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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1906
Page
1
A stray OCR harvest from a small town newspaper recounts weddings, sales, meetings, business notices, weather, and public announcements. It mentions Valentine day, a wedding notice to-morrow, local visits, auctions, licenses, saloon petitions, and medicinal notices, with scattered names and places like Odell Neeley’s Pharmacy and Diller.
J O Blauser and family traveled Sunday to Lincoln for a meeting at the Nebraska hardware store. Mrs Blauser and children continued to York to visit relatives. A Valentine party near Diller featured a post office exchange and many tender sentiments noted among attendees.
Charles W. Moore of Pard City Pennsylvania severely burned his hand near an electric furnace. He applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve and achieved a quick, perfect cure. The advertisement claims it heals burns wounds sores eczema and piles and costs 25 cents at Spear Drug Co.
Mr and Mrs Ed Wagenaar hosted a farewell gathering at their home two miles south of Diller last Sunday evening. A large turnout of neighbors and friends joined in pleasant socializing as the Wagenaars prepare to relocate to Washington.
Local items report Mrs E M Hyars and family returning from Stockton Kansas, Miss Miller and Miss Wright attending a Valentine party in Thompson, and Harry Strockey back from McCook. A wolf hunt near Steele City captured one coyote, with others escaping. Advertisements tout Dr Dade’s Little Liver Pills and ManZan for piles, both sold at Neeley’s Pharmacy. I E Jamison plans a March 2 sale. a new lumber yard is to open in Diller with Chas BE Waggoner as manager. Beatrice Express, Feb 9, notes Be’s Laxative Honey and Tar for coughs and croup. Jessie Whitford Hall of Minnesota visits, then returns home for illness in the family.
A season’s surprise event was given in honor of Miss Maud Hater at her home four miles southeast of Diller on February 9. Thirty five guests attended. The evening featured games and refreshments followed by a social hour. Guests departed in the early hours, praising Miss Hater as a memorable entertainer.
H L Stanley of Bruno hails Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption after five years of coughing and lung bleeding. He credits the medicine with curing his wife and offers a money back guarantee. Trial bottle free at Spear Drug Co.
Mendle Beaver and Ralph Linn attended Mr. Cherry's sale with Beatrice area neighbors. New scholar Herald Greenwood joins Prairie Gem school district 82 under Miss Esther Ford while box supper is planned at the Prairie Gem schoolhouse Friday night. Mrs R G Lian and family arrived from Pawnee City to visit.
Relief for itching piles offered Chamberlain s Salve praised for instant relief and cures for sore nipples tetter and salt rheum priced at 25 cents sold by Spear Drag Co. Farmers urged to bring shovels and plows for sharpening pointing or hewing and new jays and gibes made with quality guaranteed. Miller promises first class glass learning and repairs.
A historical ad notes the discovery of the Yellow Fever germ and claims Dr King's New Life Pills can purify the system from disease germs. The copy asserts the product cures diseases due to malaria poison and constipation and mentions Scat Spear Drug Co.
Cok. W. B. Wright the veteran auctioneer has arranged sale dates listing bidders and dates from February 17 through March 2. Names include C. F. Willems Hiram Packer Win Riddle R Hemphill G C Roseman W T Maxwell A J Hutchison Ed Wagoniar Herman Sethinuelle John Bealer Milton Sutliff L L Jamison.
Neighbors and friends honored Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Barnes five miles north of Diller with a surprise gathering Friday afternoon. After the home surprise, guests moved to Aug Engelman’s for a bountiful dinner and jovial afternoon. Present were numerous local residents including Langworthy, Garsford, Powell, Freeman, Mathias, Engelmann, Caldwell, Sutliff, Davis, Sparks, Duntz, Campbell, Hale, Everett, and the Powell sisters Effie Halle y Hannah Meyer and Annie.
The text records fragmented personal notes about layoff at a drugstore and a cough remedy, mentions new potatoes arriving from Cuba for Eastern markets, a contest prize and purchase of a Haddorft piano, health advice for lungs, a brief war readiness note regarding the United States and China, and American trade rights and safety in China with references to a boycott of American manufacturers.
A testimonial from a Belair reader praises Electric Bitters for weakness stomach and kidney complaints. The ad claims the product strengthens the body, improves stamina, and aids digestion with a money back guarantee. GOe at Spear Drug Co.
A February 3 1906 gathering at the Wes Carmichael home honored their upcoming move to a new residence. Neighbors and friends shared greetings with the Carmichaels and other locals including Jasper Long Joe Carmichael Abel Roelf and Clara Roelfs. The evening ended with apples and cake and the couple received a rocker as a gift.
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