August events and fair calendar with local notices
Upcoming events include the Coming Events and picnic on August 15, Thayer Co Fair August 21 to 24, Jefferson Co Fair August 28 to 30, and Nebraska State Fair September 1 to 7. Wreakage on August 2. Green's Cafe seats reserved. M W A meetings on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays. Diller Filling Station offers barrel delivery. Dr Adams, successor to Dr Garland, 1114 N sixth Beatrice offers eye exams.
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Thayer Co
Jefferson Co
Nebraska State Fair
Adams
Garland
N. 6Th St
Beatrice
Local Classifieds Highlight Monuments Rooms and Net Goods
Est 1886 Fairbury monument dealer F A Moon and Son offers quality stones at reasonable prices with rooms for students and car or horse storage. A leather fishing net sells for 8.50 to 9.00 with cord nets 5.50 to 7.00. Gus Dressen advertises large stock. Harry Greider sustained a severe nail wound requiring dressing and infection control.
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F. A Moon & Son
Fairbury
Nebr
Gus Dressen
Holloway Family Visits Husband on Electric Line Work
Mrs. Holloway and her son Buddie visited Monday evening for a few days with Avery Holloway who is employed on the electric light line.
Kodak Specials Offer Film Processing in College View
Kodak Specialist Camera Jack advertises film finishing at half price in College View Nebraska. Any size roll developed for 5 cents per roll and prints at 3 cents each.
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Kodak Specialist
College View
Nebr
Odell Resident Tom Boggs Returns Home in Slower Recovery
Tom Boggs of Odell, long ill in his nephew Harry Boggs' care, is able to go out again and is slowly improving his health and strength.
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Tom Boggs
Odell
Harry Boggs
Beatrice UN
Shoe repair pitch and family trip notes in Fairbury
An ad for Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop promotes quick repairs near Bonham Theatre. A local item reports Mr. and Mrs. Earl Atkinson and son Buddie leaving after a two week visit with W. N. Sparks in Fairbury, heading to Colorado Springs, Pike's Peak, Estes Park, Cheyenne, Cody, and Yellowstone Park with news of warm overcoats on the trip.
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Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury
Nebr
Earl Atkinson
Buddie
W. N. Sparks
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak
Estes Park
Cheyenne
Cody
Yellowstone Park
Wheat Yield Verification Near Gladstone Farm
Fred Plies confirms a wheat yield of 47 bushels per acre on 25 acres sold for $1.10 a bushel. Wheat raised on the August Starck farm a mile east and half south of Gladstone. Starck now resides in Fairbury. Receipts per acre total $51.70. Stark’s rental is $17.23 per acre, higher than average.
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Fred Plies
Starck
Gladstone
Fairbury
Stark
Fairbury Ou
School Board Reorganized at Diller
The Diller school board elected W. I. Filley as chairman J. Smith Diller as secretary and H. K. Shutt as treasurer. D. V. Fanders joined for a three year term and the board now includes J. Smith Diller H. K. Shutt Geo. Henrichs W. I. Filley D. W. Fanders and C. H. Cully. Will Green named janitor for next year. The district plans extensive repainting repairs and renovations including the training building and playground equipment. Two cars of coal have been purchased for next year and all teachers hired as opening approaches. The district is debt free and seeks a smaller budget than last year.
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Diller School Board
W. I. Filley
J. Smith Diller
H K. Shutt
D. V. Fanders
H. K. Shutt
Geo. Henrichs
D. W. Fanders
C. H. Cully
Will Green
Beatrice Social Visit Noted With Ashcrafts
Mr and Mrs Rollo Arthur and children and Mrs Davidson and Miss Dunn of Beatrice called on Mr and Mrs C B Ashcraft Friday evening.
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Rollo Arthur
Davidson
Miss Dunn
Beatrice
Beatrice Family Visits Ashcraft Household
Mr and Mrs Walter Stewart and their children from Beatrice visited Mrs C B Ashcraft on Tuesday evening. Walter serves as wire chief at the Beat rice telephone exchange. Robert Diller, a senior at the state university, returned home from summer school to spend the rest of summer with his parents Mr and Mrs J Smith Diller. Miss Esther Gretzinger, after attending summer school at Peru, came home for illness and will not return to Peru. Her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs C L Tristman drove down Tuesday to fetch her.
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Walter Stewart
Beatrice
C. B. Ashcraft
Walter
Beatrice Telephone Exchange
Robert Diller
the State University
J. Smith Diller
Esther Gretzinger
Peru
Burlington
C. L. Tristman
Bowers Family Visit Spans Harrisburg to Omaha
Mr and Mrs Frank Bowers and his father John Bowers of Harrisburg Pennsylvania visited Mrs E E McCune and her family for three days this week. They plan to travel to Beatrice Havelock and Omaha before returning home by car.
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Frank Bowers
John Bowers
Harrisburg
E. E. McCune
Shea
Beatrice
Jacob Bowers
Havelock
Omaha
Canal dedication draws 1200 to midway ranch event
Mrs. Myrtle Northup shares Gothenburg Times report on the 30 mile canal dedication attended by 1200 people. The irrigation project will serve 15000 acres at 25 dollars per acre without government aid. Mr and Mrs Carl Gale and their son visit from Aberdeen South Dakota, greeting old Diller neighbors.
