Local Market Notes and Small Town News from Diller Area
April M. W. A assessment No 224 noted. Capt Andrews from Steele City reports. Loock's offers Minnesota potatoes 75 cents per bushel with next week car arrival at 75c. Horses for sale by 8. J Thompsos 21 for SacOne work horse and yearling colt. Apple of local news includes sales, births, illnesses, and school vacation for Diller.
Health values in malarious district cited at 25 cents
Ella Slayton of Noland Arkansas notes health costs in a malarious area as only 25 cents with Dr King’s New Life Pills offering gentle restoration of vigor. Preventics promise quick relief from colds and sneezing, with Dr Shoop offering free samples and a book on colds. Spear Drug Co sells Preventics 5c and 25c boxes locally.
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Dr. King
Ella Slayton
Noland
Ark
Spear Drug Co
Preventic
Shoop
Racine
Wis
Spear. ‘Drug Co
Notice to Farmers Promotes Spring Repairs and Farm Derricks
Notice urges farmers to bring cultivators plows and other equipment for spring repairs. Promotes Christ Kielemeier 20th century farm derricks for loading unloading lifting and butchering with a lathe available for machine turning and repairs.
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Tom
Christ Kielemeier
Productivity of Weeds
Weeds spread quickly with pepper grass yielding 18000 seeds per plant and others like dandelion 1200, purslane 375000, ragweed 5000, burdock 450000. Preventing seed production is crucial as one weed can undo weeks of control next season.
Lime As Plant Lice Insecticide Use Described
Dry hydrate of lime formed by mixing fresh lime with water crumbles into a fine powder used as an insecticide. It remains caustic and fatal to larvae of pests like asparagus beetles slugs and other larvae on pear plum and related plants. Apply while leaves are slightly damp to improve effect.
Sittings of Eyes for Fresh Hatching in Poultry
Advice on selecting eyeing ages and egg quality for hatching. Emphasizes fresh eggs, avoid older than nine weeks in summer and ten days in summer variations, recommends mature or medium eggs with smooth even shells for best results.
Watch Repair Gone Awry In Quirky Exchange
A customer reports a stopped watch and the jeweler peels back the case with a grimace. The scene unfolds with comic frustration as the jeweler notes tangled parts and jokes about a lock of hair, finishing with a prompt for a shampoo.
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Qampiste
Sike
Matrimonial Agent Misleads Client Over Photo Age
Client learns the woman in a photo is over thirty, contradicting earlier claims of twenty five. The agent cites her father’s recent death as aging her, stating the discrepancy arose from inquiries.
Potatoes at Loock's Next Week for T5e per Bu
Fragmentary ad notes Minnesota potatoes at Loock's for next week price five cents per bushel. Mentions two cows by BLF Blythe and a reference to Diller area. Also advertises wallpaper and spring samples at Neeley’s Pharmacy with remanta.
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Minnesota
Blythe
Diller
Neeley’s
April Sun Ashenin Hot and Housework Trials
A rural household endures a harsh April day with cleaning chores and backbreaking labor. A mother strains to wash floors while children and a weary father face hardship, planning a fishing trip but returning to more chores and mounting tensions at home.
The Ostrich in Habits and Racing Aptitude
The ostrich is described as curious in life and prejudices. It cannot be raped though trained to pass. When raced it enjoys a brush with a horse, and its lumbering jog becomes easy at speed. Unridden, it can outstrip any horse with wind assistance.
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Animal Kingdom
Machinery and labor in industrial society
The passage contrasts long hours endured by two generations of workers and child labor with the rise of capital and machinery. It notes that machinery boosts efficiency so adults need fewer hours and that child labor under fourteen can be eliminated.
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American Review of Reviews
Fatal Umbrella Mixup Sparks Quip in Spare Moments
In a humorous Spare Moments vignetteBorrowes and Mrs. B argue over a borrowed umbrella that caused rain chaos. Mr. Sweetfern is referenced as the night’s borrower and the exchange turns on the weather misread.
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Nellie
Do Your Worst Scene Echoes in Courtroom Drama
In a tense exchange Hicks recalls a wife threatening harm then daring her husband to act. She remains calm and starts playing the piano while he mutters despairing remarks, and the moment escalates as he challenges her to proceed with the worst.
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Hicks
Wicks
Quite a Difference in Ripe Old Age Exchange
A Milwaukee Sentinel caption presents a humorous dialogue about aging. A father asks what it means to live to a ripe old age and a son replies that wealth influences aging perceptions, noting a rich man seems aged at eighty while a poor man appears merely decrepit.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
The Evolution of the Word Idea in Historical Usage
The entry traces how the term idea once denoted a finished performance, whether mental or physical, and explains shifts in meaning over time. It notes the emphasis on completion and realization in early usage, contrasting with later abstract senses of conception or plan.
Probate Notice for Otto Willems Estate in Jefferson County
Creditors of Otto Willems deceased must present claims to the county judge of Jefferson County Nebraska at the county court room on September 26 1907 at 1 pm for examination adjustment and allowance. Six months to file claims from March 23 1907. All claims not filed by September 24 1907 will be barred. Publication in the Diller Record for four weeks before September 1907.
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Otto Willems
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Tois Nerige Il
Diller Record
NOE Era Report of Condition for First National Bank Diller Neb
Historical bank report for the First National Bank at Diller Nebraska dated March 2lnd 7. Contains assets and liabilities figures including loans and discounts overdrafts bonds and securities cash items and a 5 percent circulation redemption fund. Signed by cashier Thos P Price with date and notary acknowledgment from 1907.
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First National Bank
Diller
Nebraska
U- 8
Let’s Talk It Over Anyhow Improve town boom via letterhead ads
A western town’s Commercial Club printed the town’s location climate and business possibilities on the back of all letterheads. The artistically presented catch line drew attention, generated inquiries, and attracted new residents. The writer urges other communities to adopt the practice.
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Capt. Andrews
Steele City
Sace
B. F. Blythe
W. C. Line
Diller “Phone
ECORD
Alex
Bell
Yeaterday
Adam Herwig
John Gretzinger
Elsie Tristma x
Cal. Herwig
Hubbell
H. B. Rucker Pp
C. L. Fowler
Loock
BF. Blythe
J. E. Clark
Steiner
Sam Clark
Burlington
Wymore
Claude Ellis
Jobo Deere
J. D. Fanders
Wim
Erck
Erick
Christ Kielsmeires
Main Street
Southeastern Nebraska Teachers Association
Beatrice
Willer
Jim
Tiny
Pacer
Ina
Willhin
Puthey Gibbons
PEELE
Pharmacy Dille
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Eas
Engamis Eine
Dann
Kelenidin
County of
Jefferson
J. L. Henrichs
Ss. J. Senior