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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1917
Page
5
A potpourri of short items notes farming rules, travel, and family updates. Entries include no hunting on a farm, a Tuesday bus trip to Kansas City, a telegram about a father’s illness in Illinois, and Mrs Elias Hadley with son Archie visiting Phillips Nebraska relatives.
A bold forecast declares 1917 to be one of the greatest years for nationwide investigation. Authorities anticipate sweeping inquiries across government and industry, setting the stage for major reforms and public scrutiny.
Sure Thing I. B. Wixon of Farmers Mills New York reports Chamberlain's Tablets relieve stomach and liver disorders and calls them the best he has ever used. Obituaries or notices appear widely in area papers.
A call to support public school teachers by encouraging regular attendance and fostering a love of learning. It urges instilling respect for teachers to build positive classroom culture and improve student engagement.
R H Leonard will hold a public sale of farm machinery and stock at his farm one half mile north of Rock Creek church on Monday January 11. Eleven head of horses and mules, forty three head of cattle, fifty head of hogs offered. Also farm for rent.
The article warns that irregular meals lead to digestion troubles and recommends Berlain's Tablets to correct habits. It states meals should be five hours apart and claims the tablets help the stomach perform its functions naturally. Obtainable everywhere.
The Guide Rock Signal urges readers to seek the other side of every tale about women and men. It warns that most scandalous stories come from malicious sources and that true punishment rests with God as judge.
Secretary Pool figures show Nebraska had 101 201 automobiles in 1916, a 71 percent rise from the prior year. Excludes motorcycles and duplicates. With a 1 260 000 population and five per family, about one car per 2.5 families. Previous banner year 1916 saw 81 000 received Jan 1 to last Saturday night. actual 1916 numbers around 102 000 with about 800 duplicates.
Fragmentary OCR describes a reward offer and a medicinal claim for catarrh remedies. It mentions a company and possible preparations but is garbled with missing words and inconsistent letters.
Mrs Fisher Musser went Tuesday to visit her parents at Odell. Adolph B Phihal, telephone 128.5¢, Diller. Mrs Fthel Richards was a Burlington passenger for Beatrice on No 16 Tuesday.
John Steiner departed Monday for Sheridan Wyoming and other destinations in the northwest region.
Leta Green traveled to Atchison Kansas on Sunday to assist her sister Mrs Maude Bristol who had a home operation the prior Friday.
Mise Marie Stetts comes back on the early Monday train to Manhattan Kansas where she will study domestic science at Kansas State Agricultural College.
Fred Shutt purchases the H. E. Grape jewelry stock and will relocate from Reynolds where he has ran a jewelry business. He will assist in the local drug store as a registered pharmacist, aiding his brother H. E. who has been closely confined in the store.
The department of agriculture calls on citizens nationwide to feed birds in winter. It says hundreds of thousands of birds perish each season because of food shortages, urging city dwellers to join rural efforts.
Miss Flo Van Camp aged nineteen and Miss Lillian Ackerman aged twenty fought over a hat at a bear dance in Fremont. In police court Ackerman admitted malice behind the pin play. Van Camp wore a hat she borrowed. Ackerman claimed it was hers. Ackerman was fined one dollar.
Ernest Clift, a rural mail carrier, shot at a bird he believed to be a hawk atop a tall tree with a .22 rifle. The golden headed eagle was wounded, fled, then returned to ground fifty yards away where it resisted for four more shots before falling. The bird measured seven feet eleven inches from tip to tip and was sent to a taxidermist in Omaha for mounting.
A fragmented opinion piece questions why people, including mothers of war heroes and generals, rarely smile amid conflict and hardship. It contrasts stern exteriors with inner conscience, noting poverty and failure as sentries of the soul and implying a critique of stoic displays.
A study on orchards shows average orchard value at $104 per acre with fruit value $186.80 and costs $82.80 per acre. Spraying costs $9.32 per acre and yields far fewer blemishes. unsprayed fruit suffers 90.7 percent damage from fungi or insects compared with 10.8 percent injured when sprayed.
The State Journal announces eight major novels to be published serially in the new year. Authors include Mary Roberts Rinehart Rex Beach Bertrand W Sinclair Anna Katharine Green Mollie Elliott Seawell Clinton H Stagg and Edgar Jepson. Readers may subscribe by January 1 1918 to receive all installments and the first episode will begin soon.
C S Hooper and family have settled on a 26 acre farm near Richland in New York ten miles from Lake Ontario. They traveled 1000 miles by prairie schooner through Nebraska Iowa Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania to reach the farm. The property includes a large barn a comfortable house and an orchard with maple and beech trees. The area offers trout fishing nearby and abundant wildlife.
A humorous remark notes that certain men in the upper story are so light that they part their hair in the middle to preserve equilibrium.
A reader from Georgia describes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as highly effective for a hacking cough and colds. They report rapid relief after taking it and note previous experiences with other bottles. The testimonial emphasizes its broad availability and usefulness.
A satirical narrator extols safe driving and warns of danger from reckless motorists and careless pedestrians. He laments speed fanatics and mocks those who crash into others, concluding that the one who curses safety pays a high price.
A compact aphorism notes that the greatest stupidity may lie in overconfidence and certainty, warning against pretending total knowledge or dismissing unknowns. It frames humility as a counter to arrogance in thinking.
The passage advises breaking the habit of a cold quickly and urges getting out of bed, using a 90 degree temperature notion, and taking Chamberlain's Cough medicine to rid the cold as quickly as possible. It mentions cold remedies being obtainable everywhere.
Plans call for a vast bridge from San Francisco to Oakland spanning 54 miles with sixty 250 foot spans. The double structure would carry three roadways on the upper deck and four railroad tracks beneath, including dedicated lanes for slow vehicles and autos. Construction would take four years, using the latest steel and engineering advances to create a world leading roadway.
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