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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1898
Page
4
A jumble of short notices and advertisements mentions selling odds and ends for profit, tobacco cures, sales progress at a local auction, revival services postponed, and job offers. Names include LeRoy Pearce, Boss Wright, Paavo Craar Co., J. Monroe, Frank Madden, J O Blauser, and J W Sutton with various towns cited in Nebraska and Illinois.
Records in Fairbury show a January 1898 decrease in Jefferson county mortgage indebtedness of 13607 dollars and 7 cents. Also noted are local notices of employments and upcoming auctions near Diller and Harbine, with sales by J B Wright and other bidders, plus a testimonial on Chamberlain's Pain Balm from Major A Studer and local sale information.
Local ad notes a closing out sale of ladies cloaks and capes at reduced prices. Separate lines warn of lightning rod swindlers operating in the Gladstone area. Public health tips promote DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for burns and skin issues. An ad for Witt’s Little Early Risers promotes relief from headaches and biliousness. J. W. Sutton signs the notices.
Reverend Chas Wohlfarth traveled to Byron Sunday evening following his wife’s two week visit with relatives there.
Fairbury dentist Dr. Smith will be in Diller next Tuesday February 8 to practice his profession. Also sold is a medical remedy claim for skin diseases including eczema rash pimples and sores marketed by J. W. Satton.
Esq. Kelley rode the noon train to Wyoming to observe a medical procedure on his daughter’s child involving lancing a large growth on the neck.
J H Gneec of Dundee Kansas writes his three month old daughter suffered chronic croup until using Cherry h Syrup. He claims the product cured her completely and calls it the best cough syrup on the market sold by Ditts Dave Co.
A Glenville West Virginia Pathfinder note endorses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as always effective and superior to other medicines. The testimonial cites repeated success and urges suffering readers to try the remedy, with J W Sutton listed as the seller.
A Nebraska Telephone Co representative visited Diller to gauge citizens interest in a telephone connection from Steele City through Diller to Fairbury. The plan requires each town to buy 250 dollars of redeemable tickets within two years and pass ordinances allowing pole installation. P. W. Price handles inquiries.
The lecture by E. G. Rees next Sunday evening will discuss popular amusements and how far a Christian can consistently indulge in them. All are invited to attend the service.
Local notes mix humor and small town state of affairs in Diller Nebraska. Citizens joke about subscribers paying up public schools and church goers while mentioning weather roads crowds and local commerce. The column highlights how advertising shines and how village life stays active with events at the Presbyterian church and a Saturday Weary Willie gathering.
Miss Dutta Dar of Waterloo Iowa reports two years of hair loss ending after one Beggs Renewer bottle. She says the product stopped shedding and notes it is sold by Citizen Dave Co.
Fragmentary OCR mentions the Dominion Company. It refers to Chicago and a department notice with figures 905.00 and 088. Details are unclear but indicate a formal bulletin from a city or company department.
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