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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
5
Noah Handley was in Diller yesterday. Mrs John Pulec visited Thursday afternoon with friends at 49 Wrymore. John Pulec and family plan a Colorado car trip, expected to start next Wednesday.
Hot weather dried some fields allowing hay cutting. Mrs. L. Bausch returned Wednesday evening from a two week visit with daughters at Humboldt Nebraska and St. Joseph Missouri.
Walter S Patton purchases a quarter section of land from Theo H Justin in section 28 2 3 Rock Creek precinct for a consideration of 12000 dollars.
The planned performance for the Diller Red Cruse fundraiser was postponed to next Tuesday night because two players’ family members suffered a death. The event was intended to benefit the local fund and the delay affects community participants and supporters.
D B Cropsey of Fairbury has filed to run for state treasurer. He spent thirty years in Fairbury banking before being elected treasurer of Jefferson County and is widely known across the state.
A reader recalls giving Chamberlain Cough Remedy to two daughters with whooping cough and reports it worked like a charm. The note emphasizes keeping the cough loose and excretion easy as key to relief.
Mr and Mrs Walter Pitts arrived on the early Monday morning train for a visit to his parents Mr and Mrs George Pitts and other Diller relatives and to her parents Mr and Mrs J W Hooper and other relatives at Alexandria. Mr Pitts had moved to Oretta La three years ago and liked it well enough to not consider returning to Nebraska to live.
Flymouth twine. 21 For Sale Ford car 1917 model in good condition. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gregory visited from Reynolds. They stayed with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Gretzinger. Mr. and Mrs. Will Kennedy from north of Fairbury visited Piller at Mrs. Mary Miller's home.
Mr and Mrs Alvin Pasco of Beatrice visited Saturday at the home of her mother Mrs Mary Faanacht.
A reader from Kentucky praises Chamberlain's tablets as a wonder noting they never sell apice that beat them and recommending them for trouble with strong or constipation suggesting they give them eight.
Mr and Mrs Worth Dowling of Beatrice visited Saturday and Sunday in the home of his sisters Mesdames E E Hill and F W Krisbie The report notes Dowling intends to enter a training camp soon.
Mrs Charles Enyeart of Uatington Indiana reports in 1911 two of her children fell ill with cholera morbus. They received immediate relief after using Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, highlighting the product as a preemptive household staple for sudden stomach illnesses.
Bankers and successful business men prefer graduates of the Grand Island Business College in Nebraska for immediate qualified service. The 30 year old leader in business education cannot meet all demand for its graduates and offered guaranteed positions. Write for a free catalogue.
At Fairbury county council of defence meeting last week several failings to meet the 3rd Liberty Loan quota were examined and settled. John Boeckner of Plymouth a Mennonite refused for conscientious reasons and was referred to the state council with a recommendation for internment until the war ends. Boeckner, born in Canada, said he would follow church mandates over national law.
Local notice seeks inquiries at this office regarding a draft or enlistment matter. It notes 160 Gage county residents selected to go to Beatrice on Monday for Camp Funston and Fort Riley duties.
The wheat harvest is in full swing with some fields finished and others not yet cut. Estimates place yields from 12 to 18 bushels. An elderly visitor to Steele City, sister of Julies Damme of near Diller, fell on stairs Monday night and died from injuries.
A short health notice advises slow eating and thorough chewing to avoid sour stomach. It recommends eating little meat at supper and using Chamberlain’s Tablets to aid digestion if symptoms occur.
Neighbors and friends gathered Monday evening at the Kennedy home to celebrate the couple's return from their wedding trip. Refreshments of ice cream and cigars were provided by the groom. The bride, Adeline Miller of San Bernardino, Cal, formerly taught in Granby and was well known in the Fairbury area.
Gordon W. Wattles, Federal Food Administrator for Nebraska, imposes immediate limits on sugar and beef service. Nebraskans may consume 2 pounds of sugar per person monthly, 25 pounds per family for canning with a possible second 25 pounds on a special certificate. Beef steak service moves from Tuesday evening to Thursday noon. Livestock dealers must obtain licenses from the Law Division of the Food Administration in Washington before July 26. Retailers face a 2 pound per person sugar limit per family.
A county candidate files with the clerk as a Democratic nominee for county attorney. Spurred by support from leading citizens, the declarant will ask Democrats across the county to vote in the primary and, if chosen, run a vigorous campaign. He believes his statewide name recognition makes a principles declaration unnecessary.
Mr and Mrs Millard Gemeny arrived back home after a Monday morning drive from Hiawatha Kansas in their new Buick Sedan ending the trip in a little over three hours.
Miss Adeline Viola Miller, a former Diller teacher, married Will R. Kennedy of Fairbury in Nebraska. The ceremony followed a double ring service at a Presbyterian parsonage with few witnesses. The bride wore Georgette crepe and Milan hat. after the wedding, the couple spent a few days in Lincoln before a planned wedding trip.
District Agent urges all available men and older youths to help with harvest in Kansas. Reports oat smut seen in several fields and advises dry seed treatment if present. Mentions leaf drying in potato vines from heat and suggests Bordeaux mixture to curb burn. Seeks two samples of rye, wheat and oats for the plant disease survey.
A note expresses that the Kennedys will be at home and welcoming to any San Bernardino friends passing by. The latch-string will be out and a warm greeting awaits visitors.
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