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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1924
Page
1
Local notes report Farmers store Saturday specials and a cold morning with 16 below. Several residents are mentioned including Ouke Lottman on the sick list. Details cover visits, retirements, and moves such as Biotherdson family plans to relocate to Diller after a sale.
Miss Isabelle Foyts left Monday for Winner South Dakota where she is teaching home economics in the city schools. She expected to visit the Lincoln schools Tuesday.
Miss Emma Fry, who had visited here with her grandparents Mrs. Emma Fry and Mr. Chas. Brandt, and other relatives, returned Tuesday to her home at North Platte, Nebraska.
Mrs. Flora her children and father Charley Brandt with relatives left Wednesday by car for their North Platte home after visiting here.
The record notes movement of stock from Diller station when cars are available and markets are decent. Sunday Leonard R sent out one car load of cattle and two car loads, Fred Frisbie sent one load of hogs. Tuesday the Farmer Shipping Association sent two hog loads with Messrs Richardson and Friabte accompanying the shipment to market.
Hereward Carrington of the American Psychical Research Society says the famed Indian rope trick is fiction and a myth. He told a Genealogy Hall audience that no one has ever seen the trick first hand and magic attempts using a bamboo rod appeared as rope.
Short classifieds list alfalfa hay priced at ten dollars per ton and a sale on Ladies and Children coats offering discounts from Ebe Reel Ife and E. F. Habicht.
The M W A holds sessions on the second and fourth Thursdays each month. The note indicates a continued pattern and invites members to attend as listed in the local notice.
Public sale announced for the home place on January 23 by Mrs Fred Schelle and son Aug. Also scheduled is the annual meeting of the Diller Farmers Grain Co at the Diller Opera House on January 10 at 2 o'clock PM. Visitors include W P Fry of Philadelphia with Mrs Emme Fry and Quinter Fry.
A dark red Shorthorn bull for sale from H F Engelman. Hazelnuts were sent to Mrs. Oscar from her uncle Gusa Raymond of Panola Illinois. Mrs. Sarah Witty visited Viiets Kansas to stay with her daughter Mrs. R W Green. Diller town team won a game here last week but lost 21 to 14 to Jansen town team on Wednesday.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for neighbors and friends who helped save furniture and home. The B F Cherst farm, located three miles north and twenty three miles east of Diller, was sold to Henry Ellis and Meno F. Hicken for 13600 dollars cash, about 85 dollars per acre,Frank Eick arranging the closing. The buyers expect a solid investment for the boys.
Dr and Mrs Harry Bauguess former Diller residents spent two to three days this past week visiting old friends and stayed with Dr and Mrs Clyde Ellis. Mrs Bauguess taught in Omaha schools and plans to move with her husband to Detroit Michigan where the doctor leads a hospital for children with 125 under his care.
Philip La Rose refused to dance with a woman described as a redhead at a Chicago dance hall. Proprietress Josie Caccavalo threatened him with a pistol and forced the option of dancing with the redhead or being killed, prompting La Rose to flee through a window. Police charged Caccavalo with assault with a deadly weapon.
Sandusky motor man George Fosco of the Lake Shore Electric railway was shocked while adjusting trolley trouble from the top of his car. He was hurled toward the curb but is expected to recover.
A letter from John and Clara Steiner, written in Arizona, describes a long trip in their new Studebaker. They plan to pass through Wyoming, Texas, and Mexico, then head to Los Angeles for the winter.
The text describes a rapid shift from a 56 degree Saturday to a Monday morning reading of 6 below. A north wind brought snow on Sunday and Tuesday with ongoing storm activity. By Wednesday, the weather cleared to a calm, pleasant winter day.
The Womans Club hosts a meeting with Mrs. V T Clark and Mrs Scott Miller leading talks on film making and a Mayflower voyage topic. A fire on Claude Woods farm near Diller caused roof damage but was limited by neighbor response and fully insured.
Bertha Lubinsky of Richmond Indiana finally locates her father Barnette Lubinsky in a Bronx apartment after a nationwide hunt. The man, alleged by Lubinsky to be her father, denied the claim and said he never met her. Governor Warren T. McCray issued the fugitive-from-justice warrant.
Alien women will gain equal opportunity with men to learn about America. Heidel berg university's Social Service club opens the school here with cooperation from the Red Cross which already runs classes for alien men.
Sam Thompson has an order for 200 tons of Blue River ice at the Farmers' store. Mrs. M C Bristol of Wymore visited Saturday to see her son Ab and his family.
Adella Hayes a Lincoln teacher spent the holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs C A Hayes at their Lincoln home during the season.
The annual meeting of stock holders will be held the afternoon of January 14 according to notices from secretary J. Smith Diller.
The Diller M. W. A. lodge invites Woodmen and their families to Magonic hall for a program and banquet on Thursday June 10. Woodmen have arranged entertainment and a lecture at the Rex theatre next Monday night January 7 open to the general public.
R N A Officers Elect Laurel Camp No 936 RN A has chosen Oracle Dura Geer Vice Oracle Mary Hale Past Oracle Lillie Starr Chancelor Alice Eick Recorder Clara Myers Receiver Hattie Diller Marshal Lillian Moser I Sentinel Ruby Anderson O Sentinel Leona Colman Manager 1 yr Funny Eicks Manager 2 yr Dora Wohlfarth Manager 3 yr Carrie Green Physician Dr O C Diehl Musician Hattie Diller.
The article notes rats threaten homes and food supply, causing widespread destruction and disease. It cites a US annual loss of about 200 million dollars in produce and property, urging readers to contact the Surgeon General and the Bureau of Biological Survey for rat health, life history, and control information.
Mrs Mattie Clark and Miss Alice Line drove Mrs Harry Gregory to her Byron home in a farmer’s new Chevrolet coupe returning Monday.
Dr Diehl reports 61 births in 1928 with 84 girls and 17 boys. Waggoner brothers funeral directors record 17 deaths, 9 females and 8 males. Local Registrar M Callander.
Five men hold a giant penguin on board an expedition ship after a battle to secure the rare bird. The specimen stood erect with gleaming plumage and displayed surprising strength, breaking loose despite being firmly bound. The creature can leap from water to ice three feet high using its powerful fore limbs.
Advertisement notes fine Rhode Island Red roosters for sale at one dollar each by J. T. Henrichs. Mentions Dr G H Newton eye ear nose and throat in Fairbury Nebraska.
A fragment lists Thursday markets with entries on grain and produce plus butter. Mentions items like packing butter and hens, roosters, and Sutter with unclear figures or dates. The legible items suggest a sparsely legended market update from a historical page.
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