13 Aug 1909
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
1
Community updates include residents Elsie McManes and Mrs George Cunningham returning from Ohio, visits by Ben Gooden and John Nash, and I T Carmichael hosting friends. Local sales list beds and mattresses, cream tenting plant cash for dairy, Dr Sheep Health Coffee promotion, and Beatrice Chautauqua revival August 24 to 29 with Ernest Habihts wedding trip and new souvenir line at Colman’s.
Mr L E Blauser and Mise Minna Habicht wed at 9 am on Wednesday Aug 11 at the bride’s mother’s home in the city. Rev Borle officiated with close family witnesses. After a wedding dinner they traveled to Odell for a Pacific coast visit and A Y P exposition trip. The bride, a Jeffer son County teacher, will teach near Diller after Sept 15 with the groom a farmer attorney offering to raise her wages for a single pupil school.
The Sunday notice announces a quarterly meeting at 11 a.m. led by Rev. R N Orrill district superintendent who will preach and administer the sacraments. Epworth Leagues expect visitors at 7 30 p.m with preaching at 8 p.m.
The 11th annual Diller fraternal picnic drew an estimated nine to eleven thousand spectators from Beatrice and nearby areas. A single accident occurred when a couple of wagons collided near the railroad crossing injuring a young lady, and one wagon and a carriage were damaged. The program ran nearly as planned despite the Woodman speaker’s absence and balloon act cancellation.
The Blue Springe Nebr event featured free attractions including Gardner Bros trapeze acts praised by the committee. A Harbine versus Barneston baseball game ended 7 to 10 with Barneston ahead. Extra concessionaires and attempts at gambling were shut down. losses included 80, wallets totaling 59 and 23 dollars. A Fairbury pickpocket incident occurred on a train platform but the purse was recovered and no prosecution pursued.
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