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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1915
Page
8
For sale a good cow and fresh meat soon. C. C. Amos advertises the cow. Also promotes Victor chick food specially prepared for young chicks by J. D. Fanders.
Major Daily of the American Salvation Army based at Beatrice conducted a street meeting in Diller on Wednesday evening and canvassed the town in support of the army yesterday.
Miss L O Ballard visited Fairbury over Sunday and was accompanied home by her father Alex Ballard who had spent much of the winter with his daughter there.
Jefferson County Schools hold a field meet at City Park on Saturday May 15 at 2 p.m. The Jefferson County Athletic Association invites all to attend. Frank Glebe presides as association president.
George Andrews of St. Joseph Missouri handles business matters near Diller for the five stock commission houses he represents. He continues to own his Diller residence property.
This ad promotes Chamberlains Liniment for rheumatism lame backs and sprains. Mrs Charles Tanner of Wabash Indiana testifies it relieves pain and soreness and has been used by her family for over twenty years. Available in 25 and 50 cent bottles at all dealers.
The passage extols reading newspaper advertisements to stay current with world progress. It asserts ads reveal breakthroughs in talking machines wireless tech fashion foods and other innovations, presenting a treasure trove of useful knowledge from leading publications.
Henry W. Fouts reports Ivy Day at the University of Nebraska with the Ivy Day oration by George R. Mann, crowning of the May Queen, and senior society elections. Also notes the eighth annual Nebraska High School Debating League contest, district champions Blue Springs and Diller connections, and university and high school graduates and honorary society elections.
Inside pages recount the British liner Lusitania sinking by a German U boat. Over a hundred Americans are among the casualties as authorities confirm the disaster and ongoing inquiries.
The local agency of J. D. Fanders reported new car purchases in the past week or ten days by Robert Schnuelle Henry Mayborn W E Mudge Will Amos and Arthur Friday.
Mrs H S Townemaker who had been in a Wichita hospital for five weeks has returned to her home seven miles south of Beatrice. She is much improved in health.
From St. Joseph papers we learn Deacon Fowler once editor of the Steele City Standard and ex postmaster at Steele City has been granted a divorce from his wife Lucinda v Fowler. He was married years ago near Fairfield and is described as a Civil War veteran. He is now an inmate of the soldiers home at Leavenworth.
Experts report a new alfalfa variety suited to hard pan eastern soils after studying climate and soil conditions. They credit seed adaptation to individual climates and reveal that spreading root systems and crown root formation help resist freezing and thawing, reducing eastern winter kill.
Instructions from Southern Agriculturist describe crafting a weed plow by halving an old buggy axle, shaping and bolting iron clevis pieces, adding a long wagon tire strip as the bed, and mounting straight plow handles. The design relies on repurposed farm parts and basic metalwork.
A curious Chicago Post item notes a man with a yellow streak turning blue and then green with envy toward another man deemed more fortunate.
Moderate cattle run with a slight rise in prices. top lambs hit 10.75 and ewe and sheep quotes up to 9.10 for shorn lambs. Hog prices steady around 7.25 to 7.30. cattle, calves, and feeders show mixed gains and gains across multiple grades. The note covers Union Stock Yards South Omaha on May 12 with 3,600 dead cattle and total hogs about 8,500, plus 1,750 sheep and lambs.
Depth of plowing depends on season soil type and subsoil condition. Fall plowing is deeper than spring, heavy soils require deeper plowing to bury vegetable matter and prevent compaction, light soils should not be excessively deep to avoid loose surface layers. Vary depth yearly to avoid hard subsoil layers. New land should be plowed gradually deeper from year to year.
A humorous exchange reveals a caller asking which surgeon operated. The response clarifies no surgeon was involved, only a telephone operator handling the line, highlighting a wartime or early telecom joke context.
The Shea Equity Cooperative is formed on April 7 1915 in Shea Jefferson County Nebraska to engage in farm product trading grain wood coal livestock and related merchandise. Capital stock 100 shares of 100 each with 3000 paid in. Board of five directors with officers president vice president and secretary treasurer. Meant to operate until 1965 with charter limits and governance by by laws and annual meetings.
Amended Articles of Incorporation change the Jefferson County Mutual Insurance Company of Diller Nebraska into the Jefferson County Assessment Association of Nebraska with its principal office at Diller. The association continues the prior business and obligations, sets a 50 year duration, insures farm property and related structures, and outlines membership and officers with limited member liability.
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