Fairbury Notes Include Crops, Sales and Local Events
Local items report fruit crop damage Sunday night and moisture from recent snow improving wheat and oats. Notices list real estate for sale or rent, a second hand stove for sale, hay prospects, and a meat market inquiry. Diller folk attend Campbell Bros show. stockholders meet at First National Bank. duel deaths and a prison sentence for a kissing-related case are noted.
How many Points on Our Stars
The article notes the mint director clarifies star counts differ by symbol. Great seal and presidential seal stars are five pointed while the House seal uses six pointed stars and coins show mixed points on obverse and reverse. The six pointed form stems from colonial heraldry. flag stars imitate the Washington coat of arms.
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Mint
United States
House of Representatives
Washington
Hutchinson fire and weather insurance and local purchases
Hutchinson offers fire lightning and tornado insurance while Colman sells watches at reduced rates. Lee's Poultry Remedies stocked. Misses Gertrude and Lottie Loock visit relatives in Superior. Mrs Dawson and Mrs Whitney from Endicott shop in Diller. Mrs Wolken visits Wymore family. Herman F. Newman Jr buys Fred Lee's 80 acres near Diller for 4000. Mrs Spark a Wichita resident notified by telegram of her husband’s father death.
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Herman F. Newman, Jr
J. W. Foote
Cream Buyers Advertise for Local Cream
We are agents for the Fairmont Creamery Co and pay the highest price for cream received Wednesday forenoons and Saturday all day. J. D. Fanders. Also note Dr Shoop's Magic Ointment for piles claims quick relief. Itching and protruding piles disappear with use. Large nickel-cap glass jars 50 cents sold by Spear Drug Co.
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Fairmont Creamery Co
J. D
Local Notes From Diller and Nearby Towns
LaALeE-One work horse and a year old colt. BF. Biyrne. Uncle Alex. Ballard came home Tuesday from Fairbury to see the folks. A wallpaper pattern from Neeleys Pharmacy saves work in house cleaning. Rev. Westervelt returned Wednesday eve from a District Ministerial Institute in DeWitt. Sun-Proof Paint and J. O Blauser advertised for neighbors needing painting. Ed Henrichs and T. L. Fwing were in Diller Tuesday eve. Misses Etfle Diller Violet Musser and Anna Steller started Tuesday for Seattle. Etfle to return August 1 and others stay longer.
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Alex
Ballard
Fairbury
Etfle Diller
Violet Musser
Anna Steller
Seattle
Miss Diller
Dr King's New Discovery Praised by Fort Edward resident
My Best Friend Alexander Benson of Rural Route 1 Fort Edward N Y says Dr King's New Discovery cured his asthma six years ago and healed his son's wife of incipient consumption. He credits the cough relief to the remedy and notes it is fully guaranteed by Spear Drug Co with trial bottles free and prices 50 cents and one dollar.
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Alexander Benson
Fort Edward
N.Y
Spear Drug Co
Maryville Flour Trade Noted by W. N. Sparks
A brief item indicates a sack of Maryville flour is mentioned in connection with W. N. Sparks, suggesting a local commerce note or advertisement.
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Try
Maryville
W. N. Sparks
The Jefferson County Poor Farm Inmates and Land
The Poor Farm now houses two inmates both long time residents. John Fitz gerald of Irish origin is blind and cared for by the county. John Fuqua is also blind on one side and unable to support himself. Superintendent Fields manages the 320 acre farm valued near $20 000 and contemplates selling to fund monthly pensions for the two men.
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Jefferson County
John Fitzgerald
Ireland
John Fuqua
Fields
Fairbury Journal
Keep Bowels Regular with Dr King’s New Life Pills
Quack advertisement claims daily use avoids appendix pain and guarantees relief. It promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as gentle and effective through Spear Drug Co. endorsements and assures no need for alimony due to regular bowels.
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Dr. King
Spear Drug Co
April Ends as Coldest in 26 Years Says Weather Bureau
April closed as the coldest in 26 years per the government weather bureau in Washington DC. The month saw near continuous cold with brief warm spells only, ending with record low temperatures in interior valleys and the southwest.
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Government Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Large Wheat Crop and Cold Weather Effects
Burlington weekly crop report notes winter wheat conditions exceptionally satisfactory despite slow growth from cold, oats growing slowly though stands are first class, spring wheat acreage small but performing well. Indiana judge rules liquor retail sales unconstitutional citing state constitution protections. Beatrice Express.
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Burlington
The Net That Sees Butterflies News in a Paper
A folk wisdom piece extols the local newspaper as the best net to catch business, arguing that home circulation outperforms distant catalogs and periodicals. It warns against the outsider’s mail order net and urges merchants to reach locally.
Dentist Claude Ellis Out of Office Mon Thu Fri
The article notes Dr. Claude Ellis will not be in his Diller office on Mondays Thursdays and Fridays due to travel. It also reports the state railway commission ruling that railroads may not accept free telephone service from any company within the state, ending depot donations seen as valuable to lines.
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A. T. Phelpa
Steele City
Co- Operative Lyceum and Entertainment Bureau
Omaha
Diller
A. M. Post
Supreme Court
Nebraska Lumber Dealers’ Association
Claude Ellis
State Railway Commission
Cattle Quarantine Rules Tighten Shipping To St Joseph
Federal quarantine orders require government inspectors or certificates for all cattle shipped from western Nebraska to St Joseph markets. Infected animals must be dipped or sprayed with approved solutions under state veterinarian supervision. Violators face 50 to 200 dollars. uninspected cars marked as such and held for treatment at owners expense.
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St. Joseph
Nebraska
Secretary of Agriculture
Sealbury
Bureau of Animal Industry
Dr Shoop Restorative and Nerve Theory Ad
Dr Shoop promotes Restorative as a cure addressing inside nerves to treat stomach heart and kidney ailments. He claims symptoms reflect deeper causes and offers a free book from Racine Wisconsin.
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Dr. Shoop
Spear Drug Co
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A.H. Colman
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