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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1942
Page
5
Corrected Thursday market notes show wheat and corn No 2 quoted, mixed corn, Leghorn hens and springs, and old roosters priced per pound. Partial lines include figures such as 6 08 and 16 08, with unclear local codes and abbreviations.
FOR SALE Electric Law in good condition and TOMATOES for sale at $1.00 per bushel. FOR RENT Good land 160 or 200 acres six miles northwest of Diller. SEED WANTED top price for Brome Grass seed. MY HOME and acreage for sale suited for retirement with garden and livestock. New 9x12 Bigelow Wool Rug and 8 piece Dining Room Suite plus clothing. Ph. 104:62. Local residents note visits from Elmer Maichow and Bob Man during the Diller picnic.
The notice lists picnic dates for Plymouth and Thayer County Fair at Deshler August 18 21 Swanton August 22 23 and Gage County Junior 4 H Fair at Beatrice September 2 4 Jefferson County Fair at Fairbury September 16 18. It notes Mrs L M Cavett returning from Steele City after visiting relatives and visits by Mr and Mrs Fred Starr from Cedar Falls Iowa. It also mentions Mrs Chas Hilder of Blue Springs Neb recovering from a broken leg and the funeral of Mrs Newton Carpenter at Fairbury last Monday.
S. C. Hutchinson of Diller won the republican nomination for re election as county commissioner in the First district by a margin of 17 votes. Patterson carried Newton and Endicott. Rohrbaugh carried Rock Creek and Jefferson. Hutchinson led Pleasant with 142 votes, edging ahead by 17. The figures follow.
J E Conklin of Hubbell won high man in the 22nd district race covering Thayer and Jefferson counties. J Lyndon Thornton of Fairbury finished second and will appear on the November ballot unless mail votes counted Friday alter the result. Jefferson county had 75 mail ballots. Frank S Welle of Fairbury led Jefferson at first, but Thayer’s large Conklin tally nosed him out. The vote count followed.
Pleasant precinct produced the county’s largest tally with 184 Republican and 19 Democratic ballots. References compare to 1938 when 236 votes occurred in the county superintendent race led by Russell McCreight. Local election board members and clerks are listed, alongside several visitors and family news from Diller and nearby towns.
Mrs. Harry Allen and Harold and Norma Lee of McCook visited relatives in Diller for the community picnic. Mrs. Allen learned of her nephew Ronnie Swatzenbach’s serious burn injuries in a McCook hospital. Mrs. Allen and sister Mrs Ella Eberhardt planned to return to McCook. B M Hanson of Fairbury, Republican candidate for sheriff, stopped by the office.
Mrs Newton Carpenter living four miles west of Diller died Saturday afternoon at Steele City hospital, August 8. Born Nettie Jackson April 26, 1873 in Lucerne Missouri she married Newton Carpenter September 17, 1891. They moved to Nebraska in 1905 and lived near Harbine and Diller. She is survived by husband four children including Mrs Jesse Russell Mrs Mabel Lee Archie and Ralph plus nine grandchildren. Funeral at Traum funeral home Monday with burial in Fairbury cemetery.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for help during illness and death of wife and mother. The farmers Elevator of Diller received another load of stock feed Tuesday and notes it is going fast.
Sunday School at 10 with worship at 11 at St Pauls Ev Lutheran. Methodist service at 11 followed by baptism and communion. WSCS meets Thursday Aug 20 in church basement at 2 30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
Dr C H Lubber of Fairbury is on vacation his office closed until his return August 18. Robert D Hall minister and Sunday School led by Mrs Earl Weigel at 10 00 A M.
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