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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
4
The paper notes many tin soldiers at the holiday market and reports Col Roosevelt has received a Doctor of Laws degree from Argentine University. It jokes that the Colonel must be near the boiling point. Advertising rates and subscription terms are listed as in advance 1 and 2 percent. Osage office details.
The Atchison Globe notes playful links between Roosevelt and a rogue Teddy Bear, then Taft with Billy Possum, and it suggests Woodchuck pairs with Wilson in a lighthearted political cartoon context.
Kilpatrick Brothers and Collins win contract to build from Guernsey Wyoming west to Wendover about six miles to connect Billings line with Guernsey line along the Platte river. Work includes six tunnels with one 3000 feet long and will cost about two million dollars.
Arthur County farmers form a cooperative to build a denatured alcohol plant using waste potatoes. The group of twenty five aims to transform surplus crop losses into a marketable product as advised by the state board of agriculture.
An odd tale explains that after creating various beings God left a dreadful substance used to form the Knocker. This two legged figure has a corkscrew soul, a waterlogged brain, and a jelly and glue backbone, embodying rotten principles. When he appears, honest men avert their eyes, angels lament, and hell gates close to bar him.
The Blue Springs Sentinel explains spring-like rains as earth passes between inferior conjunctions of Mercury and Mars. Mercury has just passed, Earth overtakes Mars and will meet Mercury on Christmas Day as the sun heads into winter. The piece notes the approach of the winter solstice and the clearing quarter bringing colder weather.
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad will lease thousands of acres of land beside its rails to farmers for long term alfalfa production. Agriculturist John B. Lamson will negotiate leases across the western system to reduce locomotive fire risk dust nuisance and improve views from trains. Thousands of inquiries follow the announcement.
A stark critique arguing examinations ruin medical training. It calls for early bedside practice, fewer final written papers, and immediate adjustment of lectures. It argues that fifteen minutes at a patient outweighs hours of exams and urges informing parents about unfit students.
Local items report Ed Ogden and a Wy more child visiting Diller relatives. J C Stucker visitors at Wymore between trains. Seed corn car from Nebraska on track soon. Green and Diller riding bills. Harlan Hadley to Beat rice for week visiting relatives. Cora Coleman spent part of week at Beatrice. Diller shipping association sent two stock loads to St Joe. J D Cherry of University Place visited here then went to Endicott. M W A lodge canceled meeting due to storm. next election Dec 20. Vern McManes family returned to Sioux City IA.
Elmer Greider Fred Frisbie and Dick Albers sent a car load of hugs to St Joe for a box social and Christmas program at District 56 near Diller. The event on Friday evening December 19 1913 aims to gather everyone for a community gathering.
Miss Margaret Campbell of Ft. Smith Ark recalls her father’s six year recovery after using Chamberlain's Tablets. She reports her sister also benefited and notes the product is sold by Shutt Drug Co.
A quote from the Rooks County Record notes young boys longing for war with Mexico to become drummer boys, inspired by movie depictions. The remark highlights child-hero fantasies and media influence on youth attitudes toward armed conflict.
An advertisement claims severe constipation poisons the body and guarantees relief from constipation and headaches using Dr. King's New Life Pills. It mentions availability by mail or in store from H. E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia and St. Louis.
The Supreme Court denied a new trial in the case of Mrs. Cora Colman against Albert Leaper. A motion for a new trial followed the district court's decision awarding Colman $5,156.70, with interest to January 8 totaling about $6,600, which was confirmed.
The Oregon Trails Committee chaired by August Jaedicke Jr of Hanover Kansas fixed May 6 1914 for dedication services on the Kansas Nebraska state line at the Gage and Jefferson county intersection. The monument memorializes the Oregon Trail and the Record hopes to publish the program in due time.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F J Cheney & Co Toledo and National Bank of Commerce Toledo as endorsers and includes testimonial style claims about internal use and blood effects.
A farmer recounts trying town life for a few years and finds city advantages costly. He notes higher prices for provisions and taxes, the need for utilities, and the burden of city improvements on taxpayers. He returns to the farm finding ongoing satisfaction and easier financing, concluding town life is not as lucrative as farm living.
A Rural Farmer note warns on infant growth and nutrition with expected birth and age-specific weights and lengths. It stresses monitor of a baby not reaching figures, diet checks, and natural development including teeth and leg growth.
A Berlin correspondent reports a lifting magnet experiment where a chain with an iron ball turned vertical by a crane magnet. A worker climbed the chain without disturbing it, showing the magnet’s strong pull exceeding the man’s weight. Lifting magnets reduce accident risk in iron and steel operations.
A hotel manager cites a fashionable resort ad promising special rates to single men as a clever trap for mothers seeking matrimonial matches for their daughters. He argues the line convinces mothers the hotel offers plentiful marriage prospects, boosting patronage.
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