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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1918
Page
5
The notice lists prairie hay for sale by C. R. Steffen of Diller. It mentions a patriot family gardening for wartime canning and a trip by John Hilder to Wymore to visit his injured son. Also notes Miss Mary Snyder visiting Omaha for a month with relatives.
A short note says rheumatic shoulder pain responds to absolute rest and a few applications of Chamberlain's Liniment. Miss Fern Cavett visited family of Rev. Maxey in Germany today as restrictions limit fried foods to conserve fats and grease becomes scarce for households.
Die Nebraska Post at Beatrice suspends editor Emil Schutz after county council of defense requests English language printing, stating the paper cannot succeed if issued in English.
Diller will hold its fraternal picnic in August with committees from lodge organizations and the commercial club already appointed. The committee organization is not yet finalized but the event is expected to feature a largely patriotic program.
A vintage health ad touts life pleasure from improved digestion and regular bowel movements. It claims that several doses of tablets help expel waste, ease headaches, and restore joy in living.
S. E. Samuelson and M. S. Scherer of the U S Department of Agriculture visited Diller yesterday to survey small grain crops. They report 2 to 12 percent of oats infected with smut, 4 to 5 percent in barley, and wheat nearly free from infection.
Mr and Mrs F E Hale and children returned Sunday from an auto trip to Colorado where they visited their son Loren and family near Abbott. They traveled the old route via Goocland and Belleville Kansas reporting a delightful trip despite rain and mud. They found tulke in good health and leaving an above average wheat crop for the country this year.
A notice offers one hundred dollars as a reward for any catarrh case that cannot be cured by the medicine advertised. The remedy claims to act through the mucous surfaces and blood, and that the reader has taken the medicine for a short time without relief.
The wheat and oats harvest is nearly finished with threshing to begin next week. A license was issued last week in Thayer county for the marriage of Joseph Sisk and Lora K. Staley. Mrs. F L. Sweeney arrived in the city from Omaha to visit friends in the Diller area. Geo. Andrews of the American Live Stock Co. visited Steele City and Beatrice this week.
These tablets target stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. If you suffer these, try them and observe the relief a first class medicine provides. Each bottle costs a quarter.
Parents planning for their children's education are urged to consider Grand Island Business College in Nebraska. The school claims to be one of the nation’s largest and most prosperous and offers a special limited admission for qualifying youths aiming for business and Civil Service careers with guaranteed positions after graduation.
Jefferson county pioneer and former county judge C C Boyle died Monday after paralysis struck him Saturday morning. A resident since the 1860s, he came to Nebraska with oxen before railroads, studied law, and practiced in Fairbury since 1870. He was eighty years old.
A local message from Mrs Burns urges residents to know how to respond to stomach illnesses. She notes a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy helped during her attacks and that she has recommended it to others in the area.
Forty six societies representing 22 nationalities organize monster celebrations, pageants, and parades to showcase U S unity. Groups include Armenians Assyrians Belgians Chinese Czechoslovaks Danes Dutch Finns French Canadians Germans Greeks Hungarians Norwegians Poles Portuguese Russians Roumanians Swedes Swiss urged President Wilson to call on native and foreign born Americans to unite in observing Independence Day.
Henry Warnsholtz Caldwell writes from Oklahoma July 1 1918 reporting threshing of 115 acres of wheat yielding 2435 bushels and 21 acres of oats yielding 502 bushels Wheat yields range 14 to 28 bushels per acre one car shipped test No 1 rain on June 29 warm spell ended and field labor continues despite heat with all working hard in the cellar translation note end of letter expresses good harvest wishes to friends at Diller.
The writer describes a trip in a Saxon car from Gage county to Geneva Nebraska visiting Fairbury field notes with corn and wheat, rain needs in Jefferson Thayer and Fillmore counties, a stop to surprise friends, visits with Mr McPeek and Elmer Harold in Carleton, a return home after a big rain, and mentions Mr and Mrs I Saylor.
County Agent L Boyd Rist reports USDA information on walnut log demand for government contracts. Logs 12 inches and up in diameter and 8 to 12 feet long are preferred with prices varying by size and grade. propeller stock and gun stock materials mostly fetch 60 to 120 dollars per thousand board feet, while higher grade logs command 80 to 90 dollars and some propeller logs 150 to 250 dollars per thousand.
The firm supplying air combat material requires one inch thick clear walnut lumber. Desired sizes include 12 to 14 inch wide boards and lengths of 9 feet or longer, sourced from logs 16 inches or larger in diameter. This timber is vital for war production and national defense.
The Railroad Administration reports better box car availability for wheat handling than in three years. Since May 1 cars began moving into wheat territory and lines expect above normal cars. Cars are being parked in wheat loading zones, and more cars will be moved into the district as needed.
Secretary McAdoo clarifies reports that the fourth Liberty Loan bears 44 percent interest. He states no plan exists to issue bonds of the fourth loan at higher than 43 percent and recalls his 44 percent target for stabilized wartime borrowing.
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