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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1909
Page
5
Passenger schedule fragment lists local and through services with times 4 42 a m 12 28 p m 5 00 p m and 8 86 a m daily. References to No 14 through No 66 local passenger trains indicate a dated timetable snippet for Burlington route.
Dr Leach dentist in Fairbury. Geo Morrin returned from Wyoming yesterday. A June wedding planned for S Ato. Peter Gill 31. Blue Bell cream separator advertised at J O Blauser. Mr and Mrs J Stucker to visit relatives in Oklahoma and Texas next Wednesday. Mrs F D Carr Mrs Geo M Myera and Mrs A A Kirk visited county seat Wednesday. Mrs W Kerns and daughter Ima visiting Mrs H H Beckwith. Mica Sarah Colama returned home from Johnson Nebraska after teaching winter. J B Zouk moved to Fairbury to run McDonnell rooming house. Bill known as fine maid and June bride. Rocky Mountain Tea promoted at Neelys Pharmacy. Stray dishes from school picnic left at office. Water-works proposition to be voted on in eighteen days. Eclipse of sun on the 11th will bring early evening if sky clear. Do not miss solar eclipses according to Blue Springs Sentinel.
Hsg D R Kelley came home Sunday from the unveiling of a Pennsylvania soldiers monument in Petersburg Virginia where he served in the war of rebellion He kept a promise to bring the editor a souvenir a bullet and a shell fragment dug from the old fort near the site called Old Fort Hill On the way he visited relatives in Saxton Pa and enjoyed the trip
Local items report a lunar eclipse viewership last night. John W. Miller notes cement walkway work this week. Woodmen plan Saturday night candidate gathering. A birth in Harbine Nebraska. Mag 3iet a 10 pound girl born to Mr and Mrs Geo Arnold. Rees and Oake return from Beatrice visit. A E Price and wife return from Kansas City trip. First National Bank receives new gold coins. For sale a Shorthorn bull calf ready for service. Colman divorce granted with $700 alimony and child custody and support set to age 16.
Mr and Mrs Ed Ogden visited her parents the McManes and returned to Wymore where he works for the Burlington. A barger crowd attended Decoration Day at Diller with over fifty conveyances lining the way to the cemetery. The graves of all soldiers were decorated and a mound for the unknown dead. A threatening storm caused dismissal and the addresses will be printed in the Record.
Debate over funding a water works investigation in Tobias stalls as no report is produced. Critics urge acceptance of the offer to avoid public harm and highlight benefits seen in similar towns. Also notes births, visits, and local residents moving and building plans.
The notice says high market price for cream with same day cash upon delivery. It mentions a Babcock cream tester and in house testing, Colman promoting a strong South Bend drive and selling watches, including four in a week with one to Mr Lightner, all in Diller. It also notes Mrs Hilda Spillman visiting Hartland Wisconsin relatives Mr and Mrs Paul Stange in Redondo, California.
The Record notes three more miles of good roads added to the six miles graded by the Dille good roads committee. Starting at Grider's corner 14 miles northeast of town on the county line, the route runs one mile north one mile east and one mile north across lands owned by J. W. Fouts and BE. bh. Loock, with both paying their share. Warren Hogg, supervisor of Elm township, oversees the work, and Elm township contributes one fourth of the labor. Residents along the line running east from Behreod's corner may share in the cost and labor.
The Diller public schools announce that the following pupils passed the eighth grade examination and received diplomas: Gertrude Diller, Richiie Green, Earl Snyder, Mignon Hale, Gretchen Wohlforth, Gertrude Carey, Edwin Reinhart, Max Bodell, Averil Fouts, Bell Sparks, Esther Gireene and Bell Line. Plus a No-drip Coffee Strainer Coupon offer from Dr. Shoop of Racine Wisconsin with Health Coffee promotion.
Viola Effie Holland, born March 6 1908, died March 28 1909 at home two miles south of Diller from pneumonia. Funeral held Saturday at 1 PM at home officiated by Rev. Armstrong. burial in Steele City cemetery beside her twin Violet Lena who died December 29 1908. The Holland family receives community sympathy.
Invitations sent out for a Saturday party at Mrs. Fasnacht's home four miles southeast of Diller. Twenty three young people attended including Lilliag Melson Elizabeth Brandt Minnie Martin Sophia Oberst Clara Oberst Grace Madden Anna Murray Mary Murray Mrs Alvin Pasco Emma Slocum Estella Hilder Mise Perry George Hilder James Fairbank Lawrence Madden Elmer Brandt Earl Slocum John Murry Cloyd Cully Michael Murry Alvin Pasco and Roy Nelson. Refreshments were served games were r os and music provided by Mike Perry Lucy Grace Madden and Frank Fasnacht.
Mrs. Mel Patton of Fairbury visited Diller relatives between trains Wednesday. Bath tub lavatories and sinks at Pickard and Son’s under promotion. Try Black Cat hole proof socks at Loock’s at half price. they wear longer.
Special notice states a photograph gallery opens weekly. Western plans to issue bonds recently voted to fund a water-works system similar to the one at To bias and the proposed system at Diller if bonds pass.
The ad promises a free trial test and a complimentary book from Dr. Shoop for rheumatic pain relief. It claims the book explains how Shoop's Remedy liquid or tablets quickly kill pain and invites readers to send no money to receive the book from Racine Wisconsin.
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