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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1909
Page
4
The notice sets subscription terms for Dane year in advance at $1.50 and six months at 75 cents. It also states mail postage as second class matter and advertising rates available on request. Local business notices run until ordered out at 5 cents per line per insertion.
May 21, 1909 report describes Hollis Kansas near Concordia with all houses wrecked or ruined by a wind storm last Friday evening. The piece also notes a Chinese criminal policy of punishing relatives if the offender flees and mentions a Senate Finance Committee plan to tabulate changes in a bill to aid faster passage.
County Judge Spafford issued a temporary injunction halting Wymore city council from issuing saloon licenses or hearing remonstrances while the case heads to district court. E N Kauffman, Wymore attorney, says real estate values would fall if licenses are granted, citing nearby towns without saloons and concerns over crime, safety, and youth contamination. The suit could delay saloon operations this year, with an appeal possible to the supreme court within six months.
Nebraska’s Public Instruction head E C Bishop calls for 15000 boys, up to 60000 if terms suit, to plant and harvest corn this summer. Top producers win prizes and titles at the National Corn Exposition in Omaha and the Lincoln state show in January, with summer pay and rent relief for participants.
Local notes: six of William Glatbar's children were in bed with measles at one time last week. Various visits wrap up through Colorado venues and Odell contacts as neighbors report travels and family news. A local ad touts Rocky Mountain Tea as a family tonic with a money back guarantee from Neely's Pharmacy.
Dr. Folsom will see patients at Dr. Bauquess' office on Wednesday May 26 with spectacles fitted and examinations free. Reports include homestead claims filed in Chadron area, cattle movements to Carl Boehma's pasture, and Jeff Colwell committed to Lincoln for insane asylum care after abuse incidents.
The M W A lodge invites all male residents of Diller and nearby aged 18 to 45 to an open meeting in Masonic hall on Saturday night May 29. The event is free and all eligible citizens are urged to attend.
Otho Sears visited his sister Mrs. H. EB. Grape in Beatrice on Sunday and returned Monday. He was accompanied as far as Wymore by Mr. Grape and Edmund Teich of Kansas City, who has been visiting here since last week.
Miss Effie Stanhope of Filley ends an eight month term at Elm Center District No 142 Gage county with a picnic dinner and ice cream. About forty patrons attend croquet and games. Miss Maplet Stanhope, the teacher’s sister, also attends.
A government agrarian specialist based in the department argues that southeast Nebraska’s soils forests and orchards deserve greater attention. He claims local fruit growing could surpass mountain valleys in flavor quality and become the nation’s leading fruit producing area with more focus and time devoted to trees.
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