Coming Events at County Fairs and Farm Store News
Jeff Co Fair runs Sept 20 to 23 and Gage Co Fair spans Sept 26 to 30 in 1921. Rhode Island Red cockerels offered for sale at reasonable prices if taken immediately. Mrs W T Logan notes store manager 11 E S Dunn travels to Omaha to purchase new fall goods for the Farmers Union store.
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Jeff. Co. Fair
Gage Co. Fair
Rhode Island
W.T. Logan
E. S. Dunn
Farmers Union
Omaha
Mrs Frank Johnson Returns Home From Kansas Visit
Mrs Frank Johnson and child ren returned Tuesday from visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Steve Maw at McDonald Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Johnson
Steve Maw
McDonald, Kan
First Season Dance Set at Sible's Pavillon Odell
The first big dance of the season will be held at F. H. Sible’s pavillon in Odell Thursday night September 22. Everyone is cordially invited.
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F.H. Sible
Odell
Edith Smith Visit Reaches Steele City and Diller Area
Mrs Edith Smith born Bixby and her young daughter traveled from Auburn Nebraska to visit her mother Mrs Pulec and relatives in Steele City and Diller Nebraska.
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Edith Smith
Bixby
Auburn
Nebr
Pulec
Steele City
Diller
Mrs Lichty Burned Rendering Lard in Endicott
Mrs George Lichty of Endicott suffered severe burns to her hands arms neck and face Tuesday when lard she was rendering caught fire. She was driven by auto to Dr Diehl in Diller for treatment and is progressing as well as expected.
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George Lichty
Endicott
Diehl
Diller
Hidden discontent in everyday goods and costs
An observer notes broad national trouble reflected in ordinary items and living costs. The piece cites gasoline, tires, meat, silk stockings, vacations, short workdays, frequent holidays, mortgages, oil stocks, salary loans, and high rents for modest homes as symptoms of strain.
Chicago schools to use motion pictures for classroom teaching
Motion picture films will be used in Chicago public schools this year to teach geography history physiology and other studies. The films will be exhibited in the classrooms with permanent projection machines already installed in most schools and portable machines to be supplied to remaining schools for the present.
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Chicago
Hall's Catsup Cure Claims Fatale Pats Scorn Bio Blood
Fragmentary text cites Hall's product claims from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Mentions catarrh and cure language but lacks coherent event or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Tanlac Sold At Shutt Drug Store
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Carr of Gilead spent Sunday with Diller relatives as Tanlac is now sold by Shutt Drug Store.
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Shutt Drug Store
Diekhoff Couple Back From East State Trip
Mr and Mrs F A Diekhoff have returned from a vacation trip to the eastern part of the state. Fred is again busy behind the counter at E F Habicht's store.
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F. A. Diekhoff
Fred
E. F. Habicht
Pastor G F B Duhrkop Visits Synod Meeting
Rev. G F B Duhrkop of St. Paul’s Lutheran church left Monday for a synodical meeting in Yutan Nebraska and was expected to be away over Sunday.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran. Church
Yutan
Nebr
Renz to Build Four Room Cottage on Farm Near Diller
Geo Renz plans a four room cottage on his farm southwest of Diller for his son Paul who will farm the place next year. I M Cavett holds the contract for the construction.
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Geo. Renz
Diller
Paul
M. Cavett
Tanlac claims world’s largest medicine sales
Tanlac has sold over twenty million bottles in six years making it the top selling medicine worldwide. No other medicine has reached its sales stature. Shutt Drug Store.
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Tanlac
Shutt Drug Store
Swanton School to Get Modern Sanitary System Upgrade
Swanton's 150 pupil school is the site of a demonstration by College of Agriculture engineers and the Swanton school board. Plans call for complete water supply and sewage disposal, a large septic tank, modern toilet rooms, and an air pressure water system. Agricultural extension agents in each county can advise other schools.
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College of Agriculture
Swanton School
Swanton
Swanton Board
Crusoe’s Ad Persistence Teaches Patience in Advertising
The essay urges merchants to emulate Robinson Crusoe who kept a simple island ad for a ship, adapting copy as shirts wore out. Despite long quiet, his persistence paid off, proving advertising pays with patience and pluck.
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Robinson Crusoe
Crusoe
Mr. Merchant
Beatrice Express Notes Local Visits and Teaching Plans
Miss Marguerite Green returns from a week with sister Mrs Volney Raymond in Fairbury. Miss Adelia Hays travels from Diller to Lincoln to teach Hawthorn School this coming year. Diller Auto Co cuts repair rates to 80 cents per hour. An editorial cites paper stock demand and forest growth timelines. Tanlee medi cine ad promotes health benefits sold by Shutt-Drug Store.
