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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1906
Page
5
The column notes daily happenings at the county seat with items on P. B. Miller transacting business, E. L. Loock and Carl Habicht shopping in St. Joe for summer goods, and Charley Tonnemaker buying a corner lot. It mentions two dil ler residences for sale cheap, and Postmaster Fouts and family recovering from illness.
Local coal dealer J B Zoox touts Niggerhead Maitland coal promising easy burn with little soot. Price offers include seven dollars off the car and seven dollars and twenty five cents from the house.
The Misses Ebright announce new goods for Easter hats and invite orders. Opening delayed due to moving building but progress continues. Also advertised are Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar and a liquid cold cure for children sold at Neely's Pharmacy.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. Epworth League evening topic Africa Day Break on the Dark Continent led by Misa Bernice Welton. Christian Endeavor and Epworth League program at 8 p.m. covers Sabbath observance, total abstinence, saloon impacts, gambling, and the County Option Bill with local leaders leading sessions.
Folly of seed distribution ends with a playful poem about a rural carrier faced with cold, blizzards, and pennies in the mail box. The piece notes the tax on patience when coins block delivery and ends with a quip about government seed distribution funding and committee actions.
Fred Reynolds plans a public sale Thursday March 29 1906 at his ranch 4 miles south of Ellis and near Diller to sell 9 horses 3 cattle 1 brood sow and farm implements. Col J B Wright auctioneer A May born clerk sale begins at 10 with free lunch at noon watch for bills.
Mr. J. C. Bayne of the Herald Addington Ind Ter declares he is afflicted with rheumatism yet can attend to business again thanks to Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He calls it the best liniment and notes one application relieves pain with prompt relief. Sold by Spear Drug Co.
Grape's, leading jeweler, advertises matest shirt waist sets, side and back comics, cuff links and novelties for shoppers seeking stylish accessories and daily wear items.
Auction note lists eggs for setting of 15 from Barred and Buff Plymouth Rocks at 25 cents. Mentions Mrs. Frank Hace Mrs. Cuas Hoon and appears as a small classifieds item. Contact details are not fully legible in the fragment.
Auction style ad lists eggs for hatching at 75 cents per set of 15 and incubator lots of 120 eggs for 5.00 from Mrs A M Soulenberger R F D 1 box 49 41 Fairbury plus a Roosevelt era note on tuberculosis and a humorous Sears Roebuck related anecdote.
Garfield and Homer Nida spent Sunday with the Monasmith family. Monasmiths hosted Saturday evening with Merve and Lawrence providing music. Billie Logan visited Diller for dental work. Several new mumps cases appear in the district. Albert and Joe Steffen visited Floyd and Dell Monasmith Monday evening, with a gaming session of flinch. Fremont Logan had dinner with the Monasmiths Sunday. Mail delivery was hindered Tuesday by bad roads. Weather has limited news this week.
Local items report Jofan Fanders’ ill child recovered after two doctors were called. Earnest Kunter packed eggs for Willems & Kunter. Fred DeBoer builds a new chicken house and reflects on poultry profits. Fanders Bros claim a sled design fits 16 passengers with a 16 to 1 joke. A Sunday visit to relatives is noted, plus a light quip about whether cold or heat is faster.
The Epworth League Entertainment Course switches from a declamation contest to a lecture on April 10. The talk, Around the World with a Camera, features 150 stereoptical views, illustrated by Dr. Horn who has traveled around the world.
A Missouri editor urges every family to keep Chamberlain's Cough Remedy on hand for quick cold relief and to prevent croup in children. He states it cures colds at the outset and serves as a reliable remedy when hoarseness or a croupy cough appears. Sold by Spear.
A humorous column notes a grass widow pun relating to Hopper's divorce and jokes about crime costs. Chicago raises saloon licenses from 500 to 1000 dollars to fund crime suppression. An exchange compares rural and urban kickers, implying city dwellers resist paying for municipal improvements, with livestock metaphors for the town and farm characters.
The diary entry notes seven weeks in Washington vs Minerva Junction, late hours, social access aided by Col Harrison K Bunker for the congressman’s wife and daughter, poker winnings of 2500 dollars, and reflections on railroad interests. It mentions studying railroad legislation and intent to modify anti trust and tariff revision bills, with possible delay this season.
Notice states that Diller Farmers' Grain Co of Diller Nebraska is incorporated under Nebraska law. It lists name, principal place in Diller Jefferson county, business in grain buying selling shipping storing and related real estate, authorized capital stock $10 000 with $5 000 subscription to begin, 9 year term starting January 15 1906, five directors, officers to be elected annually, indebtedness limit 50 of capital, dated March 9 1906 with signatories Buarsar Faxpeas Sreinze Hennioxs and others.
Notice is given that on Tuesday bidding day in March 1906 an election will be held at the Bell hotel building Diller Jefferson county Nebraska to elect five village trustees two for one year and three for two years. Polls open at 9 a m and close at 7 p m on the same day. By order of the Board of Trustees Allent Avex Bett Henry Earon Chairman Village Clerk
Notice states the co partnership Sparks and Folkers dissolved by mutual consent on 14h day of Mw 1906. R V Folkers retires and W N Sparks assumes handling of all accounts and notes due to Sparks and Folkers. All firm bills and counters to be paid by Sparks. all books and notes to be settled with Sparks.
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