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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1924
Page
1
Grandpa Findling visited his daughter in Beat Rice on Wednesday. E. J. Schenk moved his family into the former London residence on Tuesday. Lew London relocated his family to a new home near Endicott on Tuesday.
Fairbury merchants advertise spring garden seeds as Miss Grace Myers and Mr and Mrs GC E Carr visit Diller relatives in Fairbury. Est. 1886 Moon and Son offer quality monuments at reasonable prices signaling seasonal commerce.
A 4 year old black mare is offered by Wm. Behrends at 4 miles south and 1 west of Diller. A 1917 Ford touring car in good running order is for sale by Fanders & Robertson. For Sale Snow White person gata 45¢ per bit. Yielded 60 bu per acre in 1923 by F A Roseman Steele City. R F Starr spent Sunday with family and sister in Diller, Clara Sasse left for Byron to be with sister Mrs Fintel who returned from Mayo Clinic Rochester MN.
Mrs. John Mathias hosted a dinner for Mrs. Lydia Stucker of Kansas City Mrs. Ida Woods Miss L Ballard and Mrs. R F Starr and daughter Elizabeth at her home on Wednesday.
Ralph Frisbie Archie Trout Lyle Henrichs Ross Hayes Cecil Ellis and Harold Bowers traveled to Lincoln for a basketball tournament Thursday night and returned Friday night after reaching the semifinal round.
W. W. Hill of the Ellis neighborhood reports his wheat crop is coming through in fine shape after a loss last year. He replanted with corn yielding 64 bushels per acre.
Arnold and George Boettcher of near Lanham visited Diller on Tuesday. For sale a good gentle red Shorthorn bull two years old. Miss Hattie Baker helps Mrs. W G Robertson with house work this week. Mr and Mrs S C Hutchinson and Miss Ethel Woods drove to Lincoln and returned Sunday. The Steele City Press suspends publication pending the editor’s recovery from illness. E G Limprecht and family drove from Lincoln to visit Diller relatives returning Sunday.
Meadows power washer and a 1 HP Fairbanks Morse gas engine are available in Al. Fanders & Robertson and Mrs John Gretzinger with her grandson Dale Tristman visited Byron Monday evening to see Mr and Mrs Harry Gregory. Last Sunday twenty six neighbors dined with Mrs John Mathias for her grandson Johnnie Mathias Jr’s third birthday.
For sale or trade notice lists three four five and six in block six of the first addition to Diller. Respond to J. M. Swensen at Burlington Cole or W. H. Schnuelle at Fairbury Neb. tf
Harry Hudson arrived Saturday with his wife and relatives and will settle in Omaha where Mr Hudson will find work.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schnuelle rent their farm for the coming year to H. H. Flagg of Fairbury who once lived in the community. The Schnuelles also care for Henry Fanders place while the Fanders visit Wisconsin relatives. Upon return they plan a visit to California.
Diller High School captured the Class K state basketball cup at Lincoln after holding opponents to 22 points in four games and scoring 65. Team members include Robert Bell Marvin London William Bowers DeVere Hale and Wilbur Green coached by Mr Siekmann. Also noted are local ministerial activities as Rev Pengelly attended a Fairbury meeting and ministers accepted an invite to a commercial club banquet with Rev Gaskill speaking on Palestine.
Two of the division's heaviest trains were pulled through Diller last Sunday by newly acquired heavy engines. Each train had 75 loads totaling 4,200 and 4,500 tons respectively, carrying grain hay eggs poultry flour and butter to Kansas City and St Joseph markets from western Nebraska and Kansas. They were doubleheaded over hills at Hardy and Endicott and split into four trains east from Wymore.
Mahlon J. Wolken and Emma A. Albers were married at the bride's parents home on March 9 at 3 pm with Rev. G F R Duhrkop officiating. Relatives attended from Beatrice while many guests could not come due to illness or weather.
Mr and Mrs Mahlon John Wolken prepare to establish a home on the groom's father's farm located 14 miles north and 4 south of Diller. The couple and their families are celebrated as prominent local farmers as friends extend well wishes for their life ahead.
The ceremony took place at high noon Wednesday with Rev Lubsien officiating. Groomsman Mare Mains and bridesmaid Lena Lottman stood with the couple. They will reside in Holstein Nebraska with immediate family in attendance.
Five Norwegian reindeer will be delivered to the National Zoo within the next few days. The animals arrived in New York from Bergen Norway on the 8th and are held under quarantine at Woodside, L.I. in line with import regulations.
A youngster quips that a palmist is a woman who uses her hand instead of a slipper. Another child jokes the difference between an elephant and a microbe is that an elephant has a trunk while a microbe has the grip.
Mrs Hoolihan recalls an argument with the land lord this morning. She says he dared ask for the sing as they are four months behind. Her husband questions her on the incident with a terse reply about death in the house.
Winnesheik county breeder Barthelme wins the highest award for the ten litter futurity contest in Des Moines Iowa. Barthelme's litter weighed 8199 pounds at 180 days and leads all litters raised in the United States to date.
Dr Leach dentist Fairbury and Dr G H Newton eye ear nose and throat Fairbury Nebr advertise services. Chunk and furnace wood offered at 5.00 per load delivered by J M Hiatt.
Local market listing shows produce prices with figures including nineteen pence per unit and assorted codes. The fragment suggests a brief market update with price entries and item codes for Thursday.
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