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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1914
Page
8
The overseer in Elm township Dist No 2 states readers may credit Will Amos with donating the grade east of his house.
April coughs and fevers prompt use of Dr Kings New Discovery praised for soothing throats and lungs. Testimonial from J T Davis of Stickney Corner Maine cites cure after other remedies failed. Bucklen’s Pan-Salve marketed for sores. mercury near freezing noted as a weather detail. Forest Hartzell ships cattle and hogs to St Joe with companions H A Bell H Z Diller.
Instructions describe preparing a toxic wheat and corn meal bait using strychnine sulphate dissolved in hot water with anise oil to moisten grain. The paste should be spread over a bushel of wheat or corn meal and distributed near burrow entrances while kept away from livestock. Use extreme caution due to lethal poison.
To obtain the largest finest tomatoes tie each plant to a four foot stake and pinch off suckers as they form. Thin fruits to six per plant and prune to a single main stalk with up to three branches. Tie plants with cloth, top them at three and a half feet, and keep only strong blossom clusters. The result is unusually large solid flavorful tomatoes.
An old newspaper fragment promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that purports to cure catarrh by affecting the blood. It offers a $100 reward and urges readers to learn more about the claimed healing properties.
An old line of advertised remedies claims to flush out winter waste and poisons by purging the stomach liver and kidneys. It touts a laxative and blood cleanser with claims of relief from constipation and improved well being, priced at 25 cents at the druggist. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is also advertised for all hurts.
John Boettcher Jr. was taken to General Hospital in Fairbury for an appendectomy performed by Dr. Taylor. He faced a serious condition briefly but is now reported to be getting along satisfactorily.
A humorous homespun adage extols a humble hen capable of earning eight percent on 25 dollars yearly while covering board. It praises thrift and contrasts a battered survivor hen with state political waste, claiming practical value over lofty cracker state politicians.
Pleasant View items report visits by Beatrice residents including Rulah Thompson with sisters Mrs Mayborn and Hill. G F Riddle and Less Hill were in Fairbury for business. Peter and Mrs McCurdy of Fairbury visit son Clark. Hog marketing at Odell and various local visits are noted.
The Record reports near Diller that a large corn planting will occur next week provided conditions stay favorable. E S Diller and C L Waggoner just returned from a registered shooting tournament at Fairbury with scores near the top.
J R Sailing of Elm township Gage county seeks the Democratic nomination for Seventh District supervisor. He currently serves as chairman of the Gage county board of supervisors.
The ad urges trying Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for coughs or colds. It claims worldwide reputation for remarkable cures and states the product is for sale by Shutt Drug Co.
The excerpt describes Cairo’s five daily calls to prayer from minarets showing daily devotion in mosques and streets. It also recounts a German allegory told by Doctor Harvey Wiley about food adulteration, where a pantry’s sugar flour syrup and fly poison illustrate dangerous adulteration.
The piece reflects on Mexican demographics and social history. It notes Villa’s rise from peon to bandit after seeking redress, describes banditry as traditional in Mexico, and cites 1910 population figures with a mixed Indian and white heritage pattern. It also mentions Huerta’s Indian background and the challenge of modernizing governance across generations.
A survey of Chamberlain Medicine Company ads in foreign newspapers notes languages from Bengali to Urdu, vertical scripts, and Rome-based alphabets. It highlights Hindi and Tamil vernaculars, large formats like Hitadabi, colonial paper layouts, and the stark contrast in advertising density and presentation versus American papers.
The Order of the Seraphim is Sweden's oldest decoration dating to Magnus IV 600 years ago to honor Upsala siege. Early statutes bound recipients to defend religion and protect widows and orphans. revived mid eighteenth century eased duties. The badge features an eight pointed white enamel star with gilded cherub heads on a pale blue ribbon.
The text explains plantains yield more food per acre than other crops, with drying and processing into meal. The core yields about 40 percent meal, and an acre of average quality plantains can produce over a ton of meal after sun drying and milling.
A classroom joke centers on the word extinct as a teacher quizzes James on a bird name. James answers with a pun about a chipp er pigeon that was his pet before a cat caught it this morning.
In a terse exchange the manager questions if the author anticipated humor in the play. The author responds yes, stating the manager viewed the work as a joke. The brief dialogue highlights divergent views on the piece's tone.
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