Motoring Pome on Smiles and Car Trim
A short verse notes it is easy to smile when a car is in trim but true worth lies in keeping a smile when forced to come in on the rim.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1923
Page
3
A short verse notes it is easy to smile when a car is in trim but true worth lies in keeping a smile when forced to come in on the rim.
Nebraska state fair dates and Jefferson County fair dates are listed. A M W A meeting is noted for next Thursday night. A piano is for sale at the Record office. Geo Lichty and family from Endicott attended the picnic. Mr and Mrs Kerr and Bernice visited Diller friends during the picnic. Hastings beat Fairbury 7 to 5 on the first day of the Diller picnic. Ballards from Beatrice attended the Diller picnic.
Rex A. Green attended the state rural mail carriers meeting at Beatrice Tuesday as a delegate from Diller.
Mr and Mrs Allen Colman traveled to Colorado last week to visit their daughter Mrs Loren Hale at her home.
I. C. Cattlet and daughter Grace of Pawnee City visited Monday at the home of Mrs. E. J. Cattlet, sister-in-law to the farmers.
Fred Susse carries his right arm in a sling after breaking a bone in his right shoulder in a recent accident.
Mrs. Sarah Warthen and her daughter Flora came back last Thursday after a six week stay with relatives in Washington Morrowville and Blaine Kansas.
Dr and Mrs W L Weigel of Scotts Bluff Nebraska visit his parents Mr and Mrs E E Weigel and other relatives while attending a local picnic.
Oliver Diehl of the Standard Chautauqua System stayed with his parents Dr and Mrs C Diehl between trains No 14 and 16 on Wednesday. He is listed as a crew member for the circuit during the current season.
Mr and Mrs Will Egger of Lincoln and Mr and Mrs Milton Tranzel of College View were guests at the Frank Grabher home Sunday. Mrs Egger stayed for a longer visit at her sister Mrs Grabher's home.
Editor and wife became great grandparents again within two months with the birth of a 6 pound girl named Betty Jean to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hurst at their Beatrice home Fern Cavett reported.
Curtis Geer and family visited Mrs. M. E. Geer in the city after she returned from Beatrice hospital where she had been confined six weeks following a fall that crushed a bone in her hip.
Advert suggests catarrh is worsened by run down health and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a local ointment and systemic tonic. Product listed as available from BP. J. & Co. in Toledo Ohio.
Large crowd attends a county picnic as the Record goes to press with sales notice for a horse team owned by Louie Wenz and details pending.
Mrs Dale Green of Wymore is visiting Diller relatives for a stay that lasts through the town picnic.
Mrs. M. E. Musser traveled to Lincoln on Tuesday to visit her son Fisher Musser and his wife.
A light rain on Tuesday night and another on Wednesday morning left fields wet but workable for the community picnic. The damp weather helped mellow soil and provided soft ground for plowing and setup, with residents noting favorable conditions.
Mrs Ida Neely and all her children of Windside Nebraska are visiting relatives and attending the local picnic shaping a family gathering portion of community events in the area.
A. Mayborn traveled to Omaha Tuesday and purchased four carloads of cattle destined for feeders at Washington Kansas and Ellis.
Mrs. Carl Sandman and her children from Fairbury are visiting at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Snyder.
Mrs. Mary Green finished a weeklong trip returning from visiting daughter in law Mrs. Dale Green and sister Mrs. Holloway in Wymore.
Thos Nelson of Weeping Water, former Diller business man, arrived Sunday and stayed overnight with his brother Peter Nelson at his home.
The note by S J Thompson advises others to try for a meeting between 7 and 9 o clock in the morning, adding a caveat that he might not be in town.
Mrs. J. A. Cully of Beatrice formerly from the Diller area underwent surgery last week to remove a tumor from her arm.
A large crowd gathered for the picnic on Wednesday the first day with strong indications of a big turnout expected yesterday as the Record went to press at noon.
W A Snyder sustained a severe burn on his right hand Wednesday morning when he attempted to lift a stove lid with a nearly red hot lifter. Dr Q C Diehl treated the injury.
Farmers are invited to a Diner meeting on August 24 where W H McGreevy secretary of the American wheat growers will discuss The Needs of the Hour. The event aims to inform growers about current grain issues and future priorities.
Dr. Cecil Ellis of Conad attended the wedding of N. V. Diller and Fern Hayes on Tuesday. He stayed with his parents Dr. and Mrs. Claude Ellis at their home after the ceremony and joined the accompanying picnic.
Mrs Christie Seaman of Davenport Iowa visited Sunday to see her sons S J Thompson and Harry Thompson and their families and other Diller relatives. She enjoyed meeting a host of old time Diller friends at the picnic.
