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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1918
Page
3
Good Friday and Easter programs are noted in Falls City churches as the Liberty Loan campaign urges public investment. Frank Harvey and a Phillips friend visit with Mrs. Elias Hadley. Obituary for Van Swain. burial set in Beatrice. Robert Eastwood plans a 14 by 85 foot American tile silo to boost beef for soldiers.
Warm days boost winter wheat showing good growth. An upcoming rainfall would protect the crop and bolster supplies aiding the war effort against the Kaiser.
Despondency and nervousness in women linked to constipation can be eased by Chamberlain’s Tablets. A single dose is described as easy to take and pleasant in effect.
The notice states 95 percent production yielding $330 and more than 85 percent on 50 acres at 34 bushels per acre valued at $1.45. It references Evergreen Croft in Alexandria Nebraska and a 4t listing.
The more Liberty Bonds sold the lower our government taxes. Money spent on taxes seldom returns to us, but money spent for bonds is returned with interest.
We express sincere thanks to dear friends for kind words and deeds of sympathy in the loss of our husband and father. Mrs. J. H. Brandt and family.
J L Easley of Macon Illinois endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy stating it has been his sister's favorite medicine for colds on the lungs for fifteen years. He adds he has used it many times and it always gave prompt relief.
Government departments and railroads advance clocks by one hour on March 8 to set an example for the public. The Liac will be set back in October List.
A fragmentary legal notice from Ohio regarding the firm Cheney & Co of Toledo. It claims Hall’s Catarrh Medicine cures every case of catarrh and asserts a sworn statement about the medicine’s efficacy. The text is garbled but centers on a senior partner and a sum of one hundred dollars referenced in relation to the cure.
Citizens urged to convert every empty lot into a garden this spring amid rainfall reported as the Record went to press. The piece questions the wartime value of business if the war is lost and promotes buying bonds.
A stiff fine awaits you if you do not get your income tax returns in before April 1. R. F. Riley, secretary of the Jefferson county war committees, was in Diller yesterday. Hand picked white seed corn tested 80 or better at $3 per unit. Joint request of food administrators Hoover and Wattles urges all wheat not needed for seed to be marketed before May 1.
British and German forces have fought on the west front for a week with heavy casualties including killed wounded and captured. The ongoing engagement underscores the high cost of the battle and the relentless grind of trench warfare.
Nimrod Brandt, recalled from Deming New Mexico after his father's death, has returned to Deming where he remains with the troops at Camp Cody.
Mr and Mrs W A Cherry took an auto trip to Beatrice on Sunday and were joined home by their daughter Mrs Earl Pearce and her children who are spending the week here.
Mrs John Robertson and two daughters from Woodbine Iowa stopped here last week en route to Colorado and visited until Monday with her sister in law Mrs Nancy Robertson and family.
Mrs. Mary Miller says Mrs. Nellie Miller of Lincoln has received a letter from their nephew Edwin Miller son of Dave Miller formerly of this place and Endicott. He writes he is with the U S troops somewhere in France.
A consumer advice note explains bilious attacks and liver dysfunction cause fermentation and nausea. It recommends Chamberlain's Tablets to tone the liver and cleanse the stomach, promising quick restoration of health at a quarter.
A Diller scout squad with Scout Master Howard B. Smith traveled to Odell on Saturday. Mid trip they were met by an Odell squad, they camped and ate dinner together, then returned on the evening train.
The March damp weather favors pneumonia risk and rapid cold care is urged. Early treatment reduces danger and quick relief is claimed for Chamberlain's Cough Mixture, with insurers suggesting users attest to its value.
Mr Ed Ogden reports his wife and children reached Sidney all night. Her mother Mrs F M McManes, a well known Diller and former Wymore resident, is quit ill. Ogden’s son Edward has started at Sidney where a new $65,000 school stands and he attends there.
The March Red Cross record shows 13 members on March 15 with 185 surgical dressings, 10 members on March 20 with 100 dressings, and 11 members on March 22 with 360 dressings. March totals include 1 helmet, 18 sweaters, 18 prs socks, 10 wash cloths, and 765 lbs ready for shipment.
The Liberty Loan committees report the third issue may total three billion dollars with 4 1 percent bonds non convertible. Jefferson County may receive up to 400 000 dollars with a countywide card index of bond buyers and donors to war efforts. The appeal urges full participation to fund the war and promote public recognition of critics.
Government appeals to citizens to subscribe to a patriotic national investment declared as the best ever offered. Officials tout financial security and national pride as core benefits and urge timely participation.
Letter from Carrie A. Kolarik dated March 22 1918 to Miss Ballard thanks for cloth donations for soldiers at Fort Riley Kansas many boxes received some senders unidentified asks to notify her who they are and notes rising pneumonia cases among troops also mentions a funeral in Cadams Neb and floral tributes from Deshler Rustler reporters
Isabella Rebecca Van Eaton was born January 16 1844 near Thorntown Indiana and died March 18 1918 at Cadams Nebraska at age 74. She married James Polk Lowe October 12 1871 in Sidney Iowa and eight children were born to the union with three daughters surviving. The Lowes moved from Sidney to Nebraska in 1875 living in Gage County then near Hollenberg Kansas before settling in Diller and finally Cadams where Mr Lowe and son Ralph bought a general store. A longtime Presbyterian, she was devoted to family and home and leaves a husband and children Blanch Margar et Thomas Harry Frank Grace Ralph May with Margaret and May having died earlier.
A new 250 page United States Health Service publication includes a supplement on first aid. It features 200 illustrations and covers disease prevention care and treatment of sick persons and emergency measures for accidental injuries.
C F Curtis dean of Iowa Agricultural College will speak at the University State Farm in Lincoln on March 30 at 2 30 P M. He will discuss production and marketing problems facing farmers and share government matters of great importance to farmers and the United States and allies. Key issues include livestock supplies seed corn and wheat scarcity and farm labor difficulties. Further information through county agents or C W Pugsley director of extension service Lincoln Neb.
The War Cyclopedia is a new government publication by the Committee on Public Information. It offers a 300 page ready reference on the war with concise, alphabetically arranged facts. It explains Espionage Act laws, alien enemy measures, the draft, press censorship, and wartime institutions like the War Trade Board and Red Cross. It costs 25 cents and is available from 10 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C.
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