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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
3
Local passenger and freight services listed with daily and weekly frequencies. The schedule shows No 14 through passenger No 14, local freight runs, and differing times for departures including 4:40 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. on specified days, with Tuesday Thursday and Saturday freight runs noted.
Items include Dr. Leach the Fairbury dentist and visiting Lyman Harris from Superior. Emma Fry’s return from Beatrice. Dr. Claude Ellis absent Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea advertised. Dr Hillcrest stallion at Wymore stable for 15 dollars. Viola Kerr recovering from typhoid and bowel trouble. an invitation to read Dr. Shoop's No 4 For Women and Night Cure with free medical advice, Night Cure sold by Neely’s Pharmacy.
The Royal Male Quartette from Chicago will appear at the M. E. church Saturday evening May 16. E. H. Boyd delivers several selections and A. A. Kurtz is praised as a violinist. Tickets are 35 cents, 25 cents for children under 12, with sales at Spear's Drug store.
The piece claims climate causes fevers at high elevations and malaria at low levels, offering Electric Bitters as the best remedy. It describes the tonic as a great alterative and blood purifier to combat lassitude jaundice biliousness fever debility and nervousness, sold by Spear Drug Co with a 50 price and guarantee.
The Nebraska Experiment Station reports 1907 spraying results from two Nebraska apple orchards. Detailed costs, yields, and values show spraying controls pests and is profitable. It offers spray preparation and application guidance. Free to Nebraska residents via Agricultural Experiment Station Lincoln for Bulletin No 106.
Diller Harness Shop showcases auto seated buggies described as the very latest. Mr and Mrs Ed McCune visited with relatives at Odell between trains Sunday. H Diller and F Hartzell were transacting county seat business Wednesday. A bright-eyed baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs John W Adama. Mrs Griffith visited her mother Mrs Hadley and returned to Beatrice. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is advertised for constipation relief. Neely's Pharmacy notes Ray McBride's move from Franklin Neb to Wanda Okla to work in real estate with his father after recently graduating.
A lantern dropped in hay caused a blaze that destroyed a barn and granary owned by B. F. Blythe four miles northeast of Diller. One horse, two cows, 200 bushels of grain, four tons of hay, a fanning mill, 34 sets of harness, and other items were lost. Estimated damage runs 1800 to 2000 dollars with 1000 dollars insured by Western Fire and 400 by Gage County Mutual. claims adjusted or pending. An advertisement for Kedol follows.
A Racine Wisconsin doctor claims Health Coffee imitates real coffee using toasted grains malt and notes. The product requires no lengthy boiling and is marketed as making coffee in a minute with Neely Pharmacy as a seller or promoter.
The excerpt contrasts ancient lyric poetry sung with lyre accompaniment and modern use where lyric refers to songs of emotion. It notes Bay of Biscay as a song but not a lyric, and Burns Highland Mary as an exquisite lyric example.
Department order tightens rules for postmasters forbidding disclosure of patron names addresses or any office information. Post offices no longer function as local directories or neighborly depositories, requiring secrecy akin to bank confidentiality.
The editor argues for national aid to build permanent hard roads with state and local cost sharing. He rejects fears of political manipulation, noting the plan with three dollars spent locally before national contribution, and predicts growing attention from households to Congress.
The columnist argues no one is too poor to read the local paper and that it pays for itself many times over. City papers miss local meetings births marriages deaths and moves, while the hometown paper delivers essential community items.
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