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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1929
Page
3
A jumble of notices includes illness updates from Mrs. Louie Bugbee and the Negus children, upcoming MWA meetings, local trades for oil gas and shoe work, and miscellaneous ads. Other items note Cliff Crooks ill in Lincoln, new Hamme grinder for custom work, and Frank Roseman elected vice president of Overland Trail Tire Co.
Mr and Mrs James Mayborn of near Lanham marked their 50th wedding anniversary on January 8 with a bountiful dinner for about twenty four guests including Mr and Mrs A Mayborn and Mr and Mrs O J Mayborn of Diller.
An obituary notes the death from paralysis of Mr Wheeler of St Edwards Nebraska. He was an old Boone County resident, husband of Mrs Wheeler and father to Mrs H K Shutt and Mrs W M Henrichs, who attended his funeral with their spouses. He leaves a wife and several grown children.
In Woodmen circles speculation runs high as the entertainment committee vows the upcoming camp meeting on January 24 features the most unique and interesting program yet. Neighbors comment that even the committee members Chas Waggoner Hod Green Raleigh Bell may have to surpass themselves.
John Nickeson’s baby suffers ear trouble after flu. A J Floyd listed as piano tuner with work guaranteed. Check if Charley Gerwick recovered enough from flu to be in town Tuesday. Harlan Caylor visited sisters Mrs Chas Lukes and Mrs Ira Place, then returned to Scottsbluff Monday. Mrs Louie Wenz left for Falls City due to her mother’s illness. she and her son Otto drove there last Saturday. Marguerite Nider, seven, daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Nider, cut forehead on ice and requires daily dressing.
Wester Carmichael has bills for a public sale at his residence one half mile north of Diller next Wednesday January 3. He intends to quit farm life and move into his residence property in town.
Miss Helen Rippe daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Rippe of southeast of Diller married J Henry Dierking of Lanham in a ceremony held a week ago Sunday. They plan to reside on the groom's farm near Lanham.
Miss Lucile Ford, returning missionary from India, spoke at Odell churches then visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grone at their home. She also called on the Arthur Grone household before returning to Lincoln on Tuesday.
Witnesses Bob Beckwith Lester Straw Linn Kuper Richard Mayborn Roy Broadstone and Dean Barber watched Steele City beat Odell 24 to 14 Tuesday night at Steele City.
The 63 year old resident of Gage county died last Friday at his Diller area home after a lingering illness. Funeral held at 1 30 Sunday from the family residence. Interment in Odell cemetery. Survived by widow and children Rolland California Eva Bruns Lincoln Veda Hand Beatrice Earl Diller George Zeibig Wymore Levi and Theodore at home. Rev Powell of Wymore presided.
Sunday night around 10 oclock a Cal s Master Six Buick coach carrying Mr and Mrs C L Waggoner and children and Mr and Mrs C E Waggoner collided with a Whippet driven by LeRoy Lloyd of Fairbury four miles west of Harbine. The Buick was badly damaged and towed in while the other car was wrecked. No one was injured.
The item diary notes flu and whooping cough affecting families including Earl Cooper and the Pyre baby. Burl Northup returns home from Hollenberg area while visits occur at Crab Orchard. A Diller Lincoln club meeting, a Ford ditch mishap near town, a public sale by Herman Stahl, and bank stockholders re elect W N Sparks with regular dividends are reported along with burglar attempts on Forest Hartzel's residence and community chatter.
Homer Ramsey recovers from the flu while Clarence Hendricks remains home ill with a serious flu case. Miss Helen Penner and others accompanied students Idola and Joseph to Beatrice for county examinations. several Beatrice visits are reported. road conditions are poor. Corn stalks may become paper and wallboard material. bailed corn stocks sell for 8 dollars per ton in Omaha. New barn and chicken house being built on Pete Nelson farm southeast of Diller.
Wesley Mathias born September 8 1899 at Harbine Nebraska died January 7 1929 in Lincoln at age twenty nine. Survived by wife Marie and son Myron. parents B F and Mrs Mathias. sisters Mrs Guy Irvine and Mrs J C Schwartz. others in Lincoln Endicott Lanham and Diller. Funeral held in Lincoln Henry Browns with Rev W P Hill. body taken to Diller for burial in Prairie Home cemetery. out of town relatives attended.
The fragment presents a sequence of old time riddles and puns. It features lines about sea trades, hare cooking, a hairedresser, brokers, a bank, a heart, billiard makers, inn keepers, dressmakers, and wordplay on promises and bows. It showcases playful wordplay and humorous comparisons.
A simple physics trick shows corks of similar size placed together bob upright and then sink briefly before resurfacing as a linked group. Hold the corks lightly and plunge them under water, then release to observe them float endwise in a compact cluster.
A wren displayed a cease of unusual tamenesa by making a home in a hat hung in an engineering ship at Iver Buckingham. The hat sheltered a cheerful little family of wrens and was taken down with the birds still inside.
No discernible event, person, or organization is present in the readable text. The fragment provides a Beecher quote about earning, ingenuity, and action without any reportable incident or identifiable entities.
Readers are advised to use benzine to clear beetles from cupboards and larders. Sprinkling a small amount on boards is said to kill both eggs and insects, aiding pantry sanitation.
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