Lent begins and local notes from Diller area
Lent began on Wednesday. Hay for sale by F. Hartzell. Fairbank traveled Burlington to St. Joe on Wednesday. Alex Bell recovering from illness and able to go out. Fred Shutt at Steele City in charge of Dr. Taylor's drugstore. Mrs. Millard Gemany visited home folks from Hiawatha. Supt. Howard B. Smith of Diller school attended a teachers meeting in Beatrice. Born February 8 to Mr and Mrs J Eisner eight pounds southwest of Diller. War effort sentiment noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Shutt
Steele City
Dr. Taylor
Supt
Howard B. Smith
Diller School
Beatrice
Meeting in Shea Aims to Organize Cooperative Store
A meeting is scheduled Saturday afternoon in Shea to organize a cooperative store at that location. The gathering seeks community participation and outlines steps for forming a cooperative retail venture.
Fanders Return From Kansas City Auto Tractor Show
Mr and Mrs J D Fanders are expected home today after traveling to Kansas City on Monday to view the automobile and tractor show. The trip highlighted showcases and new models observed during their visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Fanders
Kansas City
Powell visitors call on Diller and Shea kin
Mr. J. B. Wright son Ora and his three children from Powell Wyoming traveled from Odell to visit Diller and Shea relatives on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Wright
Ora
Powell, Wyo
Odell
Diller and Shea
Government Seizure of Pumpkin Pies Sparks Outcry
A Diller man laments a hypothetical government action to seize all pumpkin pies as wartime supply for soldiers, portraying the blow as tragically unfair and disruptive to local life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
Harry King promoted to chief clerk in Lincoln freight office
Former Diller resident Harry C. King has been promoted from Burling ton stenographer to chief clerk in the division freight agent office at Lincoln and plans to move his family there soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. King
Diller
Burlintgon
Beatrice
Divison
Lincoln
Dorothy Reeves Company Opera to Open Week at Opera House
The Dorothy Reeves Company Opera opens a week long engagement at the opera house starting next Monday February 18. The opening show is the Eastern Success Bought and Paid For. They rotate plays nightly, offer high class royalties with scenery, and present premium seating with prices 16 25 35 plus war tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy “Reeves
Opera House
Beatrice trip notes bank official and farm sale ad
Cashier W. H. Schnuelle of Citizens State Bank made a business trip to Beatrice Monday. Co. Com. Homer S. Yeakle will hold a farm sale Feb. 21 and has placed an ad in the Record with all the details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Schnuelle
The
Citizens State Bank
Beatrice
Liberty Bond hailed to bring sons home from war
Jefferson county fathers are urged to buy Liberty Bonds to help secure swift return of soldiers. The message emphasizes rapid repatriation as the main outcome of bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Liberty
Mrs Nelson to Move to Canada from Lincoln
Mrs Carl Nelson, visiting her aunt Mrs S D Maw, returned to Lincoln Saturday and plans to move soon to make her home in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Nelson
S. D. Maw
Lincoln
Canada
Beverly Entertainers Present Bright Snappy Musical Program
The Beverly Entertainers perform a bright snappy program of singing reading and stringed music with costumes. Opera house hosts the act next Thursday night as the club closes with a lively last number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
Opera House
Be loyal to our country and guard against false disloyalty claims
The guidance cautions to defend national loyalty while avoiding accusing others of disloyalty without solid evidence. It warns against repeating or amplifying accusations about someone’s loyalty unless the judge facts are clear.
Mrs Viers and Daughter Return From Kansas City Trip
Mrs Viers and her daughter Rachel returned Tuesday from Kansas City where she had visited her husband Lieut. Dr. S B Viera V S. They stayed here until last evening then departed for Red Cloud.
