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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1909
Page
5
It is well to have a good syringe or hot water bottle about the house. They relieve pain until a doctor arrives and save borrowing. A hot water bag eases aches and the syringe is indispensable for car trouble and other needs. Our stock is complete at affordable prices.
The notice blends rail timetables with local arrivals and moves. Dr Claude Ellis will be away Thursdays and Fridays. Carl Habicht returns for his sister’s funeral as Earl Pearces helps in the office. The piece notes road conditions, wagon sales at Neely’s Pharmacy, and local family relocations including Harris moving to Hanover Kansas to run the Burlington depot.
After months of illness Mrs Margaret McFetridge Shutt died at her home Friday February 12 at 10 20 am aged 67 years. Born in Kingston Canada February 10 1842 she married W J Shutt in 1860 and had five children. She moved from Hastings Nebraska to Diller Nebraska to live with her son Harry K Shutt after her husband’s death in 1907. A short service was held at the house and Rev Boyle officiated before burial in Hastings beside her husband.
A jagged assemblage of notices notes Miss Minnie Martin’s illness at Mrav Geo Conningham’s, plus family visits from Aba Rigdon and Tom. Hiram Packer of Culbertson Nebraska makes a brief stop returning from St Joseph with hogs. Bee s Laxative Cough Syrup is advertised for coughs and colds. Neely's Pharmacy promotes Woods Liver Medicine and a visit from Walter, son of Austin Steward, to Smith Center and nearby relatives.
A Nebraska resident recalls a brutal winter with temperatures at 10 below and a stove kept in use for days to prevent freezing. He notes the sudden spin of a door wind breaking the stove fire and the cold lasting for three days. He adds this winter has been cold but not as severe.
The article describes a Lincoln anniversary program at the high school with decorations, a two hour program of songs dialogues and recitations for about 120 pupils and many visitors. It notes a Lincoln button souvenir and the presentation of a veteran gun from the Beatrice athletic club. It also mentions classroom activities and a Valentine party by Christian Endeavor.
All parties owing me for horse service are requested to settle at once by either cash or note at the First National Bank. Large Brown. 41.
Dr Leach of Fairbury advertises a fashionable auto seated bugurles at J O Blauser's shop, promising the very latest in style and dental fashion.
Preventics provide fast relief for feverish children without quinine or harsh ingredients. A pocket or purse remedy, promoted as a stitch in time. 250 sold by Neely's Pharmacy.
FEF. F Fulton and W P Malkins visited near Diller this week for the Wymore Marble Works. Fulton said if the Diller Cemetery Association hires a monthly worker for three to four months this summer his company would contribute generously to wages, as they do in other locations.
A 19th century promotional note touts Dr Shoop’s Cough Remedy as a safe certain in home use with a new taste and without opium or narcotics. It claims plant leaves from a lung aiding mountain shrub provide curative properties and notes Neely’s Pharmacy as the seller.
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