Local notices and travels from Diller area updates
Community items include sales of kitchen cabinet and commode and mentions of Elias Hadley and Lily cream separator ads. Residents like Ouke Franzen, C F Smith, J T Henrichs, P Price, S C Hutchinson, H S Reege, and visits by relatives are noted along with a private acetylene gas generator at the Presbyterian church. Dr. James Millen dies at 85, Mrs. J W Fouts sick with la grippe, and O F Rigdon family visited Odell ruins with relatives while Mr and Mrs A Mayborn visit Beatrice.
Local notices and community brief highlights
Mrs. John Boettcher seeks treatment in Kansas City Hospital. County commissioners plan to meet at Fairbury on March 7. A Ford car is for sale or trade. Ada P. Cully and children visited Odell Sundar after viewing fire ruins. Elias Hadley and wife traveled to Beatrice to secure a house. House for rent inquiry at this office. August Carl Lentz to give violin recital at the M E church next Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Boettcher
Kansas City
Ada P. Cully
Robert
Marjorie
Odell Sundar
August Carl Lentz
M. E. Church
Mrs Sears and grandson visit Grupe family
Mrs. C. T. Sears and her grandson Lynn Keeler arrived Monday to stay with and visit at the home of her daughter Mrs. H. E. Grupe before returning home on Wednesday.
Miller Gemeny visits Diller relatives with family in Sabetha
Millard Gemeny arrived last Friday from Sabetha Kansas to join his wife visiting at the home of her father Alex Bell and with other Diller relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Gemeny
Sabetha
Kent
Alex Bell
Fanders Family Attends Omaha Auto Show
Mr and Mrs J D Fanders attended the automobile show in Omaha this week returning yesterday. They were accompanied by their daughter Mrs Stafford of Fairbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Fanders
Omaha
Mrs. Stafford
Fairbury
Beatrice Doctor Treats Plager Child’s Appendicitis
Dr. Hepperlin from Beatrice was summoned yesterday in the case of Velma Plager, six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Plager, who reside half a mile west of town, for appendicitis treatment.
Violinist August Lentz to Perform in Diller
August Carl Lentz a Berlin based professional violinist will give a concert at the Methodist church next Monday evening February 28 aided by local musicians. Lentz has entertained many crowned heads and is expected to draw a large audience in Diller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Carl Lentz
Berlin
Germany
Lentz
Diller
School Board Replaces Superintendent At Hilco Meeting
The Board of Education met last Friday night and released Supt C L Westcott after a year extension. He will lead Hilcomington city schools, to which he was elected. Miss Flossie Raymond and Mrs Watson were elected for another year as teachers.
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Board of Education
C. L. Westcott
City Schoose
Hilcomington
Flossie Raymond
Watson
For Sale Pure bred black Percheron stallion
Pure bred black Percheron stallion coming three years old offered for sale. Mrs Rex Green and sister Misa Ruth Lamb visited Bestrice to see friends and relatives this past Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.B. Steffen
Rex Green
Misa Ruth Lamb
Line and family take residence in Diller home
W C Line and family move this week into their residence in Diller, a home recently purchased from Ed Wrigley.
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W.C. Line
Diller
Ed. Wrigley
Farmer Geo Renz Returns From Wisconsin Funeral
Geo Renz a well known farmer from the Diller area came back Tuesday from Janesville Wisconsin where he had been to attend the funeral of a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Renz
Diller
Janesville, Wic
Tonnemakers Travel Through on Burlington for Beatrice
Mr and Mrs H S Tonnemaker passed through Saturday on the Burlington bound for Beatrice returning from visiting relatives in Wichita Kansas and Oklahoma. The trip aided Mrs Tonnemaker health which has greatly improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Tonnemaker
Burlington
Beatrice
Wichita
Kan
Oklahoma
Special Stockholders Meeting Invited Farmers Diller Co
At a Board of Directors meeting of the Diller Farmers Grain Co. it was moved to invite all nearby farmers to attend a special stockholders meeting at the city hall on Saturday February 26 1916 at 2 o clock PM. J D Fanders secretary.
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Diller Farmers Grain Co
F. W. Steffen
I. D. Steiner
Diller
Diller F Grain Co
City Hall
J. D. Fanders
Sec
C. O. Drayton
Farmers Equity Union
Diller Farmers’ Grain Co
Wal
T le
Carmony Family Returns to Fairbury for Son’s Back Injury
Mrs F A Carmony and her son Arthur returned to Fairbury this week as Arthur receives medical treatment for a back injury believed to have occurred during a basketball game.
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Mre. F. A
Old Jenkins Mill at Steele City Tearing Down
Steele City Press reports the oldest regional landmark, the Jenkins Mills mill south of Steele City, is being torn down. Built in 1867 as a saw mill, it later housed grist operations and supported Jenkins Mills village activity before years of idle status and changing ownership.
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OLD Jenkins
Steele City
Missouri River
Nebraska
Jenkins Mills
Art Hamley
Forsha
Nannie Phelps
Little Blue
D. C. Jenkins
M. J. Kelly
Skinner
Andy Stevenson
Hos. Longdon
Incendiarism suspected as fire hits town cellars
Deputy fire warden H.T. Requartte investigated a fire in a north town cellar likely caused by incendiarism. Witnesses noted tracks of a woman near the house. no direct evidence found. Meanwhile community notices urged a lodge funeral, farmers union talk, and potential electric line plans linking Odell and Hanover with local wiring readiness in Diller.
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H.T. Requartte
Lincoln
Migs Fliers Warthen
Geo. Cunningham
Cunningham
Ed Wrigley Moving to Lincoln and Clock Trade Note
Mr and Mrs Ed Wrigley are moving this week to Lincoln. China buys American clocks and hopes to wake China with American alarm clocks. Lovie Wenz returned from Salem Nebraska where much of the town burned while he was there. Adolph Patton once from Diller married yesterday to Miss Loleta L Shelle at Davenport near which they will live on a farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Wrigley
Lincoln
Lovie Wenz
Salem
Nebr
Adolph Patton
Diller
Loleta L. Shelle
Davenport
Presbyterian Church Sunday Schedule and Revival Services
Church items list a 10 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. preaching, 6 30 p.m. union Young People’s meeting, and 7 30 p.m. union revival services. An appeal to come early to avoid standing and to bring friends.
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Young People's Societies
Copper Suction Valve Aims for Fresh Air in Washer
Describes an up to date washer with easy running and clothes friendly operation. Highlights the copper suction valve that vents fresh air through a hollow top tube and notes the fly wheel moves freely with each stroke and performance stays consistent whether loaded or empty.
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Citizens State Bank
State of Nebraska
Savings Department
Elias Hadley
Ouke Franzen
C. F. Smith
Table Rock
Mre
J. T. Henrichs
Corpus Christi
Texas
Those. P. Price
Ilinois
S.C. Hutchinson
H.S. Reege
Randolph
Presbyterian Church
James Millen
Odell
J. W. Fouts
O. F. Rigdon
Mrs. A. Mayborn
Mr. Mayborn
G. B. Cassell
Shutt Drug CO
Degree of Honor Lodge
Hannah Adame
I. D
John Steiner
J. S. Barry
Hanover, Run
Odell and
China
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