New Two Ton Hat Styles and Tobaccos Highlight Local Shops
L O Ballard introduces a latest two toned felt hat line while Neeley's Pharmacy promotes premium smoking tobaccos and briar meerschaum pipes. Rev Kauner preached in Dubuque last Sunday and visited Friday. Lela Snapp of Bellville arrives to stay with Dr W T Jeffryes. J N Ellie and family move to Fairbury. Mrs King travels to Nebraska City for her grandson's wife's funeral. Les Butterbaugh visits Fairbury to see his father-in-law Jas Ireland. E and I Cochran depart west of Diller Becsier Times. A Friday duo respond to illness in Fairbury and join Joe Mack.
Local Gossip and Sales in Fairbury Area News
Visitors from Fairbury toured Diller relatives the Ballards while Stotts and daughter visited Meikle family in Wakita Oklahoma. A Fairbury Hurlburt infant died last week from simpson weed exposure. Reedstown Wisconsin visitors returned after a stay with Joe Price's sister and niece. Blythe offers Duroc Jersey sires and gilts for sale.
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Willis Hurlburt
Fairbury
Simpson
Mitchell Wagon Ad Promises Longevity and Trust
A car load advertisement invites buyers to see the Mitchell wagon model famed for nearly sixty years of service. The dealer signature is J. D. Fanpers inviting orders for a durable wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
J. D
Seasonable Advice on Cham berlain's Cough Remedy
A seasonal reminder urges stocking Chamberlain's Cough Remedy before winter, noting prompt results when used at onset of a cold. The piece endorses the product as widely known and superior to others, with Spear Drug Co. as the seller.
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Spear Drug Co
Auto caps at Miss Ballard's and records at First National Bank
A mixed local note lists new auto caps at Miss Ballard's and a complete tax list on file at First National Bank. Also mentions sale bills, real estate activity in Diller and Hum boldt area, and several brief notices.
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Miss Ballard’s
First National Bank
Col Wright to Conduct Local Auction This Week
Safe dates for Col. J Wright, veteran auctioneer, to run the sale of all items. The notes say no confusion of dates if bills are printed at this office.
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Col. J . Wright
Indigestion Relief After Severe Attack Cited
John Dixon of Tullamore Ontario recalls three months of nightly pain after meals until using Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. He reports immediate relief and recommends the remedy for sale by Spear Drug Co.
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Chamberlain
Spear Drug Co
John Dixon
Tullamore
Ontario
Canada
Sixty Weeks for 1 75 The Youth's Companion 1906 offer
New 1906 subscribers paying 1 75 receive remaining 1905 issues with about 50 full stories and serial openings. Grace R Richmond's The Churchills LatchString continues, Ma dame Sembrich pens Sovereigns I Have Sung To, and May Robert Clark stories Tales of a Pawnee Hero. Gift 1906 Minutemen Calendar. sample copies to address.
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Grace
Richmond
Madame Sembrich
Robert Clarks
Companion
Minutemen
THE
Berkeley Street
Boston
Mass
The Kiss As A Peculiar Proposition
The kiss is described as a strange, dual gesture with varying value across ages. It is free to babies, stolen by youths, bought by the elderly, and carries different meanings for the young girl, married woman, and old maid.
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Faith
Hope
Charity
Duroc Jersey Pigs for Sale at Neeley’s Pharmacy
The seller B. T. Buyrae offers Duroc Jersey male pigs still available with a fast-selling herd. Aimed at buyers seeking quality stock, the notice invites interested parties to act quickly.
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B. T. Buyrae
Farmer Sale and Marital Event in Diller Area
Joe Stewart returned from Cheyenne county Kansas with a quarter section traded and another quarter bought and plans to move there before spring. Dr. Folsom will be at Dr. Baug ness office in Diller October 24 25 for eye ear nose throat exams and spectacles. Mr William Hull and Miss Maude Irene Bell wed last night at the Bell home and plan to start housekeeping in their own residence. A public sale of 30 Poland China hogs and 30 high grade cattle by C A Gale is set for November 1 at his farm southwest of Diller.
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Joe Stewart
Cheyenne County
Kan
Folsom
Wm. Hull
Miss Maude Irene Bell
Alex. Bell
Will
C. A. Gale
Diller
Georgia Politics Sees Candidates Flaunt Large Families
Hon. John Temple Graves running for the United States Senate touts thirteen children on the stump in Georgia. Judge Russell, seeking the governorship, notes he has nine children and jokes about the count during the campaign.
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Georgia
John Temple Graves
United States Senate
Judge Russell
Dont Borrow Trouble From Internal Ailments With Electric Bitters
A 19th century advertisement urges readers to seek relief from illness and internal disorders such as dyspepsia biliousness and Bright's disease by using Electric Bitters sold at Spear Drug Co at 50 cents. It promises forgetfulness of troubles and a lightened body without debt or burden.
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Bright
Spear Drug Co
Plan to protest advertising in newspapers at public gatherings
The speaker outlines a scheme to feign dislike for having their name printed and to disrupt events by being noticed in crowds and pulled out of meetings. This method aims to demonstrate disapproval of how advertising appears in newspapers.
