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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1923
Page
1
J B Kerr of Lincoln was in town Wednesday. Springlike weather persists with talk of the season. J A Pickard revised his advertisement and runs it again this week.
A notice lists two mares and one gelding for sale by Wm Behrends. An 8 pound girl was born Mar 21 to Mr and Mrs Martin Scheele. A Q and Leonard Richardson shipped stock to market. The first robin not yet seen, boys play marbles, spring near. Dr Diehl reports widespread flu and many severe pneumonia cases.
For sale Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for hatching at 50c per setting. Mrs. A. J. Hutchinson lists the items. Hollenberger is very sick with erysipelas at the home of his son in law and daughter, Station Agent and Mrs. W. I. Filley, over the Burlington depot.
The library announces a one day shift in hours due to the county basketball tournament. It will open Friday of next week instead of Saturday and welcomes readers to visit.
Roy Riley and C. G. Catlin of the Fairbury Chamber of Commerce traveled via Diller to Blue Springs on Wednesday to discuss plans for a highway connecting the two cities with Diller, surveying citizen views.
Nye-Schneider-Jenks Grain Co rebuilds its grain office at the station after a recent fire. The new brick structure sits back about fourteen feet from the street following citizen petitions to village authorities.
Rev. Iva M. Innis of the Diller M. E. church attended a dinner in Fairbury hosted by the Fairbury Ministerial Association. After the meal the association was reorganized to include the entire county with meetings set for every Monday. Mrs. Innis was in Fairbury with Mrs. Frank Pearce who dined and visited her foster mother, Mrs. Hannah Morrie.
Four cars of stock were shipped from this station on Tuesday. E. F. Habicht is recovering from a severe attack of the flu. Found an Eversharp pencil. owners may recover it by paying for this notice. Lost an aluminum gallon kettle from a milk wagon. finder to notify Geo. Henrichs. If no change, farmers moving March 1 may have good weather.
Everett Clark, a Rock Island shops employee in Fairbury, returned home Saturday sick with the flu but is improving.
The Music and Art Department of the Woman's club met with Mrs. W.G. Robertson last Tuesday evening. An interesting program was enjoyed by all present followed by dainty refreshments served by the hostess.
C. L. Tinstman, manager, traveled to Lincoln on Wednesday to pick out furniture and fixtures for the company’s new offices building replacing the one burned. His mother Mrs. A L Tinstman accompanied him and stayed to visit friends.
B. F. Henrichs, S. F. Clark, Wm. Glather, John Plager, and Walter Walkins attended Putman & Sons Duroc Jersey hog sale at Tecumseh the 16th inst. The sale averaged about $200 per head. Henrichs bought a choice hog for his herd then Henrichs and Clark went to Courtland the next day.
The Record corrects a previous report stating the club would defray all expenses for the high school basketball team at the state tournament. The estimated trip cost is 100 dollars and the club voted to pay one fourth. The remaining funds are described in the school column.
A birthday party for Mrs. J. T. Henrichs was held on Wednesday evening February 21. About six o are the attendees from the boys and families joined with baskets for supper. The cake baked by Mrs. Theo. Henricha featured roses and seven candles creating a festive scene as guests departed later that night.
Prairie Home Cemetery Association members vote to increase board size to eight, raise lot prices, bond the treasurer, and establish a permanent endowment fund aimed at a future around 15000 dollars. Subscriptions are being gathered district by district with early totals listed and future publishing planned.
Endicott Brick ordered by Ao for multiple carloads of face brick and building tile for a two story twenty room hotel at Atwood Kansas. The Fairchilds Prothers plant in Endicott supplied bricks and tile. 45000 face brick used for a new church in Atwood. Equity Grain Exchange of St Francis Kansas hopes to obtain brick for a new home office.
Old fashion dessert ideas include Corn Flake Cookies Beat egg whites then sugar vanilla coconut and cornflakes baked on buttered sheets with optional nuts. Rice Muffins mix boiled rice milk butter egg yolks flour sugar salt and baking powder bake fifteen minutes. Cottage Pudding served with Lemon Sauce uses butter sugar egg flour milk and nutmeg baked then topped.
A string of wry observations about flaws in others and social norms. It plays on bread kneading fashion tombstones and marital failure with pointed, jokey comparisons.
A sharp eye on town gossip targets a known rumor spreader nicknamed the Old Buttinsk saying he repeats harsh tales about others. The town voices strong disapproval as a suggested punishment is proposed.
Advert reads optometry practice in Fairbury Nebraska with specialists in eye care for employees and general customers.
A fragmented notice notes a local item connected to butter packing and a spring location. Readable names are absent, leaving unclear entities, places, or dates. The text resembles a partial OCR fragment with limited verifiable facts.
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