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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1912
Page
5
A string of unreadable time markers appears: 420 a. m. 14d p. m. 608 p. m. 368 a. m. 508 p.m. 856 a. m. The source provides no clear event, place, or context to form a complete summary card.
Chunkwood for oS at 1.50 perrick. Joe Hiatt transacts. F P Tatman returned Wednesday from a trip to Blue Rapids. Rev E B Macxy attended a Ministerial meeting at Western this week. Mr and Mrs A H Colman returned yesterday from spending the winter in Los Angeles. Some progressive Republicans wonder what Taft will do with the nomination.
Local items report hog loading by R F Starr, roof work by J L Lamb, and porch addition for Sam Thompson. Visits include Mrs J A Eastwood from Kansas, Mrs E L Loock and Henrichs in Diller to Gilead, and Florerice Goldsmith returning to Fairbury. A rheumatism tip promotes Chamberlains Liniment. Edison phonograph business sold to J O Blauser.
Dr. Folsom will be at Dr. Bauquess office on Monday April 15 for free examinations and spectacle fittings. Overstocks include diger har rows, two row corn machines, broadcasting and endgate feeders, press drills, catking cultivators. discounts 5 to 20 percent. Buggies 15 to 20 percent for ten days. H E Foster Ellis Nebr. Voters urged to study sample ballots before the April 19 primary. long ticket with amendments.
Attention to point breeders. A class of colts with style size and temper is offered. The stallion stands at the Henry Behrends farm one mile east of Diller for $12.50 to insure a colt to stand and suck. Season of 1912.
Guy Peasant has been appointed postmaster at Ellis to succeed D. J. Wood who resigned. He was recommended by Congressman Sloan. No. 16 ran late Wednesday due to a small wreck at the scene of the Bostwick disaster on the Republican River west of Superior. Saw red clover in thin wheat this month. The fall pasture will more than pay for the seed. Home grown seed $10. L. R. Lambert, Steeler City phone. 21
The high school ball team defeated the Diller businessmen 5 to 3 on Wednesday in a practice match. A prior game ended with the businessmen winning 5 to 3, setting up a third and final game to determine the series winner.
An old newspaper ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for sluggish liver and bilious poisoning. It claims the pills improve stomach, liver and kidney function and end the blues. Shutt Drug Co. promotes a 25 cent bottle.
Governor Aldrich issues a proclamation noting Arbor Day as a legal holiday in Nebraska and urging fitting observance. April 22 is statute designated as Arbor Day, with Nebraska the first state to declare it a legal holiday.
Mr and Mrs C E Waggoner enjoyed a pleasant birthday surprise on Monday of last week. Guests included Mr and Mrs John Greider, Mr and Mrs Bert Bell and Florence, Mr and Mrs Jesse Brandt, Cal Waggoner, Miss Orpha Bell, Mr and Mrs KE Habicht, Mr and Mrs Lee Calkins and Bernice. The evening was very pleasant.
A dialogue shows a man arriving late after meeting Smithsoy and discussing his stomach trouble. He explains he asked about his health and advised Chamberlain's Tablets, fitting a humorous kitchen table exchange. Sold by Shutt Drug Co.
Voters will receive a ticket resembling wallpaper containing 75 to 90 names from which they must pick those most likely to manage their business interests. The ballot urges selecting men deemed capable and trustworthy to win, emphasizing practical choice over familiarity.
The column notes new pupils Elizabeth Folkers Allen and John Folkers in the primary grades and Elizabeth Starr visiting the primary room. A seventh grade team lineup is listed for an upcoming game with Fairbury, plus a long roll of student names. Teachers report high spelling scores with Gear at 100 percent, absences due to illness, and final physiology exams for grades five and six.
The Rock Island at Thorho gon crossing the Burlington near the fourth station at Diller was totally destroyed by fire Saturday night delaying the Rocky Mountain Limited train thirty minutes. The mean temperature of last month was the coldest March in thirty years at 26 degrees with 0.73 inches of moisture and notable warm and cold days.
The writer notes an editor’s sharp Wednesday noon ad deadline and laments being shut out for the current issue. He recalls the rule as a firm custom and promises to return next week, urging readers to remember the date.
The piece urges community effort for Good Roads Day on April 25 requesting volunteers to grade roads near the cemetery. It notes highway improvement as a national movement, mentions P Price setting curb lines near the cemetery, J W Fouts speaking at Elmwood Nebraska for a Good Roads meeting and banquet, and local business ads and social notes including Easter bonnet talk and visits by Mrs Bremener and Miss Winters.
Advertisement seeking agents for orange and grape fruit groves, truck farming, poultry and general farms in best districts. Promises literature writing work. Address Pendleton Land Company in Lincoln Nebraska at First National Bank Building.
An advertisement touts Bucksen’s Arnica Salve as quick relief for pimples boils scratches knocks sprains bruises burns scalds and cuts. It urges keeping it on hand at Bhatt Drug Co. and emphasizes safety for treating minor injuries.
In Jefferson district court Judge Pemberton ruled for Ex-Sheriff Jas Chirnside, awarding 1221 dollars in jailer fees for six years of service. The county’s appeal rights remain, and both sides challenge the verdict as they consider Supreme Court review.
A peculiar editorial line urges a gendered courtesy, claiming men share gentleness unless the speaker is a woman. The piece hints at unsettled affairs in Mexico and a general call for polite conduct amid unsettled times.
W B Holsclaw of Claredon Texas recounts his brother severe cough nearly consumptive. After using Dr King’s New Discovery he was cured with ten bottles and now weighs 218 pounds. Family tradition praises the remedy for coughs and colds. Trial bottle free at Shutt Drug Co.
James C Waite, once a St Louis dry goods counter clerk who vowed not to shave until William Jennings Bryan was elected, rode into Bakersfield California, unwound his beard from a spool and broke his vow amid a forgotten reason, recalling faded campaign methods and their odd memories.
The Interstate Commerce Commission and western governors join railways to curb trespassing. They plan drastic penalties as legislation is prepared to halve railroad deaths, aiming to save about 5000 lives annually.
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