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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1901
Page
5
Easter falls on April 7 this year. The C E Willey farm on Rock Creek was sold last week to Geo Hill of Western.
Notices from Fairbury Journal report revival services starting last Sunday evening at the Christian church and to continue indefinitely. Also included are local items: stock cattle from A M Strawdbacker returning from Denver, drug ads for Rocky Mountain Tea, visits by D R Kelly and family, a move anticipated by T R Linville, coal requests near the post office, and trips by Mrs J C McClay and Bert Ballard to visit parents.
Farmers discuss coal and trade matters while Geo Goodwin and family near Reinhart farm in rural Nebraska reflect on deaths and funerals. A Nebraska immigration contest offers prizes including a Yellowstone Park trip and cash. Lincoln Commoner editor J Bryan visits. crops look good and subscriptions rise as spring approaches.
In Hot Oneide Kansas the Briggs family and brother J T Briggs will host the next missionary event with Mrs Kers on Saturday February 9 in relation to the India project.
Meadames S H Townemaker D R Kelley and Albert Redden are added to the Dillet grip victim list this week. The Bower post office will close today with patrons served by a new mail route from Fairbury north. Indications of another local wedding near Diller and Mr. Smith the Idaho boomer returns as a presence. Groundhog shadows forecast unclear with a possible late sighting tomorrow.
J B Wright traveled to Kansas City last Saturday with a load of horses and appeared to profit from the venture as reports indicate the venture brought him money.
Announcement that the rocking dish premium tickets will be discontinued on March first. All holders who have not yet redeemed twenty five dollars worth must exchange them by that date.
Corn 28 to .20c and oats 20c listed among local market figures. Wheat at 54 to Bec, batter 12c, eggs 126, bogs $4.80. Miss Dora Price ill with la grippe since last Friday but is recovering nicely. A brief town message notes January and mentions G A Gale and a town improvement plan.
An invitation notes cordial attendance for a gathering at the home of Adl in San Francisco. The text extols cheerful outlooks and the value of a sunny disposition, contrasting with chronic grumbling and celebrating a man who brings sunshine.
A poorly written notice describes a man from Fairbury who has repeatedly appeared at odd hours, peering into windows and doors. He confronts a woman and a scream occurs as the intruder is confronted by the woman present.
Walt Mason notes in Beatrice Express that cornstalk licenses extend to horses as well as cows. He says horses were once believed immune, and people who want to feed cornstalks to cattle and horses must cut and shock them unless they have a silo.
Carrie Nation, a Kansan activist born in Henry County Missouri, stands nearly six feet tall and about 175 pounds. Her stern eyes and iron gray hair frame a right arm she calls the arm of God. She has buried one husband, has another, remains childless, and developed in Barber County Kansas.
A Republican customer storms Graces drug store insisting on Rose water for chapped hands. The druggist offers Rosewater instead of Florida water, but the patron rants. A courteous clerk explains Rose water is not the same as the Omaha Bee. the dispute lasts ten minutes.
A quirky piece notes how small innovations power wealth, crediting a rubber tip on a pencil and a clever newspaper wrapper for fortunes. It mentions Stee ot as owner and hints at rich men earning about ten thousand dollars yearly from these ideas.
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