A large gathering visited the E L Loock residence this week including Mrs Elmer Fredricks and family Mrs Ray Harris of Wymore Mrs Lyman Harris of Omaha Mr and Mrs E R Henricks and children and Misses Eylene Claus and Evylen Pegge of Deshler.
Mrs Albert Achtemeier of the Harbine vicinity is reported on the sick list and confined at home with illness.
The young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Shank is recovering after a recent illness.
Mr and Mrs Will Kennedy and family near Fairbury attended the picnic this week. Mrs A D Stotts and daughters Marie and Thelma of Lincoln were visitors at the picnic Wednesday. Mrs Gutherie who had visited at the home of cousin Mrs J Smith Diller returned Tuesday to Lincoln.
Mr and Mrs John W Miller of Lincoln hosted a family and friends picnic this week bringing together numerous Diller relatives for a social gathering.
A notice states a quantity of 22-gauge corrugated iron war material made for overseas use will be sold. The item is offered by H. E. Green. The brief notice indicates disposal for purposes abroad.
Mrs Vergе Jefferies and Mrs Creda Hagerman of Odell, daughters of Col, and Mrs J B Wright, formerly of Diller, attended the picnic on Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs V A Raymond and daughter Dona Jane of Courtland Kansas traveled Tuesday evening to attend the Diller picnic and visit relatives.
Mr and Mrs Geo Walker, Mr and Mrs Ralph Jones, Mr Roy Walker and their young daughter of Stratton Nebraska were guests at the home of Mrs E J Cattlet at the start of the week.
Charley With reported strong demand at his sale 32 miles southeast of Diller last Friday A 6 year old mare sold for 104 dollars and a string of young males brought 120 dollars In the near future With plans to move to Beatrice.
Vivian Sandman two years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sandman, died in Fairbury Sunday evening from infantile paralysis after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Monday at the family home with a Baptist minister officiating. Burial followed in Harbine cemetery.
The two day Diller picnic ran nearly to schedule, featuring a full program of events and activities. Local residents enjoyed parade events, games, and community meals as outlined in the program.
A long program list details Fairbury events from 1:00 to 9:30 featuring band concerts, dances, and readings. Soloists include Miss Pearl Diller Esther Innis Helen Ammerman Bernice Kerr and Pearl Thompson with the Girls Glee Club and Rogers Bros Comedy Bar. Interspersed are Baseball State League games and addresses by Gov. Bryan and Rev. V. Clark.
Prof and Mrs Howard B Smith of Bayard Nebraska attended a Wednesday picnic. Mr Smith is a former Diller teacher and they are visiting relatives near Steele City.
A wedding at the Hayes home four miles east of Diller united Fern Lillian Hayes to Neal Vinton Diller. The ceremony featured a ring vow and violin and vocal music, with a reception at the groom’s parents’ home in Diller. The bride, a Peru Teacher’s College graduate and former Diller and Beatrice teacher, will reside in Chicago where the groom works in banking. Local guests from Tecumseh and Steele City attended, and the couple slipped away after the ceremony.
Prof. E. G. Limprecht and his niece Miss Martha Mason deputy county clerk traveled from Lincoln to Alamoose Colorado and stayed at the Limprecht home from Friday until Monday.
C. L. FE Blauser a former resident of Diller attended the picnic and had the honor of transporting the speaker of the day Gov. Chas Bryran from Diller to the event town, underscoring the day's notable arrangements.
We express sincere appreciation for the sympathy and assistance from friends and neighbors during our bereavement and for the beautiful offerings. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Sandman Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sandman.
Mrs Ray Green and Misses Averil and Isabel Fouts hosted a miscellaneous shower for Martha Clark the bride of the month. About thirty guests attended and at the end of a relaxed afternoon dainty refreshments were served.
Menno Hicken of one and a half miles north of Diller received fractured ribs after a Sunday night collision twelve miles north of Beatrice. He was returning from Lincoln when he tried to pass a car with very bright lights and was crowded off a culvert, wrecking his car. The other three occupants were not badly injured.
Burlington station agent W. S. Filley and family returned from a Colorado motor trip with stops in Benkleman Nebraska and visits with relatives. The journey included Denver Estes Park and Cheyenne as they traced the Platte River via the Lincoln Highway to Kearney Crete and home with little car trouble.
The 27th annual Diller picnic featured a J. W. Fouts family reunion with all children present Kenneth Fouts county agent West Point Neb Henry Fouts attorney Fairbury Miss Averil Fouts domestic science instructor Scotts Bluffs Arnolds Fouts county agent Washington Blair Neb Isabelle Fouts at home marking the first time all siblings gathered together in years.
The editor Earl Pearce and his wife travel from Moorehead Iowa with five children to visit his parents at the Diller picnic. Pearce runs The Moorehead Register and announced no issue this week to take a vacation and reconnect with friends.
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