Local visits and business trips recorded in Fairbury region
Local notes list residents visiting Lincoln Hebron Daykin and Fairbury for business or social reasons. Individuals include Mrs L M Nelson Fred Hatfield John Crocker Foster Church Walter Richardson Helen Switzer DeWitt Hansen DeWitt Hansen and Stewart Miss Fae Thompson C B Hole Will Burleigh and others. A cement sidewalk was laid near McLucas lumberyard and the Jefferson County Farmers Institute program was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Anderson
Lincoln
Fairbury
John’ Hurd
DeWitt Hansen
Kansas City
Pease's 36th Annual Holiday Sale in Fairbury
Regular yearly Fairbury event returns with Pease offering goods from thirty plus years of experience. The advertisement highlights a list of items and promises value and satisfaction to shoppers.
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Pease
Fairbury
China Opening Showcases Fine Wares at Fairbury
Attendees at the china opening were told no other stock in Fairbury rivals this collection. The display features Haviland Rosenthal Royal Bonn Pouyat Guerin Cauldon Doulton Minton Lanternaier Tressarmine Voig and items like plates, bread and butter plates, jugs, ramikins, pudding sets, melon bowls, mayonnaise dishes, creamers, tobacco jars and trinket boxes. Painted china from The White Donat and Mitchell studios is highlighted.
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China
Fairbury
Haviland
Rosenthal
Royal Bonn
Pouyat
Guerin
Cauldon
Doulton
Minton
Lanternier
Tressarmine & Voig
Doll Toys and Accessories Display At Local Shop
A local storefront features a variety of dolls and play items for children. The selection includes jointed and bisque dolls, celluloid and rubber figures, rag dolls, doll buggies, houses, furniture, pianos and tables, inviting little girls to browse.
Toilet Sets and Vanity Accessories Trade Names List
A catalog-like listing shows various item names including Toilet Sets Pyramin Sets Ivory Sets Ebony Sets Rosewood Sets Infants Sets Manicure Sets Silver Sets Travelling Sets Cuff and Collar Seta.
Books and Bibles Sale Offers Wide Reading Range
A vintage ad highlights a sale with fiction for boys and girls, poetry, religious booklets, dictionaries, and various Bibles. Also featured are linen bindings, illustrated drawings, and pocket dictionaries alongside rosaries and Episcopal and Catholic prayer books.
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Pocket Dictionaries
Oxford Bibles
Family Bibles
American Revised Bibles
Teacher’s Bibles
Episcopal Prayer ‘Books
Catholic
Cut Glass and Silverware by Libby and Co Catalog
A detailed listing of Cut Glass and Silver pieces from Libby Kranzer Smith & Co and others. Includes American Cribbage Boards Dominoes Water Sets Checkers Crokinole Carrom Flinch Pit Nappies Salad Bowls Comports Mayonnaise Sets Spoon Trays Carafes and Olives Handled Olives Panic Somer Sets Nut Pick Sets Holly Boxes Fancy Box Papers Photo Frames Fancy Ink Stands Oneida Silver. Items are offered in a wide range including Tea Deserta and Table Spoons Oyster Ladies Sugar Scoops Ice Cream Sets with full guarantee.
Catalog of Wallets Cases Purses and Accessories
A brief listing detailing various personal accessories including coin carriers wallets card cases pocket diaries cuff and collar portfolios and cases purses hand bags and related items for women and men. The list emphasizes range and catalog presentation.
Quaint Brass and Copper Ware Headlines at Sale
A sale features bric-a-brac including brass candle sticks old copper ware cloisonne vases and tea pots. Royal sateuma vases and old Inca ware entice collectors with rustic charm and historical appeal.
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Sateuma
Perfumes and Toilet Waters Prices in Fancy Boxes
Advertisement lists Best American and French perfume pods from Dabrook Colgate Hud nuts Imperial Crown Palmers Baldwin Roger Galet Guerlain Harmony in fancy boxes priced from 10 cts to 5.00 and toilet waters from 25 cts to 75 cts with extra sachet powders Farina colognes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dabrook’s
Colgate’s
Hudnut's
Imperial Crown
Palmer’s
Baldwin's
Roger & Galet
Guerlain’s
Harmony
Postal Card Albums and Holiday Postal Cards
The postal card fad is in full swing with a large selection of Christmas postal cards priced from 8 to 50 cents. Postal card albums are advertised from 25 cents up to 875 dollars, highlighting wide price ranges for collectors.
Fairbury Briefs and Upcoming Roller Rink Concert
A busy Fairbury scene includes many visitors on business from Deshler Jansen and Helvey plus trips by Weddle from Steele City and more. Band concert at the Roller Rink is set for Monday December 21 with several local residents and guests dining and shopping around town.
