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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1929
Page
5
Bank advertises loans on acceptable security and urges customers to borrow only if they can base the loan on solid collateral. It warns against borrowing from unreliable sources or to friends and emphasizes careful lending standards and responsible obligations.
Community notes list August events from Jeff Co S and S picnic to state fair in Nebraska. Also local services A Moon & Son monuments in Fairbury and Cassell Oil Co fuel offerings. Medical brief mentions Mrs Lewis hand improving. Educational quip about Teeland and Teucher.
The Fairbury shoe repair business will stay open Saturdays until 9 p.m. The shop is located next to Bonham Theatre and invites customers to bring in repairs on weekend evenings.
Local ad offers painting for houses and buildings with free estimate. Rolf Beckman of Diller Nebraska quotes high grade materials and first class work. Contact by phone at number 4 for estimates.
Jansen Lumber Company lists bargain prices for used tractors and machinery including McDag, Farmall, Deere, Twin City and Fordson models. Also offered are plows, gang mowers, mule teams, and two 160 acre farms for sale with contact at Ph. 13 Jansen.
Diller area notes report tornado insurance discussed at Diller State Bank. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ashcraft hosted visitors last week including Mrs. D A Applebee of Kansas City. Mrs. J A Ramsey traveled home to Beatrice after a stay with George and Mrs. Riddle. Lincon visitors E L Dougherty stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Grone and local relatives.
The 4-H Cooking Club will display work at Shutt's Drug Store Saturday afternoon July 27. The group invites the public to view the display and mentions a future food sale event.
The paper invites readers to share everyday events and unusual happenings to inform the public. Citizens are urged to report visits departures from town and any notable happenings during the day. Information should be communicated to help inform the community.
The piece argues that broader area reach matters more than sheer readers. A weekly publication with 500 to 600 copies in a local community is more valuable than a distant daily with only a small local audience.
Mrs A O Richardson entertained the NRC ladies at her home on Tuesday afternoon July 23 with twelve members five children and two visitors Mrs Harvey Garrels and Mrs Arthur Kunecke A hostess introduced a contest won by Mrs Weaver with first prize and Mrs Hazel Richardson with low prize A luncheon followed at four bells Next meeting will be with Mrs Will Amos on July 30
Two darkies discuss the sun versus the moon, arguing that daylight is brighter and that the moon deserves credit for its night light. They debate which light is more useful, sun during day and moon at night.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Flash of Lincoln visited the Saylor family Saturday and stayed until Sunday evening. Mrs. Flash is a cousin of Mrs. Saylor.
Mr and Mrs Vern Starr traveled by car from Waco Texas arriving Wednesday to visit his brother R F Starr and other relatives in the Diller vicinity.
Mrs Emil Tarnow, seriously injured by a fall last week, remains in Fairbury hospital. Her hip was dislocated by the incident, and she is reported to be getting along satisfactorily.
Passers by and a field worker’s boy found the DeBoer home one mile west of Diller burning Monday afternoon. They fought the blaze and kept it from spreading while the family was away.
Mr and Mrs Chas Crinklaw of this city attended the marriage of Donald Hughes and Leona Staley of Steele City performed the 14th inst in Marysville Kansas. They accompanied the couple on a honeymoon trip to St Joseph Missouri.
Mr H Z Diller and wife with daughter Pearl of Lincoln and their daughter Mrs P Bradley and sons Billy and Frank of Detroit Mich visited Mrs Willis Clark in Lincoln with Mr Russel Lowell and Miss Hazel Clark of Tacoma Wash for a Sunday dinner.
Dwain Beckwith son of Paul Beckwith suffered cuts to head and neck from shattered windshield when a Ford driven by Emil Krebs boy struck a tree. Local physician dressed the wounds.
Mr and Mrs Henry Frisbie and Mr and Mrs Will Bond and daughter Gene returned from a week long vacation through Colorado Springs Pikes Peak Denver Lookout Mountain Ft Collins Boulder Estes Park and a day at the Cheyenne roundup On the return they visited Mrs Bonds sister at Cassel Nebraska
Winnie Calkins with her husband Glenn and son left Monday for home in Washington after a pleasant visit with daughter Mrs. Oliver Farrow and family. They planned to stop in northern parts of the state and the kotas then pass through Yellowstone park. The Calkins former residence was west of Diller where they met many old friends and neighbors.
Harry S Tincher 65 longtime Odell resident and drug business operator died Sunday in a Lincoln hospital after a lingering illness. Funeral was held Wednesday from his Odell home. He leaves son Sidney A Tincher two sisters Mrs O F Rigdon Fairbury and Mrs Mamie Wright Eric Cole two brothers Frank E Fairbury and R E Odell burial in Odell cemetery.
The county holds an essay contest for Nebra ska 4-H members with the top five advancing to the State Fair final. Submissions limit 2 500 words and entries must be mailed to Raymond Nixon, Fairbury, before August 1. Five prizes total 50 dollars per place. inquiries to Nixon, Asst. Co Ext Agent.
Miss Mabel Jackson, a guest of her sister Mrs. O J Mayborn, returned to Lincoln after several days with family. Mr and Mrs John Pulee and Mr and Mrs Erven Pool of Steele City visited Shenandoah Ia and traveled to Nebraska City Saturday night.
The Diller Farmers Grain Co reports shipping 17 000 bushels of wheat since the new crop began moving. Local crop yields are described as light this year, possibly half the amount of last year.
Yesterday prices for grain ranged Wheat 1.17 corn 84 to 88 oats 45 cream 37 eggs 22 heavy hens 2lc springs 27c roosters 1c. The attendance list at the Cap Fairchild home lawn party near Endicott omitted Mr and Mrs Everett Clark and Mr and Mrs Harry Thompson and their families from last week’s Record report.
Hazel Clark of Tacoma Washington departed Diller yesterday with her brother Fred Clark and family to join motor friends en route home after visiting the east. Diller folks enjoyed Pink's visit and invite another. R M Harris and wife returned from Beaver City where he pastors a Christian church for a visit with Diller friends and to attend chautauqua.
Henry Ellis sustained a serious head injury when a low hanging telephone wire snagged his rack triggering the team. A board struck his right temple, giving him a black eye. a local physician treated him and he traveled to town the next morning. Leonard Richardson was present during the incident.
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