Illness in the Sieboldts and local social notes
Mrs. Ben Sieboldts has been ill in recent days. Citizens are reminded of the upcoming school bond election next Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo Specht of near Washington Kansas visited Dilter Wednesday. F A Moon & Son advertise quality monuments at seasonable prices from Fairbury Nebraska, est 1886. Ralph Young and family visited Supt Nelson's home Sunday after traveling from Beatrice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Geo. Specht
Near Washington, Kan
Dilter
F. A. Moon & Son
Fairbury
Nebr
Ralph Young
Beatrice
Supt. Nelson
Fairbury shoe shop offers price cuts on repairs
The article notes reduced prices at Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop near the north Bonham Theatre, including men’s sales low at $1.00, heels 40c, ladies soles 75, and heel lifts 25c, as part of a local business feature. Also mentions a gravel road to Fairbury and a local trucking listing for Kunecke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbury
North Bonham Theatre
Card of Thanks and local notices in Fairbury
Card of Thanks expresses appreciation for neighborly help during the post office fire. Mentions dental service by Dr Leach in Fairbury. A social note reports Elsie Schnuelle and family and others visiting the Steffen family in Fairbury Lincoln and Omaha attendees at a Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon D. Dill
Elsie Schnuelle
Fairbury
Rutheda Steffen
Lincoln
Orlyon Schnuelle
Omaha
Clarence Steffen
Richard
F. W. Steffen
Adjuster Completes Fire Loss Claims Here
An insurance adjuster visited Tuesday and, so far as known, made satisfactory adjustments for all losses incurred in last week's fire.
Delay in Golden Wedding Anniversary Report
Due to late receipt of photographs the Golden Wedding Anniversary feature for Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Steffen has been postponed to next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Steffen
Nebraska University organ pupils host radio program
Several Diller residents enjoyed a Tuesday evening radio program presented by the advanced pipe organ pupils at the University of Nebraska led by Mildred Mayborn of Diller. Wednesday afternoon visitors from Fairbury and Diller met at the editor's home including Mrs. Ella Walter and her daughter and granddaughter, Mrs. Ed Smith, plus Mrs. Veda May Hirsch and son Fred die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
University of Nebraska
Mildred Mayborn
Ella Walter
Ed. Smith
Veda May Hirsch
Freddie
Fairbury
Woodmen Camp Urges Attendance at March Meeting
At the next camp meeting on March 26 all members are urged to attend as the life and existence of the camp will be discussed and decided. H. H. Green, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Green
Woman Acknowledges No News But Heads to Aid Brother
A reporter asks for a news item but a woman confesses she knows nothing. She explains she is “too excited” because her brother broke his arm in a morning house fire and she is rushing to visit him.
J T C Members Attend Quiet March Evening
Mr and Mrs Dick Fanders entertained the J T C on Friday March 13 with rock games. Harry Ahrends won the high prize Our big boy for the first time and Thom Baumfolk took consolation. Dainty refreshments were served and the group adjourned promising to miss the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Fanders
J.T. C
Harry Ahrends
Thom
Jolly N B C Members Meet At Lottman Home
The N B C gathered at Mr and Mrs Onka Lottman’s home on Friday evening March 13 with all members present. Attendees arrived by various means and in old fashioned dress. Hazel Gritz won high prize Anna Romish won consolation Henry Saathoff was praised for the hardest time look. Special guests included Mr and Alfred Wiemece Honey Muelles semers Henry Mueller Barbwell. A time was served at 11 o'clock and all enjoyed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onka Lottman
Joint Meeting on Rates and Franchise for Beatrice Power
Odell Steele City and Diller village boards plan a joint meeting at Diller on Wednesday March 25 to discuss a minor rate change and a new twenty five year Beatrice Power Company franchise. The company rep will seek rates 10c to 4c per kWh plus 75c service charge and a $1 50 minimum bill. Other notes include local illness and community news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odell
Steele City
Diller
Lights and Power
Beatrice Power Company
Village trustees and school trustees election announced
Paul Grupe of the Thayer County Agricultural Society was in town on a business trip. Notices post for a spring election from 8 A M to 8 P M Tuesday April 7 in city hall to elect two village trustees for two years and two school trustees for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Grupe
The
Thayer County Agricultural Society
Spring shopping trip links Diller and Steele City stores
Mrs. Wm Bond of Clark's store in Diller returned Monday night from a motor trip to the St Joseph market with Mr and Mrs Francis Clark and Miss Elsie Fransen of Clark's Steele City store. They purchased new spring goods for both outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Bond
Clark’s
Diller
St. Joseph
Francis Clark
Elsie Fransen
Steele City
New Citizens Richard and Margaret Rippe Welcome in Fairbury
