Local residents travel to state fair and visit kin
J H Logan attended the state fair at Lincoln on Tuesday. Geo Logan and Glen Riddle travelled to the fair and returned the same day. The Diller shipping association sent a car load of hogs to the St Joe market Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Aug Engelman of four miles north of Diller left Friday to visit relatives in Scotland SD. Tuesday morning a train to Plainview NE near which place she will live with an uncle Maryaye returned on the
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Geo. Logan
Glen Riddle
The
Diller Shipping Association
St. Joe
Aug. Engelman
Diller
Scotland
Plainview Nebr
Maryaye
Seed Wheat for Sale in Beatrice Area
Seed wheat of Russian origin, hardy and high yielding, offered at 3.00 per bushel. Seller L H Madden of Diller can be reached via telephone after meeting C E Caldwell and family at Twelfth and Court streets who have returned from Grant Nebraska where they checked on a nole field wheat crop and reported a fine yield. C L Waggoner recently won a handsome silver cup trophy from the Omaha Gun Club for champion amateur shot, exhibited at a local hardware store.
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Kharkov
L.H. Madden
Diller
C.E. Caldwell
Twelfth
Court Streets
Grant
Nebr
Anole
Beatrice Sun
Waggoner
Omaha
George Cross 78 Dies in California After Fairbury Career
George Cross aged 78 died Wednesday at his Fairbury, California home after moving for health reasons. He founded the Fairbury Gazette fifty years ago, sold it years later, served as postmaster in the early seventies, and represented Thayer and Jefferson counties one term in the state senate. He is survived by his wife and daughter Mrs. R. B. Rusger of Berkeley. Interment and funeral services were held Monday afternoon.
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Fairbury
State Journal
George Cross
Berkley
Cal
Crogs
Thayer
Jeffersson
Senate
R. B. Rusger
Peach and Plum Orders For Snyder’s Canning Meeting
Orders are left for peaches and plums at Snyder’s with favorable prices. The receiving board will serve at the special election on September 21. Weeds becoming an asset when plowed under prior to seeding.
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Snyder’s
Beatrice Becomes Miss Hadley Returns to Beard Store
Miss Lelia Hadley begins work at the Beard music store in Beatrice starting Monday. The P. J. Zimmerman 190 acre farm near Ellis sold last week to G. Penner for 200 dollars per acre. Earl Snyder came back Wednesday from Perkins county harvest fields where he worked for weeks. Deputy postmistress Flora Warthen takes vacation and Everett Blauser assists in the post office.
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Lelia Hadley
Beard Music
Beatrice
Ellis
G. Penner
Earl Snyder
Perkins County
Flora Warthen
Everett Blauser
Hicken buys land near Towner at 35 per acre
George Hicken returned from Colorado with a quarter section bought near Towner at 35 dollars per acre. Sam Friday planned a Texas land move and public sale but postponed indefinitely. Miss Ethelynne Combs visited and returned with Mrs. W. S. Filley to Kansas City Missouri.
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George Hicken
Colorado
Towner
Sam Friday
Texas
Aksarben Fall Festival Dates Noted for Omaha
The 26th Aksarben fall festival is slated for Omaha from September 14 to 25. Rev J R Smith attended Omaha for the M E church annual conference. Capt Chester Andrews visited from Steele City to manage farm interests near Diller. J R Smith and wife from Wy more are visiting with Mrs Frances Starkey’s family. Gasoline noted as a moral risk by Julge Norton of Garey Ind. Burlington agent W J Filley reports 38 tickets sold for the state fair special. others traveled on No 16 the same day.
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J. R. Smith
of. Wymore
Frances Starkey
Julge Norton
Garey, Ind
Burlington
W. J. Filley
Farmer John Wilms Visits Diller for Record Subscription
Lanham resident and prominent farmer John Wilms visited Diller last week as a business guest and subscribed to the Record during his stay.
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John Wilms
Lanham
Diller
Kirchhoff Family Newsample Visit Near Diller
Mr and Mrs Kirchhoff and daughter live two miles west of Diller. They traveled Tuesday to meet his brother s wife from Byron who came for a visit.
Family returns from muddy road auto trip
The Stulband family came back Sunday from an Alliance trip. They traveled through muddy roads and otherwise enjoyed the journey.
