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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1906
Page
5
A Nebraska rural crew reports snow fall on Tuesday and local visits by residents including Diller and nearby towns. Prominent notices include car bids for wagons, financial posts, and a bank statement on near Odell.
Blair, superin tendent at St Albans, W Vacy, recalls his daughter’s St Vitus Dance that resisted all treatments until three bottles of Electric Bitters cured her. He touts the medicine as a quick remedy for nervous complaints, debility, female weaknesses, anemia and malaria, sold by Spear Drag Co. at 75 cents a bottle.
The article mentions Dr. Kings New Life Pills as famous strike breakers easing troubles. It notes a drug store sale, a 25e price at Spear Drug Co, and Mrs Don Whitney visiting with daughter Mrs Frank Spear, returning with Mrs Spear to Topeka Kansas for a few days of stay.
O. J. Mayborn cashier of the Diller State Bank traveled to Omaha Tuesday for a state meeting of the Nebraska Bankers Association. Clearance Depew, a recent pharmacy school graduate, assists in Dr. Neelys pharmacy this week and plans to start his own business. Frank VanCleve, adopted son of Uncle Billy DeLine, formerly of Diller and now of Wymore, visited old acquaintances in Diller with his wife.
The passage discusses a bird called aster in a medical journal reference to legends about drugs. It argues the bird is the osprey and cites Swainson's Folklore of British Birds and Peele's The Battle of Aldgar with lines about the osprey snatching fish, linking ancient lore to modern ornithology.
In a light exchange Towne jokes about a local weather forecaster Browne notes the strain of the climate on him. They speculate on his frequent changes to the forecast as a humorous aside.
A quirky exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer features a Bearded Lady Mercy debating a marriage proposal from a self‑described fat man who jokes about drowning himself unless she accepts him. The humor centers on melodramatic threats and comic bravado.
In a humorous exchange the father-in-law asks the son-in-law if he is satisfied with his daughter. The son-in-law replies he has no complaints except for not being thrown out when requesting her hand in marriage.
A Mississippi Valley reader reports a near miss with a large mali nant ulcer on his daughter's hip cured by Bucklon’s Arnica Salve. The testimonial notes persistent use cured the injury and promotes the product for cuts burns and injuries.
A tigress puffs over her hunt asking a lion if the an telope passed by. The lion, mouth watering, denies seeing the quarry as they share a tense exchange in a Philadelphia Press comic strip frame.
Call for letter writers within a mile of Diller to report neighborhood happenings weekly or biweekly. Free paper, stamps, and prepaid envelopes provided. Include full name, report marriages births deaths and other items, be brief, write on one side, spell names clearly, and specify if you want regular correspondent status. Address to Tar Record Diller Neb.
Mr Stormington Barnes quips about actors admiring Shakespeare while some claim others worry about how the Bard would admire them if he could observe their fame. The Washington Star reports a playful exchange on literary ego among performers.
A Kansas City Star item notes Polley makes no bones about his stance and jokes he should enter a business where he could make bones. The column uses light satire to comment on Polley’s public stance.
A damaged OCR fragment references accounts and overdrafts with mentions of secured and unsecured banking items. It lists current expenses and taxes paid and cites sums like 20.54 and 989,604.79 for joint accounts or assets. The legible text is disjointed and lacks full names or dates.
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