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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1917
Page
5
A fragmented item recounts a lean West farmer enlisting in wartime march, with a farewell chorus promising a kingly souvenir. It is followed by a local notes block mentioning G. C. Blauser visiting Beatrice, ad sales, chautauqua dates, sheriff business, camping near Steele City, and a Diller Endicott baseball game won 4 to 3.
Mrs Laura Myers and her daughter Wilma from Los Angeles visited at Mrs John Carrico’s home. They departed Monday and planned to return home via Lincoln Billings and Spokane.
A gold wire pin with the name Pearl was found and she is asked to enquire at this office for return.
John Greider offers twenty bushels of choice alfalfa for sale. Miss L. O. Ballard returned Tuesday noon from Fairbury after visiting relatives overnight. Mrs. W. C. Line and daughter Mary Ellen came back Tuesday from a several week visit with relatives at Mrs. Line’s old home in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Isabelle Vieths made a business trip to Beatrice between trains Monday. Rev. Carmony and wife joined Epworth Assembly attendees at Epworth Lake Park near Lincoln. Dr. S B Viers and family and Cloud Cully and family returned Monday from Red Cloud to visit relatives. Robert Draper came back Tuesday from Humboldt after army exam found board not yet organized. Geo Cunningham left Wednesday for Atchison Kan to assist a relative ill niece not expected to recover.
Fragmentary testimonial claims favoring seaeay lala and Chamberlain products, noting use for diarrhoea. Text lacks coherent details, dates, or full names, but suggests a personal recommendation of a remedy.
Despondency is often caused by indigestion and constipation and quickly disappears when Chamberlain's tablets are taken. These tablets strengthen digestion and move the bowels. Ten or a dozen carloads of Hollenberg boosters with their band passed through Diller Tuesday afternoon, stopping briefly to play and invite locals to the chautauqua Aug 7 to 4.
Herman Sisco of the Odell area pleaded guilty before County Judge D O Keefe to wife beating. He received the maximum $100 fine plus costs and was placed under a $1,000 bond to keep the peace for one year.
Harry Lohr of Kansas City visited his home folks at Diller Saturday night and Sunday noon. He works for Price-Lanmann Motor Co. in Kansas City and drove a Maxwell car for a customer from Red Cloud who completed the trip.
Rev. F. G. Knauer formerly pastor of the Presbyterian church of Diller and now Bible History professor at Hastings college, visited old friends F. L. Spear and D. J. Wood last Thursday while looking up Hastings college students.
L P Rist county agent and N N Rhodes visited Diller to gauge local interest in attending the Fremont tractor show on August 7. The association plans a special train from Wymore with a connection to the early morning return train that night.
The Fairbury Journal notes Ditter’s annual picnic on a fixed August date. The piece humorously recalls the event as a longstanding local fixture with playful lines about chickens lining up for the chop the day before.
Mrs M R Sears of Baldwin New York relates her experience using Chamberlains Tablets for stomach pain. She reports the first dose relieved her pain and continued use prevented recurrence.
Readers urged to submit hometown items by mail or phone with name for verification, though publication of the sender remains confidential. The call to participate invites reports of local interest to fill the paper.
C L E Blauser resigned from the board and B S Dunn was elected as director at the Wednesday meeting. Blauser had been active on the board and his departure is expected to leave a strong footing for the company’s management. Dunn is regarded as a capable successor who should satisfy stockholders.
A public notice seeks Protestant homes for two brothers aged 12 and 14 and a sister living locally, all from New York. They are placed on trial and may be moved if not satisfactory. The request emphasizes careful placement and decent homes.
Marie Christianson of Filley passed through Beatrice yesterday en route to Diller where she will work for a few days.
A newspaper ad urges readers to buy a bottle of the remedy now to guard against colic or diarrhea in summer. The notice notes Joseph Grabber Sr. is seriously ill at his daughter Mrs. Chas. Weible's home six miles northeast of Diller with little hope of recovery due to age.
Kenneth Foote and Ahve Green camped and attended the Fort Worth League Assembly in Lincoln, joining the event and activities as listed.
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