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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1925
Page
5
A damaged fragment speaks of a wartime chorus and a flag, referencing resilience amid loss. It evokes fallen leaders, brave survivors, and a nation’s anthem within a Chicago setting as bombs burst in air.
Am in the market for stock hogs. C C Andrews. Fred and Everett Clark plan a cream and poultry station in the Senior building. W G Robertson and family left Sunday for a vacation to Worthington Minnesota. Allen Nelson, formerly a Diller Drug clerk, visits Diller and Steele City during a month’s vacation.
Geo Rahman and Carl Franzen returned Tuesday from harvesting in the vicinity of McDonald Kansas and northeastern Colorado. They report a big wheat yield in those localities.
Mrs. Ray Colman brought her nephew Dean Witty from a visit with her sister Mrs. R. W. Green and family, and returned to her Lincoln home today after a short stay.
Dorothy Hiatt, oldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Hiatt, cut her left foot badly with a day rake last week. Local physician attended to prevent infection.
The Jollyer Club met at Mrs. Guy Clancy’s home with eight members two visitors and seven children present. The visiting son was mentioned as spending time. The next meeting is scheduled with Mrs. Robert Upson on Wednesday August fifth.
We publish a letter from Charlie noting a pleasant vacation in Minnesota. The message offers little detail about the trip or the country, aside from the sense of a fine time and a resort atmosphere. The item hints at ongoing flapper debate topics discussed by M. C.
Curtis Geer arrives from Fairbury on a Sunday visit. Roy Patton rents a Grone farm for the coming year. An annual estimate places drownings around seven thousand nationwide.
Mrs. Ferry and children visit friends at Wahoo and Council Bluffs. A farming figure who forms an agricultural cult is noted. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Diekhoff spend Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Schenk.
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Lawrence of Fairbury and Mr. Day of Hebron visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Schenk.
A group from Fairbury including Mr and Mrs A O Richardson and daughter Mildred Miss Ruth Eick Mr and Mrs Henry Frisbie Mr and Frank Frisbie Mr and Mrs John Senior Mr and Mrs Orville Richardson and Mr and Mrs Ralva Leucavish enjoyed a River side park dinner in Beatrice on Sunday.
Geo. Riddle A. J. Hill and E. E. Hill attended the funeral Wednesday at Steele City for Arthur Graves a pioneer resident who died at his home near Kansas City. Graves was a cousin of Frank Beckwith and the service was conducted from the home of Beckwith’s son in law Guy Cassel, Graves’ old home place.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Waggoner and their son Lynn with Mrs. Nancy Robertson returned Wednesday from Worthington Minnesota where they visited E. F. Habicht and family. Habicht has a splendid trade in his store and roads were good with little car trouble and promising crop prospects noted en route.
Miss Creola O M Hadley daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmo Hadley of Lincoln married LeRoy F Mason in a 6 o'clock ceremony at the home of the officiating pastor Ray E Hunt First Christian church. Only family and out of town relatives attended the nuptials. The bride wore white georgette and carried a shower bouquet of roses with her sister Roby Mason serving as best man. A reception followed at 210 Maeo.
Dr. G. H. Newton of Fairbury Nebraska specializes in eye ear nose and throat. Bert Welle from Endicott attended a Sunday gathering at the Fanders home. Harold Hutchinson of Lincoln visited the parental home on Sunday.
Mrs. J. E. Hayworth of Omaha stayed a day or two with Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Saylor. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Scheely of Salem visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Fanders.
Mr and Mrs George Siemers of Wakefield Kansas visited from Friday to Sunday at the Henry Hula home three miles west of Iller.
Charley Hood and his daughter Mildred traveled five hours to McPaul Indiana on Sunday to visit their brother and uncle Thos Hood for several hours.
Mrs Wm Lueke and her daughter from Sheboygan Wisconsin, cousins of Folker Fandere, visited at his home near Harbine and departed yesterday for Colorado Springs.
Odell plans its second annual picnic one week from next Tuesday August 4 with the Odell band providing music. The program opens at 10 a.m. with a speech from a state agricultural college representative, lunch at noon, activities at 1 30 p.m., baseball races in the afternoon, and a dance at night.
Swift sentence given to Harry M. Hardinger after pleading guilty to carrying concealed weapons. Arrested Thursday evening in Fairbury, he was bound over to district court and received one to two years in the state penitentiary after hearings before County Judge Nutzman and District Judge Moss. He claimed possession of the gun was accidental.
Pawnee City beat Diller 7 to 5 after three early Pawnee runs and a late Diller rally. Diller’s Scrappy Bledsoe hit a eighth inning homer and Rudy Hubka added a three bagger in the seventh. Albert Hubka pitched for Diller while Rudy Hubka joined the battery. Odell band provided pregame and in game music as Holt announces a three day tournament at Fairbury July 24 25 26 with four teams including Diller Fairbury Western and Henover.
Archie Trout accepts a new job in the local store to be opened by E. J. Schenk in Fairbury this August. The arrangement expands local commerce as the unnamed project proceeds toward opening.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Stahl and daughter Ruth and Mr. and Mrs. Will Unger spent Sunday at Riverside Park in Beatrice.
Mrs. Emma Moser, who had visited here with her sister Mrs. Abe Watson and husband, returned Tuesday to her home at Riverton, Nebraska.
Mr and Mrs Harry LaGoorge and their two children of Ola Kansas traveled Wednesday to visit Mrs Susan Brandt the mother of the wife.
Miss Lillian Wohlfarth and Miss Lilian Hutchinson returned Saturday to homes in and near after attending summer school at the State University.
Mr and Mrs W C Green and daughter Cleo and Mrs Ella Gris wold and daughter Eugene traveled to Blue Rapids Kansas to attend the funeral of their cousin and nephew who drowned in the Blue River at Waterville while attempting to save a nine year old companion who also perished.
The Y P C U meeting was well attended last Sunday night though more could have joined. August will feature special meetings with 80 participants invited. Elsie Wedemeyer hosted a Wednesday ice cream party for a select circle, earning praise for custard making.
Tainted doughnuts are thought to have caused ptomaine poisoning resulting in the serious illness of Mrs. Clyde Zook and her five year old son Robert at their home Thursday morning. Dr. W G Rickard attended and stated Friday noon that their condition was improved. Mrs Zook had an appointment downtown shortly before noon Thursday.
Lincoln Journal reports Mr Zook a railroad man and his wife became violently ill with ptomaine poisoning at 10:30 p m and their condition was listed as critical. The Zooks, well known in Diller, visited Lincoln at the home of Mrs S J Thompson. The attending physician noted this as Lincoln’s first serious case in months.
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