Mr Richard Rippe and Miss Margaret Rippe, nephew and niece of Mr Herman Rippe, were admitted to United States citizenship at Fairbury on Monday. They attended a reception that evening hosted by the Fairbury Parent-Teachers association the Fairbury Woman's club the W C T U and the American Legion post. Speakers included P D Peterson manager of the Fairbury Farmers Union Creamery Mrs Dora Schainost District Judge Messmore and others. The program featured music and recitations and the event was well received by the newcomers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Rippe
Margaret Rippe
Herman Rippe
Near Diller
United States
Fairbury
Parent- Teachers Association of
Messmore
J N C Members Gather at Mrs Geo Champ Home
The J N C held a pleasant afternoon at Mrs Geo Champ’s home on March 18 with six members and four children present. Guests included Emma Peters, Orville Richardson, Susie Brandt, Chas Hilder, Katie Tieman, Aug Luebken and Ida Peters. They quilted and enjoyed a lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Champ
Emma Peters
Orville Richardson
Susie Brandt
Chas. Hilder
Katie Tieman
Aug. Luebken
Ida
Howard Peters
Fairbury Plans Bond Issue For Municipal Swimming Pool
Mrs. Albert Lukas returned Saturday from Virginia where she visited her son Ladimar and family and a sister. Fairbury to vote in April on issuing bonds totaling 25 000 for building a municipal swimming pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lukas
Virginia
Ladimar
Fairbury
Cavett Couple Attends Lincoln Opera Program
Mr and Mrs L M Cavett spent a few days in Lincoln early this week and attended a double program at the Universe Coliseum Tuesday night. The Chicago Civic Opera Company presented Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M Cavett
Lincoln
Ant and bootlegger tale ends with bold exit
An odd scene shows a thirsty ant eyeing a dead horse and a bootlegger’s car. The ant drinks a spill, seizes the horse by the tail, and declares they are going home in a bold, comic moment.
Diller Delegation Seeks Gravel Road Link Through Lincoln
S C Hutchinson Dr S B Viers S C Moser and O J Mayborn of the Diller Commercial club good roads committee traveled to Lincoln to press for action on a gravel road connection through Diller between the northern and southern highways, noting the related senate bill remains unacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Hutchinson
S. B. Viers
S. C. Moser
Diller Commercial Club
Good Roads Committee
Lincoln
Diller
Senate
Admirable Crichton Scottish Scholar James Crichton
James Crichton known as the Admirable Crichton was born in 1560 in Dumfriesshire the son of Robert Crichton lord advocate and Elizabeth Stewart. He studied at St Andrews taking a BA in 1574 and MA in 1575 and gained fame for vast memory linguistic skill and verse writing praised by contemporaries including Scaliger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crichton
Crichton
Robert Crichton
Scotland
Mary
James VI
Elizabeth
James Stewart of Beath
Elcock
Dumfriesshire
St. Salvador’s College
St. Andrews
Dinner guests and funeral travel noted in Lincoln area
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Amos and Wendell Fanders, a state university student, were dinner guests Sunday at Mrs. Isabella Raymond’s home. Mrs. W. T. Nickeson, from the Ellis neighborhood, left Monday for California to attend her brother Ron Kleinhaus’s funeral, accompanied from Lincoln by her brother, Wallace Kleinhaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Amos
Wendell Fanders
State University
Isabella Raymond
W. T. Nickeson
Ellis Neighborhood
Ron Kleinhaus
California
Lincoln
Wallace Kleinhaus
Child Safety Talk Cited by Magazine and Journal
A motor magazine warns that a child crossing the street should halt traffic while the Plattsmouth Journal adds a controversial note about an 18 year old being preferred if she is blonde. The pair reflect racial and gender biases shaping public safety discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Magazine
Plattsmouth Journal
Jail Breakers Recaptured After Early Morning Escape
Alvin Breazeale Carroll Flory and Adolph Dondlinger escaped Fairbury jail by cutting a ceiling hole and leaping to the register of deeds office window then were captured near Tobias. Breazeale and Flory pled guilty to March 7 Powell store robbery and received ten year penitentiary terms. Dondlinger awaits trial on car theft charges with federal warrants in Nebraska and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Breazeale
Carroll Flory
Adolph Dondlinger
Fairbury
Register of Deeds’ Office
Tobias
Breazeale
Flory
Messmore
Powell
Dondlinger
Nebraska
City
Bill to revive 450 miles of road work faces delay
Seventeen state highway construction bills including a planned link from Dillera to No 3 and No 68 were killed by the House Roads and Bridges Committee. They eliminated proposals for 450 miles of road improvements, arguing work could not start for eight or more years. Some seek revival of the measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillera
Elled
House of Representatives Roads and Bridges
Also Mentioned on This Page
Diller State Bank
Ben Sieboldts
Kunecke
Leach
Golden Rule Building
Oldsmobile
Chevrolet
Ster
Willys Knight
Nash
Cadillac
Fanders
Logan Oldsmobile Co
Woodmen
W. E. Mudge
Beatrice Business
Marie Meier
Charley Hays
Mr. Albright
Will Seitz
Holenberg, Kans
J.N.C
C. L. Geer, Mgr
Cornbelt Lumber Co. Diller
Edapco
Edison
HOT Point
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