Local notes capture rain, weddings, and small town goods
In Diller district updates include measles affecting Lottman children, Cornbelt Lumber promos, repairs offered by Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop, and Zion Lutheran Church picnic announced for Sunday June 24. Several residents travel, harvest contends with rain, and Odell school board bars home teachers and married women from teaching after this year.
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Zion Lutheran Church
Diller
S. S
Odell
Fire works ban posted on Diller main street
Village Board prohibits firing fire crackers or fireworks on Main Street and adjacent blocks in Diller. Ches Waggoner, Clerk, issues the order.
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Village Board
Ches. &. Waggoner
New Books Placed in Diller Library Shelf Selections
Library notes list new arrivals at Diller Library including Lindbergh Giants of the Earth Ravens The Broad Highway A Kentucky Cardinal Allen Tom Brown at Oxford Two Years Before the Mast A Christmas Carol Dickene Enchanted Canyon Willete Lydia of the Pines Al Exit Betty Larts Showboat Ferber Fanny Hereeilf Ferber Prudence Daughter Hueaton and others in recent acquisitions.
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Diller
Coeeekus S
Lindbergh
Kentucky
Allen Tom Brown
Oxford
Dickene
Lydia of the Pines
Larts Showboat
Ferber
Fanny Hereeilf
Prudence
Hueaton
Local Diller Notes Include Visitors and Chautauqua Support
Neighbors and relatives visit across Diller. Mrs Gee Ball and three children from Henry Nebraska travel with Diller kin. Edna Jobman of Beatrice visits sister Mrs Sickolts. Rex A Green family return from Lincoln trip. Sufficient W contract signatures assure another chautauqua next year. Genevieve Miller from Lincoln visits Aunt Mrs Elli. Eleanor Diehl hosts Floyd Randolph of Lincoln for dinner. Mrs F B S suffers a fall and hip injury near her son’s home. Naoma June born to Mr and Mrs J R Snyder at their new home. Oliver Diehl, Omaha insurance worker, weekends with father Dr C C Diehl.
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Naoma
J. R. Snyder
Diller
Snyder
Quinn
Wheat Fields Yellowing Indicate Imminent Harvest
Wheat fields show yellowing signaling an approaching harvest season. Growers anticipate machinery work as ripening grains reach peak readiness across the region.
Beatrice Diller Picnic Planned at Chautauqua Park
Beatrice and Diller residents plan a July 4 picnic at Chautauqua Park in Beatrice with friends joining in. Attendees are asked to bring a picnic supper.
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Beatrice-Diller
Chautauqua Park
Beatrice
Diller
Man Promoted in Navy Medical Department
Allen Nelson of Washington has passed the examination and earned a promotion in the medical department general dispensary. The Steele City Press notes his seven years in service and calls the advancement well deserved, reflecting his merit and ambition in the field.
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Steele City
Onke Franzen
Diller
Navy Department
Washington
Allen O. Nelson
Liar in Oklahoma Describes Extreme Sandstorm Legend
An Oklahoma figure spins a tale of a sandstorm so fierce that prairie dogs faced a dilemma of digging down or up. The anecdote highlights regional folklore about severe dust and wind.
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Oklahoma
Community sale week notice from Sam Thompson
A community sale week is announced for Saturday in June. About 60 sacks of No 1 eating tees remain at 1.00 each while supplies last. Also cut prices on chick mash. Sam Thompson urges residents to call and list their articles for billing.
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Sam Thompson
Ethel Woods Honored as Lincoln Camp Fire Girls Executive Secretary
Ethel May Woods elected executive secretary of the Lincoln council of Camp Fire Girls. She lives in Diller Nebraska and succeeds Esther Blankenship, who resigns to take a similar post in Stockton California. Woods previously taught art at Whittier Junior High and Fairbury, bringing long local teaching experience to the organization.
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Ethel May Woods
Lincoln Council of Camp Fire Girls
Diller
Neb
Esther Blankenship
Stockton
Calif
Woods
Miss Blanke
Miss Woods
Whittier Junior High
Lincoln
Fair
Fairbury
Clark Reunion Hosts Diller Family Gathering at Inspiration Point
A Pioneer Diller family reunion of the Samuel Clark line was held Sunday at Inspiration Point in Santa Monica California. Relatives from Los Angeles San Pedro San Bernardino and Fremont Nebr gathered for dinner by sycamore trees and a beach plunge after the meal.
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Samuel Clark
Inspiration Point
Santa Monica
Calif
Jim Clark
Mason Alexander
Los Angeles
Lir
Wallace Clark
Orville Snow
San Pedro
Snow Aas
Berenice
Agnes Clark Diller
Eunice Diller Martin
San Bernardino
C. W. McKinney
Ino
Bernardina
Barbara
M. B. Fish
Three Oe
Boas
Jess
Einen
Kennedy Bobby
Bill
Faurtury Nebr
Diller Grain Market Becomes Local News Brief
Grain market update for Diller shows activity with bids and prices cited. Local traders report steady demand, with positions held by area sellers and buyers awaiting futures movement.
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Citizens State Bank
Fred Lottman
Cornbelt Lumber Co
Saturay
Coiller, Nebr
Binder
E M. Crocker
Mrs. Homer
Brunk
Rex A. Green
Will Green
Willard Anderson
Kansas City
Ira Anderson
Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop and Shining Parlor
Bonham Theatre
Sarah Warman
James Bristor
Wymore
Ab Bristor
Clifford Sparks
H. H. Green
Harold Hutchinson
Omaha
Mrs
S. C. Hutchinson
J. C. Turner
Hiram Packer
C. C. Wallick
Claude Ellie
Verda
Larmie
Wyo
Library Notes
the Cully Grocery
Alaska
Minnesota
Cc. H. Cully
Edna Jobman
Ben Sickolts
Genevieve Miller
Claude Elli
Eleanor Diehl
Mr. Floyd Randolph
Lin@eln
F. B.S
John Senior
Oliver Diehl
C. C. Diehl
Ansbacher
Arsenate
Paris Green
H. K. Shutt
Rexall
Archie R. Trout
Ethel Woods
Clark
Diller Grain Market
Bea
Sansan
Brown
P & G Soap
Watch Dog Lye
Prince Albert
Farmer’s Union Cash Store
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