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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1925
Page
3
A dairy maid milks a pensive gost then is interrupted by an animal. Mrs Geo Ball advertises a cheap Eastman Kodak. Mrs Weddle from Steele City visits sister Mrs Charley Barber. Readers urged to prepare smoked glass for tomorrow’s solar eclipse.
Mrs. L. J. Upson L. M. Upson Chet Upson Chas Cully and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cully spent Saturday afternoon and stayed for supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Pickard.
Mr and Mrs Ed Smith and their baby Donald traveled from Fairbury Tuesday after supper to spend the evening with Mrs Hannah Ross Morrie at the editors home.
Single and Rose comb Rhode Island Red cockerels and pullets offered at $60 per hundred eggs. Quality stock available at reasonable prices. Orders encouraged early selection. J. E. Osborn Ellis Nebraska.
Charley Hansen, once a Diller resident and noted interior decorator, visited old friends and served as a subscription caller. He has formed a partnership with H. G. Barr of the grebnerian Art and Decorating School, and they have opened a new venture.
Mise Bert Ballard, assistant postmaster at Fairbury, cannot be on duty this week due to a hip and limb injury. Doctors report no broken bones, but the pain is persistent and severe.
The N S C A club gathered Wednesday January 14 1926 at the palatial home of Mrs Charlotte Lauck for a business meeting and a review of the careers of two noted American men. Annual officer elections placed Mrs S B Views as president Mrs N Robertson as vice president Mrs B Hutchinson as treasurer and Mrs A K Snutt as secretary.
W C Line advertises timber suitable for stove wood for sale. Harry Wed dle of L M Upson West Plain Mo visited with sister Mrs L J Upson. W L Woods named chair of county commissioners at the board’s annual reorganization. A J Hutchinson northeast of Diller fractured a collar bone when thrown from a horse while driving cattle.
Clark Miller a former Diller lad now living in Los Angeles traveled as an incoming passenger on No 16 Tuesday and is visiting his brother Scott A Miller and family and his sister Mrs Kennedy and family at Fairry.
The Jolly Neighbors club met at Mrs. Katherine Krugs berg on Wednesday afternoon January 14 with three members one visitor and three children present. They spent the afternoon visiting and planned to meet next at the Grone home on Wednesday January.
A unique wire powered mailbox on an R F D route near Meredith New Hampshire moves mail by wire. A resident on a stationary bicycle three quarters of a mile away ambles the mechanism by pedaling to pull the box from the highway to the farmhouse.
Mrs W B Starr named trustee at Dan Horn School, becoming the first woman in the county to hold a school trusteeship. She is praised for being well qualified, with strong family and civic background, while Cipco's trustees have been men. Local sentiment backs the progressive appointment.
O. R. Jones of Waitbury named inspector of scales and weights for the South Platte district. He has served two terms as Jefferson county county assessor and chairs the Jefferson county Republican central committee.
Orville McCune visits relatives in Havelock this week. Denver couple Mr. and Mrs. Lee stay with J. N. Carpenter's family. Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Andrews host Cullys for supper as Mrs. Wagner shops in Fairbury. The Carpenters and Leefs visit Wm. Carpenter home. Earl Johnson visits with Les Barber and listens to the radio. Stull family guests of S. F. Stull. Donna Mae Wagner improves after illness. Caldwell family visits Rupert Andrews. Ches Barber ships cattle to St. Joe market. Leslie Stull birthday party drawn with about thirty guests, church dinner, cake, favors, and games.
Randolph Neb Dec 25 Rev F A Carmony pastor of the Methodist church has passed the Nebraska bar exam by a correspondence course. Born 1873 in Wayne County Iowa he moved to Kansas then Nebraska. He studied theology and began preaching in 1914 and was admitted to the state bar in 19th.
The infant daughter of Mrs. Nellie Brown widow of Owen Brown was buried beside her father in Wymore cemetery Saturday morning. The child was born Wednesday. The Brown family has the sympathy of the community in this sorrow.
Helen, raised strict Congregationalist, urges her father to let her and her sister attend an Episcopal minister’s sermon. He resists, but Helen offers a bold pledge promising not to believe a word he says if allowed to go.
Many men living alone in London attend a new cooking course at a polytechnic school to learn proper meal preparation. The program is open to women as well, addressing the need to nourish those on small pay, though men dominate the class turnout.
Members in the Swiss legislature address the chamber in German French or Italian with interpreters providing substance of the address when needed. Motions and reports are read in German and French as the two official languages.
Washington Star quotes Jud Tunkins arguing that a candidate must possess wide personal popularity to be elected and even be forgiven for minor faults. The remark frames popularity as essential for political success and public forgiveness.
A Tripoli wedding custom is described wherein a newly married woman is branded on the face with a small mark or scar as a sign of ownership. The practice involves a hot pin or iron applied to the nose or forehead to burn a figure onto the skin.
A fragmented clipping presents a rural mail carrier early shift, referencing Mall repairs and a person or nickname Hal or Ray. The readable text hints at an homage or feature but contains unclear details and names.
The article notes rising use of automatic control in heavy aircraft and wireless piloted flight. British research reports winged bombs guided in flight and new steering devices aim to remove pilot dependence on visibility and horizon. Improved coast-to-coast air mail demonstrates reducing air travel hazards.
A Toledo physician describes catarrhal deafness caused by nasal and throat conditions. The article notes the condition has persisted for over forty years and discusses treatment options and patient outcomes.
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