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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1898
Page
5
An assortment of 19th century notices and ads including H E Green buying chickens, a remedy line promoting Cascarets and Beggs products, Blind Boone concert reminder in Lpock's ball, P G Essex on piles, G A R Encampment in Norfolk with Gen Lew Wallace to attend, and Jane DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve touted for eczema and piles.
At the latest county commission meeting bonds for W. 8. Diller deputy county clerk and J. B. Zook deputy sheriff were approved. Mrs. M. B. Ford of Raddell's Inc suffered chronic dyspepsia and constipation for eight years and was cured by DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills. J. W. Sutton.
John Friday of Steele City, a member of the county soldier's relief commission, was in Diller last Saturday on business connected with the duties of that office.
A notice lists hauling charges by weight for coal: 1000 pounds or less at 10 cents, 1000 to 1800 pounds at 15 cents, 1800 to 2200 pounds at 20 cents, 2200 to 2800 pounds at 25 cents. Also a testimonial from Mus Emrix of Eldora Hardin Co Iowa praising Beggs German Salve for scrofula sores and itching, sold by the local company.
Edgar Lodge No. 51 AOUW reports a 51 member initiation in a single night, a rise of over 30 percent. The coincidence of the initiated count matching the lodge number is noted as remarkable.
The Christian Endeavor locomotive program unfolds Sunday at 2:30 PM in Diller at the Presbyterian church with the Lookout driving the light and a bank offering for missions. County officials report 1898 expenses and salaries including wages for the poor farm, clerk, deputy, and various departments totaling 51,060 dollars.
Mies Verna Douling works as a clerk in the town post office. Potatoes cost 70 cents per unit at the market, though prices by the river are 10 cents cheaper for buyers.
The Graves family moved from Elliot County Kentucky to Kansas with their dog. On New Year’s Day the dog traveled 700 miles in eighty hours and returned to its old Kentucky home.
An advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a wonderful medical discovery that cleanses the entire system and eases colds headaches fevers constipation and biliousness. It urges buying a box for 10 or 50 cents and guarantees a cure by druggists.
Revival services held at the M. E. church over the past three weeks are expected to close tonight. The meetings have stirred interest in spiritual matters and church membership, and Rev. Grossman worked earnestly toward conversion, though many may not have experienced a change of heart.
The bladder serves as a urine receptacle and resists disease except via two routes. Impaired kidney function can cause issues, or unsound local treatment of other illnesses can lead to complications.
Unhealthy urine and kidney issues are linked to bladder problems. The text advises testing urine by 24 hour sediment, notes misattribution to female weakness, and promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root with sample offers by mail from Kilmer Co.
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