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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1909
Page
3
A free Houseowner's Painting Outfit No 49 offers guidance on safe paint choices. National Lead Company promotes Dutch Boy Painter as a purity guarantee and includes a color scheme book, specifications, and a simple instrument to test paint purity.
The passage echoes Benjamin Franklin urging thrift over luxury as society chases silk and velvet. It warns that artificial wants outstrip needs and that many sacrifice family welfare for appearances, noting rich folly through Poor Richard's maxims. It contrasts hunger with vanity and condemns financial vanity.
George Phoebus, 27, of East Baltimore Street, argued a kiss led to his bite on his wife's cheek. Justice ONeill dismissed the defense, fining Phoebus five dollars and jail ten days for the offense.
A two war veteran recounts riding a horse 20 miles in about 30 minutes despite thick underbrush and a 60 pound knapsack. He notes he has not ridden 90 miles in three days. The exchange comes from a story where a woman asks about such feats.
A Success Magazine anecdote recalls Mrs Malone scolding a maid for standing with her mouth open. The servant quips that she opened it, highlighting a humorous clash of behavior and perception.
A physician describes grave sickness and recovery using four tablespoonfuls of Grape Nuts and cream three times daily. He credits the cereal with restoring appetite, digestion, and strength within two weeks and urges wider physician use to save lives from malnutrition.
A district court under Judge Raper established drainage district No. 2 spanning about six thousand acres along the Nemaha valley near Humboldt. The plan links with district No. 1 to straighten the river and hasten flood drainage, with most landowners backing the project. Survey and officer elections will follow to organize operations up to the Pawnee county line.
Officers preparing to board a train with Bert Taylor, jailed for Pearl Taylor's murder, faced a desperate gun attempt by Douglas Taylor at Minden. Deputy Slack and others intervened, leaving the deputy and Douglas Taylor bruised in the scuffle.
The Wahoo post office is assured to be rated second class starting July 1 after meeting the $8,000 gross receipts requirement. For two years it operated on third class allowances, with the past year yielding $8,150 in postage receipts from April 1, 1908, to March 31, 1909.
A two headed calf was sighted on James Booth's farm two miles east of Schuyler. The animal has four eyes and two mouths and noses, with two ears on the outside of each head. It remains alive and is being kept alive by Mr. Booth efforts.
Special court session in Valentine presided by Judge Westover convicted Sam Storey of second degree murder and sentenced him to life in prison with one day each year in solitary confinement. Tony Maule pled guilty to horse stealing and received a two year term. Sheriff Rossiter transported Storey to the penitentiary in Lincoln.
Miss Katharine Rogers a Norfolk school teacher flagged an oncoming train with an umbrella to stop it. The horse’s foot was caught in a frog on the track and the brave act halted the engine long enough for workers to free the animal using a pickax.
The Sutton city council shut the north side saloons, one owned by Swearingen and Dalehaunty and the other by Toles, after a week of charges for selling intoxicating drinks to minors. The court fined $134 and revoked the licenses.
In Nelson Nebraska W L Strickland of Bloomington was elected superintendent of the schools for the coming year. Other district news includes court hearings, local injuries, and community notices from Beatrice Tecumseh and Columbus.
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