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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1924
Page
3
The notice lists events for Wednesday and Thursday August 13 and 14 in Diller. It notes business is not great but may improve, a common local remark. Herald Hutchinson of Lincoln visited Decoration Day with his parents Mr and Mrs S C Hutchinson.
Mrs John Hilder returns Tuesday evening from Wymore where she visited her sons George and Charley Hilder and families. Miss Beulah Thompson, former Diller schools teacher, left yesterday to enter summer school at the State University.
Miss Alice Line, a student at Stephens College in Columbia Missouri, came home Wednesday evening to begin the summer vacation.
Carl Schmuelle and his family planned to start their car journey yesterday, heading to Yellowstone National Park then on to Portland and other Pacific coast cities.
A special train of Mystic Shriners from Denver passed over the Burlington Division about 4 o'clock Monday morning en route to Kansas City for a Shriners meeting.
Henry Kanter of Idaho Falls Idaho stopped here Saturday to visit old acquaintances on his way back from St Louis where he had gone to buy goods for his three Idaho stores.
Mr and Mrs Will Kennedy from north of Fairbury attended the memorial day exercises. Mrs Kennedy was formerly Miss Adeline Miller of Diller. Reports indicate many financial obligations are being paid this spring, suggesting Jefferson County residents pay when able and when prices are favorable for their goods.
Henry J. Schmidt Odell represented on Wednesday’s market with two cattle loads at St Joe Stock Yards. A short load of well fattened Short horn steers fed by Dr. Claude Ellis sold for top money, averaging 1381 pounds and $10.35 per hundredweight. Dr. Ellis, a Diller dentist with a livestock operation near Blue Springs, Neb. Beatrice Sun.
Dr W S Diller of Luray Kansas and Pauline King a Luray public school teacher were married recently and on a bridal trip. They planned visits in Exeter Nebraska with his parents siblings and other relatives before traveling to Diller and returning to see more family.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Carr of Fairbury attended memorial day exercises last Friday. Audry Diller, a student at the State University in Lincoln, returned home Monday for summer vacation.
Farmers anticipate bountiful harvests and higher market prices this year, aiming to improve income after years of limited returns. Analysts note weather and demand factors may influence yields and farm incomes across regions.
Miss Mary Bracken of Chadron Nebraska visits Steele City with her sister Miss Erma Franzen and other relatives and friends.
Chas Brandt travels Sunday as a Burlington passenger heading to Pueblo Colorado to visit a daughter and family and to Three Forks Montana to visit a son and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Hoyt of Omaha visit Mrs. L. J. Upson southeast of Diller. Hoyt works as a clerk for the U. S. Supreme Court in Omaha.
Buyers Harry Weddle and John Leaper announce purchase of hogs at Diller every Saturday and Tuesday before noon. Prices set at 60 cents per 100 pounds under the St. Joseph market for all hog classes.
Eloise, daughter of Mr and Mrs J Smith Diller, had an operation at their home Tuesday night. Dr Tucker of Beatrice assisted by Dr Diehl performed the procedure. She is reported to be getting along nicely.
Mr and Mrs George Renz drove to Brock Nebraska on Wednesday after a telephone message notified them of the death of Eliza Plager age 70. She was an aunt of John and Will Plager and had been well known in the area, once living with the Renz couple.
Qualified voters of District No. 70 Diller Jefferson County Nebraska are called to hold the annual school meeting at the district school on June 9 at 8 p m The meeting will vote on raising 12000 by taxation to cover the next school year's expenses as required by law Sec 6801 Revised Statutes amended by chapter 121 session laws of Nebraska 1917 Board of Education Dist No 70
James Pickard and Ruth Bowers of Diller married Wednesday afternoon in Marysville Kansas. The ceremony was performed at the parsonage by a Methodist minister with Mr and Mrs S F Clark as witnesses. Mrs Bowers, longtime chief at Diller Telephone central, will resign July 1. Mr Pickard is a respected village blacksmith. They have begun housekeeping on Castor Street and receive many congratulations.
Diller won the ball game played Sunday against Powell by a score of 4 to 5. Loyal Henrichs suffered a badly lacerated thumb while working with farm machinery on Tuesday. Miss Averil Fouts returned home Monday from Scottsbluff where she taught domestic science last year.
Miss Evelyn Whitfin of Lewiston visited Wednesday friend Miss Lillian Wohlfarth. They were associate teachers in Beatrice schools last year.
Chautauqua opens with junior activities under Miss Warthen and a crowd of youngsters forming a town with officers, parades, picnics, and a big pageant American Knighthood. Hart Jenks Players present a comedy drama and later The Gorilla. Loveless Quartette perform and Dr Nation lectures Chips Off the Old Block. Evening concludes with Friendly Enemies. Sunday services at 9:45 and 11.
A water power electric plant is to be built about five miles north of Fairbury this summer. Wm Kassebaum's Hebron company has bought 48 acres on the Little Blue River and plans a dam and powerhouse with farm-line expansion, aiming for a large, long term operation. The project follows prior land deals and legislative considerations.
Washington county Nebraska county agent Arnold Fouts visited Monday evening at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs J W Fouts in Blair.
Local residents report visits and gatherings across Fairbury Beatrice Odell Wilbur Endicott Endicott events include Decoration day services and family visits. Notable names include Sara Donnelly Roy and Vera Kuhns the McCune Riddle Logan Wagner Novotny Specht and Stull families with social elsure at homes and church activities.
A narrator who once lied easily vows to speak only truth after a romance promises honesty. When asked for a wedding gift, he must name the gift, and the answer reveals a comic twist about truth and desire. The joke plays on the vow to be truthful.
A playful scene unfold as a man escorts a young woman believed to be a bride onto a train. He bids her farewell loudly, then departs. The woman, nervous, whispers a message to a porter who reveals the man is in the smoking compartment.
A widower laments being the sixth man to propose to the same girl. She replies with a wry retort suggesting he wears a wedding ring during his seventh proposal, hinting at better luck with commitment.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine has over four decades of use in treating catarrh. It describes an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic that acts through the bloodstream to reduce inflammation of mucous surfaces. The makers are listed as All Drug, Honey & Toledo, Ohio.
Minnesota lands offer diversified farming including stock raising dairying and all classes of grains with corn clover timothy vegetables and small fruits. Trade is welcome with local emphasis by Benton County Real Estate Co. Sauk Rapids Minn.
The article notes that gorillas chimpanzees and orangutans lack cheek pouches and naked spaces at the base of the trunk and share a knuckle-walking gait. It adds that gorillas spend more time in trees, build a simple shelter, and sleep with their backs to tree trunks for safety.
An aged man confronts an angler about private waters but admits it would be miracle to land a fish. The scene unfolds by a cold stream as the unlikely exchange hints at impossible luck and persistence in fishing.
London reports the Royal Institution discourse revisits Laplace nebular theory and supports a sun disturbance event as the origin of planets. Prof Pickering speculates the Moon split from a solid early Earth 7 million years ago with a dramatic South Pacific tear and rings forming from debris.
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