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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1923
Page
1
The entry reports Lent beginning on Wednesday with a cold morning of 6 below. It notes Easter on All Fools Day, remarks on the odd date combination, and mentions David Innis recovering from pneumonia. A heavy work bridle is described between the author’s home and the Oaks schoolhouse. Frank Stull offers a liberal reward.
Mrs L Greenwood returned Saturday from visiting her daughter Mrs Walter Greenwood and family at Waverly Nebraska.
The Diller community club met Monday night and voted to defray the expense of the high school basketball team for the estate tournament in Lincoln.
H Z and ES Diller with CE and CE Waggener attended a trap shoot at Gladstone on Monday and reported a fine time as the gun club treated them very nicely.
Mrs Dr Ifen and her young daughter Argherite Ann left Sunday to join her husband in Wilmington Ohio where the doctor is enjoying a thriving practice.
Harry Weddle will rent and farm Mrs John Mathias property north of town and feed a few cattle. A public sale will be held February 27 with bills printed at this office.
Mr. I. Gregory of Kansas City says he did not attend his mother Mrs. Allen Meikle's funeral because a telegram from his brother-in-law A. D. Stotts was not delivered. He reacted to a sister's letter confirming the death and burial and says he would have attended if the telegram had arrived.
Dr. Lovie Sanman of New York City reports Mr and Mrs Sanman former Diller residents now in Hackettstown N J recovering from scarlet fever. Ivan Sanman sick but improving. Jerden Sardman adheres to quarantine rules and helps care for the sick. Ida Sardman died earlier and her body lies in a vault awaiting funeral services.
Grandma Hudson recovers from illness as Diller Shipping Association ships a car load of hogs to the St. Joe market Tuesday. A Chevrolet Superior touring car was delivered last Wednesday by Fandere and Robertson to Martin Weers.
Mrs J B Wright traveled Saturday to Odell to visit her daughters Mesdames Roe Hagerman and Howard Jeffries.
Rev C F Innis returned to Kingston Missouri on Saturday after being diverted by the illness of his son. He resumes his duties as pastor of the local church. The brief item notes his return to normal ministry life.
Three to four inches of snow fell from 7 a.m. Saturday to about 3 p.m. that day and had vanished by noon Monday. The report notes the moisture was needed, implying scarce ground moisture prior to the storm.
A representative of the U S internal revenue office at Omaha will be in Diller Friday afternoon Mar 9 and Saturday forenoon Mar 10 to assist taxpayers in filing income tax returns.
The M W A will meet Thursday evening February 22. A power failure spoiled the last gathering. The group will celebrate Washington's Birthday with an oyster supper and a general good time, signed W E Anderson Clerk.
On February 20 at 8 p m the Women’s Club hosted by Mrs W G Robertson featured a Russian evening with a roll call and musical current events. Mrs W G Robertson performed a piano solo and Mrs Rupert Andrews gave a paper along with Mrs Frank Cully and Mrs E G Limprecht. Additional items included a voices of the Woode number by Mrs Frank Cully and a piano solo Minuet in G by Miss Eleanor Diehl.
A late Saturday blaze destroyed the Nye-Schneider-Jenks grain office at this place, wiping out the office and furniture including a typewriter and tools belonging to manager C. L. Tinstman. Loss is about 800 for the company and 200 for Mr. Tinstman, with insurance covering the company. Tinstman had moved his trade outfit to the Coleman hotel that day, reducing his potential loss. Fire likely started from a stove. company officials were in town Wednesday to plan rebuilding.
Rev. W. F. Clark ill with flu. Martin Dickman will hold a sale February 23 with bills printed at this office. See ad in paper. Bracket device aids hog raisers with money via Chief Farrow. Cornbelt Lumber Co. featured. Mrs. John Mathias visited Blue Springs with Grace Fasnacht family. returned with granddaughter.
Prof Erickson says plans are underway to hold a county basketball tournament at Diller in March after the state tournament. If realized, two classes will compete the ten grade schools and the twelve grade schools with cups awarded to each class winner.
W C Line president of the Prairie Home Cemetery Association calls a special meeting of stockholders for Saturday February 17 at 2 pm in the city hall Diller Nebraska to act on the report of the committee on by laws. All lot owners and heirs urged to be present. A L Tingtman secretary.
Diller six man squad remains undefeated for the eighth straight game in a high scoring win over Reynolds and Steele City. Diller totals include 21 17 24 8 10 7 and 45 19 23 6 6 2 and 38 8 18 7 and 195 74.
Glen Riddle of Diller and Albertine Nutter of Fairbury married on Tuesday February 6 at the bride’s parents home. Rev Davies of the Presbyterian church officiated in front of about fifty relatives and friends. The bride is the youngest Nutter daughter. the groom is the youngest Riddle son. They will reside on a farm near the city.
Agricultural College experts say litters can exceed 3000 pounds at seven months, showing potential for a ton of pork from a single litter. Key challenge is disease and parasites. mortality must drop through sanitation and clean housing, with good feed under sanitary surroundings driving maximum growth.
Hulda Carolina Mendenhall born November 19, 1840 in Wayne County Indiana died February 11, 1923 in Lincoln Nebraska at age 82. She married Isaac Charles Gregory in 1868 and had a son Isaac in Kansas City Missouri before his death. later married Allen L. Meikle and had a daughter A D Stotts. The family lived in Iowa Nebraska Oklahoma and finally Diller Nebraska. funeral at Federated Community church with Rev Knauer officiating and burial at Prairie Home cemetery.
The Stotts family thanks friends for sympathy, songs, and beautiful flowers shown during their time of loss.
A massive 50 000 ton sawdust and slab end pile at foot of Charles street in Seattle burned again after 13 years of quiet smoldering. Firefighters fought for hours and soaked the pile for 10 hours to quell flames and smoke.
The Rev. J. H. Lane of Hurdland Missouri fell into an old well while en route to church. He recovered and went to a neighbor's home, borrowed overalls and a shirt, and kept his church appointment.
Lady Curtis Bennett drives a red car through England when a bull charges the vehicle. The incident highlights tensions between livestock and motorists in rural areas. No injuries reported.
The piece humorously notes that a notorious pest, once boasted by prominent locals in their younger days, wanders idle in a daze until marriage. After tying the knot and getting sleep, he is expected to shed his pest status and become a constructive community member.
Parachute exhibitor D. A. Chandler fell into the Tennessee River near Chattanooga while performing at an interstate fair. He drowned before rescue efforts could reach him. Chandler was a featured jumper at the event and had been giving demonstrations at the fairgrounds.
A Birmingham plane pilot was fined five dollars for flying too low over the business section. The incident prompted calls to regulate air traffic by ordinance.
An old ad notices A. D. Ackerman in Fairbury Nebraska offering specialist optometry services and eyeglass fittings for employees and the general public.
A brief item notes butter packing activities at Farmers Union Store. The fragment mentions table butter and butter fat, with unclear details about options or related rooster references.
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