M W A Meets Monthly and Noted Local Business
The text notes the M W A meets on the second and fourth Thursday each month. It mentions Dr G H Newton eye ear nose and throat in Fairbury Nebr and C W Hiatt selling chunk wood. It announces new library books in Diller and F A Moon Son monuments in Fairbury Est 1886. It references The Record and five magazines for $2.75 and mentions Chas With Beatrice former Diller area as manager of the new Piggly Wiggly in Fairbury. It closes with a farmers hiring man season remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. With
Beatrice
Diller
Fairbury
Community Roundup in Shea and Fairbury
J L Logan visits son Dr W H Logan in Carroll Nebraska. Mrs F F Logan shops in Fairbury. Burlington Railroad installs a new well and rodding crew at Shea and adds a side track. Residents E F Oaks E T Woods and others conduct business and socialize in the Fairbury area. District 74 closes school due to spinal meningitis near Fairbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Logan
W. H. Logan
Carroll
Nebr
F. F. Logan
Fairbury
Burlington Railroad
Shea
Rupert Andrews
Frank Bryant
E. F. Oaks
H. H. Prather
Mabel Novotny
E. T. Woods
Roy McCune
Vance Carmichael
Ray Wagner
C. C. Andrews
Commendation For Elm Township Road
The article praises John Hilder clerk of the Elm township Nebraska board for directing extensive road grading and concrete culvert construction. It notes Diller residents value the road projects and that Elm township roads east from Diller resemble boulevards. Hilder is described as highly qualified with lumber industry experience and strict contract oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hilder
Board of Supervisors
Elm Township
Gage Co
Nebr
Diller
Hilder
Fairbury Schools Close After Pupil’s Spinal Meningitis Death
Schools in Fairbury were closed for the week following the death of a pupil from spinal meningitis. Salvation Army workers visited Diller on Tuesday, held a short street service, and collected donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbury
Salvation Army
Diller
Clark's Cash Produce Market Today
Dr and Mrs Curtiss McCallister of Ansley Nebraska visited from Sunday to Wednesday at the home of his parents Rev and Mrs W S McCallister at the Methodist parsonage. Produce prices include hens 19c springs 16c roosters 67c geese .09 ducks .07 eggs 40 cream 43c Bring in your produce Lessor Bidg.
N C S A Club Hosts November Meeting at Mrs Loock Home
A large group of N C S A club ladies met at Mrs E L Loock on November 18 for poems readings and a written dog knowledge contest won by Mrs R W Green. A poem The Dog followed, a radio program and luncheon concluded the pleasant afternoon with invitations for a December gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.C. S. A. Club
E. L. Loock
R. W. Green
Jenkins Enters Republican Race for State Treasurer
Fairbury Journal reports E. L. Jenkins, current county treasurer, announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for state treasurer. He has seven years as county treasurer, twelve total in the treasurer’s office, and extensive local and state ties including AP correspondent duties and leadership in the State Association of County Treasurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Jenkins
Jenkins
Nebraska
Associated Press
State Association of County Treasurers
Fairbury Journal
Thanksgiving visits and lodge noted in local column
Mr and Mrs Will Pickard traveled from Norfolk to join Diller relatives for Thanksgiving. A Masonic lodge meeting drew a large Wednesday crowd and followed with an oyster stew at Green's Cafe where members advanced to Master Masons. Dr O C Diehl visited Lincoln to watch Nebraska versus Notre Dame with his children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Will Pickard
Norfolk
Diller
Masonic Lodge
Green’s
For Sale or Trade 155 Acres Near Throop Kansas
For Sale or Trade 155 acres of land at Throop Kansas eight miles southwest of Morrowville with 40 acres in wheat 125 acres farm land rest pasture and hay land. Inquire of R M Jenkins Blue Springs Nebraska. Postmaster Vernon D Hill notes a USDA pig survey circular urging rural carriers to submit accurate reports.
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Throop
Kan
Morrowville
Kans
R. M. Jenkins
Blue Springs
Nebr
Vernon D. Hill
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Auto Crash Near Lincoln Center Delays Beatrice Trip
Miss Lena Lottman and Mrs Geo Tjaden were in a Wednesday crash on the Goldenrod highway near Lincoln Center east of Ellis. Returning from Beatrice, a Hebron driver attempting to pass another vehicle collided with their car. No serious injuries reported and both cars were jammed.
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Lena Lottman
Geo. Tjaden
Goldenrod Highway
Lincoln Center
Ellis
Beatrice
Hebron
Marker Erected At Rock Creek Station Site
Jefferson county pioneers place a 3000-pound granite marker at Rock Creek Station on the Oregon Trail six miles east and two south of Fairbury to preserve the historic site of the 1861 gun battle between Wild Bill Hickok and Mc Candless. The project, aided by Clingman Mc Candless and Phil Dawson, follows a note in the Nebraska historical journal Nebraskan History and cites the station’s 1857–59 ownership and Hickok’s fatal shot.
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Beatrice Express
Rock Creek
Jefferson County
Wild Bill
Hickok
McCandless
Atallor
Phil Dawson
Clingman McCandless
D. C. McCandless
Rock Creek Station
Oregon Trail
Fairbury
G. W. Hansen
Addison E. Sheldon
State Historical Society
Nebraskan History
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims 40 Years of Use
An advertisement states Hall's Catarrh Medicine treats catarrh with an ointment fast acting and an internal tonic that Purifies blood to reduce inflammation. It claims wonderful results and lists J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as manufacturers and druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Waggoners Dine with Lincoln Relatives After Nebraska Notre Dame Game
Mr and Mrs FE Waggoner and their son Lynn shared a turkey with Lincoln relatives yesterday then attended the Nebraska Notre Dame football game. Harry Keeting traded his Ford coupe used during a gas incident for a new Ford roadster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. Waggoner
Lynn
Lincoln
Nebraska
Harry Keeting
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G. H. Newton
Fairbury, Nebr
C. W. Hiatt
Diller Public Library
F. A Moon & Son
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Eleanor
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John Mains
Holstein
Mains
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Jacksonville
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Imourn
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American Poultry Advocate
C' Home Friend
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Capper’s Farmer
Household Magazine
Farm & Fireside Illustrated Mechanics
the Farm Journal
Mother’s Home Life
Farm Life Pathfinder
Gentlewoman Magazine
Today’s Housewife
Tractor & Gas Engine Review
Home Circle
Woman’s World
Aga
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