Wood chunk sale and local notices from Diller area
Chunk wood for sale. Dr. G H Newton of Fairbury announces eye ear nose throat services. W H Schmuelle from Fairbury attends matters in Diller. Mrs Ellis stays after Thanksgiving from Laramie. Harold Conrad, infant son of Mr and Mrs Arntt, baptized by Rev Bergfelder. Five pound daughter born to Mr and Mrs Peter Ratzlaff north and west of Diller.
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G. H. Newton
Fairbury, Nebr
Harold Conrad
C Arntt
O. Bergfelder
Peter Ratzlaff
Diller
Birthday Cards Surprise Mr Henry Hullman
Mr Henry Hullman, confined at home for six months, received sixty five cards from relatives and friends on December 5 to honor his 65th birthday, an appreciated gesture.
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Henry Hullman
Community Club Plans Lectures for Winter Season
At the Monday meeting the membership committee praised radio fans and adopted a plan for three to four winter lecture entertainments. A letter from the railroad superintendent of Wymore about electric lights at the station was read and the president was instructed to follow the example and lesson in Luke 18 2 5.
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R. R
Wymore
Birthday Dinner for Mrs Clark Attracts Local Guests
Mr and Mrs Willis Clark and daughter Carolynn Rose hosted a December 1 birthday dinner for Mrs Clark. Guests included Dr O C Diehl, Mr and Mrs KR W Green and Norma Frances, Mrs Sarah Witty, Mr Horace Diller, Miss Fanny Diller, Miss Laura Hullman, and Rev and Mrs Clark. A Christmas bouquet centerpiece graced the table as lively conversation and music followed a sumptuous repast. The evening ended with goodbyes and hopes for a repeat gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Clark
Carolynn Rose
Post Office Plans Christmas Mail Handling Changes
The Rural Mail Service will not require carriers to work Christmas Day for the second year. Postmasters will open offices only to receive and dispatch mail while incoming mail processing pauses. Special delivery and perishables continue as usual. Diller office stays open evenings the week before Christmas to assist rural patrons.
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Post Office Department
Diller
M. W. A. Schedule and Local Visits
The M W A meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month. In town Monday was E J Schenk former manager of the Diller farmers store. Jas Piper a former Diller resident returned Tuesday for a short visit with old friends.
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E. J. Schenk
Diller Farmers Store
Jas. Piper
Diller
Moon and Son Monuments Ad and Local Theft Report
An ad for F A Moon and Son quality monuments of Fairbury Nebraska notes EST 1886 and offers The Record with a choice of five magazines for $2.75. A Ford coupe was stolen from Auctioneer Eagle in Beatrice in front of the Methodist church Sunday night. Burlington opens a new Shea sidetrack capable of handling any train in this division.
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F. A Moon & Son
Fairbury
Nebr
The
Record
Eagle
Beatrice
Burlington
Shea
Card Of Thanks From Henry Hullman
I extend heartfelt thanks to all who remembered me with messages in the card shower for my 65th birthday. Henry Hullman.
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Henry Hullman
Mrs. Upson Attends Funeral and Family Visit in Nebraska
Mrs. L J Upson traveled to Ina vale Nebraska on Wednesday for the funeral of her former neighbor Mrs. Andy Arnold and to visit her daughter married to Mr Arnold’s son. The Junior class play Friday night drew a full house and the Eighth Grade orchestra earned praise for their wartime public debut.
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L. J. Upson
Inavale
Nebr
Andy Arnold
Arnold
Eigh School
Wonder of Nature Feather and wing design
Capper's Weekly notes the eagle wing feather is a near perfect structure formed over possibly a million years. A single pinion has about a million parts, and the wing acts as a sail that grips the air yet remains elastic and strong. It boosts power of flight with minimal weight increase.
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Capper
Obituary Mary L Eddleman 1871 1925
Mary L Eddleman born near Winston North Carolina December 2 1871 died December 4 1925 at her home northwest of Diller Nebraska She moved with family to Tabor Iowa then Jefferson County Nebraska She married T T Blauser November 9 1904 They had two children Hazel Adeline and Tiffes Green Survived by husband two sisters Mrs Ernest Shoebotham Topeka Kansas and Mrs Martha Grabber Beatrice Nebraska and brother W H Eddleman Beatrice Nebraska She joined Baptist then Christian church Funeral Monday at Diller Methodist Church Rev Buumbaugh and Rev McCallister officiated Buried Prairie Home Cemetery.
