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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1909
Page
2
An advertisement touts the California Fig Syrup Co. claim of improving Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna through scientific chemists. It warns that only the genuine product bears the full company name on the front and urges buyers to avoid imitations.
Thomas N McCullough of 321 Weber St Colorado Springs Colorado reports kidney trouble and backache with disordered urine and sleepless nights. After taking Deans Kidney Pills the cure was permanent. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The ad depicts a social scene where a young wife notes George receives many bridge invitations, while her mother calls him popular and she calls him an easy loser. Then a legal notice from Lucas County Toledo offers a Caldwell cure claim for catarrh with a $100 per case reward and medical product promotion.
A clipped newspaper ad mocks medical tonics and self help advice. It promotes Munyon's Homeopathic Remedies as harmless pleasant to take fast acting and free unless satisfaction is given. It also quotes Fielding on charity and mentions a free Munyon Magazine Almanac and other assorted lines about prices cures and cigars.
State Auditor Barton proposed four insurance bills to require fraternal lodge secretary lists, stockholder and policy holder disclosures, parity rules for foreign insurers, and a prohibition on misrepresenting deposit security on policies. Senate defeated two suffrage bills, the constitutional amendment and municipal measure, with 17 and 15 votes respectively, and details show party and individual voting patterns. Bert Taylor return cost Nebraska 252.44, with a $200 reward proclamation expiring and no public info on other rewards.
S. F. No.159 by Miller of Lancaster recommends passage to bar public school pupils from joining secret fraternities and to allow denial of school privileges or expulsion for violations. The bill also makes it a misdemeanor to solicit or rush pupils on school grounds and sets fines from two to ten dollars.
Begole's bill H R No 142 recommends passage to amend the state divorce law. It requires two years residence for actions arising outside the state and one year if the cause occurred in state. After decree, entry on docket is blocked for six months to allow review. The measure targets out of state residents seeking divorce to exploit lenient local laws.
The finance committee disapproved a request from Labor Commissioner W. M. Maupin for a substantial increase in appropriations, including his own salary jump from 1500 to 2000 dollars per year. The committee's decision mirrors the level approved two years ago.
The supreme court budget totals $77 000 for salaries up from $61 800 two years ago due to judges pay increasing from $2 500 to $4 500 yearly after a constitutional amendment adopted last November. The old six member commission is replaced by four judges, raising expenses by about $15 000. In the land commissioner’s office Commissioner Cowles trims three assistants at $1 000 yearly each while the finance committee may propose a small raise for two augmented workers.
E W Brown of Lancaster introduces a bill to double shift Lincoln firemen. Omaha has a law. South Omaha firemen seek inclusion. Lincoln charter lacks double shift, leaving control to a commission. The issue has long been debated in Lincoln with Democratic leaders backing home rule and Lancaster backing the delegation.
The insurance department receives a 3500 allowance for running expenses, up 1000 from two years earlier. The state veterinarian gets 1000 more than before. The 1907 appropriation was exhausted January first, with a deficit for the remaining quarter. Livestock owners boost demand for the veterinarian’s services, supporting the increase. A 400 stenographer allowance was struck from the present appropriation.
Raines of Welster proposes a measure to curb student alcohol use by extending a four mile ban on saloons near universities and similar institutions and a two and a half mile radius near military posts. The bill, if enacted, would render Lincoln dry.
A quack style remedy promises a non failing cure for a lame back. It claims the compound can be bought from any druggist and should be taken in teaspoonful doses before meals and at night, with leading specialists prescribing it.
A reflective aphorism contrasts luxury and simplicity, noting lobster and champagne for supper as a symbol of excess versus sawdust and near coffee for breakfast as basic hygiene, and asserts there is room for authentic living between these extremes.
Baltimore notice extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for female ailments. Endorsed by Mrs. W. Ford of Lansdowne Street, it claims decades of tested success and urges readers to seek Mrs. Pinkham’s advice for personalized help.
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