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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1916
Page
1
Inquire at the Record office for a house for rent. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. London visited Beatrice on Tuesday. George Henrichs reported wheat at 27 dollars per bushel per acre. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. La Forrest Raymond of Lincoln on Monday, July 31.
Willis Clark reports wheat averaged 1 bushel per acre on a nine acre field yielding 42 bu. The concise note records a small harvest output and unit measurements.
Henry Weemers came home Saturday evening driving a new Saxon runabout bought during a trip to Lincoln.
Reverend Dickson displayed garden potatoes on Monday. Six of the spuds weighed a total of four pounds and three ounces.
Mrs. Maude Hautemyer and her son visited at the home of her uncle Elias Hadley and returned Monday to their Beatrice residence.
J O Blauser offers a combined dish pan and drainer now selling for 75 cents, previously 1.50.
Mrs. H. K. Shutt and her young son Irwin travel to Columbus Nebraska to visit her mother who resides at St Edwards Nebraska for a scheduled Tuesday morning operation.
Mrs. Fred Knoedler and two children, who visited with her sister Mrs. Otis Babb and other relatives, returned Sunday to their home in Omaha.
Reyford Bell and the Misses Lossie Raymond Mary Novotny and Vera Anderson completed summer school at Peru State Normal and returned to homes in and near Diller last week.
Chas Osborn of Lincoln, formerly of Diller, rode in on a freight from the east to spend the night with friends. Mrs Anna C Diller, who died at her home in Diller from acute indigestion about 8 am, had funeral arrangements not yet made at press time. An obituary will appear next week.
Frank Grabber reported a wheat yield averaging a little over 21 bushels per acre. Miss Fern Raymond traveled to Lincoln on Tuesday morning to meet her new nephew.
Miss Mary Patton arrived Friday evening from Burr Nebraska to visit with Diller relatives after the community picnic.
Mieses Creola and Lelia Hadley came back Monday evening after spending several days with relatives and friends in Beatrice.
Mrs. Greenwood comes home after a two week visit with her son Walter Greenwood and family in Waverly Nebraska.
J C Lewis of Springfield Massachusetts who had visited here with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs John Gretzinger left Tuesday for California to begin an unspecified journey or business venture.
Ed Wrigley and his daughter Edythe drove from Lincoln to spend a few days with friends and relatives in Diller and nearby areas.
Joy Reinhart of Washington DC arrived Monday to spend a month with his parents Mr and Mrs C A Reinhart at their home.
Auto races planned for Labor Day September 4 at the Nebraska State Fair will be the best ever held in the state based on entries received.
Dr G L Pritchett, longtime Fairbury physician, died last Friday morning. His funeral service was held at sunset Sunday evening and the body was taken to Omaha for cremation.
Omaha attorney Hon J L Kennedy candidate for U S senator will speak along with M W A lecturer C K Renner and Frank L Evans grand recorder of the AOUW at the Diller picnic next Thursday.
The two and a half year old son of Henry P. Ratzlaff was struck by an automobile on the main road two miles east of Jansen Friday evening and died eight hours later. The boy, crossing with his five year old sister, was hit when the driver did not stop. Farmer H. Strain found the unconscious child beside the road minutes afterward.
A clipping from Minnesota reports W. M. Hall, a lifer at Stillwater, released after years in prison for second degree murder connected to the 1910 shooting of his niece’s husband. Described as a feeble 78 year old, Hall had maintained innocence. the 1910 incident was deemed accidental by supporters.
For sale a good work mare T 1450 and Yn foal along with a Kimball piano in good as new condition. Contact Frank Brown in Diller at phone number 127.41.
Mies Fern Hayes daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas Hayes was operated on for appendicitis at their home four miles east of Diller on Tuesday morning.
C K Critchfield returned from Vernon Colorado where he visited his son and family. He reports a splendid wheat crop and a good prospect for corn, reflecting favorable farming conditions in the area.
Band music merry go round ferris wheel balloon ascension and vaudeville acts featured at the Diller Fraternal Picnic next Thursday. Miss Eva Witty formerly of Diller recently completed at Peru State Normal and earned a life teaching certificate. She visited Beatrice and traveled to Viiets Kansas to join her mother and will teach in Lincoln city schools starting Sept. 1.
The Junior Endeavor Societies of the Presbyterian and Christian churches held a farewell party at Mrs George Cunningham home in Diller Monday night honoring Misses Helen and Edith Patton who are moving away. A lawn picnic supper followed as juniors bid them goodbye.
Miss Irene Blauser and brother Clifford visited in Lincoln with Laurence Blauser and wife. The picnic committee gathered Wednesday to bill neighboring towns for the 20th annual fraternal gathering to be held at Diller next Thursday August 10. Rev. F A Carmony and family attended Epworth League Assembly sessions at Epworth Lake Park in Lincoln. Complaints arise that some auto owners ignore the new speed ordinance. Earl Pearce returned from Hyannis to join the Havelock Times as forerfran and business manager, planning to move his family there.
Foundrymen at Beatrice's Dempster plant numbering 35 to 40 quit work demanding raises of 25 percent for common labor, 20 percent for core workers, and 15 percent for moulders. Several locals from Diller and vicinity attended the Sells Floto show in Beatrice on Wednesday, listing many names with their families.
The Burlington railroad at Diller reported strong activity for the year ending June 30. It forwarded 311 carloads of freight including wheat 105, corn 78, oats 9, cattle 40, hogs 69, autos 1, with local freight 261,102 pounds. It received 169 carloads featuring coal 41, lumber 27, cattle 26, gas 13, autos 6, lime and cement 5, ice 8, sands 13, flour 7, brick 4, salt 2, wagons 1, and other 18, plus 2,109,721 pounds of local freight goods.
Miss Minnie Claussen traveled Wednesday to Lincoln to participate in the Epworth Assembly, joining attendees from the area for the religious gathering.
Notice from the Board of Education of School District No. 70 Diller Nebr invites sealed bids for the janitorship of the school house for the ensuing year. Bids to be opened Saturday at nine o clock August 12 1916. Bids filed with secretary B F Lightner. By order of the Board.
The writer from Oregon Lexington Oregon July 25 1916 sends $1.50 for one year of Record and includes moss from the Blue Mountains and wheat samples. He describes land buyable at eight to sixteen dollars per acre yielding ten to thirty bushels per acre and advises neighbors to inquire. He claims 10 to 20 percent return if properly farmed and compares favorably to home conditions.
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