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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1914
Page
5
A note notes oats sown before rain and a bulk seed sale including 1913 crop Silver Mine seed corn at 100 percent test. Wm Masck of Odell Nebraska lists phone 75. A child’s mesh bag found is asked to be brought to the Record office. The Fairbury Methodist district meets Tobias April 21–22.
Purebred Rhodes Island Reds offered at 35 cents for 15. Mrs. W E Epley notes the listing. A. E. Pichal left Sunday for Montana to spend the summer working as a carpenter.
Seed corn for sale 1912 white ear corn picked 1.50 per bushel. Le Caldwell, wit. Jansen. Stock feed stored in L. P. Raymond's barn on Main Street in Diller will be sold for storage at sheriff's sale Saturday April 4. at.
Farmers receive notice that Dr S B Viers veterinarian will inspect all work in his field after about April 1st. A Odell store was burglarized Saturday night with $7 70 taken from the cash register. An attempted entry at another store occurred. Bloodhounds traced a trail to a town house but no arrests reported.
Gene Thompson writes from Illinois that his wife died last September and his two youngest children died in December. The Thompsons once lived in Diller. Henry Watson made a business trip to Odell Monday. A local meat market advertises hickory smoked meat at 10c per piece. J A Pickard returned Sunday from Beatrice with a new Ford roadster for his business use.
Miss Anna Boetcher and John Boetcher Jr depart today for the 34th annual Messiah Festival at Lindsborg Kansas. Eighteen concerts and recitals will be given during the week beginning April 5th, as listed in the program reaching this office.
At a regular village council meeting on Wednesday the election board for the village election next Tuesday was appointed. Clerks are C. L. Waggoner and Rex A. Green. Judges are W. A. Snyder H. Z. Diller and L. M. Cavett.
Examinations under the president’s order will be held at several Nebraska towns in May. Beat Rice and Fairbury host tests on May 16, with postmasters chosen for Alexandria Clatonia Daykin Endicott Filley Gilead Gladstone Helvey Jansen Lanham Pickrell Reynolds and Steele City.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr. King's New Discovery for coughs fevers and chest congestion claiming rapid throat and lung relief. It cites Mr J T Davis of Tickney Corner Missouri as cured after other remedies failed and offers relief or money back with bottles at 50 cents and one dollar.
TM school column edited by Supt C L Westcott notes first grade pupils achieving 100 percent in spelling Hubert Patton Jessie Gillis Alfred Mayborn Elizabeth Starr and Pearl Thompson Second grade honorees include Dora McMullin Marguerite Green Glen Colman Loree Thompson Evelyn Stotts Dale Drullinger Prof Wm N Delzel of Peru to speak at city hall on vital educational topic admission ten cents Patron's Day Friday exhibit work shown in rooms Sophomore class hosted a children’s party at Lulu Bausch home Ida Sandman and Ruth Steffen walked seven and four miles respectively to home last Saturday morning at 4 a m.
Auction note lists a Jayhawk hay stacker and a hay sweep in good repair for sale. Signed by 21 A. H. Gretzinger.
Mrs James Mayborn underwent an operation at her Lanham area home for gall stones last Friday and is progressing nicely.
Behe George Specht underwent an operation at Fairbury Hospital and returned to her home five miles southwest of Diller on Sunday.
Miss Adeline Miller of Lincoln arrived to visit relatives through Sunday. She has been at Win side, Nebraska, with her sister Mrs. J. G. Neely since last Saturday. Lincoln schools where she teaches are on vacation this week.
The notice promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a preferred children’s cough medicine. It emphasizes safety avoiding harmful substances and pleasant taste, touted as most effective for young patients. Sold by Shutt Drug.
The Nebraska State Horticulture Society reports members in over seventy Nebraska counties with the largest groups in the east. It seeks to expand membership so every county benefits from its work on trees fruit flowers and vegetables.
Ex-county clerk Jesse Thompson died in Wichita Kansas on the 20th at his home. He was a civil war veteran who lost his right arm in the service and served four years as Jefferson County county clerk. Fred Oaken visited St Joe on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs C Camos returned from Lincoln after visiting their daughter and family.
Monthly report from Lucinda Lanmann teacher shows 18 enrolled 18 average attendance with 9 tardiness cases. All pupils were neither absent nor tardy. Named students include Ruth Eick Otto Wenz Teatha Anderson William Glathar Frances Eick Louis Wenz Arthur Glathar Nic Anderson Minnie Wenz Peter Wenz Bernice Anderson Esther Glathar Harold Anderson and Vene Critchfield.
County commissioner C. W. Rohrbaugh has filed a candidacy notice in the Record announcing his bid to remain in office. The public notice details his intent to seek reelection and requests support from local voters.
George Cunningham moved back into town yesterday choosing a country lifestyle while maintaining work in town. He finds the arrangement convenient as he resumes residence and daily commuting.
Mrs. J. C. Van De Lande of Kirkland Illinois credits Electric Bitters with keeping her from breaking down while nursing a relative for three months. The ad promises relief for tiredness poor appetite and indigestion and touts a month’s treatment as a spring tonic for stomach liver and kidneys with a one dollar price or money back.
Mrs E L Loock and Mrs John Loock entertained the K K K's on Wednesday evening April 1 1914 at the home of the former. Guests enjoyed rock a guessing contest and an elaborate luncheon with Rabbit en Casserole and Fried Bluepoints. Music by Alma and Trinetta Loock complemented the gathering. Mr and Mrs E R Henrich of Gilead attended.
A rainy start to the week sees the Diller schools host an afternoon exhibit at the schoolhouse. The Degree of Honor ladies served a splendid supper to members and families at the Masonic hall Saturday evening, with a good turnout and a fine time for all.
A home with poor plumbing risks typhoid and fevers. the digestion system functions like house plumbing and should be kept in first class condition. If you have digestion trouble use Chamberlain's Tablets for quick relief. For sale by Shutt Drug Co.
The Oregon Trail Monument to be erected on the state line in southeastern this county will be dedicated on Wednesday May 20. Donated by Nebraska and Washington County Kansas the tri angular marker faces Kansas and Nebraska and will be honored by a special Lincoln Nebraska train and a Topeka Kansas train with Govs Morehead and Hodges in attendance.
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