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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1899
Page
4
One year in advance six months in advance and three months in advance. Advertising rates available on application. Business locals run until ordered out and charged 5 cents per line per insertion. Paper mailed to subscribers until a definite discontinue order is received and all arrears are paid in full.
Homer Clark bought a piano for his wife. John Zook traveled to Steele City in the afternoon. W. H. Haover and J. B. Zook went to Fairbury on Monday. H. Z. Diller and his mother visited the county seat Monday. A call went out for 100 workers to help clean the new A. O. U. W. park next Monday. Alias Osborn, of Mogul barber shop in Fairbury, spent Sunday with his wife here. Station Agent Scott and wife host Mrs. Scott’s parents from Morrow, Kansas, this week.
J N Musser, who recently purchased the J EB Wright farm two miles south of town, visited the county seat on business Monday.
Joe, Zahiten and Jim Pickard living north east of the city purchase a steam threshing rig and operate it in their locality.
Mrs Jefryes of Blue Springs and two children returned home Tuesday after spending several days in Diller visiting the family of Dr W T Jeffryes.
To consumptives. As an honest remedy, Foley's Honey and Tar does not hold out false hopes in advanced stages, but truthfully claims to give comfort and relief in the very worst cases, and in the early stages to effect a cure.
A fragmented report notes a busted medicine show performing street concerts in Hardy and Nelson with involved organizers facing scrutiny. Mentions sick spouses and an editorial convention, with unclear link to the Herald.
Services Sunday morning and evening at the Christian church in Diller led by Eld J H Moore. Banner Salve, 25 cents, marketed by M Wright, claims rapid relief from eczema and skin diseases when used as prescribed by a noted skin specialist. J B Wright leaves Tuesday for Hooper Nebraska for a season’s work with a steam threshing outfit.
Herbine is presented as a cure for fevers by cleansing the stomach and bowels of bilious humors and expelling impure secretions. Price 60 cts. J. W. Sutton.
J. P. Lowe and Son advertise Studebaker wagons with extra wagon boxes and special pricing. Local buyers urged to call and secure timely deals.
Misses Hannah Claussen Alice and Eva Moreland travel Wednesday as B M passengers to Lincoln to attend the Epworth League Assembly as delegates. They plan to return for the A O U W picnic. Diarrhoea plagued soldiers in wars and persists in old age. David Taylor of Wind Ridge Greene Co Pa uses Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with quick relief. sold by all druggists.
A man killed another man's dog, provoking the dog owner’s son to strike the killer. The assailant was arrested on a complaint filed by the man who had been assaulted.
An advertisement asserts women lacking beauty suffer from constipation and kidney trouble causing skin blemishes. It promotes Electric Bitters as a cure to regulate stomach liver and kidneys and purify the blood. The tablet claims to improve nerves eyes skin and complexion and costs 50 cents at J W Sutton's drug store.
A committee of prominent Nebraska and Iowa gentlemen reports the Greater America Exposition far surpasses expectations. They praise machinery halls and manufacturing and agricultural buildings and note new exhibits, the grounds, music, art display, and the Indian Congress as outstanding features.
By Fillingham builds a new house on his farm northeast of town while A H Colman shells a large crib of corn behind the lumber yard this week.
A brief ad touts Banner Salve as a cure for piles with a striking claim. The copy urges readers to buy from M. Wright and notes a price of five cents. The advertisement uses vivid language to persuade purchase.
Ellis pastor Rev H E Covell will fill the pulpit in the M E church at Diller next Sunday evening.
Ballard's Snow Liniment advertised by J. W. Sutton offers instant relief for bleeding burns bruises scalds and cuts with prices listed as 25 and 50 points.
F D Carr lost two head of stock cattle a yearling and a two year old to a lightning storm last Friday evening.
Miss Lucy Harris and her younger brother traveled from Superior yesterday to visit their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Loock.
Plenty of extra wagon boxes, bought at last year's prices, and will be sold right by J P Lowe and Son.
Samuel Clark Jr and his wife and sister in law travel from Chicago to spend a few days with his parents Mr and Mrs S Clark and other relatives during a tew days visit to the area.
Health advisory notes kidney trouble as leading adult killer and urges prompt treatment with Foley's Kidney Cure. It claims a money back guarantee and a price range of 50 cents to 1.00. The ad targets adults seeking early relief and a trusted remedy.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Jefferson County will hold an all day meeting on August 16 at Mrs. Whitney's home in Fairbury four blocks north of the Presbyterian church. All unions are asked to send delegates.
An advertisement touts TABLER'S BUCKEYE PILE OINTMENT as an infallible cure for piles. It claims proper treatment will cure and lists price 50 cents for bottles and 75 cents for tubes, with J. W. Sutton as seller.
Pleasant precinct Republicans held their primary on Wednesday to choose twelve delegates for the county convention in Fairfield. Elected delegates include Frank T. Pearce L L Catlin W H Diller John L Waggoner KE F Oaks Jos Bixby Forest Hartzell J W Sutton Chas Riddle D R Kelley J W Fouts and P B Miller.
Deputy Ashenfelter served papers in the Eugene Ames vs W H Haaver case. Judge ruled the child stay with Mr. and Mrs. Haaver until Sept 4, with potential transfer to the father if Ames agrees to assume support. Witnesses from Diller included Dr W T Jeffryes and Mrs J B Zook among others.
A good rain falls as reports come in. J. P. Lowe travels to Omaha on business. The county teachers institute will be held at Fairbury next week. Elmo Hadley and Mel Gale were Steele City visitors Thursday evening.
Advertisement promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers as a quick constipation cure and system invigoration with no griping or nausea, attributed to J. W. Sutton.
Inquire at this office. Frank Gale had his barber shop re papered and the wood work re painted this week. One Minute Cough Cure quickly cures obstinate summer coughs and colds, I consider it a most wonderful medicine. W. W. Merton, Msyhew, Wis, J. W. Sutton.
Clyde Wright formerly of this place is reported very sick at his Steele City home.
Advertisement touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a safe remedy for stings bites scratches and wounds. Warns against counterfeits with J. W. Sutton named as the source.
The fusion county convention will convene in Fairbury on the nineteenth with primaries to be held the evening of the fifteenth.
Hamilton Clark of Chauncey Georgia reports twenty years of itchy piles ended by using DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve two boxes cured him. Beware of counterfeit products marketed as genuine DeWitts by J W Sutton.
Real estate dealings and loan approvals hinge on obtaining a bonded abstract of J Monroe Davis at First National Bank Fairbury. The notice emphasizes securing the abstract to facilitate selling property and ensuring loan acceptance.
Testimonial from B L Nance principal Buffdale Texas praising One Minute Cough Cure for a month long severe cough fever in a baby. Proclaims immediate relief and rapid cure after use. Signed by J W Sutton on official notice.
An editor invites readers to report any person able to furnish a six inch branch from a tree on Henry Eaton's lot bearing twenty six crab apples. Interested parties should contact the editor with proof or details.
At last night’s meeting the council ordered crossings built across Commercial street from the People's State Bank to the Folkers building and on Lavelle street from Loock's corner to the Methodist church. It postponed action on a sidewalk petition for Railroad street and ordered the public cistern cleaned out with a new platform laid over it.
Mesdames Jesse Miller and J. W. Fouts escaped injury when a dog frightened their horse returning from a funeral. The buggy was wrecked by machinery as the animal dashed toward a shed, but they halted it by steering into a corn crib broadside, narrowly avoiding serious harm.
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