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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1899
Page
8
Bargain offer listing 980 acres with 200 cultivated, 80 pasture and meadow. Includes good orchard, well, wind mill, fenced fields, 6 room house, frame barn 26x38, and outbuildings. Built in 1890. KK G Drake & Co., 2024 North 6th St.
Jefferson county total vote reached 3179 in the recent election. Fields returned from district court jury duty at Fairbury. Rocky Mountain Tea advertised as baby medicine and beauty product with 35 cents. Lincoln laundry advertised as best. Local agent W. Pearce at east side barber shop promoting Rocky Mountain Tea.
Advertisement notes solid gold prescription eyeglasses and spectacles at bed rock prices with free eye tests and tests offered at residence by Dr. Sloss.
A wartime era advertisement asserts that infant mortality is high and claims White's Cream Vermifuge can save a majority of young lives. The text notes a price of 25 cas and is signed J. W. Sutton.
F B Senior plans a public sale to relocate to Idaho. Rose Wright will be the principal speaker and a free lunch will be served at noon. Watch for bills.
Parsha lville Michigan resident says she suffered with eczema or sore hands for over thirteen years. After trying many doctors her husband bought Banner Salve and after a few applications her hands began to improve and were eventually cured.
Fred C. Grable will be in Dillér Monday with a car load of young Colorado bred horses for private sale through Saturday. The event is described as a sale amid flowers, with an auction planned later, and owners may live on site for six months.
Attorney J. C. Hartigan visited from Fairbury on legal business. Mr. and Mrs. Scott R. Merrell traveled from Fairbury to see Diller friends. The A. O. U. W. initiated six candidates last Saturday and added two more applications. Cole's Air Tight Heaters burn coal wood cobs or trash and are available at J. O. Blauser's.
An advertisement extols Geo H Townemaker's long standing line of Cooper surreys top buggies spring wagons and road wagons with a 50 year reputation. It also notes S J Fleming of Macpray Nebraska praising Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a lasting remedy and that physicians widely prescribe it. The county board approved a payment of 45465 for election officials and adjourned to December 6.
Nebraska Telephone Company cuts monthly rates from 3.00 to 0.50 in a price fight with the newly formed Fairbury company, which charges half of the old rate.
A. H. Thurress of Wills Creek Coal Co. Buffalo Ohio praises Foley's Kidney Cure after years of kidney and bladder trouble. He reports brick dust and stones disappeared after a few doses and says he feels like a new man with no kidney pain. He credits Foley's with lasting relief and substantial benefit.
A Fairbury report notes the district court began hearings on a damages suit by the widow of W O Hamble against Rock Island over the 1894 Lincoln wreck. Attorney John Heasty leads for the plaintiff with E H Hinshaw aiding the company. A second suit by Jay B McDowell for five thousand dollars awaits trial. the jury later awarded Mrs Hamble five thousand dollars and continued McDowell's case.
The passage extols Cham belat Cough Ken as a splendid remedy used by people who report relief from bad colds and threatened pneumonia, and credit it with saving children from croup and whooping cough. It notes it is for sale by all druggists.
A Lima resident and railroad man notes backache relief from Foley's Kidney Cure after one bottle. Engineer George H. Hansan of the L. E. & W. R R affirms its benefit and recommends it to colleagues, especially train men.
For a limited time a home furnishing publication offers free elegant triple silver plated Sugar Shells to every married lady who sends her name address and a two cent stamp. Each shell sells for 75 cents in stores and is offered as a goodwill gesture by Quaxem Valley Mra. Co. of Morgan and Harrison streets Chicago. The offer includes free subscription to the Home Furnisher with one shell per family and requires no payment beyond the stamp as a guaranty of good faith.
The ad proclaims DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as famous pills for constipation and liver troubles. It attributes health benefits to keeping the liver clean and avoiding trouble, signed J. W. Sutton.
The Burlington Route announces six cash prizes for the six best farm scene photographs along its Nebraska and Kansas line. Prizes include one of $20, one of $10, and four of $500. Submissions feature growing crops, harvesting, feed-lots, poultry, cattle, barns and creameries with no size or finish limits. Contest closes November 30, 1899. J Francis Omaha Neb Gen Pass Agt Burlington Route.
The Burlington Route offers a tourist sleeper excursion to California with comfortable, clean accommodations at about $20 cheaper than palace cars. Departures from Omaha St Joseph Lincoln and Hastings every Thursday, reaching San Francisco Sunday and Los Angeles Monday after three days on the road. Excursion conductors accompany groups, with brief stops at Denver and Salt Lake City. For full details, visit a Burlington ticket office or write J Francis, Apr Gen’s Passenger Agent, Omaha Nebraska.
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