Coming Events and Local Notices for Fairbury Area
Aug 17 18 Diller Picnic Aug 23 26 Thayer county fair Aug 25 County Sunday school picnic Fairbury Aug 30 Sept 2 Jeff Co Fair Sept 5 10 State fair Sept 22 30 Gage county fair M W A meets 2nd and 4th Thursday each month For barrel delivery of oil or gas call Diller Filling Station Eye ear nose and throat doctor in Fairbury F A Moon and Son monuments Beatrice or Fairbury Lynn Waggoner clerking in Cullys during Wm Bowers vacation Home made ice cream served by Federated S S class city hall Saturday night
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Fairbury
Jeff. Co
Gage County
Federated S. S
Rain halts threshing as farmers re set grain in shocks
Farmers who had not finished threshing before last Friday night's rain have since been re setting and stacking their grain, some of which had begun to grow in the shock.
Beckman Couple Visit Patton Family in Diller Area
Mr and Mrs Gus Beckman and two friends drove from Denver Wednesday evening to spend time with her brothers Harry and Roy Patton their families and longtime Diller friends in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Beckman
Twiters
Denver
Harry and
Roy Patton
Hiatt Family Visit to Mrs Hughes in Hebron
Mr and Mrs Cleve Hiatt and daughter Orpha Lee of Hebron visited Sunday at the home of her mother Mrs SM Hughes. They were accompanied home by her brother Lee Hughes and wife.
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Cleve Hiatt
Orpha Lee
Hebron
SM. Hughes
Lee Hughes
Steele City pair recalls summer session trip to Minneapolis
Miss Esther Gretzinger and Miss Grace Dean of Steele City returned from a summer school session at the Minneapolis university. They traveled in Gretzinger's car and described the trip as enjoyable and profitable.
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Esther Gretzinger
Grace Dean
Steele City
Minneapolis University
Mrs Myers and Grayce Visit Havelock and Shenandoah
Mrs. Clara Myers and her daughter Grayce returned Monday after taking granddaughter Roberta Myers to her home in Havelock. They also toured Shenandoah Iowa visiting Henry Fields and May's radio broadcasting stations during a pleasant circuit.
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Clara Myers
Grayce
Roberta Myers
Havelock
Shenandoah
Henry Fields
May
Rainfall Helps Corn Crops In Local Area
Mrs. Ed McCune spent Sunday with her son Charles near Fairbury. Diller was well represented at Robbins Bros show in Fairbury. Prof Sickman new Diller superintendent was in town. Miss Opal Hill returned to Peru for summer school. A 0.62 inch rain fell Wednesday evening, aiding the corn crop. Governor McMullen spoke Wednesday with Hon A J Weaver yesterday.
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Ed. McCune
Charles
Fairbury
Diller
Robbins Bros
Sickman
Diller Schools
Odell
McMullen
A. J. Weaver
Grandson Clinton Sandman Has Tonsils Removed in Beatrice
Mr and Mrs W A Snyder took their grandson Clinton Sandman to Beatrice Friday for tonsil surgery. His mother Mrs Carl Sandman had been in a hospital there about a week and returned with them.
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W. A. Snyder
Clinton Sandman
Beatrice
Carl Sandman
Trio Travels In South Dakota Then Heads To Yellowstone Park
William Bowers and Kieth Hays left Sunday for Winner South Dakota where they spent the night with Harold Bowers and Mr Freytag's family. They then went to Yellowstone park to spend the remainder of their trip. Leah Velma Woods died Monday night at age 15 from spinal meningitis and was buried in Steele City cemetery Wednesday. The service at the K P hall was temporary church use with Rev Pfautz and Waggoner Bros directing funeral rites.
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William Bowers
Kieth Hays
Winner, So. Dak
Harold Bowers
Mr. Freytag
Yellowstone Park
Leah Velma
Isaac Woods
Steele City
K. P. Hall
Rev. Pfautz
Presbyterian Church
Waggoner Bros
Diller Undertakers
Stange Buys Diller Residence From Miller Heir
Paul Stange purchases the Diller residence from John H. Miller's grandson John Miller and plans to move in next month. He recently sold a nearby 0 acre farm to Oscar Amos who is currently plowing wheat and will relocate after completing corn on his present farm.
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Paul Stange
Diller
John H. Miller
John Miller
Mr. Stange
Oscar Amos
Local Household News From Hanover and Diller Area
Mrs Sophia Mathiae visited relatives near Hanover Kansas over Sunday. The Citizens State bank building received a new roof coat yesterday. Mr and Mrs Everett Green of Lincoln visited Diller relatives over Saturday night. Dr Eva Line left last week to take a physician position at a large Indianapolis hospital. Pearl Caldwell had her tonsils removed last week. Bill John Walter and Eldred Carpenter left Monday for Highmore South Dakota to seek work.
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Sophia Mathiae
Hanover
Kan
Mrs. Everett Green
Lincoln
Diller
Eva Line
Indianapolis
Ind
Pearl Caldwell
Lawrence Caldwell
Bill
John Walter
Eldred Carpenter
Highmore
So. Dak
Stay Granted in Sacco Vanzetti Madeiros Execution
Sacco, Vanzetti and Madeiros were ordered to be electrocuted on the 10th but received a stay of execution until August 23.
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Sacco
Vanzetti
Madeiros
Miss Alice Line Returns From Lincoln Visit
Miss Alice Line came home Wednesday after a stay in Lincoln visiting her friend Miss Pearl Diller for several days.
