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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
4
One year in advance six months in advance shown as second class matter at the Diller Nebraska post office for transmission. Advertising rates available on application. Business locals priced at 6 cents per line per insertion. FRIDAY MARCH 6 1908.
Lincoln Star reports rising opposition to Congressman Hinshaw within his district as county conventions pass Hinshaw resolutions. The move, though echoed in several papers, will not affect the congressional primary which votes directly for the nominee. pundits say Hinshaw faces a strenuous race with rivals and organized sentiment gathering against him.
Omaha reports a flood of furs with thousands of muskrats and coyotes and a variety of other hides. Prices vary from 18 to 24 cents for muskrat and up to 7 dollars for large beaver skins with beaver rare in Nebraska. Prime black shanks fetch 20 cents to 1.25 for striped mink, and prairie wolf and wildcat skins bring 75 cents to 5 dollars in monthly receipts.
A reflective verse by Walt Mason recalls a slippery morning fall and aging. The piece contrasts youth’s bravado with the ache of aging as the speaker suffers rib and head injuries after a sidewalk mishap. A second note reports a state circular threatening teacher certificate revocation for those breaking contracts without school board consent.
A Sunday blaze in Tampa, Florida scorched 55 acres, killed one woman, and destroyed 380 structures causing an estimated 600000 dollars in damage. In Ohio a three story school in a Cleveland suburb was burned, killing a teacher and 162 children. The Burlington operates a telephone line between Lincoln and Wymore for its own use.
Nimrods report docks plentiful as Chester Sparks moves to a farm near Ellis. J E Clark ships cattle and hogs to market. Mrs Frank Mathias visits relatives in Iowa then returns. Mrs Adame plans building on west town lot. Ger DeWitt promotes Salve it heals and cools. Several towns vote on saloon issue in spring election. A girl born to Mr and Mrs J J Long of Ellis on the 29th. Patton Saw Proof Paint touted by J O Blauer. Local moves include sales near this place and health improvements from Eureka Springs. Rev Sehard preaches in the new German Lutheran church. Earl Pearce visits Lincoln with Earl Miller. Mrs W J Cunningham visits from Cameron Mo. Mr and Mrs WT Amos return from bridal trip. Various ads for trials, medicines, and incubator heat attach. Sixteen smallpox cases in Hollenberg with quarantine. exposure risk to Diller area.
Auton Friday shipped a car load of hogs Monday. Remember G. T. Miller public sale next Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Greenwood returned Tuesday from visiting a son in western Kansas. Patton's Sun Proof Paint goes further and last longer. Sold by J. O. Blaaser.
Real estate ad notes a six room house and 24 lots in Diller with a good well and outbuildings and asks readers to inquire for terms via O. C. Micer. Nearby social notes mention Burlington travelers to Humboldt and visits by local residents amid a stream of short community updates.
Wymore jeweler J. D. Kite tightens the grab on a stack of jewelry at an auction in the Raymond building each night this week Col. J. B. Wright serves as the auctioneer and bids rise and fall with spirited activity throughout the sessions.
The Recogpis laments another late delivery as the express company fails to ship their ready print on time. They consider using freight for future deals to avoid repeated delays.
Mies Elsie Steffen returned to Crete Nebraska to attend the marriage of her friend Mise Dora Schouvelle to Mr Otto Schutte at the home of Dora’s parents seven miles north of Diller on Tuesday.
An old pharmacy advertisement touts Preventice Candy Cold Cure Tablets with a bold $100 guarantee against a 25 cent box. It claims no quinine or harsh ingredients and promises safe feverish child relief, urging early cold treatment with Preventics 48 count.
In Filley Feb. 27 1908 Rev. Reents joined Dick Fandera and Lottie Karamers in marriage. Miss Tena Rammers played the wedding music. Bridesmaids Hannah Reents Minnie Rammers. groomsmen Martin Fanders Tom Rammers. Reception served by Gracie Aden Minnie Reents Hannah DeVries Fred DeBoer. Guests from Diller listed. couple to start housekeeping on a farm three miles west of town.
A montage of jokes and brainteasers about girls and words, including a riddle about why words pass between people and a pun about a ship like a tailor. The text ends with an unfinished riddle about when a ship is like a tailor.
G P Marvin editor of the Beatrice Daily Sun and Weekly Democrat died at his Beatrice home Wednesday morning after a brief illness. He was nearly fifty seven and had published the Democrat since 1879, served as Beatrice postmaster during Cleveland's second term, and is survived by his wife a daughter and two sons.
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