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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1899
Page
3
For sale 200 acres under cultivation with 80 acres pasture and meadow. Includes good orchard, well and new wind mill, fenced. 6 room 1 1/2 story house, frame barn 26 by 88, and outbuildings. Built in 1890. Contact ER G Drake & Co, 2024 North 6th St Beatrice Nebr. 2 per cent farm loans.
Lightner and Hutchinson advertise in another column. Hay making is favorable this fall and the weather is good for it. The next county commissioners meeting will be October. The kissing bug has reached Diller. ask Tom Copeland about it. Snow white and just right describes the Jancoln laundry work. C. W. Pearce is the agent at the east side barber shop. Dan Fry plans to leave next Thursday to join his brother Will in Florida for school.
Blitor Cramb of the Fairbury Journal advertised for ads in Diller for the county directory. An ad pitch mentions One Minute Cough Cure with a testimonial from Helen McHenry of Bismarck North Dakota and ends with a brief note about J. W. Sutton.
In Diller residents have a rare chance for superior entertainment as the Bryant Comedy and Dramatic Company performs tonight tomorrow and Monday night.
A Morgantown Indiana resident with kidney disease reports frequent nighttime urination and kidney pains improved after using Foley's Kidney Cure. After three bottles he says he is entirely well.
A stereo presentation will illustrate hymns including Coronation and Rock of Ages at the M. E. church. Rev. Hebdon will give a lecture. further details and date are to be announced.
County fair opens next Tuesday and runs four days. E L Loock weighs in on clothing in a separate column. Cooper wagon boxes priced at 12.00 for a limited time at Geo H Tonne maker’s.
Advertisement asserts a positive cure for sufferers if used according to directions. It promises guaranteed results in worst cases and lists price as 25 cents with attribution to M. Wright.
A boy was born the 7th inst to Mr and Mrs Frank Mathias living five miles north of Diller. The notice notes the widespread use of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in treating novel complaints and states it is for sale by all druggists.
Dr HW C Brock a Fairbury dentist will be in Diller at Dr Kaupps office Thursday September 21. The notice mentions DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as soothing and healing for wounds burns scalds sores skin diseases and eruptions. Mrs Emma Bolles Englewood Nursery Chicago endorses the salve praising its effectiveness for babies.
Advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pill as a tonic that converts weakness into energy and drains into mental power. Each sugar coated globule promises health building effects priced at 25 cents per box.
The committee on music engaged the Diller band to furnish music for the reunion. The boys perform their part well and render excellent selections, providing agreeable entertainment for attendees. Steele City Standard.
Carl Gale returns home with his trotting mare after a successful show at Chillicothe Missouri Mt. Pleasant Indiana and other venues. The mare earned first prize in four of five races and second in one while sustaining a knee cut requiring a short layoff. Gale is jubilant over her performance.
Barcelona resident Mr Oliva of Spuxin spends winters in Aiken South Carolina. He credits Electric Bitters with curing back head pains and promises renewed vigor. The tonic is billed as a blood and nerve remedy curing liver kidney trouble and stomach weakness. Each bottle 50 cents. Sold by J W Sutton.
The notice touts a seven day Lincoln Street Fair starting September 18 offering free admission to agricultural, cattle, hog and horse exhibits, band concerts, parades, theater, balloon ascensions and fireworks. Extraordinary Burlington Route rates run September 18 to 21. see local ticket agent J Francis Omaha.
Kolol Dyspepsia Cure is advertised as a scientific compound endorsed by eminent physicians and medical press. M. A. Ketron of Bloomingdale Tennessee reports a ten year indigestion cure, with J. W. Sutton cited in support.
In order to secure several thousand new subscribers the Semi-Weekly State Journal will be mailed westward from now until January 1 1900 for only 25 cents. It is a big paper and the offer runs through the fall campaign up to 1900. Twice a week mailing and ahead of the old weekly with strong markets highlighted. Send stamps to Nebraska State Journal Lincoln Nebraska.
The lodge notes the passing of G H Gale and extends sympathy to his wife and family. Resolutions will be recorded and copies sent to the family and to the Jefferson County Record. committee members P W Pries J O Buauser and J W Fouts. Dated August 22, 1899.
The passage praises the Greater America Exposition in Omaha with visitors from Omaha, Council Bluffs, nearby towns, and thousands from surrounding states. It lists diverse attendees and acts including Filopenos, the Watee Buffalo, Agui naldo's carriage, Hawaiians, champion swimmers, the Royal double quartette, Cuban natives, and the feared Executioner Valentine, claiming no future western expo for twenty years and urging attendance.
Arrangements offer special excursion rates for Ringling Bros World’s Greatest Shows in Fairbury Nebraska on September 28. The event promises the largest circus, with over 20 specialists in three rings on two stages and a quarter mile hippodrome. A grand free street parade opens at 10 a.m. on opening day.
Christian Church announces preaching every alternate Lord's Day with morning and evening services. Communion service each Lord's Day morning. Sunday school at 10 o'clock each Sunday. Y P C B meets every Sunday evening. Prayer meeting Wednesday evenings. J H Moore is the pastor.
Preaching every alternate Sunday at 11 o'clock and every Sunday evening at 7 30. Sunday School at 10 a.m. Epworth League prayer meeting every Sunday evening at 6 50. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 30. Ladies Aid Society every two weeks Thursday afternoon led by T. M. Ransom, Pastor.
Naphtali Lodge No 206 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons meets second and fourth Tuesdays in the hall above People's State Bank. Naomi Chapter No 44 Order Eastern Star meets first and third Tuesdays in Masonic hall. Knights of Pythias San Grail Lodge No 141 meets that and third Thursdays in Masonic hall. Modern Woodmen of America Diller Camp No 166 meets first and third Saturdays in Masonic hall. Visiting members in good standing invited.
The Ancient Order United Workmen lodge Diller No 183 holds meetings on the second and fourth Saturday evenings each month in a hall. Visiting brothers are welcomed to attend and participate.
Degree of Honor Pleasant Lodge No. % meets on the second and fourth Friday evenings each month in the Masonic hall. Visiting members cordially received.
G A R Nickajack Post No 245 holds meetings on the first and third Saturdays at 3 PM at the Masonic hall. Visiting comrades are welcome.
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