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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
5
A collage of railroad timetables for through passenger and local freight trains, with daily schedules and stations. Local notices include a cash register update at The Racket, job listings at Cotman hotel, and notices about goods for sale such as a Blue Bell cream separator. Community arrivals, visitors, and picnic events are noted alongside brief personal messages and small ads.
G. Catlin, running for county treasurer, spoke at a county picnic yesterday. He is gaining support as voters prepare for the upcoming primary.
The trip leaves at 9 45 am on Sunday August 15 and 22 from the city to Fairbury Chautauqua grounds arriving in time for morning services. The City Park lies two blocks west of the Burlington depot. Return trains depart Fairbury at 10 pm after the evening program.
Dr Kunze oculist Fairbury out of town will return about August 41 Adam Herwig returned Monday from Humboldt Cal visiting. Mr and Mrs J L Catlin celebrate fortieth wedding anniversary the 10th. Mrs Winnie Wright returned Saturday from visiting Mr and Archie Schultz Beatrice. Miss Bessie Cherry ill typhoid fever about a week. D A Diller arrived from Pittenburg Kan to join family at the picnic. Geo Andrews went to Omaha to buy cattle for his uncle Capt Cheater Andrews Steele City.
Ben Henrich is recovering from six week illness due to typhoid fever and was able Tuesday for the first time to walk from one room to another.
Daykin gains a fresh newspaper in the Dispatch a clean sheet filled with news and ads. The town enjoys a revived paper promising lively civic coverage and local commerce support.
Mrs Addie Koepsel of Rich Hill Missouri and her two children visited with her brother Noah Hanley near Endicott at a picnic yesterday. She is in town today visiting former Diller friends and was once a teacher in the local public schools.
An advert describes separators including the Jerney with a low milk tank self-oiling suspended bowl and a 500 pounds per hour capacity priced at 46 dollars. It mentions Sharples Tubular as another simple model from J D Faxpers.
Mr and Mrs F L Spear traveled to Topeka Kansas Tuesday for word of their father in law D L Whitney whose death occurred early that morning from paralysis The couple returned by Rock Island train and car from Hardine to Beatrice where the body was taken for burial in Evergreen cemetery where two sons are already buried
Mrs. Frank Nelson travels from Gilead to visit Diller friends and relatives for the picnic. Miss Ella Heperlen, who cared for Clifford Sparks during typhoid illness, returns to Beatrice. Edna Martin of Odell stays with Diller friends after camping near Endicott.
October delivery ad lists 90 head Polled Angus cattle for sale now in pasture with contact Lan Ham. Primary election polling place listed with hours. Miscellaneous items mention Mr Steele and wife selling merry go round tickets, and visit of John Tuxhorn and son Will in Auburn Nebraska.
Local social notices report visits among Diller residents including Mrs Jennie Scoville and Beatrice visitors. A Catholic church picnic at Odell raised $280 under local auspices. Other items mention land sales near Caldwell and a new addition to Washington Marble and Granite Works.
Mr and Mrs Herman Sargse returned Monday from visiting relatives in Smith County. Khan Herman notes crops look fine across the county with wheat yielding eighteen to twenty five bushels per acre except where hail destroyed one strip. August Engleman sold land south of Shea to John P Thiesen for 12000 and bought Ernestiehle's quarter 212 miles north of Diller for 14000, brokered by Nider Henriche Land Co of Fairbury. Ernestiehle bought his quarter four years ago for 55 per acre and netted 5600 on it.
A crowd of Diller youths returned from a weeklong outing at the Little Blue River near Endicott with vivid stories of camp life. They pitched near Mr. Fairchilds residence, cooked at a camp tent on a river overlook, and feasted at a long dining table while flies plagued meals. Fishing boating and swimming were key diversions as chaperon and William Tristman received praise for managing the week.
A band of fifteen members organized at Odell. Capt and Mrs J W Starr traveled Friday to enjoy the heated term in cool Colorado. A car of rock salt arrived described as cheap as any can tell. Loock and Hasicst.
Mr and Mrs C A Gale and Mrs Al Taylor joined the Diller picnic from Beatrice. Mrs A Friday returned to Diller after visiting her daughter Mrs Mike Hickey. WE Keeler W J Hemphill city mail carriers at Beatrice and Ito Seare were guests of Mr and Mrs HF Grape at the picnic yesterday.
An advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets claiming to stop womanly pains and headaches within 20 minutes. It instructs readers to consult a doctor or druggist about the formula and mentions a free trial by writing to Dr Shoop in Racine Wisconsin. Sold by Spear Drug.
Mr and Mrs Henry Brandt and daughter traveled Tuesday from Oberlin Kansas to land they own near a nearby community. They report a good wheat crop and hopeful corn prospects for the year. Voters are warned ballots must align with party tickets at the upcoming primary, as mixed tickets will be rejected. A vote for a candidate not on one's ticket may invalidate the ballot unless it is the sole vote cast.
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