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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
5
Street commissioner John Clauson was dragged along the street yesterday in an incident reported by local authorities. The event remains under investigation as officials seek details and witnesses.
Mrs Henry Brandt traveled to Wyoming on Tuesday to visit her daughter Mrs Hilder, staying for a short family visit.
Shutt Drug Co. continues selling school tablets and history paper at the old prices. Mrs. Louie Wenz and three children returned Monday from visiting relatives in Falls City, her former home. Mrs. Jas V Novotony and two others traveled to Swanton, Nebraska on Wednesday to attend her mother's funeral.
Mrs. W. C. Starkey returned Tuesday from visiting her son W. T. Starkey and family in Louisville Nebraska after attending the state fair.
Miss Emma Bostleman and Mrs Beckie Thomas of Chester return home last evening after visiting cousins Misses Gretchen and Lillian Wohlfarth.
An old advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy for constipation. It claims regular bowel movements prevent numerous illnesses and that the tablets also curb appetite and strengthen digestion. The copy notes the tablets are obtainable everywhere.
The Lincoln Journal notes three months into the anti-prohibition push that pro-saloon forces offer no real defense of the saloon. It argues defenders avoid arguments, relying on cant about personal liberty while failing to defend the institution. The piece criticizes supporters for admitting defeat and failing to present a substantive case for saloons.
J. D. Fanders offers a good second hand cream separator for sale. The item is described as well maintained and ready for installation.
Will Logan attended a veterinary college in St. Joe on an unnamed Wednesday. Mrs. H A Bell returned from Beatrice after visiting friends. The temperature dropped to 36 degrees at Belmont along the Burlington route west of Alliance on Sunday. Auctioneer H R Royle of Beatrice booked sale dates near Diller yesterday. E S Diller who farmed near Blue Springs leased the Musser farm from Dr Ellis for next year.
A vintage advert touts Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as essential for every family. It stresses prompt relief for sudden colic or diarrhoea before a doctor arrives and claims the product has a unrivaled reputation for quick relief and is obtainable everywhere.
Miss Marie Stotts leaves Monday for Manhattan Kansas to attend the Kansas Agricultural College and study domestic science.
Good rains fell Sunday night and Monday, improving ground for fall wheat seeding, with the acreage planted likely to be unusually large this year.
John F. Peffer dies at his Dayton area home after a brief illness of pyloric cancer. He was 62 years old, survived by wife, two daughters Edna Vesteeg and Etta, and three sons Max Ray Rex. Funeral held at Dayton M E church with Rev Marcy officiating. he was a Mason and A O U W member and attended the Methodist church. Local notes mention school teaching and a table Rock visitor, plus an ad for Summit heater at J O Blauser’s.
Enrollment figures show the Diller public schools on September 14, 1916, with 61 in the high school, 17 in grammar grades, 20 in intermediate grades, 28 in second primary, and 19 in first primary.
Dan Gretzinger, who had visited with his parents Mr and Mrs John Gretzinger since Thursday of last week, left Tuesday to enter the McCormick seminary at Chicago. Mr and Mrs R L Oaks of the Diller vicinity, en route home for a visit with their son in law H C King and family, stopped in Beatrice and returned to Diller this afternoon. Oaks is noted as an early Diller settler, locating on a farm there in 1878.
An advertisement urges proper liver and bowel care to look and feel younger. It promotes Chamberlains Tablets as a simple, agreeable remedy for constipation and biliousness and notes the product is obtainable everywhere.
The best advice is to set a good example and demonstrate quick recovery. By showing how fast you recover after taking Chamberlain's Cough Remedy others may follow your lead. The remedy has long been used and enjoys an excellent reputation and is obtainable everywhere.
Blanche Logan Wright born November 2 1890 in Gage county Nebraska died August 15 1916 at St. Vincent hospital Billings Montana she was 25 years 9 months 13 days old survivor list includes her husband B O Wright and children Wayne Virginia Mary Ellen plus nine Logan siblings and her father J H Logan funeral attended by relatives she died from acute appendicitis followed by peritonitis after surgery in Billings and is mourned as a devoted wife mother and daughter. This obituary notes her Wyoming homestead near Powell filed spring 1914 and references family ties to Diller Nebraska.
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