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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1932
Page
1
Community notes from Diller Nebraska include visits by Mrs. Ly Monroe and Mrs. J. C. Shadduck to relatives, C. L. Geer attending a lumbermen’s convention in Omaha, and a Fairbury man breaking car gears in mud while returning from town. Old newspapers are for sale at 5 cents per large package.
Notices announce a peoples caucus at the city hall on Monday night March 14 to nominate candidates for three village trustees to serve two years and to address any other business. A subscription drive offers 5 cents per pound for white rags and accepts silver coins. The piece notes mild winter, car travel habit shifts, and general optimism.
The ad touts a polished oak floor that simplifies housekeeping and protects carpet. It promises installation in homes, moving furniture, and laying a floor at a quoted rate of 32 dollars for a 12 by 15 room, plus unit costs and contact details for Coreent Lbr Co in Diller Nebraska.
Ray Green installs city water in the building to be occupied by Shutts drug store. The passage hints that trade defines a good town, asserting prosperity comes through local business.
Supt Wilbur Schindler and his wife have installed a new radio at their home purchased from Waggoner Bros. The article notes the couple’s interest in home entertainment and the retailer supplying the set.
Mrs. Sarah Witty traveled Sunday over the Burlington to visit her daughter Mrs. R. E. Colman and family in Lincoln.
A cautionary note indicates renters moving this spring must action prior to March 1. The reminder highlights a looming deadline for affected households and urges timely planning to avoid displacement.
Mrs. S. M. Hughes returns to her home in Diller after spending the winter with her children in Beaver Creeking and Hebron Nebraska and Scandia Kansas.
The text notes 1932 as a leap year with February containing 29 days. It mentions plans for leap year parties and a traveling salesman encounter. It also reports the death of Mr. Lampe, aged 86 years, six months, and three days, on February 15, 1932, and lists his widow, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, sibling, and many relatives.
Rex Green and his wife returned Sunday from Lincoln where they placed their son Bobbie in the state orthopedic hospital for treatment. They believe the hospital can greatly help straighten his limbs so he can move about on crutches.
The Womans club observed George Washington's bicentennial birth with a program at Cong church led by Mrs. S A Miller and Miss Lucille Hansen. The play The Washingtons at Home featured Geo Washington Martha Washington and other figures with early American music and a minuet dance. The event concluded with a performance of The Star Spangled Banner and was enjoyed by all.
Daniel Lampe born May 12 1845 in Mechow Meirenberg Germany was baptized and confirmed. He married Dorothea Reinhold Nov 18 1869 at Neuhoff near Feldberg. They had six children. one son died in infancy. A Franco Prussian War veteran he immigrated to America in 1883. The family settled a farm north of Kansas then a farm near Diller Nebraska in 1895 where he lived until his death. The couple celebrated a Golden Wedding anniversary with their children.
Card of Thanks from Augusta Funke and family William Lampe and family Carl Lampe and family Rudolf Lampe and family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for help during illness and after the death of William W. Eden 95 a Gage county pioneer He died at home near Odell Funeral services were held Thursday at St John Lutheran Lanham with interment in Lanham cemetery.
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