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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
1
Dr. Bauguess made a business trip to the county seat Monday. Rhue Green went Sunday to attend teachers' institute at Aurora. Miss Renelda Faunders has gone back to her position in Pease's free store at Fairbury.
Mrs. F. Slin, who had visited seller, returned Monday to her home in Diller. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stucker returned Tuesday morning from buying goods in the St. Joe market for their store.
Bids for janitor of the School house must be filed by Aug 15. J W Fouts, secretary, will receive proposals and oversee the bid process.
Auction offers hats at 1.00 each and 50c untrimmed through Aug 14. Local visits include Thos Price and B F Lightner to Fairbury in an auto. Residents greet visitors Fredee and Warthen family. School starts Sept 1 with Prof Wescott arriving. teachers institute in Hebron ongoing.
The clipping mentions the Low Lift Manure Spreader at Pickard and Co. Mr and Mrs J D Fanders attended the chautauqua at Fairbury. Diller saw a rain total of .63 inches on Sunday night. Grace Watson traveled to Beatrice to meet relatives for the upcoming picnic. A University visitor is staying with Miss Gladys Cully.
Mrs. Dr. J. G. Neely and her children were reported arriving from an unspecified location in a brief item. The note notes a family arrival but provides no further details about purpose or destination.
Fragmentary text mentions Millie Mies L Ballaedtes receiving something for the first time in a likely household or community context. The readable portion is limited, offering no clear event, date, or location.
Miss Flora Warthen plans a Saturday visit to Apmele in Chester. The steam heating outfit for Mrs. Diller's building was being unloaded here on Wednesday.
A vehicle numbered 23668 is found and the owner may recover it by calling at the office and paying 2 cents. Mr and Mrs J G Packer and Mr and Mrs H E Grape attended the Fairbury Chautauqua on Sunday.
Godfried Wildgrube filed an application before the district court clerk in Fairbury on Monday for his final naturalization papers.
J. BR. Barton of Lincoln arrives for a local picnic and promotes the A. O. U. W. lodge where he serves as district deputy. Louie Mayborn and his young son are mentioned among attendees.
Mr and Mrs J D Haining, who had visited here with sisters and their families.
The obituary notes congestion of the lungs after a short illness. Mr. Steinmetz was an early settler and homesteader of Jefferson county and a veteran of the Civil War.
Herman Bensen a 35 year old German farmer living 34 miles southwest of Diller drowned in the Little River near Steele City Sunday afternoon. He was bathing with John Kuper and two of Herman Sasse’s boys near the west river bridge where a high rock cliff shelters the bank. Mrs O Murdoch and son witnessed the incident and assisted in the attempt to help.
A note from the CHURCH ITEMS PRESBYTERIAN parish dated Sunday August 17 1913 mentions Lukas son of Albert of the village. It cites a morning reading praising virtue and asks who can describe the transports.
Mrs Ouke Franzen returned on Saturday from a three months visit with relatives in California.
John Harvey and the Ballard family arrived Wednesday to visit Diller relatives and attend. Mrs Witty has resigned as relief and night operator for the Diller Telephone Co and will move to Gilead to keep house for her daughter Eva Witty who is principal at Gilead school.
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