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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1915
Page
5
Weather forecast issued by the Weather Bureau Washington for the week beginning August 4 1915. Generally fair with showers in the Dakotas and Missouri Valley Friday. Temperatures will be moderately low for a day or two then rise somewhat.
A controversial railing against female suffrage contrasts a “natural right” to vote with a man’s bias and violent intimidation at polls. The passage defends women as capable voters while noting their domestic toil and exclusion from ballots. Local notices advertise farm services and a dance, with names and places in Lanham, Diller, and nearby towns.
The notice advises obtaining Chamberlain's Liniment and following its directions faithfully to recover in less time than usual. It claims availability everywhere.
Notice shows sealed bids requested for 40 tons or more of coal to be delivered within 60 days with bids due by Aug 7 at 6 pm. AK Mayborn chairs Fuel Committee. John W. Miller and family of Lincoln arrived Tuesday. Mrs Miller and children visit Endicot and Diller. Mr Miller travels state for Cleveland Refining Co. I. P. Raymond sold three vacant lots east of the city gas plant to Mrs. Deardorff of Beatrice. plans to fix and rent the property.
Diller residents are astonished by quick results from Adle-i-ka a mixture of buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients claimed to thoroughly cleanse the bowel and even aid appendicitis. One spoonful relieves most constipation and sour stomach with gas passing within a minute after eating. Shutt Drug Ce. 2
Notices mention arranging orders with G T Mills for fine potatoes. Reports include Mrs R F Lightner visiting her parents in Odell, a weekly serial installment, and travel notes about Allen Nelson driving home on Deshler streets as rain returns. also mentions Mrs Cunningham visiting Beatrice from Atchison and nurse Miss Bessie Cherry returning to Dr Falls sanatorium surroundings.
Sealed bids will be received until 6 oclock P M August 7 for janitor for School District 70 for the ensuing year. J W Fouts, secretary. Mr John Fennel of University Place visited here Tuesday with his niece. Mrs Ada Payne Cully and family return from western Kansas after attending an old acquaintance funeral.
Dr. B E Steffen of Beatrice and Miss Anna C Kanne a returned missionary to China were married in San Francisco. Until they arrive in Beatrice where they will reside his brother Dr A F Steffen of Topeka will manage his practice.
A Mogul tractor will perform plowing and farm work at the Geo Henrich farm four miles south of town on Saturday August 7. The demonstration invites neighbors to witness how tractor power may soon replace much farm labor. S. C. Hutchinson.
A store clerk offered Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a money back guarantee. A customer, who sought relief from diar rhoea, used the remedy and reported a cure within a day or two. J. H. Berry & Co., Salt Creek, Va. notes it is obtainable everywhere.
Mrs George Cunningham chaperoned a Junior Christian Endeavor group for an all day picnic at C H Wrights grove on Wednesday. Alf Mayborn and Dr O C Diens drove the party in autos. After dinner the boys swam and the girls waded, then everyone walked home in the evening.
The editor and wife joined Mr and Mrs Arthur FE Price for a Sunday evening drive to Fairbury and back in their new Haynes five passenger auto. The trip was described as highly enjoyable with smooth riding and rapid distance coverage. En route via Jansen and Harbine they observed many uncut wheat fields still wet from mud but now likely in shock thanks to more favorable conditions this week.
Endicott Nebraska reports a murder suicide as George W. Cook killed wife Sarah A. Cook with a razor and then took his own life. Coroner's jury cites temporary insanity. The couple leaves five married children and several grown offspring living nearby. The community learned of the tragedy after the baby cried and family members found the scene at two in the morning.
George Cook a wealthy retired farmer in Indicott Neb entered his bedroom and nearly severed his wife head with a razor then slashed his own throat. Their 14 year old daughter Violet discovered the bodies as a match revealed the scene. An inquest was deemed unnecessary. A double funeral is planned Thursday.
The Record urges readers to place want ads for second hand furniture farming tools and equipment. It notes weekly sales from ads and that such items have growing use and appeal among buyers and sellers in the community.
Several residents from Diller attended the Barnum & Bailey circus in Fairbury yesterday, joining other local spectators for an afternoon performance.
Mrs Cedric Fanders and her son Wendell returned Tuesday from visiting her parents at Guide Rock.
Several threshing rigs operate around Diller while harvest proceeds. wheat quality varies with some lots not in prime condition. Local growers assess crop readiness and market potential as laborers move between fields.
