A Rhyme of Wash Day and Refrigerator for Sale
A quatrain about washing day verses and a brief notice for a refrigerator for sale by C. H. Cully. The poem links wash day timing to a week, then notes a refrigerator for sale under the same listing.
11 Jul 1924
Page 1
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1924
Page
1
A quatrain about washing day verses and a brief notice for a refrigerator for sale by C. H. Cully. The poem links wash day timing to a week, then notes a refrigerator for sale under the same listing.
Local notice highlights F. A. Moon & Son monuments offering quality work at reasonable prices in Fairbury Nebraska established 1886. Also notes Methodist ladies to serve ice cream in basement event and mentions visits by Charley Gaisford of Reynolds and Mrs. Mathias with Pearl visiting Roy’s family near Ellis plus a golden wedding celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson on July 4th.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Miller of Lincoln and their family stayed Thursday night at Scott A. Miller’s in Diller and left Friday morning for Endicott to celebrate the Fourth with relatives the Fairchilds.
Statement from F. E. Hale announcing quitting the grain business on August 1, 1924 and requesting all open accounts be settled and books closed before that date.
Mrs Lulu Beall of Lincoln cawé Friday to visit Cedric Fanders home. Her daughter Mrs Esther Yung of Guide Rock was also a guest Sunday with her mother accompanying her to Guide Rock Sunday evening. Mr Beall is spending the summer in Columbia University.
Redpath Horner Chautauqua brings in world wanderer and war correspondent Dr William T Ellis to share observations from distant places. His talk will explain what global ferment means for Americans at home as the series opens in Fairbury in August.
The M W A meets on the second and fourth Thursday each month. For sale a six year old sound and broken item see F Bogelman. The Diller telephone central has been renovated and repapered giving a neat appearance. Mr and Mrs Mullenstead and family visited from Herkimer Kansas to spend the day with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs H M Hollie.
Mr and Mrs W G Pickard and son Cecil of Norfolk drove down Thursday evening to Spend the ath with Pickard in about eight hours.
Judge L W Colby of Beatrice remains in serious condition after stomach cancer surgery at Rochester Minnesota. Mrs Colby stays at his bedside through the difficult week.
Mr and Mrs Simons of Geneva visited Chas Hood and Jack Clancy homes Sunday. Mrs Simons was a school mate of Chas and the Clancys in Illinois. Dr Jos Bixby and wife planned to join but the doctor was detained by two appendicitis cases.
The board reluctantly accepted F. E. Hale’s resignation as manager effective Aug 1. Chas. Hagerman of Liberty was elected to take charge on or before that date. Oliver Farrow continues as second man. Hale’s departure stems from his plan to move to a Colorado farm, with Hagerman to relocate his wife and two children to Diller.
Farm sale by F W Steffen offers cherries with a Saturday ice cream social at the MBE church basement. Everyone invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Mann of the Ellis neighborhood observed their silver anniversary last Sunday. Their ten year old son suffered a broken right arm last week while cranking the DeBoer family car.
Mies Eleanor Diehl returned Wednesday from visiting her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Rhodes in Beatrice after a few days away.
The Reverend traveled by car to Reynalds Town for the Epworth Institute to be staged in Epworth Park ahead of the Epworth Assembly.
Misses Lillian Hutchinson and Elsie Wolters attend a summer set at the State University on the fourth with home folks near Dilfer.
Walter Krug Ness man with the Big Blue ville goes fishing with companions. The text notes he was a brother of John H who built the electric pipeline into Diller and mentions Beatrice business.
Hugh Logan twelve son of Lawrence Logan living southeast of Jansen had both legs broken when a wagon was struck at the crossing west edge of Jansen by a Now5 wagon in late April. He attended Fairbury Saturday and walks with crutches showing rapid progress toward recovery with one leg slightly shorter than the other.
A Golden Wedding reception marked fifty years of marriage for Mr. and Mrs. Anderson with a July 4 dinner at their Ellis home. About 100 relatives and friends attended from Diller Beatrice Filley and Fairbury. Gifts included gold pieces a phonograph and china.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Fairchilds of Endicott were dinner guests of Miss L Ballard last Saturday. All of the wheat and most of the oats in the Diller vicinity are in shock and threshing starts next week. Mr. and Mrs. J C Herwig visited from Humboldt and stayed at Gretzinger and Tinstman homes.
The Fourth at Diller was quiet with no ball games and most business houses closed for much of the day.
Mrs W S Filley, her daughter Eleanor and Miss Erma Franzen returned Sunday from Kansas City after spending a week with relatives and friends.
Reverend W F Clark came home Wednesday evening after traveling to Grand Island due to his sister’s illness. Mrs Clark accompanied him to Seward and returned with him.
Mr and Mrs G B Zook and grandson Frank Zook with Cal James and son from Barnston spent Sunday afternoon with their niece Mrs S J Thompson and family.
Dr G H Newton operates an eye ear nose and throat practice in Fairbury Nebraska with services for general ENT needs and eye care. The brief notice highlights his location and specialty.
Dry seasoned furnace and cook stove wood offered at 5.00 per load delivered and 3.45 on site. Straight oak and walnut priced at 6.00. Seasoned oak and walnut posted for 25c about May 1 by J. M. Hiatt.
Wheat and corn prices noted with basic market terms for produce and dairy items. Butter production is listed with packing details and egg and rooster observations appear in short market notes.
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