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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1910
Page
8
Local items include Colman selling watches and Millet seed, WaGGonER Bros. offers, and J C McClay's trip to Beatrice. Church events by Diller M E and Methodist ladies aid set for April 21. A child death and burial noted at Prairie Home cemetery. Chamberlain's Liniment recommended for emergencies. A B Wolford visits Pawnee City and Ohio connections.
The Jefferson County Farmer riffs on new American potatoes and wild grafting ideas from grafting ears to grafting parts of animals and machines. He jokes about ringed ears on potatoes, grafting a rooster crow to a man’s voice, and even grafting birds to improve courtship, predicting a parade of eccentric schemes and impending marriages.
Ed Henrichs and Gertrude Loock visited Beatrice then returned home. The Presbyterian Ladies Missionary Society will meet April 16 at 2 30 pm with Mrs Jennie Line leading and H F Hole resigning as Harbine Bank cashier. Luther M Nelson succeeds him with Scott R Merrill as assistant. J F Aukrum, Jefferson county pioneer, died at Steele City at 64 after Civil War service in Co L 9th Cavalry. buried there. Rural mail patrons urged to paint boxes white and display names, box numbers, and town directions on posts.
Noah Sener, formerly on a Diller area farm, opens a cigar factory in Beatrice. Miss Mary Novotny marries Frank Fisher at Beatrice by the county judge and will reside on a Beatrice farm near Karpeston. Miss Hattie Packer and John Jamison wed in Beatrice with county judge officiating. Billy Myers attends Jefferson county census enumerators meeting in Fairbury with supervisor Bross present.
Beatrice Nebraska college announces a 25 percent discount on all life scholarships purchased before July Tet 1910. The ad states no agents are used and invites inquiries about enrollment any time at the North Western Business College.
Treasury Department issues bulletin to customs and internal revenue collectors defining bootlegging more strictly and outlining that liquor sales without a federal license are intentional violations to be prosecuted, regardless of tax payment. The old practice of prosecuting with a later tax payment is abandoned.
Postmaster Hutchinson reports a March letter from the Washington postal department urging action on roads and bridges for Diller rural mail routes. If improvements are not made promptly patrons and road officials may face service discontinuance due to poor drainage and grading.
The Nebraska State Board of Agriculture invites boys under 16 to enter the acre corn contest for prizes of 50 25 20 15 10 and 5 to 11th place. Ground must be prepared planted cultivated and harvested by the contestant and measured weighed in the county. Entries due May 20 1910 with detailed method and soil notes. State Fair Sept 5 to 7.
A Chicago chemist reportedly discovered a versatile preparation from skimmed milk claiming uses from food preservation to mummification of dead bodies. The substance would treat railroad ties, patent leather, and paper, yielding waterproofing, indelible ink, and artificial ivory.
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