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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1925
Page
1
A list of upcoming events includes Epworth Assembly August 5 to 12 and the Diller Picnic August 12 to 13. Thayer County Fair runs September 1 to 4 followed by Nebraska State Fair September 6 to 11. Jefferson County Fair and Gage County Fair occur September 22 to 25 and September 29 to October 2.
Record want ads bring results. Roy Geer trades his old Ford touring car for a new Ford sedan. A.J. Floyd the piano tuner will be in Diller goon. Call Dr. Ellis’ residence. Ladimer Lukas and Henry Arnott Jr and families started last Friday for a motor trip to Colorado. It is easier to ask why the paper did not print a certain news item than mail an account to the editor.
A brief notice urges readers to pay subscriptions early to avoid peak demand. It also mentions a rental listing for horse housing by Mrs Katharine Frerichs. The fragment hints at editor interactions and opinions about advertising habits.
E. R. Henrichs stayed over Sunday visiting his parents Mr and Mrs J T Henrichs at their home.
The Burlington weed burner runs over the Diller area again yesterday. Diller picnic activities are planned for Wednesday and Thursday next week. J A Pickard installs cement curbing and gutter at his blacksmith shop and filling station. Verlin Bonar of Washington county Kansas becomes bookkeeper at the Diller State Bank. Oliver Farrow John Schutte and Walter Murray depart for the Dakota wheat fields in the flivver.
L. M. Cavett holds a contract to erect a $4,000 residence for Jake Wolters on his farm located two miles south of Harbine, outlining scope and location of the project.
Harrold Hutchinson traveled from Lincoln to visit his parents Mr and Mrs S C Hutchinson from Saturday evening to Sunday evening. Stock shipments from Diller station this week totaled four carloads of hogs with consignments from Theo and Ben Henrichs Harry Weddle and the Farmers Shipping Assn. The Golden Rod highway from Jansen to the Gage county line twelve miles long will be gravelled this summer at a total cost of 30545 funded entirely by federal aid and the state gasoline tax.
Two milk cows for sale, fresh soon. Everett Shipper, 3 miles west and 3 south of Diller. Phone 113 54. Prudence's Daughter by Ethel Hueston begins in today time of The Record, start read.
Mrs Sophia Mathias and her granddaughter Pearl Fasnacht returned on Tuesday from a visit with relatives at Guide Rock. Mr and Mrs Elias Hadley came back last week from visiting relatives at Phillipe Nebraska. Archie Trout, who had been there a month, returned with seas.
A. J. Ellison recently operated on for appendicitis in Beatrice hospital was brought home Sunday. He is not in very good shape yet but is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bond and their daughter traveled Sunday to Oshkosh to visit her parents Col. Bugbee and Mrs. Steinkamp, intending to return in time for a family picnic.
Charley Hood of five miles northeast of Diller stores 4500 bushels of wheat hoping for a higher market. He expects wheat to reach two dollars per bushel before the next crop is harvested.
Beatrice plans another Venetian Night Water Pageant set for August at Riverside Park. The event will honor American Legion Day with a waterfront spectacle featuring lights and coordinated water displays.
The message urges residents to trim weeds and tidy their yards to improve curb appeal during picnic time, linking yard care to the town’s overall appearance and neighborly pride.
A cash produce market opens in the Senior building offering cream 88, eggs 25c, hens 16 to 17c, roosters Te, springs 20c. S. F. and Everett Clark express gratitude for patronage.
The NCR club met at Mrs A C Richardson's home on August 4 with 14 members present. Guests of honor included Mrs James Lutca of Tecumseh Mrs Newt Hayes and Mrs Orvil Richardson. The afternoon was spent in socializing and games. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs Frank Frisbie.
The Y P C A schedules a special meeting next Sunday at 7 80 PM at the Christian Church. Secretary Leask and members from Fairbury will attend and present the program aimed at all young people. A second special is teased for later. details follow.
Wm. G. Schroeder of Hebron has bought two vacant lots on the west side of Main Street in Diller, north of the Senior building, from Mrs. Raymond and E. Showers and will soon start construction of a modern filling station.
Dale Bugbee visited the home of his parents Mr and Mrs D A Bugbee on Monday before returning to school at Roca for the winter term after attending summer programs at the Normal and State University.
W. E. Madge took his sisters in law Sophia Mathias and Mrs Bowsher to Guide Rock on Sunday in his Chevrolet, returning that evening. Mrs Bowsher, visiting for her sister Madge's funeral, planned to continue home to Colorado after the visit.
Mr and Mrs George Mellinger of Minoak Illinois arrived Monday for a visit with cousin W N eeeee and family. Tuesday Mr Sparks and daughter Nellie Miller joined them to Lincoln to visit Mr and Mrs Chester Sparks and then took the train. Wednesday Sparks and daughter remained.
The committee has organized the upcoming picnic with plans in ship shape condition. The Fairbury Juvenile band will provide music and program numbers, with many acts featured. Concessions will be available and residents are invited to attend for a good time.
Miss Veda Cavett, nursing student at a Norfolk hospital, arrived on an early Thursday train from Denver after six months at an affiliated hospital. She will stay with her parents Mr and Mrs L M Cavett and other Diller relatives until after the picnic, then return to Norfolk to resume her training.
The Diller Gun Club hosted a registered shoot last Thursday with fifteen prizes. C. L. Waggoner defended the diamond trophy, which he again won, earning a second defense at Hastings on Aug. 9 under trophy rules requiring defense every thirty days until the May next annual shoot. Also notes Beatrice pioneer W.A. Boggs, 73, died after declining health, with funeral in Beatrice.
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