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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1896
Page
4
Local items report holiday plans and visits from families in Peoria Bethany and Barneston. Ads promote subscriptions to Toledo Blade Diller Record and State Journal, toy sales at J D Fanders and Hutchinsons nuts and candies. The Christmas ball drew about 139 attendees at the opera house.
The report notes a visit with Mrs Seymour Tomemaker and says she returned to Endicott yesterday to spend Christmas. An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as harmless and reliable for colds croup and lung troubles, claiming it helps children.
The Diller schools closed yesterday for the holidays. Professor Boner will spend the vacation at Lincoln attending the state teachers meeting and received a handsome book as a Christmas present from his scholars.
Miss Molly Shea ends a four month term of choosin Disy with her mother and will spend the holiday in Atchison visiting friends before returning to continue her duties.
Christmas entertainments at the various churches were well attended with each church hosting a tree and an array of programs. Music was a prominent feature throughout the evening.
J. C. Hartigan and C. L. E. Blauser represented the defendant in the Harry Colman versus Kesley Carmichael case before Judge 9. R. Kelley. J. W. Fouts appeared for the plaintiff and secured judgment for nearly the amount sought.
Lolla Martin Myrtle Stotts Earl Mandeville Estella Martin Mable Thor psn Cora Stotts Roger True Thompson Rayel Stotts a Mandeville Lewis Bugbee Williame Harry Thompson Mabel Kurtz Edna Williams are fifteen pupils who have not missed a minute during the past month.
Ballard's Snow Liniment is pitched as a scientific discovery and the most penetrating liniment on the market. It claims to cure neuralgia, sprains, bruises, sciatica, inflammatory rheumatism, burns and old sores, with bold assertions from J. W. Sutton.
An advertisement promotes Gents Ladies and Children's underwear at Collinsons with a plea for cash. It offers to take corn on subscription at 15 cents per bushel from debtors and urges immediate delivery. Also promotes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for sores ulcers and piles with claims of quick relief.
J P London a prominent local farmer has rheumation for a week or two. Jr Bell of Council Bluffs Iowa arrives to visit with his brother Alex. Bell and family from Stranz travel to Diller area to spend holidays with relatives. Vaupel family from Narka Kansas arrive for Christmas with C D Mills family and relatives.
James Andrews visited with his son R. L. Andrews of this place and C. C. Andrews of Steele City and returned to Geneseo, H. via the B. and M. yesterday.
A quirky exchange unfolds as a man in spectacles insists on being a surgeon and questions the other’s anatomy. The other retorts that regardless of liver location DeWitt's title Early Risers will reach it and shake it for him. Satton signs.
For routes within 200 miles the Burlington will on December 24 and 25 and again on December 31 and January 1, 1896 sell round trip tickets at one fare and one third for return until January 4, 1897.
The annual meeting of the Cemetery Association will be held at J. D. Fanders hardware store in Diller Nebraska on January 2, 1897 at 2 o'clock PM. All members are requested to be present. W. H. Drien, Secretary.
The Franzen district school board presented teacher Mrs Ida McElwee and the pupils with a fine antique oak writing desk yesterday morning. The gesture signals that educational interests at the school are well cared for by the board.
A literary society formed at the Mandeville school house six miles southwest of Diller. Officers elected include President Dana Bugbee, Vice President William Crane, Secretary Meta Martin, Treasurer Edith Mandeville, and committee members Solis Pitts Dora Matdeville and C. A. Riddle. The group will meet weekly and debate next Tuesday evening on whether success in life depends more on personal effort than on circumstances.
An advertisement extols DeWitt's Little Early Rivers as soothing and strengthening pills. It presents them as small but effective remedies, attributed to J. W. Satwa, highlighting their fame and gentle action.
The Knights of Pythias lodge will hold a private officer installation Monday evening June 4. A public installation is not planned this year. The W C T U of Diller will host a public dinner on Wednesday December 80 at the Price Bros building on Main Street. all invited. Prices to suit the times. committee unnamed.
Sheriff Mendenba from Fairbury arrested Frank Knuffke who moved from Hanover Kan and opened a club room in the old post office building on a complaint charging liquor sales without a state license. He was taken to Fairbury for trial.
Constable Arch Shultz arrested Christ Peterson of near Steele City in Haddam Kansas on a charge of disposing mortgaged property valued around 125 dollars. Peterson pled guilty before Judge Kelley and posted 500 dollars bond for the next district court term in Fairbury starting next Monday.
Pearl Emerson and Henry Challis traveled from Steele City with Emerson as a witness and Challis as a juror. Challis recalls being forced onto the jury by Emerson and Uncle Joe Bixby. He says Emerson aimed to secure a 50 cent result, and Challis retaliated by delaying his ride home and threatening future jurors with similar service in Steele City trials.
The Semi-Weekly State Journal announces two weekly papers and a free premium for each $1.00 sent. Subscribers may choose Toledo Blade or New York Tribune, or two items from a list including Real News, Swine Breeder, Far News, Womankind, Atlas, Almanac, and U.S. History. Premium list by postal card.
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