Local notices and social news from Fairbury area
The column lists community items: church socials and a chicken pie supper at city hall on Nov 14, local mottoes about auto or boat, M W A meeting schedule, medical and business notices in Fairbury including eye specialist Dr G H Newton, a note about Mrs Beulah Prather ill in hospital, Geo H Phillips visiting Havelock, F A Moon monuments in Fairbury, Earl Pearce’s return to Omaha and his mother’s improvement, American Legion banquet hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, a Thanksgiving reference, Theo Senior spending winter near Diller, and Fred DeBoer with Jorden Sanman returning from Brush Colorado after beet sugar land deal.
Ezra’s doctor diagnosis and action to go out more
An unnamed speaker recounts consulting a doctor who allegedly advised removing “a flesh” and getting out more. Ezra describes driving around, claiming he left home six times in one block and removed “a little flesh” in four places, with the final exit occurring during a chaotic time.
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Ezra
Mrs James E Kerr Fractured Skull After Auto Crash
Mrs James E Kerr of 2007 Garfield is in serious condition at Lincoln Sanitarium from injuries in a crash at Sixteenth and E streets at 12 45 p m Friday. She suffers a fractured skull upper spine injuries a broken nose and head and arm lacerations. The Kerr sedan was struck by a southbound auto. license number obtained but driver unnamed. The sedan was shoved about fifty feet. fenders and windows damaged. Former Diller residents, friends hope for quick recovery.
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James E. Kerr
Garfield
Lincoln Sanitarium
Sixteenth
E Streets
Kerr
E. Street
Sixteenth Street
Ferr
State Journal
Kerre
Diller
Red Cross wood chunk sale and subscription drive
This week features a Red Cross wood chunk sale advertised by C. W. Hiatt and another Pay Your Subscription week. The Record offers a choice of five popular magazines for $2.75 with details shown elsewhere in the paper.
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C. W. Hiatt
the Record
Prohi Official Calls Detroit Wettest City
A prohibition era official remarks Detroit as the wettest city, asking if he has ever stood amid heavy rain to witness the claim.
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Prohi
Detroit
Jury List Adds Fred Frisbie and Woods in Diller Case
Federal court draws additional jurors to report in Lincoln on Monday November 16 with names Fred Frisbie and Wm Woods, both residents of Diller.
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Lincoln
Fred Frisbie
Wm. Woods
Diller
Mrs Pearce Improves After Illness With Pneumonia
Mrs Frank T. Pearce, long ill with pneumonia for nearly three weeks, shows improvement though not yet able to sit up. She expects to gain this ability within a few days.
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Frank T. Pearce
Hagerman Sells Liberty Property to Barr for 5000
Charles W. Hagerman sold his Liberty property to farmer John A. Barr for 5000. Hagerman, formerly in Liberty grain business, is now located at Diller-Beatrice Sun.
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Charles W. Hagerman
Liberty
John A. Barr
Thanksgiving origin in New England settlers and U S adoption
The late autumn thanksgiving day began among New England colonists following the harvest in imitation of the Jewish feast of tabernacles. Its spread to many states and the general government reflects the diffusion of religious sentiment at the nation’s founding.
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New England
Pilgrim Thanksgiving Dinner Bridges Native And Colonist
The Pilgrim settlers celebrate a bountiful harvest with a grand game dinner. They invite Sachem Massasoit and his retinue, sharing a feast where red men and white sit as brothers. The scene embodies Christian spirit and humane hospitality in the colony.
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Epicure
Thanksgiving Hints and Local Visits Mentioned
The note highlights Thanksgiving reminders and recalls recent travels. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Colman and son Allen Jr. returned Friday from visits in Seward and Cass counties. Barrett Wright and Lottie Samuelson visited Aunt Mrs. Frank T. Pearce in Wayne Nebr. recovering from pneumonia.
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Allen Colman
Son Allen Jr
Seward
Cass Counties
Barrett Wright
Lottie Samuelson
Wayne, Nebr
Frank T. Pearce
Diller Community Clubوریusts on Winter Entertainment
At Monday night’s meeting the Community Club discusses whether to host entertainments in Diller this winter. A liberal response to the membership committee’s solicitation will secure planned events, expected to draw capacity crowds and be well enjoyed.
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Diller
Nebraska Is a Dry Hole Area
University of Nebraska geologist Professor Schramm refutes oil promoter claims that Nebraska will become a major oil state. He cites 75 wells drilled with 15 to 20 more, noting deepest test at 5,697 feet in Banner county, and says topology suggests oil but no proven commercial prospects yet.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Nebraska
Schramm
Geology Department
University of Nebraska
Union
Banner County
Kansas
Wyoming
What Parents Should Know About Whooping Cough
The germs live in nose and throat discharge and spread by coughing sneezing or speaking. Transmission is mainly by direct contact within about five feet and not through the air. Contagiousness is highest early, before the whoop, and may occur during cold stage.
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Comby
Children’s Hospital
Paris
Anger and Grief Posed as Mental Causes of Ill Health
The London Times cites Sir James Paget and Doctor Murchison suggesting protracted grief and anxiety can cause cancer in some organs. It notes anger and grief harm digestion, headaches, and neuralgia and warns against relief-seeking tears as worsening the problem. Modern applied psychology is said to teach how to avoid these emotions.
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London Times
James Paget
Murchison
Why the Fingers Wrinkle Over Our Bodies
The article explains the outer covering acting as skin protection that expands in hot water before the true skin does. It wrinkles and hangs as a glove over-sized until the underlying skin catches up and fills it.
Raspberry Trail Mystery Brings Rascal to Police Beat
In a comic caper, detective Miss Beans pursues a note demanding 88 dollars under a back gate to save a child. A boy with a raspberry-flavored sucker is found behind a barrel as the clue resolves with a playful moral about spelling and mischief.
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Miss Beans
Wompers
Sonny
George Matthew Adams
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Diller State Bank
Record Office
City Hall
Fairbury
Near
Beulah Prather
Shea
Geo. H. Phillips
Burlington
Havelock
Moon
Nebr. Est
Earl Pearce
Omaha
Frank J. Pearce
Scott A. Miller
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Theo
Ben
Rudolph
Squirrel
Idaho
Fred DeBoer
Jorden Sanman
Brush
Colo
Mr. DeBoer
Beaver Valley
Mr. Sanman
The
Red Cross
Dr. H. L. K. Shaw
Kansas City
W. I. Pilley
By John Kendrick Bangs
Ce Wolf
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
MaCiure News
Ner Gradinata
Hall
J. Onaled. & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Grount
Chicago
St. Louis
W. I. Filley
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