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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1920
Page
1
Wheat is heading out for sale and various items for sale and services listed. Entries include horses, piano lessons, barber shop painting, alfalfa for sale, pie plant, and store ad. Local moves include visits, travel to Lincoln and Kansas City, birth of a 124 pound girl near Diller, and bank notice correction.
Two six month old thoroughbred red polled bull calves are listed with owner Arthur Vieths. An advertisement touts A D Acker Optometrist in Fairbury Nebraska for eye care. R F Starr is invited to discuss Eastern Colorado land deals. Rev J Hansen and Mrs Hansen return from Omaha after an operation at Methodist hospital. Rev Grape and wife from near Lanham visit Prairie Home cemetery to see their son’s grave in Diller.
Mr. and Mrs. J W. Fineson of Spokane Washington stopped in Diller on Saturday and stayed until Monday. Mrs. Fineson, known locally as Lena Green, was greeted by many Diller friends they visited while here.
At last Thursday's meeting the M. W. A. named E. E. McCune and S. C. Hutchinson to the picnic committee for the August event at Diller. Rhue Green of Stanton visited before starting summer duties as chautauqua platform manager and was re elected Stanton schools Superintendent for next year.
Mrs. Mary Miller departed Saturday for Detroit Michigan to attend the Degree of Honor supreme lodge session the week of June 7 as a delegate due to her past supreme lodge officer status. She planned short visits en route with relatives at Lincoln and Davenport.
Classified note offers purebred S C White Leghorn eggs for hatching at $1.00 per setting and $5.00 per 100. Satisfaction guaranteed by Mrs. T. C. Henrichs. tf
Memorial and decoration ceremonies were held Sunday at Diller in the M E church and Prairie Home cemetery. Rev C W F King preached a Civil War tribute with three Civil War veterans present. Graves were wreathed by local children and a monument to the unknown dead was dedicated amid special music and prayers. Rev Smith of the M E church gave the afternoon address.
Mr and Mrs Harvey Reed visit with friends at Odell between trains Tuesday afternoon. Found on the Fairbury road just west of Diller an automobile crank not a Ford. Enquire at the Record office and pay 25 cents for this notice.
Cal Waggoner returned Friday from Hastings where the Hastings gun club hosted a state shoot. He won a large solid silver meat platter valued at 40 dollars for high average among 115 shooters, losing only 5 of 275 targets.
Mr and Mrs John Pulec formerly of Diller brought home the body of their daughter Miss Zena Bixby age about 28 who died Monday at their Noel Missouri home from bowel trouble. The funeral was held at the Hartzel residence hosted by aunt F Hartzel with Rev J R Smith officiating and burial in Prairie Home cemetery.
The Children’s Day program by the Presbyterian and Christian Sunday schools is to be held at the Christian church Sunday evening June 6 at 8 o’clock. The program features a processional, choir songs, recitations, piano and vocal numbers, a riddle, and a collection for missions.
Some Dillerites report catching a few good fish in the Little Blue river Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. E. Blauser visited Diller relatives from Saturday until Monday before returning to their home near Lincoln.
Col H R Royle of Beatrice, an auctioneer real estate agent and life insurer, was a Diller visitor Monday and called at this office in a pleasant manner.
Ben Roelf E E McCune and T E Morgan drove to York Nebraska yesterday to inspect an auto dump similar to the Equity Exchange con templates installed in its elevator at Shea.
F. E. Hale, manager for the Diller Shipping Association, sent two hog loads to the St. Joe market Tuesday. Nearly one full load was driven in by John Plager.
Miss Lela Freytag was the guest here first of the week. Her brother F. J. Freytag and family returned her to her home at Havelock Tuesday with Mr. Freytag driving as far as Wymore in his auto.
Mrs Will Knouse and her daughter Frances from Lincoln traveling to California paused here with her niece Mrs H H Green and family while en route to make their home in the west.
Prof Howard B. Smith former superintendent of Diller schools and his wife left yesterday for Peru after visiting at Diller and Steele City. Smith taught last year at Orleans and will stay there another year.
For sale one purebred red Short horn bull of serviceable age and one good milch cow. Also cabbage and tomato plants. Contact W S Ellison. 2t
Specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture advise cultivating corn to keep down weeds and maintain a loose soil mulch until the corn grows. Frequent cultivations are needed when weekly rains crust the soil, breaking crust and restoring mulch to prevent moisture loss. Using double cultivators widened and driving astride alternating rows halves the time to restore mulch after rain.
Diller markets report corrected weekly grain quotes listing Wheat No 2 hard at 2.75 dollars per bushel Corn No 8 shelled at 0.82 and New Oats at 1.00 per bushel, with Thursday update.
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