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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1918
Page
3
Prairie hay in barn for sale. Chester Sparks Lak Forrest Raymond of Lincoln attended funeral of his grandmother Mrs Ewers. Miss Lillian Wohlfarth reopened her Krider school yesterday after a flu induced vacation.
A home remedy suggests taking Chamberlain's tablets after supper to improve sleep. The Red Cross designates November 9 as a day to collect fruit pits and nut shells for gas masks, requesting clean dry pits to be left at Diller Mer Co's store.
The article notes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has earned a vast reputation and immense sales despite other medicines failing to relieve coughs. It also discusses burlap shortages with India-sourced jute, rising bag prices, and the halted supply impacting bag production and distribution.
There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together and for years it was believed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine, by J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio, is advertised as a constitutional remedy that acts through the blood to the mucous surfaces. A one hundred dollar reward is offered for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure.
A wartime notice offers single comb Rhode Island Red roosters for sale. Bishop Patrick Hayes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York warned at Cathedral College that wartime devotion and church-organized aid are essential for manhood overseas and postwar peace, urging continued support for seven wartime groups.
Diller Public Schools reopen after influenza shutdown. Board raises day length to 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with no Saturday sessions to recover lost time. Grammar room pupil De Vere Hale, age 10, writes a poem about wartime effort and making bonds, stamps, food, and Red Cross knitters. Junior four minute men organized. Madeline Freytag wins National Director certificate. Primary rooms raise funds for war effort. third graders plan quilt for Belgium. fourth graders knit for Red Cross. A list honors pupils with perfect attendance in the first twenty days. Education supports culture, welfare, and efficiency.
For sale 12x18 building inquire of Clarence Renz. If children are subject to croup or fear attack, obtain Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and follow directions. A favorite and successful remedy for croup.
Crowd gathers for Red Cross meeting at Fairbury as local members quilt and donate items for the war effort. Elizabeth Starr gives 3000 dollars to the chapter while members report socks and undergarments produced. a government appeal for materials is highlighted. A separate wartime resolution expresses American gratitude to the British Navy and Sir Eric Geddes for escorting troops and supplies, acknowledging miles of sea transport and wartime cooperation.
Mrs. M. P. Harwood of Auburn New York reports two bottles of Chamberlain's Tablets corrected indigestion headaches and torpid liver after distress following meals and a long period of languid health. Her condition improved rapidly and she praises the tonic effect.
Harbine residents report visits by Mrs Russell Campbell and relatives in Fairbury from Thursday to Saturday. Local families welcomed guests including the Murrays and the Murrays from Beatrice. Baptist church members repaint interiors while Rev Lennard solicits near Grand Island College Drive.
Nebraska organizes to raise 2,000,000 for the United War Work Campaign November 11–18. A national fund of 17,000,000 will support YMCA and YWCA, Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Community Service, American Library Association, Salvation Army, and more through 1919. The united drive, started by Wilson’s idea, aims to ease multiple fundraising efforts for soldiers.
The Youth's Companion emphasizes its role in moral and educational reading for all ages. A 1919 subscription deal offers 62 yearly issues for $2.00, with options including McCall's Magazine for $2.50. Subscriptions may be sent to separate addresses from its Boston office.
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