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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1933
Page
5
Fragmented reading notes report Mrs. F. W. Harsen confined by grip and Mrs. Emma Fry among the ill. Mention of spring styles, last year's bills, and snowfall in O'Neil and Diller, Nebraska. The Record office advertises subscriptions.
A nostalgic notice from F A Moon & Son offering quality monuments at seasonable prices in Fairbury Nebraska since 1886. A sheep lined coat is reported found with owner asked to claim at the Record office and pay for the ad. Also a weekly Jay Bee portable hammer mill is in the community every Monday for grinding services with contact via telephone 90 Plymouth.
Local Fairbury Nebraska ad lists new low prices for men and women footwear with men’s shoes 50c to 1.25, men’s heels 25c to 50c, ladies’ soles 35c to 80c, and ladies’ heels 25c to 35c.
A $1,000 in gold will be shared among boys and girls as a saving fund from the Comics of Omaha Sunday Bee News.
The Diller Farmers Grain Co announces they buy hogs year round offering the highest market price. I R Andrews is the manager and buyers promise to bid first so sellers can take profits at home.
Local briefs from Fairbury Nebraska and surroundings include social calls and routine incidents. C B Carr from Fairbury. Mrs Clarence Steffen nursing infected finger. A R Milow on business trip to Lincoln. Orlo Geer visiting friends at Ainsworth. C E Waggoner and Everett Clark visiting on business. Diller residents urged to print legal notices in home paper. coat left for advertising claimed. Claude Nider injured at power grinder. Raymond of Lincoln visiting mother Isabella Raymond. Gus Kroetsching sells Harbine store to Ernest Jordening. engagement inquiry about school teacher. Fred W Frisbie and family return from Brush Colorado to near Diller.
Romi Van Cleef files a $40,000 libel suit claiming injury from Journal articles last summer. W F Cramb identified as sole owner editor publisher and proprietor of the Fairbury Journal defends as defendant. Lincoln attorney represents the prosecution.
The time for introducing bills in Nebraska expired Monday in the House and Tuesday in the Senate unless the governor acts. Fewer bills than usual were introduced this session as the body prepares to consider and pass or reject measures for the rest of the session.
Mr. Chris Malchow recovers from a flu bout while Henry Fouts of Lincoln heads to Topeka on business. Beatrice visitors Mr. and Mrs. Jess Walker visit with son Lloyd Hurst and family. W H Roulston from near Diller visits from Fairbury. The piece laments Congress and unemployment and questions job availability for foreigners.
Mrs Frank Andelt and her daughters Beverly Jean and Mary Joe of Dorchester visit the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. S F Thompson. The group discusses tube sizes 29x4.40 30x450 and 28x475 in good stand full size for 80 cents.
Mr and Mrs Willian Logsdon of Tecumseh and their son Ross Logsdon of Omaha were Sunday guests of their daughter and sister Mrs A R Milow and family.
Mrs. Clestine Riddle and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Greenwood of Steele City joined Mrs. Geo. Riddle for Sunday dinner after attending the funeral of John Starr.
Mr and Mrs C L Waggoner of Diller and Mr and Mrs Wm Van Marter of Fairbury left early Wednesday morning in Van Marter s car to attend the Nebraska hardware dealers convention in Lincoln.
The pequier meeting of the NC SA club is rescheduled to Wednesday February 15 due to the illness of hostess Mrs Moser. The club extends wishes for speedy recovery to Mrs Moser and fellow member Mrs Andrews, who is also ill.
Last month January 1933 stands as the warmest in 47 years with an average temperature 36 degrees above zero. The month ran 23 degrees above normal, peaking at 60 degrees on January 6 and dipping to 8 degrees above zero on January 17.
The article notes astonishing claims of a mute wagon maker learning to use a hub and spoke a blind carpenter shaping a plane a deaf sheep rancher guiding his herd with a dog and a noseless fisher catching a net full of herring and smelt in a curious feature.
Earl Harrie of Diller is in charge of the Little International Livestock and Grain Show to be held February 7 to 10 during Farm and Home week at South Dakota State University Brookings. The event mirrors the Chicago International show.
Frank V. Lowe, 55, a former Diller resident now longtime in the implement business at Steele City, Nebraska, died Saturday afternoon at his home after a lingering illness. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Presbyterian church. Funeral services were held Monday with interment in Indianola, Nebraska.
Clarence Eaton of Chicago travels with his half brother L M Cavett wife and niece Mrs L M Hurst and family. He planned a Grand Island stop after a brief visit with his brother Alva before returning for a longer reunion. Eaton, a former Diller boy, recently wrapped up a vacation amid a reorganization of his Chicago financial firm.
Gen John J Pershing selected grand marshal of the Hoover Garner inaugural parade on March 4. Mr and Mrs S C Hutchinson traveled to Lincoln for the International Harvester Co convention at the Cornhusker hotel with a pleasure trip segment included.
John Phillip Starr born July 15 1904 on Starr farm near Diller Nebraska to Robert F Starr and Lillie Starr grew up in Diller. He married Thelma Russell February 14 1927 and later worked in civil service at Talulah Louisiana where he died January 25 1933 aged 28 years 6 months 10 days. He leaves wife three children his parents and one sister. Funeral held at Methodist church with Rev Wagner. He valued family and sports and is mourned by many relatives and friends across Nebraska Kansas Missouri and Texas.
We thank the many ministering friends for their kind attentions in the hours of our bereavement following the death and burial of John Philip Star. Mrs. John Starr, Mr. and Mrs. Starr, Mrs. Floya Hughes.
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