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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1915
Page
1
The item notes seed potato suppliers Loock and Habicht and asks residents if they favor a summer chautauqua in Diller. It mentions residents who pay no taxes influencing town affairs, and notes Charley Barber transporting hogs to St. Joseph. Augusta Fox arrives from Peoria to visit sister Mrs. J L Loock.
The A. O. U. W. of Nebraska passed the 40 300 mark on February 26 and logged over 500 applications during March, signaling strong activity and recruitment success for the fraternal organization.
Miss Mary Ellen Line who attends the state normal school at Peru returned home Monday after a spring vacation visit.
The Christian church members express gratitude to the town board for enabling gas lights during Sunday night services, allowing worshippers to gather in well lit facilities.
The April term of district court in Gage county convened at Beatrice yesterday. The jury will report for duty Monday morning. There are one hundred cases on the docket, ninety two civil and eight criminal.
Mrs. and Mrs. I. D. Steiner traveled to Kansas City on Wednesday while Alex Bell also made a business trip to Wymore between trains. The item reads as a brief locality social note with short mentions of these residents and their travels.
Classified line noting big German millet seed sale at $1.25 per bushel by E E Gerard Jansen phone 214. Also mentions year doctors declared cause of death for Mr and Mrs Cap. Fair child of three months with heart failure. Mrs H E Green and Mrs M E Gear visited Beatrice to see Mrs Mary Emerson. Church ladies Easter supper raised nearly $90.
Miss Belle Sparks returns to University Place to resume study at Wesleyan Conservatory after spring vacation visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W N Sparks. Inquiry for Arthur Friday at Jasper Longs offers bargain prices for horse buggy harness and twin Indian motorcycle.
A call to residents to inspect their yards and plan a cleanup after the last installment was removed. Emphasizes judging occupants by yard upkeep and defending the home from contaminating influences.
Village authorities remove the wind mill at the acetylene gas plant and connect to city water mains. They will dispense with the leaking tank to dry the floor and clean the site. The board plans temporary gas plant repairs until electric lights can be secured.
Good roads lead not only to town but to business. Advertises Shutt Drug Co fuel price. Notes hires, moves, travels, sales, incuba tor and stove/oven shop items. Local residents’ comings and goings, and light political remark.
The citizens of Diller are urged to clear property of rubbish and tin cans. Wednesday, Apr. 14 is designated as Clean-Up Day. Do a little work that day for a cleaner healthier and more attractive village. S. F. Clark, Chm. Village Board.
A reflective passage likens the water lily rising from mire to a life redeemed and purified. It extols repentance and reform as staining sin zero and bringing joy to travelers, with a note labeled Selected.
Citizens are urged to improve home appearances to raise property values and town desirability. A club sponsors a contest with 300 dollars in cash prizes for the best kept properties open to all, with safeguards for renters and low income residents.
Mrs. T. E. Waggoner departed on Tuesday morning’s early train for Chelsea to reside with her daughter Mrs. Grace Novak.
The K K K ladies were pleasantly entertained Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Robertson's home. Dainty refreshments were served by the hostess. Mrs. Elva Habicht was a guest of honor.
Dr. L. A. Powell a former Diller practitioner of ten years ago visits Superior with his wife. They plan to spend the summer in the Ozarks while remaining owners of some Diller property. They are visiting relatives at Superior, their former home.
Ninety eight votes were cast in the village election on Tuesday resulting in H. Z. Diller and J. E. Kerr winning two-year terms as trustees to replace E. F. Habicht and A. T. Watson whose terms end May 1. Habicht 45 votes Diller 82 Kerr 46 and 5 scattering.
Timothy Seed is on hand in plenty and is described as fine and clean grown seed. Waggoner Bros provide the stock for buyers seeking high quality timothy seed.
A. E. Plchal and his friend Adolph Rezebek, visiting here, returned Wednesday to Dorchester Nebraska. Plchal owns a forty acre farm two miles south and one east of Diller and has been doing carpenter work. He says prospects are good for plenty of work in his line this season.
Sunday schedule includes Bible school at 10 a m preaching at 11 with The work of the church in the world Junior C E at 4 p m and Senior C E on Getting ready for the next life Evening sermon Christ the first fruits
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