08 Apr 1904
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1904
Page
1
A jumble of short items includes a math riddle about Johnnie Jones and seven white dogs and fourteen black cats with eighteen lives each, sheriff and residents updates, real estate trades, tax reminders, insurance pitches, license vote results in Odell, and a Dr Loa Powell residence contract in Diller.
Advertisement touts Buckleen Arnica Salve as the best remedy for burns sores bruises cuts boils ulcers skin eruptions and piles. Sold for 25e by J. W. Sutton with a satisfaction guarantee.
Miss Violet Musser comes home after a message about her sister Miss Jennie Musser’s illness. Her aunt, who has stayed nearly a year, accompanies her and will likely spend the summer here. They are due to arrive on No 16 today.
A Leesville Indiana man, W H Brown, credits Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption with saving his life after severe asthma. He reports immediate relief and a complete cure, noting similar cures for consumption, pneumonia, bronchitis and grip. The ad promotes the remedy at 50c and 1.00 with free trial bottles.
Colorado coal bargains at Baicos Lightener Stous. Mrs. Zook visiting relatives in Kansas. County taxes payable at Diller State Bank. Local officials Brent and Price transact business Wednesday. WRC social set for April 16 at Alex Ballard home. Goods shipped to Fairbury for Henry Peffley. Burlington time card changes announced for 17th. Easter fair at Christian church nets 64.30. Record man cites new Lowry City paper copy.
Six million readers supposedly use Cascarets a popular remedy, while at Rockford Nebraska yesterday James Carmichael wed Jesse Steece and David Thompson wed Lottie Steeve. Brides are nieces of Mrs. Catlin and cousins of Mesdames Ulmer and Nelson who attended the ceremony.
Des Moines based Laghtner and Storrs advertise J. H. Downie gloves and a large selection of Ladies Vicied Kid gloves priced at 1.00 per pair until May 1. Men’s work gloves highlighted as a specialty.
Cart Gale promotes his French Percheon and other fine horses at the farm. The undefeated show horse has swept Jefferson County fair and Gauge County fair judging by past performances. Prospective buyers are invited to inspect the stock this spring. Patronage solicited.
John Oliver of Philadelphia describes a near fatal illness with skin yellowing and back pain. Three doctors gave up before an electrical treatment at J. W. Sutton's drug store improved him after three weeks, prompting him to say the treatment spared another life. The ad promotes the 50 cent guaranteed remedy.
Diller notes report a busy week with teems of social and business moves. Townspeople include Miss Jennie Munser ill with typhoid fever and Rev F Mills visiting Conneil Bluffs. Public sale announced by Geo H Tonnemaker before departure for North Yakima. A fundraising benefit for Epworth League features T Marion Crawford. Local politics stir chatter as saloon licenses eyed after village election. Driving lessons amid blizzard reports and a tailor, Dan Kasser, relocates to Diller.
Miss Olive Ballard invites ladies to view new spring millinery goods on a day of village activity. Henry Peffley moved to Fairbury to take up carpentry after buying property. Diller Telephone Co. will upgrade with a new switch board to improve service. Village election results show trustees elected for two years: Geo Pickard 45 Alex Bell 63 J D Fanders 62 Alf Waggoner 48 Chas Osborn 42 J W Sutton 54 Bell Fanders and Sutton elected. Trustee for one year C W Tonnemaker 45 R W Folvers 36 elected.
Local notice announces Sunflower shoes from the Noyen Norman Shoe Co of St Joseph Missouri with a complete stock in all lines especially medium and high grade goods praised for wear and genteel styles. A ten percent discount runs until May first. Lieut Ner & Storrs.
Tecumseh Tribune notes Sheriff W H Cummings recovered a horse span and allowed owners to remove them after promising a $60 reward. Now owners refuse payment and the sheriff must seek the reward in Kansas through legal action. The editor also defends obituary duties when families fail to provide life details.
Orpha Bell and Leona Raymond missed days this week while Ruth Sparks and Harry Remley were out sick. The botany class received herbariums and microscopes and planted seeds to watch growth. The sixth grade did a rebus in geography and wrote stories on sentences. The Intermedi ate room exam was attended by all enrolled. April first pranks brought smiles to many students.
Mrs. Rey Mills' mother returned to Tecumseh with Mrs. Mills and the children as a fierce blizzard and gale raged with a snow storm. Mr. N R Crawford of Reynolds visited this week promoting the National Benevolent Society. Local nurseries advertise fruit trees and plants for sale with prices and ordering details.
M. M. Austin of Winchester Indiana aided his wife with an unusual stomach and liver ailment that doctors could not help. He used Dr King’s New Life Pills and she found relief at once and was ultimately cured. The dose cost only 25 cents at J W Sutton’s drug store.
Notice states the firm Lightner & Hutchinson has been dissolved by mutual consent. Accounts due the firm may be paid to either party who will receipt for the same.
An advertising piece contrasts the miseries of indigestion from the wealthy and toilers, praising Green's August Flower as a long trusted remedy. It claims the medicine stimulates the liver, arouses appetite, and improves digestion, offering trial bottles at 25 cents and a regular 10 cent size through Neely's Pharmacy.
The G A White Piano Co offers a reorganized sale with unusually low prices and easy payments. Sale closes next week with open evenings and strong customer satisfaction from buying reliable instruments at unprecedented figures. Formal changes in the books accompany the sale.
In Fairbury Nebraska the G A Whete Piano Co announces an ongoing sale with heavy concessions to move stock. Prices run from 143 dollars for pianos to under 20 dollars for small goods, organs, and sewing machines. Ten to twenty cents daily payment plans are offered and deliveries are promised for early fulfillment.
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