Fire at Mrs. Seaman's residence sparks early Santa arrival
Fire alarm sounded Saturday in Diller as residents feared a blaze at Christie Seaman's home. Rolf Beckman spotted the fire linked to smoldering wall sheathing. A frozen outdoor water cock delayed firefighting briefly. damage estimated at 25 to 30 dollars. Santa Claus arrived as the scare ended.
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Diller
Santa Claus
Christie Thompson Seaman
Rolf Beckman
True Thompson
Christie
Main Street
Santa
Bethel Green Weds Ernest F Gorr In Christmas Nuptials
One of the season’s notable home weddings united Bethel Eileen Green and Ernest F. Gorr at the Green residence on Christmas Day. The ceremony featured Nella Green singing I Love You Truly and Helen Green playing Mendelssohn’s wedding march, with Rev. Robert Drew officiating.
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Rex A Green
Bethel Eileen
Ernest F. Gorr
Anna L. Gorr
St. Edward
Nella
Green
Helen Green
Mendelsson
Bonnie Green
Maurice Gill
Robert Drew
Lincoln
John Elliott
Alvo
V. A. Raymond
Jane
Dickie
Nella L. Green
Maurice
Gothenberg
R. W. Green
W. G. Tinetman
J. Lamb
H. E. Green
Diller
Duncan Public School
Inter-Church Basketball League Opens This Winter
An inter church basketball league is arranged at this place with Methodist Lutheran and Congregational churches to play a winter series. The first game will be on the high school court next Saturday night and will pair the Congregationalists against the Methodists. Objectionable features from last season have been eliminated and teams will be strictly church squads.
Scarlet fever reaches Gage county near Wiemers home
Scarlet fever has spread across the county line into Wm. Wiemers residence three miles southeast of town. Weigle school, located 24 miles south of Diller, has exposed children. Precautions are being taken to prevent an epidemic.
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Gage County
Wm. Wiemers
Weigle School
Diller
Bell Family Holiday Visit Ends Christmas Day Return
Mr. and Mrs. Max Bell and their young son visited from Friday evening to Tuesday as holiday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bell, grandparents. They then returned to Kansas City to keep a Christmas Day engagement with Mrs. Bell's relatives.
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Max Bell
Little Son
H. A. Bell
Kansas City
H. H. Green
Mrs
Floyd Maw
M Chas. Gaisford
Reynolds
James Carmichael
Holmesville
Vester Carmichael
A. A. Eick
Grace Myers
Havelock
Nebraska
Wm. Myers
Chester Sparks
Christie Seaman
QO. J. Mayborn
Mildred
Alfred
Lincoln
W. S. Filley
Hubert Filley
Cortland
Well’s Andrews
Steele City
Sophia Mathias
Will Wehling
Donald
Lanham
Roy Mathias
Near Ellis
Grace Mathias
Pearl Fletcher
Diller
Wm. Bebrends
Marvin Anderson
Ira.Anderson
George Fisher
Chas. Fisher
Newton Fisher
Endicott
Harry Fisher
Beatrice
Clark Fisher
Powell
Wyoming
Mr. Fisher
L. H. Findling
C. E
Susan Brandt
Wymore
Charles E. Waggoner
Robertson and
Lela
Carrie Lyon
John Carrie
William Carico
Rupert Hughes
O. C. Diehl
Oliver
Omaha
Wm. Steffensmeyer
Gladys Swanson
Axtell
Kans
Ben Hall
J. Burg
Robert
Washington, Kans
R. Li. Oaks
Roy Diller
Bradford
Faye
Near Diller
Harry King
Tappley
Alma Diller
Mesdames King and Diller
Oaks
Elma Limprecht and Sons
Dwaine and
Hollie
Fairbury
Eva Carr
Willis Clark
Christie
Lester Reid
Vera Amos
Ellis
Frank Grabber
Betty
Wm. Amos
Will Egger
Mamie Gaisford
Vint Logan
John Luick
Dorothy
Morice McIntire
Remley
Raymond Nixon
Dan Dick
Carolynn
Santa Claus
Theo Dive
Pauline Smith
Bert Hughes
Harry Allen
Sam Thompson
Dorchester
Nebr
Superintendent Schindler
Falls City
Mary Willems
Gladys Lottman
Scott Miller
H. H. Beckwith
Paul Beckwith
Irene Robb
Bob Beckwith
Ralph Beckwith
G. B. Cassel
Wm. Freitag
Harbine
Arthur Weyermetwo
Freitag
Lawrence Caldwell
Pearl
Carl Freitag
Diller High team loses to Cortland in Nebraska
About fifty Diller residents traveled to Cortland Nebraska last Friday to watch Coach Sinkey's Diller High meet Hubert Filley's Cortland High. The Diller team fell 32 to 12.
