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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1918
Page
1
Notice reads for sale of an eight year old mare and foals. References Jess Brandt and Harley Clark and addresses Filley and Cherry bar. Sale deadline February 6th at the office.
LT advertises potatoes at 1.76 per bushel. Ed Piihal and family note travel in Wymore and Falls City. A baby boy weighing 11 pounds was born January 20 1918 to Warren and wife near Diller. Another eight pound boy born January 28 to Fred and wife nearby.
Mr and Mrs J A Pickard of Beatrice are visiting, called by the lines of Mrs Geo Pickard, while W A Raymond and others accompany their party. The scene centers on family ties and a family visit to Beatrice.
Frank Grabber sold 80 acres to Wilk Eick and bought John Plater’s quarter from Enaley Carmichael. Mr and Mrs A L Tristman returned Tuesday after a two week visit with their son and daughter in Humboldt.
An est publication reports 10 513 acres in Gage County have been leased by oil promoters in recent months as groundwork for drilling due to begin next spring.
I. D. Steiner and his son John set out yesterday for the elder Steiner’s former home and plan to stop enroute to spend a few days with their son and brother Bob Steiner and wife in Chicago.
Mrs. Christie Thompson reports from Omaha that her 14 year old son was badly injured in a recent crash between a car and a street car and has died.
Miss Trenetta Loock fell on the ice Saturday at her home in Peoria Illinois and broke her arm. She formerly resided in Diller Measts and Mesdames S C Moser H Z Diller and I H Moulton visited between trains Sunday afternoon with friends at Wymore.
Me and Mrs. Adam Rhamas and son Earl of Mountrose Colorado long time Diller residents arrived yesterday and are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs E L Loock.
Mrs J B Wright and her mother Mrs Nancy Husdon traveled Wednesday to visit relatives and friends in Weeping Water. H A Bell provided the ride as far as Beatrice.
Behrend Albers vehicle caught fire and burned on the open road highlighting the need for auto insurance. R F Starr carried full coverage and filed a complete claim. Contact Starr for rates and policy details.
Tuesday night feature My Fighting Gentleman benefits Diller soldier boys. Wednesday and Thursday offer Vaudeville and pictures. Friday and Saturday present The Lost Express one reel Mutual and Jerry's Big Raid. Our stage and scenery will be ready by that time.
Five loads of cattle were shipped Sunday from this station. The Steffen brothers F W and Clarence sent two head which sold in St. Joseph for 11 dollars 20 cents. Harry Weddle sent one calf to Kansas City for 9 dollars 75 cents. E S Dunn Will Robertson sent one head to St Joseph for 11 dollars 25 cents. George arene Geo Henrichs Clarence Sislen Harry Weddle and Will Robertson accompanied the shipment.
Henry Wiemers reports a successful sale at Smith's sale pavilion in Fairbury on the 17th. Breeders from Missouri Kansas and Iowa attended. Thirty seven bred sows mostly spring gilts sold to buyers from Iowa Kansas and Nebraska at an average of 80 dollars per head with a top of 175 dollars. This marked the first pure bred Chester White hog sale near this area.
Enquire at this office about a house for rent. A new supply Khaki yarn. Loock and Habicht report Mrs B F Lightner visiting between trains yesterday afternoon with her parents in Odell. Mr and Mrs Walter Greenwood of Waverly are parents of a girl born Saturday their third child formerly of Diller.
Gage county draft registrants began reporting at Beatrice for physical examination on Wednesday January 23. Fifty registrants will be examined daily among those placed in class 1-A. Over one hundred notices were sent out by the exemption board.
Logan and Grace Watson were married Saturday evening at the home of Rev. F A Carmony. The couple, both well known locally, include a farmer groom from the Shea neighborhood and a bride who is teaching in DeWitt after graduating from Diller schools. They face an unsettled future with the possibility of military service under the new draft law.
Attendance rose at a Red Cross meeting in the city hall with 36 or 38 workers. Four hundred eighty four surgical dressings were made and a dozen and a half garments cut out. Instructors will teach knitting as supplies arrive for helmets and mitts for soldiers in the trenches. Twelve sweaters corrected from a prior error, with eleven more ready to ship.
The United States fuel administration proclaims Wednesday January 80 as National Tag Your Shovel Day. School children will tag coal shovels nationwide with tips to save coal. Officials from governors to the president will be publicly tagged to emphasize conserving energy.
Diller public schools host Hollenburg teams for a Friday eight o’clock home double header. Students return after the second semester opened January 21 with new courses and changes for nonregular work.
Government plans a 13 cent stamp and distributes slacker cards to patrons who protest meatless and wheatless days. By signing, patrons certify their opposition to conservation efforts and release hotels from responsibility for pledge violations. Fictitious names may avoid identity checks.
A. D. Harmon Dean of Cotner University will speak at morning services with helpers. The event aims to inspire attendees and no offering will be taken. A strong turnout is hoped for across all services today.
The Methodist congregation reports strong attendance with regular Sunday school at 10 o clock and Epworth League and evening preaching in town. The pastor will be at Rock Creek for morning services next Sunday and notes Protestant churches hold large pensions funds and will aid in reconstruction and wartime effort.
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