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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1932
Page
5
A collage of local items notes holiday time and community events. People visiting relatives in Burlington Colorado and Superior Missouri celebrate Christmas with family. Deputy sheriff Hubert Manning resigns to focus on gravel inspection. Mrs Susan Brandt describes a letter about a Kansas patient.
Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop offers men’s cheap shoes with soles and heels priced at 31.00. Located corner north of Bonham theatre in Fairbury Nebraska. W F Mathis is proprietor.
Mr and Mrs De Vere Hale of Brush Colorado spent part of the Christmas holidays visiting at the home of Frisbie Mr and Mrs F bie and with other friends in the Diller vicinity.
Patty Johnson is a five year old girl living four miles west and three miles south of Diller. She is ill with pneumonia complicated by a whooping cough. A young child also has a wag cough.
Diller Faimore Grain Co offers ready purchase for fat hogs any day. I. R. Andrews, manager, invites sellers to obtain their competitive bid first and sell locally.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Thomp son of Lincoln Mr and Mrs Frank Andell Jr and Beverly Jean and Mary Jo of Dorchester and Mrs Chester Sparks family Mrs J L Seaman George Clark of Tacoma Wash were Christmas dinner and supper guests at the home of Mr and Mrs S J Thompson.
Dr and Mrs Viers Racal and Serenus spent Sunday at Red Cloud. They were accompanied home by Mr Miers parents Mr and Mrs G W Drake.
Mrs. F A Reisner sister of Mrs. O J Mayborn and her son Horace of Jerseyville Illinois visited weekend with Mr and Mrs O J Mayborn. Miss Mary Eby and Mr Edward Eby of Lincoln Nebraska were also guests and planned to stay until Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Harold Hutchinson and their son spent Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs S C Hutchinson and visited grandfather George Eick who has been in failing health at his daughter Mrs Hutchinsons home. They then returned to Omaha Sunday.
A bottle placed in the Blue river at Barneston dam by Lawrence Miller of Beatrice dated September 30, 1923 was found December 18, 1931 by L. Donn of St. Louis Missouri. Donn sent Miller a note with the letter head stating he found it while rabbit hunting near Washington Missouri about fifty miles west of St. Louis.
A reflective line notes that 1981 deserves nothing harsh said about it. It implies calm acceptance and restraint in judgment of the year. The statement centers on preserving peace of view rather than airing criticisms.
Miss Lake Bristol spent time with cousin Oma Sands at Barneston while Mr and Mrs R W Green and Norma visited relatives in Lincoln. Martin Diekman of Burlington Colorado enjoys holidays with Harm and Mrs Diekman. Christmas Day was mild at 64 degrees with no snow and no New Year resolutions made. Alice Engelman of Diller underwent appendicitis surgery in a Beatrice hospital last week. Paul Beckwith and family from Omaha spent Christmas with Jennie Line and stayed longer.
Mr and Mrs Elias Hadley took her father John Harvey to Phillips last week where he will visit with another daughter Rand and her family before returning home Friday.
A reward of one dollar will be given to anyone finding and returning the Library Record Book lost during the fire. Volume 1 of The Great Conflict by Greeley is also missing and eligible for reward.
A visitor proposes a scheme to limit farm output and boost prices by organizing a contract bridge game among grangers. He argues the distraction could prevent surplus production or even suppress price increases, and suggests it might work.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Frisbie hosted a family Christmas dinner at their home. The beautifully decorated house and tree held many gifts left by Santa. After a two course dinner, guests departed at sunset hoping for another Merry Christmas next year.
Miss Bessie L Beachler daughter of Mr and Mrs R C Beachler wed M Garfield son of Mr and Mrs J B McCreight at the Beachler home five miles southwest of Reynolds Rev L F Townsend officiated at 7 PM with the immediate family present A double ring ceremony Bridesmaid Miss Flory Bleacher Best man Russel McCreight Miss Dech Long chaired the wedding dinner followed by a trip to Enid Oklahoma The couple will reside in Fair McCreight a Powell School superintendent Mrs McCreight a high school teacher in Jefferson County.
A New York World War era column reflects on taxi drivers amid street violence. It contrasts adventures abroad in Africa with danger in city cabs, noting police strain and radio upgrades while recounting a night shift driver forced to transport armed men 100 miles away before returning home.
Experts propose a standardized system of rural hygiene with one physician per 2000 people, auxiliary nursing and technical staff, and facilities in the smallest rural unit to provide first aid and prescriptions. The project targets universal adoption at an international conference on rural wellbeing.
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