Coast guard reports two Nebraska men safe after Tuscania torpedoing
Among Erewhian survivors who sailed for France aboard the Tuscania torpedoed off Ireland last week were Capt Harry Letton son of Judge C B Letton of the Nebras supreme court and William Heasty son of Attorney John Heasty of Faibrury both reported safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erew
France
Tuscania
Ireland
Harry Letton
C. B. Letton
Nebras Supreme Court
William Heasty
John Heasty
Faibrury
Son Joy Reinhardt Passes Aviation Training Exam
Mr and Mrs C A Reinhardt receive a letter from their son John Joy Reinhardt Aurora Nebraska attorney announcing he passed the entrance examination for the aviation department at the next officers training camp. He graduated from Diller and Beatrice high schools and studied law in Washington. He earlier worked as an assistant attorney in the U S land office at Denver and has since been with Ex Congressman Hainer's Aurora law office. Joy is the eldest of four sons in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Reinhardt
John Joy Reinhardt
Aurora, Nebr
Reinhardt
Diller and Beatrice
Washington
U. S. Land Office
Denver
Hainer
Aurora
Joy
Peda Tees Ice
Local notes from Diller area and Beatrice visits
Birth announced seven miles east of Diller a healthy seven pound boy born to Mr and Mrs Vitosh on the 13th. J C Stucker lists auto livery service in Diller. Miss Lizzie Williams visits Dr Claude Ellis family in Diller Beatrice trip for Mrs E E Hill to see husband in hospital. Harley Clark moves to Dr Diehl farm near Diller to farm this season. Geo Riddle offers free lunch at sale February 19 after printing bills. Donze family from Colby Kansas visits Beatrice and Beatrice friends. Viller entertainment course ends next Thursday night Beverly Entertainers perform a varied program. Tickets available at the drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Vitosh
Diller
Harley Clark
Dr Diehl
Riddle
Viller
Sophomores Hold Valentine Party At School House
The Sophomores enjoyed a Valentine party at the school house held Wednesday evening. Guests dressed as children displayed unique costumes. A heart hunt won by Sam Stull and Victrola maise provided amusement. Refreshments of sandwiches apples marshmallows candy and cocoa were served. The event was voted the most successful Sophomores affair this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam_ Stull
Potato Day Proclaimed for Nebraska Thursday sales
Food Administrator Wattles designates Thursday as POTATO day to reduce prices and boost consumption. Potatoes may substitute wheat flour with a four to one purchase ratio and a cap on substitute purchases, aiming to cut Nebraska’s potato surplus and prevent waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wattles
Nebraska
Beckwith Son Ill at Chelsea Naval Hospital
Mr and Mrs F W Beckwith learned their son Paul S Beckwith a MIT aviation student and recently commissioned motors instructor was seriously ill with pneumonia at Chelsea Naval Hospital Boston A telegram urged his mother to come and she left for his bedside Carnations were sent to the hospital by Diller friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Beckwith
Paul S. Beckwith
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Boston
Paul
Diller
Batson
Missionary Society Plans Service Flag for Local Troops
The Presbyterian Missionary Society meets with Mrs. H Z Diller on Saturday afternoon. Officers for the coming year will be elected and the quarterly offering taken. Committee members Effie Clark R W Green W E Anderson and Paul Logan solicit funds for a service flag honoring local boys now with the colors, to be displayed in the Diller post office. A photograph of each soldier is desired for a large frame beside the flag. Members and others from the country are urged to subscribe and contribute promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
H.Z. Diller
Effie Clark
R. W. Green
W. E. Anderson
Paul Logan
Diller
Green
Funeral services for Harry McBride at Filley
Funeral services for Harry McBride a former Gage county resident were held Monday at Filley under the Masonic lodge. Interment followed in Filley cemetery. He died last week at his home in Curning Indiana at age fifty nine. He leaves a widow and four children Ray Wichita Clint Casper Tom Grant and Lillian who lives at home. The family attended the funeral. He was a member of the A O U W at Diller in good standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McBride
Gage County
Curning
Filley
Masonic Lodge
Filley Cemetery
McBride
Ray
Wichita
Kans
Clint
Casper
Wyo
Tom
Grant
Lillian McBride
Béatrice Sun
Civilization at Majestic Theatre Aces Million Dollar Screen
Bartlett announces Thomas H Ince the Civilization spectacle at the Majestic Theatre on February 20 and 21. The film originated at the Criterion Theatre in New York City and drew wide attention from critics clergy and audiences for its pacifist message and call to end the war. It emphasizes a personal appeal that reviewers say must be seen to be understood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett
Thomas H.ince
Majestic Theatre
Criterion Theatre
New York City
Europe
Lincoln Birthday Union Service At Presbyterian Church
A Sabbath union service at the Presbyterian church honored Lincoln with a memorial style event. The program featured a union choir and music by the Methodist orchestra, highlighted by Larkin speaking on Lincoln the Emancipator. Regular services follow next Sabbath with morning worship at eleven and a 6:30 pm union young people meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Lincoln
Methodist
Larkin
Union
The
Christian Church
Union Young People’s Meeting
Rev
Atwood
Methodist Sunday Services and War Era Religious Training
Regular Sunday services next Sunday with a 10 o'clock Sunday school and an 11 o'clock town preaching service. Evening services are union and held in the Christian church. The article links wartime strain to rising crime and urges Sunday school education to steer youth away from lawlessness and brutality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Teacher's Journal
Germany
England
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. Bank
U.S
U. S
Diller, Nebraska
F. Hartzell
C. E. Fairbank
Burlington
St. Joe
Alex Bell
Shea
Dorothy Reeves
Opera
J. C. Stucker
Nebr
Lizzie Williams
Blue Springs
Claude Ellis
E. E. Hill
Worth Dowling
P. A. Donze
Colby Kan
F. E. Hale
Shutt Drug Company
Thomas H. Ince
Civilization
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