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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1916
Page
5
Local notes mention Fulton of Wymore starting a new serial story, “The City of Unbered Days,” next week. Other items include shop ads, visits by Miss Minnie Clausson, business trips to Lincoln, and local commentary on road work and taxes.
The passage urges Nebraska homeowners to plant trees vines shrubs and flowers each spring to beautify homes and neighborhoods. It argues that widespread planting over ten years would make Nebraska widely known for delightful living from coast to coast and improve communities.
A Nebraska boy raised 276 bushels per acre with crop value of £165.50 and net profit $106.58, exceeding club averages of 142 bushels and $35 profit. The College of Agriculture supplied free instruction. membership is open to boys ages 10 to 18, with annual awards and enrollment now open.
Beatrice region notices list rural activities with eggs for hatching offered by Mrs Eb Weigel. Supt Westcott and relatives visited Beatrice over the weekend. Sieoh See visiting Beatrice with daughter Mrs Harry King. Diller Farmers Grain Co. new movement progresses as membership grows.
Eggs for setting Rhode Island Reds. Mrs AV Emplev and Mr and Mrs Jack Jones with children visited at the home of her mother Mrs Mary Fasnacht and returned Saturdays to their home in Canada.
Mrs Sam Thompson and others visited the school while sixth graders discuss electro plating and telegraph. Local drama and debate plans mingle with missing preacher case and family notices as townsfolk share news of illness, travel, and condolences.
Ex-Sheriff W F Buonawitz seeks Democratic nomination for Jefferson County sheriff. He surveyed Diller residents last Friday to secure support for the April 18 primary.
Town residents urged to prune half the trees in Diller and raise canopies to prevent obstruction and improve sunlight for grass and drainage. Dense shade has caused muddy streets and dampness through the summer, while sunlit ground helps germ killer and health.
Frank Roberson moved Wednesday to the S. C. Phillips place vacated by C. E. Warthen. Geo and John Riddle visited Fairbury. Miss Edgington Vera Miller and Lynn Cully improve after illness. Mr and Mrs Will White visit Odell family, social circle meets Kochs, snow gone, spring farming near. Sparks moves to Hinds farm, Van Hoeck boys replace Sparks.
State School Inspector A. M. Voss reports Diller schools lack adequate laboratory space and an assembly room elevating risk to accreditation. The 1916 letter urges expansion soon to avoid University of Nebraska accreditation issues. Banking data and officers follow, including J. Mayborn as cashier and notary Frank T. Prance.
About 25000 dollars worth of cattle and hogs were shipped from Diller and vicinity to the St. Joe market this week. The first shipment Sunday included three cattle loads from F Hartzell Anke Lottman Easiey Carmichael and Shea four miles west of Diller. The Diller Shipping Association sent hogs two cattle shipments Monday and Wednesday two cars of cattle by Charles Barber one hog by Sam Friday two cattle by Ross Highland and a mixed hogs and cattle load. Shipments were joined by Hartzell Lottman Carmichael Schell Woods Barber Friday and Mayborn.
The document lists assets including loans and overdrafts totaling about 245 689.57 with cash items and currency sets plus specific bank holdings. It shows capital stock paid in 26 000.00 surplus and undivided profits 3 506.96 and lists liabilities including deposits and due to national and state banks. Directors named are Smith Diller Ch Schmeller, with Frana T. Pearce as Notary Public sworn March 1916.
Dodge Brothers edged into fourth place in motor car production for the first nine months of 1915, according to Automobile Topics. The firm, wholly owned by John F Dodge and Horace E Dodge, plans expansion with new buildings to cover more than 60 acres of plant floor space.
The board of education contracted with Prof. W. E. Chatelain a Peru state normal school graduate now teaching at Dawson for the role of Superintendent of the Diller schools. He comes well recommended and the board considers the selection fortunate.
A sleeping porch or open bedroom plus a cold sponge bath each morning helps curb colds. When a cold occurs especially during epidemics Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is suggested as helpful to relieve and shorten the cold. Obtainable everywhere.
Announcement inviting buyers to learn attractive prices on granite and marble monuments. Stock described as complete and guaranteed quality. Call to investigate and visit works to compare work and prices. Fulton Monument Co. W M Fulton, President.
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