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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
3
A New York magistrate remarks a pedestrian must listen and look before crossing. Theodore Roosevelt set to speak in Omaha on June 8 under the National Security League banner promoting patriotism through education.
An advice notice promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to ease constipation and improve digestion and appetite, claiming cheerful disposition follows a relieved bowels and easier daily life.
To parents and guardians the notice urges applying to the school board and county superintendent for free tuition before the annual school meeting. It warns delays mean loss of free tuition. The meeting is scheduled for Monday June 10 1918. Henry Abrams County Superintendent
There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together and for years was thought incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a constitutional remedy taken internally and said to act through the blood on mucous surfaces. A one hundred dollar reward is offered for any case it cannot cure. Bend for circulars and testimonials.
Items include a joint sale of three work horses by S J Thompson and Wes Pickens of Powell, state senate candidacy filing by Wes Pickens, alfalfa seed for sale at eight or nine dollars per bushel, and a visit by Mrs Diehl from Fairbury to Dr V C Diehl’s home.
Get Rid of your Rheumatism Now is the time to get rid of your rheumatism and find Chamberlain's Liniment very helpful for relief. Military nurse rank commentary and job postings include teachers wanted for Sept 1918 with strong openings. A. H. Colman bought four large tractors and plows through Jobman & Albers for farms near Chester and Diller.
Mrs J B Roberts of East St Louis Illinois says Chamberlains Cough Remedy kept her boy’s cough loose and eased coughing spells. She trusts it as the only cough medicine in her home and notes it helps with colds and croup.
The article advises dieting to suit age and occupation and cautions those with weak stomachs to eat slowly chew well and keep bowels active. It recommends Chamberlain's Tablets to strengthen the stomach and move the bowels and notes they are easy to take and pleasant in effect.
Circulars from the Grand Island Business College Nebraska promise positions to graduates. The school, a large western commercial college, extends a limited time offer to young women preparing for bank and office jobs or Civil Service exams due to office help shortages.
An advertisement lists a four wheel trailer for sale by Clarence Steffen. The fragment includes unrelated quotes about childhood and peanuts, with no additional sale details.
Householders may buy 25 pounds of sugar for canning and preserving at a time and as often as needed, provided they sign certificates presented by the retailer. The certificate must state the sugar will be used for canning and preserving and that any excess will be returned.
Assessor Chas Stark and Sheriff Rawles visited Rent Rents two miles south of Diller to address undeclared property and unpaid taxes. They found about fifteen thousand dollars in notes and mortgages not listed, and underpaid personal taxes for five years. Rents, labeled an alien enemy, donated 50 to the Red Cross and exchanged 300 in Liberty Bonds after the officials’ visit, leaving his bank balance reduced.
City crews fixed a street sprinkler for use and residents report most corn ground in the neighborhood planted with some corn already emerging.
The state has invested a quarter of a million dollars in books kept in the state library within the capitol building. The volumes are stacked from floor to ceiling and face daily risk of fire. Many volumes could not be replaced if destroyed and the library is uninsured due to high premiums. A separate building is urged until a new capitol is erected.
In a hillside cemetery two monuments mark contrasting lives. One recalls a wealthy town leader who died recently but is fading from memory. The other honors a generous neighbor who left little wealth yet many good deeds. Now both lie equally beneath quiet stones as the town reflects on money versus community.
A reflective line contrasts enduring inner gold with the corrosion and erosion of worldly wealth, stating the soul and heart’s value outlasts material riches. The quote emphasizes spiritual merit over monetary gain.
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