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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
1
Notes from Diller Nebraska and nearby areas include visits by Mrs H E Grape from Iowa and trips by Mrs A Blauser to Beatrice. Carload apple shipments from E L Loock and pair W H Hadhey to Ensley Nebraska. DeWitts medicine ads and DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve promote salves and remedies.
W E Epley hosts a thoroughbred hog sale at the old John Diller farm located about 24 miles north of Diller. The notice mentions the farm site and organizer but provides no date or further details.
Classified items include rental inquiry at Rxcorp office and local business notices. Personal updates report Mr and Mrs O O Rigdon visiting Odell, Harlan Hadley adding to home, and Violet Musser resuming studies at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Funeral attendance for Jos N Musser Sr noted.
The advertisement promotes Bees Laxative Cough Syrup as fast relief for coughs colds hoarseness whooping cough and bronchial throat troubles. It is praised as pleasant to take and gently laxative with a home remedy guarantee. Sold by Neely's Pharmacy.
Mr and Mrs A T Watson and daughter Grace returned from a vacation on Wednesday. Mr Watson toured the eastern and southern states visiting places of interest while Mrs Watson and Grace visited relatives and friends in Omaha and Lincoln.
County treasurer Joan Sampson announces the 1908 tax list and due dates for taxes. All taxes are due by November 1st and personal taxes become delinquent December 1st, 1908, per law.
A rough estimate shows about 9,900,000 telephones in use globally with the United States accounting for around 2,000,000, Europe near 2,000,000, and the remainder spread across Asia and other regions. The figures reflect early widespread adoption and emerging networks.
Flower pots at cost at the Racket. Auto seated buggies at J O Blauser’s. Poland china pigs for sale. C H Whear and F L Raid, Fairbury Republicans, in Diller. New M E church pastor expected to arrive before Sunday the 25th. Hog crates to be returned by Oct 20 next case date. J W Starr and Lott Merrell shipped apples west. Rev William Boyle and wife return from Lincoln after her wife injured arm incident.
One yearling Shorthorn bull for sale with good quality. Located seven miles southwest of Diller and three miles north of Steele City on the Diller road. Contact J C Morenea via Steele City phone. Pineules for the kidneys offer relief. trial bottle $1.09. Sold by Neely's Pharmacy.
The First German Lutheran church announces its annual missionary festival to be held Sunday October 18 with German services at 10 80 a m and 3 p m and an English service at 7 30 p m Everyone is invited Pastor John Firtine urges attendance at the event.
Mrs Mayme Cleaver of Neligh Nebraska was elected Grand Chief of Honor of the Daughters of Honor at Lincoln last week defeating the incumbent Mrs Latky. Cleaver earlier inspected the Woman's Relief Corps at Neligh.
A Bryan club will be organized at 7 30 Wednesday evening October 21 in E E L Loock's hall. Mr S M Bailey and W H Barnes will address attendees on political issues of the day, by order of Com.
Mrs Ada L Croom of Vaughn Mississippi credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing a severe cough and looming consumption after months of symptoms. She reports three bottles completed her cure and notes the medicine s worldwide fame. Bold at Spears drag. 50c and 1.00. Trial bottle free.
The school announces formation of a Literary Club to foster reading, writing, and discussion among students. Members will meet weekly to share essays, poetry, and book reviews, with events and competitions planned later in the year.
Mrs A M Diller traveled to University Place to visit daughter Effie who attends school there. An advertisement notes Manzen treatment for piles, claiming no operation needed and a 50 cent price with money refunded if not effective. Sold by Neely's Pharmacy.
The Presbyterian church schedules sermons on Sabbath October 18 at 11 am and 7 30 pm with Sabbath school at 10 am and Endeavor Society at 6 30 pm. William Bayle is pastor. Mrs C D Milly, formerly of Diller and long resident with her son-in-law W W Waters at Fairbury, will be buried beside her late husband in Prairie Home cemetery near Diller today.
At 9 15 Thursday morning Hon W J Bryan spoke briefly from the rear platform of his special train on the guarantee law campaign contributions and election issues. A large crowd gathered at the depot to greet him, while the speaker noted the local citizens present.
Eleven members of the C C C club from Diller visited the home of Mrs. Annie Brandt on a Wednesday afternoon. They enjoyed visiting while they worked and had lunch prepared by a cousin from China. The event was praised as a grand, first class entertainment with hopes for future visits.
A fragment notes a remark about people who complain over induced actions. The readable text lacks clear names, places, dates, or outcomes to expand beyond this generic claim.
Captain J W Starr departed on Sunday’s No 16 to join the Army of the Cumberland reunion in Chattanooga Tennessee. Mr C W Allison, after visiting his sisters Mesdames Musser and Eick, returned to his Illinois home. Blasier hardware and Lightner Stotts stores show brighter fronts after painting by Gardner Windsor. Wood’s Liver Medicine offers malaria chills and fever relief with a tonic start, sold at Bely’s Pharmacy.
Mr and Mrs A E Morris returned from Colorado where Mrs Morris health did not improve They plan to move on soon but have gone to housekeeping again temporarily in the Miller property.
David Parker of Fayette New York, a civil war veteran who lost a foot at Gettysburg, praises Electric Bitters as worth over five hundred dollars for stomach trouble and overall health. He bought them at Spear’s Drug Store and notes renewed strength and wellbeing.
In Tampa Florida an incubator hatches 13 ostrich eggs from a local farm. hatching expected in July. Each egg costs $20 and a young bird could be worth about $40 after a month. Eggs require 107 degrees heat for 45 days to develop.
The geological survey reports United States mineral value at 471,300 dollars in 1907, up from 208,000 dollars in 1906. The rise is driven mainly by sapphire production in Montana, including blue and variegated varieties, and a new gem mineral has been added to the list of known precious stones.
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