Diller and Surrounding Town Notes From June 30 1899
Local notes report rain aiding crops and rapid corn growth. Stock shipments reach St. Joe market and local hog prices at 3.30 per hundred. Balloon ascensions and fire works planned for July 4 at Diller. Children’s Day at Rock Creek Church July 22. Watermelons sell 25 to 45 cents. new silk bosom shirts arrive. First Colonial Exposition opens in Omaha July 1 with parade and fireworks. Steele City declines July 4th celebration again. locals urged to support Diller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Simon
Zook & Son
St. Joe
Diller
Cheese factory planned at Harbine by Joe Wildhaber
Joe Wildhaber proposes a new cheese factory at Harbine. John Specht, tied to Lightner and Hutchinson, is visiting his parents north of town this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wildhaber
Harbine
Lightner & Hutchinsons
John Specht
Local residents visit and set up farm equipment this week
W. W. Waters stays at home this week arranging McCormick binders for J. P. Lowe & Son. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lambert of Endicott visit Diller from Saturday to Tuesday to see their son Frank Lambert and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Diller
Ray Elliott
Auburn
Nebr
Frank Lambert
Elliott
Inter-State Telephone Co
Nebraska
W. W. Waters
McCormick
J. P. Lowe & Son
T. C. Lambert
Endicott
Harvest is Coming Bindery Gear Car Load
Gro H Tonnemaker announces a fresh car load of Deering binders mowers twine and oil for harvest season. Local farmers get new equipment and supplies as the busy season nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deering
Gro
H. Tonnemaker
Eye Ear Nose Doctor Mosshart to Visit July 13
Dr Mosshart an eye ear and throat specialist will be at Dr Kaupp's office on July 13. Patients wishing to see him should call early for consultation. The notice is a two line classified item.
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Mosshart
Grand Exposition Parade and Fireworks Display
A grand parade and magnificent fireworks show headline a July 1, 1899 event. Music and oratory accompany the evening spectacle with special low railroad rates advertised for attendees.
Special Pullman Train Moving Cavalry to San Francisco
A special train of Pullmans carrying the sixth United States cavalry and stock cars with horses passed through this place last week at night en route to San Francisco.
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United States Cavalry
San Francisco
Fields heads to Endicott after hired driver quits
W. S. Fields took a train Tuesday evening to Endicott following a trip with a hired traveling man who decided not to return to Diller after a drive.
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W.S. Fields
Endicott
Diller
Old Reliable Conductors Association Train Passes Diller
A special train of five Pullman cars and one baggage car carried about 100 members of the Old Reliable Conductors Association. The excursion party passed through Diller last Friday evening en route to St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Reliable Conductors Association
Diller
St. Louis
Dewey hog waterer offered on trial by John Lamb
John Lamb offers the Dewey hog waterer as the best on the market and not costly. If you keep hogs you should try one, and he will arrange a trial installation.
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John Lamb
Throbbing Headache Relief With New Life Pills
Advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills promising quick relief for sick and nervous headaches. Claims include purifying blood, strengthening nerves, and overall health boost. Sold by J W Sutton druggist for five cents per box with money back not offered.
City weed control proposal sparks grassy street idea
Street Commissioner Kelley has W. H. Diller mow weeds on town streets and alleys. The annual cutting might end if the streets were seeded down to grass, a suggestion offered at no cost to city fathers for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley
W. H. Diller
Electric Bitters Restore Strength and Appetite
A Daville Indiana man testifies that Electric Bitters revived his health after stomach liver and kidney trouble left him weak and listless. He reports renewed appetite and energy and says he can eat anything now. Available for 50 cents at J W Sutton’s drug store with guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Gardner
Daville
Ind
J. W. Sutton
Local Farmers Report Oats Nearing Ripening in Peoria Visit
Mr and Mrs E L Loock expected home from Peoria Ill this evening. Oats fields in the neighborhood are headed out and looking fine with some starting to ripen. Mrs Ford, who had been visiting with her daughter Mrs Jesse Hadley, returned Monday to Beatrice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. E. L. Loock
Peoria, Ill
Mrs. Ford
Jesse Hadley
Beatrice
Jeffryes Attend Beatrice Meeting and Chautauqua
Dr. W. T. Jeffryes traveled to Beatrice with Mrs. Jeffryes yesterday. He attended a meeting of the S. E. Neb. Medical Association while she joined the local chautauqua program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Jeffryes
Beatrice
S. E. Neb. Medical Association
Chautauqua
Fourth of July grove prepared after cleanup
The grove for the Fourth of July celebration is in order as Mr. Diller mowed weeds and cleaned the grounds, leaving them in fine shape for the event.
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Mr. Diller
No Evening Services at Diller Methodist Church
Rev. Ransom announces Rock Creek Children's Day exercises will keep him away from the Diller church next Sunday evening, so no services will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ransom
Rock Creek
Diller
Fourth of July Program at Diller Arranged by Committee
The Diller July 4 program includes an Anvil salute at daybreak at 9 am with the Filley Band, a procession to W H Diller's grove, a morning program of music readings and orations, basket dinner at noon, lectures by Rev T M Ransom and Rev R J Lockhart, and a 3:30 pm baseball game Odell vs Diller with prizes. Evening fireworks follow a band concert.
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Diller
Filley
States of the Union
W. H. Diller
Jos. Bixby, Jr
R. J. Lockhart
T. M. Ransom
W. H. Adams
Fairury
Usic
L. Weil
Fairbury
Otto Clamious
Odell
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Jefferson Co. Record
Jas. Tate
Thos. Nelson
P. L. Rush
Topeka, Kan
Price Bro
Mary Strohm
Topeka
Kan
John Diller
Lhutnk&r & Hutchinson
Frank Ankrum
Steele City
Mr. Patz
Crete Mutual Insurance Co
Greater America
Omaha
Beckie Hoyt
The
Crow Agency
Montana
J. K. Diller
America
W. T.jeffryes
L. C. Daulard
A.J. Sheldon
Aloes
Bodell
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