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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1899
Page
5
J B Zook and Son shipped a car of hogs yesterday. J W Hackett of Steete City visited Diller yesterday. Arch Schultz, formerly of this place, received the Republican nomination for constable at Fairbury.
A Curtiss Wisconsin reader Geo C Hickock endorses Foley's Kidney Cure as the only treatment that helped his father. The testimonial is cited by M Wright.
Plenty of extra wagon boxes offered at last year’s prices by J P Lowe and Son. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure advertised as a permanent digestive remedy from J W Sutton. Fairbury city council grants a telephone franchise to C B Letton and John E Heasty to run a local system at about sixty percent of current rates.
James M. Thomas, M. D., praises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a master remedy for disorders from imperfect digestion. The claim appears in American Journal of Health, New York, via N. Y. J. W. Sutton.
The paper advises contributors to inform the editor before submitting their own write-ups for entertainments obituaries weddings or similar notices. Editors prefer timely submissions and warn against replacing the editor's own material with contributed articles without prior notice.
An old advertisement extols Rocky Mountain Tea as a global fountain of youth. It praises its effects as extending glad life and happiness, touching the cheek gently. Readers are urged to ask their druggist and join a subscribers list by paying a dollar.
The page advertises Columbia buggies at J. O. Blauer's and Foley's Kidney Cure with guarantee. It reports M. Wright selling 80 acres near Diller to F. W. Lohmeyer for 2250 dollars. Ballard’s Horehound Syrup promises ease for hoarseness sore throat and breathing difficulty, priced 25 and 50 cents.
C. W. Pearce, east side barber, passed a satisfactory examination under the new barbering law and is now legally authorized to practice. His certificate is posted in front of his chair.
Geo H Jacobs of Thompson Connecticut writes that DeWitt's Little Early Risers did him more good than any blood medicine. The pills are prompt pleasant and never gripe and claim to cure constipation arouse the liver and improve blood nerves brain and appetite per J W Sutton.
An exchange on a crowded railway coach features a Chinaman seated beside an Irish lady. He remarks Belly Cold and she retorts that if he wore his shirt outside his pants his belly would not get cold, highlighting witty ethnic banter of the era.
J E Lilly of Hannibal Missouri recounts a near death from typhoid pneumonia and lung ailment. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery with rapid relief and full recovery after initial failures with other remedies. The medicine is advertised as a quick cure for lung troubles with trial bottles free at J W Suttons drugstore.
Detailed schedule for the A O U W picnic at Diller on Saturday August 12 1899. Includes band music reception procession march to park song by Owl Male Quartette welcome address by Dr W T Jeffryes president of the day and other musical performances and speeches with Rev Luther P Ludden as one speaker.
The program lists a song by quartet at 2 30 p m and an afternoon of sports under chief marshal A L Tristman. Tug of war boxes of cigars prizes foot races egg and spoon races and miscellaneous contests follow with prizes from local sponsors. A balloon ascent and parachute leap close the events with a police presence and dancing platform planned on site.
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