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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1909
Page
2
Columbus Ohio reports Peruna’s active ingredients made public marking a new era in advertising for popular family medicines. The remedy contains golden seal Cedron seed cubebs stone root and targets mucous membranes, nerves and various bodily afflictions.
A child mishears a swarm of large ants as a family of aunts with nieces. The next day she notes small ants among the large ones and jokes about the aunts bringing their little nieces.
A crowded summary notes Elsa Burns a 14 year old sustaining a broken collar bone during a near Lyons wrestling event. Cortland’s Congregational church upgrades cost about 500 dollars. A Wymore barber shop was robbed of chairs, scissors, razors and a clipper Monday night. Mr and Mrs C H Dietrich plan to visit Hastings in November then California for winter. Mrs Moses Tucker aged 78 dies near Weeping Water leaving three sons and a daughter. Rock Island roundhouse workers in Fairbury get a pay raise from 0.36 to 0.37 per hour. Warren Williams 14 injures foot. toes amputated. Bert Richardson near Crab Orchard injured in a runaway remains critical. Table Rock brickyard boilerhead explodes damaging engine. engineer John Mathewson lightly injured. I P Burbanks in King drill works loses three fingers and part of hand. possible further amputation. Tecumseh hosts annual boys and girls industrial and corn show November 27 with prizes and national corn show entries in Omaha. Central City revival meetings end with famed monster chorus led by Professor Erwin. Lightning strikes near Julian injuring none but causing significant damage. Tecumseh boasts one of the state’s largest high schools with 600 city enrollment. notable normal training class and band. Helen Swan oversees 70 kindergartners in primary. Dredging machine begins drainage work in eastern Cuming county, digging 300 feet daily. two twelve hour crews operate day and night until freeze, then resume in spring.
Local neighbors recall a man who died after a simple cold. An old remedy claims to cure a cold in twenty four hours by mixing glycerine virgin oil of pine compound and whisky with instructions to take a teaspoon every four hours. The ad notes such mixtures are sold at drug stores.
A Philadelphia Rec ord item recalls a boy named George who tells his father Johnny Burton will host a party and that he must bring a present. The father scolds gifts as excess, then later offers two new oaks from his pocket. George laments he already beat Johnny to stop the invitee list.
Seventy seven year old W Harrison Smith of Mt Kisco New York endured six months of intense itching all over from head to foot. He reports using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent led to first proper sleep after 24 hours and full cure in a month. Potter Drug & Chem Boston advertised.
A reporter asks about Martian ants and a renowned astronomer dismisses the idea as nonsense. The exchange highlights heated debate on life beyond Earth and the limits of current science.
An old advertisement extols Perry Davis Pain Killer as unmatched for rheumatism lumbago stiffness neuralgia and other pains. It promotes three bottle sizes 3c 85e and 6c and includes a Ruskin quote about happiness. Also mentions Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup and a note on germ fear versus mad dogs.
The narrator observes two women who resemble sisters and learns they are mother and daughter. This raises the question why a woman around forty or forty five cannot appear her finest and fairest.
A long list of named women across multiple states testifies to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound curing female ailments. The notice states these testimonials come without compensation and aims to prove the medicine's honesty and effectiveness.
A magazine contributor writes to his editor asking for an immediate check because his gas bill is due. The editor replies that his bill is due as well and prays for help. The piece ends with a wry thought that cast-off happiness can make others happy, like discarded clothes.
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