Local Market Update and Miscellany
New potatoes enter the market while cool weather continues this week. W. W. Clark and J. Clark visited Fairbury on business Monday. Grace Burkett prepares for a class in this city this week. The Republican convention in Lincoln is set for July. DeWitt's Little Liver Pills advertised. Children Day exercises at First Presbyterian Church planned for Sunday morning June 11. Mrs. Hick Heiman improving under Dr Kaupp's care.
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Présbyterian Church
Drayman John Zodk Returns Home to Nebraska
John Zodk, recently back from Missouri, resumes his drayman work in Nebraska. He is advised to take DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for overall health benefits, noting their claimed remedies for headache liver complaint and constipation. Endorsers J W Sutton and B F Lightner sign the notice.
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John Zodk
Missouri
Drayman
Nebraska
DeWit
J.W. Sutton B. F. Lightner
Ex-county clerk Ham Clapp Bike Visit Noted in Town
Ham Clapp former Jefferson county clerk and ex Steele City resident now living near Lincoln rode through the town this week during a bike trip.
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Ham Clapp
Jefferson County
Steele City
Lincoln
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised for Croup and Cough
Mothers praise Chamberlains Cough Remedy for croup and whooping cough saying it gives prompt relief and is safe and pleasant. G W Richards of Duquesne Pa commends it after years of sale with never failing to provide perfect satisfaction. For sale by J W Sutton Druggist.
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Chamberlain
G. W. Richards
Duquesne, Pa
J. W. Sutton
Village board ties grade stakes to earlier plans
The village board of trustees with surveyor W W Watson of Fairbury installed permanent grade stakes this week, aligning with the grade set a couple of years ago.
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W. W. Watson
Fairbury
Gage County Republicans Nominate Local Candidates
The Gage county convention in Beatrice Tuesday nominated George R. Murph for senator Samuel Ringker for county attorney W E Chittenden Cortland J H Casebeer Blue Springs J C Boreh Wymore for the legislature and D R Foulk Liberty for float representative.
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Gage County
Beatrice
George R. Murph
Samuel Ringker
W. E. Chittenden
Cortland
J. H. Casebeer
Blue Springs
J.C. Boreh
Wymore
D. R. Foulk
Liberty
German farmer near Diller dies by self act amid mortgage woes
John Fy Meyer a German farmer living about four miles north of Diller allegedly shot himself around four o clock Wednesday and died at 3. The event states a mortgage inability to raise funds as the motive. A rough note mentions debt and assets totaling about 1400 dollars.
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John. Fy Meyer
Diller
Paris
Raney
Itinerant sign writer seeks town wide work in many trades
The passage notes an itinerant sign writer roaming a town with many business ties. It cites school district No. 70 Diller with an assessed value of 52 917 in 1895. A brief medical testimonial mentions One Minute Cough Cure. Names J W Sutton B F Lightner Mrs Nettie Hartzell and Miss ey Claussen are listed among visitors to a Nursery near Jansen.
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Diller
Madden Family Welcomes Rock Island Visitors
Henry Madden and his wife host their daughter and her husband Mr Curtis and wife from Rock Island Illinois who arrived on Saturday for a visit.
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Henry Madden
Mrs. Curtis
Rock Island, Ill
De Witts Witch Hazel Salve Offers Painless Burns Cure
Burns are described as painless with prompt application of De Witts Witch Hazel Salve. The text claims it is a perfect remedy for skin diseases and chapped skin and lips and asserts it never fails to cure piles as well with endorsements from W. Sutton and B. F. Lightner.
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de Witt
W. Sutton
B. F. Lightner
Bertha Henderson Leaves Diller Schools for Vacation
Miss Bertha Henderson presided over the primary department of the Diller public schools and departed Friday evening for her Fairbury home to spend her vacation.
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Bertha Henderson
The
Diller Public Schools
Fairbury
Republican conventions set for Jefferson and Thayer counties
The joint senatorial and front representative conventions for Jefferson and Thayer counties will be held in Hebron at 1 o'clock on Tuesday June 30. Jefferson County will have nine delegates and Thayer County eight.
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Jefferson
Thayer Counties
Hebron
Jefferson County
Thayer County
District No 70 School Meeting Sets Trustee Election
The annual meeting at the Diller school on Monday June 29 at 2 pm will elect three trustees one for one year to fill the removed Dr J W Miller seat and two for three years and address other business as needed.
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Dist. No. 70
Honge
Diller
J. W. Miller
Ballard's Snow Liniment Promises Broad Healing Claims
An 19th century advertisement touts Ballard's Snow Liniment as a scientific discovery and the most penetrating liniment, claiming it cures rheumatism neuralgia cuts bruises wounds sciatic and inflammatory rheumatism burns scalds sore feet contracted muscles stiff joints old sores back pain and paralysis, with D W Sutton selling it.
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Iota Ballard
D. W. Sutton
Ling Nominated for County Commissioner by Pleasant Precincts
Pleasant precinct Republicans name William C. Ling for the county convention at Fairbury next Saturday to seek the first district commissioners’ nomination. Ling, a respected farmer, is praised for integrity and capability. If nominated, his likely decisive victory at the polls is anticipated.
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Pleasant
William C. Ling
Fairbury
Jefferson, Pleasant
Rockreek
Endicott
Newton
Ling
Hirth
Tully
Dr DeWitt Talmage Delayed Briefly in Town On Return
The fated divine Dr DeWitt Talmage was in town Monday after delivering a chentengas lecture in Orleans. His return train was delayed about twenty minutes, causing a brief pause in local travel.
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Dr. DeWitt. Talmage
Oreleans
Chentengas
Parents seek transfers to nearer adjoining district
Parents or guardians with children of school age living more than one and a half miles from their district school may apply to the county superintendent for transfer blanks before the annual school meeting.
Commencement at Diller High School 1896
The second annual commencement at Diller High School was held June 5 1896 at the M E church. Four graduates Miss Jennie Kendal Miss Katie Diller Miss Daisy London and Miss Lizzie Emery received diplomas amid a large attentive crowd. Prof Hill M Bell Lincoln Normal University delivered the principal address on Mans Place in Society.
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Diller High School
M. E. Church
Fnday
Jennie Kendal
Katie Diller
Daisy London
Lizzie Emery
Prof
Vancil
Crist
Lightner
J. Galker
Walston
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Jennie Kendall
Daisy Lopvdon
P. W.price
Hill M. Bell
Lincoln Normal University
Bell
Ella Clark
Lydia Steffin
Ora Simon
Nellie Madden
J. Smith Diller
J. C. Herwig
Diller and
Children’s Day Sermon and Evangelistic Plans
A church notes Children’s Day replaces the morning service with a message urging honesty and faith. It calls for support for an evangelistic meeting. a town meeting at Firth to discuss evangelistic work. appeals for donations including small coins to fund Sabbath school establishment for the destitute.
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Firth
Corey
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Messrs
W. W. and
Jobn Clark
Grace
Burkett
Anewad
Republican New Convention
Lindotn
DeWitt
Oj. W. Sutton
B. P. Lightner
Ballard
Snow Liniment
Church
Byron Beall
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