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Myrtle Northup
Gothenburg Times
30 Mile
Midway Ranch
Carl Gale
Aberdeen
Gales
Bud Bell
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Gale
Poland
China
Steele City
Endicott
Fairbury
Move to Gravel Streets At work session of the Commercial Club
An Allen county town article reports a Monday night city hall meeting of the Commercial club to discuss gravelling streets in Diller. Members debated which streets to gravel and how deep and wide, whether to gravel main street before curbs, plus estimated costs for gravel freight and curb work. Committees on finances and curbs were appointed, with a goal for favorable reports at the August meeting.
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Commercial Club
Diller
Main Street
Roy Casper Sustains Cut Foot From Wound
Roy Casper cut the bottom of one foot Wednesday creating a bad wound. The injury occurred during an incident reported by local authorities.
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Roy Casper
Hubert Filley Returns From Peru Teaching Course
Hubert Filley came home Thursday of last week after a six week summer school program in Peru where he studied a teachers course at the state normal school.
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Hubert Filley
Peru
State Normal Summer School
Toe injury from swimming sidelights Cal Sampson
Calvin Sampson of Steele City was treated by Dr. Diehl after tearing the nail on the big toe of his right foot while swimming yesterday. Dr. Pfeiffer, who previously attended him, had moved from Steele City to Minden, Nebraska.
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Calvin Sampson
M. O. Sampson
Steele City
Dr. Diehl
Dr. Pfeiffer
Minden
Nebr
J N C Met At Mrs Hiatt Home With Eleven Members
The J N C met at Mrs. Joe Hiatt home on July 18 with eleven members six visitors and fifteen children present. The afternoon included visiting and a business meeting followed by refreshments of ice cream and cake. Next meeting will be with Mrs Chas Hays in August. Roll call answered by memory gem.
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Joe Hiatt
Chas. Hays
Memory Gem
Union Pacific Announces New Fairbury Depot Plans
Union Pacific will build a new depot in Fairbury with extended terminal facilities transfer track lengthening and yards doubling in size as part of the 1929 budget plans. Details of the plan are not yet finalized.
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Union Pacific
Fairbury
Long Beach Instructor Visits Family Near Diller
Paul White of Long Beach California visits his mother Mrs E B White and his uncle James Swain stationed 24 miles north and two miles east of Diller. He has taught general science and mathematics in Long Beach for four years and plans to return for another year.
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Paul White
Long Beach
Calif
E. B. White
James Swain
Diller
Mr. White
John Lamb Calls Hilarious Car Mix Up A Fix Up Tale
In a street encounter John Lamb protested being called a flivver owner. He clarified the vehicle was a Chivy he had spent his money on, and the reporter recounts how the mistake was resolved with a lighthearted fix up.
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John Lamb
John
Visit of South Dakota guests to the Saylors
Mrs. L. M. Cavett Mrs. Paul Stange and Mrs. Carl Gale from South Dakota visited Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Saylor. Mr. Stange joined them for an evening visit and all enjoyed a lunch before departing. The Saylors always enjoy their friends stopping by.
Pickards Visit Beatrice Friend Rebounds From Hospital
Mr and Mrs J A Pickard traveled from Beatrice on Sunday via Fairbury to see Miss L O Ballard who has left the hospital. Ballard is staying with her sisters Mrs McClay and Miss Bert Ballard and plans to return to her Diller home soon, likely with a nurse for a while. Diller friends wish her ongoing improvement.
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J. A. Pickard
Beatrice
Fairbury
L. O. Ballard
Old Time Threshing Chorus From The Past
A reminiscence contrasts thirty to forty years ago with modern threshing. It recalls horse power, hand fed machines, and the feeder guiding bundles to keep grain flowing smoothly into the revolving cylinder, a skilled art now largely replaced by newer methods.
Changing threshing methods by new combine machines
The article describes threshing evolution from handcutting to powered feeds with governors, then straw stacking by a blow stacker, and notes threshing remains hard work. It highlights the modern combine harvester with a mounted separator, tractor-powered harvester, and engine-driven separator dumping grain into trucks. Two machines operated near Diller and reportedly satisfied.
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Diller
Diller Nebraska Village Board Estimates 1928 Expenses
At a regular meeting on July 9 1928 the Board of Trustees of Diller Nebraska estimated expenses for the fiscal year beginning May 1 1928 totaling 3000 dollars and ordered the amount spread on records and published as required by law. 8. C. Moser as Chairman and Chas E. Waggoner as Clerk signed.
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Diller
Nebraska
Village of
C. Moser
Chm
Chas. E. Waggoner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Diller State Bank
Green’s Cafe
Diller Filling Station
B. F. Henrichs
Harry Greider
Kodak
Diller Public Library
van Dyke
Andrews
Brodne Scepeders
McCutcheon
Seea Heenan
Culver Iron Chalice
Ee Cohen
Emily Climbs
Raine
Honor Edge Raine
Pollyanna
Sterling Bee
White Swallow
Goa
Spyri the
Strawberry Girl
Spyri Toni
Arene Pyt
Childrens
Clark’s Store
Diller, Nebr
Herman Peters Diller
Harb General
Rarmas
Checker Board Feeds Farmers Union Cream Station
Farmers Union Gas and Oil Phone
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