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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1917
Page
5
Poem in patriotic voice declares loyalty to Stars and Stripes and restraint amid war. Speaker claims patience and readiness to fight if provoked, expresses grief for war casualties and mothers, and pledges to guard the flag undefiled.
Friday briefs report local notes including W J Frisbie testing a Saxon Six, Victor chick food promotion, broom corn price at 320 a ton, and a house and lot for rent or sale. Reports of visits by Mrs A T Watson and Grace to Lincoln, P Price returning from Kansas City, and relatives visiting near Fairbury. Gage county supervisors approve jail contract. jail to cost 450. Myrtle Neff and two children return to Oberlin Kansas from visit with Brandt family.
A civil service test for rural mail carrier spots across Steele County will be held in Fairbury on April 28 with possible vacancies at other county points. Daykin voters approve 8000 bond issue for an electric light plant by 58 to 2, amid Jefferson County growth. Mr and Mrs A L Tristman return from Tecumseh with daughter Mrs J C Herwig after a short visit.
Rev. Carmony participates in a church efficiency gathering in Wymore this week with numerous pastors and speakers from eastern states on the program.
Advice notes indigestion disturbs sleep and causes insomnia. Eat a light supper with little meat and no milk, then take one Chamberlain's Tablet after supper. If followed, rest may improve. Obtainable everywhere.
The Ladies Aid society of the Christian church will hold their Annual Bazaar in the basement of the M E church Saturday evening April 7. A good collection of kitchen aprons fancy aprons ladies and children's bonnets and many other useful and fancy articles will be on display. A general supper will be served. Adults 25 cents children under ten 15 cents.
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation. It asserts that Hall’s Catarrh Medicine reduces inflammation and restores tube function, promising relief if the condition is treated constitutionally. The copy targets readers in Toledo and surrounding areas.
Sunday Easter planned. Advertisements list harness buggy for sale by John Jobman and several farming items from Ben Henrichs J W Fouts Marten Fanders and Elmer Campbell reports a partial finger injury after auto gear incident in Steele City.
Geo Lichty left Wednesday to join his brother in law Earl Slocum at Douglas Wyoming near a site where they expect to file for 640 acre homestead entries. The move indicates preparation for settlement under the homestead program in the western area.
Worth Dowling a postal clerk from Omaha who had traveled here with his sisters Mrs. E. E. Hill and Mrs. F. W. Frisbie and other relatives returned Sunday to Omaha.
Both chambers of the Nebraska legislature adopted resolutions pledging the state's legal support to the president in upholding the honor of the United States and the rights of its citizens.
The senate adopted a resolution declaring a state of war exists between the United States and Germany by an overwhelming majority. It was scheduled to be taken up for passage in the house yesterday.
A drizzling rain began early Wednesday and lasted several hours with light sleet. Snow fell briefly in the morning and melted soon after. Total moisture stayed under an inch but will benefit the wheat and other crops.
The piece notes spring’s damp weather worsens rheumatic pains but offers Champli Liniment as a relief. It states the product is obtainable everywhere and presents it as a favored cure for seasonal discomfort.
W S Diller Dale Reinhart Henry Fouts Harrison Live and the Misses Averil Fouts and Grace Myers came home Friday and Saturday for the week’s vacation between the winter and spring terms from the State University at Lincoln.
E L Loock traveled to Peoria to attend the funeral of Mrs Hertha Tjaden Young who died in Chicago and was buried there. Loock planned a brief stay with his Peoria parents before returning. Bessie Cherry, returning from Pawnee City where she became head nurse, was ill after eating canned tomatoes but is now improving.
The text explains that constipation obstructs bowel movement and allows poison to enter the system, causing dullness and poor digestion. It advises Cham berlain's Tablets as a quick relief and notes availability.
