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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1931
Page
5
First and second grade sales and reside shoe shop fair ury advertises a sweep grinder for sale with contact phone 12803 and unclear location details.
Good dry wood for sale priced at 3.50 per load. Morris Peterson advertises. Also several young red poll bulls for service from Jofan Fanders located 64 miles southwest of Diller. Black mare, 4 years old weighing about 1400, plus a disc harrow and 2 row stalk cutter and cobs offered by V. T. Logan.
Frank Grone lists five milk cows a John Deere 10 ft tractor binder a John Deere 10 20 tractor a 3 row cultivator and a 13 row corn disc for sale.ighton
Roy Roelfs offers long and short distance hauling with a stock transport focus to St. Joe and Omaha markets after purchasing a truck. He invites clients to arrange a trial run and provides contact at Ph. 101:72.
At the latest meeting of the Diller Volunteer Fire Department new officers were elected: D. W. Flanders as chief, R. W. Green as captain, F. Johnson as lieutenant, and Harry Thompson as secretary treasurer.
A Missouri editor explains to readers that a violent storm wrecked plans for a marriage and a death notice. The storm delayed the wedding item and illness of the doctor kept the death notice from publication.
Ducks are said to be flying north. Less Hill reports a bruised end twisted out. Ralph Young and family of Tyner Canada visit at the home of Supt. and Mrs. Nelson.
Mr and Mrs A A Rhoades of Beatrice called on Dr O C Diehl and his daughter Eleanor Monday night.
Another wolf hunt will be held Saturday spanning territory between Diller and Ellis with the roundup scheduled on the James Swain farm.
Beatrice Nebraska Gamble Stores advertise February specials: pails 19 cents, auto robes 1.98, dry cells three for 79 cents, B batteries 98 cents, halter rope per foot 1 cent.
The Burlington railroad sues Floyed Hauck of Broken Bow Nebraska for 239 dollars after his automobile rammed a freight train causing three boxcars to derail into the ditch.
Beatrice chief of police requires motorists to have two headlights and one tail light functioning at night or face appearance before the police magistrate. The notice serves as warning to Diller autoists who may travel through the area on upcoming nights.
On January 30 Mr and Mrs Clarence Renz hosted L A L C members for a card party after a lively evening of rock. Mrs Tom Baumfolk won the high prize and Frank Roseman the second. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Tom Baumfolk and daughter and Mr Frank Mason. Refreshments were served and the Rosemans’ home will host next on February 6.
The L A L C members surprised Mr and Mrs Maynard Mason on February 3 for a lively evening of socializing and rock games. Mrs William Ginthar Jr won high score, Mrs Geo Roseman second, with Bilert Hullman and Kuhlman guests joining. Refreshments were served late as neighbors express affection and well wishes for the Masons new home neighborly ties.
Dean Barber spent the week end visiting Lincoln, staying with friends and relatives during the getaway.
Rex Green moved Monday into the Gretzinger property he recently bought. Ice only eight inches thick is being put up at Wymore for fear it may not be any thicker.
Miss Mary Henrichs of Wa hoo visited Monday at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Gerd Henrichs in town.
George Fisher tears down his twisted barn due to wind storm damage from last June. Ada Wagner principal of our schools was called to Fairbury Tuesday afternoon by her father’s serious illness.
Aug Lubken of a farm near Diller will hold a public sale next Friday February 13th. Watch for his bills printed at this office.
Mrs Frank Spear came home to Fairbury on Wednesday from Omaha where she had been in a hospital for an operation and is recovering very nicely.
The dilapidated Asendorf building on Commercial Avenue within the fire limits was bought by Dr. S. B. Wiers, once a veterinary hospital, and was torn down this week.
An explosion wrecked the main building at Gas City near Clifton last Wednesday morning causing about 280000 dollars in damage. The cause is unknown, but a leaky valve is suspected. Belleville Telescope.
Funeral services for Mrs Harriet Mudge wife of Charles Mudge of Elm township Gage county were held Wednesday afternoon after a lingering illness. She was fifty nine and had lived in Gage county fifty two years and is survived by her husband and two married daughters of the Ellis neighborhood.
Friends and relatives gathered Thursday evening at Harry Baker’s home to celebrate his birthday. Attendees included Mrs. John H. Kuper, Mr. and Mrs. William Glathar Sr and Jr, Mrs. Hugh Greenwood, Geo Sasse, Paul Kuper, Fay and Ruth Gaisford, Charley Roy Virgil Dave Lynn Zerelda Nickerson, with high score won by Mrs. Glathar Sr and consolation by William Glathar Jr. Refreshments were served and guests wished many more happy birthdays.
Mrs. F. B. Senior died at 4 30 P M Sunday February 1 at the home of her daughter Mrs J D Fanders 1108 5th St Fairbury She was born in Germany April 12 1842 and married F B Senior in 1867 He died in 1911 She leaves one daughter in Fairbury three sons in Diller area two sons in cens wae step daughter in City and one grandchild Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in Fairbury Monday at 2 PM Interment followed Mrs Senior formerly lived in the Diller vicinity.
On Wednesday afternoon January 28 the Women’s Club met with President Mrs O J Mayborn. A five dollar donation to the drought relief fund was approved while Miss Spear pianist and Miss Hansen vocalist provided performances. Mrs Nelson spoke on Canada and related life from her visit. Refreshments were served by Mrs Mayborn and Miss Minnie Clausson. those absent missed a fine program.
The Farmers Grain Co sent a mixed load of stock to the St. Joe market Tuesday. Walter Hauver and Joe Armstrong shipped out a load of hogs.
Mr and Mrs Noah Handley and her mother from Endicot were guests yesterday. Mr Handley called to renew for the Record, a publication he has held since 1899.
McCune Bros. have an order in for sale bills at this office. Their sale date is Thursday Feb 19.
D K Stamy a Harbine merchant recovers from surgery in Beatrice hospital. Velma Wehling suffers severe tonsillitis. Lynn Kuper recovers from a severe cold. Chicago described as the world’s greatest railway center. Thirteen million mail pieces are in constant use by the United States Post Office Department.
The report notes a divided view within the Wickersham Committee on reform ideas. Some members support expansive changes while others urge caution and incremental steps pending further data.
Regularly scheduled air mail and passenger aircraft across the country cover roughly 109000 miles each day, illustrating the scale of the national air transport system and its daily workload.
France's submarine program reaches 52 ships completed with 47 more under construction. A 3 250 ton displacement submarine is slated to become the world largest, highlighting the expansion of naval capabilities.
A motorist from Albany New York had his car stall on an incline when fuel ran low. He dropped stones into the gas tank to raise the liquid level and somehow attempted to push on.
A Fort Scott Kansas man entered a railroad station and offered $10 to an agent saying he had been converted and the money was to repay a ham he stole from a freight car in 1917.
A light aside notes Rudyard Kipling’s cash flow troubles as merchants cash his small checks not for payment but resell them to souvenir hunters seeking his autograph. The piece comments on the irony of checks becoming keepsakes rather than payments.
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