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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
5
Local timetable lists No 16 Burlington passenger at 12 49 pm and No 66 freight daily. No 18 through passenger at 3 33 pm and No 15 local passenger at 5 00 pm.
J A Pickard arrives in town with a new car and a small brush. Rev Maxcy and family visit relatives at Kesterson and Fairbury from Monday to Thursday. W G Tristman returns from Lincoln on Diller Telephone business. Local note requests Diller Telephone Co to cut weeds around premises. District P S C E convention attended at Fairbury. Kentucky reports discuss liquor stock and grain diversion to feed cattle to avert shortages for Chicago packers.
Notice announces annual school meeting on Monday June 24 at 2 PM in the school house to elect two members of the Board of Education and handle other business. Patrons are urged to attend to show interest in the school.
Representatives from Beatrice Electric and Homesville power plant met with Diller acetylene gas owners to discuss wiring an electric service. A proposal was presented but no action was taken at the meeting last week.
A cheeky ad claims a wealthy match ends when a woman uses Electric Bitters. It praises strong nerves bright brain and steady temper as effects of the remedy. It promises relief from indigestion backache headache fainting and dizziness and calls Electric Bitters a popular choice for women.
Narka Kansas letter from June 8 recounts Mr Frank Pearce asking for The Diller Record to stay connected with his home town. He extols Diller as a fine community with strong roads and a gas powered road grader being tested locally. Readers told to send copies. writer notes crops look good and praises local people, while assuring others to visit Diller.
Mentions a six week window to prepare for a sane fourth. Notes Miss Lora Lambert of Guide Rock visiting and Gretzinger returning home for summer from Hastings college.
Endicott address offered for pasture space managed by POR Miller. Horses preferred. suitable for twenty head of livestock.
A chemist notes coal tar yields a palette of colors explosives medicines and fragrances yet in its natural state it remains a disagreeable substance with dangerous aspects.
The Diller Record jokes that Squire Kelley of Diller, praised for growing new potatoes the size of walnuts, should be president. It notes the gag honors a local gardener and requests he sign an agreement not to seek a third term.
Commentary on naval rivalry questions the purpose of a battleship larger than the Texas. The piece notes Americans in Cuba have influence with the United States and contrasts with Mexicans living nearby. It mirrors a rural, community-focused ethos praising quiet, dependable citizens.
A 1912 era notice promotes the Lincoln State Journal with a special price of $2 for daily and Sunday delivery through January 1, 1913. The appeal highlights impartial reporting, readership growth, and the benefits of subscribing to the capital city paper this year.
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