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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1922
Page
1
Local items report a partial holiday in Diller, alfalfa and bread ads, a New Year party at Rex theatre, and a birth near Diller. The town also mentions a saw mill coming to Steele City, cold weather with a brief thaw, and local lumber ads from Avery Lumber Co selling Colorado coal lump wood.
Everett Clark weighs a seven hundred pound Duroc Jersey brood sow on a street scale Tuesday. The event captures local interest as a notably large livestock display.
Misses Eva Line and Ethel Wood, along with Miss Effie Switzer who accompanied them home for the holiday, returned Monday to Lincoln where they are attending the State University.
A notice from Fanders and Robertson states that starting January 5 all gasoline sales will be cash only except customers paying on the 1st of each month. The policy aligns with existing filling station rules as long as their tanks are filled.
W H Schouelle formerly of Diller is named receiver of the Goodrich bank at Fairbury which closed Tuesday under state banking board orders. He must post a $50,000 bond and Heasty and Barnes are named as attorneys for the receiver.
Fairbury Journal notes and lists names associated with a historic Diller schools report. The roster includes Carrie Emerson Ollie Emerson Gay Thompson Jennie Kelley Augustus Kelley and several others across families in the community.
Harry Remley who owns a half section of Colorado land near the small city of Towner visited Tuesday with Diller relatives while clerking in a local store.
The recently erected officers of Diller Camp No. 1668 M. W. A. will be installed at a meeting next Thursday night January 12 after which refreshments will be served. W. E. Anderson clerk.
Mr and Mrs Claus Saathoff welcomed an 8 pound daughter on Thursday December 29. The child is described as having strong lungs and a hearty, loud cry. The family resides one and a half miles south and two and a half miles east of Diller.
The Goodrich Bros bank in Fairbury failed to open on Tuesday as the state banking board took control following a stockholders meeting the day before. Depositors are protected by state guaranty law and will be served by other local banks. the connected Savings Bank was not affected. The bank, organized in 1886, cites irregularities over several years as the cause, marking Fairbury’s first bank failure.
A gathering hosted by Mrs. Joan Kuper celebrated her daughters Delta and Freda during their Xmas vacation. The guest list included Lucinda and Ida Lanmann Emma and Haena Albers Ione Wiemers Hemia Sie belts Albert Renz Chas Renz Harry Lewis Theo Lohr Meérele Siebolts Dick Albers Herman Albers Minoo Higgins Robert Mohling and Marry Arens. The evening featured miscellaneous games and tricks followed by refreshments.
Fanders and Robertson advertise five gallons of high grade motor oil at 3.70 per batch with a guaranteed quality claim.
Food sale planned by School District No. 56 at Snyder's store on Saturday afternoon January 7. Teacher Bernadette Freytag. rural mail carrier Everett Bilauser from Powell involved. town activity includes court subpoenas in the W. A Snyder and O. J. Mayt case and a burial at Judge Nutzman's site.
All members are urged to be present for the regular meeting of the Community Club to elect officers. Dinner guests on New Year's Day included Mr and Mrs C R Steffen and others from Diller and Fairbury with Miss Switzer of Lincoln.
January meeting notes nominate Mrs. Geo. Myers for President with Mrs. E Hadley heading the cabinet. Mrs. H H Green reviews duties and discusses music. Mrs. R W Green returns from Kansas visit. family news includes Colmans in Grand Island and Arapahoe. Maxine recovering from scarlet fever and leg abscess.
Miss Clara Riesland married Jesse A. Brandt at 6 p.m. Sunday December 25 at 1409 G Street. The wedding, officiated by Rev. S S Hirscher of the Second Presbyterian Church, featured Mrs W A Smith singing I Love You Truly and playing the Mendelssohn wedding march. The couple, to live in Lincoln after the school year, both have Nebraska ties with Riesland a Nebraska Wesleyan instructor and University of Nebraska alumna.
Mr and Mrs Louis Lohr longtime Diller area residents will move March 1 to Sherman county Kansas. They bought half a section north of Kanorado and leased another half to live while making improvements. They own 420 acres of wheat in good condition and will hold a public sale on the 17th with H R Royle as auctioneer.
Mr and Mrs J L Hughes of this city celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at Reynolds on December 31. They are parents to four sons and three daughters: G E Hughes Beaver Crossing Nebr Mrs C A Davidson Hemingford Nebr Lee R Hughes Salem Beach Fla J A Hughes Spokane Wash J L Hughes Jr Geneva Nebr and daughters Mrs W E and Mrs M C Hiatt Reynolds Nebr. The two youngest daughters prepared a feast and the family exchanged gold gifts.
The Nevis Minnesota News reports the December 28 wedding of Forest Smith and Bessie Babb at the Christian church in Diller. Rev Gustafson officiated with Ray Taylor and Beulah Babb as attendants, Della Gustafson as ring bearer, and the church adorned in white and pink by the brides Sunday school class.
An ophthalmic ad from A. D. Ackerman Fairbury Nebraska invites readers to remember eye care. The notice emphasizes specialists in the practice of optometry and directs attention to local optometry services for eyewear needs.
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