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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1935
Page
5
The Diller Market notes wheat and corn prices with fluctuations. Wheat No 1 and No 2 values appear, corn appears mixed with white and yellow varieties, oats and seeds referenced with unclear entries. Livestock terms point to hens or broilers and miscellaneous prices, but many words are garbled.
Orlo Geer’s baby contracted measles this week and Miss Rachel Diller missed band practice for the same illness. Garden plowing has been a major task in Diller this week. The Steele City News noted Cap Fairchild was ill with smallpox at his Endicott home.
Mrs Loock is described as a Diller visitor or a Tuesday though oddly phrased she is identified as a Fairbury resident now in the local notice.
Mr. Filley, a Burlington agent here, came home last Thursday evening from Chicago where Ane spent about two weeks in a hospital.
Mr and Mrs B Mahood and son Billie of Kansas City arrived Wednesday evening to visit at the home of Mrs Mahoods sister Mr and Mrs Ray Eick.
Mr and Mrs Vester Carmichael drove to Reynolds Sunday morning and returned to Diller in the evening with their daughter Ruth and her husband Chas Gisterd.
Emma Peters sells her store building in Diller to Alfred Drexler of Steele City. The stock and fixtures remain Peters property and the business will continue as before.
Will and Arlie Tinstman took Mrs Tinstman to the home of Mr and Mrs Cal Herwig in Humboldt Nebraska. She expects to stay about a month before returning to her Diller home.
A movement has been launched to uniform the Diller Band before the August picnic. The plan envisions everyone taking a turn to contribute their part, and the organization has more than fifty members.
Grew up in the east town area a man named Greene and his father planted a large potato patch this week. Election actions and dates frame local political plans for nearby Tuesday.
A baby girl was born on Tuesday March 19 to Mr and Mrs Ralph Frisbie, bringing joy to their home.
Mr and Mrs Jess Walker of Beatrice visited the Diller area last Sunday as guests of their son Lloyd Hurst and family.
Mrs. Cleve Hiatt of Hebron visited Monday taking her mother Mrs. Hughes to Diller for a short stay.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Steffen, Mr and Mrs John Wrigley and Mrs Claude Nider, Mr and Mrs Cavett were among visitors from Diller seen in Lincoln last Friday.
Mr and Mrs Eick and their guests Mrs Mahood and son joined Mr and Mrs C Moser for supper on Wednesday evening according to local social notes.
Dan Condon reports grading will start Monday morning on the new road north from Diller. Culvert work has progressed well and grading will begin at the north end.
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Green and their two sons left on Saturday by Burlington for Powell Wyoming to visit their brother and sister Mr and Mrs Veral Green who have been employed there for about a year.
Mr and Mrs Schindler and Darrel Lee traveled to Omaha for a weekend at Mrs Schindler s mother's home A storm Saturday morning forced their return trip Mrs Shadduck the visit subject joined the group and the visit concluded early due to the weather
Committees are visiting farms in the county to sign up landowners for free appraisals. The effort aims to net roughly 100 applications per county. April first is the closing date for taking applications at the county office.
Miss Lois Henrichs returned to her Fairbury home after a hospital stay in Lincoln. Dr and Mrs Ellis visited their son in Chester Sunday at the home of Dr and Mrs Cecil Ellis then returned to Diller Monday.
Mr and Mrs Ira Place and their son Gerald drove to Pickre Sunday to visit the home of their former neighbors Mr and Mrs J H Smith and family.
Miss Gladys Hughes, clerk of the district court, receiving treatment at Excelsior Springs Missouri, is reported to be improving and expected to return home soon.
A cheerful notice offers 1500 dollars in cash prizes by Omaha Bee News with no sales or solicitations. It invites readers to order the paper today and mentions a playful “latch twins” skill challenge. The message emphasizes fun over commerce.
Mr and Mrs Isaac Saylor sold their farm four and a half miles southeast of Diller to Mr and Mrs John Carico this week. The purchase price was thirty dollars per acre.
Mr and Mrs Slocum, recently recovered from illness, visit daughter Mrs Frank Robinson and plan to spend several weeks at her home near Beatrice.
The note explains there will be no bounty on coyotes from April 1 to October 1. Each coyote is valued at $1 during the hunting season.
Ed Saathoff was bumped on the small of his back by a large dirt chunk while working on a road north of town on Wednesday morning and will be laid up for a few days.
Mrs. O. W. Weatherford and her son Virgil of Hairbine spent a Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Emma Fry. Virgil still wears a brace after an earlier auto accident where his arm was fractured.
Mr. Ray Moon visited the Record office in Fairbury on Wednesday. Senator Wells and Moon drafted a bill filed in the senate to extend the federal project north of town and continue Diller south to No. 3 south.
Nebraska runs ahead of most states in signing corn hog applications. Reports from the corn hog section indicate total signup near 80 thousand and total corn acreage approaching the 1934 signup totals.
Henry Wiemers moved three truckloads totaling 23 head to the St Joseph Missouri market at the week’s start. The cattle averaged 902 pounds and topped the market at 11 dollars 50 cents per hundredweight, about 103 dollars per head, estimated potential value 20 dollars per head last fall. The calves were purchased in October 1933 and fed to finish.
After church in Beatrice at the Church of the Brethren Rev. S. F. Miller and family drove to Diller to visit his mother Mrs. Lizzie V. Miller at Grandma Fry home. They brought a splendid dinner and enjoyed the meal together before returning to their home twelve miles northwest of Beatrice in the evening.
The Missionary Society of the Congregational church at Santee Nebraska plans a food sale next Saturday afternoon March 23 at Mr. Clark's store. Proceeds aid Santee Normal Training School and state work. Ladies of the church urged to contribute any food items.
Miss Velma Wehling recounts a bout with measles in a local note. The short item notes her illness and recovery in a small community update.
The Beatrice faction opposing Sunday movies is organizing to fight the proposal at the upcoming election. The church is divided on the issue, a split that often spells defeat at the polls.
It reads like a brief local column noting Cornbelt Lumber Co yard stock being hauled out by Hicken Brothers for a chicken house. A. J. Hillis has a new shingle roof on his residence and Fred Novotny is receiving materials for a new brooder.
The funeral for Paul Wilhelm aged 74 years 4 months 17 days was conducted at his home on Saturday forenoon after his death on Thursday March 14. Interment followed at the cemetery north of Harbine with Rev. Kohler of Hope Reform Lutheran Church officiating. Waggoner Bros. handled arrangements.
Martin Fanders of Beatrice reports the sale of his rental property on north tenth street for an East High street apartment. He also bought the Nellie Davis property at 903 Lincoln street. The Fanders reside at 710 Lincoln Boulevard.
Mr and Mrs N B Tyler the parents of Mrev Joe Nippert spent about three weeks at the daughter’s home fourteen miles north of town before returning to Hadley Minnesota. They had traveled through the southern states and stopped here on their way home.
The report notes coach Elmer Mablin accompanied by Bud Fanders and Dale Close attending a basketball tournament in Lincoln. The writer met the pair at the Capitol where legislators debated reconsidering a previous day’s vote against broadcasting liquor bill discussions. Speaker O Gara condemned backtracking and highlighted the house cost over $90,000 to date with $20,000 remaining for salaries.
John Steiner tends a hot bed flourishing with radishes and lettuce. The crisp greens show strong growth and promise a fresh harvest for nearby markets.
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