Paul Reeves, who spent last summer in Diller with Miss L OBallard, was seriously injured last week in Lincoln when a rear truck wheel ran over his abdomen. Both legs were paralyzed and internal injuries occurred. He was taken to Wesleyan hospital and is reported recovering.
Wm Parr drove his Studebaker Six to Red Cloud and back, then to Hardy and return. The next day he found engine performance declined due to using kerosene instead of gasoline, traced to a faulty fill by a party at Ruskin News.
J D Fanders reports a birth on April 2 to Mr and Mrs Dick Martens a 10 pound boy born 11 miles northeast of Diller Will Henrichs returns home Saturday from Lincoln where he attended the State Agricultural College
Mrs Geo Strockey sailed on the Kari to visit her sister who remained here to care for her during a recent illness.
Only six votes were polled at Tuesday's village election with 51 casting for H. Z. Diller and H. K. Shutt to serve on the village board for the next two years.
Jas Emerson and his mother Mary Emerson of Beatrice traveled with his sister. Mrs C C Wright and children from Lincoln visited Diller relatives and returned to Beatrice Sunday in Mr Emerson’s Ford car.
Mr Viers with his son Dr S B Viers started Saturday from Lebanon Kansas for a trip visiting Superior and Red Cloud. They were accompanied by the doctor's wife and child for a week long visit.
Mr and Mrs John Glathar and daughter Miss Emma Glathar accompanied by Mrs Glathars brother Mr Geo Zerline traveled to Humbolt Nebraska to attend the funeral of Mrs Glathars sister and Mr Zerlines sister held there today.
The Ladies Bil society hosts its annual bazaar on April 7 in the basement of the Methodist church. All ladies of the church and anyone interested are invited to contribute aprons or other fancy articles to support the event.
The text promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe for children, noting it contains no opium or narcotics and can be given as confidently as to adults. It claims effectiveness for coughs, colds, and croup, and states it is pleasant tasting and obtainable everywhere.
Village of Diller Nebraska invites bids for applying one coat of plastering and paint to the town hall. Materials and workmanship must be first class. Bids due to the village clerk by April 18, 1917. April 5, 1917.
Bids for two coats of ceiling paint one coat filler and two coats hard oil on wood work at the town hall in Diller Nebraska. Bidder must furnish first class material and work. Bids due in clerk’s hands by April 18 1917. GC A Reinhart village clerk R F Starr chairman. Mrs Isabelle Raymond and Miss Flossie Raymond spent Sunday with Miss Bern Raymond and reported Fern happily settled and in love with her work at Geneva.
A barn on A. D. Stotts property in west Diller occupied by Volney Raymond caught fire Friday afternoon. An alarm was turned in and firefighters arrived quickly but the barn was nearly destroyed before water was applied. The blaze is believed to have started from ashes in the barnyard blown by strong winds that day.
Two men Hanson Day and Harvey Calvin died in a single vehicle crash four miles north of Beatree on Saturday evening. Guy Hill ex superintendent of the Gage county poor farm was seriously injured but improving. A coroner's jury cleared Hill of blame. The vehicle plunged off an embankment after Hill attempted to pass another car. Day’s son, in the rear, survived uninjured. The article also notes a church meeting with ten new members and a board reorganization, plus a decision to have the Exchange handle coal and ship cattle and hogs on commission.
The Harbine Equity Exchange held its annual meeting on March 31 1917 reporting gross business of 129 898 61 for 104 months Wheat purchases total 57 289 30 paid 72 987 72 Corn 56 625 bu 40 393 59 outs 7 543 bu 2 962 22 Net profits 6 161 67 distributed as 5 percent on capital stock 209 32 47 percent outside business 1 987 92 prorated among stockholders 48 60 per 1900 of business per stockholder
Deerfield News argues country merchants neglect advertising while city shops spend large sums. It urges dedicating daily time to study ads to grow business, contrasting with reliance on customers to seek out goods. Emphasizes constant public exhortation for useful goods and ongoing agitation against neglect.
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