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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
5
Freeman's in Fairbury introduces new items for homes. J D Funders notes chick food for young poultry. Red Cross may launch a state campaign in November. A man once bought Manhattan Island for 24 dollars. War Savings Stamps urged. Diller residents stay home possibly to avoid taxes. Mr Reid and daughter visited Wymore relatives in town. A Diller mother recalls war injuries while mentioning cooties.
Mr and Mrs George Baker celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary last Friday evening at their residence four miles north and one east of Diller, marking a quiet family observance.
The text suggests making a habit of eating slowly and thoroughly masticating food to avoid trouble. It adds that if distress occurs, one may take a Chamberlain's tablet after supper.
Mrs Sam Diller and her daughter Eunice, after visiting with sisters Mrs Forest Hartzel and Mrs L M Cavett and other relatives, returned on Tuesday to their home at Wilber.
An Iowa editor once urged girls to tie corn husk bundles to their knees to rattle like silk petticoats, a plan now mocked. The piece also describes an effective fly trap: a square framework with a screen pyramid bottom that draws in flies, catching many during summer.
Frank A. Moon & Son advertises a monument sale in Fairbury claiming the largest stock in southern Nebraska. All work is guaranteed and buyers are urged to visit before purchasing.
Farmers push ahead with alfalfa harvest while corn fields take priority. Boy Scouts sold over 50 million dollars worth of War Savings Stamps last year and continue efforts. Local roads improve for auto travel though village streets lag. Dr. A. Lynch offers general surgery eye ear nose throat care with office at Fairbury Hospital 612 5th St Fairbury Nebraska.
Mrs. Carrie Campbell Mrs. Henry Arnold and Mrs. Wray of Harbine were seen shopping in Diller on Wednesday evening.
A reader advises using Chamberlain's tablets twice daily and massaging the back over the seat of pain with thorough application. The guidance emphasizes consistent treatment to ease a lame back.
A humorously framed quip suggests some women avoid lengthy conversations because husbands struggle to listen beyond three or four hours, highlighting differences in conversational endurance.
Mrs D R Kelley sails for Indiana to visit her old home and plans a brief layover with a sister in Pittsburg Kansas en route.
The Misses Grayce Myers Alice Line Berndetta Freytag and Francie Eick checked their baggage for Horky's Park Crete and went Saturday to attend the state encampment of Camp Fire Girls.
Susan Randall, an early village settler who arrived in 1885, was a Burlington passenger Wednesday bound for Lincoln to visit friends.
The annual Zion Lutheran Sunday school picnic takes place next Sunday June 22 in the Luehring grove west of the church. A program will be rendered and refreshments served. All are invited. Otto Bergfelder Pastor.
People find their physician away from home and suffer from stomach pains colic and diarrhoea. Many cases go fatal before treatment. A remedy is recalled as a bottle of Colic and Cholera Medicine kept handy for immediate use.
Edward G. Roelf of Diller is among Nebraska youths who arrived at Hoboken New Jersey after oversea service.
Jack Green enlisted in the regular army at Atchison Kansas last week and traveled to Honolulu by way of San Francisco.
A. H. Colman is confined to his home this week with sciatic rheumatism. He is under care of Dr. Diehl and a trained nurse and is improving rapidly.
Warren Angell, lately in Fairbury on business related to his mother's estate, paused for a visit with local friends before departing Monday for his home in Kidder, Missouri.
M. A. Hurley of Lawrence Nebraska plans to reside at Cavett’s property on Caster street in Killer. He will run Central Granaries Co elevator at this station after returning from overseas military service.
An advice piece suggests chronic constipation stems from dry bowel matter. It recommends drinking more water, eating raw fruit, and outdoor exercise to improve condition. If needed, use mild laxatives rather than harsh cathartics, with Chamberlain's Tablets endorsed as easy to take and effective.
The final allied response to the Versailles peace terms was handed to the German delegation. Berlin has five days to accept or reject the treaty. If accepted, peace will be signed immediately. if rejected, the armistice ends Saturday June 21 and the powers will enforce the terms.
The postmaster general announces the switch after June 30 with 2-cent postal cards and 3-cent stamped envelopes to be discarded. 3-cent stamps stay valid for mail with excess postage. On July 1 the U.S. reverts to 2-cent letters and 11-cent cards, exchanges for discarded items allowed for one month.
Secretary of State Annaberry notes a new statute requires every county to pay a wolf bounty from the general fund. Claimants turn scalps into the county clerk’s office for a certificate, present it to the treasurer, and receive payment. The old law required a voter vote before payment. The act takes effect July 18.
A nationwide Thrift Sunday on June 22 will feature a message from Treasury Secretary Carter Glass urging thrift habits from wartime to continue. Clergy across denominations will read Save First Spend afterward sermons and promote War Savings and Thrift Stamps. Auxiliary groups including Christian Endeavor Epworth Leagues and Brotherhood chapters urged to participate.
An auto bumped a street car in Springfield Illinois and knocked it sideways off the track without harming the car. The incident reflects rising auto popularity and street car vulnerability in the city.
University extension men note tractors require more gasoline with dull plows than horses do. A dull cultivator pulls harder and yields poorer work, so farmers are advised to keep cultivators sharp and spend time adjusting them.
Beatrice residents witnessed a carload of wool from Gage county sheep, a reminder that the county once thrived on the wool trade. The piece notes wool sales faded with competition from wood industries and cheaper lands, but suggests sheep raising may be returning.
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