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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1911
Page
5
The fragment mentions E L Loock starting on No 16 yesterday for Beatrice and Lincoln. It notes alfalfa hay located 74 miles northeast of Diller with A Garrison of Diller listed as contact at phone 10502 Ott.
For sale a purebred Duroc Jersey male hog described as well sized with good bone. The notice includes local ads and brief community updates from Davenport Illinois to Diller Nebraska with mentions of visitors from Pittsburg Kansas and Akron Ohio. It also notes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a recommended treatment for croup and lists local drugstore sales.
The small town of Diller, about twenty miles west of Wymore, mobilizes a twenty two piece group to practice with public spirit and civic pride. Neighbors in surrounding villages are urged to support and follow their earnest efforts.
The Nebraska state society, organized in 1899, now counts over 3 000 former Nebraskans in Los Angeles or nearby. It holds semiannual meetings and hosts informal social events for visitors from Nebraska to renew friendships and memories of home.
A doctor finds no illness in a farm hand and is told to report nothing is wrong. The farmer reveals the hired man has not been paid for three months and plans to stay in bed until payment. The doctor returns to bed claiming space for himself.
After March first the Diller Telephone Co will cap talking time at five minutes per call and eight minutes for long distance. Operators may end a line at that limit and non subscribers should note a fee applies for out of town service. W G Tinstman, Diller Telephone Co.
A wageworker argues Nebraskans migrate to Oregon or Washington paying high prices for orchard land and labor, noting Nebraskans could earn more with lower investment here. He cites neglect of scientific cultivation, disease like fungus and scale harming local orchards, while urging improved farming practices.
The year 1911 has two solar eclipses and no lunar eclipse. The first occurs April 28 visible before sunset in this region. the second is an annular eclipse unseen in America. Easter season shifts later with Ash Wednesday March 1, Palm Sunday April 9, Easter April 16, Pentecost June 4. Memorial and Fourth of July fall on Tuesday. Labor Day on its fourth.
School column notes March events with Hebron vs Diller debate Friday evening. Pupils earn diplomas for 18 months perfect attendance. Fourth grade studies local geography and arithmetic concepts. Athletic club fund drive raises nearly sixty dollars for High School suites. Teachers and students emphasize self discipline and preparedness for injuries with liniment sales.
Sworn proof that simple buck thorn bark glycerine and Adler i ka appendicitis remedy cures without operation. A single dose relieves wind gas sour stomach and constipation. Cornmeal foods once mainstay noted for health value and flavor in Breeders Gazette commentary.
Cents and nickels are produced under contract by a Connecticut firm. The blanks for cents sell to the Treasury at $1 per thousand, while nickels blanks cost the government about one and a half cents each, despite losses from coins being lost in circulation.
J G Groody, proprietor at Washington Kansas invites customers to request estimates for monuments. The firm offers samples and designs and will call to show them, highlighting workmanship and materials for memorials.
Wellington Texas resident W R Patterson describes near death from a severe cough and lung disease. He credits Dr King's New Discovery with curing him after two years of treatment and says he now weighs 187 pounds and has been healthy for years. The ad touts the remedy for roughs, colds, influenza, asthma, croup, and lung troubles with 50c and 1.90 prices and a free trial bottle.
Inter-denominational day of prayer for Home Missions observed by missionary societies of Diller next Thursday February 23 at 2 30 p m at the home of Mrs O J Mayborn All ladies of the churches invited to attend Program includes Song Responsive reading Prayer and Our Women s Home Missionary Work
Stroud Oklahoma resident D Frankel recalls wife urging doctor visit for a boil. He says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured it quickly. Promotes as fastest healer for burns, wounds, sprains and piles. Available for 25 cents at Chipperfield’s Drug Store.
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