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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1917
Page
5
Mrs Harley Clark visited friends in Fairbury on Tuesday. El Fanders son of Mr and Mrs Cedric Fanders has pneumonia. I am equipped for sawing wood. Adelph K Phihal telephone 12856 Diller. Mrs B F Lightner returned from visiting her parents at Odell since Monday.
I B Wixon of Farmers Mills New York says Chamberlain's Tablets are the best he has ever used for stomach and liver disorders and that they are obtainable everywhere.
Mrs. Joe Madden of Sidney Nebraska, on a return visit from Rock Island Illinois, stopped Tuesday to visit her daughter Mrs. Frank Nickeson and family, her son Lawrence Madden and relatives in Diller and vicinity.
A meeting at the Jack Hill school house south of Diller is set for 8 p.m. next Tuesday to select a road dragging overseer for district No. 17 to fill the vacancy caused by John Riddle’s death. Voters in the district are urged to attend.
The Gage county board of supervisors approved plans for a Beatrice county jail costing 25,000. The two story structure will include a basement and house separate female, juvenile and hospital departments and six rooms for the sheriff’s residence in the same building.
A health note advises a daily routine to avoid colds. Start with a warm 90 degree bath each morning and keep windows open at night. It claims frequent cold exposure can be prevented by this habit and by using Chamberlain's Remedy to recover quickly.
Miss Mollie Ramsey, a frequent visitor with Diller relatives, left Beatrice for Brownville Texas where she will marry tomorrow Arlie W Culver second lieutenant Co C 5th Reg N N G. Culver formerly worked for Adams Express Beatrice and Burlington out of Sterling. Ramsey is daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Ramsey long time Diller residents.
D of H installation following year includes Mary elves Kate an Luly Pearce Addie Woods Ollie Thompson Hazel Johnson Addie Bell Sadie Carmony Christie Thompson Mollie Riddie Mattie Clark and an oyster feast was served to members after ceremony.
Fragmentary text shows a vague reward notice with scattered words. The readable bits mention a reward of two hundred dollars and an incident involving bees and a halt. No clear names, dates, places, or actions are established.
J R Moore of Lost Valley Georgia reports using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to cure a hacking cough and colds. He says every bottle has been effective and the cough disappears after use. Obtainable everywhere.
Dr Euclid B Rogers was a catcher in a New York State league before the widespread use of masks. He reportedly caught perhaps the swiftest pitcher in the league, playing his last game at Auburn New York for seven innings with a broken finger. He appears as a numbered participant in the Lyceum Course.
Diet advice warns against meals closer than five hours apart and urges delaying meals after eight o'clock breakfast. It promotes using Chamberlain's Tablets to strengthen the stomach and restore natural function.
The town welcomes F. G. C. Wilson of Courtland Nebraska as the new foreman in the local office. Wilson, an experienced printer, plans to move his wife and two children here soon and asks patrons to try him for job work. The health commissioner of old Massachusetts cites automobiles as a major factor in infantile paralysis, arguing chemical agents and fumes contribute to cases during epidemics.
George Leaper, son of Albert Leaper from Elm township Gage County, had both bones of his right leg broken above the ankle while chopping wood in the Hiatt timber Monday. A nearby tree rolled onto him pinning him until helpers freed him. He was taken to Beatrice hospital at county expense and the swollen leg may delay reduction for several days.
One of the largest local land deals involves C E Caldwell selling a section between Jansen and Harbine to Henry Walibaum of De Witt. Possession set for March 1 with a price of 185 dollars per acre. The Jansen ranch had been led by Peter Jansen for thirty five years. The tract comprised three parcels and was developed for improvement, noted as among the finest in the area.
A letter from Mary Notte to Mrs Ida Nesly describes plans for a Wednesday visit to a Rochester hospital in Indiana where a doctor will perform another operation on his leg.
Henry Allison a Civil War veteran who had treated in Hot Springs South Dakota for eye trouble paused to visit his sisters Mesdames Musser Barber and Eick and other relatives before returning home to Fort Worth Texas on Monday.
In his youth Euclid B Rogers edited a weekly paper and diffused a tense incident when a hostile reader weighing about two hundred pounds entered the office intent on a shooting. He calmed the man with a chair a cigar and by the end the man subscribed for two years ahead. Rogers will bring similar persuasion to his Lyceum Course appearance.
In Beatrice Sun report the case Willie E. Mudge and Katherine Stoll guardians of William E. Mudge sue Nathan Mudge and wife and Charles H. Mudge and wife over 160 acres transferred while Mudge allegedly mentally unbalanced. Defendants claim Mudge was sane at transfer but has been mentally incompetent since June 27 and seek dismissal. William E. Mudge has been cared for at Mennonite hospital since last August.
The association met in the directors room of Citizens State Bank in Diller with many members present. Secretary reports 1916 insurance written 214000, expired 109000, net gain 105000. officers re-elected. An examiner praised the company for nine years without an assessment. all losses paid and bank balance 269.79.
The Diller Farmers Grain Co. annual meeting at city hall re elected officers C L E Blauser president J T Henrichs vice president J D Fanders secretary treasurer and board members F W Steffen J D Steiner with F E Haleman as manager. The year 1916 saw business of $297,121.24 with wheat 94119 bu corn 68878 bu oats 15198 bu cattle hogs 4616 and coal 824 tons. Net profit totaled $5 029.07 and stockholders received a distribution of 25.80 per $1 000 of business.
Herbert Stotts went to Wymore Tuesday noon to help Mr. Rawlings with ice but learned he was misinformed about the time he was needed and returned that evening. Stotts assisted with the first cutting when a large stock of fine ice was stored. The second cutting will start next Monday.
The Superior Express urges Congress to pass a law banning federal licensing in states with prohibitions. It calls the national government unfair for aiding repeal efforts and argues agitation could secure a measure to safeguard prohibitory amendments.
The A. O. U. W. of Nebraska faces critique while noting long history and substantial payouts. Data show 5 621 members aged 60 to 70, 1 173 aged 70 to 80, 18 over 80, with 1916 deaths in the 60–75 range and $384 000 paid to widows and children. The order began over 80 years ago and by Jan 1 1917 a member paid $248 per thousand, with $12 000 000 in total paid to widows and orphans since organization.
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