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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
4
Classified notice sets single and multi year subscription terms with advance payments and mail transmission as second class matter. Advertising rates are available on application and business locals are priced at 5 cents per insertion.
A writer notes editors hear gossip and indiscretions that would scandalize society if printed. He warns many would face divorce, ostracism, and lost reputations. editors protect readers by discarding harmful material, keeping much of life hidden in the waste basket.
An elderly man with hearing loss mishears a fifty five cent prescription as five and pays a nickel. The pharmacist struggles to explain the price and mutters a sharp remark as the man leaves. The piece ends with a reflection on rural life and farm independence versus city poverty.
President Taft is reported to have taken decisive action on the tariff matter marking a bold turn in this administration. The phrase signals a strong, proactive approach amid ongoing policy debate.
The riddle traces tariff revisions from Payne to Aldrich and then Taft, asking who authored the latest change. The implied answer is Taft, as the sequence ends with his era and policy influence shaping tariffs.
The Morris merry-go-round was shipped yesterday to Barneston where an old settlers picnic will be held three days this week.
Household and farm items include a 12 horse gasoline engine almost new a 13 seated spring wagon and two pumping engines listed under C G Catlin Fairbury Nebraska bidders may contact the seller for details and sale terms.
Miss Elva McCoy and Mrs. Fithian, sisters of Mrs. O. B. Hill, with Hill's two children, arrived Monday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Hill in their new Tecumseh residence.
Mrs Henry Frank and her daughter Silvia and Louisa Buron have spent a week visiting Mr and Mrs William Freitag and family and plan to return home in Table Rock on Tuesday.
Mr George Hilder of Diller and Miss Winifred Roberts of Wymore wed at the Episcopal rectory in Wymore on a Wednesday evening. A reception followed at the groom’s father’s farm two miles east of Diller, the old Condon farm.
The notice mentions Kunter & Co of Shea advertising in the paper. J G Parker’s new house on Hilton Street was raised by carpenters on Wednesday. The area reports corn losses from the drought with estimates from 25 to 50 percent. O F Ridgen and wife visited Fairbury to see relatives and attend the chautauqua. Adrian Kirkpatrick and Glen Poteet visited Pawnee City then returned home after time with W H Nida and family. Aden, Dick Albers, C A DeVries and Onka Lottman left to inspect Aberdeen South Dakota land for investment.
Voters learned nominations for county treasurer Rep A M Berry and Dem Ora Vox. Sheriff candidates Rep James Chirnside and Dem G M Baum. Also notes on sidewalk upgrades on Gerard Street and a local family visit between Charley Adams and his brother William Adams from Mansfield Ohio after thirty two years.
Notice to cut weeds along highways between July 15 and August 15 is issued with the road overseer authorized to tax remaining costs to adjoining land. A farm accident near Diller injures a boy when a rake is struck by a runaway team and breaks his collarbone and ribs. he receives treatment and is recovering.
Sunday afternoon Sheriff Chirnside captured J. L. Wymore of Piller in the court yard for forging his sister in law’s name on a mortgage. The man attempted a $325 bank loan at Morrowville. He was transferred across the state line to Washington county for custody.
A testimonial letter highlights Dr Miles Antipain Pills relieving various pains without forming a habit. Mrs G H W from Austinburg Ohio and others report headaches backache and grippe relief after taking the pills. The ad urges readers to buy from their druggists with the first package offered.
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