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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1920
Page
3
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Earl Stull Bethel Cole on July Std Mrs Ella Daniels and children were Burlington passengers yesterday for Beatrice The grain market on first page should read wheat 2 25 corn 1 36 and oats 60
Harley Dunn arrived Monday from New York City for a visit with his sister Mrs. H Z Diller and family.
H. D. Bugbee came back Friday after finishing a summer course at the State Normal school in Peru.
Miss Ruby Smith returned Saturday from attending the summer school at Wesleyan University in University Place.
Ralph Erickson and his friend Dr. W S Diller visited the area and returned Monday to their home in Marquette Kansas. An advertisement notes eye care by A D Ackerman in Fairbury Nebraska and references a saying about self-reliance with a jackknife.
Mr and Mrs Cal Waggoner and children and Mrs Chas Waggoner visited friends in Fairbury on Monday. They were accompanied home by Mrs VAS Raymond and daughter Donna Jane who visited briefly with Diller relatives.
Investigation finds no real price reductions on new cars in Omaha. Authors report manufacturers have temporarily deferred planned price increases, offering a glimmer of relief for buyers.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine with a $100 reward for proof of efficacy. It emphasizes curing catarrh by targeting the disease’s foundation and claims lasting relief, citing testimonials and endorsements from Cheney & Co. and other sources.
Mrs. Mary Sandman and a child visited yesterday at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. W A Snyder. Rudolph Zweifel and son Henry of Fairbury were in town Monday to see their old Steele City friend Mr. Gus Dressen.
Mrs. Mary Miller travels Sunday to stay for a few weeks with her daughter Mrs. Will Kennedy, located north of Fairbury.
The Jansen chautauqua began Wednesday and runs through Sunday offering the same talent lineup as Diller’s appearance from September 2 to 6.
Miss Esther Guthrie, who had visited here with her aunt Mrs. J Smith Diller, left yesterday for her home in Lincoln after a trip to Guide Rock.
results include F. W. Frisbie northeast of Diller with 29 acres at 40 bushels per acre Herman Sexel northwest of Diller 27 acres at 900 bushels Cloyd Cully southwest of Diller 85 acres at 35 bushels per acre Farmers report strong yields across small plots and larger fields within the region.
Dr and Mrs O C Diehl reached home Wednesday night by auto from Chicago where the doctor had taken a post graduate course in medicine. They reported fine roads and a smooth trip home in good time.
Mrs F D Darr and her daughter Mrs Gev Myers drove to Fairbury on Wednesday to see their son and brother C E Darr who is hospitalized there. They found him very ill but hopeful he can recover without an operation this time.
Funeral services for the late Mrs LeRoy Payne were conducted last Friday in Odell with burial in Odell cemetery. She died at her Lincoln home recently and was the mother of Mrs Ada Cully of Diller, now living in Lincoln. Mrs Payne lived in Odell for many years before moving to Lincoln.
Mrs. Fred Clark and her son Everett attended the funeral of Geo Bailey, uncle of Mrs. Clark, at Clausson Chapel in Beatrice on Wednesday. Bailey, aged 87, had lived in Diller at times with his brother in law Geo Pickard before dying Sunday evening at Green Gables in Lincoln. The York Republican notes Nebraska speed limits on country roads and cautions motorists to follow laws to avoid penalties or license revocation for repeated offenses.
Miss Pearl Diller returns from a month with sister Mrs. Gertrude Bradley in Oklahoma City Clifford. Shattick recently discharged from the U S Navy visits his sister Mrs. Gen Marshall and family in town. Dr. Wm Weigel rests at his parents home after appendicitis surgery in Beatrice. H A Bell family moved into a new modern bungalow near the German Lutheran church.
Loren Hale and relatives from Abbott Colorado arrived in Diller last Friday to visit with the Hale and Colman families including Mrs. Marie Miller who has been living with them.
Miss Ruth Conniff of Lincoln and her friend Henry Creath stop here Wednesday with uncles C E and C L Waggoner and families en route to Clyde Kansas to visit his sister. The Record publishes the opening chapter of The Mystery of Hartley House as the new serial. The start was delayed due to a misprint repeating Lady Larkspur.
The Fairchild Brick & Clay Product company in Endicott began operation Monday turning out 45 000 brick daily with a 125 000 dollar capital and 100 000 brick per day capacity. Stockholders include Jefferson county men and Herman Fairchild. The machinery is modern and powered by the Fairbury light and water plant. Workmen started testing two years ago, finding quality suitable for brick and securing sufficient stock. The plant will employ about one hundred men.
A home remedy from Fred G. Person of Colorado Agricultural College explains packing a large stone jar in a box of wet sand and shading it. Keep the sand thoroughly wet around and under the jar with a tight cover to preserve milk and butter in hot weather.
The Yankee Robinson Three Ring Wild Animal Circus comes to Beatrice on Monday August 2 with two shows and a parade. The program features 10 polar bears, trained seals, jungle beasts, a camel act, and 30 clowns led by Eddie Nathers and Roy Barrett. Performances at 2 and 8 pm, with a pre-show menagerie visit.
Mr and Mrs G L Hughes who had visited at his parents home Mr and Mrs J L Hughes returned Wednesday to their home at Broken Bow Nebraska.
Quinter Fry comes back from Lincoln after an appendicitis operation and shows nearly full recovery. Rev. J R Smith preached at Rock Creek and Diller then returned to University Place to attend a church school for rural pastors.
Mr and Mrs MaCage Wright and Fred Foltz returned Tuesday from Neal Missouri where they disposed of all their property to again make their home at Diller.
Federal Judge A B Anderson of Indiana addresses a naturalization candidate with socialist leanings. He argues utilities cannot be run by the government or politics would dominate and development would stop. The owner must have a real stake to ensure growth and public service.
A plea urges readers to subscribe rather than borrow the Record. It describes neighbors sharing issues, asks borrowers to wait until paying households finish reading, and invites locals to subscribe while noting editors and the paper.
A poem laments modern labor life and Bolshevik fever, arguing that collective action breeds isolation and disillusion. The narrator scorns slogans like spend save knock and wait, warning that pre-war values fade as society mutates. References to the Nation's dump New York Sun appear as a cultural coda.
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