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Diller
Cortland
Nebraska
Sinkey
Diller High School
Hubert Filley
Cortland High School
Nephew Aubrey Diller Reports Rome’s Military Air
Miss Fannie Diller received a letter from her nephew Dr Aubrey Diller stating he is in Rome Italy and notes the city has a very military aspect.
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Fannie Diller
Aubrey Diller
Rome
Italy
Birth of 834 Pound Boy to Wiederman Family
Lizzie Carpenter announces the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Ben Wiederman at the home of Chas Carpenter on December 26. The event notes the unusual weight of the newborn as 834 pounds.
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Ben Wiederman
Lizzie Carpenter) Ao
Chas. Carpenter
Holiday Students At Home With Family Names
Ruth Stahl Lynn Cully Eloise and Rachel Diller Maxine Fry and Gene Andrews are students spending the holidays at home.
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Ruth Stahl
Lynn Cully
Eloise
Rachel Diller
Maxine Fry
Gene Andrews
Birth of a Son to Mr and Mrs Clarence Rena
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rena on Friday December 13 1935. The infant is the couple’s first child and the family awaits visitors and congratulations.
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Clarence Rena
The Advertisers Offer Local Savings and Notices
A collage of ads highlights new sales and offers from Box's Cafe Diller State Bank Geer Brothers Clark's Store and others. Items include a one cent sundry sale farm loan rates grocery specials tire kerosene discounts and a coal sale plus a year long record offer and theater program promotions.
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Box’s Cafe
Diller State Bank
Geer Brothers
Clark’s
O. A. Cooper Company
Hughes Cash Store
Thompson’s
Allen’s Cash Market
Waggoner Brothers
Farmer’s Store
Cornbelt Lumber Co
Genuine Moffat Coal
Beatrice Power Company Embloyes
Am Theatre
Burlington steam train serves Nos 16 and 17 through holidays
The Odell Oracle explains the Burlington railway uses a steam train instead of the motor for Nos. 16 and 17 during the holiday period due to limited space in the mail car for Christmas mailing.
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Burlington
Diller
Odell
Burlington Railway
Stores in Diller Stage Saturday Specials
Four local shops offered unusual features last Saturday. The Farmers held a grab bag sale while Clarks store invited Santa Claus, Hughes cash store awarded ten prizes during the evening, and Allen's cash store displayed a live goose.
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Diller
Clarks
Santa Claus
Hughes Cash
Allen's Cash
Scarlet fever immunization efforts spread in community
Public health officials report a growing number of residents receiving penis immunization against scarlet fever, aiming to curb outbreaks and protect vulnerable groups.
Christmas Dinners Across Counties Bring Wide Family Gatherings
Many families across the region hosted or attended Christmas dinners. Guests included the Maw and Green families, the Ellis and Carmichael households, and numerous Kinfolk from Reynolds Holmesville Lincoln and Diller. Narratives note goose dinners and festive gatherings with extended relatives and neighbors.
Lew Findling Copied the Prize Again
A local report notes Lew Findling won live geese in two separate Thanksgiving and Saturday events. Hughes Cash Store and Allen's Cash Market each awarded a goose to a winner, with Findling drawing his name twice among early numbers.
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Lew Findling
Hughes Cash Store
Findling
Allen’s Cash Market
Message From Santa Claus Greeting From Indiana Postmark
Gloria Joyce Miller received a letter from Santa Claus in Santa Claus Indiana answering her earlier missive. Each Yuletide hundreds of children write to Santa in Santa Claus Indiana where a 382 foot statue stands in the park. A vault beneath it will preserve this year’s children’s mail for all time, including the Miller children and the Carl Braasch children of Shea.
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Gloria Joyce Miller
Santa Claus
Indiana
Jolly St. Nick
Miller
Carl Braasch
Shea
Farmers Store To Close At Noon On New Year's Day
The Farmers store will be closed at noon on New Year’s Day for the balance of the day. The notice informs customers of the holiday closure and resumption of normal hours the following day.
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Fire
the Advertisers
George Malstead
Dora Wohlfarth
Gretchen
Claude Ellis
Chester
Cecil Ellis
Mollie Riddle
Ina Hill
Luther Marsteller
Shirley Ann
Beverly Jean Glather
C. L. Geer
Chester Weaver
Orlo Geer
Virgil Geer
Lloyd Callander
Denver
Colo
Lloyd Hurst
O. C. Jones
Ray Eick
Grandpa
Grandma Moser
Chas. Andrews
Mrs. I. R. Andrews
Dean Barber
Sunghee
W. M. Wells
Hubert Wells
Crystal Lake
Iowa
W. K. McLaughlin
Scott Wells
Roy Hayes
W. E. Wells
Wiggins, Colo
Homer George
DeWitt
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