Miss Nancy Trauernicht of Wy more arrived Tuesday to visit her sister Mrs. Ed Wolken at her home.
Mr. Fred Neibrugge and his daughter Mrs. Julius Damme with family visited here for a couple of days and returned Monday to Cook, Nebraska.
Reverend J Lehmalz pastor of the German Reformed church near Harbine has arranged to move to York Nebraska and will hold a public sale on the 19th of this month.
Miss Clara Steiner a professional nurse from Green Gables Sanitarium spent a short vacation at her parents home Mr and Mrs J D Steiner and returned to Lincoln Tuesday.
A Tennessee merchant touts Chamberlain's Colle Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saying he sells more of it than any similar product and he has personally used it with lasting relief. The endorsement claims the remedy is obtainable everywhere.
Dr Stewart principal and anatomy instructor at the Kansas City Veterinary College returned from a lecture tour reaching Ogden Utah and visited his sister Mrs Rev E S Grimes and family in Sun gers leaving Kansas City on the early Monday morning train.
At year end an estimated 22 million men are in arms with 12 million with the allies and 10 million with the central monarchies. During the year about 8.5 million wounded, 1.5 million killed, and 8 million taken prisoner. A large portion of the wounded have died or are seriously hurt.
A county assessor records table shows 1,517 tenants and 1,427 owners. Total farm acreage is 486,689 with 49,588 under cultivation, 181,164 uncultivated, and two irrigated acres.
It is estimated that nearly 650 percent of the 1 750 000 automobiles in use in the United States today are owned by farmers and the percentage is rising. Authorities expect 60 percent of the 1915 factory output to go to farms, with 6 361 502 farms counted in the 1910 census, signaling vast sales potential.
Mrs H E Grape entertained a group of friends on Monday afternoon August 2 honoring her daughter Evalena who turned one year old. Guests included Mrs Shutt Mrs Cal Waggoner Mrs Sam Clark and daughters Mrs Wm Frisbie Mrs Findling Mrs J Lottman and daughters Miss Fannie Diller and niece Marion. Also present were Mesdames Gillia Lottman Stucker Watson Fouts and Miss Averil Fouts. A photo attempt drew smiles only when each baby rested in its mother’s arms.
A Baltimore American excerpt notes a baby changes domestic hero status. The speaker calls the husband “the walking gentleman” while reframing his role in the family scene.
The New York Globe notes Not Quite Higgs Crooke is a criminal lawyer but questions if he crosses boundaries in pursuit of a verdict. The commentary casts him as careful and wary of overstepping legal lines.
A humorous dialogue from a family scene centers on a child named Tommy who takes his sister’s cake share, prompting a motherly admonition about taking sides. The exchange captures domestic tension and playful irony in a simple domestic moment.
A wry note from the Boston Transcript compares past sleepwalking to now ending nights with car care habits. The quip suggests a shift from wandering dreams to practical routines.
A Detroit Free Press joke features a Pennsylvania man misdescribing an ideal as what his mother thought she married when she got him. The quip reflects playful self awareness.
An Irishman on a crowded train shares his seat with Mike and a man with a dog. Mike starts a chat asking about the dog’s breed. The dog’s owner quips that the animal is half Irish and the fool, prompting Mike to joke that Begorrie is related to them both.
Mrs Geo Hon of Macedon New York recounts indigestion headaches and dizziness three months ago. She says Chamberlains Tablets provided relief after one day and two bottles cured the trouble. Obtainable everywhere.
The board of managers secured the attraction for the Nebraska State Fair set for September 6 to 11. Two motorcyclists race on a narrow elevated track with a rope tied to each rider. A woman clings to the rope end. The French act has not been seen in the United States before and arrives on its way to San Francisco.
The Record presents a special inducement for new readers in the community past year offering subscriptions at 50 cents in advance through January 1, 1916. Regular prices are 1.50 for 12 months, 0.75 for 6 months, 0.50 for 4 months, 0.25 for 2 months, 0.15 for 1 month, and 5.00 for 5 years. The note explains home papers rely on local subscribers while city papers operate differently.
Cautionary notice warns against catarrh remedies containing mercury. It states mercury harms mucous surfaces and urges buying Hall's Catarrh Cure from Cheney & Co Ohio, claiming it contains no mercury and is absorbed into the blood. Mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation and price.
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