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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1905
Page
5
Local health bulletin reports new fall medications arriving in Diller Nebraska with details on availability at area pharmacies. Officials urge residents to consult physicians about suitability and potential side effects.
A. Mayborn came back Sunday from Iowa after selling three car loads of stock cattle.
A Philadelphia physician links marriage to curing nervousness while celery gains status as a nerve tonic. Government pension rolls show five Revolutionary War veterans and 1,116 War of 1812 veterans still paid. A new Burlington depot at Beatrice measures 27 by 100 feet with tile floor and slate roof.
A farmer advertises top quality Duroc Jersey male hogs for sale with first choice available. Blythe invites buyers to come and choose, promising superior stock.
The geographic center of the United States including Alaska Hawaii and recent additions lies in northern Kansas, marking a notable geographic reference point for the nation.
A Chicago man was fined $200 for addressing a woman in public. The incident leads to commentary that speech is not cost free and may be difficult to make in the future.
A town resident from Diller joined jury duty then fished a five pound yellow catfish from the river. The paper urges hiring an official tree trimmer to ensure all trees overhanging sidewalks maintain a nine foot clearance.
The article extols olive oil rubs after a warm bath as a method to build strength and weight. It notes oil baths are especially beneficial for delicate children and suggests regular use for physical development.
Since King Henry took up canary breeding prices have steadily advanced with crested birds selling at 350 dollars per pair, reflecting strong demand in the hobbyist market.
Editor Bok of the Ladies' Home Journal argues women dress to please men while others claim women dress to anger rival women. The exchange highlights competing views on fashion as social signaling.
The twenty year old Gladys Vanderbilt is valued at fifty million dollars and admired for her appearance. Her wealth and name position her as a prime target for suitors and society from this era.
A folk remedy instructs dampening the wart and rubbing with common salt three or four times daily for a month. The wart is said to drop off with no skin mark remaining.
Rome estimates John D. Rockefeller’s fortune in silver dollars would weigh as much as two battleships and in $1 bills would circle the earth with a 1,500 mile remnant.
A professor proposes a startling scenario that the moon rose from the Pacific Ocean and asserts that this event grants the United States and Japan the first claim to the moon when annexation becomes possible.
Investigation into life insurance in New York reveals officials of the companies view policies as highly beneficial for themselves. The inquiry focuses on practices surrounding policy issuance and potential conflicts of interest.
Miss Katherine Wilkes of Canada owned Sadie Mae who collapsed and died during a race. The filly valued at 30000 dollars had earned nearly 20000 for her owner this season.
The text states the American hen added about 280 million dollars to U S wealth last year via eggs and chickens. It notes no race death by own action is recorded.
A Sandy Level Virginia man credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Coughs and Colds with curing terrible chest trouble caused by smoke and coal dust after other remedies failed. Spear Drug Co sells it for 50c and 1.00 with a guaranteed trial bottle free.
In the discussion about autumn finances the focus lands on the individual credited with the losses. The remark highlights responsibility for money misplaced or unaccounted in the period.
Private contractors advocate private contract work on the Panama project while Pacific railway owners see no value in digging the Isthmus ditch.
The text advises coating poultry house interiors with whitewash as a disinfectant and aesthetic improvement. It suggests adding an ounce of carbolic acid to each pail of wash to kill germs and deter vermin.
The Swiss government plans to convert the entire national railway system to electric traction and will issue tenders to leading electrical engineering firms for the project.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for their kind assistance during the illness and death of our husband father and son Mrs Rose Hall and Children Mr and Mrs W M Haul
Chicago street car conductor attacked by a mob was cured with Bucklea’s Arnica Salve after an abor riot incident. G. J. Welsh of Tekonsha Michigan endorses it for cuts and burns and uses it for his family. Available at Spear Drug Co for 250.
Take the first chance to repair buildings and examine roofs while conditions allow. Attend to these tasks promptly to prevent delays as winter approaches.
