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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1915
Page
5
Guy H. Bezler of Wymore Nebraska a Chiro graduate reports in 1915. B Cassel fills his ice house with nine to ten inch ice. Chas Daily returned from holidays in Omaha. Mrs J E Kerr and daughter Viola visited relatives in Gilead. Mrs C F Plager returned to Johnson Nebraska. ES Grimes and children came back from Missouri after Christmas.
Mrs. O. F. Willems of Shea is undergoing treatment for blood poisoning in her other hand after a prior infection in a different hand. The case reflects repeated infection and medical care at the time.
L. P. Raymond offers a limited stock sale with a generous discount for remaining items and urges quick action as only a few units remain.
A traveler visiting her sister near Odell since before Christmas brings her young niece home, continuing their family gathering through the holiday season.
Discreet middle aged citizens argue the best sleigh ride experience comes from a warm steam heated home. They favor a comfortable window seat to watch winter scenes unfold from indoors.
Joy Highland of the Ellis neighborhood loaded a car with personal effects at the station this week and shipped them to Akron Colorado, where he will establish residence on a farm nearby.
A newspaper ad discusses cold dangers among minor ailments and urges quick action. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective for relieving symptoms and expelling the cold. The notice emphasizes preventing serious diseases by treating colds promptly and claims the product is for sale.
The writer praises readers who pay promptly or discontinue when they no longer want a paper. It condemns the habit of taking a paper for years, using ads, and shelving it to avoid payment, calling such behavior the limit.
In view of general price increases we advance our charges dated 6 January 1915. Prices prior set twenty years ago when things were cheap. Beginning January 1 the low prices will prevail with suntry drives 75c per mile, minimum $2.00, gate calls unchanged, with mirage added, day calls in town unchanged, night calls 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. slightly higher in proportion to time delayed. These charges align with surrounding towns. A thirty day settlement is requested on all bills. Indebted to us for our services urged to settle by January 1, 1915. Dr. H. Bauguess. Dr. O. C. Diehl.
Washington report states the Lever warehouse bill has passed the House as a substitute for a Senate bill covering cotton warehouses. The bill, with cotton and grain provisions, moves to a conference committee. Lever describes it as creating uniform warehouse receipts boosting certainty and value for farmers nationwide.
Oldest seed firm in the country, Henandoch Iowa, offers a free seed catalog by mail. The catalog promises farm and garden seeds including corn varieties, wheat, barley, grasses, clovers, alfalfa, pasture mixtures, seed potatoes, and soy. Write for the catalog with its address.
Notice from G B Cassell confirms hogs butchered at 75 cents per hundredweight. The entry lists quantity processed and location details for the sale.
Mrs. O J Mayborn returned Tuesday from Lincoln where she visited relatives. The revival meetings will start Sunday evening at the Methodist church.
J M Hiatt offers seasoned chunk wood at 1.50 a Rick along with fence posts. Mr and Mrs Ben Behrends returned Monday from visiting relatives near Fairbury for a couple of days.
Farmers start the New Year by delivering cream poultry and eggs to Elias Hadley at the Humboldt Creamery as a community collection point and market effort.
Misses Aura and Alma Zook spent Christmas here with their sister Miss S d Thompson, returning Monday to their home at Lincoln.
Mrs. Lyman Leason, who had a short visit at the home of her sister Mrs. E L Loock, returned Sunday to her home at Wymore.
Miss Renelda Fanders resigns from Pease's drug store in Fairbury and returns to Diller to live with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Fanders.
A historical warning advises against opium in child cough medicines and promotes Chambherlain's Cough Remedy as the safest option for coughs colds and croup for both children and adults. Sold by all dealers.
A massive locomotive weighing 210 tons has been received at McCook. It features ten eight-foot drivers, a 10 000 gallon water tank, and a mechanical stoker to feed coal. It is described as the largest type peines in service.
An offer urges farmers to boost dairy profits with a small time investment and the right approach. Kimball's Dairy Farmer promises yearly issues, plus a bundled club deal including 40 high quality magazines. Readers may choose Farm Life or poultry titles and other family papers with one annual price.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mathias returned Friday from visiting friends at Beatrice for a couple of days.
A terse opinion urges Canada to reform its approach by testing and refining its approaches first. The author uses a metaphor of attic breezes and steam coils to stress careful preparation before outreach.
Mrs G C Dunn of Arnold Pennsylvania says Chamberlains Tablets relieve stomach trouble and bilious attacks. She reports feeling a different person after one bottle and notes the product is for sale by all dealers.
D. R. Wright of near Cody Nebraska visits his parents Col and Mrs J B Wright in Beatrice and other relatives and friends in Dell and Diller. Dell was reported elected register of deeds of his county last fall but the official canvas defeated him by one vote.
R F Erwin of Peru Indiana reports a year ago he suffered indigestion biliousness and constipation. He bought Chamberlains Tablets after strong recommendations and they helped him right away. For sale by all dealers.
A church Xmas Eve program drew a large attentive audience. On Sunday evening at six, John Koch and Mina Sparks married at the bride’s parents home, and will start housekeeping on a farm near Lanham. Many gifts were exchanged as they begin their new life amid friends’ best wishes.
The December close for District 118 shows 24 pupils, 3763 attendance days, and an average of 16 plus days with 5 tardies and 2 visitors. The list of punctual pupils includes Raymond Novotny and others. Jack Clancy school in district 142 closes Dec 24 for a week. January 4 reopens with 20 pupils, 351 attendance days, 17.55 average, 13 tardies, and 6 visitors. Punctual pupils include Henry Frisbie and Edith Brown.
A reader's note touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a proven remedy for catarrh, asserting it cures the disease by acting on the mucous membranes and claiming a $100 reward is offered. The fragmented text references a claimed medical cure and incentive but lacks clear details.
The passage recalls New Year customs of visiting the governor and kissing, noting Peter's habit of kissing wives and maidens. It also voices a hopeful exhortation for the new year to increase knowledge, strengthen character, and be useful, urging deliberate, practical success in the time ahead.
Poultney Bigelow recalls a German officer’s ruse to destroy secret notes in Russia. The officer offered cigars to guards and lit his own cigar to burn memoranda hidden in tissue, proving Germans be lievers in furloughs for gathering intelligence and language study.
The piece urges resolving to make others happy as the best way to start the new year. It argues true happiness comes from selfless acts and mutual pleasure, not selfish cravings, and that giving brings personal joy while brightening the year for all.
The article notes deep cuffs and upstanding ruff collars as smart details. It mentions 41 silk afternoon gowns planned for fall, velvet sashes as a fresh note, long tunics over plaited underskirts, and velvet millinery set to be in vogue. Cavalier capes for young girls and a bat-shaped hat trend appear alongside white silk serge tennis outfits and white gloves with black ensembles. Pique dominates codars and waistcoats.
The Washington Star notes that Westerners debate Chinese music’s progress and taste. It cites claims that China pioneered octave systems and harmony theory long before some Western traditions, while admitting ongoing uncertainty about any eventual Western appreciation of Chinese harmonious discord.
The article explains a historic custom of placing a green bough on a new house roof. Originating in Germany, it spread to French Canadians from Britain. The practice tied to the belief that trees harbor spirits and felling a tree drove a spirit away, with the roof ceremony protecting against evil designs by breaking the spell.
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