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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1920
Page
3
A nine pound boy was born January 14 to Mr. and Mrs. D N Scott at the E. E. Scott home located one and a half miles north and three west of Diller.
Bills were printed for Wm. Rabe living one mile north and one mile east of Steele City. A public sale is set for February 10 as he plans to move to Beatrice.
1919 personal tax distress warrants issued in September 1920. Pay at treasurer or bank to avoid collection costs. E L Jenkins county treasurer. H A Bell advertises a public sale of the Alex Bell place two miles west and two south of Diller on January 80th. He plans to move to Geo Riddle 80 south of town after rebuilding.
The piece urges parents to keep Chamberlain's Cough Remedy on hand for early croup symptoms and act promptly, asserting the product is widely accessible, prompt, and effective in treating early indications of croup.
The Jefferson Co. Assessment Association led by secretary F. W. Steffen will convene in the Citizens State Bank directors room on Tuesday January 20 at 1 o clock for officer elections and other business. The issue notes the association has 1 085 575 dollars of insurance in effect as of December 31.
Fragmentary text mentions a reward and medical items with vague references to Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. No clear event date, identity, or outcome is discernible from the unreadable excerpt.
Lloyd Cully reported 55 head of cattle on the St. Joe market Wednesday. Subscriptions for all newspapers and magazines are available at Record office at publisher prices.
Mr and Mrs R L Oaks traveled to Beatrice on Monday to see their daughter Mrs Harry King and family.
B F Henrichs announces a February sale featuring 45 head of thoroughbred brood sows for farm stock. The event centers on a Duroc Jersey hog sale with registered breeding stock available.
Thos. Hatton of Sidney Indiana, who spent time here with his sister in law Mrs Nancy Robertson and other relatives, departed for home yesterday.
C F Sandman of a location east of Harbire will hold a public sale on January 26 with bills printed at the local office.
Fred Blythe of Davenport Iowa is visiting Blue Springs Nebraska and McDonald Kansas with his sister Mrs J O Blauser and other friends and relatives. He plans to leave soon to visit relatives in Idaho and Washington.
A sales pitch claims Chamberlains Tablets have cured others and restored health allowing them to eat any food they crave.
At a convention in St Louis twenty four women gave talks of two minutes each and none ran over time. The audience listened closely and all paid attention to each speaker. The piece suggests these twenty four may influence future national politics and possibly a Congress that can work with less talk.
A reminiscence contrasts past times with modern life, noting absence of watches white shoes and surveillance. It paints rural routines: mail trips for farmers, hired help wages, perfunctory deals in shops, and the absence of meters or mass media yet hints at local publishing and a quiet era before Bolshevists or anarchists.
The notice records Miss Pearl Bausch traveling to Lincoln on Sunday to take a course at a business college. It notes the birth of an eight pound daughter to Mr and Mrs Orval Dean of Diller born January 13 1920, detailing location and birth data.
A preacher was dismissed over alleged improper conduct with young women. The report notes others in various walks of life have faced similar disciplinary actions for analogous behavior.
D. L. Filley and his brother station agent W. J. Filley with family spent a day or two here and left Monday for Portland Oregon.
Several tons of prairie hay for sale at the Herman place two and a half miles south of Diller. Contact Herman Diekman at Diller phone 128.27.
A former major in the British army, decorated five times, now works as a window washer in New York earning $75 a month. The note questions whether he is serving under the command of any of his former privates.
Advertisement notes Chamberlain's Tablets improve appetite strengthen digestion and bowel movement. It claims no pepsin or digestive ferment present yet still strengthens the stomach to perform its functions naturally.
Mr and Mrs Geo Lichty visited Sunday at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs W S Slocum returning Monday to Endicott near where they live in one of Fairchild Bros houses George reports the new brick and tile factory at that place will probably commence making brick about April 1st.
J B Jones a Cubrun Kentucky druggist says he has used Chamberlains Cough Remedy in a family for seven years and found it the best cough medicine he has ever known. Citizens widely speak well of the preparation and many physicians use it.
Ella May Carmichael born March 9 1891 near Diller Nebraska died January 9 1920 at her home near Witets Kansas aged 28 years 10 months She married Fred J Witty March 17 1909 and lived near Diller five years before moving to Vliets Kansas in 1913 She joined the Christian church at Diller at 19 remained a member She is survived by husband a son age 2 a father and mother two sisters three brothers and many relatives The text notes there is no death and includes a verse about immortality Burial was at 2:30 Sunday at the Christian church with Rev J R Smith officiating Attending out of town relatives from Fairbury Newman Grove Steele City Lincoln and others were present.
Ed Woods was on the St. Joe market Wednesday with 100 head of cattle for feeding.
Repair and oil service advertised for harnesses ahead of spring work. Oiling priced at 1.50 to 2.00 dollars. Also notes Mrs. Hurley Clark called to Fairbury due to illness of her sister's child, a six year old girl not expected to recover.
John Leaper advertises 40 to 50 ricks of green chunk wood including oak ash and red elm for 3.50 per rick at Chas Fair bank’s place in Diller. Phone 106.56. 4t
A group of high school girls describe relief after predicting the world would end did not occur. One recalls waking to her father's voice as the first sound of morning, confirming they were still alive.
The annual meeting elected Sam Pheasant as president T E Pierce as vice president and Sam Freeman as secretary and treasurer. The company reported a profit of 580 for the past year.
Regular Lysander, a burly farmhand, tells of a quarrel with the farmer’s wife who teased him about the number of pancakes eaten. He recalls her remark the last pancake was the twenty sixth and says he left the table in shock to return to work.
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