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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1903
Page
1
A city ordinance limits business growth and prohibits new enterprises not aligned with town interests. It bans soliciting customers for ventures in or near Diller and restricts ads and recruitment for new homes or commercial activity within the town limits.
A roll of short items reports J D Fanders visiting Wylmore between trains, Nelson returning from Omaha on business, and Migs Bessie Amos visiting a sister in Princeton Nebraska. The Burlington paymaster paid workers at the station while Asa Thompson of Kearney visits J L Lamb’s family. Tornado near Cozad caused about 100000 in property loss. Dr F M Blair will be in Diller July 15 to 18 for care.
Blavser advertises two row lister cultivators priced at $18.00 with claim they cut and slash well. The note cites a kerosene production figure of sixty million barrels in the United States and mentions proceeds from sale and byproducts from pooweam totaling about $500.
The Burlington Route sells Beatrice and return tickets from Diller for $1.20 valid July 10 to 23 with return by July 24. Ask ticket agent for details. J T Briggs injured foot stepping on a rusty spike Monday. injury minor and healing.
An advertisement touts Dr King New Life Pills as a powerful health booster, claiming they transform weakness to strength and mental energy. Priced at 25 cents per box and sold by J W Sutton. The Degree of Honor lodge of Diller invites Breele City lodge to a social meeting with an exhibition next Saturday, with potential refreshments.
The Old Settlers group will hold a three day reunion in Endicott Nebraska August 19 20 and 21 with site events Saturday and plans to reorganize the association. They promise speeches amusements and nighttime fireworks in the Little Blue shade grove emphasizing their long running reunion origins.
A July 1904 round up reports visitors, travels, and civic events. A. J. Sheldon calls on Fairbury. G. A. R. reunion prep runs July 27 to August. Diller schools gain staff. W. M. Carmichael installs five new phones. Mrs. Joe Bodell visits Beatrice chautauqua. Lutherans repaint parsonage. crops and weather show showers. multiple residents plan trips to Lincoln, Denver, and Europe.
Anton Friday came back Monday evening from Lincoln where his daughter Miss Agnes Friday is in the Catholic hospital for granulated eyelids and is recovering nicely. Mrs. L A Powell and son Percy also returned today from Superior after a two week visit. They were joined by Miss Tindall from Superior who came to seek treatment from Dr. Powell.
Promotion states no one in the state will hesitate to praise Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets after trying them. They promise a pleasant movement of the bowels, improved appetite, and strengthened digestion, sold by J. W. Sutton.
An advertisement touts Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with castor oil for curing infant cholera when used as directed. It notes sale by J. W. Sutton and mentions the Nebraska Epworth Assembly August 8 13 at Epworth Lake Park near Lincoln with excursion rail rates and season tickets priced at one dollar, contact President L. C. Jones in Lincoln.
Mrs Chas Bor Leon of Alexandria Indiana describes near nightly coughing fits and blood spitting from consumption. After other medicines failed three $1 bottles of Dr King's New Discovery cured her and she gained 58 pounds. It cures coughs colds la grippe bronchitis and lung troubles. Price 50 cents and 1.00. Trial bottles free at J W Sutton's drug store.
The association begins operations in Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma with threshing underway in the southern territory. The cooperative markets grain assuring growers full value on the world market and plans further expansion.
The Burlington offers round trip tickets to multiple western destinations with summer dates and varied prices. Cities include Denver Pueblo Glenwood Springs Ogden Deadwood Lead Hot Springs Custer and more with June 1 to Sept 30 travel windows and prices ranging from about 16.90 to 30.50. Ask the ticket agent for details. Heavy spring and summer rains washed ditches holes along roads creating hazards and culverts need maintenance.
A resident, F A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama, reports healing from a severe piles condition after Buckley's Arnica Salve. A new wagon bridge across Indian Creek near town will replace the old structure, is slightly higher and longer, and should resist floating away. Smith Williams, veteran foreman, led the bridge crew as the county moved from a contract plan.
On the Beatrice chautauqua special train last Sunday Mr Jas Bel rebuked a drunken man from towns west of here who groped two of the hostesses' nieces. An umbrella's blows across the offender's head halted the misconduct until friends intervened in another car. Bel was praised for his decisive restraint and conduct.
C We Scott, Burlington agent, reports selling sixty tickets for Sunday’s trip to Beatrice chautauqua. Sam Jones was advertised to preach but a Chicago speaker filled the time. The rain afternoon spoiled the exercises, and a partial passenger list includes Lightner, Gully Wright, Pearce, Earle, and many others with several couples and Misses Osborn, Bixby, and Nelson among the attendees.
Miss Gertrude Zook visited family of J B in Rock Creek precinct where a 1 to 3 mile wide strip suffered hail damage Sunday afternoon. An Odell examination eyed a carrier for the second rural free delivery route. Beatrice chautauqua trip noted by Mrs Diter Steiner and Soberteaup. Timothy and alfalfa crops prosper in Jefferson County as Lon don and Lon don harvested thirteen tons from three acres this week.
A past and present snapshot includes a testimonial for Electric Bitters by Joe Golobick of Cohuea Calif praising relief from rheumatism Liver and kidney troubles and general debility. The postcard from John Gretzinger moves a Recopr address to Crabtree Linn Co Oregon and reports farm bounty and homesickness. A O U W picnic plan for Aug 18 in Hartzells Grove features Pettit's Concert Band and local singers with a Degree of Honor drill and carnival activities.
A Monday night blaze in Odell consumed about one fourth of the business section, likely incendiary. Durfee's livery barn burned with horses and vehicles, plus several downtown properties including Walker Lumber, Feyerabend store, Dr. Woodward’s office, and Kasparek hotel. Total loss near 33 500 with 11 700 insured. Reinforcement from a bucket brigade saved only modest amounts as Kasparek hotel stood firm. Walker Lumber and Kasparek may rebuild.
G H Townemaker worked for Deering Harvester Co in Liberty this week. Mrs J W Fouts received a new piano bought during a Davenport visit. Adams brothers arrived from Oklahoma aiming to form a harvesting rig in Gosper County. Daisy Londonbie closed Harbine millinery and plans a Diller shop later. Chautauqua program announced for Aug 9 with Gen Fitzhugh Lee and Edison moving pictures. Salem secretary W P Shildneck outlines departments and preparations for the assembly.
Mrs Alice Miller of Morgan Texas details a six year battle with diarrhoea. After failing with doctors she used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and recovered with one bottle costing only a few cents.
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