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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1941
Page
8
A long roundup of past events and people tied to Diller and surrounding areas. Notes include local deaths births and weddings, fires, burglaries, rescues, and anniversary recalls. Mentioned are Mercer car acquisition, local families, railroad workers, and town celebrations across decades.
Forty years ago Mabel Kennedy and Art Chancellor wed at Steele City. Wheat 49c, corn 35c, oats 22c, butter 104c, eggs 8c, hogs $5.50. Henry Stahl, Harbine implement dealer, visited Diller. J W Hayworth bought 40 acres from Henry Brandt, creating an 80 acre farm. Lew Oaks marketed the first wheat in Diller, 61 pounds at 50c per bushel. Bert Clark was kicked in the face by a horse while leading one horse past another.
Fifty years ago Joseph Bixby built a kitchen addition at his residence. Mrs Saylor and Mrs B Johnson visited relatives in Indiana and Wisconsin. Miss Annie Conniff arrived from New York City to visit her mother. County commissioners fixed Pleasant precinct land at 4.01 per acre for assessment. The courthouse cornerstone at Fairbury was laid July 7 under the Masonic fraternity.
John Wesley, founder of Methodism, made a habit of rising at four o clock each morning. In later years he noted he had risen at that hour for sixty years.
The Fort Worth police report a 24 year old woman took poison after a quarrel with her sweetheart marking the second death by own action within seven years among the citys 30 000 Negro residents.
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