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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1925
Page
1
Annual school meeting due next Monday at 8 p m. Mr Calloway of Fairbury visited Tuesday at Mrs T C Rand's home. Reward offered for a lost black traveling hag near Diller. Edwin Palm berg Hebron Nebr.
Mrs. Ladimer Lukas reports 85 chickens killed in Monday storm, leaving 800 survivors. C H Cully warns against ice between 10 and 12 on Sunday mornings.
Miss Beulah Thompson departed Sunday to Lincoln to visit her uncle Clyde Zook at his home.
Mildred Tucker left yesterday for Kearney to attend Teachers College during the summer session.
Miss Carrie Hughes of Summerfield Kansas arrived Sunday for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hollingsworth.
Miss Sheron chief operator of Wymore hosted dinner Wednesday with Mrs T C Rand chief operator at Diller telephone.
Mrs Henderson, a Washington D C postal department employee, called on Tuesday to visit Mrs T C Rand.
Milt Fry arrived Tuesday from North Platte to visit his mother Mrs. Emma Fry and other Diller relatives. He traveled via Omaha where he had marketed a load of cattle.
Mrs. Sarah Witty and her grandson Dean traveled from Vliets Kansas arriving Sunday to visit Mrs. R. W. Green and attend the local chautauqua during their stay.
Clarence Thompson of Ellis will visit J A Pickard and family. He will attend Peru Normal this year and has been re-elected principal of Arcadia schools with a salary increase.
Mies May Morriz, en route from Arapahoe where she taught at a local school and visited the Plager family, resumed her journey and arrived back at her Stella Nebraska residence on Wednesday.
Mrs. Mattie Clark traveled from Guide Rock to visit friends and then proceed to Filley to be with her ailing father Mr. Millard Thompson. She departed after receiving word of his illness.
H. K. Shutt and family came back Sunday from visiting Mrs. Shutt's parents in St. Edwards Nebraska. They note good driving most of the way home with occasional rain and hail, but their new Chevrolet sedan protected them and never failed during the round trip.
Mr and Mrs J W Fouts made a brief trip to Omaha returning Friday. Benford Bell ex Auburn school principal spends part of vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs H A Bell. Eleanor Diehl offers music lessons at home this summer.
Mrs Charley Hilder and her children who had visited here with her mother Mrs Susan Brand returned Tuesday noon to their home in Wymore after traveling west.
Oliver Diehl and Harold Bowers, state university students from Diller, finished exams and returned home Wednesday for summer vacation. They will leave Saturday to begin their season with the Standard Chautauqua System.
A local ad urges homeowners to apply a fresh coat of paint or varnish for better appearance and surface protection. It notes higher initial cost but longer life, and promotes Martin Senours 100 percent pure Lead and Zinc paints sold by Cornbelt Lumber Co.
The funeral for John Glathar, who died Tuesday after a long stomach cancer illness, was conducted at his Diller home at 2 pm and later at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church with Rev. Otto Bergfelder and Rev. Klinger officiating. Burial followed in Prairie Home cemetery.
The area enjoyed frequent showers with one or two good rains and some hail over the past week. Wind caused little damage, though a few corn fields were washed out or buried. Hail struck southeast of town, damaging wheat and oats while corn remained largely unharmed.
The Diller chautauqua opened Wednesday afternoon for a five day session under favorable auspices. The superintendent Junior leader tent crew and first day entertainers impressed visitors and ticket sales are strong. Afternoon and evening programs are planned for the week with union Sunday school and church services in the forenoon. The Kiddies Circus and the Cochran Co. will perform in the afternoon and the play Grumpy in the evening.
A town Decoration Day program in Diller drew large crowds as a procession from the city hall moved to Prairie Home cemetery. The event, under Sons of Veterans and American Legion auspices, featured flowers for graves, patriotic singing, an invocation, and Rev. W. F. Clark’s address reflecting on America’s wars and the nation’s history.
A speaker urges abolishing war, proposing a treaty to renounce war, create a new international code where war is a crime, and form a global court. He calls for a conference of nations, a drafting convention, and universal adoption to end war and promote democracy.
A group from Lincoln and nearby towns including Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Stotts and Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Weigel with their son, C. L. E. Blauser, Prof. E. G. Limprecht and family, and others visited for Decoration Day events and to visit relatives and friends on Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Roy Roelfs began a Friday motor journey to Rochester Minnesota to consult the Mayo Bros about his health condition.
The Diller ball team lost 12 to 2 last Sunday against the American Legion at Fink's Park in Wymore. The next game is planned for Sunday against Plymouth on the local diamond.
Allen Folkers exhibited a pair of small coyotes in town Tuesday on his farm southeast of town. Four coyotes were seen during the event with one shot and one killed in the capture. Folkers asked whether any bounty was offered for scalps.
Will Madden and daughter Elizabeth of Ni. Wat. Colo. stopped Thursday on their way home from College View Nebr. where Elizabeth was in the graduating class. Madden, once a resident, greeted old friends. Elizabeth will teach next year at Enterprise Kan. They left Sunday for Colorado.
Voters are notified that the annual meeting of School District No 7 in Diller Jefferson County Nebraska will be held in the district school on June 8 at 8 pm. The meeting will consider raising 12000 by tax to cover the next school year's expenses per law. Board of Education Dist No 70.
Local market notes show improved grain prices and strong butter demand. Trade signals cautious buyers as weather outlook and harvest progress influence futures. Prices listed reflect modest gains amid steady supply.
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