Church Services and Executions Reported
The piece notes May 26 church services with Sabbath school at 10 and Endeavor at 7, plus Union memorial and baccalaureate services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Rev. Maxcy to preach. It also covers Albert Prince’s murder conviction and Richeson’s electrocution with brief context of the cases.
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Presbyterian Church
Union Ola
Methodist Church
Union
Maxcy
Albert Prince
Ed Davis
State Penitentiary
Ang
Methodist Sunday School and Memorial Services Schedule
Community church notices detail Sunday school at 10 a m and evening preaching at 8 p m with choir rehearsal Wednesdays. Memorial services affect Rock Creek preaching on two consecutive Sundays to balance nearby services. A union revival is planned at the M E church at 10 a m with relief corps and soldiers aiding music.
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Rock Creek
Union Rial
M. E
Relief Corps
Diller Nebraska Gains Swinging Hog Chute at Stock Yards
A 1912 letter from C L Blauser notes Burlington Railway installing a swinging chute at Diller stock yards to unload hogs and other animals, marking a notable improvement over the previous unloading method and praising its practicality for local shippers.
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Diller
Nebr
A. T. Watson
Burlington
C. L
B. Blauser
Bad Pix Justice BM Cherry Meeting and Monument Work
K K K members met Mrs. Watson on a Wednesday afternoon May 22. Ladies showcased tele pictures after a needle session and one guesser won a prize awarded to Mrs. Kerry. A luncheon followed hosted by Miss Grace Watson and Miss Mable Douglas. Washington Marble and Granite Works arrived at Diller cemetery to erect monuments for Zook Senior Lamb Warthen Henrichs and Fisher lots. They have been active since April 1 and also worked in Haddam Munden Makaska Mes pery Odell. Good Methodists oppose card playing dancing and theatre as the Minneapolis general conference keeps Paragraph 260 in discipline, likely delaying church amusements for four more years.
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Watson
Kerry
Grace Watson
Mable Douglas
Washington Marble and Granite Works
Diller Cemetery
Zook
Senior
Lamb, Warthen
Henrichs
Fisher
Haddam
Munden
Makaska
Essepery
Odell
Minneapolis
Methodist Church
Miller and Deibel Wed at Cook Parsonage
John C. Miller of Cook Nebraska and Cordelia Deibel of Palmyra Nebraska were married by Rev. E. B. Macxy at the M. E. parsonage on Wednesday evening. Miller manages the Farmers elevator and lumber yard at Cook and previously lived near Palmyra. Deibel is Palmyra High School graduate and had taught for five years. The couple plan to live in Cook and will host friends there soon.
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Diller Good Roads
M. E
John C. Miller
Nebr
Cordelia Deibel
Palmyra
E. B. Macxy
Palmyra High School
Burlington
Lincoln
Cook
Decoration Day Observances by G A R and W R C at Diller
The G A R and W R C of Diller plan Decoration Day events on May 30 at the Masonic Hall 1:30 p.m. They will march to the cemetery for children to decorate graves, hold services at the monument for unknown Civil War dead, with addresses by Dr Boyle and C L E Blauser, musical quartets, then return to the Masonic Hall and proceed to the bridge for final prayers led by Revs Maxcy and Saeman. The groups thank the Commercial Club for transport and note flowers are available each morning at the Masonic Hall.
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Diller
Masonic Hall
Battle Fields
Dr. Boyle
C. L.E. Blauser
Soldier and Sailor Marinery
Maxcy
Saeman
Commercial Club
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets Ad
A suggests Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets improve digestion and appetite. The ad claims thousands benefitted and lists Shutt Drug Co as seller. It promotes local merchants and urges readers to patronize advertisements for truthful merchants.
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Chamberlain
Shutt Drug Co
Good Work Edith and the Mission of the Parson
A light hearted woman meets a serious parson at dinner. He states his mission is to save young men and she replies she hopes he saves one for her. The anecdote appears in Ladies Home Journal.
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Edith
Ladies Home Journal
Side Tracked Note Found Near Diller Riverbank
A deciphered diary fragment dated March 20 1912 describes a high school girl from Diller placing her name in a bottle at a railroad bridge east of Diller. The note asks the finder to notify her and mentions floating wishes along Indian Creek during the spring freshet.
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Indian Creek
Diller
The Old Fashioned Dishrag Rant
An mocked old dishrag ode criticizes the traditional dishrag as dirty and germ laden. The rant likens it to a source of kitchen contamination spreading germs to china and silver and laments its persistence in homes despite its filth.
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Rabelais
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