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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1922
Page
5
A gathered rustic chronicle from Nebraska features a lighthearted regional hymn praising the state and rural life. It also notes events such as the soft coal strike ending Tuesday, an upcoming band concert in Diller, and local moves and transactions involving residents and nearby towns.
A trip to Topeka for a cousin visit with W. N. Sparks and family ended with the return journey to David City Nebraska after leaving their car behind.
Harry F. Huntington former Diller Methodist Church pastor and current Wesleyan student pastor won the Nebraska Epworth League presidency on the second ballot. He is touring Europe with a grandson of William.
Local ad fragment promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming relief for sufferers. The snippet mentions rum down and candl but lacks clear details or claims. No dates or organizers are visible in the readable text.
Charley Barber trades his old car for a new Overland. A free band concert is announced for next Wednesday night in Diller. Some early corn in this locality is hurt by continued droughty breath. The saying never give up appears as a motto. The old lowly flivver rattles yet continues to forge ahead despite ups and downs.
A street performance by a band advertised a shop craft picnic at Wywore today in Diller on Wednesday afternoon. An infant child of Mr and Mrs Orin Miller born at a Fairbury hospital was buried in Prairie Home cemetery on Wednesday.
Ed Miller his wife and daughter of Jefferson Iowa are visiting his uncle F Hartzel and wife. They will return home today.
Mr and Mrs L M Cavett and Miss Pearl Diller attended the Odell chautauqua Wednesday evening to hear Miss Eunice Diller readings. Mr and Mrs H K Shutt with Mrs Isabel Wieths and daughter Hilda left Sunday to visit relatives and friends at St Edwards Nebraska.
The Nebraska City Press notes that candidates who tack posters on telephone poles may lose votes from a specific voter group. The piece mocks the idea by saying those voters are the men who climb or slide down the poles.
Mesdames James and Frank Coniff of Lincoln visited Mrs. Hemminger and family near Ellis and her brothers C. E. and C. L. Waggoner in Diller during last week's picnic. Ed Stromer of DeWitt now leads Nye-Snyder-Jenks Grain Co's Diller business and invites customers to compare grain and coal prices. S. J. Senior sold a frame building on north Commercial Ave to John Senior, who will dismantle it for barn lumber northeast of town. R. F. Starr moved his real estate and insurance office to rooms above the bowling alley.
Young men skilled with carpenter tools invited for permanent employment on car work rate. Pay from 47 to 63 cents per hour depending on ability. Time and one half after eight hours. Apply or write to Master Mechanic at C B and Q R R Wymore Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Goit and two sons and Mrs Mollie Nee of Johnson Nebr and Lawrence Haman of Omaha had visited at the homes of Newt and Charley Hayes Mr A M and Leonard Richardson and Mr Geo Goit. They returned to their homes early Monday.
Mr and Mrs C B Condit and son Edson drove from Washington Kansas Sunday afternoon to visit the Stange family Mrs Stange. Mr and Mrs C A Condit are on their return trip.
J J Brooks of Wymore advertises auctioneering services near Diller. Mr and Mrs O J Mayborn returned from a northern Iowa vacation to Okaboji and lakes further inland. Orval Cherry and family left to return to their home near Valentine Nebraska after visiting. Mrs Heinke M Welling 84 formerly of Diller died at her Lanham home and was buried at Prairie Home Cemetery north of Diller.
Harold Hutchinson on vacation with Lee Broom and Duster Co. in Lincoln visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hutchinson in Diller over the weekend, stopping at the family home.
Earl Nickeson five year old son of Mr and Mrs Chas Nickeson died of diphtheria and was buried in Home cemetery yesterday. Lincoln visitors included Josse Brandt Elmo Hadley and families with extended relatives gathering since the picnic.
The Steiner family moves into the Christian parsonage after Home life became crowded due to their father’s illness. Miss i peas led the afternoon at Beatrice chautauqua as ex secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels spoke, with music by the Lenhart orchestra.
Mr and Mrs Fred Diekhoff with the Hullmans left Wednesday for an auto trip to Wakefield and Hudson Kansas to visit friends during Freds vacation.
Mrs Lovese Arnold of Inavale joined her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Orval Cherry of Valentine visiting at their mother Mrs L J Upson home four miles southeast of Diller as of Monday.
Cousins the Mudges and Mathias attended a picnic Tuesday evening at Robert Wells east of Ellis. Mr. Yung, a banker, is associated with Guide Reek.
A daughter weighing seven pounds was born August 18 to Mr and Mrs Chas Elee of Lincoln. Mrs Eles is renowned as Miss Vernon Specht, daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Specht, living about ten miles away.
Time references a Miss Heath operating in Nebraska her home town while Carpenter now resides in Oregon with past residence noted but unclear details or dates. The fragment hints at a biographical note about relocations involving multiple individuals and places.
Miss Martha Clark of Diller former Doane student now specializing at Columbia sent a live bull snake to an assistant in the biology department. The snake has become a notable curiosity in Beatrice area.
Diller competed at Endicott in a ball game but finished with a loss as the final score remains unclear in the report. The brief mentions the location and outcome without detailing the score or additional players.
The Diller library posts a continued list of newly available titles across adult non fiction, fiction, religion, political science, education, biography, and history. Entries include Bertha’s United States letters, Motor Boat Club volumes, World History encyclopedia set, and personal memoirs, noting many multiple copies and donations to life and care.
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