Wheat Ready for Harvest In Local Area
Farmers report wheat nearly ready for harvest. Mrs. Griswold falls ill at her Logan street home. Corn in the vicinity remains small but shows rapid growth recently with favorable conditions.
27 Jun 1930
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1930
Page
1
Farmers report wheat nearly ready for harvest. Mrs. Griswold falls ill at her Logan street home. Corn in the vicinity remains small but shows rapid growth recently with favorable conditions.
Otto Brennies of near Hollenberg traveled to Diller on Wednesday for repairs to his harvester.
Mrs Vernon D. Hill attended the state postmasters convention in Fremont and returned home after the event.
A weather report notes 2.35 inches of rain fell Tuesday night after 1.35 inches a few days earlier, leaving the area notably wet and damp with continued unsettled skies.
Test notes show prices for panne ie steel-fine time Hay Forks at 1.35 dollars and Grain Scoop at 1.50 dollars. Lauds Broom also mentioned in the items.
Miss Mattie Henrichs and her companion Clera Michalk spent several days at the home of Miss Henrichs' parents Mr and Mrs Fred Henrichs and returned to Lincoln on Wednesday.
The following prices were quoted yesterday for grain and produce in Diller. Wheat 65 cents, corn 65, oats 5 cents, cream 26 cents, eggs 30? heavy hens 18 cents, roosters 5 cents.
Mr and Mrs O J Mayborn traveled to St Joseph Missouri for a business trip Wednesday. Bob Beckwith is employed at Carleton Nebraska.
The Diller business house will close at 11 oclock on July 4 for the balance of the day. The notice marks a holiday schedule change and local observance impact.
Mrs Neal Diller of Chicago is at the home of Mr and Mrs C A and with others attending a social gathering. The text is incomplete but indicates a domestic or social engagement involving local residents.
The ladies Keystone class of the church will serve ice cream and cake at City Hall on Saturday night in June. Proceeds support church programs.
Guy Ellis of LaGrande Oregon arrived Wednesday to visit his mother who is ill at the home of her son, Dr. Claude Ellis.
Fragmentary text suggests Reedons aided Mildred near Tok. Details are unclear due to OCR damage and missing context.
John Folkers and his wife returned from an auto trip to Wyoming where they visited his son and brother Alien Folkers and family.
The passage notes Mrs J T Henrichs Jr and family as part of a year’s course highlight, with reference to one graduate among their group.
A garbled OCR passage reflects scattered phrases about the Mississippi River, comfort on nights, a teacher, screening, and soap, with references to clothing length and tobacco use. The jumble yields no coherent news item or identifiable events.
Mrs J Smith Diller Laura Bell was born near Emerald on December 7 at Fairbury Nebraska and died in Diller. She trained at Green Gables and Dr BF Bailey before teaching two years. She married J Smith Diller January 2 1912. Survived by seven children and numerous relatives. Funeral attended by out of town relatives including Vaughn and Porter families.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and help after a bereavement. The note mentions Diller and family. Dil ler more recently hosted Dunn Bros Fort Worth contractors who left for Beatrice with twenty plus auto trucks and camp gear after delays for material. They unloaded 74 car loads of pipe rose per panee for Miss alley Gas. Cars carried twenty lines of pipe thirty feet long from Hailey street. Smith Bros contractors were coordinating a crew on the state line area six to seven miles southeast of Diller.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Sparks visited Mr and Mrs Claude Dunn during a vacation. They enjoyed several sight-seeing trips to towns around Lake Teil and the Pikes region.
Mrs R J Williamson and her son Bobbie visit from Louix Falls South Dakota to stay with her parents Mr and Mrs John Carico.
Mr and Mrs Dee Hill announce the birth of a 6 pound baby at their home two miles north and east of town on June 23rd Kate Gerwick listed as mother in the notice.
The village order prohibits discharging crackers fire or similar devices on Main street and nearby streets in Diller. Chas E Waggoner village clerk notes the measure in effect. The text also mentions local trips by Neal Carroll Aubrey Robert and Henry Diller sons of J Smith Diller who traveled to Omaha for a visit and Robert who left for Chicago for a Nutrine Co. job. Mrs Hoyt and others saw relatives in Beatrice.
Gerald son and families and Mr and Mrs Will Plager Willis Clark and daughter Carolynn Rose Mr Herman Stahl and daughter Ruth Mrs Warman Wendell Fanders and Irene Vanier traveled Sunday to Peru Nebraska to visit Miss Bethel Friday who is attending summer school at Peru State Normal.
Humorist’s note aside, John Greider traded the John Webbling 160 acre farm six miles south of Diller for the 240 acre Beckweth heirs farm four miles south of Diller, owned by Wm. F. Leseberg of Beatrice. The deal increases landholdings and improves access to Diller and its school facilities.
Carroll and Neal Diler attended their step mother Mrs J Smith Diller's funeral. Carroll returned by rail to Little Rock Ark to take a post as engineer with the Little Rock Gas and Electric Co. Neal traveled by auto with cousin Robi Wiles toward Bloomington Ind and then Chicago where he serves as secretary and manager of the Witrine Candy Co.
The N.R. C. met on Wednesday afternoon with members Vieths Hilda Vieths Mrs. Packer Lucile Packer Mrs. R. W. Hand and Miss Velma Amos present. A hostess served refreshments. Next week the club will meet with Mrs. Frank Grone. Roll call referenced the Fourth of July.
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