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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1896
Page
8
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A. H. Colman was in Lincoln Sunday. Burglaries hit two Reynolds stores Monday night. South Omaha packing houses process 8,000,000 animals yearly. A sister of Station Agent Van Horn has visited since week’s start. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve advertised for piles cure without operation.
The first load of new wheat on the market here was brought in by Frank Eick and sold at 85 cents per bushel.
A partial OCR text fragment references medical terms and an unclear sequence of words. The readable bits include mentions of a small item and a boat context amid missing surrounding context. No coherent event, date, or identifiable entities are established.
Richard Upson a prominent farmer living five miles southeast of the city was buried Wednesday following a death attributed to typhoid fever.
Fragmentary ad text notes parasols and straw hats closing for fall, mentions new room for fall and names T Costinson and J Ww. along with DeVites Cure and B F P Lightner in unclear context. The readable lines imply inventory changes and health product mentions without clear details.
Mr and Mrs J ocean Seof ry and the Misses Olive and Ballard of this city started to attend the South eastern A R and Ww R C reunion at Falls City.
C Carpenter and wife, formerly Vinis Owens of Fairbury, visited Diller on Monday while in town for a restaurant. They decided to consider locating in Diller, but no final plan was announced.
In Diller Nebraska on July 22 1896 members of the Degree of Honor express gratitude to the wives of A D U W brothers for generous donations. The supper proceeds totaled thirty seven dollars and twenty five cents. By onpex or Commitreez.
Nostalgic ad copy urges readers to treat biliousness and liver trouble with a liver medicine. It promises relief from jaundice headaches chills and fever and touts 3 bottles available at J. W. Guiton’s drugstore.
The record lists 4526 school age children in Jefferson county, 98 school districts and 101 school houses. It also notes several local visits and travels by residents including J W Sutton J Fouts B F Lightner and the Sobers family with a Beatrice and Haddam Kansas connection and a Beatrice trip.
The post office at Hellenberg was burglarized Saturday night. The safe was blown open and about worth of cash and stamps were taken.
Mrs Gilles and her son, visiting with her niece Mrs E L Loock, have returned Tuesday to their home in Nebraska City.
Strayed from premises two miles east of Harbine Nebraska a red heifer calf a red and white steer calf and a red bull calf. Liberal reward will be paid if taken up and notified. F W SturrEn Harbine Nebr. Eiain Lamber City Pa reports distress from illness and travel disruptions.
A daughter reflects on shifts in a ritual of greeting once full of affection. The scene moves from morning light and a kiss at the gate to a worn, tired entrance with dim shoes and a weary voice asking if butter was brought.
The fifteen month old son of Mr and Mrs Vancil Evert was buried at Prairie Home Cemetery at 2 pm Friday July 17 after dying the prior Wednesday from pneumonia while his father was away in Montana. The funeral was conducted by Thomas Jollinson with a clergyman present and many friends attended. Mrs Harms thanks friends for kindness during illness, death, and burial.
The notice directs customers to J. P. Lowe and Son for machine oil and axle grease. It notes a shop or supplier name and product types without additional details.
A new Ace club was organized in Fairbury on Tuesday evening drawing 200 members. The event signaled growing interest in a local social group and community activities.
A health ad touts DeWitts Colic and Cholera Cure as instant relief for bilious colic. It claims the remedy kills pain and cites J W Sutton and B F Lightner as endorsers.
Five new candidates were initiated by the A. O. U. W. with a fresh ritual and solid teamwork. About forty visitors attended from Fairbury Endicott Steele City and Ellis reflecting local interest in the event. In Boquet Westmoreland County Pa residents rely on Chamberlains Pain Balm applied with a flannel for back neck and chest pains with quick relief described by merchant E M Frye and sold by J W Sutton, Druggist.
Near Iller ten miles northeast Beatrice the nine year old Maud Ralston daughter of O P Ralston died when a dog spooked the team causing the buggy to plunge into a ditch. The pole split and struck Maud in the forehead crushing her skull while her father was badly hurt and dragged by the wheels. The other three passengers escaped unscathed.
A grandmother from Fredericktown describes swift relief for a sick grandchild after Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy failed initially. She praises its effectiveness for summer complaint and colic in children and notes it is sold by J W Sutton.
News from Diller reports Mrs Anna Harms received a telegram from Belt Montana about the death of her brother in law J M Allen. A lodge committee visited her and arranged for a funeral at the local church with the Diller lodge covering expenses and a funeral conducted by the local lodge.
Mr and Mrs E W Kendall and their children from Nelson are visiting Kendall's mother and sister in this city enjoying family time and city hospitality.
C A Stephens writes of country boys who planned a dozen night time explosions to make the biggest noise for the Fourth. The blasts rattled windows and crockery and drove residents into the streets before the boys fled to the woods.
The Diller Republican Club restructured with 100 plus members and elected A L Tristman president J J Conniff vice president Thomas Nelson secretary and P W Price treasurer The group renamed itself the McKinley McCall Republican Club and planned an active campaign with committees appointed The next meeting is set for Saturday evening August 1 with an engaging program planned.
Mrs Hamilton of Cambridge Illinois reports relief from severe rheumatism after using Ballard's Snow Liniment. Chas Endiey of Lay and Lyman in Kewanee Illinois says it cured his rheumatism. The ad claims cure for inflammation sores cuts sprains and related ailments and promotes local sale by J W Sutton.
Presbyterian services are announced with a call for revival in Nebraska this year. The note urges Christians to study urgent issues and vote intelligently, stressing the Kingdom of God first and civic duty in a republic.
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