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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1916
Page
8
Johnnie Greider and wife along with Bert Bell and wife and daughter of Diller joined J. E. Kerr and family Sunday. About 25 others from Diller called at the Kerr home in the afternoon. Steele City Press.
From a small beginning the sale and use of this remedy has extended to all parts of the United States and to many foreign countries. When you have need of such a medicine give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a trial and you will understand why it has become so popular for coughs, colds and croup. Obtainable everywhere.
On Wednesday afternoon April 12 the K K K ladies were entertained at Mrs C I Blausers country home. The event featured needlework and social conversation with unexpected visitors from Faibury. A two course luncheon was served by the hostess early in the afternoon.
Twenty five Sunday School ladies met with Mrs J G Neely on a Tuesday afternoon. Miss Fitzgerald led the lesson and Mrs Neely served a novelty lunch using a coal scuttle for sandwiches a kerosene can for cream and a dish pan for bananas.
Announcement inviting buyers to inspect Fulton Monument Co. stock of granite and marble monuments at attractive prices. W. M. Fulton, president, guarantees quality and price with a call to visit works and compare.
Notice urges buyers to place orders for the two row Beatrice shovel cultivator by April 25 due to expected shortages this season. J. D. Fanders signs the notice.
C. L. Waggoner, Will S. Diller and Thos. P. Price returned Wednesday evening from a two day shoot at Lincoln Gun Club. High winds prevented record scores, but the trio reports an enjoyable outing.
Bert Huggett and his mother Mrs. Walter arrived Monday evening and are guests of Diller relatives Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mudge. They live in Englewood New Jersey where Huggett is a foreman at a large printing establishment. They are touring the west to aid his impaired health from overwork.
Secretary Redfield expresses satisfaction with wide editor cooperation to urge public aid in saving rags and scrap paper to offset a potential raw material shortage for paper manufacture. He stresses the seriousness of the issue and the role editors play in informing the public.
Voters are reminded that judicial candidates are no longer nominated or elected on party tickets. Their names appear on a separate ballot with no party designation, running on merit. Various states have shifted to remove courts from partisan politics.
The College of Agriculture offers guidance on choosing eggs for hatch. Choose medium to large eggs in good shape and color. Avoid oversized or ill shaped eggs and those with wrinkled shells. Small eggs yield small chicks and pullet eggs are to be avoided. Fresh eggs are best while old germs are weaker. Fertility is determined only by incubation. Egg shape or size does not indicate chick sex.
Political advertisement from Fairbury Nebraska dated April 10 1916 by A F Smith urging Republican voters in Jefferson County to nominate him for Clerk of the District Court. He notes 37 years residency, prior service as postmaster 1891 95 and pledges to serve two terms at most if elected. Primary on April 18 urged.
At Union Stock Yards South Omaha on April 12 1916 receipts showed cattle hogs and sheep with prices firm to higher. Prime beeves up to 9.30 dollars cows and heifers strong stocking cattle and veal calves listed, hogs tops 9.20 with most trades 9.10 to 9.25, lambs and sheep mixed demand and varied prices. Also included an explainer on how chalk is formed from sea organisms and chalk deposits.
In Shakespearean England music filled daily life and theater. Gentlemen and tradesmen sang and played lutes and virginals as cithers faded. Nearly eighty madrigal and song collections appeared between 1587 and 1630, underscoring a culture where aristocrats praised musical prowess and hunting horns complemented pursuits.
Popular Science Monthly reports perch tremble when disturbed by tapping on tank glass and revert to calm once the disturbance ends. It notes a pursuing pike can pause in doubt, arch its back, and suspend before resuming an attack if its suspicions are not allayed.
A witty caption about diners leaving behind silver in a swell tin case. A waiter quips that patrons carry off loose change, noting the ironies of a diner’s mishap.
A New York Mail note quotes a professor praising the automatic force of inanimate objects. An impecunious man agrees noting even yeast can raise the dough, illustrating a lighthearted exchange on practical physics.
A courtroom gag features a motorist charged with speeding who admits owning a car for only a week. The judge remarks on the ability to pay a fine, then imposes twenty dollars, delivering a quick comic payoff.
Creditors of Wilson Starkey deceased must present their claims to the Jefferson County Nebraska county judge for examination and allowance. Claims must be filed by October 11 1916, or be forever barred. Meeting dates June 12 and October 11 1916, at 9 o clock A M. Published in the Diller Record for four weeks. By order of the Court dated April 11 1916.
Notice under order of sale issued March 22 1916 by the Jefferson County District Court. Beatrice Building and Saw Association of Beatrice Nebraska as plaintiff seeks foreclosure on real estate described as Lot 2 in the North east Quarter of the South east Quarter of Section 26 Town 2 Range 4. The sale is scheduled May 6 1916 at 1 p.m. at the south front door of the Fairbury Court House to satisfy $915.75 plus interest and $471.00 costs.
The State of Nebraska Jefferson County County Court in Fairbury set April 27, 1916 at 9:00 AM for hearing O J Mayborn administrator of the estate of John Langworthy deceased on final account and discharge The hearing will be published in The Diller Record for three weeks prior to the date to notify interested parties Louis J Seat County Judge Sackett Brewster attorneys for the estate
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