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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1912
Page
5
The readable OCR shows daily train times for through passenger No 14 at 4 20 a m and 3 68 a m, local passenger No 16 at 12 49 p m and No 15 at 5 00 p m, plus local freight No 66 daily and a 6 00 p m listing. A partial 8 55 a m line appears.
Friends are invited to meet at the Diller picnic on August 15. The item notes local residents including Misses Gertrude and Irene Blauser visiting relatives in Rockford Nebraska and mentions travel by Mr and Mrs A H Colman to Michigan and Minnesota. Also lists Mrs Ballard and children visiting Diller Odell relatives and Carl Habicht’s return to work as a traveling representative in the Dakotas.
The Kansas Nebraska Soldiers Reunion at Marysville Kansas runs July 24 25 26 and 27 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the soldiers enlistment in 62.
Dr Folsom will be at Bauquess Office on Tuesday June 16 for free examinations and spectacles fittings.
The regular semiannual meeting of the directors of the Diller State bank was held Tuesday to examine the books and accounts of the institution as required by law.
Miss Elizabeth Wetson twenty year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph A Wetson of Beatrice drowned Tuesday evening while bathing in the Blue river at Vinny Bend a summer camping place north of the city.
Clarence Eaton an ethnographer with the U S civil service commission in the bureau of animal industry arrived Wednesday for a visit with his brother L M Cavett and family. In health notes mothers are advised to watch for loose bowels in children and Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is recommended. For sale by Shutt Drug Co.
A humorous remark suggests preserving the appendix as a useful organ for lubricating the bowels, noting the decision to keep it as long as it behaves itself decently.
A 19th century testimonial promotes Electric Bitters as a health tonic for women. It claims improved strength, relief from fainting and dizziness, backache, nervousness, and fatigue. The ad cites Eliza Poe of Depew Okia praising the product. Price is listed as 50 cents. Sold by Shutt Drug.
An ancient Egyptian proverb from Ptahhotep advises a husband to furnish his house, care for his wife, avoid quarrels, and make her glad for life. The writer notes this counsel dates back about 3,500 years, yet resonates with discussions on women’s emancipation and domestic economy.
A group of young ladies from Diller spent yesterday picnicking along the Blue River near Steele City. The outing drew local attention as residents enjoyed a sunny day by the water.
Miss Bert Ballard of the Fairbury post office force visited Diller from Sunday noon until Monday evening, detailing a brief sojourn in the neighboring town.
An ad claims the key to securing a husband lies in Dr. King's Life Pills. It promises new strength, a fine complexion, pure breath, cheerful spirits and easy safe results. The copy positions the pills as a surefire aid in winning men, sold for 25 cents at Shutt Drug Co.
A curious farming tip describes keeping roosters in cages or coops so low they cannot stand. The method allegedly prevents crowing by forcing the bird to crouch and lower its head, with an extreme suggestion of fricassee as an alternative.
Ladies hosted a family picnic in Hartzell grove on Wednesday July 3. Nearly all Kinb were present and reported a good time. About forty enjoyed dinner after which men showed fancy work skills, providing amusement.
In the current issue of the American Magazine the hobble skirt is ripped to shreds as the editor analyzes its moral physical medical fashionable and psychological aspects. The piece asserts it is not fit for womankind from any light and argues its artistic charm is unreliable.
A promotional health line asserts that a housewife cannot stay healthy or beautiful through endless chores. It urges daily outdoor activity and sun exposure, plus maintaining digestion with Chamberlain's Tablets, and ends with the product is available at Shutt Drug Co.
A critical catalog of male myths about wives highlights the comfort seeking, controlling, and self centered views that limit women. It condemns husbands who expect free labor rely on providence for home and food and deny wives autonomy.
Clark and Sylva Miller visited the Fairchilds at Endicott two or three days this week. Raymond of Lincoln attended a semi annual meeting of the directors of the First National Bank of this city on Tuesday.
The treasury plans a nickel with a buffalo on the obverse and an Indian head on the reverse. July 4th marks an official flag endowed with fifty states now forty eight, unlikely to grow soon. Acety lene Gas Co of Diller met to fund plant repairs with a 15 percent assessment. Kansas to harvest over a quarter of winter wheat, with more than 6 million acres expected. Progressive Republicans in Washington abandon efforts to persuade Taft to withdraw as GOP nominee.
A Boston man lost his leg from an insect bite two years earlier. The text urges use of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to kill poison and prevent inflammation, swelling, and pain. It claims the product heals burns, boils, ulcers, piles, eczema, cuts, and bruises, available for 25 cents at Shutt Drug Co.
The St Francis Herald reports on Mr a pip Carmichael sending oats wheat and barley samples that impressed readers. It notes the grain’s exceptional quality for Cheyenne county and mentions 4.05 inches of rain fell there during June.
The English sparrow is described as a widespread urban pest in the United States. It damages fruit and grain, displaces songbirds, and thrives due to its fecundity and lack of natural enemies. Farmers' Bulletin 493 outlines combat methods including traps to reduce its numbers.
The Hebron Journal reprints a farmer’s puzzling letter from Morgan county Illinois about using a baking powder can filled with black pepper to treat cabbages. The note’s ambiguous instructions confuse if the holes apply to worms or cabbages, and if the pepper or can should be wet.
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