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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
3
The report notes a session convening at noon on Tuesday and references upcoming topics including Liberty Joan floated in April and a seven figure estimate of 5 billion. Other items mention Roosevelt's death and local moves.
Mrs Robert Allison of Mattoon recalls relief from indigestion and constip ation after one bottle of Chamberlains Tablets. The Degree of Honor lodge in Diller paid $42,000 in death claims in November with 31 members contributing $4,335.71. $14,000 of that amount funded by $524.91 in assessments. One member with $2,000 policy had paid in $29.90.
Readers from Macon Missouri and Chillicothe Missouri along with Oval Pennsylvania report quick relief from coughs and colds using Chamberlains Cough Remedy. They claim it cures settled chest colds and offers superior results.
A letter from John Cherry at Clarks Nebraska dated January 1 1919 says he is renewing a subscription and would miss the paper if it stopped. He notes a fine fall with good crops and rain, but now very cold at 19 below, mentions flies, and sends regards to friends in the community.
The Red Cross shifted from surgical dressings to sewing infant layettes for ill clad European children. Some local women refused to sew claiming the garments were for illegitimate babies, showing a harsh view of humanity. The director defended the aim as aiding innocent French and Belgian infants harmed by German actions. The piece condemns the women as a disgrace to their sex and to society's watchword Mercy.
Both propositions from the last election were declared carried by the county commissioners. One authorized selling the old courthouse lot and the other appropriated 15000 dollars for county fair purposes.
The notice promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for indigestion and constipation relief, noting gentle bowel movement and improved stomach function. It then summarizes a County Agent Rist annual report citing 618 Gage county farmers keeping accounts, intake of pure-blooded livestock, 400 acres corn planted with tested seed, sales through the farmers' exchange totaling $86,915, vaccination of 2,194 swine and 1,579 calves, 1,000 quarts of fruits and vegetables preserved by clubs, livestock up by about 10,500 head, 5,400 bushels of seed corn saved, and an anticipated 300,000 bushels rise in winter wheat production for 1919.
J W Fouts announces higher postage and limited office hours while promoting Phenix Insurance Co policies. He lists 1918 fire and loss totals, praises agents, and invites local land listings and renewed patronage in Diller.
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