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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1921
Page
3
An era era tale warns against forgetting a dark secret kept in a colonet guarded from sight. The poem urges plans to forget such a secret to spare grief and sorrow, while a newspaper notice later reminds readers to pay telephone rent for discounts.
Cal Waggoner attended a gun club shoot at Fairbury yesterday. Miss Lottie Loock visited relatives at Wymore between trains Tuesday. Mrs. Luther Marstellar traveled to Humboldt Wednesday to visit friends. Miss Veda Cavett returned Saturday from Endicott weekend visits. Mrs. C. E. Carr came Monday from Gilead called by her mother Nancy Clark’s illness. Miss Lela Hadley, after time with Diller relatives, returned Wednesday to Endicott.
Mrs Mary Miller prepares to travel to California where her daughter Mrs Golda McKinley is ill from after effects of the flu endured last summer.
Miss Avis Howard, who spent the holidays with home folks at Fairbury and with Mrs Scott Miller, left on No. 14 Monday morning for Columbia to attend Stephen's College for Girls. She likes her work especially well.
Attention members of the M W A Diller Camp No 1668 to install officers Thursday night January 13 at the lodge room in the Masonic hall. Members urged to attend. By V C Callander W E Anderson Clerk.
Michigan becomes the first state to offer a reward for roadside nut tree planting. The practice in Europe funds road maintenance and public sentiment preserves roadside and orchard nut trees in major production areas.
A note reports an "absolutely fire-proof building" erected in New York, but inquiry reveals it has been insured. Additional remarks mention a 10-horse engine used for shelling corn and sawing wood, attributed to Jake Lottman and Mahimap.
Mies Hannah Trautnicht, a graduate nurse from Methodist hospital in Omaha, visited with her sister Mrs Ed Walken and returned yesterday to Wymore. Mr and Mrs Albert Lukas and their lodger family returned Wednesday to their homes north of Liberty due to the serious illness of their daughter and sister in law Mrs Chas Lukas.
Mrs. S R Merrell died at her home 1201 H St Fairbury Nebraska on December 24 1920 at age 57 years 10 months and 15 days. She was born February 8 1863 in New Boston Illinois and married Scott R Merrell November 5 1884. They had two children Madge Rain and Max Merrell with two grandchildren. She united with Christian church in 1912 and was active in social and cultural affairs including the Fairbury Woman's Club. Funeral services were held at home Sunday afternoon Rev C C Buckner officiating and burial followed in Fairbury cemetery.
A clipping from E. W. Howe's Monthly reprinted in this paper argues organized labor should not expect the government to buy industries. It praises individual effort, thrift, and self reliance, contrasting past entrepreneurs with a modern generation that seeks easy gains and government support. Farmers and townsfolk are cited as sharing the ethic.
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