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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1915
Page
8
A skilled Chicago craftsman has engraved the entire Lord's Prayer on the head of a small pin. The feat showcases precision and devotion, highlighting intricate work by a jeweler renowned for miniature engraving.
Miss Mabel Douglas visited Diller relatives near Kansas City after attending a business college. Mrs Marie Habicht traveled by early train to visit her sons Carl and Max Habicht in Wessington Springs South Dakota and was accompanied to Lincoln by her son-in-law C L E Blauser.
The community extends sympathy to Mr and Mrs L H Findling on the death of their son two hours after birth on the 12th. A short service was held at the home and the body buried in Prairie Home cemetery.
An Oketo girl bought a peck of apples using what she believed to be a freshly laundered flour sack. The sack held two holes at the bottom, each trimmed and embroidered, and the apples streamed out the other end while the clerk poured them. The incident was noted in a light, humorous tone.
A committee of local veterans requested publication of a memorial sermon to be held next Sunday at 11 a.m. in the Christian church. Everyone is invited to attend. Decoration day exercises will be announced next week.
Nearly 1.5 inches of rain saturated the ground while western areas reported several inches of snow and 30 mph winds. Temperatures fell to 36 in Omaha and 34 in Concordia Kansas, with about 40 as the low in the local area, marking the coldest May weather in years.
Mrs Charles Tanner of Wabash Ind praises Chamberlains Liniment as the best remedy for lame backs and sprains. She notes twenty years of use and relief, with bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents, available through all dealers.
Edward L. Witty died last Monday after illness in San Francisco hospital. He was born September 1 1882 in Minonk Illinois and married Ethel Bills in Lordsburg New Mexico in 1907. He worked as a Southern Pacific agent in Yuma and leaves his wife mother two sisters and a brother.
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only true cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It explains internal use affects blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward if cures fail. Promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Advertisement urging use of Victor chick food specially prepared for young chicks endorsed by J. D. Fanders. Text is fragmentary with unclear branding and attribution.
Adam Gretzinger came back Friday morning from marketing a load of mixed yearling cattle at So. St. Joe. He completed the sale and returned to his farm nearby.
Chas Barber came back Wednesday from marketing a car of cattle at St. Joseph and he reports a good market. True Thompson's team ran into a telephone pole, breaking the buggy tongue but causing no further damage.
Mr and Mrs Howard Linville of Virginia Nebraska who is a rural mail carrier arrived back Monday at their home after visiting here with the Linvilles parents Mr and Mrs Peter Nelson during his vacation.
The State Fair will host two afternoons of automobile racing with seven races each day. Dare Devil Louis Disbrow promises to lower the mile track record to at least 1 hour 10 minutes, a feat seen as unlikely by many Nebraskans given the half mile track.
A newspaper recalls resisting printing a scandal to protect a mother and sister while facing accusations of cowardice. Six months later a prominent man begged for suppression of a worse tale. editors refused, citing public good and privacy. The critic blamed influence, but the paper emphasizes the reader.
Mrs Archie Dalrymple of Crooksville Ohio writes that Cham berlain s Cough Remedy relieved her three boys coughing and whooping spells and cured the disease in a short time. The letter highlights the remedy as effective during a whooping cough outbreak last year.
University notes describe the Nebraska High School Press Association forming with delegates from over twenty five publications. Prof M Fogg elected president and R B Cary secretary treasurer. Diller High School graduates dine with Supt Eastwood. James P Fairbank named Agricultural Engineering Society president. Leonard W Klein wins state high school debating league title. Peru Club banquet honors Peru State Normal alumni. New leather bound alumni directory lists graduates 1873 to 1914 with international alumni.
In Ogilvie Minnesota on May 15 the editor describes oats four inches high rye twelve inches tall with good yield prospects. Wheat sowing is limited. about half the corn planted with early shoots. Potatoes corn and buckwheat dominate new land. 5 acres for corn and 10 for potatoes. Dynamite used to clear stumps, stock moved to pasture on May 18 amid busy farm labor.
A farmer writes of large cattle herds and strong dairy business in Ogilvie, noting a cooperative creamery paying 34c for cream and selling mill goods 10 percent cheaper. He describes busy roads, rising stock pastures, and a promising future for the region. Also notice of sale real estate in Jefferson County Nebraska set for June 23 1915 by referee J. W. Fouts at Fairbury courthouse to satisfy Hadley partition suit.
The Good Roads Year Book 1915 reports 34 000 miles of surfaced roads built in 1913 1914 and over 96 000 miles completed between 1904 and 1914. It notes 30 000 miles aided by state funds costing more than 200 million dollars and that 30 states have provided actual cash aid while only six states lack highway departments.
In Mississippi valley states the state highway commissions assist earth road improvement by preparing addresses and bulletins on road subjects. Some officials devote part of their time to earth roads and Iowa’s commission is especially active in this effort.
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