Million Dollar Rain Hits Local Farms
A heavy rain event, dubbed a million dollar rain, fell Wednesday night. T. C. Rand and family spent the 4th at Fairbury and Jansen. Nearly all the small grain in the locality is now in shock. Osceola resident Lloyd Callander visited home folks Sunday. Edmunds of Omaha visits Beckwiths south of town. Hutchinson of Lincoln stayed with home folks in Diller. Special prices on Frost King at Cully Grocery. Fresh bread daily at the meat market. Elsie Wiedemyer visits Byron relatives. Fannie Diller visits Steele City cousin Mrs Beckie James. Geo Specht called home from Kansas for illness. Findling family enjoyed a 4th picnic in the city park.
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L. H. Findling
Fairbury
Mrs. Mills Visited Diller Friends from Council Bluffs
Mrs. Virginia Mills of Council Bluffs Iowa spent the Fourth with Miss L O Ballard and other longtime Diller friends, enjoying the reunion and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Mills
Council Bluffs, Ia
L. O. Ballard
Diller
Mr and Mrs Hennerberg Attend St Pauls Lutheran Service
Mr and Mrs Rollin Hennerberg from near the state line attended the morning service at St Pauls Lutheran church last Sunday.
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Rollin Hennerberg
State Line
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Mrs Friday Returns Home After Visit to Sons
Mrs A Friday spent several days visiting her sons Sam and Arthur Friday and returned Sunday to her home in Fairbury.
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A. Friday
Sam
Arthur Friday
Fairbury
Mrs. E S Dunn Heads Home Via Exeter Visits Relatives
Mrs. E S Dunn departed Wednesday to return to Fort Collins Colorado traveling through Exeter Nebraska where she planned a brief stop to visit relatives before continuing home.
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E. S. Dunn
Fort Collins
Colo
Exeter
Nebr
Crete trio visits Rev. V F Clark in town
Mr Hubert Matthews his sister and Mrs John Bennet of Crete motored down Tuesday and spent a good part of the day visiting with Rev and Mrs V F Clark.
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Hubert Matthews
John Bennet
Crete
V. F. Clark
Corns waist high and laid by in local fields
The report notes corn that is waist high or better and much of it laid by. The Diller meat market will sell milk and cream directly from ice. R. F. Starr traveled from Lincoln to spend the 4th with family. O J Mayborn and family visited relatives in Lincoln over the 4th. Mrs T H Waggoner returned from Lincoln where she visited a daughter. Mrs Elma Limprecht and children have been visiting Diller relatives since before the 4th.
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Diller Meat Market
O.J. Mayborn
Lincoln
T. H. Waggoner
Elma Limprecht
Diller
Family visits and moves noted around Nebraska towns
Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Fandere and children spent the 4th with relatives at Guide Rock returning Tuesday. Mrs. Emma Moser of Riverton Nebr came Tuesday for a visit with her sister Mrs. Abe Watson and husband. Vern Pickard moved his family back to Fairbury Tuesday expecting steadier Rock Island work.
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D. V. Fandere
Guide Rock
Emma Moser
Riverton
Nebr
Abe Watson
Vern Pickard
Fairbury
Rock Island
Opera tor Anna Long relocates to rooms adjoining central office
Mrs. Anna Long, a chief operator at the Diller telephone exchange, moved Tuesday into the rooms adjoining the central office.
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Anna Long
Diller Telephone Exchange
Mrs. W. E. Combs and daughter visit kin in town
Mrs. W. E. Combs and her daughter Ethelynne arrived last Friday from Kansas City Kansas and are visiting at the home of her sister Mrs. W. J. Filley.
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W. E. Combs
Ethelynne
Kansas City
Kans
W. J. Filley
Ellis Couple Return From Kansas Motor Trip
Dr and Mrs Claude Ellis returned Monday from a motor trip to Goodland and Kanorado Kansas. They own land near Kanorado where a fine crop of wheat is being harvested.
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Claude Ellis
Goodland
Kanorado
Kan
Wrights Visit Diller Relatives From Trenton Mo
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Wright of Trenton Missouri visited last Friday with Diller relatives. Wilson formerly grew up in Diller and has worked for Rock Island at Trenton for several years.
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Wilson Wright
Trenton
Wilson
Rock Island
Plow lays available for fall orders from J A Pickard
J A Pickard urges readers to order new plow lays now for fall plowing. He notes availability may decline later and asks customers to call their plow make and number of lays to ensure supply.
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J. A. Pickard
Notice for Bids on Platform Dance at Picnic Grounds
Bids will be received for a platform dance on the picnic grounds up to July 21 at 8 p m. A bid check form must accompany the bid. The committee reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Diller ae H Sasse Sec y.
