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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1898
Page
4
A traveling showman gave an exhibition of moving pictures in Loock's hall last evening. A large flock of geese flew over town Tuesday going north. They probably came back again the next day. Clyde Wright and baby have the measles. February will be a short month and its nearly half gone. No To Bac for Fifty Cents advertised as a tobacco cure.
A horse buyer who was scheduled to visit Wednesday did not appear, likely due to severe weather conditions impacting travel and access to the sale location.
Help wanted ads offer $20 weekly plus expenses for selling cigars or $15 weekly for general agents. Firms include Del Pravo Ciar Co Chicago and INTERNATIONAL Remedy Co Chicago. Also notices of local moves and brief health product promotion appear in this fragment.
In addition to selling chickens the operator opens a feed store at Bodell's ice house offering baled hay chop feed bran and related supplies. Two car loads of potatoes expected around March 1. At 3 30 p m February 10 1898 D R Kelley united in marriage E G Bixby and Ida Miller at the bride's parents home Mr and Mrs P B Miller.
In a Washington letter Major G A Studer longtime U S Consul at Singapore describes Cham berlain s Pain Balm as excellent for rheumatism sore throat and chest relief. He reports pneumonia symptoms alleviated after two applications and says he would not be without the remedy. Sold by J W Sutton.
An advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as instant relief for burns scalds injuries eczema and other skin diseases highlighting it as a great pile remedy by J. W. Sutton.
Charley Riddle sold his 160 acre farm located one mile east of the Wright school house to Mr. Nutton for 3300 dollars in a private transaction.
Advertisement-style note praising De Witt's Little Early Risers pills as a cure for headaches constipation and biliousness. Claims thousands suffer these complaints yet could be healthy with the famous small pills. Signed by J. W. Sutton.
After years of suffering from piles B W Pursell of Knitnersville Pa was cured by a single box of De Witt s Witch Hazel Salve. The ad also touts cures for eczema rash pimples and obstinate sores by this famous remedy. J W Sutton.
H E Green has purchased the La Velle street property vacated by Sebolt Senior and will move in as soon as it is papered painted and repaired. J H Greae of Dundee Kas reports his daughter cured of croup after Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup. he praises it as the best on the market sold by Ditter Dave Co.
Mrs Ida Lepper, a former county poor house inmate, escaped last fall and was found yesterday along the railroad near Beatrice by Wymore Marshal Acton. Sheriff Nelson pursued at 12 05 pm on the Burlington and the woman will be returned to the poorhouse.
Rxcorp reports no new developments on the proposed telephone connection with Fairbury. The status remains unchanged as discussions or decisions are not disclosed.
The Record office will be moved next week to the room two doors west of the People's State Bank, where Miss Steffen kept her millinery store.
The annual G. A. R. and W. R. B. C. supper will be served February 22 as usual. Attendees are asked to bring well filled baskets and come without invitation.
A brief testimonial from J. W. Sutton recommends One Minute Cough Cure as a preventive for pneumonia consumption and other serious lung troubles following neglected colds, urging readers to act for better health.
Otto Williams, who is buying grain at the Fitzgerald siding, has rented his farm and will hold a public sale of all stock and farming implements February 24 beginning at 10 o'clock. Auctioneer J. B. Wright will cite the sale and Arch Shultz will clerk. See bills for terms.
An old time ad from Western Brokerage Co Chicago offers 6450 high grade 98 model ladies and gents wheels at 25 dollars each, down from 75. It instructs buyers to send 3 dollars express charges or deposit with an agent and pay the balance COD on delivery.
A Glenville West Virginia Pathfinder reader testimonial extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy as always effective and superior to other medicines. The letter claims repeated personal success and urges others to try the remedies for relief.
The notice urges full attendance for Sunday school at 10 o clock and the weekly prayer meeting. It highlights the evening subject Called to what How led by Miss Maud Price with Bro. Neilson of Glenwood Iowa preaching morning and evening. It also mentions the seven pointed star topic and Christian Endeavor literature. Birdie Sprague Waggoner will read Sabbath evening and entertainments follow Monday night with home talent music.
An advertisement for the Catarrh and Cold Cure Inhaler from The Faust Remedy Co promises permanent relief by nightly use. The device, worn while sleeping, targets mucus membranes in the air passages and respiratory tract. A 60 day supply costs $1.00, or six months for $5.00 with a money back guarantee.
F W Lohmeyer, a German farmer and new Recorp subscriber, raises hogs and cattle and feeds grain. He hauls milk from eight to fifteen cows to Harbine for cream separation, sells cream to a local company, and returns milk for his pigs. He makes two winter trips weekly and finds it profitable. The Recorp urges more farmers to enter dairying to possibly secure a local separating station.
Advertises trustworthy and active gentlemen or ladies to travel for a reputable Nebraska house. Offers monthly pay plus expenses with a steady position and reference. Requires self-addressed stamped envelope to Dominion Company Dept Y Chicago.
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