Local notices and classifieds from Fairbury Nebraska era
Mrs W A Rhoden recovering from illness and various ads for farm goods and services. Listings include two Holstein bulls for sale by John Rose man, a Farmers Union Gas and Oils call, fly nets leather nets and other farming supplies by Gus Dressen. F A Moon Son advertise monuments. Mechanical tractors binders threshers plows and tractors for sale with farm equipment, cream separators and team horses. Jansen Co Phone 18 Jansen Nebr 12m
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Twin City
Deere
Deere Gang
P&o Gang
Jansen Lb
Imp. Co
Jansen, Nebr
Diller Farmers Grain Co Office Refreshed With White Paint
Dr Eva Line returned to Chicago Monday after a four week visit with her mother Mrs Jennie Line. Mrs Elias Hadley and her father John Harvey came home Wednesday from Wymore after several days with relatives.
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Diller Farmers Grain Co’s
Eva Line
Chicago
Jennie Line
Elias Hadley
John Harvey
Wymore
Myrtle Hutchinson Returns Home After Visit in Topeka
Myrtle Hutchinson came home Saturday after two weeks visiting her brother-in-law and sister Mr and Mrs Alvin C Lammel in Topeka Kansas.
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Myrtle Hutchinson
Alvin C. Lammel
Topeka
Kansas
Long Family Visit and Fourth of July Fair at Steele City
Glen Long and family visit McDonald Kansas while Mildred Long and Helen Patton handle the switchboard. Diller mail carriers take two week vacation. Steele City promotes a two day July Fourth celebration with speeches by Norris, Norton, Bryan, and Stebbins, baseball games Hanover vs Greenleaf and Fairbury vs Norfolk, horse races and dances each afternoon and night.
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Glen Long
McDonald
Kansas
Mrs. Long
Telephone Central
Mildred Long
Helen Patton
Steele City
Norris
Norton
Bryan
Stebbins
Hanover
Greenleaf
Fairbury
Norfolk
North Bro’s
Lincoln Gas Rates Set In Lincoln Journal Notice
The maximum rate schedule for gas bills requires a monthly service charge of 25 cents per meter plus a consumption charge. Rates: 1 000 cubic feet blocks at 1.00, 0.80, 0.60, and 0.50 dollars respectively, with a minimum bill and a 10 cent per 1 000 cubic feet late payment penalty.
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Lincoln Journal
60th Birthday Surprise for August Luebkin in Hanover Kansas
About 35 relatives and friends gathered at noon Sunday to honor August Luebkin turning 60. Attendees from Hanover Kansas included Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schroedeer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wm Scruby, Mr. and Mrs. A B Mengers, Frack Mengers and son, Wm VanWadden and Wm Jr, Tone Heid and Norman and Emil Muller, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pannabacker and Junior, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Luebken and daughter.
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August Luebkin
Herman Schroedeer
Wm. Scruby
A. B. Mengers
Frack Mengers
Wm. VanWadden
Wm. Jr
Tone Heid
Norman
Emil Muller
Hanover
Kansas
Ernest Pannabacker
Ed Luebken
Shi Kan
Longest Day Ahead As Baseball Arm Cited
Vearl Green nurses a baseball arm while a number of local visitors are noted. Sheriff Tippen was in town on official business Tuesday evening. E Ni of Beatrice, brother of Mrs Homer Brunk, visited Wednesday. Nispel, a traveling salesman for John Deere, was mentioned. Gamble's House Paint is advertised at 2.30 a gallon, five gallons per W Court St Beatrice. Mrs Clark Miller and her son Dickie of Los Angeles visited Kenesaw and Hastings and stayed with Mr and Mrs Scott A Miller.
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Sheriff Tippen
E. Ni
Beatrice
Homer Brunk
Mr. Nispel
John Deer
Clark Miller
Dickie
Los Angeles
Kenesaw and Hastings
Scott A. Miller
Sparks Host Bridge Evening for Mrs. Atkinson
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Sparks entertained at bridge Friday evening at their home in honor of Mrs. Earle Atkinson. There were guests for two tables. At a late hour dainty refreshments were served on prettily decorated tables.
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Clifford Sparks
Bridge
Earle Atkinson
Weyers and Caldwells Spend Day at Conner's Park
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Weyer with daughters Gertrude and Evelyn and Mr. A. W. Weyer from Fairbury plus Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Caldwell and daughter Pearl traveled to Alexandria Nebraska on Sunday to enjoy a day at Conner's Park.
