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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1906
Page
1
The column lists diverse items from property for sale and rent to upcoming entertainments at the Opera House on November 17. It notes a church dedication in Plymouth, a bank inquiry, hardware and sewing machine ads, and local travels and sales updates.
Auction note offers a pure bred Poland China male hog for sale as part of a larger notice. The item mentions market context and pricing hints without precise figures. The rest of the excerpt shifts to community notices including a visit by Mrs. Mason and family and an upcoming talk titled Chips and Bark at Diller lodge on December 10.
Naomi Chapter 44 C E S entertained Deputy Grand Matron Miss Bert Ballard of Fairbury on Wednesday evening November 14. Miss Ballard led a school of instruction and praised the chapter’s work. Friends welcomed her at her home chapter for a pleasant and profitable evening followed by a two course luncheon with oysters celery pickles fruit and coffee. In a separate note a Russia Japan war era warning urges readiness and cites Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a quick cold cure available at Spear Drug.
Miss Bert Ballard of Fairbury, Deputy Grand Matron, visited the lodge here Wednesday evening and stayed with relatives until Thursday. Spear Drug Co. offers a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for biliousness and constipation. A. D. Colman’s jewelry store is praised for variety, stock, and fair prices suitable for gifts.
J W Foute promotes road improvement near Diller by funding and organizing teams to grade two miles of road around his farm and along the Cave Gridets area. He aims to prove public spirit, inspire neighbors, and encourage local farm donations to extend the project next year. The Kensington society meets Thursday with Mrs Jennie Bixby. Also two copies of the Nov 2nd Recorn-dated are needed at the office for 5 cents each.
Thos. Price made a business trip to Beatrice and Fairbury returning about noon yesterday. A dozen Poland China male pigs ready for sale. tf. C. A. GALE.
Several cases of smallpox are reported at Adams and Barnerton in Gage county all in a mild form. Strict quarantine should be maintained however as a more malignant form of the disease might develop at any time.
Rev Knauer and Mrs Tristman along with Mrs Grape and Mrs J Smith Diller attended the funeral of Mrs Spear s brother at Beatrice yesterday.
The ladies of the M B Church plan a remembrance social and supper at Loock's Hall on Tuesday evening November 27. A single course costs seven cents or four courses for twenty seven cents. The event runs the twenty seventh instant with a social, bargains, fancy work, and prices ending in seven. Attend in the afternoon or evening come wet or dry for laughter and conversation.
Advertisement urges washing hands with warm water then drying and applying Cham berlain's Salve before bed for a speedy cure. Claims the salve helps sore nipples itching piles and skin diseases. Sold by Spear Drug Co.
Petty thefts in Diller area notable as George Clark loses about a third of canned fruit and preserves from his cellar. Charlie Adams near Diller reports thirty quarters missing from his cellar. Residents with outside cellar entrances urged to use padlocks.
Mt. Elgin merchant Thos. George says he sells more Chamberlain's Cough Remedy than all other lines combined and has not had a single bottle returned from many dozens sold. He endorses the medicine based on personal use with his family and recommends it. For sale by Spear Drug Co.
Otho Whitney, about nineteen, died in Topeka Kansas from peritonitis after illness of his brother in law and sister. Funeral obsequies were held in Beatrice with Rev J E Davis officiating. He was the sole surviving son of D I Whitney and his wife formerly of Jefferson County near Endicott.
In Alliance Kentucky F N Tacket endures a severe lung bleed and cough described as near death in 1903. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption with a complete recovery after four bottles. Guaranteed for sore lungs coughs and colds. Spear Drug Co. price 50c and 1.00 trial bottle free.
Preventics are toothsome candy tablets claimed to dissipate colds quickly and prevent illness when taken at the onset. The product is described as safe for children and effective for adults, sold in 5 cent and 25 cent boxes by Spear Drug Co.
The Nebraska Experiment Station releases Bulletin 94 detailing four feeding experiments using tankage and ground bone for hogs. Nebraska residents can obtain the bulletin free by writing to the Nebraska Experiment Station in Lincoln.
A short health note links dry cracked lips with fever and illness and promotes Dr Shoop’s Green Salve for night time use. The ad claims softening and healing of skin and offers a free trial box from Spear Drug Co with jars priced at 25 cents.
A 19th century exchange item predicts the coming winter will be the hardest in twenty years. Signs cited include thick corn husks, west-leaning stalks, owls departing early, squirrels storing sweet potatoes, a factory cat grazing on grass as a supposed cure sign, and wrinkled toadstools indicating frost.
Henry Madden returned Monday from visiting relatives at Burchard Nebr. A G Tricket of Bird City Kan bought the old hearse from the Diller Hearse Co for use at Bird City.
A car load of good big heavy unbroke horses is for sale at reasonable prices. They can be seen on the farm located 3 percent miles southeast of Diller. Contact Geo C. Morris for details.
Edison pledges a storage battery within six months at under 200 dollars to let owners travel any distance for fifteen years. The Pure Food and Drug Law will label cough cures with opium or poisonous drugs, but Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure is exempt and widely trusted. Dr. Shoop opposes narcotics and claims a safe, curative effect for all ages. Spear Drug Co. backs and sells it.
Sunday was the coldest day of the season at 80 far and Tuesday brought a warm spell with a brief snow. Mrs Fred Riddle visited Mrs B Greenwood Monday afternoon. Wendall Beaver and his mother visited relatives in Washington Kansas recently. C Monasmith and family dined with Alie Weddles near Steele City last Sunday. Miss Gladys Logan, student at Steele City, was home Saturday and Sunday.
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