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Mary L. Eddleman
Winston
N. C
Diller
Tabor
Jefferson Co
Nebr
T. T. Blauser
Gladden
Hazel Adeline
Tiffes Green
Ernest Shoebotham
Topeka
Kan
Martha Grabber
Beatrice
W. H. Eddleman
Bluvser
Baptist Church
Christian Church
Methodist Church
Buumbaugh
Fairbury
McCallister
Prairie Home Cemetery
Thanks for kindness during our loss
We thank neighbors and friends for support during the illness and death of our wife and mother. Grateful for ministers and singers and the beautiful flowers. T. F. Blauser and Children.
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T. F. Blauser
Christmas Story Troupe Delights N C S A Club Meeting
The N C S A club gathered on Wednesday December 2 with Mrs W G Robertson presiding. Members shared short Christmas stories and a saxophone duet with Merideth Robertson and Margaret Logan accompanied by Mrs W G Robertson delighted all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Robertson
Merideth
Cloyd Cully
James Tucker
W. T. Logan
Greenwood
O. J. Mayborn
Miss Basta
Lela Robertson
Willis Clark
Family Reunion of Former Oil er People in Worthington
Thanksgiving day brought a family reunion at the Habicht home in Worthington Minnesota on December 4 1925 with Mother Habicht turning 78. Attendees included Mrs Carl Habicht and two children from Wessington Springs South Dakota and Mr Mrs C L E Blauser of Lincoln Nebraska. The party traveled by auto and returned Friday.
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Mother Habicht
Carl Habicht
Max Habicht
Wessington Springs
So. Dak
C. L. E. Blauser
Lincoln
Nebr
Auto
Bro
Ike
Record
Bro. Ike
Swedenberg
E. F. Habicht
Fire extinguishers to freeze fires and suffocate flames
New carbon-dioxide extinguishers are described as freezing fires to death by covering the burning area with a dense gas blanket that blocks air. Invented for switchboard fires and oil tankers, these tanks dispense CO2 like soda fountain gas, reducing water damage typical in standard firefighting.
Tall Men Association Wins Approval in London
The Association of Tall Men gains approval in London as reports emerge that Lascelles, the Magdalen giant, crossed the Atlantic in two cabins converted into one to allow longer sleeping space aboard.
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London
Lascelles
Atlantic
Fat Boy Of Five Foot Two Dies At Fifteen
An obituary notes a French fifteen year old boy who died recently at five feet two inches tall and weighing 375 pounds. His size required seven and a half yards of material for shirts.
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France
Planes Enter First Stage Of Progress As Reliability Tests Begin
Aircraft enter the initial phase of development showing progress similar to early automobile reliability runs. Tests focus on stability and performance as engineers compare early aviation milestones to car reliability trials.
Poor Dad Kid Question on Burying the Last Man
The fragment centers on a grim question about who will bury the final man in a conflict. It hints at a family or personal crisis within a harsh or warlike setting and evokes a somber, unresolved mood.
Noiseless Rubber Streets Predicted by Prof A M Low
The Westminster Gazette notes Prof A M Low’s speculative forecast of a future with noiseless rubber streets, fast moving sidepaths at 20 mph, one daily meal, trousered women, and a brief oscillatory stimulant replacing sleep, questioning who would desire such a future.
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A. M. Low
Doctor Low
Westminister Gazette
Revolver Incident Questioned After Unfired Trigger
Two men discuss a reported incident where Smith pointed a revolver at Jones and pulled the trigger, but the weapon misfired and discharged no shot. The exchange notes the event as troubling yet ends with the claim the gun was unloaded.
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Smith
Jones
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims to Cure Deafness
Catarrhal deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube. Inflammation causes rumbling and impaired hearing, potentially permanent if not treated. Hall's Catarrh Medicine, made by FJ Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio, has been sold by druggists for over 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Soviet Russia to Expand Wool Production and Dairy Machinery
Russian officials visit the United States to study farming and textile methods. They report about 80 million sheep and plan to improve wool quality by Rambouillet ram crossings and machine shears. Russia seeks to enlarge its textile industry and acquire dairy equipment while sending graduates to teach modern farming techniques.
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United States
Michael 8. Pereferkovitsh
Michel F. Ivanoff
Moscow Agricultural University
N. N. Klebnik
Russia
Turing
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
M. Pereferkovitsh
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Diller State Bank
Chunk
C. W. Hiatt
Miss Ballard’s
69Th
Washington
W. C. Line
W.H. Schmuelle
Worthington
A. D. Agkerman
Golden Rule
Fat Boy
Soviet
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