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A. A. Weyer
Gertrude
Evelyn
A. W. Weyer
Fairbury
Lawrence Caldwell
Pearl
Alexandria
Nebr
Conner’s Park
Anniversary marks devastating June tornado across towns
Wednesday, June 18, marks the first anniversary of the tornado that ravaged a wide area between Jansen, Shea and Diller. It wrecked the Rock Creek schoolhouse and M. E. church, damaged numerous barns and outbuildings, and ruined many shade trees along its path.
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Jansen
Shea
Diller
Rock Creek
M. E. Church
Fairbury Boy Drowns At Local Pool
Six year old Vernon Dale Lacey of Fairbury drowned at the Evans swimming pool with classmate Franklin Walker on the wall when he fell in. No guard was on duty and rescue attempts failed despite fire department efforts.
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Vernon Dale Lacey
Theodore Lacey
Fairbury
Evans
Nklin Walker
Walker
Lacey
Sam Bailey Buried Sunday in Fairbury
Funeral services for S. M. Bailey of Fairbury were held Sunday at 2 PM at the First Presbyterian church with the Masons in charge at the cemetery. Bailey, 72, longtime Fairbury figure and director of the First National Bank, is survived by his wife, son L. M. Bailey, daughter Mrs Glen LeRoy, and a sister in Oklahoma City.
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S. M. Bailey
Fairbury
First Presbyterian Church
Bailey
Fairburye
First National Bank
Fairbury and
Jefferson
Eon
L. M. Bailey
Eames
Glen LeRoy
Fai
Mia
Eee
Oklahoma City
Rent Alfalfa Pasture For Hogs In Nebraska
Alfalfa pasture yields substantial value in hog production. Trials show the alfalfa acre generating about 45 dollars in feed and sale value, with hogs kept per acre averaging around 19. The program claims alfalfa as the best hog pasture available in Nebraska and notes earlier market readiness compared with dry lots.
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Nebraska
Gamble Stores Golf Equipment Sale Near Complete Set
Complete set includes 4 clubs and bag priced at 5.95. Gamble's Senior balls 75c, golf balls 59c, and Blue Ribbon Match Irons 3.85. Read as a shopping offer from Gamble Stores with multiple item prices.
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Gamble
Nebraska Drug Inspector Harry Brown Visits Home County
Harry Brown formerly a clerk at H. K. Shutt's drug store and later Nebraska State Drug inspector is now in Seattle. He and his wife are spending a vacation week here with old friends and relatives in the county.
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Harry Brown
H. K. Shutt
Nebraska
Seattle
Wash
Saathoff Rites Held For Anton J Saathoff Near Diller
Anton J Saathoff 73 died at home seven miles southwest of Diller on Sunday June 8 at 5 30 PM He was born November 12 1856 in Schirum East Friesland Germany He married Maria Lueken July 21 1887 in Peoria Illinois The couple had 14 children and he lived on a Diller area farm for 26 years Funeral services were held at Zion Lutheran church June 11 the burial followed at the church cemetery He is survived by his widow 11 children 16 grandchildren and siblings in Germany and Kansas He was a charter member of Zion Lutheran and known for his Christian influence.
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Anton Janssen Saathoff
Diller
Zion Lutheran Church
Paul Rashhke
H. J. Diekhoff
Mr. Saathoff
Schirum
Illinois
Oketa
Kan
Wymore
Odell
Nebi
Zion Lutheran
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Flowers
Mrs Maria Suathoff and children extend thanks for sympathy during illness and death of husband and father. Grateful for neighbors friends and choir for beautiful floral offerings.
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Maria Suathoff
Radio loudspeakers replace scarecrows on farms
Farms deploy radio loudspeakers to deter birds and pests. Programs noted as potentially effective include scheduled broadcasts and specific sound choices, aiming to reduce crop damage without chemical controls.
Long war pensions linger as widows await closure
One hundred eighteen years on, nine widows of the 1812 war still draw government pensions. The last Mexican War pensioner died last September. The pension department says the two thousand year may pass before the final widow of past wars stops drawing a pension.
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Pension Department
Make the Fourth Safe and Sane
A public notice warns that Independence Day celebrations bring fire hazards and injuries from fireworks. It urges safe use only under expert supervision and calls for restrictions in crowded cities to prevent loss of life and property.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Diller State Bank
Thorebred Holstein
John Roseman
Farmers Union Gas and Oils Call
Farmers Store
Earl Stefford
Gus Dressen
F. A Moon & Son
Tennessee Mountains
Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop
Bonham Theatre
Denver
Rex Green
Tecumseh
Lincoln
Scott Miller
Vearl Green
Court St
Edr
Sam Bailey
Anton J. Saathoff
Rex Theater
Zane Grey
George O’brien
Sue Carol
Richard Barthelmess
The
Gods
Constance Bennett
Nutter & Hudson
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