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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1917
Page
5
A wartime poem laments dangers at sea and honors British mariners while a line about Alfred LaRochelle ties to military service. The page includes local notes from Steele City and Fort Sam Houston, Texas, plus scores of small items: visits, trips, and updates on postage, hog prices, and picnic fare.
A fragment discusses tablets claimed to ease despondency by improving digestion and mood. The text suggests rapid improvement and movement toward health, though details and sources are unclear.
Everett Green rests at his parents home under care of a Lincoln trained nurse after suffering typhoid fever. He is improving and receiving attentive medical support from the nurse and family.
Miss Cleo Dixon principal of the Diller schools for two years married Robert A Conley of Fairbury at the parental home in Bethany Nebraska Wednesday evening. They plan to reside in Fairbury after the ceremony.
Buy a bottle now to be prepared for summer colic or diarrhoea attacks. The remedy is said to be worth many times its cost when needed. Mr and Mrs Line report their son Harrison has joined Uncle Sam's service as a yeoman and was sent with ten others to a preparatory school in San Francisco.
The Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church of Diller will meet Thursday afternoon August 23 at Miss Fannie Diller's home with Mrs Gene Weigle as leader. The quarterly offering will be received.
A million pounds of knitting wool have been bought by the Red Cross for American women to knit garments for soldiers and sailors this winter. The wool will be distributed to Red Cross warehouses and sold to chapters nationwide with proceeds returning to the treasury for further relief work.
Mr and Mrs John Owens of Breakwell Oklahoma visited relatives in Diller last Friday, staying with the Hadleys.
Miss Anna Hill from Humboldt and Mr John W Miller of Lincoln visit the Hills and attend the Diller picnic. Mrs Merle Fish and daughter Adaline visit Mary Miller. If the Record comes late, note that yesterday was picnic day and no work occurs in Diller.
Mrs. D. H. Diller of Pittsburg Kansas and her daughter Mrs. Eunice Martin of Lincoln arrived Wednesday to attend the picnic and visit the Diller relatives the Clarks Dillers and Millers.
William Tanner buys the 280 acre George Fisher farm four miles west of Diller for 280 acres at 28,000 dollars or 100 dollars per acre. The Beatrice Sun notes the property as one of the best in Jefferson county.
John F. Jatzen of Delmeny Sack praises Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as very effective. He says he has used it personally and in his family and recommends it as an exceptionally fine preparation.
Miss Darle M Taylor former teacher in Chiler public schools earned a diploma August 9 for completing a two year course in Bible Music and Practical Methods of Christian Work at Moody Bible Institute Iago Belvidere Nebraska her home is in Belvidere Nebr
Baldwin N Y woman describes a six month stomach illness with severe pain and gas. After a druggist recommended Chamberlain's Tablets she took a bottle and the first dose relieved her. she continued use until she was cured. The ad notes the tablets relieve pain and may prevent recurrence.
The district court in Saline County rules the mothers pension law passed in 1915 unconstitutional and sustains a county pension refusal. The ruling prompts an appeal to the state supreme court. Hamilton County currently pays five mothers pensions at $95 per month.
State engineers surveyed the road laid out between Ellis and Hebron under the federal road act. Work is not expected to begin until next spring, with grading dragging rolling and surface work planned for the following year. Major work across the eastern and northern routes may not occur before 1918.
My office will be closed from August 13 to September 2, 1917. Dr. W. L. Curtis, Fairbury, Nebraska.
Dorothea Margaretha Rents and Tom Baumfolk united in marriage last week Wednesday August 5 at the Rents home southeast of Steele City. Rev Otto Bergfelder of Zion Lutheran Church Franklin town ship officiated. Witnesses were Gustav Baumfolk Roland De Boer Adelia Rahman and Agnes Hanneman. The couple plan to reside on a farm near Pickerell after a brief honeymoon.
The passage declares a unifying republic beyond party lines and church affiliation. It warns of a growing danger and the rising costs in blood and treasure, framing the flag as a shared symbol for all citizens.
An Omaha Bee piece argues Americans should unite under the flag during war while opposing blanket intolerance. It warns bloodshed and taxes may come, but affirms that traitors must be punished within due process and stresses unity among citizens with differing opinions.
An oddly worded advertisement offers a $100 reward and promotes a domestic remedy for catarrh claiming universal cure. The text hints at sensational promises and inconsistent details.
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