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Alice Line
Lincoln
Miss Pearl Diller
Mrs Fouts Family Visit Plans Midwest Trip
Mrs Elizabeth J. Fouts and her daughter Averil visit Seward with Kenneth C. Fouts and family then plan to travel to Gayville South Dakota to see Isabel Woodring and her family before returning.
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Elizabeth J. Fouts
Averil
Kenneth C. Fouts
Seward
Isabel Woodring
Gayville
So. Dak
J N C Holds Wednesday Meeting With Members And Visitors
The J. N. C. met Wednesday afternoon with seven members and nine children present. Mrs. Frank Fasnacht and Miss Adelita Hays were visitors. The afternoon was spent in visiting. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, Aug. 23, with Mrs. Hiram Packer.
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Newt. Hays
Frank Fasnacht
Adelita Hays
Hiram Packer
Picnic and prizes mark The King's Heralds gathering
The King's Heralds led by Mrs. L. M. Cavett held a grove picnic with mothers of the girls as honored guests. Mrs. Moser won a clothes hanging contest judged by Rachel Viers and Bonnie Green. Evie contributed to the picnic supper as shadows lengthened. Lt. Geo. Covell and R. Waggoner died in a Pt. Loma airplane crash while part of the Dole flight to Honolulu. Covell, born March 1899 in Ellis Nebraska, had two children and served in the navy.
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King’s Heralds
L. M. Cavett
Grove
Mrs. Moser
Bonnie Green
Evie
Geo. Covell
Covell
Ellis
R. Waggoner
Pt. Loma
Calif
San Diego
Honolulu
Lieutenant Cowell
Nebraska
Aviation Service
Navy
The Farmer's Wife Travels Broad Roads and Modern Life
A World Herald excerpt contrasts the farmer's wife with urban isolation, noting nine mile town spacing, cars, electric lights, running water, radios, phones, and mail service. It portrays rural households adopting modern amenities and joining a shared society beyond the farm. An elderly couple with horse and buggy remains part of the evolving landscape.
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Gotham
World Herald
Rahman brothers and Kuper seek work in South Dakota
John Rahman George Rahman and Dave Kuper left Tuesday for South Dakota to look for employment. The Diller schools received 194.47 dollars from the semi annual apportionment of state school funds. Children under 15 will be admitted free daily at the Thayer County Fair in Deshler on August 23 24 25 and 26.
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Frank Stanley
Tucker
McClelland Railroad
Chick Boyes
Thayer County
John
George Rahman
Dave Kuper
Dakota
Diller
Deshler
Auburn Family Visits Relations Tuesday
Mr and Mrs Albert Frerichs and their children from Auburn visited on Tuesday with her sister Mrs Matilda Casper and her family.
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Albert Frerichs
Auburn
Matilda Casper
Wehling Wins Gun Shoot at Topeka
Lanham Farmers Store manager Mr. Wm. J. Wehling returned from Topeka where he competed against top marksmen and won first prize by breaking 147 of 150 birds. Hanover Democrat.
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Wm. J. Wehling
Lanham
Topeka
Wehling
Hanover Democrat
Lindbergh Likely Omaha Visitor During Merchants Meet
Charles A. Lindbergh, celebrated aviator, is expected to appear in Omaha during the Mid-Continent Merchants association convention and fall market week. He is billed to visit on August 30 amid his national city tour.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Omaha
Mid-Continent Merchants Association
Lindbergh
United States
Wisconsin visitors recollect old Diller ties
W G Tinstman and wife from Sheldon Wisconsin stopped in Diller Monday to visit relatives and friends. He was a former line man for the Diller Telephone Co and she a former Diller school teacher. Residents glad to hear they have prospered in Wisconsin.
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W.G. Tinstman
Sheldon
Wis
Diller
Tinstman
Diller Telephone Co
Wisconsin
Nebraska's Great Fair Set for Lincoln in September
Spotted text promotes a 1927 Nebraska fair to be held in Lincoln from September 4 to 9. It promises an appealing plan and urges residents to attend and enjoy the upcoming event.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Do You Know Questions from a 1920s Quiz
A reader listing miscellaneous Qs and A s covers slang value in Arabic versed music ethics and future esthetic form. Olympic games instituted year. digestion definition. specific gravity concept. Jefferson Davis in which President's cabinet. first state with full woman suffrage admitted to the Union. other scattered answers and clues.
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Jefferson Davis
Tea From Coffee Leaves Invigorating Beverage
The article notes over 200 plants used for teas in England with raspberry and black currant leaves forming drinks in the south and France respectively. It highlights a coffee leaf tea that tastes like green tea and is praised by tasters and chemists in various countries.
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Mary
England
Cathay
Tea and Coffee Trade Journal
Diller Village Board approves expenses July 18 1927
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Diller Nebraska on July 18 1927 approved expenses for the fiscal year ending 1927. The minutes show an amount of three dollars entered on the records of Vigo as required by law. Moser Chas. E. Waggoner Clerk.
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Pilles
Nebraska
O Diller
Vigo
Moser
Chas. E. Waggoner
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Diller State Bank
Diller Filling Station
de G. H. Newton
Nebr
F. A Moon
Adams
Garland
N. 6Th St
Lynn Waggoner
Cully
Wm. Bowers
Robi. Upson
Flora Henrichs
John Hilder
Thayer County Fair
Deshler, Nebraska
Citizens State Bank
General Pershing
Antoine Galland
Okeechobee
Paul Whiteman
Greece
B.c
Franklin Pierce
Wyoming
John. Oy " Saathoff
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