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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1918
Page
3
Frank Johnson battled a widespread illness but is now on the mend. The report notes his struggle and gradual recovery, with no further complications mentioned.
I Spear and family of Fairbury were guests of Mr and Mrs A H Coleman Sunday afternoon.
Esquire D R Kelly came back Tuesday from a family trip visiting his children and grandchildren in Lincoln and Council Bluffs.
W J Moss visited Diller Tuesday amid belief his chances for county attorney election are not brighter.
Lakorrest Raymond and his son Robert, who had stayed with Diller relatives a day or two, returned Saturday to their Lincoln home.
A vintage tip suggests a beautiful woman possesses good digestion and advises light meat consumption if digestion is weak. It promotes Cham berlain's Tablets to strengthen digestion with a 25 cent price point.
Mr and Mrs W L Woods spent Saturday night in Lincoln with their son Claude and daughter Ethel who attend the state university. Miss Ethel was then recovering from a severe attack of Spanish influenza.
John Alder stops off here Tuesday on his return from a trip to Illinois to visit his old Illinois friend Jas Swain and his sister Mrs White, who live four miles northeast of Diller. Mr Alder has lived in California several years.
Tuesday October 1 marked the seventh wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Wm Crane. Only their child Howard was present and the day was observed quietly recalling early settlement days in this community as reported by Steele City Press.
An advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness results from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local treatments. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a bloodborne remedy and offers one hundred dollars for a case it cannot cure, circulated by HENNY CO in Toledo, Ohio.
Mrs Joe Cole of Krider travels via Diller to visit a daughter in Ragan Nebraska. The alert notes the overseas safe arrival of R W Green was received by his home folks last week.
Warren and Will Elwood and their families of Beatrice visited in Diller Sunday at the home of Mrs Hale and Mr Hale for a friendly afternoon gathering.
Walter Patton and family returned Tuesday from an auto trip to Burr Nebraska to visit relatives. Mr A Barnwalts of Peoria Illinois, visiting here, accompanied them.
Mrs. William Bell of POS en SETS Ind writes she was relieved during a severe diarrhea attack three years ago by Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. She calls it the only medicine that gave relief.
Curtis Geer fell from a telephone pole in Fairbury last week after an electric shock while stringing a wire. He was not taken to Lincoln and is cared for at home by a nurse in Fairbury, recovering well. Diller friends expect good news.
Elm Center correspondent reports Bert and Mrs. Frisbie told word from their son Frank in France. He says he feels fine and likes the country though he prefers the United States. Letters from Car Forsythe, also in France, say he is in good health, has plenty to eat, enjoys seeing the country, and likes wheat bread.
Chicago woman Miss Janes Turner describes severe indigestion headaches and sleeplessness from overwork and irregular meals. She used Chamberlain's Tablets, which she credits with cleansing her stomach and system, restoring appetite and sleep, and leaving her well after two months of treatment.
The Atchison Globe notes a forthcoming American movement. R C Harris, Republican candidate for state senator, campaigned in Diller on Wednesday. Canada has reduced sugar to one and a half pounds monthly. Nebraska reports larger corn harvests than 1918 but not worth as much in dollars. H E Green arrived Wednesday from Waverly where he spent the summer as a carpenter.
President Wilson issues a proclamation prohibiting use of grains of all kinds for brewing after December 1 1918. The order aims to conserve food supplies during wartime while enforcing nationwide restrictions on alcohol production.
Miss Fern Cavett, an influenza victim, was taken home by auto Monday evening and is now recovering at home.
Mrs C L Bausch has a paralysis stroke and is in critical condition while visiting at her daughter Mrs J C White home in St Joseph Missouri.
RF Starr returns Monday from Colorado where he holds land interests. He stopped in Riverton where excitement over an oil find ran high, and he brought a sample of the oil home.
Mrs. A. E. Sidenberder of Rockfield Indiana says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the only relief for her spring bronchial trouble. After using it for a few days all signs of bronchial distress disappear.
The potash industry will bring upward of 25 million dollars to Nebraska in 1918, from material once considered worthless and a nuisance. The weekly payroll of Nebraska potash plants likely exceeds 125000 dollars.
Mr and Mrs Wm Barber and Mr and Mrs Chas Barber come back Sunday after a two weeks auto tour in the southwest part of the state. They report good crops and a large average of wheat being put in this fall. At Imperial Nebraska they visited Harold Barber and at St Francis Kansas they called on J J Carmichael G W Carmichael and Harry Carmichael families and found them busy and prospering.
A colorful discourse explains how to pick and enjoy a perfect watermelon. It praises a cold ripe melon with blush flesh and a sunlit heart, comparing it to a graceful sunset and a Boston belle’s smile. The piece urges unrestrained appreciation.
M O McLaughlin of York, Republican candidate for Congress, spoke to a sizable crowd on the Diller street fair day. A York college soprano sang war songs before and after the address. Introduced by Hon CH Denny, McLaughlin was joined by F L Rain and E L Jenkins, who are candidates for county attorney and treasurer.
The recap cites the state’s largest potash plant, largest creamery, largest macaroni factory, largest broom factory, largest vinegar factory and the highest per capita thrift stamp subscription. It notes preference for “largest” over “biggest” in describing scale.
The potato crop in northwestern and western Nebraska is unusually good in quality and yield while eastern Nebraska faces a small crop due to continued dry weather. Box Butte Sheridan Kimball Dawes Scotts Bluff Morrill and other western counties report ample potatoes.
From the best authority available it is believed Nebraska now has about 60,000 men in service. The state remains ahead in total thrift stamp purchases and per capita purchases of Liberty bonds and subscriptions to theYMCA Red Cross and Gundred war activities.
Nebraska has grown sugar beets capable of producing over 120 million pounds of sugar with a potential 90 million pound surplus. authorities consider raising per capita monthly purchase ceilings to exploit the bounty. Nebraska also leads in supplying potash, attracting global attention for its minerals and agricultural output.
The Diller Record lists Frank T. Pearce as editor publisher and owner with the newspaper produced in Diller Nebraska. No bond holders or security holders are named. The document is sworn before Notary W. H. Schnuelle on October 1, 1918 with commission through January 22, 1921.
Col. R. C. McBride advertises as an auctioneer with nine years of selling experience and invites prospective clients to learn values and arrange sales through his services.
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