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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
8
The verse extols alfalfa as a landscape ornament and soil improver that pays well in forty days. It claims the crop withstands frost and heat, grows in varied soils, yields six harvests a year, feeds livestock, improves milk and calf growth, and raises land value.
Mrs. S. F. Grimes of Crooksville Ohio recounts her daughter endured a severe whooping cough with a lung hemorrhage. After using Chamberlains Cough Remedy the cough subsided quickly and the child was fully well after two bottles. Obtainable everywhere.
The speaker asserts steady growth and superior prospects for their town, claiming resilience during panicky times and noting no rivals of its size in the state. They urge neighbors to acknowledge the town's progress and promise.
A playful Life magazine style glossary defines Bunker as a sandy obstacle and driver as a long shafted club causing difficulty. Tee is a prepared elevated patch for stance and Ball is a costly item often lost in the rough or side bets, reflecting golf culture and crowd reaction.
The last elephant in Zululand was found dead on a farm near the Unfolozi river. Cetewayo organized hunts that killed two elephants and wounded many, sparking a mass exodus and the final disappearance of the herd from the region.
A tribute recalling a Massachusetts soldier from enlistment to final sacrifice. His letters to his mother, prison ordeal, escape, captivity, and ultimate death in battle are narrated with reverence, honoring his courage and loyalty. He is described as serving in every regiment and village, a figure admired in memory.
There is more catarrh in this section than all other diseases and long thought incurable. Local cures fail. constitutional treatment is needed. Hall's Catarrh Medicine by F. J. Cheney & Co. claims to cure via the blood on mucous surfaces. One hundred dollars reward for any case it cannot cure. Sold by druggists.
Kent Packard in Philadelphia Ledger honors fallen soldiers with a Memorial Day meditation. The poem depicts graves, fluttering flags, and the nation’s grief, praising courage and sacrifice while reflecting on the unknowns of dying in battle.
During the Civil War about 2,000,000 Union and 1,000,000 Confederate troops served. Northern deaths totaled 860,282 with 87,058 killed in battle. Confederate deaths estimated 250,000 to 300,000 with 95,000 killed in battle. United States government spending reached 3.25 billion dollars. Confederates perhaps 1.5 billion. Surrenders by Confederate commanders totaled 175,000. North captured 90,000 prisoners, with one third exchanged and two thirds released.
Quote by Judge C. 8. Bentley about a nation honoring soldiers who faced death and the enduring loyal devotion in times of peril.
A Manchester Guardian story recalls Aretas Blood and the Manchester locomotive works. A student, recommended for a vacation study, is shown the boiler shop by the old foreman. They find a worker inside a boiler and learn the grim rule that one man is always lost in building a boiler.
The Burlington highlights its summer circuits through Rocky Mountain National Parks Glacier Yellowstone Estes Black Hills Sheridan Absarokas Cody Keys area with scenic tours. Readers are urged to request a locality booklet and map showing the circuit routes and travel options. F W Black ticket agent Diller Nebdes.
In Nelson and surrounding areas memories of Civil War service are recounted. Names like Thaddeus Barker Granville Derler Joseph Day and George Hardy appear, with acts of bravery and hardship, including a surgeon’s refusal, a wounded sergeant, and enlistments led by Edwin Hunt.
In Nelson New Hampshire a 231 population village sent 124 men to the Civil War front. Henry Melville a New York lawyer unveiled a commemorative tablet near a Yankee church. A pamphlet lists local soldiers with many born in Nelson including a Patagonia native Castone who enlisted there.
Dear Ed notes a menu claim from a major hostelry declaring suckling pigs are strictly milk fed. The reader recalls a prior belief that piglets feed on maple saprs, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding in Detroit Free Press correspondence.
The discourse references Binks hunting buried treasure and plans an expedition to Asia Minor to locate the site where Methuselah supposedly stored his birthday presents.
The excerpt contrasts a father's explanation of the Stock Exchange with a reflection that failures forge heroic minds. It notes the Stock Exchange as a place where money is traded for experience, and adds a Halliburton maxim about failures being stepping stones to success.
In the County Court of Jefferson County Nebraska 1916 the petition of Charles Beckmann and Geo Traden seeks administration of the John G Fahseler estate by R F Starr as administrator. A hearing is set for June 19 1916 at 9 a m in the county court with notice to all interested by three weekly editions of the Diller Record.
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