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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1929
Page
3
The column lists various local items including for sale notices a Holstein calf, incubator, and eggs, along with horse teams for sale. It mentions taxi and mail carrier routes by horse, farm sales and auctions, a doctor offer in Beatrice, and community anecdotes about residents and weddings.
Pure bred black and spotted Poland China hogs offered Saturday March 9 1929 at 1 PM at Smiths sale barn Fairbury Nebraska. Sows with litters bred sows and fall gilts and fall boars catalogued by H J McKeever.
Breeders announce that a thoroughbred registered Perehon Stallion No 150671 stands at the owner’s place five miles southeast of Diller Nebraska. The black coat 1800 lb stallion will serve for a fee of $10 with insurance offered. The owner H Ramsey lists contact at phone 10903 though disclaims responsibility for accidents while aiming to prevent them.
The Beatrice Nebraska seed firm announces good pure scarified and recleaned Sweet Clover seed available at 4.80, 5.40 and 6.00 dollars per bushel. Pease Seed and Grain Company located at 718 South 6th Street advertises these prices.
The NRC meeting at Mrs. Albers home features a rock game won by Norman Frisbie with Mrs. Arthur Vieths second and Henry Frisbie third. A lunch of sandwiches angel food cake and coffee followed. The Pattons from Diller and Burr visited after their brother Myron Patton died of stomach cancer in Denver.
Miss Wilma Darling of Steele City wed Clarence Wolken of Diller at the Methodist parsonage in Fairbury. The ceremony took place at ten o'clock Wednesday morning February 27 1929 with Reona Bundy and Claire Darling as witnesses. The couple plans to live on a farm four miles southeast of Diller.
C E Darr and Sheriff Tippin visit from Fairbury as farmers await drier ground. Henry Frisbie and Willis Clark travel muddy roads to Fairbury March 1. Diller residents listen to Hoover inaugural on a wide radio hookup. Local school items resume in these columns courtesy of Supt. Siekmann.
The Womans Club meets March 13 at 2 30 PM with hostesses Mrs B Bell and Mrs W Woods leading. John J Tigert quote about education opens remarks. Officers to be elected. Topic covers motion pictures and their impact on children and education. Discussion on a current film to review. Music noted.
Mrs W E Anderson hosted the Keystone Kensington meeting at the Congregational church parlor on March 1 1929 with officers and eight hostesses. Mrs Henry Frisbie presided and entertainment included old time songs and two contests. Palms were taken by Frisbie Wieths and Riddle. Refreshments followed for about 35. A local note discusses wooden Indians in Nebraska mentioning Beatrice and a Beatrice wooden Indian at 409 Court Street.
Rev. Ludwick reports two robins on his lawn as spring arrives. He notes mud this spring could mean a bumper corn crop this fall, if such soil conditions persist. Francis Plager returns to Lexington Missouri to attend military school after spring vacation at home with his parents Mr and Mrs John Plager.
S C Hutchinson moved his insurance office into his implement building Monday and expects to handle both farm machinery and insurance needs from one location.
Mr and Mrs Louie Wenz and children Louis and Minnie returned Monday from Falls City Nebraska where Mrs Wenz had stayed to care for her mother who died Friday and was buried Sunday.
Mr and Mrs James Hays entertained the Book Club at their home on Friday March 1 with five tables of players. Mrs Hays served sandwiches pickles coffee ice cream and cake then a candy maker among the men amazed the group with divinity. Members urged their husbands to ask for the recipe. The next meeting will be at Mr and Mrs McKinley Bowen.
Wendel Fanders Ralph Beck and Dean Barber travelled to Lincoln yesterday to attend the basketball tournament where the Diller team competes. Players include Jerry Harvey Lester Strawhacker Linn Cooper Robert Beckwith Richard Mayborn Ernest Albers and Norman Sixel. The piece notes nostalgia for old cars and references Charley Curtis rising to fame as an Indian contributing to the country.
The next day after the collision with Col. Lindbergh Miss Morrow appeared in public looking unshaken and unfazed, signaling she is not easily bluffed.
A public proclamation pledges full enforcement of prohibition in Diller. The speaker asserts the government will probe for illicit sentiment as well as bootleg whisky, signaling intensified scrutiny of attitudes alongside raids.
A 27 year old is appointed to an advisory position in Washington. Comment suggests he must possess rare ability beyond mere talk and sparks debate about qualifications for top roles.
The speaker notes that an aviator flying from Canada to Havana through the United States shows how air travel makes the country a mere marker on an international route. He questions how such flights can be stopped and argues that policing the entire sky is impossible.
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