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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1916
Page
5
Chas Renz returned Tuesday from Humboldt. The old settlers of Gage county will hold a picnic at Beatrice Aug. 24.
Harlan Hadley announces his shoe shop will close at 9 30 every Saturday night. Mr and Mrs H E Grape and daughter Evalena return Tuesday from relatives near Hanover Kansas after a visit.
Oliver and Eleanor Dieh visited their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Rhodes on a Wednesday trip to the Rhodes home during a brief family visit.
Elmo Hadley and B Pearce completed the brick foundation yesterday for the new schoolhouse addition. The project progresses steadily with local workers handling masonry.
Miss Ola Largent finished a brief visit with cousins Mr and Mrs W Mudge and left Saturday for her home in Guide Rock after attending summer school at Fern.
Mr and Mrs Albert Frerichs of southern Auburn Nebraska and their niece Mrs Ilenry Wiers and family left Tuesday to visit relatives in Byron Nebraska after a visit here with their daughter.
Mrs John Gretzinger traveled to Wymore on Wednesday to visit her brother in law and sister Dan Lewis and his wife who were en route to California for a move.
Misses Gertrude and Lora Lambert who studied at Peru State Normal stopped Friday on their way home to Guide Rock to visit their sister Mrs. Cedric Fanders.
Want to buy an eighty quarter or half section depends upon price and terms. Give full description papal numbers price and best terms first letter. Lock Box 3 Hubbel Nebraska.
Joe Dingman of Webster City Iowa describes repeated liver trouble with side and back pains and stomach soreness. After using half a bottle of Chamberlains Tablets he reports feeling fine with no signs of pain. Obtainable everywhere.
Burlington trains have been secured from Beatrice and Fairbury and intermediate places for the Diller picnic. They leave Beatrice at 7 a.m. and Fairbury at 9 a.m. Returning, trains leave Diller for Fairbury at 8 p.m. and for Beatrice at 9:15 p.m.
Sam Diller and family of Wilber Nebraska Elmer James and Beckie Diller and family of Holenberg Kansas and John Waggoner and Emma Diller Meridian Idaho en route summoned by death of their mother Anna C Diller in an obituary context.
Government studies of 4 018 farms show the average farmer earns about 600 a year, with 200 in cash and 400 in farm supplies. Factory workers average about 460 and salaried employees about 1200, placing farmers between industrial wage earners and salaried staff.
The Lincoln Journal offers mail delivery of the daily and Sunday editions for one dollar after the election. It claims broad coverage including world news and extensive Nebraska soldier news, urging readers to send a one dollar trial payment. The Sunday edition is highlighted as a big special feature.
Jack Heinlein has been visiting Diller friends since Sunday. Bert Odell of Omaha assists H. H. Green in the barber shop.
Oliver Farrow has been designated acting water commissioner after Harry Patton left the role to move to Byron, with Farrow assuming duties effective immediately.
Contractors Cavett and Geer have started carpenter work on the new addition to the school house, marking the first phase of the expansion project.
Mr and Mrs C L E Blauser visited Lincoln on Tuesday driving their Dodge to Fairbury and traveling on the Rock Island line.
A bay mare with a star on her forehead and a rope around her neck is missing since Thursday. Frank Dymacek asks to notify the finder. The Jackman Amusement Co and Gairdner Arnold, comedy contortionists, have been secured for the Fraternal Picnic at Diller next Thursday August 10.
Dr and Mrs Harry Rauguess return Sunday morning from Illinois where they were called by the illness of his father who is reported very much better.
Mr. Le L. Catlin, now much improved in health, visited his daughter Mrs. Frank Nelson in Plymouth on Tuesday. The Fairbury News reports a Rock Creek item.
Secretary Duncan announces the fruit display at the Nebraska State Fair, running September 4 to 8, will be the largest ever shown in the state.
Members of the Modern Woodmen of America in good standing and serving in the navy army or national guard will receive full insurance if killed during the trouble with Mexico.
The quarterly conference of the Diller M E church unanimously adopted a resolution requesting the return of Rev F A Carmony to lead the Diller and Rock Creek churches for another year.
Miss L. Ballard left Omaha Tuesday to purchase goods for her store and planned to spend a few days with Rev. Carmony and wife at the Epworth Assembly in Lincoln. Miss Flo Warthen will manage the store during Ballard's absence.
A Mel Carpenter from Route 1 Odell broke his shoulder blade during a scuffle with another party. He has been recovering and, with one good arm, drove alone to Wymore today. Arbor State reported.
Outdoor exercise is the best laxative. Drink a full glass of water half an hour before breakfast and eat plenty of fruit and vegetables to establish a regular habit with a daily bowels movement. When medicine is needed take Chamberlain's Tablets. they are pleasant to take and mild in effect and obtainable everywhere.
Kenneth Fouts returned Tuesday from a six weeks summer school at Urbana New Jersey where he studied theoretical athletic coaching for college games. He will teach athletics at Elk Point Consolidated High School in South Dakota for another year with a substantial salary increase.
