Local notes from Belt pins to Seattle trip
The latest Belt pins Hat pins Scarf pins and Broaches in the Grape design are sold at H E Grape's. Geo Pitts wife and daughter Eva returned Sunday from a trip to the Seattle exposition and other places en route. Mrs H B Fairchild visited from Endicott to see her ill daughter Mrs J W Miller on Lavelle street. Diller Mer Co. offers a half price line of shoes for all ages in odd lots. Miss Viola Kerr received a surprise 11th birthday party after school with a luncheon at her papa’s restaurant.
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Geo. Pitts
Eva
Seattle
H. B. Fairchild
Endicott
J. W. Miller
Lavelle Street
Diller Mer. Co
Viola Kerr
Preventics candy tablets promise quick cold cure
A popular candyvid cure tablet named Ireventics is sold by Spear Drug Co. It claims to break any cold in a few hours, is safe for children, contains no quinine or laxatives, and comes in a box of 18 for 25e.
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Spear Drug Co
Cavetts Return to Grand Island Home
Al Cavett his wife and child visited at the brother J M Cavett’s home since Tuesday evening then returned Sunday to Grand Island where Al works as a stenographer and billing clerk in Union Pacific offices.
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Grand Island
Union Pacific
For Sale Mules and Health Coffee Ad Details
For sale span of good work mules ages 7 and 8 years, weight 2400 lbs. Also Dr Shoop's Health Coffee advertised as a quick substitute. Spear Drug Co. and J. W. Fouts named as a local delegate to the National Good Roads Convention in Cleveland September 21 to 25. Fouts active in National Good Roads League and farmers institutes.
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Dr Shoop
J. W. Fouts
Cleveland
Fouts
National Good Roads League
St. Augustine
Fla
Hare's studio open all day next Wednesday in Endicott
Sept 22 is the last date. Eva Crocker, teaching in Endicott schools, visited Diller friends on Sunday. Mrs C F Rigdon, who stayed with Fairbury relatives, returned to Diller. Burlington workers at Wymore sue to prove innocence of pilfering charges from cars.
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Hare
Misa Eva Crocker
Endicott
Diller
C. F. Rigdon
Fairbury
Burlington
Wymore
Train derailment and storms hit Nebraska詳
A Burlington passenger train derailed on the Concordia branch after rails spread due to late heavy rain with no injuries reported. A worker, Gottlieb Overbeck, was killed by lightning near Plymouth. his remains buried at Pickrell. A Beatrice court heard estate homestead proceedings for Gladys Davis. The Nebraska duck hunting season opened with limits per day. President Taft began a cross country and river voyage from Boston over eight weeks visiting 35 states. An attempted wreck near Fairbury targeted a Rock Island train returning from the state fair. spikes were found and removed. Foreign laborers are suspected in the act.
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Burlington
Concordia
Gottliebb Overbeck
Plymouth
Elis
Pickrell
Beatrice
Gladys Davis
Harry T. F. Davis
Spanard
Frank Wieths
Semple Pierce
Fred W. Frisbie
Rock Islind
Fairbury
Inez
School Library Expands and Club Debates Planned
Seventy new volumes added to the school library. Kenneth Fouts elected president of the Athletic Club. Louis Lauman of Harbine visited several departments Wednesday. Spelling remains in high school this year as English credit. Friday Literary Club will vote on Peary versus Cook as discoverer of the north pole. A Plymouth High School invitation for a joint debate with Harbine is accepted if held there. A. F. Steffen of Diller donated a 54 specimen mounted cabinet for physiology lab. New enrollments include Ray Burns Jay Burns Hazel Burns Maud Green Lloyd Brown Gladya Cully Currie Sandman. Total enrollment 153 with 48 in high school.
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Kenneth Fouts
Louis Lauman
Harbine
Peary
Cook
North Pole
Plymouth
A. F. Steffen
Diller
Still College of Osteopathy
Dea Moineas
Iowa
Ray
Jay Burns
Hazel Burns
Maud Green
Lloyd Brown
Gladya Cully
Currie Sandman
Flying machine rivals likened to vaudeville stars
A colorful aside compares rival flying machine inventors to jealous vaudeville actresses, highlighting spirited competition and showy demonstrations in early aviation circles.
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Vauderville
Taft Tour to Exceed All Presidential Travel
The Fort Worth Record cites Taft as planning a tour with more stops, more meetings, and more miles than any president. The paper notes financial opposition to Secretary McVeagh’s plan to cut the size of U S currency.
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Taft
McVeagh
The
United States
Diller Becomes Favorite Trade Hub After Busy Saturday
Local merchants and clerks reported a lively shopping day as yardsticks rattled and hardware jingled. Crowds filled our thoroughfares, and bargains drew cheers, with residents declaring Diller the place to trade.
Encouraging Local Trade and Crops by Charley Warthen
The piece urges supporting home merchants schools and residents to grow the community. Charley Warthen visited town Saturday with fine carp samples and notes his sixty five acre corn area. He estimates a twenty five acre field will yield forty bushels per acre this season.
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Charley Warthen
Fatal Accident at Ellis Ends Fireman’s Life
Frank Westby a Rock Island fireman was fatally injured near Ellis last Thursday night after sleeping on the track beside an extra freight train to Fairbury. The locomotive struck him, severing his arm and badly crushing his skull. He died later at Fairbury hospital.
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Frank Westby
Rock Island
Ellis
Fairbury
Westby
Extra
Pioneer cattle dealer Sobers honored in Geauga Republic
The Geauga Republican reports James R. Sobers of Narka Kansas, former Diller area resident now in Haddam Kansas, visited Ohio and is welcomed back after 34 years. It notes Sobers as an early cattle shipper by rail from Geauga and neighboring counties to Pittsburgh Philadelphia and New Jersey, with partner Samuel Hance.
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J. R. Sobers
Diller
Haddam
Kan
Ohio
Geauga Republican
Chadron, O
Narka
James Rk, Sober
Huntsbury
Géanga County
J. H. Stanton
Pennsylvania
Sober
Geauga, Lake
Ashtabula
Trumbull
Pittsburg
Philadephia
New Jersy
Samuel Hance
Airship Coming to Wymore With Yankee Robinson Shows
The Santa Dumont air ship, last seen circling Eiffel Tower in Paris, will be demonstrated in Wymore during the Yankee Robinson Shows on September 22. Prof. Foster leads the ship with a world wide reputation. about five thousand rail passengers and twenty thousand spectators are expected for the one day event and a 100 mile exhibition run.
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Wymore
Eiffel Power
Paris
Foster
Europe
Germany
France
England
Russia
Leather Trust Faces Skepticism Over Skin Trade
Readers question the Leather Trust as critics label its practices as a skin game while officials defend operations and market impacts in the industry.
Stoves For Sale at School No 70
Two or three large heating stoves in good repair suitable for school houses will be sold at a bargain. Inquiries directed to J. F. Lightner, Secretary, for prices. tf
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J. F. Lightner
Sec
Separator sales pitch for cream machines with Jersey and Sharples models
Advertisement notes cream separators offered for sale including four units to view. Describes a Jersey model with low milk tank self oiling suspended bowl and 500 pounds per hour capacity priced at 40 dollars. Mentions Sharples Tubular as another option and credits J D Fanders.
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Jersey
Sharples
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