meat market starting next Monday renting the current shop building. The senior member of the new firm has years of experience with Hartzell and will maintain the business. Hartzell retires due to ill health and will supply cattle shipments this fall and winter.
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H. Z
Gene Diller
F. Hartzell
Hartzell
Two Burlington Route Excursions to Boston From Lincoln
Special excursion to Boston leaves Lincoln August 11 at 6 p.m. under Chaplain KR Randall. A second excursion departs Lincoln August 18 at 6 p.m. under J B Ferguson. Through tourist cars from Omaha with short stops at eastern show places and a chance to return via St Louis. Low round trip rate and favorable conditions. Write L W Wakeley G P A Burlington Route Omaha Neb.
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Boston
Lincoln
KR. R. Randall
J. B Ferguson
Omaha
East
St.Louis
L. W. Wakeley
G.P. A
Burlington
Nebr
Names on Farm Mail Boxes Enhance Local Interest and Identity
Readers are reminded that displaying farmer names on roadside mail boxes helps identify places and fosters connection with the land. The article advocates renewing aged signs in plain black letters and, if rented, listing both tenant and landowner to aid recognition and community ties.
Diller church meeting to arrange coming year
All members of the Christian church at Diller are requested to meet at the church at 11 o eb o clock Sunday morning July 31 to make arrangements for the coming year and discuss hiring a minister Paumies Chairman
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Christian Church
Diller
Eboeck
Paumies, Ch’m
Bucklens Arnica Salve Endorsed For Piles And Burns
F A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama chronicles a long battle with piles and skin tumors before Bucklens Arnica Salve provided relief. He claims it cured his condition and also helps with burns and pains. Sold for 25 cents at Spear Drug Co.
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F. A. Gulledge
Verbena
Ala
Bucklen
Spear Drug Co
Night Was Her Terror and the Cure
Mrs. Chas. Apple of Alexandria Indiana reports severe coughs and night terrors that kept her from sleep. After trying various medicines she used Dr King’s New Discovery, three one dollar bottles, and gained 58 pounds. Trial bottles free at Spear Drug Co.
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Chas
Apple
Alexandria
Ind
Spear Drug Co
Your Home Merchant or a distant paper in need
When your child was sick or you faced unemployment the question is who offered help. The passage weighs the sympathy of local home merchants against distant shops in St Louis or Chicago urging support for church drives, sidewalks, and minister salaries. It asks who stands by neighbors in illness, loss, and death.
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Sears, Roebuck
Montgomery Ward & Co
St. Louis
A. J. Childs & Co
Chicago
Injured In a Runaway On a Farm J A Cully Hurt
J A Cully sustained a two and a half inch scalp gash above the forehead a broken shoulder a torn rib and body bruises when a runaway caused by a young horse and a hay rack occurred on Monday afternoon He hollered for help until his brother Charley and a new phone connected a doctor who arrived soon and he was taken home for recovery with expected rest in a few days.
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J. A. Cully
Albert
Lly
Charley
Mrs. Cally
Unclear fragment hints at unique item sale
Fragment mentions hearing one played and a claim of being in a class by itself as the highest, with sale by unspecified party. Details, entities, and context are missing to identify object, seller, or location.
Electric Bitters Cited For Rheumatism Relief
Colusa California resident Joe Golobick testifies after fifteen years of rheumatic pain that Electric Bitters cured him. He claims the medicine also aids liver and kidney troubles and debility. Sold for 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by Spear Drug Co.
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Joe Golobick
Colusa
Calif
Spear Drug Co
Burlington Low Rate Summer Tours Scheme
The Burlington offers low rate summer tours to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake Black Hills and lake resorts in Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin with half price summer rates. Stopovers at St Louis on through tickets. Ask agent for details or write L W Wakeley General Passenger Agent Omaha Nebr.
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St.Louis
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Glenwood Sprin
Salt Lake
Black Hills
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
St. Louis
Omaha
Nebr
How to Treat a New Rope in Wallace's Farmer
An Iown subscriber asks how to remove twist from a new hay rope. Readers offered methods including laying the rope flat to untwist, boiling then stretching between posts, boiling then tying to a tree and letting a team pull it taut for days, and tying ends to a wagon to drag the rope behind for miles.
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Wallace
Greatest in all the West Epworth Assembly at Lake Park
The Nebraska Epworth Assembly at Epworth Lake Park Lincoln runs August 3 to 11 as the region’s largest Chautauqua gathering. Lecturers include Dr Frank Bristol Governor Robert M La Follette and Dr Byron W King with rail rates low and a mailed souvenir program offered.
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Nebraska
Epworth Assembly
Epworth Lake Park
Lincoln
Frank Bristol
Washington Divine
McKinley
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Byron W. King
Pittsburg
Washington, D. C
Gail Laughlin
New York
L. O. Sam Lincoln
German Syrup Promises Quick Relief for Coughs
A health note urges mothers to maintain good health and warns of coughs in infants. It promotes Dr Bosch ee German Syrup as a cure for lung throat and bronchial troubles with immediate rest and easier expectoration. Trial bottles are offered at Neely's Pharmacy for 25 cents. large size available.
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Neely
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Wells Hut & Co
Frank Spear
Beatrice
Clara Steiner
Maddey Company
Odell
J.T. Briggs
Wm. Deaver
Fairbury, Tl
Francis Holder
St. Joseph, Mo
W. N. Sparks
L. L. Catlin
Frank Nelson
Fairbury
Jos. Bodell
Elk Creek
Columbia
Blauser
Mandeville
Peoples State Bank
Chas. Osborn
Roy Nelson
D. Fanders
Steele City
Will Carmichael
Eamo Hapvey
Jefferson County Teachers Institute
A. D. Hedges
J. D. Fanders
Wella, Hiatt & Co
J.G. Neely
Clarinda
Dora Price
Jeffryes
Arvada
Colo
Adam Coleman
Thos. Copeland
Frank Pearce
L. M. Cavett
Patton
J. O. Blauser
Christ Kielameier
P. Root
Jim Condon, Jr
South Omaha
Tuesaday
Jim
Gus. Kelley
Phillips County
Kan
Republican City
Haddorff Pianos
G. A. White Piano Co
Nebraska Epworth Assembly
Diller Markets
Deess
Csiciceeskeees Dai Eeteevie
Aiehahnes
Wicecags
Miss. Westley
Wells Street
Maxurvetrx
Wis
Cardus
Sears
Thodford
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