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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
1
Eighteen days before Christmas Quinter Fry received a large load of cattle for his feed yard as a grow storm was reported. The Record went to press Thursday evening. Capt. Andrews of Steele City has gone to Boston to spend the winter with a daughter.
The Misses Flossie and Fern Raymond visited Beatrice with friends late last week. Mr and Mrs Fred Davis and their child of Beatrice are spending this week with relatives and friends in the city.
Santa Claus made his first appearance at the Racket store bringing toys books dolls and a variety of china and home goods for holiday shoppers according to local reports.
A few thoroughbred Poland China male pigs are listed at 10 15 and 17 dollars by H H Greider of Diller contact via Pittsburg area relatives Mary Miller and Christie Thompson who returned last week from Pittsburg with extended family.
Shutt Drug Co offers Chamberlains Tablets for chronic constipation. Miss Ethel Pickard hosted the J. N. C's Monday night with games and refreshments for a happy gathering. Mr. George Leaper and Miss Jennie Garrish wed Saturday in Hollenberg Kansas and will reside with his parents near Diller.
D Hoover at 26 Market St Beatrice Nebraska offers carpets and rag weavings from old ingrain and Brussels carpet in any size. Rag carpet and rugs made to order plus silk curtains and bath rugs available.
District 67 reports 19 pupils enrolled for the period from November 1 to November 22. Attendance shows some tardiness but most students are present. Names listed include Kenneth Dunn Ray Gert Ernest Beck Iva Pospisil Lillian Pospisil Forest Warthen Cora Wright as teacher.
Miss Margaret Cherry returned Saturday from a visit of a week with Lincoln relatives. The Diller Farmers Grain Co shipped a mixed car of stock on Monday.
Hansen Jr expects to depart today for Fremont Nebraska to take a winter job in his trade.
Mrs Maude Hull comes back to Lincoln after a short stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Alex Bell. Mrs Griffith who visited here with her mother Mrs Uriah Hadley and other Diller relatives returned Saturday to her home in Beatrice.
Mr and Mrs L R Mayborn and Alf Mayborns relatives visited Diller and returned Sunday to Beatrice.
Mr and Mrs Geo W Powers of Hazel Kentucky visited several days at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs John Specht Sr. They left Monday to visit their old home in Kansas and were undecided whether to return this way.
The M F Church invites all to a basement bazaar and supper on Saturday afternoon and evening December 14. Shoppers can find many nice presents at varied prices as Christmas draws near.
More than one hundred neighbors and friends gathered three miles south of Diller to honor Mr and Mrs E E McCune on their eighteenth wedding anniversary and Mrs McCune s birthday. A large dinner followed with baskets, then a ball game between old and young men ended with the youths winning 17 to 0.
The Diller Farmers Institute executive committee met to plan a December 21 event in Diller with an afternoon and evening program. A free community dinner, domestic science exhibit and cooking demo will be at the M E church basement, with garden and farm products exhibits, discussions, and prize winning displays at the city hall. Prizes will be awarded in all departments and a full committee list will appear next week. Local visitors include Mr and Mrs W J Fribsie and children visiting relatives in Wymore, and Bert Bauguess arriving from New Boston Illinois to visit Dr H Bauguess.
Kimball piano in fine condition offered for sale at a bargain. Enquiries directed to the Record office.
Jas Willer of Hansen and Willer decorators and painters moves his family to Beatrice for a new job. Noah Handley from near Steele City plans a public sale January 16 to dispose of stock and implements after quitting farming. A Des Moines man cured muscular rheumatism in three days with Chamberlain’s Liniment, as sold by Shutt Drug Co.
Thirty members of Laurel Camp No. 936 of Diller traveled to Steele City to attend a cordial invitation from Steele City Camp No. 3800. They enjoyed camp work and a luncheon after a lively guessing contest, with Laurel Camp thanking those who provided transportation.
Interest grows as the Diller Mercantile Co piano contest nears close after over five months of competition. Every dollar traded at the store earns two hundred votes and shoppers are urged to enter, with Lyons Taylor piano discounts hinted as large cash value coupons.
Local notices mention several visits and travels including Orvil Patton’s return from Chester and S J Clark’s Wymore trip. Shutt’s advertisement promotes Rond Oak cook ranges while other items note wind mill sales and holiday gatherings with family in Diller Guide Rock and Lincoln.
On December 4 1912 at 10 the wedding of Mr Homer Rameey and Miss Elizabeth Brandt took place at the Brandt home five miles west of Diller with Rev W L Hadsell officiating. About 80 relatives attended and a sumptuous dinner followed. Guests from distant towns included Mrs Willard Brandt from Powell Wyoming and the LaVoe family from Pueblo Colorado. The couple planned a Beatrice home after a wedding journey.
Mrs Harris and her children spent the week with her parents Mr and Mrs W S Slocum traveling back to their home in Havelock Nebraska on Tuesday after a short visit.
The Rock Creek revival ends Sunday after a successful run. The church reports more than forty attendees deciding to lead a Christian life. Rev. Hadsell plans the Diller Sunday evening service as part of church activities. Sunday school prepares a Christmas program. bazaar and supper scheduled for December 14.
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