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S.fsstulband
Alliance
Doctor Sanman Returns to New York After Visit
Dr. L. F. Sanman finished a week with his parents Mr. and Mrs W. M. Sanman four miles northwest of Diller and returned Wednesday to New York City where he maintains a lucrative practice.
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L. F. Sanman
W. M. Sanman
Diller
New York City
Making It Tender at the Locomotive Works
A guide introduces a modern young woman to a locomotive works showing an engine boiler and explains engines boil to make the engine tender, reflecting a playful exchange on railway machinery.
Rainy spell sets stage for fall seeding
In Coutsville Missouri Mr and Mrs Orval Dooley and their son Fouts Dooley visit J W Fouts and family to catch up with relatives as seasonal farming work looms and ground conditions arise from recent rain.
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Orval Dooley
Son Fouts Dooley
Coutsville, Mo
J. W. Fouts
Mrs C H Wright and daughter Cora depart for Lincoln
Mrs C H Wright and her daughter Cora left yesterday for Lincoln where Cora will teach in the city's schools for the coming year. Mr and Mrs Murdock, guests of Asa Colman, returned to their Arapahoe home. The Record did not print all attendees at the state fair this week.
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C. H. Wright
Cora
Lincoln
Murdock
Asa Colman
Arapahoe
Carl Habicht
Wessington Springs
Dak
Marie Habicht
Lost Mercury car part near Diller and Fairboy
A Lost Crank handle for a Mercer car is missing between Diller and Fairboy. Finder to leave it at Citizens State Bank and claim a reward. A. H. Cettman and the Habicht family from Wessington Springs South Dakota have returned home after visiting.
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Mercer
Diller
Fairboy
Citizens State Bank
A.H. CéTman
Visit with relatives spans Kansas towns with car trip
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Madden and Mr and Mrs Will Amos returned from a visit with relatives and friends. They traveled by auto to Lancaster and Atchison Kansas and St Joseph Missouri.
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Lawrence Madden
Will Amos
Lancaster
Atchison, Kan
St. Joseph
Mrs Pitts of Lincoln Area Dies. Funeral Held This Afternoon
Mrs Pitts widow of George Pitts longtime local resident died Wednesday at her son Arthur Pitts home in Lincoln. She was mother of Mrs Cora Colman of Diller and Mrs O A Dean of near Diller. Remains brought here for burial. funeral services planned this afternoon.
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Pitts
George Pitts
Arthur. Pitts
Lincoln
Cora. Colman
Diller
O.A. Dean
Near Diller
Germ spread by unseen germs on hands and food
The piece notes that most dangerous diseases are spread by tiny germs on fingers that transfer to bread and other food during handling. It stresses washing hands with soap and water before handling food to prevent transmission to internal organs.
Actress Chosen for Sibyl Andres in The Eyes of the World
The Eyes of the World producers selected Miss Novak after a nationwide search to fit Sibyl Andres as described by the author. Director Wright praised her as exactly the character he envisaged for the California love tale selling over two million copies. Rex Theatre showing Friday Sept 17.
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Sibyl Andres
Miss Novak
Sybil
California
Rex Theatre
Death of Homer Nida Linked to Tulsa Lynching
Mrs E J Catlett learned of the death of her nephew Homer Nida son of Mr and Mrs Wm Nida formerly of Diller who died in a Tulea hospital. reports say Nida a taxi driver was shot August 21 on a country road near Tulsa by Roy Benton alias T M Owens who confessed to the crime to gain possession of a car to take a Texas trip with an oil drillers wife. Benton was dragged from jail and lynched by about 2000 people the night after Nida's death.
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E. J. Catlett
Homer Nida
Wm. Nida
Diller
Tulea
Okla
Nida
Tulsa
Roy Benton
T. M. Owens
Texas
Benton
Making Farm Life More Attractive
The U S Department of Agriculture bulletin 1087 guides Nebraska farmers on beautifying farm homes. It includes pictures of good and bad layouts for buildings trees lawns shrubs walks and related features. Small gains in landscaping can significantly raise property value and appeal.
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United States Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin
Nebraska
College of Agriculture At
Lincoln
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J. H. Logan
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M. E. Church
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Sherwin - Williams
H. K. Shutt
Rexall Store
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