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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
5
Oak and red elm fence posts advertised at 10 to 18 cents. Hat prices steady at 50 cents. J. M. Hiatt listed. Mrs A Mayborn visiting relatives at Beatrice after Tuesday trip.
Birth announced for Mr and Mrs B F Henrichs on Tuesday August 7 a son weighing eight pounds. Rev Atwood visiting Diller congregation for a week. Residents note food safety as rats threaten supplies. Mrs Orval Riddle and baby arrived from Wray Colorado to visit Diller relatives. Mrs W A Hull from Lincoln visits with father Alex Bell and other Diller relatives. Mrs Jones and grandson from Pawnee City stop en route to Indianola to see Mrs S Moser.
Mrs. Fred Witty of Vliets Kansas is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Ensley Carmichael and other Diller relatives.
Mrs Bechtel visited her son Bechtel and family since Friday then returned Monday to her home in Clay Center Nebraska.
Harrison Line receives official notice to report for duty as a yeoman in the naval department and will depart Saturday for Omaha to receive further instructions.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. White, who had stayed at the home of her mother Mrs. L. Bausch and sister Mrs. Geo Henricks, returned last Friday to their home in St. Joseph.
Rev. H. A. Teckhaus of St. Pauls Lutheran church turned over 17.84 to the Diller Red Cross treasury from a recent church collection for Red Cross work.
Ruth and Father Steffen along with Lucinda Lanmann Ruth Davis and Gladys Cherry returned last Friday from Peru where they attended the teachers summer school at the State Normal.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hilder enjoy a visit with Mrs. Hilder's sister-in-law Mrs. Garrett from Is., two nieces Mrs. Martin and two children from Wier City Kans, and Mrs. Clark from Summerfield Kans.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Blauser of Harbine visited Ditler relatives over Sunday. Stotts children returned Sunday from visiting their grandmother in Hubbell.
Mr and Mrs J E Kerr visited Diller friends on Wednesday. They moved Monday from Steele City to Fairbury amid family updates and local arrangements.
Miss Flora Waggoner returned Wednesday evening from Wymore where she visited with her brother and wife.
Beatrice piano tuner W. L. Loyd of Beard Music Co. will visit Diller on the 17th. Leave orders at the Record office. Mr and Mrs Roy Gear returned Sunday from visiting with his brother Curtis Gear and family at Red Cloud since Friday.
Mr. Perry and Miss Irene Davidson of Beaver Crossing Nebraska are visiting their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J L Hughes.
Capt Andrews of Steele City with his son in law, daughter and grandchild, were in Diller for a brief visit on Tuesday evening.
Fairbury lawyers Heasty and Barnes and referee Rains for the Anna C. Diller estate were in town yesterday as the estate’s sale is scheduled for next Monday.
The Udell chautauqua opened and will close Saturday. Fifteen car loads of boosters with their band toured neighboring towns Monday, stopping at Diller in the forenoon.
Mayborn purchased 73 head of cattle in Kansas City on Tuesday for use at parties near Fairbury Nebraska. The stock will pasture in the Sand Hills of northwestern Nebraska and return Thursday morning.
An ad promotes Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoes Remedy as essential for summer colic and diarrhea, claiming it is worth many times its cost. The piece also lists several Diller boys examined for the army this week and notes Roy Nelson from Washington DC visiting Beatrice with his wife and twin babies joining relatives in Oklahoma.
A reader is urged to study the ads in the newspaper to identify which stores offer the best goods at the lowest prices in town. The note implies valuable shopping guidance can be found by examining the advertised bargains.
Roy Gear traveled to Hubbel on Wednesday to assist L. M. Cavett in carpentry tasks. The brief note highlights their collaboration and the local project.
A son was born Saturday August 4 to Mr and Mrs Earl Slocum one half mile south and 23 east of Diller.
Julius Damme drove a fully equipped Ford car he bought from Price-Lanmann Motor. Miss Eunice Sutton of Tahlequah Oklahoma arrived Saturday to visit her friend Miss Averil Fouts and other Diller acquaintances.
Mrs Maude Bristol arrived Sunday from Atchison Kansas for a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs C A Green and other Diller relatives.
L. M. Cavett visited Sunday afternoon with his family in Diller and returned that evening to Hubbell where he is doing carpenter work on No. 17.
A historical notice extols Remedy as a publicly favorably regarded medicine, calling it a base and exceptionally fine preparation and recommending its use for various ailments.
The text repeats a branching sequence about draft status and outcomes. It outlines two options at each step whether a number is drawn, exemption, training camp, foreign assignment, and eventual recovery, with frequent reassurance that if a step yields no concern, no worry is needed. It emphasizes alternate paths ending in relief or ongoing uncertainty.
Auditing Committee reports the financial condition of the Village of Diller Nebraska showing a balance of $1 669 36. The document notes a state of accounts and seeks proper accounting and oversight.
The document lists expenditures for the year 1917 including salaries for village officials, creek fee and bridge repairs, and water maintenance. The total begins April 1917 with an amount of 2675.00 dollars and orders that the funds be allocated accordingly.
The chairmen of Jefferson County Nebraska enact Ordinance No. 89 to set an annual appropriation for 1917 within the limits of Diller. The levy and assessment rolls specify the general fund appropriation and total sums to be raised.
The text records sections of an ordinance detailing levy allocations and appropriation sums. It notes a passage date and officials, indicating approval of specified monetary allocations and a final clerical signature.
Fragmentary text hints at a question about social belonging or conformity. The readable parts reference a public notice feeling and a general inquiry, but no concrete names dates or places are legible for a fuller summary.
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