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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1923
Page
3
Somecorn was planted this week near Diller as C A Green and son Vern left Tuesday in a covered wagon for Perkins county to work on a corn crop on Charley’s rented land. The Community Club holds a regular meeting next Monday night. An old saying notes it takes 140 nuts to hold a Ford together and only one to hold it is the road.
Lydia Drullinger suffered a broken collar bone and a broken wrist and considerable bruising when she fell into a cellar at her northwest town home on Sunday.
Bert Miller of Hemingford Nebraska, formerly from Diller, Nebraska, was in town Saturday attempting to sell merchants a car load or two of potatoes he raised last season.
A girl and a boy born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Frank Murray near Diller 40 miles north and one mile west of town weighed four pounds each. The boy died early Sunday and the girl Monday. Community sympathy flows to the Murrays in their bereavement. In Jefferson county southwest, fourteen districts centered on Reynolds push for a rural high school at Reynolds to keep children home and cut $108 yearly expenses per graduate now sent to Fairbury Hebron and Beatrice.
Mr and Mrs Rolly Dill of Shea with Mr H B Hurst and Mrs D Melvin and two children of Fairbury escaped serious injuries after a Buick overturned near Ellis on the way to Beatrice for a ball game. Dill suffered four fractured ribs and Hurst cut badly on the right wrist. both men were pinned as the car caught fire. Passersby freed them and rushed them to a Beatrice hospital while the women and children escaped unharmed.
New York. T Gilbert Pearson, president of the Audubon Societies, travels to the Bahamas to protect the last 1200 flamingoes on Andros Island. He warns that flamingo hunting and habitat loss threaten the species once common in Florida and Bahamas.
A sale notice lists a single top buggy and harness offered by Ben Behrends. A birth announcement records the birth of an 8 pound boy to Mr and Mrs Garfield Nida residing two miles west and 43 south of Diller on Saturday May 5.
Paint Your house with Monarch paint sold by Cornbelt Lumber Co. Promises best appearance and longevity, emphasizing durability and economical coverage for home exteriors.
A girl weighing eight pounds was born Tuesday May 8 to Mr and Mrs Clay Satthoff who live one mile west and two miles north of Hollenberg Kansas authorities said.
Rev. Lucy B. Merwin of Powell Methodist Church met Rev. Iva M. Innis at the Diller Methodist parsonage for a day or two this week.
The second Sunday in May is Mothers Day with red and white flowers for living or deceased mothers. Mr. and Mrs. John Fasnacht and three children from Blue Springs visited Mrs. John Mathias, who hosted a dinner party for her daughter’s birthday and their tenth wedding anniversary, with about thirty-five relatives and friends attending.
The Standard Chautauqua System in Lincoln corrected a misprint announcing Diller Chautauqua from June 30 to July 3. The lyceum bureau now says July 30 to August 3 as the real dates, removing Sunday services and exercises for the first time since the event began at Diller.
A playful local note urges silence on gossip about townspeople. It argues that liking people reduces speaking ill and reflects on the town’s character, joking that a generation takes 33 years to bury itself, and suggests peaceful restraint until after the funeral.
Workmen uncover Roman coffins and relics at Keynsham near Bristol during foundation digging for a new factory. The Daily Chronicle notes skeletons a six inch Roman needle a spoon and a brooch believed to finalize the toga of a Roman gallant.
During a drought in Oho a clergy man began a rain prayer. He pleaded for rain and concluded by asking for further evidence of bounty. An airplane suddenly crashed through the reef of the church, shocking the congregation and altering the scene.
Mrs Johnsing Ah and Mrs Moses Yes discuss expected baby and proposed names Victrola Victrola and Radio in a humorous exchange. The dialogue reflects playful mishearing and regional speech patterns.
Orsene Ellie returned Tuesday from St. Joe where he marketed a car load of cattle and hogs. Advertisement offers piano and furniture for sale. Mr and Mrs Fred Schele from east of Odell and Mrs Aug Scheele of Dr Diehl's farm south of Diller and Charley Kasperick with family from Fairbury visited Herman Peters at Diller house Sunday.
The Diller Corn Husker Ball team begins its season at home against Ellis next Sunday afternoon. The game starts at 2 o'clock. A full schedule extends to mid July. Come out Sunday and help Diller win.
Rev and Mrs W F Clark Revs C F and Iva M Innis and about twenty others from Diller attended the County Sunday School convention at Endicott on Wednesday. A large gathering and engaging program were reported. The next convention was decided to be held at Daykin.
The Burlington Route buys 500000 tons from its lines mines to stock at points for winter use. It will haul coal when transport costs are low, freeing engines and cars for other needs. The plan would evenly distribute traffic, reduce next winter shortages, and provide summer work for miners.
A collection of wry aphorisms on work, prejudice, love, and merit. It weighs in on laziness, ambition, judgment, and social roles with terse, ironic observations.
Miller accepts an autograph on Lewis' book Gentle Theory of Knowledge and comments on anticipation of pleasure. He jokes about a misread remark from Sret and places the book prominently on the library table. The exchange includes a quip about forethought versus hindsight.
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