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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1930
Page
3
Obscure quotes from Baxter Hirt praise a traditional wife. Local ads note a pony for sale, an ice box, auto chains for 29x440 tires, and a monument maker in Fairbury Nebraska. Family visits include Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Jones in Fairbury with the Renz family.
Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop and Shining Parlor advertises an all in one repair service offering to fix and return shoes like new. The shop is located north of the Bonham Theatre.
Gov Weaver designates September 1 through 8 as safety week and calls on every citizen to identify and remove accident hazards at home work travel and recreation and to cooperate with civil authorities to promote public safety.
Good brakes prevent accidents. L. D. Calkins, 21 Mrs. Claus Jansen Jr. of Herbine vicinity was on the sick list Sunday and Monday. A number of fellows are raising Cain because they have been asked to raise loose wheat. Mrs. Dora Wohlfarth and Gretchen returned Tuesday from Peru after several days away. Miss Marguerite and Nellie Green of Lincoln are visiting their Diller relatives and attended the picnic.
A farmer offers good farm for sale and asks to send price and description to Box 408 Olney Illinois. Mrs. Floyd Hughes and son Richard from Steele City visited last week with her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Starr.
The village board of trustees passed a gas ordinance at their recent meeting and the text is published elsewhere in this issue of the Record.
Mrs Ed Shultz and her son from Polk Nebraska visit her sister Mrs Ida Woods and other relatives, following a Wednesday picnic.
An investigation into unusually large cocoanut shipments to Baltimore revealed the milk was removed and the nuts filled with whiskey, suggesting deliberate tampering or fraud. Local authorities scrutinize import records and suspect smuggling and misbranding in connection with the shipments.
On Sunday Gretchen Fanders hosted a party at Diller with her father Cedric Fanders and two sons Rachel Diller and Theodore Senior to celebrate the birthdays of Gretchen and Gordon on August 3.
The year saw about 31,000 deaths from motoring accidents and around 23,000 fatalities from accidents at home or nearby locations. Slips in bathtubs and on rugs, fires, and explosions were common causes, underscoring that hazards surround both travel and daily routines.
Mr and Mrs A Mayborn entertained at a picnic dinner on Wednesday honoring Mrs C O Nichell and her children from Wichita Falls Texas. Also present were Mr and Mrs L A Mayborn and Ervin and Letha Mayborn Beatrice Mr and Mrs O J Mayborn Mildred and Richard Mayborn Miss Evelyn Krotz Odell Mr and Mrs Clyde Thober Ellis.
Election at Diller reports 200 ballots cast with 164 Republican and 36 Democrat. U S Senator results Norris 106 Stebbens 43 Read 4. Hitchcock 18 Dallias 9. Governor Weaver 98 Palmer 35 Bryan 30 Jensen 3. Attorney General Sorensen 102 Moriarty 17 Hardenbrook 13. Long 17 Radkin 8. Congressman 4th Dist Sloan 109 Schmidt 32 Norton 24 Dutton 4. State Senator 17th Dist Axtell 60 Wylie 50 Bailey 16 Nispe 4. Rep 39th Dist Jardon 90 Wells 27. Co Clerk Nider 675 Jones 31 Allen 28 Dawson 16 Helvey 25. Reg Deeds Spence 111. Crim Dist Court Foster 103 Hughes 31. Co Treas Jenkens 101 Kroll 7 Kroll 26. Sheriff Cook 40 Tippin 38 Ackman 33 Bell 3 Frost 1 Baruth 1. Dem Woddell 18 Lightbody 8 Roode 4 Smith 1. Co Attorney Denney 108 Foster 25 Mullen 15. Assessor Mosher 96 Buller 27 Jones 16. Commissioner 1st Dist Player 90 Wallbaum 32 Roseman 22 Patterson 13 Gerard 5. State Supt Taylor 64 Matson 52 Jackson 43. County Supt Clark 116 Shuman 74.
Mr and Mrs Paul Beckwith and family from Omaha visited Mrs Line and other Diller relatives at a Wednesday picnic.
Miss Maxine Colman of Lincoln visits with her grandmother Mrs. Sarah Witty and other Diller relatives and attends a local picnic event.
C L Waggoner departs today for Dayton Ohio to compete in the Grand American Handicap National trap shoot. He is accompanied by John Steiner of Diller and Will Champ of Odell for the event.
Earl Atkinson from Pittsburgh arrived to join his wife in visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W N Sparks. The couple planned to start home soon after the picnic.
Mr and Mrs Lammel visited the Hutchinson home and Plymouth picnic then returned Sunday to Topeka Kansas with sister Maxine accompanying them.
A family gathering at the home of their mother and grandmother Mrs. Elizabeth Greider marked her 84th birthday with relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Roy Greider and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Greider, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Greider and children, and other relatives from Freitag Scheele Fox Clark and Freitag families.
Election returns show Weaver nominated for governor by over 100000 votes, Norris for senator by 25000, Sorenson easily winning attorney general, and Sloan renominated three to one over Schmidt. In Jefferson county, Joseph Cook and J. H. Waddell were nominated for sheriff, Wm. H. Nider and Foster Helvey for county clerk. Shuman and Mrs. Clark were named for county superintendent on the nonpon ticket, Geo. Patterson of Steele City earned the county commissioner nomination.
A long night shower ended with 4.09 inches at Diller and heavy thunder. Nearby towns reported Harbine 4.4 inches, Ellis 3.2, Odell 4 inches, Hanover 2.5, Steele City 1. A second rain of about 2 inches Tuesday night brought total near seven inches, renewing concerns for local corn.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Remley traveled from Towner Colorado to the Diller picnic. They were joined by his mother Mrs. Maggie Remley who plans to stay with her daughter Mrs. Vint Logan and family.
The Village of Diller Nebraska grants Ralph R. Thomas and assigns a twenty five year franchise to build operate and maintain a complete natural gas distribution system within the village and streets for lighting heating and other uses with rights to lay mains and appurtenances and to cancel if construction is not started within one year. The ordinance outlines duties easements and scope of the gas works including wells engines mains and facilities and authority to extend beyond municipal limits as needed.
The ordinance grants a twenty five year gas franchise to a Grantee in Will of Diller Nebraska. It outlines construction notice, supervision, rules, service interruptions, and meter placement. A rate schedule sets charges including 75 cents service, 1.35 per 1000 cu ft for the first 2000, 1.00 for the next 3000, and 0.60 thereafter with a $1.25 minimum. The action requires acceptance by the Grantee and filing with the village clerk.
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