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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1916
Page
7
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to treat constipation in children with California Syrup of Figs. It claims a teaspoonful clears waste, improves symptoms, and promises a harmless inside cleansing, noting watch for counterfeit fig syrups and recommending a 50 cent bottle with directions for all ages.
A novel gasoline engine achieves fuel efficiency by using only one twentieth of a drop per operation at eight charge. The compact design suggests dramatic reductions in consumption and emissions while maintaining performance.
Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago markets a product named Marine after Exposure in Cold Cutting Winds and Dust. It restores refreshes and promotes eye health. The ads claim benefit for all eyes that need care and offer an eye book on request.
Bluebeard fears a dye shortage will end his magical realm causing disruption and concern in fairyland. He expresses anxiety over looming supply constraints affecting his world.
A traditional hair preparation blends Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine in water to tint gray hair. Apply twice weekly to fade gray, reduce dandruff, and improve softness and shine without coloring the scalp or leaving a sticky residue.
The article notes that over half of those who died in the Franco-Prussian war did so from causes other than direct combat, highlighting civilian and nonbelligerent casualties.
An advertisement claims Resinol Soap improves complexion after a week of use with Resinol Ointment for severe cases. It promises softer hands and arms and dandruff relief, noting the product contains no free alkali and is sold by all druggists.
Dealers in soda fountain supplies report a nationwide rise in demand due to prohibition. They note ice cream supplies are unaffected and that sales have grown by about one million dollars in each of the last two years.
An advertising pitch for Knowlton's Dandeline claims to banish dandruff and hair loss after use. It touts immediate scalp improvement and hair that becomes light, fluffy, and lustrous with a 25 cent bottle offer. The copy urges readers to try the product to prove hair can become healthy and abundant.
A cautionary note urges pedestrians to keep to the middle of the road until an approaching automobile appears, then dodge safely. The guidance emphasizes steady, vigilant behavior to reduce accident risk in crowded streets.
Farmers who provided beets to the factory received a total payout of 2,163,000 dollars. The payment reflects the aggregate earnings of growers under the factory’s beet procurement program.
March 4 to 7 features Baby Week nationwide. Omaha hosts the Annual Midwest Cement Show February 29 to March 4. Lincoln holds the State bowling tournament April 3 to 8 and a basketball tournament March 8 to 11. Alli ance hosts a State T P A Convention April 21 and 22 in Alliance. Lincoln hosts the W C T U mid continental conference March 8 and 9. Trenton hosts the Republican Valley Editorial association meeting March 6. The State Primary election is April 18. Lexington invites the Nebraska G A R encampment May 16 to 18.
The Scottsbluff sugar plant completed a 134 day operation the longest in its and Nebraska history. It processed 382 362 tons of beets producing over 71 000 000 pounds of granulated sugar and paid farmers 2 163 000 dollars. Average yield was twelve tons per acre at 5 60 per ton and beet tops valued at 3 50 per acre. By product beet pulp totaling 100 000 tons is fed to cattle and sheep for market. The facility handled over 10 000 car loads of freight boosting Scottsbluff’s freight earnings in Nebraska.
James Murray a 45 year old truck driver was killed in a head on collision with a Council Bluffs street car on the west end of the Missouri river bridge. The truck plunged over fifty feet to railroad tracks. A smoke curtain from yard engines is blamed for the fatal view obstruction.
Fire early last Saturday morning nearly wiped out the town’s business district in Salem. Six buildings were destroyed, the most valuable being the G. L. Coon merchandise store valued at 12 000 dollars. Total losses approach 25 000 dollars.
The Farmers Elevator company of Schuyler has secured a site and will begin work soon on a new elevator to have a capacity of 30 000 bushels.
Ed Reetz of Hooper announces Earl Cadock of Anita and Cal Woods of Stanton have signed to wrestle at Hooper on the night of March 7 under the Hooper Athletic club.
A contract for plans and specifications to build the new hotel block on the Eno hotel site, with an estimated cost of $200,000, has been let by the hotel committee.
A fragmentary line from a 1920s style piece hints at concerns about kissing and disease. The volatile exchange shows social flirtation and early modern slang without a clear event or outcome.
In a crowded Central avenue car a man offers his seat to a woman with a young daughter. He jokes that she did not say it soon enough and the woman clarifies she meant her daughter, prompting laughter and a quick social blunder.
A playful exchange turns on a quip about a submarine’s scope. The line jokes that the periscope defines the scope of a sub’s activities, reflecting light humor in wartime or naval dialogue.
Mrs. Marcarer Grass of 759 N d St Philadelphia recounts five years of headaches backaches hot flashes dizzy spells and nervousness ending after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She endorses the remedy to friends.
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