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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1929
Page
3
A quirky verse about Noah and the ark contrasts with a jumble of local notices. The page lists hardware notes, a M W A meeting cadence, for sale ads for work horses and incubators, stone monuments from F Moon & Son, Kerosene incubator offers, and Diller area livestock pricing alongside a proverb on speech and balance.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Blauser of Powell were Sunday guests at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Blauser.
For sale in Diller a house in good condition priced to sell by L H Siekmann. Real estate notice indicates ready to move and inquiry invited.
Jersey Black Giants eggs for setting priced at 3.50 per 100 located four miles south and west of Diller. Pure bred S C Buff Orpington eggs 400 per hundred and strawberry and Ever bearing plants offered by Mrs A W Crossant of Jansen Nebraska. Also shoe color lacquer service offered by Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop.
Dick Fanders of Diller advertises a thoroughbred Percheron stallion General Pershing No 138619, near Diller Nebraska, one mile west and two south, with a 12 dollar service fee to insure a colt to stand and suck. He also offers a saddle horse and notes no liability for accidents and insurance forfeiture if mares are moved from the neighborhood.
Beatrice Nebraska seed dealer Pease Seed & Grain Co lists sweet clover seed at 4.80 5.40 and 6.00 dollars per bushel. Address 718 South 6th Street.
Lost 34x44 Pioneer tire and rim. Finder please leave at Record office. Reward offered. Alfred Sisk traveled to Sabetha Kansas to be with his brother awaiting surgery. County Attorney Harrison Line and Mrs. Line with son Bill spent weekend at Mrs. Line’s home. Spring began. farms to plow. HomBilt Garden Furniture Co offers trellis and yard ornaments.
The 1928 county records list farm real estate releases below filings by 886 dollars while town real estate releases exceed filings by about 19 thousand dollars. Total released mortgage amounts surpass filings with chartered and other releases totaling over 860 thousand dollars for the year in Jefferson County.
Complete stock of McCormick Deering and John Deere implements listed by Jansen Ltr. Co. near Fairbury. Includes tractors, plows, shells, spreaders, hammer mill, drills, wagon, listers, and livestock such as mules and horses. Contact phone 13 for details and sale timing.
Frank Pearce in Diller Nebraska receives a letter from W T Gerard in Lexington Oregon dated March 6. He notes sending a three dollar check and asks for the paper to be continued. He recalls winter hardships, snow depths and cold without wind, and mentions prairie grass and ground now changing as farmers resume work.
H M Holle drives a new Chevrolet coach while Rupert Andrews and family enjoy a new electric radio. Attendees at a funeral include Mrs Elizabeth Starr Hughes of Endicott. Movements include Jack Armstrong and Scede Wiemers transporting cattle to Kansas City and two carloads, and Mr and Mrs Siekman with children returning from Lincoln after visiting and attending the state basketball tournament. George Fisher of Pine Bluffs visits Steele City and Endicott. George Andrews in town for business with a St Joseph commission house. Nora Wade returns from Wymore after a death. Local families visit S M Hughes in Hebron and attend gatherings. A joke about elephants for a dollar down appears. Bert Bates, who shot a Lincoln student, is found guilty of assault with intent. penalty one to five years.
Two car loads of cattle were shipped by Gerd Henrichs, two car loads by Herb Barber, and one car load of mixed stock by the Farmers Shipping Association. Messrs Novotny, Barber, and Henrichs accompanied the shipment.
Master Robert Frisbie visited his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Henry Frisbie and returned to his Fairbury home Sunday, Mrs. Frisbie driving him home in their car.
Mr and Mrs M C Bowen entertained the rock club Friday evening March 8 with five tables of players. At a late hour Mrs Bowen served lunch. The next meeting will be at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Robinson.
In Fairbury district court Mrs Lucile Mapel won a divorce from Chester Mapel on the charge of non support and resumed her maiden name Rand Carrie Rand formerly a Diller girl and adopted daughter of Mr and Mrs Thos Rand before her marriage
The N R C met at Mr and Mrs Will Ames on Friday March 8 for a mud themed evening with rock games. Mabel Grone won first prize and Mrs John Senior second while guests included Ida Woods Pearl Caldwell Helen Romasch and Charles Zimmerman. A dainty lunch was served by the hostess and her daughter Velma with Pearl Caldwell assisting. The J N C met with Mrs McKinley Bowen on Wednesday March 7 featuring berry and flowers contests won by Mrs Clarence Hiatt and Mrs Joe Hiatt with consolations for others. Refreshments by Mrs Bowen were enjoyed by all including the men. The club will meet March 20 with Irish joke roll call.
Clyde Broadstone was using a hoisting chain to raise a Ford at the Pulee garage when the chain slipped. The car dropped onto his left hand, a bolt cutting nearly through flesh above the second and third fingers. He will likely be laid up for about two weeks.
Bethel residents report visits and daily labor as Alfred Bearn family and neighbors share news. New neighbors Herman Giesbrecht and Chas Doyle, Francis Doyle enrolled in Bethel school, and Erma Robinson teaches at Bethel. Ramseys host and hostesses noted amid small items and local chatter.
Mr Nelson's sale drew a good crowd last week with strong bidding. Alfred Bearn sold shelled corn last Friday afternoon. Bernard Armstrong, son of Mr and Mrs Jack Armstrong, shows notable improvement at this writing.
Wm Garrels and family relocate to Odell while Chas Doyle and kin near Garrels farm. Herman Giesbrecht moves to Peter Nelson farm. Neighbors note rough roads and hope for repairs. A surprise party honored Peter and Helen Nelson on their 46 years on one farm. 34 attended. Joe Armstrong hospital bound after illness. Local students Gwendolyn Le Poidevin Rodger Le Poidevin and Charles Ramsey strive for perfect attendance for a prize. Nebraska highway authorities reported 6 298 miles patrolled last year. A professor jokes with his son about washing his face. a sheep market of 800 000 in six months. Mexican rebels near the U S border add risk.
A 1920s note argues that Lindberg Coolidge and Tunney, three rising stars, prefer plain modest women over flashy displays. It warns flappers that long term partners value womanly qualities over showy posturing.
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