Cranberries and celery sale at Loock and Habicht
Fresh produce listing shows cranberries priced at 3 quarts for 25 cents and celery available in five cent units at Loock and Habicht grocery.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1915
Page
8
Fresh produce listing shows cranberries priced at 3 quarts for 25 cents and celery available in five cent units at Loock and Habicht grocery.
Readers are urged that women should wear fur on their gowns this winter, replacing the loose fur worn around the neck during the summer. The piece frames fur as a seasonally required accessory.
Mr and Mrs LaForrest Raymond and their baby returned from a trip through the Black Hills country and spent a weekend with Diller relatives before returning Sunday to Lincoln.
A Plymouth party led by Mayor Buckholdt Editor Falk and Frank Nelson visited Jansen Fairbury and Steele City to study the electric light proposition and halted in Diller on the return leg yesterday.
Grandpa Cherry fell down the cellar last Saturday dislocating his left shoulder and fracturing the socket bone. He suffered a concussion of the brain. A physician was promptly called and gave treatment, and he was able to sit up a little yesterday.
A bulletin titled Raising the Dairy Calf outlines best practices for caring for dairy heifers from birth to freshening. It explains care and management guidelines and can be obtained free by any Nebraska resident from the Agricultural Experiment Station in Lincoln, directed by E. A. Burnet.
A concise exhortation to former friends and others with machinery to clean and oil implements after use, store them safely to avoid rust and weather damage, and protect them through the winter. It emphasizes practicality and economy as common sense.
A reflective piece praises the healthy glow of rural hotel maids and country girls, attributing their bloom to clean living, red blood, and the outdoors. It extols the virtues of country life and suggests posterity will commend these women.
A reader dropped by the office and praised the paper as a great value and the town’s mainstay. He called it the greatest booster and reliable town builder, paid for the paper, and left everyone in bliss.
The article explains that carotene and xanthophylls give yellow color to leaves in fall and butter in spring. It notes carotene as a major carrot pigment and that xanthophylls form as plants slow in late summer. It adds feed influences milk and butter color and that breed affects color.
A rural town editor urges unity with farmers highlighting the farmer as the backbone of the community. He cites Mrs. Carmony joining Rev. F A Carmony in Viller and argues mutual support strengthens stores, shops, and prosperity for all.
The Willing Helpers Club presents Reverend Forsythe in Behind the Mask at the Prairie College school house on Thursday evening October 21 at 8 30. Admission 10 and 20 cents.
All ladies of the Presbyterian church who received invitations to the Missionary Tea at Miss Fannie Diller's on September 25 postponed due to bad weather are invited to the Missionary Tea at Mrs Stotts Colman Hotel Saturday afternoon October 16 at 2 o'clock.
Plymouth News reports widespread concern over weevils in incoming wheat that could ruin crops if stored long in bins. However many shipments are described as high quality with no infestation visible.
Nebraska stands among the first states in the union for crop growth in 1915. The wheat harvest set state records, and the oats crop is expected to reach about 73 million bushels, roughly two million more than the previous year.
A warning against eating immediately when fatigued. The text advises washing, resting briefly, and refreshing before meals, noting a tired body hinders digestion and that meals should serve the person, not the reverse.
A Guide Rock couple recently married tell of riding westward on a crowded Burlington train. They reach the last car and the groom asks if they can squeeze in. She replies perhaps, but urges waiting until they reach home. The tale comes from Burlington railroad men and appeared in Signal.
The Dairy Department of the University of Nebraska notes six hundred thousand dairy cows in Nebraska produce about 300 million gallons of milk yearly, with over 90 million pounds of butter fat. This supply meets one sixth of the food eaten by 1.25 million Nebraskans and supports calf and pig skim milk needs plus a large creamery surplus.
A promotional piece urges hens to cackle as eggs rise in price. It advises feeding hens properly, studying egg production, and applying literature to maximize egg output and profit from the cackle.
The Omaha Bee reports 160000 veterans, led by the Grand Army of the Republic, marching on Pennsylvania avenue for a review before President Johnson. They recall campaigns from Bull Run to Appomattox and look to a peaceful future after wartime service. Only about 20000 veterans march, yet they symbolize enduring national service and civic progress.
The Swan Island outpost in the Caribbean houses a small crew of three operators two engineers a cook a machinist and three laborers with no women allowed ashore. Workers sign 18 month contracts or forfeit return transport and upon completing service receive six weeks paid vacation and transport home via Central American ports.
Large cattle and hog runs at Union Stock Yards South Omaha with steady and easing values. Desirable western beef held firm while stockers and feeders softened. Hogs sold higher to $8.60, sheep and lambs slow with fat lambs 10-15 cents lower. Estate notice for Louis P. Raymond filed in Jefferson county court.
Amethyst believed to promote temperance, chrysolite warding off fever, onyx worn to prevent epilepsy, opal curing weak eyes, and topaz claimed to cure inflammation and stop weep walking.
A brief item notes a youthful map predicting movie seats reaching five dollars while suggesting grand opera could be heard for a nickel, reflecting a quip on price parity echoed in the Philadelphia Bulletin.
In a salon style exchange Mellie voices a preference for beards on some men while Charlie questions the look. Mellie argues a beard hides the face and expresses why she likes facial hair in certain people.
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