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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1924
Page
3
Local notes report the M. W. A. meets on the second and fourth Thursday each month. Various hometown items include Charley Brandt traveling Burlington to Beatrice yesterday and Miss Elsie Wiedemyer visiting Byron after working at the Colman hotel. March 1 marks moving day with farm changes noted near Diller.
Herman Stahl shifts to Starkey farm southwest of town this week. Lew London resigns from Farmers Union Co-Op and moves to a 240 acre farm one mile north of Endicott. Byron visitors Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gregory spent Sunday with the Gretzinger home. City water briefly shut off Thursday morning due to a broken main in the northwest part of town.
Dr. O L Beeson and his wife visited Beatrice relatives Mr. and Mrs C W Hiatt on Sunday and shared a birthday dinner honoring Donna Hiatt and Dr Beeson.
Ab Cully who moved to Beat Rice from Diller buys a residence at 817 Market Street and will take possession on March 1. The deal places Cully in the Beat Rice property market with a new home secured pending transfer.
Chester Sparks of Elsie Nebraska, after a business trip to Lincoln, stopped home Wednesday to see his parents Mr and Mrs W N Sparks and relatives. He plans to rent his farm and move his family to Lincoln for better school opportunities for the children.
Saturday afternoon at her parents home Mr. and Mrs C W Hiatt the party honored Miss Donna Hiatt on her seventh birthday Decorations echoed Washington's birthday with ice cream flags Prizes went to Everett Brugh and Donna Hiatt in the contests
Notices announce the primary election to be held April 8. The Record reminds readers about subscription dues and local notices. A public sale by Tiffig Blauser is planned for Monday March 10, with Richard Roelfs and Elias Hadley also mentioned in local notices.
A local businessman facing heavy lodge and club assessments intends to relocate to the countryside in spring and join a pig club, arguing pigs do not pay dues.
The Golden Rod Highway through Nebraska will be redesignated as state highway No 3. The new marking will align with the Golden Rod Hi Way in Iowa, with No 3 posted along poles from the Missouri River banks to Nebraska City and across the state.
The remains of Mrs Jennie Shaver aged 86, mother of Sam Shaver, died at her daughter Etta Hitt’s home one mile north and seven east of Diller. Funeral services were held Monday. The body was taken to Beatrice and later disinterred for transport to their old Minnesota home for burial in Polo Illinois.
Mr. McClurg from Fairbury visited daughter Mrs. Dan Griswold and family on Wednesday. Mrs. Wm Plager returned Tuesday from Humboldt after attending her brother’s funeral. Miss Charlotte Loock came back Tuesday from Deshler where she visited her sister Mrs. E R Henrichs.
Mr. Jay Roulston spends a few days saying farewell to friends before a planned departure to Sacramento next Sunday. Mrs. W G Robertson was admitted to a Beatrice hospital for an operation and is reported to be progressing as well as could be expected. Local mail carriers and printers are preparing for seasonal mail volume, so notices are advised to minimize disruption.
Diller town basketball team defeated five Fairbury players Wednesday night. Diller led 7 to 0 at halftime and finished with a 15 to 2 victory, marking their sixth win in eight games.
Neuman threshing crew members gathered at Mr. and Mrs Aug Scheele's home on Tuesday February 19 sharing bulging baskets of food. Women arranged a feast and games followed by heartfelt goodbyes as neighbors wished the Scheeles happiness in their new Illinois home. One Who Was There.
The Nebraska State Journal laments wartime procurement excesses citing large orders: 42 bread cans per soldier, 41 million pairs of shoes for 3.5 million troops, 945000 saddles, 1 million double harness sets, 1,148,000 covers, and millions of halters for 391000 horses and mules, questioning public indifference versus oil contracts.
The Womans Club gathered at Mrs. Harry Thompson’s home on Tuesday evening. Members responded to roll call with poems or verses from Lowell or Longfellow. A program on February birthdays of noted men was shared. guests included Mesdames Gene Diller Hod Green and Sam Thompson. Refreshments featured cherry delight and hatchet cakes, and the dining room glowed with patriotic decor.
An old advertisement describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a local ointment with a blood-acting tonic to build up the system and reduce susceptibility to colds. It claims a long history of 40 years in existence with F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio selling the product.
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