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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1921
Page
3
Henry Watson made a business trip to Odell Wednesday. Harley Clark returned on No. 16 Wednesday from a business trip to Fairbury. Tanlac is appetizing and invigorating. Try it today. Shutt's Drug Store.
Mrs. Jasper Long of McDonald Kun visits at the home of her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Les Barber, staying for an unspecified time.
Ingenious telephone engineering allowed Pacific coast residents to listen to President Harding's Armistice Day speech from Arlington Cemetery, delivering the national address despite distance.
Advertisement claims two teaspoonsful of Taniac in water taken thrice daily before meals will improve appetite, mood, sleep, and work performance. Source attributed to Shutt's.
No material thing elevates visiting dignitaries more than the glow of streets and stores lit by electricity and the practical uses of electric power showcased in the capital.
The old Stuyvesant Fish residence in New York has been bought by Margaret Wilson daughter of former President Wilson. She has not disclosed the intended use. Wilson is a singer and involved in community movement.
A superstition tale from Emporia describes a young man fastening rabbit ears to his Ford. Since then two men and a boy take fifteen minutes to start the car. The joke notes the ears were from an ordinary rabbit, not one slain in a cemetery by a cross eyed negro with red whiskers.
The Plymouth News notes Burlington adds crews heavier trains and more freight cars while advertising across its territory, while Rock Island scales back on publicity, implying advertising drives business. The contrast highlights differing railway strategies in a challenging market.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph item recalls a store keeper famed for laziness who, when a customer asks for a pair of shoe laces, apologizes and asks her to return when he is standing up. The light anecdote highlights the clerk’s idle reluctance.
Everett Clark and C E Waggoner attended a practice shoot staged by the gun club at Odell on Wednesday afternoon.
A force of 200 U S Marines is stationed in Omaha to guard mail trains passing through Iowa and Nebraska amid security measures.
Lincoln Neb November 22 Visitors at the state capitol note the grounds for the new building are cleared of trees except three pines on the northeast corner. About 120 trees of various varieties have been cut down. Construction on the capitol is planned to begin in the spring.
The Fairbury News argues Jefferson County lacks a real county agent and warns that scientific methods in tilling soil and preparing animals for market are underutilized. It asserts future gains from agricultural extension could transform local farming and warns of irrecoverable losses if not pursued.
Prof Robert N Goddard of Clark University announces a rich donor funds the rocket test. Twenty applicants seek the ride, nearly all adventurers, and the experiment aims to reach lunar gravity balance and pause in space.
A Brunoing Banner note warns readers about doorstep money saving grocers selling groceries and other items at deep discounts. It urges comparing with local home merchants, checking credit terms, and encouraging readers to investigate before buying from strangers.
Omaha resident Ovid Barnes spent time with Diller relatives and friends during a recent visit to the city.
Davis of Chattanooga Tennessee weighed 76 pounds before taking three bottles of Taniac. After the course she now weighs over 100 pounds and enjoys good health according to Shutt's Drug Store.
The Fairbury News recalls pioneer hardship noting warm with cobs and corn cakes, barley coffee, homespun clothing, patched trousers, and absence of electric lights or water works. The piece contrasts past hardships with present complaints and invites a knowing smile.
H S Townemaker of Beatrice, working for Thomas P. Price years ago, husked and cribbed 2,475 bushels in 19 days at the Diller elevator. He once did 165 bushels in ten hours and 90 bushels in five hours, boasting of the nickel peg marking the grind.
A German farmer in Schleiche grieben claims to extract fresh lard from live pigs without slaughter. After fattening, a veterinary surgeon uses novocain to numb the area, an incision is made on the back and abdomen, fat is removed, and the skin sewn. Pigs are restrained and can be operated on three times yearly.
State Health Board rules establish quarantine for several diseases including cerebrospinal meningitis diphtheria scarlet fever and smallpox. Gonorrhea or syphilis require division orders. other diseases require patient isolation and placarded premises with a warning card for smallpox. Exposed individuals must be vaccinated within three days or isolated for twenty one days after last exposure.
The document states that only vaccinated or previously infected individuals may enter or leave the house. Occupants are liable for removing the card without authorization. Quarantine requires fumigation prior to release for diseases listed as Diptheria Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis Poliomyelitis Scarlet fever and Smallpox.
Betty and Jack, aged four, are close friends who attend church with their mothers. After a moment of misbehavior and a scolding by Betty’s mother, Betty leaves church but learns to be well behaved. The next Sunday she proves she can be good, and their friendship endures.
The town dog barks at visitors and befriends runs, chases cats, and disturbs families. It frightens children, digs holes in flower beds, and starts rowdy street quarrels. It tracks mud indoors and fills yards with junk and bones, waking residents with moonlit howls.
The piece traces how sedan chairs originated in Bedan with royal drapery and single passenger use. Introduced in 1581 in Western Europe, they gained social luxury status in England and France into the 18th century, later giving their name to the automobile model called sedan.
Samuel O Hoffman of San Francisco claims a handheld device detects heat waves at 600 feet in darkness. The instrument combines thermopiles reflector and galvanometer and can outline silhouettes and locate people or airplanes. Officials consider using it to guard warehouses coal piles and other valuables, reducing guard needs.
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