A Bennettsville South Carolina man A Brown reports his wife suffered years with dyspepsia and torpid liver until Electric Bitters restored her health and strength. Spear arug Co sells and guarantees them at 50 cents a bottle.
A call for collective effort urges residents to support new neighbor driven schemes. Backing local initiatives benefits the whole town and all its people, not just the originator, by expanding opportunities and shared prosperity.
Wm Kunter asks for the Recorp to be sent to him at Pearl Idaho a mining camp about twenty miles from Boise City where he is keeping books for a mercantile company. Billy’s friends at Diller will be glad to hear from him and that he has a good position.
The guidance advises keeping the pan covered throughout the roast to trap steam. To brown the outside briefly, uncover for a short time in a hot oven.
A farmer warns that no man is clever enough to cheat his calves and young stock. He may think skimping on rations goes unseen, but the animals will suffer and the error will be found out.
Adolph Jabas, once a Diller area resident, arrived Tuesday from Port Townsend Washington where he serves in the 62nd coast artillery at Fort Warden. He enlisted for three years, re enlisted for another three, and now is on a ninety day furlough with pay continuing. He has many friends in the neighborhood.
Mrs John Gillett of David City Missouri reports a successful visit with old friends. She says their health is improved and they are pleased with their Missouri location. She notes good crops this year and signs of prosperity.
Falls City session assignsRev F Mills to Daykin and two years at Diller Ellis and Rock Creek. Rev H T Huntington to Diller and Rock Creek. Rev G M Monson to Ellis and Zion. Rev J R Getty reappointed presiding elder of Beatrice district.
The Sunday School will elect officers and assign teachers. Morning sermon titled Bless ed are they that have been persecu ted for righteousness sake. Young People meeting at 6 30 p m subject The joys of church membership. Evening preaching at 7 30 p m subject The choice of Moses. Note evening service begins half an hour earlier than in summer. All invited to attend.
The piece traces early fastening methods from thorns to hooks buckles and laces. Pins only gained use in Britain in the latter half of the fifteenth century after English iron wire was cut to length and filed to a point.
The text notes a slow, meticulous pin making process with 400 to 500 pins per day for an expert. It credits the United States with inventing the first pin making machine in 1824, designed by Lemuel Wellman Wright.
Kansas City prepares for the big week of October 9 to 14 with the American Royal Live Stock show. Attendance from Priests of Pallas and Convention Hall horse show crowds expected to linger and arrive early. The exhibit features over 700 head of pure bred cattle 100 head of pure bred and grade fat cattle 100 carloads of fat and feeding cattle and 200 to 300 drafts and coach horses. The show runs daily with special night programs Tuesday and Thursday and railroads offer low rates.
The passage contrasts gratitude as a beautiful flower of the soul with ingratitude described as a deadly weed. It claims gratitude scents the air with virtue and warns that ingratitude pollutes surroundings with fetid vapors.
A light exchange features a man claiming he would kiss any girl he gets a chance with while a woman asks what kind of kiss. The man replies with a jokey universal approach.
A terse exchange centers on a horse described as blind and the misinterpretation of its sight. One speaker insists the horse’s vision is superb while another asserts the animal was born blind, highlighting a sharp moral about truth and perception.
The fragment hints at a hero described with highly marked, carefully formed features. It suggests admiration for precise or deliberate shaping, possibly implying careful grooming or sculpted appearance without providing concrete plot details.
The Earl of Baesex, a valetudinarian fearful of exposing his head to cold, petitioned Queen Mary to wear his nightcap in her presence. She granted the request twice over, issuing a pardon to wear his cape or nightcap at his pleasure in any presence within the realm or dominions.
A dentist notes false teeth can generate electric shocks in the mouth. He recalls a man who feared tongue cancer after sharp pains and oaths in public, traced to two metals in the dentures forming a battery in saliva. Insulating the metal stopped the shocks.
Two Italian monks in long seclusion devised a domino like game using flat stones with dots. They devised rules and when confinement ended the game spread among inmates, becoming popular throughout Italy. The first line of the vesper prayer was reduced to the single word Domino, the name the game has borne since.
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