23 Feb 1934
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1934
Page
1
Roy Garton loses a valuable male Sunday. Miss Pearl Sparks spent weekend with Miss Reapel of Jansen. Dean Barber, who visited last week with Lincoln friends, returned home Friday.
Wm Hobies four year old daughter has been quite sick but is better at this time. Mrs George Miller bitten by neighbor's dog recently under doctors care 13. Seed Quits for sale for cash only five per bushel. Mrs J L Line. Gusie Shalla daughter of Jos Shalla near Diller ill with grippe the past week.
Fay Clark of Steele City unable to leave Odell hospital after ten days treatment. Henry Evers, son of R. Evers near Diller, underwent an appendix operation at Dr. Rices hospital on Wednesday forenoon.
Mr and Mrs Roy Geer left Wednesday for Lincoln for the Lumber Dealers convention running from Wednesday to Friday. A daughter was born last Saturday morning at Mennonite hospital Beatrice to Mr and Mrs Hubert Patton of 657 West Court St Beatrice.
Mr and Mrs Ray Fick entertained Sunday with guests Mr A J Cully and daughter Grace from Beatrice Mr and Mrs S C Moser Mr Allie Eick and Mr Frank Eick attended the dinner The gathering brought together local families for a social afternoon at the Fick residence.
George Henrichs has been in town this week helping care for his mother Mrs. J. T Henrichs who is in very poor health. Mrs. Henrichs turned 84 years old this week. Keith Waggoner injured in a motorcycle accident last week is recovering, with a leg puncture infection now under control per Dr. Diehl.
Notice Division No 2 of the Methodist ladies aid will serve a general supper Saturday evening in the church basement. Chicken and noodles will be the main feature of the supper with price per plate children 10 cents adults 25 cents.
S F Clark administrator for the St Kurtz estate will sell at public auction the farm machinery and tools belonging to the estate on Friday March 2 1934 at one o clock at the Kurtz home near Steele City.
Allie Eick learned from Mrs. Eick visiting with their children in Los Angeles that Mr. and Mrs. Archie Trout welcomed a son born on the 15th. The mother and baby are doing well and grandfather Eick is pleased.
A past census notes Diller with 408 residents, 130 homes, 40 widows, 20 widowers, 11 maiden ladies, and 7 bachelors. It states most residents manage their own homes and live comfortably and asserts that women hold power in the town’s governance.
Mrs. Carrie Green returned Tuesday from Lincoln where she visited relatives.
Mrs Chas Weible, living north and east of Diller, underwent a minor operation at Odell hospital on Saturday.
Miss Mattie Henrichs R N with the Lutheran hospital at Hot Springs South Dakota came Wednesday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Henrichs and family for a short stay.
Mrs. Kresa Van Laningham and her father J A Pollas sister Mrs Christina Malpart of Humbolt brother Ben and friend Fred Sinore of Chicago visited George's cafe for a pleasant weekend gathering with the culinary artist.
John and Will Leaper living 2 miles east of Diller bought a patch of timber for 10 dollars. Located 54 miles south and 5 miles west of Steele City they camped and cut and piled the wood, now hauling home what they expect to be 100 racks. They ask 200 dollars per rick delivered. It took fourteen days to complete the work. Did it pay?
A wolf hunt is arranged for Sunday February 25 covering a six miles square area with boundaries near Odell Diller Lanham and Jackson school. Corners start at 1:00 PM and sides finish at 1:45 PM with two mile captain reports. No public safety items allowed.
The union young people's service for this month will be held Sunday at 7 30 in the Congregational church. Attorney John Gewacke of Geneva will deliver an address titled Lest we Forget. Eleanor Henrichs will sing, Laurice Diller will play violin, with Miss Cleo Green presiding.
A new symphonic orchestra is being organized in Fairbury with about 35 musicians directed by Harold L. Chatelain. Local residents plus invited advanced string players from nearby towns will participate. The inaugural concert is at the High School building on Sunday at 2 30 PM featuring the orchestra, the High School Glee Club directed by Miss Long, and the Fairbury Band under Mr Chatelin.
Mrs. Paul Renz and daughter Phyllis and Eunice Henrichs were Fairbury callers Saturday.
For sale several good Shorthorn roam ed bull calves weighing four to five hundred pounds. Jack Armstrong.
Wendell Fanders returns to his home in Diller after helping the Milons move to their new home in Liberty Nebraska. He reports the Milons are pleasantly settled in their Liberty residence.
V A Raymond of Lincoln paused on the way home from Topeka Kansas where his spouse entered a clinic. He spent the night with his mother Mrs. Isabella Raymond before continuing home.
A letter from Mr and Mrs T H Waggoner of Savannah Mo reaches local readers with greetings to many friends and news that they are getting along nicely. Tom and buzz were familiar figures here for a long time and the $1.00 comes in handy at this time.
Roy Roelfs departed the Diller post office Wednesday morning with a seven thousand pound shipment of Montgomery Ward & Co catalogues for distribution across the region. The load, four thousand catalogues in total, was driven from Lincoln to Diller and prepared for delivery to designated post offices. Each catalogue carried an eight cent stamp, and Ward & Co had purchased the stamps from the offices with their own cancellation. Pawnee City received the largest consignment with seventeen sacks. The note adds that small town merchants matching such competition could help restore country mercantile business.
Emily Hubka Bures born December 17 1894 in Virginia Nebraska died February 16 1984 at age 89? Wait. She married John S Bures February 20 1917 and lived on a local farm. Survived by husband six children Irene Adelaide Lorene Rosabelle Av in and Ardath mother Anna Hubka brothers Rudolph and Albert and many relatives. Funeral services were held at the family home by Rev Robert E Drew with a ladies quartet and floral tributes. Interment in Odell cemetery.
The Bank of Barneston was taken over for the Bureau of Banking last Friday by H. D. Bancroft, representative. The Commercial State Bank of Barneston was liquidated, leaving the town without a local bank.
J. Monroe Davis of Fairbury and Hebron is described as the oldest continuous advertiser in the Record. He began advertising in 1887 and the paper believes there has been an advertisement from him every issue since, though files were not exhaustively checked.
The Diller Public Library adds several titles including Wild Grape White Lady Lady Bird Cloudy Jewell Little Pardoner Dad's Girl Ma Cinderella Bailey Twins at Farnham Hall Bailey twins at Summer Camp Bailey Twins and the Secret Code Bailey Twins in the Philippines Bailey Twins and the Farnham Cadet Corps Mrs I T Rhoads donations include multiple Boy Scouts books for the collection.
The Fairbury Journal notes heavy plowing this month and predicts a period of ice formation after the work. Temperatures dropped to zero Sunday night and about two inches of snow fell on Wednesday, signaling a moisture need even if it means ice.
Capper's Farmer National Protective Service offers 50 reward for the arrest and conviction of Earl Femtimm Bill McGoun and Lawrence Schanck who stole a call from Dell Cosgrove of Odell. Schanck gets 3 years in the State Reformatory at Lincoln and Femtimm and McGoun receive 3-year sentences to the State Penitentiary at Lincoln. Cosgrove earns the entire reward for branding cattle and aiding the capture.
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