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Peter T. Brandt
Jansen
August Witt
Thompson
Ark tale with microbes in Noah's ark
A remark in Harpers Weekly imagines a Noahs ark scene with a boy placing microbes aboard, noting two tiny splinters labeled What are eee my son. The piece humorously suggests microbes could have existed among the ark passengers.
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Harper’s Weekly
The Henest Way
A London Telegraph excerpt features a financier boasting many money making paths, while a companion insists there is only one honest route. The exchange highlights temptation versus integrity in a succinct dialogue.
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London: Telegraph
Indulgent Remarks in Humorous Exchange
In London Tit-Bits a conversation unfolds with Mrs. Doll praising her indulgent husband while Mrs. Spiteful notes he indulges a little too much. The exchange ends with a proverb about revenge and wounds attributed to Racca.
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Mrs. Doll
George
London
Local Markets Report Prices and Commodities
Corn new and old both listed at 55 cents. Wheat new 55 cents with old wheat and oats at 45 cents. Hogs range from 4.50 to 85.00 dollars and steers from 3.00 to 4.00 dollars. Butcher stock 2.78 to 3.60, butter 25 cents per pound. Females 28e dos.
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S&c
Blonde Women Feature In Photographic Vanity Study
A columnist notes that blonde women have photographs taken more often than brunettes, claiming lighting and flattering results favor blondes. The piece reflects early 20th century attitudes on beauty and photography.
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Sun Reason
Diamonds for Sale and the Mysterious Maker
A legal tangle surrounds a man claiming to produce diamonds. Women hope he can prove his ability as real gems grow scarcer and prices rise.
Doctrine of Selfienness. Aristophanes: Each man’s country is where he lives best
A compact quotation notes Aristophanes on home preference, claiming a person’s homeland is the place they deem most favorable to live. The line presents a witty view on belonging and personal comfort as a measure of loyalty.
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Aristophanes
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Foster Church
Daykin
Heckathorn
Steele City
Walter Richardson
Narka
Kans
John Heasty
Beatrice
Dave Crandall
Belvidere
Old Friends
Oscar Schultz
Helen Switzer
E. C. Hansen
Kansas
Oklahoma
Fae “Thompson
Alexandria
Rose Costello
McLucas Lumber Yard
E Street
C. B. Hole
Steele
Frank Hole
Chattanooga
Okla
Will Burleigh
the State University
Jefferson County
Farmer’s Institute
Jess. Demmitt
Brother Wesley
McHale
Hamburg
Iowa
Anne Griffin
Graduate University School of Music
Eames
Pfitzner
White
Donat
Mitchell Studios
Metal Head Dollis
Libby, Kranzer
Smith, & Co
Oneida
Tion
Dr. Pritchett
Deshler
G. J. Ruhnke
C. W. Harvey
Plymouth
Arthur ‘Weddle
Emil Schmidt
Helvey
Fred Hadley
Hebron
Easterday Bridge Company
Williams
Alma Lange
Anna
Sophia Conerus
Hanover
Andrew
Flatting
Gladstone
Court ‘House
E. R. Bee
Wooster
Seventh Street
D Street
Cora Fisher
Vine Pease
Lulu Bitzer
Frank. Young
DeFrance
Morrowville
Carl Dager
Eldridge
Seventh Streets
Walter Clark
Powell
Miss Minnie Wookey
M. Chambers
York
R. Arnell
Texas
O. R. Jones
Com
Audubon
Aid
Ben Shelburne
Charley.Hoppe
Harlan County
Hoppe
Fritz Bell
Friends i
J. T. Melvin
Reynolds
Clifford Roush
Gene “Allen
Rade City
Bessie Goff
Crawford’s
Phoenix
Patee’s
Cash
Spe
Supreme
C B. Letton
Old Fairbury
E. Lurber
Davenport
Nebr
Ben
Kunze
Anna Costello
R. D.roode
Rose
Alice Swanson
J. W. Ballew
W. F. Schultz
Neal
Henry Irving
Henry
Kilén ‘Ferry
Lure’s
Wwanted
M. C. Peters
Second Street
Iri
Eas
Ar Raren
Adsten Robinson
Third Street
Ayres
L. ‘Nider
South Side Square
Geo. Cross
Victor
Eastman Kodak
Cub Creek
Greenfield Ill
Monroe Davis
Bie
Jewsie Stillwell
E. Riley
Cy F. Craig
Fourth Street
Aston Fairbury
Deemer
Pram Cowles
Paken
Six Mile
G. P. Meyer
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