Local notices and brief reports from Steele City Press
Local items report A D Stotts attending Masonic grand lodge in Omaha. Patrice McElwee and Grace Bell of Fairbury visited Diller friends. Ensley Carmichael and children return to St Joseph before a move to Oklahoma. L L Catlin and wife visit daughter Ulmer on Rock Creek. Chamberlains Cough Remedy advertised with refund guarantee. Mrs C L Grimes and son Lloyd set off for Wayside Nebraska near South Dakota to claim land. Frank Hill injured by ball, requiring four stitches. Capt Andrews promotes tree planting with a catalpa forest near the river. 30 000 catalpa trees planted last week.
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Capt. Andrews
Steele City Press
Mowers On Market: The Dain Kind Promised Strongest Cut
Selling point advertisement touts The Dain Kind mower as strongest built. Claims include light running and clean cuts while outperforming competitors. J D Fanders referenced as contact.
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J.D. Fanders
Tristman and Flanders Receive New Indian Motor Cycles
W G Tristman and Dede Flanders received new Indian motorcycles on Monday and have used them since as roads allowed. Billy the telephone company troubleshooter will be glad to hear of any line problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Tristman
Dede Flanders
Billy
Kept the King at Home
A Buffalo New York resident praises Dr King’s New Life Pills as an easy cure for stomach liver and kidney troubles. The ad notes the product costs 25 cents at Chipperfield Drug Co.
Beckwith Sells Diller Restaurant to J G Packer
H. H. Beckwith sold his restaurant Monday returning it to J. G. Packer who he had bought it from about eight months ago. Beckwith kept a neat orderly place with good patronage but ill health and the business burden proved confining for him. Packer is an experienced restaurant man well known in Diller.
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H. H. Beckwith
J. G. Packer
Mr. Beckwith
Mr. Packer
Diller
Basket Supper In the Grove Rumors and Reminiscences
Last Tuesday evening a group of women including Misses Sylva Miller Creda Wright Fern Raymond Ethy Zook Daisy Lamb and Eva Witty carried their supper to a grove but heavy rain forced them to eat in a corn crib. Afterward they opened a vigil of memories and had group photos taken.
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Sylva Miller
Creda Wright
Fern Raymond
Ethy Zook
Daisy Lamb
Eva Witty
Discretion in Diller Newsroom Remarks
A reader complains about publishing every detail from Diller last week. The editor defends restraint, noting unpleasant items may be omitted to avoid distress. The piece reflects on what should or should not be printed for public welfare.
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Diller
Angels
Blaneer Couple Return From Omaha Visit
Miss Gladys Cully attends Epworth League gathering in Odell. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Will Lob man five miles NW of Diller on the 3rd. Mrs A C Diller buys F L Spear residence in Diller for 3075 dollars, sale arranged by J W Fouts.
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Gladys Cully
Epworth League
Odell
Will Lobman
Diller
A. C. Diller
F. L. Spear
J. W. Fouts
For Sale Two Good Work Horses
Classified ad notes two good work horses for sale plus local items about Henry's show and visitors from Rockford Nebraska. Mentions Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as widely approved and sold by all dealers. Includes names Ella and Diie Girl and Quinter Fry with family visits to Philadelphia.
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Ella
Diie
Rockford
Nebr
Quinter Fry
Win
Dan
Philadelphia
Chamberlain
North Western Business College offers life scholarship deal
Beatrice Nebraska based college advertises 25 percent off on life scholarships bought before July 1 1910. It claims no agents and urges immediate entry. A Kansas boy discipline anecdote follows about prayers and a fight with Willie Brown, ending with a repentant line to his mother.
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North Western Business College (Incorporated
Beatrice, Nebr
North Western Business College
Kansas
Willie Brown
No title available in readable form
The text urges older workers to retire and enjoy life while promoting local merchants in Diller. It stresses the value of work, warns against leaving too much property, and invites readers to watch the Record’s columns for bargains and new goods from businesspeople in the area.
Mind Blank From a Pickle Jar Stirs Jefferson County Farmer
The Jefferson County Farmer recounts a peculiar incident of slumping memory after a jar of pickles fell down cellar steps. He jokes about a growing “blank,” swelled by a bump, and dismisses rumors of leaving Jefferson County for cocoanuts in Brazil. He defends county love and teases distant readers while hinting at future notes on corn and hen lice.
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Jefferson County
Lena
South America
Brazil
Jefferson
England
No fleas on our President and other louse quips
The excerpt compares lice and President with lines about fleas and whitewash. It jokes that fleas die when lacking a head and suggests humorous, if crude, commentary on public figures and health anecdotes. The tone imitates satirical newspaper prose with regional dialect.
Comet Hulley Vanishes as Experts Predict Long Peace
A crude note notes Hulley’s comet fading beyond sight. It mentions peace lasting seventy four years and six months despite conflicting expert opinions. The fragment hints at astronomical and political forecasts amid uncertain science.
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Hulley
Untitled woman pleads love to liege lord in old verse
A fragment recalls a woman in faded dress and patched hose acknowledging love to her lord after ten years of marriage. The passage hints at social constraints and enduring affection amid hardship in a historical sentiment.
Husband comforts wife over cake ruined by dog
The young husband returns from work to find his wife in tears after their dog ate a cake set out to frost on the back porch. He consoles her and jokes about getting another dog from a man he knows.
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Earnest A. Bell
U. S
Sims
The
Cincinnati Inquirer
Outfit
James E. Sharkey
Sec.y
Plymouth Court
Chicago
Electric Bitters for Health and Beauty Claims
A promotional note argues Electric Bitters improve health for women by regulating the stomach liver and kidneys purifying the blood and improving nerves and complexion. It urges use for health beauty and social appeal with a 50 cent price at Chipperfield Drug Co.
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Chipperfield Drug Co
When the Women Vote Sparks at Suffragette Meeting
A suffragette meeting grows heated as speakers demand voting rights and question the fate of local brewery properties. A sly intruder mutters a practical quip about turning buildings into chewing gum factories and ion powder mills.
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. D. Stotts
Masonic Grand Lodge
Omaha
Patrice McElwee
Grace Bell
Fairbury
Ensley Carmichael
St. Joe
Oklahoma
Mrs. L. L. Catlin
Mrs. Ulmer
Rock Creek
C. L. Grimes
Lloyd
Wayside
South Dakota
Frank Hill
O. B. Hill
Mr. and
Mre.c. L. E. Blaneer
Henry
Diller, Nebr
J. G. Neely
Packer's Restaurant
Callie
Diller, Nebraska
John Claussen
Waggoner Bros
H. Z. Diller
Diller Diller Brothers
New York
Boston
Atlantic Coast
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Vicinity
Aleo
Pacific Coast
Stone Park
Colorado
Big Horn Mountains
Black Hills
Thermopolis
Wyoming
A. T Watson
L. W. Wakeley
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