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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1915
Page
5
The U S Weather Bureau issues a forecast for the week starting Wednesday April 21 1915. Generally fair weather with temperatures well above normal is indicated for the Upper Mississippi Valley and Plains States throughout the period.
A humorous ode to a worn car once bought with great expense. The speaker recalls happy days and the car’s former joy, now rundown with torn top and frayed seats. Despite hardships and a emptied bank, the speaker longs to own a car again and speed once more.
A local report notes city authorities starting grading work on Hilton and Star Streets while a saying about fishing hints at a large catch as a metaphor for progress.
Mr and Mrs C J Hiatt of Odell traveled Tuesday to attend the Bell funeral.
A historical notice notes a menswear label President Shirts for Men featuring Loock and Habicht. The item highlights a shirt described as lacking a shirt tail, signaling a distinct design characteristic.
Farmers are urged to boost grain output by using the Brilliant Clod Crusher sold at S. C. Hutchinson's. An aside questions whether many women lack the power of speech, noting it in a sly, humorous tone.
Mr and Mrs J D Fanders Mr and Mrs John Senior and J E Kerr traveled by Ford to Beat rice Tuesday seeking a purchase or delivery of rice in the local area.
An advertisement boasts abundant fine Timothy seed and cites Dr. Waggoner Mayo asserting that appendicitis has surged from three to four hundred percent due to widespread use of belts instead of suspenders.
J. E. Kerr expresses gratitude to the people of Diller and vicinity for their pat nage and kind treatment during over thirteen years in business. He requests that anyone having cracker cans of his leave them at the meat market.
Arbor Day related notes include a newborn boy to Mr and Mrs C L Gear on Friday April 16 and mention that Diller banks took a vacation. Local items cover telephone notes, property purchases, and school activities at Diller and nearby Fairbury with community notices from the church and Grange.
Lew Webster, E. L. Jenkins and Plato Turner came from Fairbury yesterday in Webster’s car. Webster is a traveling salesman for the R. B. C. goods and has visited Diller regularly for years.
Mrs. H. G. Cleveland of Arnold Pa reports relief from sour stomach and bloating after using two bottles of Cham berlain’s Tablets. She states she was cured and notes the product is for sale by all dealers.
The Rock Island Railroad Company went into receivers hands Tuesday by order of the U S District Court at Chicago as officers acknowledged they cannot meet a five million dollar indebtedness due May 1st.
Mr. G. M. Dougherty returned from Bruning after exchanging his Diller area farm for a residence business property and a butcher shop. He takes possession immediately and will give up the farm after its sale next Tuesday.
John Sheldon thanks J. W. Fouts agent for Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co. for a rapid adjustment of his livery stock fire loss. The fire occurred Thursday the 15th and was settled Monday the 19th with full policy payment, Sunday included.
Pleasant Lodge No. 96 Degree of Honor records deep sorrow as Mrs. Mary C. Bell a charter member dies. The committee Mary Miller Nancy Robertson Christie Thompson pledges sympathy to her husband and family and requests minutes copy and notice to the Diller Record.
Mrs Renelda Stafford left the home of her parents Mr and Mrs J D Fanders and returned Monday to her residence in Fairbury after a visit.
Mrs C E Campbell died early Wednesday at age 56 one mile west of Harbine from erysipelas and rheumatism. Funeral arrangements are not yet finalized but services are planned for Sunday afternoon.
Dr. Claude Ellis bought the vacant space on Commercial Avenue between J. E. Kerr’s building and the Record office. He will start erecting an office building to be used jointly by himself and Dr. H. Bauguess.
The local lodge of the M W A offers an evening of free moving pictures at the Electric theatre in Dillér on Friday night April 30. Three reels show Rock Island lodge buildings and offices the Head Camp and Foresters Encampment Toledo and the Sanitorium at Colorado Springs. Showings at 8 and 9 o'clock. All are welcome. By Committee.
Mrs J Boroff of Elida Ohio praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy noting it cured her daughter's severe cold and cough two years ago and recommending it as the best medicine for colds. The ad states the remedy is for sale by all dealers.
An old field guide suggests using potatoes soaked with strychnine to control gophers. Insert a quill to create a cavity, fill with poison, and bury the treated potatoes at gopher runways. After saturating, drop them into the runs and cover to prevent light penetration. Strychnine soaked raisins can substitute potatoes.
Emily Irene Steffen wed Albert B. Steffen in a Wednesday ceremony at the bride’s parents home. Rev E H Hinkle officiated with Ethel Haig at Endicott playing the wedding march. The bride wore white silk crepe de chine with floral silk tissue overskirt and carried white roses. Guests from Thompson, Gilead, Hollenberg, Diller, Endicott, Steele City attended. couple to settle on a farm near Diller.
Readers recall how difficult it was to pronounce Russian and German city names during the wartime era. The piece surveys confusion and humor as locals stumbled over foreign places tied to the conflict.
A pair of wrens arrived Sunday from the sunny southland to spend the summer in Diller. They are building a nest in an old tin can hanging on a post in the editor’s grape arbor.
Fred Hicken purchases the Wagenaar property south of the railroad in Diller from Mrs. Maude Holland for 1300 dollars. He plans to occupy the home at an unspecified future time, not this year.
Mrs. Elmer Hatch of Peru Indiana reports chronic rheumatism relief with Chamberlains Liniment and recommends it to others. Advertises 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by all dealers.
H. S. Tonnemaker returned yesterday from Wichita where he visited his wife in a hospital receiving treatment. She is improving as well as could be expected but will remain hospitalized for several weeks. He reports Kansas crops look fine and farther advanced than in this state.
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