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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1919
Page
3
fragmented notes list sales and movements from residents including R. Steffen J. Dr. Panders and E. H. Hahne. references to Beatrice Doughs and George Miller with work for Dempesters and farm improvements near Shea. mentions ladies spring coats and a cash price of six fifty.
Whooping cough remedy praised for loosening cough and aiding expectoration. Will Packer of Wood River is in town this week as administrator of his father Jas. Packer Sr.'s estate.
Fairbury dispatch reports Daykin Nebraska board of education has issued an order to revert school time to the old schedule.
Wakefulness harms daytime work and is linked to indigestion and constipation. Chamberlains Tablets relieve these issues and clear the head. Dr and Mrs Powell, former Diller residents now in Adams, returned to Superior awaiting son Percy returning from Gettysburg army tank training school in Pennsylvania.
Frank A. Moon & Son of Fairbury Nebraska advertise granite and marble works inviting customers to visit showrooms for spring designs. The piece notes James Price pioneer hardware merchant of Fairbury died at his home Tuesday night aged eighty four, who opened Fairbury’s first hardware in 1872 and retired in 1884 after stock was in transit thirty days to Marysville Kansas when the St Joe and Grand Island railroad reached Fairbury.
An advertisement describes catarrh as an acute nasal infection and promotes All's Catarrh Medicine as an internal remedy. It claims the medicine builds up the system, cleanses the mucous surfaces, and reduces susceptibility to colds and chronic catarrh through bloodstream action. J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
By proclamation the governor designates the week of April 21 as Clean-up and Paint up Week in Nebraska. The note mentions Mrs Ross from Highland north of Diller who was operated on for appendicitis and is improving.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets as a healthy liver action remedy for biliousness and dullness with claims of quick appetite revival. The notice also mentions Mrs. Moon of Reynolds and Mrs. Orr of Mahaska visiting with their daughter and sister Mrs. Aaron Wilt before returning home Tuesday.
Roy Broadstone of Steele City who served a year with the Am. E. F. in France visited here Wednesday with his sister, Mrs. James, chief operator at the Diller telephone central.
Soldiers sailors and marines from Jefferson County met in Fairbury to form a World War Veterans association branch. The group was banquetted by the Red Cross and a Military Bell was presented in their honor by the Moose lodge.
Mayor elect Frank A. Moon names P. H. Shea as chief of police W H Barnes as city attorney and Jas L Hutchinson as street commissioner He orders strict enforcement of the traffic ordinance and directs pedestrians to stop cutting across streets.
Freeman's Don't Worry Shop in Fairbury Nebraska advertises duofolds dressers chiffoniers buffets iron beds and a nearly new majestic range on legs. Also available are good used lawn mowers and several dozen mason fruit jars to meet high demand.
Special teachers examination to be held at Fairbury Steele City and Diller Nebraska on Saturday April 19 1919 one day only No Reading Circle questions this time The next examinations scheduled for Friday and Saturday May 23 and 24 1919 Henry Abrams Co Supt.
If I were a farmer I would keep at hand reliable medicines for minor ailments not needing a physician. Chamberlain's Colican Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel complaints. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs colds and croup. Chamberlain's Liniment for sprains bruises and rheumatic pains. Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation.
Donald Bugbee, serving in the Navy at Norfolk News in West Virginia, arrived Monday for a fur lough to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Donna Bugbee. Isaac Steiner left Monday to visit his daughter Clara and son John in Buffalo Wyoming, hoping to fish with special bait. Bert Caldwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Caldwell of Beatrice, recently discharged from Am. E. F. in France, returned home from Camp Dodge, Iowa, area, and has been visiting his brother Lawrence Caldwell 34 miles northwest of town since Sunday.
County assessor C F Stark urges residents to list property carefully before the board of equalization sets the levy. No changes will be allowed to the signed schedule after commissioners finalize the tax rate.
Napthali Lodge 206 F and A M of Diller Nebraska mourns the death of Brother Benjamin F Lightner who died April 3 1919. The lodge records his life as a faithful member and extends condolences to his family. A copy of these resolutions is sent to the family. J Smith Liller Adelbert D Stotts Wilfred E Anderson Committee.
The piece urges citizens to subscribe generously to the Fifth Liberty Loan as a measure of gratitude for American victory and democracy. It extols national idealism, relief to allies, and returning soldiers, urging readers to stretch resources and debt limits to support the loan.
Mr and Mrs W A Cherry receive a telegram from daughter Miss Bessie Cherry a nurse with the 49th hospital announcing her arrival in New York City from the Manchuria which reportedly made better than schedule time.
The state railway commission held a Friday hearing on Odell Telephone companys request to raise its stock from 8200 to 15000 to cover part of consolidation costs. Farmers nearby built a competing exchange then bought it for 20000, totaling over 28000 invested. The commission will inventory plant and duplicated property, with some losses likely but possible sale of excess.
The Diller Public Schools report a fatal accident at the ball ground last Friday killing Loree Thompson. The article notes it as a pure accident with no known responsibility and calls for future safety steps and precautionary health laws to prevent repeats.
A brief remark by D. S. Domer asserts that the body will continue to operate and perform its function, remaining in the usual course in due time.
The junior play is postponed to April 24. Mrs. Callander visited the high school Tuesday afternoon. The high school had a short vacation for the eighth grade county examinations, and Lillian Osborne enrolled in seventh grade for the rest of the term.
The Woman's club will gather at City Hall Tuesday April 22 at 3 p m. The program centers on flowers with leaders and honorees including Mrs Fouts and Mrs Colman. Members will share favorite blooms such as sweet peas nasturtiums pansies roses and butbs.
The Red Cross chapter reports selling the last two quilts for $9. Receipts funded 12 coats for small boys added to the Belgium relief box. Our 40 undershirts quota is complete and sent to Fairbury. A large box of old clothing is prepared at Miss Ballards for Belgium relief. No current Red Cross work available.
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