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Adelia Hays
Diller
Lincoln
Hawthorn
Beatrice Express
St Louis Woman’s Six Divorces Spark Legal Question
A St Louis woman’s multiple divorces trigger scrutiny of an earlier marriage deemed illegal. The tangled decrees raise questions about the validity of the later unions and the overall legality of her marital history.
Debt forgiveness or refunding with long term securities
The article discusses Europe’s wartime debts to the United States totaling about nine billion in principal and a half million in interest. It weighs forgiving the debt versus allowing repayment via long term securities at a rate offsetting interest on liberty bonds, suggesting principal repayment would help retire the bonds.
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United States
Harbine News Briefs Include Visits and Burial
Mr and Mrs Ball of California visited with their daughter Mrs Byron Halcomb and family. Max Murray three weeks old was buried Sunday funeral by Rev Innis Diller with burial in Harbine cemetery. Mrs Ommen and daughters Bertha and Beulah returned from Leedy Oklahoma after six weeks with relatives accompanying home John Steiger for visits. Russel Campbell shows improvement after a week of medical care. Josephine Cmmen left Sunday for Beatrice to attend school this year.
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Ball
California
Byron Halcomb
Max
Frank Murray
Rev
Innis
Diller
Harbine
Ommen
Bertha
Beulah
Leedy
Okla
John Steiger
Russel Campbell
Josephine Cmmen
Beatrice
Old log house and Big Sandy station tied to ancient Nebraska trip
Richard Willard of Alexandria writes to the Hebron Journal about a 1829 log cabin in Jefferson County on the Big Sandy built by Mont creive a mixed French and Indian settler. He traces Meridian and Big Sandy station sites and recalls troops under General Albert Sidney Johnston camping there with graves allegedly to be marked with a monument if located.
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Richard Willard
Alexandria
Hebron Journal
Jefferson County
Big Sandy
Montcreive
Nebraska
Mr. Willard
Hugh Ross
Albert Sidney Johnston
Utah
Oregon Trail
Odd Request For A Dog License At Cleveland Court House
A man visits John Lehr to obtain a dog license and answers a string of questions about the dog’s appearance and sex. Lehr jokes about the questions, noting the customer’s replies include hair length color and gender, while the man protests the line of inquiry.
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John Lehr
Cleveland
Lehr
Red Cross Active in Disaster Relief
The Red Cross provides immediate aid after disasters with food clothing shelter and funds. In the prior year four disasters per month affected 150 communities in 27 states. Corpus Christi tidal wave and multiple tornado outbreaks caused 850 deaths 1500 injuries and 80 000 homeless.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinoie
Thrifty Woman’s Safe Bank Tale From The Treasury
A reader shares a Leslie’s item about a thrifty but ignorant couple in the fifth loan campaign. The wife stores money as tens fifties and hundreds in an old shoe, worn nightly, keeping her husband from buying government bonds. Bankers are blamed for failing to reach such a thrifty household.
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Harry France
Treasury Department
Charles Aubrey Eaton
Leslie
Not Interesting Says He Must Move Toward Cornfield
A Houston Post quotation argues that arousing a man’s interest requires announcing that it is his move, specifically toward the cornfield or the iron works, implying decisive action prompts.
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Cornfield
Iron Works
Houston Post
Rain and Snow Equivalence: One Inch Rain Equals Ten Inches Snow
A weather note states that one inch of rain is equivalent to ten inches of snow. This rule of thumb helps estimate snowfall from rainfall in varying conditions.
Jud Tunkins on listening to advice wisdom
Jud Tunkins remarks that a man may gain wisdom by heeding advice but not by refusing to listen to it. He emphasizes the value of considering guidance from others.
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Jud Tunkins
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State Bank
Fun Ve Centre
Frenzy Girls
Fenny Clowns
Brig
Farmers Union Implement Store
C. E. Piveral
Tanlee
Shutt-Drug Store
Marguerite Green
Mis. Volney Raymond
Fairbury
Diller Auto Co
St. Louis
Thrifty Woman's Safe Bank
Allen
Ghee Ghe
Jefferson County Fair
Fairbury, Nebraska
Delmar
Fairbury Band
North Bros
Daykin
Plymouth
Deshler
C. C. Andrewa
Pres
O. R. Jones
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