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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1898
Page
4
Jefferson County Record notes spring arrival with village election set for April 5 and Fairbury plans on April 4. It mentions Pete Coats and Sutton's selling wallpaper in new colors and prices, urging farmers to ready implements for spring work.
An advertisement claims Cascareta as a cathartic to cure constipation. It promises a money back refund if not satisfied and mentions druggists selling the product.
The Record notes a new set of village officers will be erected for the ensuing year one week from next Tuesday. It also mentions the duck hunting season, local nursery stock, and farming progress with oats sowing and stalks cutting ahead of next week.
Local ads promote carpet prices at J. D. Fancher and pain relief items. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is praised for burns and skin troubles. One Minute Cough Cure is recommended for croup. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is praised by Rev. E Edwards for rheumatism relief. Sold by J. W. Sutton.
A son was born on Sunday March 20 near Diller with Dr W T Jeffryes in attendance. An advertisement promotes bonded abstracts from J Monroe Davis First National Bank Fairbury. Comedian John Dillon and company perform Bartlett's Road to Seltzerville in Fairbury on April 5 with strong local reception.
A pulpy notice laments rising tramp presence with disdain for their cleanliness and usefulness. It urges the public not to feed them, arguing a decline in faith in the vagrants as warmer weather returns.
An advertisement claims Dr. Fenner's Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic cure dullness irritability and nervousness from liver complaints. It asserts the remedy will balance the liver and nerves or money back.
A collage of small advertisements and notices including wallpaper at Sut ton's, jobless Diller carpenters, subscription to the Recorp from Frank Leoper of Wood River, Nebraska, and Green & Wright predicting a car load of potatoes at 80c per bushel. Also promoting Baker's Lice Destroyer from J. D. Fanders and De Witt's Little Early Risers from J. W. Sutton as remedies.
The writer denounces schemes aiming to tax single men to spur marriage arguing that more men now marry than wives can reasonably support, suggesting the approach is misguided.
The Guide Rock Signal urges local merchants to patronize the Dil ler Recorp with more advertising. The editor praises the paper as well printed and carefully edited and calls for better business support.
Bicycle maker inventory offered at $25 each with express charge option and balance on shipment. Western Brokerage Co., Chisago, 111, advertises 98 model ladies and gents wheels retailing at $75, now sold as a sale item. Labor statistics form details farm and manufactured product data for 1897.
Friends of the Arcorp will confer a favor by reporting items of a personal social and local nature to this office for job printing at living prices.
The Methodist Episcopal church in Diller observes Easter Sunday at 11 o clock with a Sunday school program and a special missionary collection to close the service. A separate note mentions Arch Shultz reportedly seeking Cuban service with a corn knife and ax and a Chicago firm offering a cigars sales job at 20 dollars weekly. A testimonial praises Chamberlain s Pain Balm for rheumatic relief in Germantown Cal offered by J W.
Miss Olive Ballard arrived back from Fairbury to rest and tend to her brother Bert Ballard who suffers from a lung hemorrhage. She notes his condition has improved enough for occasional sitting up and hopes he can come home soon if the trend continues.
The Presbyterians and Methodists in Diller prepare a joint program for Eastern entertainments. A street faker in Plymouth sold soap and handed out fake five dollar bills to many, catching a number of victims. Freddie Witty sold Spring onions around town causing a perfumed breath among residents. A Monday cold wave dropped 60 degrees overnight with gale winds but little local damage, while Emtoria Kansas and Liberty Missouri experienced wrecked houses and some fatalities. Dr. W. T. Jeffryes will move his office to the People’s State Bank building on the ground floor east of the Record office for easier access.
Claims a catarrh remedy that cures catarrh and related troubles by nightly use of an inhaler. Promises permanent cure or money back. Offers 60 day supply for $1 or six months for $5 with guarantee. Faust Remedy Co. Chicago Illinois.
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