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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1899
Page
8
The Diller Record entered upon its thirteenth year of existence last week. The note praises the paper as one of the brightest little items that reaches our exchange table.
The article touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a cure for poor appetite and indigestion, claiming it promotes strong digestion and health. It notes a 25 cent price at J W Sutton’s drug store and mentions broad claims about appetite and energy.
Erratic OCR fragment notes prices 25 and 50 cents for LABD S HOREH aks and lists J. W. Surtone as the seller. The readable bits imply a small ad or notice with price points.
Miss Matilda Donza who had stayed with Mrs Weaklen near Cub Creek for a month returned home Monday.
The item lists bonded abstracts for Real Estate dealing, a note about J. Monroe Davis at First National Bank in Fairburg, and mentions a rise in American Tobacco stocks enriching four Wymore men by 1700 dollars. It also covers Beatrice boys sending home money, church ties, Diller Record superstition, and Nebraska fruit prospects after a severe winter.
An advertisement targets women with warnings about a run-down look caused by constipation or kidney trouble and impure blood. It promotes Electric Bitters as the best medicine to regulate stomach liver and kidneys and purify the blood, claiming it yields strong nerves bright eyes smooth skin and a rich complexion. Available for 50 cents at J W Suttons drug store.
A Texas man tells of a boy sent up a corn stalk to gauge the crop. The stalk grew faster than he could descend and neighbors tried to rescue him by chopping the stalk, but it regrew rapidly. The boy remains perched above the corn, with reports saying he has gathered four bushels of cobs as he sits among the green stalks.
Intermediate department reports 48 enrolled with 43 average attendance. Students not absent or tardy include Tristman and several others. list includes Flossie Raymond Eunice Lightner Gertrude Loock Myrtle Tate Jess Wilkins Maude Folkers and Ethel Jeffryes. Theodore Henrichs La borrest Raymond Bammy Friday and Bodell supervise. Primary department reports 54 enrolled with 46 average daily attendance. Pupils neither absent nor tardy include Roy Boggs Arthur Friday Rudolph Harmes Ivia Miller and Clifford Tate under teacher Nat Wilkins.
A neighboring preacher at a parishioner's table brings strange dialogue and a shock moment as a child misquotes and a parent reacts angrily. The scene ends with the minister nearly choking and the mother glaring, in Silver City news.
Advertisements offer a home based office job paying $900 yearly plus expenses with potential higher earnings. Requires sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Herbert E. Hess, President Department M, Chicago for references and details.
Advertisement notes daily or weekly board options with emphasis on commercial travelers and reasonable rates.
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