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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1948
Page
4
Local weekly notes from Diller Nebraska cover village board meetings on May 4 1948 including finances water fund light and power expenses and clerks salary. The entry lists residents visiting from Campbell Lincoln Endicott and Fairbury with brief social updates and city street work by Floyd Man and volunteer teams.
Memoris from the era note Miss Addie Miller reelected as teacher in District 65 with a $65 monthly salary. Wm. Freitag builds a new house on his farm three miles north. John Loock and family rent rooms in the D. C. Miller home where Prof. Beall resided. A mass meeting supports bonding for a town water works system owned and operated by the city. The cornerstone for the new Catholic church at Fairbury was laid. Steeler City Telephone Co. buys Endicott Telephone Co. franchise lines and equipment. B. F. Blythe loses a large barn and granary to fire four miles northeast of Diller. Carl Sandman seriously injured after a fifty foot fall.
Harry Boggs suffered a stroke at his Beatrice home after working on a railroad bridge. Charles Leaper of Diller and Miss Tillie Hatam of Steinauer, along with Supt. Sickey and Russell Mc Creight, were initiated into the Masonic lodge. Mrs. Mary Wright marked her 78th birthday with a celebratory party in her honor.
A series of White face cattle listings announces stock for sale or sale readiness. Animals range from cows and heifers to calves and yearlings with labels such as milking cows, calves by side, and coming two year old bulls. Local buyers can choose from multiple ages and sexes.
1947 John Deere Tractor model G with starter lights power lift and wheel weights. 1948 Van Brunt Grain Drill 7x17 on rubber with power lift and fertilizer 1947 6 ft John Deere Disc Tiller 1947 2-row John Deere Lister No 730 1947 2-row power lift cultivator for model A B or G John Deere McCormick Deering tractor spreader No 200 like new 3 bottom John Deere tractor plow 1940 Avery threshing machine 22 in excellent condition Folding 4-section harrow evener new.
Miscellaneous inventory includes tractor chains 12x38 Top buggy power fence charger 50 steel posts for electric fence 50 ft hammer mill belt 500 chick brooder with 640 gal fuel tank and 250 gal gas tank 12 ft feed bunk 20 gal tractor oil 4 gate panels old iron and more. Items are described as used or new with basic notes on condition.
Address line reads Schultis and Ph Harbine at 672 P O Diller Neb. This item records a local contact or listing with a Nebraska post office box in Diller.
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