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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
5
Col. J. B. Wright will cry a sale for Yrhos near Murry and Harbine on February 1. A few dishes remain from the A. O. U. W. supper and can be found at the Recop office.
A reader sees many spots on new leaves in January. A north town resident shelled and delivered a large corn shipment in Diller yesterday, with multiple loads passing the office window.
Esq. Kelley has purchased Al Red dén s lease on the Lincoln Land Co s lands adjoining Diller and unless he makes different arrangements will farm it himself this year. Mr. Ed. Witty, formerly of Diller but for the last three years telegraph operator at Lordsburg New Mexico, was married Jan. 2 1907, to Mrs Ethel Bills of that place, where they have gone to housekeeping.
W A Seitz owner of land four and a half miles south and three miles east of Diller schedules a sale on February 5. Col J B Wright will sell eleven head of horses and twenty six head of cattle. A Mayborn acts as clerk.
George Dinsmore schedules a public sale February 6 featuring 1 horse 9 head of cattle 2 2 broad sows 13 shores farming tools and several racks of stove wood Col J B Wright acts as auctioneer and E L Loock is clerk.
Harry Patton sells his lease on the Andrews land and announces a public sale on February 4. Nine horses, three spring calves, thirty five head of stock, and farm implements will be offered. Col J B Wright attends as organizer with T P Price acting as clerk.
Mr August Sherpe, overseer of the poor at Fort Madison Iowa, says Dr King’s New Life Pills are rightly named. They act more agreeably and do more good than any other laxative and are guaranteed to cure biliousness and constipation. 25¢ at Spear Drug Co’s drug store.
A brief health note extols the grip caused agony while urging prompt use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It claims tens of thousands used it with no pneumonia cases reported and notes Spear Drug Co. sells the remedy.
A quiet home wedding took place in Diller at noon on a Wednesday in January 1907. H. S. Tonnemaker, traveling representative for the Sterling Refining Co of Cleveland, wed Miss Sarah A. Mason, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Mason of Stella Nebr. Elder W. T. King officiated and relatives attended. A charivari followed the ceremony, and a dinner the bride supervised capped the celebration.
A narrator recalls raising two spiders and watching their brutal combat. The victor, named Tiger, kills the rival and then dies from wounds as the observer reflects on courage and fear. The Dundee Advertiser quote ends the anecdote.
Chicago reports scarlet fever and diphtheria sweeping the city and surrounding areas with about six thousand children stricken. Health officials push a major effort to protect schools as Evanston Oak Park and other suburbs close institutions and debate wider closures. Fred Rensmeyer plans a public sale near Diller featuring livestock and farm goods with auctioneers J B Wright and Wm Weiters listed.
J R Blankenship of Beck Tenn claims Electric Bitters cured his lame back and kidney trouble after several bottles. He says the first bottle gave relief and further use led to a complete cure. Sold under guarantee at Spear Drug Co's drug store for 50 cents.
Rough roads hamper travel as locals gather for a public sale near Friendship church on February 8. Col Wright acts as auctioneer with Thos Stanesheck clerk, selling 4 horses 6 loads of yatts and farm implements after a noon lunch following a Farmers Institute attendance by several Monasmith Steffen and Dvorak circle members.
If constipated or bilious, try Lax-ets candy tablets. They promise a gentle laxative effect without griping or pain. Packaged in lithographed metal boxes for 5 or 25 cents and sold by Spear Drug Co.
An advertisement invites readers to test their grip and promotes a claim that a remedy offered is the best in the world for improving strength. It emphasizes confidence and urges taking action.
John Kemp of East Otsfield Maine extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for chilblains and salt rheum. He claims it also heals fever sores indolent ulcers piles burns wounds and frost bites. Available for 25 cents at Spear Drug Co.
Sale entries list farm stock including mares and colts of various ages and weights with farm implements. Terms offer cash under four and installment options on larger sums, with a two percent cash discount and noon lunch. Endorsed by auctioneer J Wright and clerk G Blauser, noting health board anti spitters campaign context.
The article outlines early sugar making in China during the Tsin dynasty, notes India may claim priority but suggests Chinese transmission via through the Hindus, and describes gradual adoption in the West. It cites Nearchus hearing of cane honey from Asia, Galen prescribing sugar in AD 150, and refined sugar arriving in England in 1659, with refining secrets passed by a Venetian merchant for 100,000 crowns.
In Hyde Park London a church named the Ascension remains unused for worship. Built by Mrs. Russell Gurney as a memorial to her husband it is to be a place for prayer rest and meditation. A notice by the door invites hurried passersby to seek rest and silence within this sanctuary.
In a dialogue from Answers, the doctor discusses Mr. Poorley’s medical case with his wife. The doctor laments the slim hope of recovery, noting the patient cannot cover more than one third of the medical bill.
A terse moral aside notes that awareness of moral cleanliness grants strength second only to a clean conscience, reflecting late 19th century ethical rhetoric and self examination.
Quote from Shakespeare notes that those who willfully harm themselves incur injuries they choose through their own actions. The line reflects moral causation and personal responsibility.
Millions have been sunk as at least sixty U S cities sold leased or abandoned municipal lighting plants amid widespread attempts to dispose of these systems. The piece warns more failures loom as cities face funding difficulties and costly burdens from municipal energy ventures.
A quotation from Birmingham Perald argues that the political machine in New York City grows strong through large delegated powers and a $190,000,000 expenditure. He contends citizens already face faults and warns municipal ownership would complicate governance and burden the ordinary businessman.
The Winnipeg Free Press argues municipal ownership should not be discredited for higher debt if new enterprises become fully self sustaining. It compares mismanagement risk to handling dynamite, noting danger when entrusted to ordinary councils and likening it to giving dynamite to a seven year old.
An exchange notes a city council fined a water company $1000 for impure water. The piece muses that if the waterworks had been city owned the penalty might differ.
A backwoods Virginia woman enters a local store with three chickens and asks their price. She places them on the counter and the clerk asks if they will lay eggs. She reveals the birds are roosters, biting her handkerchief in embarrassment.
A Toledo Blade reader describes a cornet player on the third floor with remarkable endurance. The casual visitor notes the musician’s endurance, while a regular boarder adds that others among the boarders exceed him in endurance.
A Punch quotation contrasts male dependence on a wife with female independence. The tramp proclaims his wife earned three good jobs and her independence cost him all. The exchange highlights gender role tension and social attitudes of the era.
A concise reflection on financial caution warns that delay in saving funds leaves individuals with insufficient security once they reach a critical financial low point. The commentary emphasizes proactive planning, budgeting, and disciplined saving habits to avoid debt and hardship.
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