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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1927
Page
3
The page lists church and club notes, a M M W A meeting schedule, a painting and paper hanging contact, a motor trip by the editor and wife to Wymore and Biloe Springs, and a potato market report at 6 cents a pound. It also notes the death of Steiner, a Wilbur motor trip, and an auction of the McCord farm that failed due to the $8,000 mortgage.
The wheat harvest is underway and oats soon ready. Local weather favorable with large wheat fields already in the shock. Community notes include visits and meals among Beatrice and Fairbury residents. Classifieds list a Spotted Polah China male hog for sale and an 1888 Ford touring car for sale.
Mr and Mrs Abe Watson returned Monday from visiting relatives at Riverton Nebraska and Smith Center Kansas. They brought back a sample of oats four feet tall and a ton of buffalo grass as well.
A 240 acre farm two miles south and half a mile west of Diller belonging to the Woods estate was sold at auction Monday to W. L. Lite for Rev. L. 8. as Baraa today to use arrangements for moving.
Rex Green and his sister Mise Nellie Green are linked to a developing local incident. The report notes family involvement and ongoing proceedings in the community.
Mr and Mrs W G Robertson and daughter Meridith of Wayne Nebraska visited relatives here notably her father Riley Tucker who was very ill. They returned home Monday and came again Wednesday night to stay until after his funeral.
Mrs Sloss wife of Dr H J Sloss died suddenly Saturday afternoon at home in Blue Springs after an illness on the return from an oil well visit at Blue Rapids Kansas. She was about 65 and survived by three adopted daughters. Dr and Mrs Sloss were former residents of Diller.
A reflective note on youths showing measured, steady judgment across multiple communities. The speaker highlights consistent calmness as a guiding trait in decision making and social behavior.
Unclear OCR fragment references a DHS class of 73 reunion or meeting. Mentions names and dates in broken sequence with foreign or garbled words, providing no full details of event, place, or participants.
A claim notes $17 000 worth of dry goods reportedly stolen at Fairbury. A man named Mrs. is described as involved, with a separate sum of $2 200 reportedly furnished or lost as of Tuesday.
A report notes Mrs V A underwent an operation at Lincoln Hospital last Thursday. The details are unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Haynor of Omaha are spending a week of vacation visiting her parents at Odell and also visiting her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Saylor near Diller.
The funeral for Henry W. Scheve a leading farmer from the Ellie area was conducted at Emmanuel Lutheran Church northwest of Ellis at 2 o clock Sunday. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
A reminiscence recalls youth at a Slack farm near town where boys played after noon, choosing games like Round Town and Bull Pen. They avoided Sunday baseball, did chores, and attended church, with the writer asserting no moral decline compared to other ages.
A new Jerusalemic gravity water tank is being installed 2700 feet above Springs 900 feet below sea level. The project aims to improve supply by using a steel tank connected to the reservoir, delivering increased water pressure to the system.
A rough life story of Martha Cannsry known as Calamity Jane born May 1 1852 Princeton Missouri. She rode with cowboys wore men's clothes and worked as a scout at Fort Russell Wyoming before marrying General Clinton Burke in 1885. Her legend grew from tales of rugged exploits and graphic camp life.
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