Local notes from Diller and Steele City communities
Geo Powers brings flour by subscription. several Diller Woodmen attend Steele City lodge banquet. C C Wright and wife visit Steele City with brother’s family. W S Fields moves into Trowbridge property. Harry Green becomes javitor of Masonic lodge room. Will Livingston family to relocate to North Yakima Washington. J Tonnemaker reports new general merchandise and implement business in Orondo Washington. Ballard’s Snow Liniment advertised for rheumatism neuralgia and lumbago priced 25 and 50 cents. J W Sutton Deputy Sheriff Zook serves papers in attachment case with no names provided.
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Ballard
J.W. Sutton
Zook
Diller
Beatrice General Seeks Regular Army Appointment
Gen L W Colby of Beatrice has been mustered out and is now in Washington seeking an appointment in the regular army after other brigadier generals were released from service.
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L. W. Colby
Beatrice
U.S
Washington
How to Prevent Pneumonia This Cold Season
A advertisement claims pneumonia follows only from colds or influenza and that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy prevents pneumonia after grippe. It touts the remedy as the best for bad colds or grippe, with a warranty on every bottle and sale by W. Satton.
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Chamberlain
W.satton
China lily bulb sent to Mrs Ewers in Visalia Cal
Mrs Ewers received a rare aquatic plant bulb from her son Bert Ewers in Visalia California. She plans to nurture it into a full grown plant and expects it to delight local flower lovers with its beauty.
Ascorp Acknowledges Subscription Payment From W. H. Ballard
The Ascorp acknowledges receipt of a couple of dollars on subscription from W. H. Ballard formerly of Diller but now with the Armour Packing Co. in Kansas City. Ballard has held that position for several years and is praised for his steady employment.
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Ascorp
W. 8. Ballard
Diller
Armour Packing Co
Kansas City
Will
Dr King’s New Discovery for Grips and Coughs
Advertisement extols Dr King’s New Discovery as a cure for grip and related coughs. It claims quick relief from throat irritation, fever, and chest pain, preventing pneumonia with a money back guarantee. A trial bottle is offered at J W Satton’s drug store for sixty cents or one dollar.
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Grip
Dr. King
J. W. Satton
Local News Bits From Wymore To Diller
Gus Kelley visited relatives at Wymore Sunday. Amos Quien, tax collector for Guage county, interviews delinquents near the city today. Al Ballard of Beatrice spent last Sunday with his family in Diller. C A Rheinbart and others plan a public sale of horses, implements, and household goods in Diller tomorrow afternoon. BAL LARD SHOREHOUND SYRUP advertised for coughs at 25 and 50 cents.
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Ballard
Amos Quien
Guage County
al. Ballard
Dempster's
Beatrice
Diller
C. A. Rheinbart
Mrs. Hoyt Visits Families of Wm and John Diller
Mrs. Chas. Hoyt spent part of the week visiting the families of her uncles Wm. Diller and John Diller in and near the city and returned Thursday to Beatrice where a couple of her children attend school. Keely's Philadelphia laboratory reveals hidden tubing under floor and walls along with a large steel reservoir suggesting compressed air or gas as the motor's secret.
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Chas. Hoyt
John Diller
Beatrice
Keely
Philadelphia
Nelson retires, buys Fanders hardware and undertaker shop
Nelson leaves Colman and Nelson to buy J. D. Fanders' hardware furniture and undertaking business and the building. Fanders has a farm buyer and plans to visit the Pacific coast seeking a new location. The New York Tribune reports J. Sterling Morton’s protest of Christmas tree cutting is echoed in the West.
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Nelson
Colman & Nelson
J. D. Fanders
The
New York Tribune
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska
West
Morton
Fairbury Visitors Highlight Local Business Ties
Geo Weather and Postmaster Fouts were in Fairbury as business visitors yesterday, meeting with local officials and firms to discuss community commerce and postal services.
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Fairbury
Hammer Plows and Sulky Sisters Arrive at J.P. Lown & Son
An advertisement notes new Hammer Plows and Sulky Sisters arriving from J. P. Lown & Son. It touts Herb ine as a liver tonic to clear the blood of biliary poisons from influenza aftermath, priced 50 cents per bottle by J. W. Sutton.
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J.P. Lown & Son
J. W. Sutton
Nursery Stock Wholesale Prices Inquiry
A note requests prices from Uecke & Stilson in Cor with Ia for nursery stock. The text also mentions Urcxs & Striscn, indicating additional suppliers or misspelled names.
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Uecke & Stilson
Corwith
Urcxs & Striscn
Resident offers house and two lots near church for sale
Mrs EC WNenda wishes to sell her residence in Diler and two lots west of Presbyterian church. See her for prices and terms. Subscribers are sending copies of the Recorp to friends in other states, a good way to advertise the town and save letters.
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Diler
Presbyterian Church
The Home Paper Aches to Name Everyone in Town
A nostalgic critique extols the home newspaper as unique to small towns. It emphasizes how every birth, death, and marriage, plus local gossip, draws readers who scan each column for familiar names and stories.
Power of a Pound of Coal
A curious calculation shows a single pound of good steam coal holds dynamic power equal to one man’s work for a day. Three tons equal twenty years of labor. one square mile of four foot coal seam equals the work of one million men for twenty years, underscoring coal’s value.
Trustworthy state residents sought to manage office work
Advertiser seeks several trusted persons in this state to manage business in their own and nearby counties. Main duties are home office tasks. Salary is $900 yearly plus definite expenses. Monthly $75. References required. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope to Herb E Hees president Dept M Chicago.
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Herb E. Hees
Prest
Dept. M
Chicago
Trustworthy Persons Wanted to Manage Business IP
Positions open for several reliable individuals to handle business operations in their counties with home work. Salary fixed with expenses covered. Offer includes 375 dollars reference and a self addressed stamped envelope. Apply to Herbert Kt Hess, President, Dept M, Chicago.
Little Men and Women Contributors and Serial Teasers
A dated snippet lists contributors to an 1899 volume including Sophie May Emile Pauls son Margaret Johnson and Edith Thomas with two serials The Pu Owl Rug by Sophie Sweet and The Five Little Smithers by Nell K Elbone plus short stories by Kate Upson Clark Frank Pope Hum pherys Margaret Compton Carolyn Bailey and Albert Bigelow Paine.
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Sophie May
Emile Paulsson
Margaret Johnson
Edith Thomas
Sophie Sweet
Kate Upson Clark
Frank Pope Humpherys
Margsaret Compton
Carolyn Bailey
Albert Bigelow Paine
Classic Myths and Holiday Tales Featured in 32 Page Magazine
Notable features include Cora Haviland and Ada Wooten Shaw pieces as well as German Children by Miss F Otey Farmer. The magazine lists topics from Japanese holidays to Swiss toys and Dakota play days. Price is 50 cents a year.
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Cora Haviland
F. Otey Farmer
Japan
Ada Wooten Shaw
Alice Crossette Hall
Annie Beecher Scoville
Tror
N. Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jefferson Co. Record
Geo. Powers
Diller K. P
Steele City
C. C. Wright
Diller Woodmen
W.S. Fields
John Trowbridge
Harry Green
Masonic Lodge
Will Livingston
North Yakima
J. Tonnemaker
Orondo, Wash
Gus
Kelley
Wymore
Henry Sizbl
Harbine
Otoe
Congress
Herbert Kt. Hess
W. J. Jeffryes
Nebrasia
Oman
Wievianes
F. M. Mot Axes, Proprietor
Prospectus
D* Tabler
Buckeye
James F. Ballard
North Main Street
ST. Louis, MI
Om, Drugsiat
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