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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1906
Page
1
Dec 10 ad notes a house and lot for sale with inquiry directed to D R Kelley and a pota to sale 65c off car. Bud Bell and Gene Diller drove to Fairbury Wednesday.
A pure bred Poland China male hog is offered for sale by C E Farman at Miss Flossie Raymonds School Jack Hill district on the Friday evening box social in the school house. Floyd Maw was taken to Sabetha hospital for treatment after a nail injury to his foot threatened blood poisoning.
J. B. Grabber set a noted pace by husking 75 bushels in five and a half hours while Ellis News cites Charlie Nickeson claiming a daily best of 135 bushels. The report highlights regional husking feats and competing claims.
Fouts mails bulletin No 21. Farm No 212 sold to W Nida for 7000 dollars. J W markets farms quickly, praising his neat, dispatchful closing style and steady commission earned through reliable, smooth transactions.
Mt. Elgin Ontario merchant Thos George reports strong sales of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy noting no bottle returns from many dozens sold under guarantee. He personally uses the product and recommends it for himself and his children. Spear Drug Co. supplies it.
Potatoes priced at 65 cents out of the car and sewing machine offered for 16 dollars at J. O. Blauser's. Notes on animal hides yield pounds of leather and a visit by Aug Meyer from near Fairbury. Also mentions new phonograph records and a free sample offer at Spear Drug Co for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
The 1906 personal taxes are due and delinquent after December 1 1906 with instructions to attend to collection to save interest. Signed Simpson County Treasurer. Also an unrelated veterinary health excerpt and a drug advertisement for Dr Shoop Green Salve at Spear Drug Co with a free trial offer and 25 cent jars.
The M.E. Church ladies host a remembrance social and seven cent supper at Loock's Hall on Tuesday evening November 27. Single courses are seven cents, four courses twenty seven cents. A seven cent sale and fancy work will accompany the event with prices ending in seven. Everyone is urged to attend the afternoon and evening of the twenty seventh.
In 1903 F N Tacket of Alliance Kentucky faced a near death from a severe lung bleed and coughing. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption with his recovery after four bottles proving permanently cured. Spear Drug Co sells bottles at 50c and 1.00 with a free trial bottle.
Jasper Long's hired man, returning from Steele City, faced a woman then a man at the creek bridge south of Ensley. A gun was drawn and he fled after a blow to the arm delaying corn gathering. The writer warns the lawless element is getting too familiar locally and danger may rise.
A rural English tale notes a girl not seeing her engagement ring before marriage. The column contrasts with American norms while mentioning the Diller State Bank’s solid, healthy condition and steady progress as a strong financial institution.
Advertises Cham berlain’s Salve for chapped hands and skin conditions. Recommends washing hands warming water drying with a towel applying salve before bed for speedy cure. Claims usefulness for sore nipples itching piles and general skin diseases. Sold by Spear Drug Co.
Headquarters orders box rents collected at the start of each quarter. Ten days before quarter end postmasters must bill each rented box. If a box is not renewed by the last day, it will be closed and the mail moved to general delivery. Postmaster Fouts says he will enforce the rule.
The Presbyterian Church invites worshipers for a Sunday program. Morning service follows with an Evening Ladies Missionary Society program featuring a stereoptical lecture on Korea. No admission but an offering assists slide costs. service starts at 7 15 p m with music and a chance to invite friends.
A short notice advertises a room for rent in Diller State Bank. The item mentions travel by Wright returning Monday from Summerfield Kansas and an unrelated line about a dozen Poland China male pigeons ready for sale credited to C A Gaeb.
For Sale items include a two year old registered Durhaim bull and straw delivery in Diller at three dollars per ton. Marriage cards announce Dr. George Reese DuVall of Hollenberg Kansas and Dr. Grace Melville Buss of Steele City Nebraska wed at Memorial Presbyterian Church Marysville Kansas on December 81st with residence at Hollenberg.
Notice advertises discounted prices on Rogers knives and forks sets of twelve from 2 to 5 dollars and similar low rates on other silverware. Also promotes gold and filled watches at very low prices with a promise of quality comparison in Chicago. A. D. Cotmay signs the notice.
In early stages of the Russia Japan war the value of preparedness is urged. The piece promotes Cham berlain's Cough Remedy as a quick cure for colds when treated early and kept on hand, with Spear Drug Co as the seller.
From December 21 to 28 readers can subscribe for 1907 at 3 dollars without Sunday or 4 dollars with Sunday, far below regular 4 and 5 dollar rates. The offer funds come from solicitors’ savings, not rail fares or hotels, and aims to boost readership during the upcoming legislature session as reforms and public-interest coverage mount.
Jefferson and Gage county taxes may be paid at Diller State Bank. A stray sentence about a Kansas forehead and women mummies is noted but not relevant to taxes.
A carload of large unbroke horses is offered for sale at a farm 3 miles southeast of Diller. Also advertised are Preventics candy tablets claimed to prevent colds when taken at the sneeze stage and Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure promoted as safe and narcotic-free. Spear Drug Co. endorses and sells both items amid road and rural commerce commentary.
The document lists loans and discounts including overdrafts and notes. It notes U S bonds with premiums, banking house and fixtures, amounts due from national and state banks, checks and cash items, and fractional currency. It records a total and includes sworn declarations by Thos P Price as cashier and notarization in 1906 with director references.
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