Spear's Drug Store Promotes Superior Service
Aggressive campaign touts pure drugs and high quality goods. Spear's emphasizes modern methods and eager customer service to attract new shoppers and retain loyal patrons.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1907
Page
1
Aggressive campaign touts pure drugs and high quality goods. Spear's emphasizes modern methods and eager customer service to attract new shoppers and retain loyal patrons.
Dr Leach a Fairbury dentist visits J D Fanders and daughter Della. A church supper and election evening event hosted by the ladies of the Christian church. Poland China pigs for sale. DeWitts Little Early Risers advertised by Spear Drug Co. Beaman collection day supper in the McManes building next Tuesday evening. Miss Flossie Raymond home on vacation from school three weeks. Mise Ora Zook home from Beatrice visiting until Monday. Mr and Mrs Albert Woods, Mr and Mrs John Greider and Will Amos visited J G Packer family.
Mrs Chas Reinhart came back Sunday after a brief visit with her son Joy Reinhart who is a student at Beatrice University.
W. P. McCoy, who had visited with his daughter Mrs. O. B. Hill and family, returned Monday to his Tecumseh home.
Raymond visited the town over Sunday with his family then headed back to Aivo Nebraska where he serves as time keeper for a gang.
Col J B Weight veteran auctioneer requests public sales dates be arranged at the Record office. He offers horse for sale at all times and invites interested parties to inquire.
An odd prayer note from Spear's Drug Store in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, appears among items in the issue. The fragment mentions believers seeking relief for burns and wounds and refers to Jeaktve of Chapel Bll. Further details are unclear from the readable text.
C. C. Miller returned from Oklahoma with an improved 160 acre farm adjoining Mooreland in Woodward county. He paid $5,000 and plans to move his family there in the spring.
Wanted local representative to increase subscriptions for a prominent monthly magazine on a salary and commission basis. Apply to Publisher Box 60 Station O New York.
Seed potatoes from k five 75 cents per bushel with northern origin and no irrigation. Rev Westervelt returns Wednesday from Beatrice. A car load of Early Ohio potatoes will reach Diller soon at five cents per pound. Abe Watson from David Missouri assists his father Henry Watson with the corn harvest. W E Epleys hog sale Wednesday draws Polish China hog enthusiasts and hogs sell well. Mr and Mrs Chapman of Wymore visit grandson Dr Claude Ellis and family. their daughter visits here over Sunday.
An old advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as delicious and soothing for weak stomachs. It promises healing, happiness, and strengthening effects. The text notes the product name and mentions Neely's Pharmacy and a 35 g serving.
Mrs. A Wright returns with her son F. K. Hale and family to Canton Lil after spending the summer in Colorado.
Esquire D. R. Kelly sold seven bushels of Kelley’s Profit seed from this year’s crop to C. L. E. Blaurer a lawyer and farmer near Diller for one dollar per bushel. The transfer reflects a small farm trade in the region.
The Red Front Livery advertises 24 hour service every day of the year offering ample top grade feed for transient teams. Contact person listed as J. Hurcwinson.
Druggists offer Preventics cold tablets claiming safety and prompt action at the sneezestage to prevent pneumonia bronchitis la grippe and feverish children. 48 tablets cost 26 cents and trial boxes five cents, sold by all dealers. The note mentions Wall Street banking panic prompting currency precautionary measures with clearing house certificates and cashier's checks used locally.
The Diller Entertainment Course resumes with the Chicago Lyceum Lady Quartette performing songs and stories next Wednesday evening at Loock's Opera House. Positive reviews from Brandon Sun and David City Journal highlight the quartet's unity, precision, and engaging program. Season tickets for the remaining five numbers are $1.75, with single seats 50c for members and 35c adults 25c children.
An advertisement touts Kodol as containing the same juices as a healthy stomach and guarantees relief from heartburn belching sour stomach and nausea. It promises improved mood and energy after meals and credits Spear Drug Co. as the seller.
The women of the Christian Church will host a general supper on Election Day in the McManes building. All who wish are invited to share a meal with them.
J. A. Kelly notes use of kaffir corn fodder for feed.
Readable lines reference entertainment at Lpock's Hall next Wednesday evening. The note hints at a scheduled gathering but provides no performers or times.
On and after this date we will have 35e per load for hauling fall loads, and a proportionate rate for parts of loads. The policy specifies a uniform charge per load with adjustments for partial loads.
The Scoville family expresses deep gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during their bereavement and for assistance that helped comfort them through a difficult time.
Trial treatments for catarrh are mailed free on request by Dr. Shoop of Racine Wisconsin. The tests showcase the value of this scientific prescription known to druggists as Dr Shoop's Catarrh Remedy, sold by all dealers.
Examinations are scheduled for next week. Mrs. C A Reinhart visited the school Wednesday afternoon. Miss Lemb’s room was closed Thursday due to the funeral of her angle.
Preaching on next Sabbath at 11 A M and 7 30 P M by Rev William Boyle Sabbath school at 10 A M Y P 8 C BE 680 P M Union prayer meetings with other churches every Wednesday evening at 7 20 P M
W A Boggs on his small farm north of town displays onions and potatoes from this year. He reports 225 bushels of strawberry onions with some fruits up to 5% inches in diameter and 15 inches in circumference, sold at $1 per bushel. Potatoes are Snowballs, straw‑mashed, with several measuring 14 inches.
A Marysville Advocate Democrat letter argues newspapers are businesses, not charity. It says advertisers should pay for space and readers should not expect free notices, noting editors must run the paper to earn a living.
A brief notice orders Loock to supply potatoes with Rose priced at 70 cents and Ohios at 75 cents per unit. The item suggests a small rural market transaction involving named sellers.
Miss Annie Reiners spent a weekend with her uncle J. D. Fanders and family. Dr Claude Ellis the dentist will be out of town and away from Diller on Mondays Thursdays and Fridays.
A therapeutic note encourages mothers to use Kennedy's Laxative product for babies and children with coughs and colds. The vendor, Spear Drug Co, promises gentle relief and easy administration with a peachy taste.
The remark notes that King Pharaoh’s toothache at the time is unlikely to elicit sympathy today while two writers admit they face their own serious troubles.
Charley Riddle of near Endicott drove in on Wednesday with two western horses purchased last fall from Col. J. B. Wright. While there he bought six more, bringing his total to twenty of the same kind from Mr. Wright, showing no fear of western horses.
When nerves weaken stomach heart or kidney organs suffer, a restorative remedy is advertised. The notice claims Dr Shoop offers a free test to measure health improvements and urges readers to try the Restorative liquid.
A satirical notice suggests a harsh method to enforce a family curfew for youths up to sixteen. It mocks street loafing by proposing a wooden clapper on a barrel as punishment and compares its “music” to a song. The piece reads as tongue in cheek commentary rather than serious guidance.
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