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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1927
Page
5
The snippet blends animal imagery with local items including farm wheat harvest in southern Kansas and a M W A meeting schedule. It lists services and contacts for painting and paper hanging, a July 4th celebration for Steele City, and a note on breadwinning by American women over fifteen. It also mentions medical notes and local travelers, with several Beatrice and Hastings Nebr. references.
Mrs. B F Henrichs and her children moved from Fairbury to Diller on Tuesday and are occupying the Clark residence near the Federated church. Her father Geo Hilder will make his home with her hereafter.
Mrs. Agnes Freeman of Gage county near Beatrice is hospitalized here with a fractured hip. The 83 year old is reported not quite so well, but expected to recover in time. Beat Rice Sun.
The $17,000 stock from Jenkins-Crooks and Cramer & Grossman has been released from keeper and turned to Referee R. E. Riley. It will be advertised for sale at auction on Tuesday June 28 and proceeds split among creditors of the two firms.
Dr G H Newton of Fairbury announces ophthalmic services while Deputy Ray E Eaton checks fire risks in Diller. W C Line installs a Delco lighting plant 24 miles north. F A Moon Co Monuments prices listed in Fairbury. Church items noted for local interest. tourists now favor goats on running boards for milk.
Mrs. F. W. Merriman, visiting since Saturday at the home of her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Frank T Pearce, departed Monday via St Joseph Mo for Racine Wisconsin. She planned brief calls with old friends at Wymore and Tecumseh along the way.
Fairbury Nebraska post office to be rated first class July 1. Local receipts last year ranged between 40 000 and 41 000 dollars. Postmaster Lyndon Thornton salary rises from 3000 to 3200 dollars and assistant Bert Ballard will receive 2600 dollars. Growth driven by Rasse Wholesale Grocery company and related wholesale business.
Fairbury Neb June 18 Superintendents for the Jefferson county high schools have been employed. The list includes W E Scott Fairbury E J Culles Plymouth Guy Watkins Daykin Clarence Ziettlow Powell Francis Kroll Helvey Margaret Brown Bower Arthur Nelson Reynolds Qeark Smith Endicott G V Cassler Steele City L H Sickman Diller Donald Thompson Jansen and Ralph Collister Harbine.
A 1927 Chautauqua report lists guarantors and ticket purchases including J. Smith Diller C. E. Waggoner and others. The document names numerous individuals such as G. J. W. Fouts H. M. Holle Vernon D. Hill and Sophie Geo. J. Resiz along with Dr. 8. B. Viers J.D. Steiner Callander.
Wom Glathar uses crutches due to a sprained ankle. Charley Hood and daughters Mildred and Lavina left for a motor trip to Oklahoma City. Rural route carriers take two weeks vacation with Roy Roelfs, Will Green, and H H Green substituting for others. Miss Rachel Albright of Western Nebraska, previously a Diller teacher, enrolls in a twelve week summer session at Kearney Normal School.
Mr and Mrs S A Miller and family and Mr and Mrs Clark Miller of Fairbury join Mrs Adaline Kennedy for a fried chicken dinner near Fairbury Saturday evening. Mrs Dr J G Neely and four daughters of Windsor Nebr also guests.
The N R C club gathered Wednesday afternoon June 22 at Mrs. Fred Frisbie's home with eight members six visitors and five children. They spent the afternoon quilting for the hostess and refreshments were served. The next meeting will be with Mrs. A C Richardson on July 6.
A Beatrice Sun report from Ellis Nebraska notes Mrs H T Davis was riding a team that ran away with a mower. She suffered four broken ribs and other injuries, was thrown to the ground, and narrowly escaped serious harm. Her condition was reported improved thereafter.
Miss Mamie Brandt was pleasantly surprised Friday evening when friends and neighbors gathered at her home around 8:00 pm to celebrate her birthday. J E Shanks and family and Mrs Hoebine and family attended as music, singing, and games filled the night followed by refreshments.
Mr and Mrs Carl Sandman and children arrive on train No 17 from Superior Missouri. They planned visits with relatives in Trenton and St Joseph before staying with Mrs Sandmans parents Mr and Mrs W A Snyder near Waukomis Oklahoma and with local relatives. The family paused while en route to visit friends.
Mies Ella Beck of Seward and Glen E. Dorsey a former Diller teacher wed at 12 o clock Tuesday last week in the bride’s father T C Beck home. Rev A E Chadwick officiated. The couple, joined by immediate family, plan to live in Columbus after September 1 while Mr Dorsey resumes teaching duties.
Dr. H. B. Harris and his sister Mrs. A. E. Southwick spent a brief week together prior to his departure for new duties at a Chicago hospital next year.
The Diller schools have been recognized as accredited by the state university allowing graduates to register for admission without an exam.
Mrs H J Pittenger and daughter Mrs Elsie McAfee and Mrs Chas Osborn nee Jennie Kendall visited sister Mrs R L Oaks and other Diller relatives and friends over the weekend.
Mesdames S C Moser Carrie Green Roy Geer and Harry Thompson attended the seventh annual session of the Gage Jefferson county convention of the Royal Neighbors of America in Beat Rice Tuesday night.
Mrs J D Fandera and her mother Mrs F B Senior join Mr and Mrs Fred Stafford for a day trip from Fairbury in the latter's LaSalle sedan. They spent the day with Diller friends and relatives.
Mrs C A Condit and her grandson Leland of Modisto California made a brief stop Sunday morning to visit Mrs Stange and Mrs Stahl. Condit is aunt to Mrs Stange and Mrs Warman and heads on to Wisconsin for a visit.
Sam Thompson advertises a full Black Bros feed line with Just Bite Growing Mash Growing Scratch Starter Mash Starter Scratch O Shell chick and hen sizes. Flour Shorts and Brand are available. Swift Station open until 9 pm on weeknights. Cash paid for produce.
Miss Myrtle Shull of Lincoln married Mr. Fred Ulm in a Wednesday afternoon ceremony attended by Mrs. Arthur Grone Violet Grone Mrs. Frank Grone and Mrs. G L Richardson. The bride formerly worked at the Farmers store.
The N R C club and about forty five family members enjoyed a Sunday picnic at the Grone farm. Ice cream and cake were served in the afternoon. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Carl Matthieson of Hastings and John Sible with his two daughters Erma and Sylvia.
A Bell Syndicate essay urges consistent self education from month to month and mocks enthusiastic but unskilled art fans. It contrasts attitudes toward aging male versus female performers, noting pressures on artists and editors to praise or retire tauntingly. The piece reflects early 20th century views on gender in art.
A speaking figure contrasts the crowd taking risks with Goethe’s hidden wisdom. He notes Goethe wrote valuable thoughts but buried them amid vast rubbish, promising not to wade through it.
An Indiana physician claims Henry Ford cannot read or think like the average person. He asserts Ford is close friends with Thomas A. Edison and that Edison would not spend idle time with someone unable to read. The writer calls Ford an old fox for smartness and recalls a courtroom comment about his witness stand performance.
A farming note states copper carbonate treatment protects seed against smut and can be applied for under 10 cents per acre, covering material and labor.
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