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Diller Ae H
Sasse Sec'y
Raymond Family Returns From Western Trip
Mr and Mrs V A Raymond and daughter Donna Jane with Helen Green returned Friday from a business and pleasure trip out west. They enjoyed sight seeing in Denver and Estes Park. They had a short pleasant visit with Mr and Mrs Claude Dunn and family at Boulder and Mr E S Dunn and two daughters at Fort Collins.
Harvest Talk and Local Notes From Lincoln Area
Threshing will begin next week as communities finalize harvest plans. Bonnie and Helen Green visit relatives in Lincoln this week. The Sicily and Diller ball game was annulled last Sunday due to harvest rush. Local price ads for Frost King flour offered by Cully's Grocery for Saturday July 11. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Luehring and family visited Rev. and Mrs. Bergfelder. Ira Place and family and Chas. Lukas and families spent Sunday at Crab Orchard. John Grider notes cream-handling upgrades with higher priced vanilla and specials. Jolly Neighbors Club met at Mrs Newt Hays with 11 members and 6 visitors. next meeting with Mrs Guy Clancy. Bobbie and Billy Raymond returned to Lincoln with parents from Elkhart Ind after grandmother visit. La Forrest attended Dr Miles Medical Co convention in Elkhart.
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Jolly Neighbors Club
Newt. Hays
Guy Clancy
Bobbie
Billy Raymond
Isabella Raymond
Lircok
Elkhart
Ind
la Forrest
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Raymond
Y P C U Met At Christian Church
The Y P C U met at the Christian Church last Sunday evening with discussions described as very interesting. Afterward refreshments were served and attendance was lighter than at past events, possibly due to July 4th casualties. A party is planned soon to encourage participation.
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Christian Church
Svery
Funeral held for Mrs. Bixby in Geneva
Mrs. Bixby, wife of Dr. Joseph Bixby, died suddenly of asthma at thirty four. The funeral in Geneva Sunday was attended by Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Cavett and Forest Hartzel. She is survived by her husband, two young sons aged six and four, and a large family. She was a Congregationalist and member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
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L. M. Cavett
Forest Hartzel
Geneva
Joseph Bixby
29th Annual Picnic Dates Set and Stands Reorganized
The committee met in regular session with six of seven members present. It will not run a general stand this year but will sell rights to run stands like other concessions. Ice cream and hamburger stands previously run by locals will no longer have exclusive rights. The City Hall will not be rented for a dance on August 12 and 13, and cooperation from citizens is urged to ensure a successful picnic.
Wrong Berth Prank Ends in Porcupine Bed Confusion
A Nelson to coast Burlington sleeper tale ends with a wife aborting a hot mustard plaster in the wrong berth. She discovers the mix up only after the stranger in the next bunk raises alarms asking who put a porcupine in his bed. The anecdote appears in the Superior Express.
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Nelson
Superior
Burlington
Letter Warns Ike About a Father Who Might Desert a Child
A brother writes from a small town about a child named Library once adopted by a group called Association. The letter laments the father’s waning involvement and rising costs of keeping the girl, urging Ike to consider the duty of fatherhood amid high gas prices and a lifestyle temptation, while noting community affection for the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Ike
Woman’s Club
Lizzie
M. C
Hat Trick at House of Commons Causes Laughter
A tin of liquid eggs owned by Mr Tom Johnston MP was spilled in the cloakroom at the House of Commons, trickling into another member’s bowler hat and provoking laughter. The anecdote recalls a tale of Tree the actor misidentifying an egg poached in a silk hat as a joke until discovering it was his own hat.
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House of Commons
London
Tom Johnston
M. P
Tree
Baby Trudges Miles to See Sick Mother
A two year old girl Mamie Maritzka walked nearly two miles from West Orange to a New Jersey hospital to be with her mother Mary Maritzka. Police tracked the child as she climbed stairs and crossed streets to reach the hospital at Sedat Six weeks ago.
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New York
Mamie Maritzka
West Orange
N. J
Sity
Mamie
Mra Mary Maritzka
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Citizens State Bank
T. C. Rand
Fairbury and
Jansen
Lloyd Callander
Osceola
Jas. Edmonds
Omaha
the Beckwith
Harold Hutchinson
Cully
Herman Peters
Elsie Wiedemyer
Byron
Rex Theatre
R. F. Starr
Bonnie
Helen Green
Louis Luehring
Luehring
Near Ho
Bergfelder
Ira
Chas
Lukas
Crab Orchard
John Grider
Rexall Orderlies
Rexall
H. K. Shutt
Borg
Library
Association
Logal Markets
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