Beatrice Area Notes Include Farm Sale and Obituary
Auction bids at Tonnemaker farm near Diller closed with T C Shepherd winning at 75 dollars per acre. Chas Packer buys a 120 acre Beatrice area farm, planning to move in spring. Booker T. Washington dies near Tuskegee Institute. cause is hardening of arteries after a nervous breakdown. Mrs Eliza Miller, sister of the late Mrs Maria Bhauser, returns from Blauser trial in Fairbury.
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Tonnemaker
Diller
Fairbury Road
T. C. Shepherd
Chas. Packer
John Senior
Beatrice
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
Alabama
Eliza Miller
Blauser
Fairbury
Miller
Maria A. Bhauser
Diller Corn Shuckers Contest Details At R W Greens
Daily record kept at R W Greens restaurant tracks a corn shuckers contest near Diller. Mr Green offers a box of cigars to the husker with the best average over a set number of days.
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Diller
R. W. Green
Green
Diller Lodge to entertain Steele City Lodge Saturday
The Diller Degree of Honor lodge will host the Steele City lodge Saturday afternoon in the Masonic hall. After a program of music and recitations refreshments will be served. All members are invited to attend. Mrs. M. Mitchell, residing about six miles southwest of Diller, retired last evening from Wymore where she attended the funeral of Father Freeman, rector of the Catholic churches at Barteston and Wymore. The services were conducted by Bishop Tihen, assisted by fifty priests.
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Diller Degree
Steele City
Masonic Hall
M. Mitchell
Diller
Wymore
Father Freeman
Barneston
Tihen
Rich Father Loves Daughter Defies Money
A five year old girl answers a joke about wealth with why of course. He’s got me, she says, proving the father’s riches lie in love and a loving child rather than in money. The remark underscores that affection outvalues wealth held by some millionaires.
Nebraska Crop Totals for 1915 Reported by Board
The State Board of Agriculture releases Nebraska principal crop totals for 1915 from assessor acreage and 3,500 correspondents. Corn 227,000,000 bushels, wheat 70,710,217 bushels, oats 72,751,284 bushels.
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State Board of Agriculture
Nebraska
Night driving trick to cut glare with windshield tilt
A circulating tip claims motorists can block headlight glare while night driving by tilting the windshield about 45 degrees. The method supposedly reflects incoming beams upward and still lets the driver see their lane.
Pumpkin Pie Recipe From Woman's Home Companion
Fannie Merritt Farmer presents a November recipe for pumpkin pie. Mix two thirds cup brown sugar one teaspoon cinnamon half teaspoon ginger and half teaspoon salt. Add one and one half cups steamed and strained pumpkin two eggs beaten one and one half cups milk and half cup cream. Bake in one crust.
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Woman's Home Companion
Fannie Merritt Farmer
Thanksgiving Texts Praise Psalms in Prayer Card
A brief devotional note presents Psalm verses about giving thanks to the Lord. It reflects on entering gates with thanksgiving and blessing His name, suitable for a Thanksgiving message or religious card.
Adorning the Thanksgiving Table with Homemade Favors
A guide to festive table decorations for Thanksgiving shows ideas such as a pumpkin centerpiece made from tissue and wire, nature motifs, vine edging, and turkey napkin cards. It highlights playful hollow centerpieces like a turkey figure with a cigar, hat, and cane that can hold favors.
Night After Thanksgiving Dream Turns Nightmare
John Augustus sees a surreal feast dream where a table groans with sauces dressing and pie. He imagines himself as a kingly course devoured by gobblers who torment him until he slashes away and awakens to scolding parents.
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John Augustus
Joe Cone
What Bessie Is Thankful For
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune piece in a child’s voice lists thanks for a doll hat a picture book a playhouse by the creek a broken chair and dish a turkey dinner pies pudding and many more items. The speaker cherishes family health above all.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
What Better Fate For the Turkey Than Making a Nation Glad
A vivid celebration of the Thanksgiving turkey as the centerpiece of national gratitude. The piece contrasts the bird’s seasonal symbolism with its sensory appeal, describing its appetizing odors and jewel tones. It links the turkey to national identity, religious spirit, family unity, and shared abundance.
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Turkey
Thanksgiving Proclamation Reflects Gratitude and Peril
A historical proclamation thanks Almighty God for year’s blessings including education and arts while acknowledging world war’s misery. It notes prosperity, safe fields, and peaceful homes, yet laments ruined cities, wounded nations, and a wartime toll, urging gratitude and unity.
Bobby Burns Thanksgiving Grace Recited
A short verse about gratitude for food with lines from the traditional Robert Burns poem. The piece contrasts those who have meat with those who do not and ends with a call to thank the Lord.
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Bobby Burns
Grace
Live stock prices at South Omaha market report
Cattle receipts were about 6 700 head with a weaker tone in corn fed cattle and mixed demand. Prime Wyoming beeves around 8 15 and various cattle grades quoted from 3 75 to 10 09 per hundredweight. Hogs about 3 500 head with prices down to 6 20 6 30 and top 6 45. Sheep and lambs receipts 13 000 with declines in value and bids softer at Chicago and locally. Lambs priced 8 35 8 50, ewes 4 50 5 25, yearlings 6 00 6 75.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Wyoming
Chicago
Indians Favor Turkey Feathers in Native Dress
The article notes that across Indian tribes the turkey feather holds ceremonial value. It highlights the Apache, Pamunkey, and Cheyenne use for headdresses and ornaments, with the Pamunkey using feathers on clothing as well.
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America
Fattening Geese By Light Regimen Reported
In parts of Europe geese are fattened for market by confining them in dark rooms and admitting light at intervals. This practice causes the birds to eat seven or eight meals every twenty four hours.
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Europe
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Clyde Zook
Aura
Alma Zook
Lincoln
Harry Showers
Sam Thompson
Johnnie
Bessie
Colorado
North Platte Valley
Big Horn Basin
Burlington
S. B. Howard
Farnam Street
Omaha, Neb
Roo
Col
Henry Eden
Missouri
Lanham, Kansas
Chas. Hunnicutt
Claude Ellis
Diller, Nebraska
Odell
DR. H. Bauguess
Diller, Nebr
Copvnricuts &c
Saeney
Munn Co
Scientific American
Acientiae
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Washington
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