Rex theatre opening and local sales report
John Sibie fixes sale for next Monday. The Rex theatre is slated to open around April. Mrs Susan Brandt visited her daughter Mrs Charley Hilder in Wymore on Wednesday. Walter Patton had a strong sale Tuesday and will move to Diller occupying G B Pearce rental property. Theo Davenport, old Dillerite now living near Chadron Neb arrived for a visit. Desirable solid oak dressers chiffoniers with plate mirrors mentioned. Freeman at Fairbury claims savings on prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Brandt
Wymore
Charley Hilder
Walter Patton
Diller
G. B. Pearce
Freeman
Fairbury
Telephone Patrons Urged to Keep Calls Under Three Minutes
The board and chief operator request patrons to limit hold times to under three minutes during the busy season. Rev. C. W. F. King moved his household goods last Friday and, with his family, departed Saturday for Auburn, Illinois, to take a Presbyterian pastorate at the same $1500 salary as here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller Telephone Co
C. W. F. King
Auburn
Reward Offered for Catarrhus Disease Cure Efforts
An unusual, fragmented notice offers a $100 reward related to catarrhis disease treatment. The readable text references medical efforts and signals toward assistance by creators or researchers, mentioning health conditions and possible remedies.
Local notes list births and business changes near Diller
Lloyd Calander arrives home from Hastings for vacation. Noah Handley visits from west of Endicott on Wednesday. An 83 pound girl was born March 7 to Mr and Mrs Herman Krause four miles north of Diller. Ben Weideman and Lizzie Carpenter welcomed an 8 pound girl born March 7, twenty four miles north and two miles east of Diller. A V Pease sells his Fairbury drug store to C F Hedges and Clarence Depue and will retire. Bankers announce money stringency has passed and business is returning to normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Krause
Diller
Omaha
Ben Weideman
Lizzie Carpenter
Diller, Mar
A. V. Pease
Fairbury
C. F. Hedges
Clarence Depue
Anti fat patent medicines warned for danger and harm
Critics say certain patent fat remedies are unsafe as they may contain thyroid extract or laxative salts. Thyroid use can harm most users and often cause irreparable damage. The laxative ingredient is also dangerous, futile, and unscientific.
Shea Store Change Hands to W T Rader
J W Nation disposed of Shea store stock to his brother in law W T Rader of Endicott this Wednesday. Nation had built a solid business at Shea since buying the store at referees sale but will devote attention to other interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shea
J. W. Nation
W. T. Rader
Endicott
Nation
Newspaper as a Community Pillar
The Meriden Kansas Ledger views the newspaper as vital to a community like a church or school. It serves as a weekly visitor delivering births, marriages, deaths, new neighbors, accidents, building and social news, sustaining operations through ads and subscriptions.
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Meriden
Burlington Rail Time Card Adds Thompson Connection For No 17
Burlington passengers on No 17 can now make connections at Thompson for Fairbury due to a new Rock Island time card. I. D. and John Steiner returned from Carlisle Pennsylvania to move into the Lichty property and reside in town. Sam Woods rented his farm to Thomas Raumfalk and moved his family to Beatrice at 1700 EB Elk Street after selling stock and implements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Thompson
Fairbury
Rock Island
I. D
John Steiner
Carlisle
Sam Woods
Thos. Raumfalk
Beatrice
Elk Street
Miss Averil Fouts Returns to Teach in Friend
Miss Averil Fouts spent the weekend at her parents home Mr and Mrs Jo W O Fouts. She returned Sunday to Friend where she teaches in the domestic science department of the city schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Averil Fouts
Jo OW. Fouts
Friend
Wood River Village Officers Arrested Overboard Proceedings
A Dil ler taxpayer requests publication of a special to the Lincoln Journal about the arrest and arraignment of Mercer the village clerk and William P Connor the village treasurer in Wood River for alleged violations involving publishing village board proceedings. A local citizen questions transparency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
Lincoln Journal
Wood River
John E. Rounds
Kape An MW . Mercer
William. P. Connor
Wood ‘River
Grandmother of a Bygone Era Echoes Social Rules
A wry Judge quote contrasts a grandmother’s strict modesty with modern fashions and freedoms. The piece notes her adherence to church, avoidance of theater and gum, and traditional dress while acknowledging her awareness of her husband. The ironic ending highlights her quiet competence when her grandfather arrived.
Jaedicke Waives Hearing In Hanover Bank Case
Hanover Kansas March 8 August Jaedicke Jr former president of Hanover State Bank arraigned on charges of receiving money in an insolvent bank and embezzlement he waived preliminary hearing Bond set at 60000 friends aided to supply the bond The case reflects a clash between losses to depositors and community loyalty amid attempts to reorganize the bank
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Kas
Jaedicke, Jr
Hanover State Bank
Haney
Jaedicke
Miners Ill Leaving Nome Camp Shrinks to Under 200
The annual fall exodus reduces Nome beach camp to fewer than 200 residents. Returning Alaskans say the era of the famous camp is ending, recalling 1898 crowds and revelry and noting parallels with doomed placer camps in Idaho and Colorado from historic mining booms.
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Nome
North Fork
Central City
Leadville
Colorado
Montana
Idaho
British Columbia
Oregon
Nevada
California
One Among Them Paintings Draw Visitor’s Praise
A wealthy visitor tours an artist’s studio and inspects his work. He weighs a masterpiece that took 12 months to paint and started in a garret, noting a hundred thousand dollars would not buy it now. The exchange feels fateful as the artist shares his pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tebers’ Aualitary
Duel Over Land Ends in Frenchman's Death
In Englefontaine a quarrel over land led to a rifle duel between Louis Duerendeau and Pierre Quell. Quell, using a British rifle, fired the shot that pierced Duerendeau in the heart, killing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Duerendeau
Pierre Quell
Englefontaine
France
Quell
Deverideau
Battery menus and a hungry battery joke ad
An automotive ad features E G Limprecht of Diller Auto Co offering battery care advice. It promotes biweekly battery tests at Willard Service Station with free testing, claiming a starved battery needs a prolonged charge and expert feeding to avoid failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limprecht
Diller Auto Co
Willard
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Diller State Bank
Majestic Theatre
Neba
Otis Skinner
Kismet
Sein
John Sibie
Rex Theatre
Theo. Davenport
Chadron
Nebr
Lloyd Calander
Gome
Hastings
Noah Handley
Markle
Barto
Shane
Woodriver Village
S Lage
Grandaa
Hanover Kas
Avery Lumber Company
Fargous
Alaskan
Mickie
Vol. I
The
Diller and Vicinity
Si Smart
V. B. Bell
E, G. Limprecht Proprietors
Nebraska
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