There is more catarrh in this section than all other diseases combined. The ad claims catarrh is constitutional and Cure requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio is advertised as a blood acting internal remedy. A $100 reward is offered for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Bold is Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
C. L. Waggoner offers a twin cylinder Excelsior motor cycle in excellent condition for sale. Walter Leaper harvested 2 bushels of wheat from 34 acres, averaging just over 20 bushels per acre. Walter Viers and his relatives Dr. and Mrs. S. B. Viers visited, then left for Superior. Ruby Cantlon, visiting Bernice Dickson, left for Mound City Mo to visit before returning to Marceline Mo.
The McMahon Carnival Co will open here Wednesday evening or next week in Hartzell's park and exhibit the balance of the week. Their shows will be a strong feature of the fraternal picnic next Thursday.
Harry Patton and family moved to Byron Nebraska where he will run a garage he recently bought. They shipped a carload of household goods Tuesday morning via the Burlington route and traveled that day in their seven passenger Appersen automobile.
Seven year old boy cured of cholera morbus in infancy by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Since then the Simmons family has used it for colic and bowel troubles with good satisfaction and endorse it as a remedy of exceptional merit. Obtainable everywhere.
The College of Agriculture advises providing shade for hogs in hot months where natural shade is absent. Movable or permanent sheds with pole and straw roofs on posts allow air flow and cooling, and near water supplies help hogs pass the heated period safely.
A reflective plea on every child’s right to a joyful early life. The piece contrasts harsh childhoods in China and India with the joy found in a protected, unclouded childhood, urging guardians to safeguard happiness during those formative years.
County Superintendent Abrams reports county education costs for the year ending July. Total expenditures were 135,541.17 with teachers wages 87,752.59 and average male wage 71.00 while female wage data, textbooks and supplies, fuel, and other purposes are itemized. Census shows 5,256 school age children and average daily attendance 8,048. Fairbury News 51.00.
The German merchant submarine Deutschland departed from Baltimore at 5 40 p m Tuesday evening on its return voyage to Germany carrying crude rubber nickel and a consignment of gold.
Present indications point to a world heavyweight wrestling championship match on Wednesday night September 6 at the Nebraska State Fair. Champion Joe Stecher of Nebraska has accepted the challenge and the other main contender is expected to be the renowned Zbyszko.
Two years ago C. W. Jones of Burford North Dakota suffered a severe week long diarrhoea. A druggist recommended Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The first dose gave relief and within two days he was fully well. Many druggists recommend it for reliability. Obtain
Seward Blade notes a man declined to write an opinion for publication unless his signature appeared, saying it could hurt his business. The piece argues many people want newspaper comment only if it harms others, not themselves.
John Hilder, a Diller farmer, posted a $500 bond to secure his English cousin's landfall in the United States after she arrived at Ellis Island. The bond, required to ensure the cousin's self support, will be acknowledged locally and mailed to Washington for final release. Beatrice Sun.
A quotation likens a person to a locomotive and argues religion is a railroad for a human machine. It contrasts man’s creator with a locomotive maker and warns against following a road suited only to animal power.
A short piece extols keeping bees on a farm noting honey supply for family use and profit from excess. It claims twenty dollars per hive yearly with proper care and hiring helps, plus better pollination in the orchard and broader lessons from bees.
A St Nicholas article explains simple weather signs based on science and observation. Red sunsets predict clear next day, a clear moon reduces rain risk, west winds favor fair weather, rising smoke and flag direction indicate wind and clear skies, gray mornings promise good days, heavy dew rarely precedes rain, dry feet and a dry head rhyme. Animals like spiders reportedly sense approaching changes.
Practical advice on preventing and eradicating moths in carpets. Recommends inspecting edges, washing floors with benzine, pepper dusting, removing tacks, folding and cleaning, using borax in acids, tobacco leaves, turpentine mix, and thorough sponge cleaning to disinfect and deter moth eggs.
Practical tips for packing books for travel. Use small cases, stand books on end with bindings inward, insert crumpled newspaper to prevent flattening, line the case with paper, and secure the top with screws rather than nails.
A historic note explains that cinnamon is extremely delicate and must be stored away from coarser bark to preserve its aroma, as improper packing on ships can degrade its scent.
A servant reports receiving a fragile china vase that broke upon the first drop, claiming deceit in the purchase. The exchange reveals a perceived betrayal over the item's durability and value.
The quote asserts perfection’s nonexistence and frames the pursuit of perfection as a dangerous form of madness, contrasting understanding with desire to possess. It presents a meditation on human intellect and aspiration authored by Alfred de Musset.
A terse line attributes a harsh tale to a narrator identified as Eliot. The fragment hints at motion and cruelty, referencing wheels and a shifting, uneasy perspective. Names and specifics are sparse, leaving the central imagery as a skeletal prompt.
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