Beef Trust Prosecution Seen Too Lenient by Writer
The writer applauds government action against the Beef Trust but argues fines fall on consumers. Three months in jail, not fines, would deter wealthy trust leaders from evading the law more effectively.
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Beef Trust
Norway Enforces Strict Auto Driver Permits
The article explains that an auto driver must obtain a government permit to import a car and written permits from the Mayor and Council of each district before passing through. Drivers must guarantee road damage compensation and, in northern districts, advertise in a newspaper for one week prior to travel, with only a two hour window to proceed.
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Norway
Note Explains Little Mary’s Mud Incident Absence
A whimsical note written by Mary’s mother asks the teacher to excuse her absence after Mary slipped in the mud on the way to school. The quotation credits Lippincott’s Magazine.
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Mary
Lippincott’s Magazine
Curious Efeet and the grass widow joke
A humorous historical quip about hay fever misdiagnosis. A neighbor’s true case is described as severe, prompting the grass widow punchline. The exchange features a doctor and a professor debating allergies and marriage.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Self-Made Man Bravado Sparks Quiet Wit in Exchange
A noisy party proclaims being a self made man and is met with a sharp, humorous retort from the quiet party. The exchange, printed by the Boston Transcript, casts a wry light on pride and discretion in social banter.
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Boston Transcript
Mestal Indolence
A quip notes Young Mr. Lobrow is liberal with tips preferring to give extra change to the waiter rather than check if it is correct as quoted by the Washington Star.
Why He Resigned in a Heated Literary Dinner
A humorous Atlanta Constitution excerpt recalls a frustrated figure quitting the literary scene after a caustic supper. The dialogue lampoons fringe incidents and public reactions to literary circles.
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Atlanta Constitution
The Railway Window Tools Question
A humorous exchange questions why trains carry an ax and saw in every car. Father replies they’re for opening a window if needed. The remark reflects early rail travel quirks and passenger safety practices as noted in a comical period dialogue.
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Little Willie
Papa
Puck
Strength of Treasury Notes
A measurement study shows a single treasury note 3 1 8 by 7 1 4 inches can bear 41 pounds lengthwise and 91 pounds crosswise. Sheets of four notes measure 8 1 4 by 13 1 2 inches and can suspend 104 pounds lengthwise and 177 pounds crosswise. The crosswise capacity of a single note equals twice its lengthwise capacity minus nine pounds. the sheet’s crosswise capacity trails double the lengthwise by 39 pounds.
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Treasury
Napoleon’s View of Human Origins in Mud and Sun Heat
The fragment recounts Napoleon’s reputed theory that man formed from mud by the sun’s heat in a short time, citing Gourgaud as a source and referencing Herodotus on Nile slime turning to rats. It presents a radical claim about age of humanity and accidental crust formation.
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Napoleon
Gourgaud
East
Herodotus
Cerberus Three Heads and Myths of Obedience
The article recounts Cerberus the three headed guard of Tartarus dragged by Hercules and put to sleep by Orpheus. It notes the sibyl gifting Cerberus dog cakes of flour poppies and honey and explains a sop to Cerberus as a bribe to pass safely.
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Cerberus
Tartarus
Hercules
Earth
Orpheus
Athens
Hell
Chequers Inn Fire Sparks Century-Old Hearth Legend
The Chequers Inn at Slapstones near Osmotherly claims a unique feature a fire that has burned for over a century. The quaint inn, famed for turf cakes baked on its hearth, has been run by a single family for more than 100 years.
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Slapstones
Osmotherly
Watchful Parenting Sets Example at Home
The passage urges parents to model high ideals in daily home life as children learn most from what they see when adults are not supervising. It emphasizes that real lessons come from living consistently, not just from proclaimed morals.
Caustic Whistler Questioned Wilde and Du Maurier
The anecdote places James McNeill Whistler at the height of the aesthetic movement confronting Oscar Wilde with Du Maurier. Whistler allegedly joked to the pair asking which of them invented the other, a quip recorded in a Punch-era memory.
Friendship of Books Echoes as Old Friends
A reflective note compares reading an excesses book to meeting a new friend and re-reading it to reuniting with an old companion, expressing the comfort and familiarity literature offers.
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Oliver Snith
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Neeley
Nelly
L. O. Ballard
Neeley’s
Kauner
Dubuque
Iowa
Lela Snapp
Bellville, Kan
W. T. Jeffryes
J.N. Ellie
Mrs. Dora West
Jas. Ireland
I. _ Cochran
Becsier Times
Mrs. A
Mrs
Joe Mack
Mesdames
J. C
Ed. McClay
Ballards
A.D. Stotts
Marie
Joe Price
Geo. Williams
Reedstown
Wis
Nelson
W.C. Palmer
Steele City
P. O. Odell
C. H. Wheat
Central Granaries Co
C.B. Gridley
Wm. ‘Nida
Rock Creek
Humboldt
Neb
Frank Nelson
Dilner
Hull
Bryan
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt i
Bobby
Neely’s Pharmacy
Neeley's Pharmacy
Peoples State Bank
Nebraska
A. H. Colmar
Mr. Raymon
Thos. P. Price
Arthur E. Price
Asat
W. Price
Buckstaff Bros. Mfg. Co
Lincolm
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