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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1915
Page
5
Fragmentary notices report Mrs Otto Bruchschen and family visiting relatives, with references to St Edwards Nebraska and the Slocum family. Other bits mention J Me Hiatt Barn and a lifted statement about hauling. The text includes stray names and dates amid incomplete lines.
Mrs Maude Hull visited Beatrice relatives including her father Alex Bell from Diller and returned home to Lincoln Sunday. John Greider moved his barber shop Tuesday from S J Senior’s building to J E Kerr’s building on the east side of Main Street and connected with city water plans a bath room.
Jacob Bowers Jr of Omaha was elected manager of the Shea Equity Exchange at Shea and is now in charge of the elevator. He is a son of Jacob Bowers of Odell and brother in law of E E McCune of near Shea.
Mr and Mrs John W Ault of Lancaster City Pennsylvania formerly of Mechanicsburg Cumberland County stopped here yesterday to visit with his uncle I D Steiner and family on their return from the expositions at San Diego and San Francisco California
The steamship Nebraska, homeward bound with no passengers and flying the American flag, was torpedoed by a submarine off the coast of Ireland Tuesday night. The ship was not seriously damaged and was to be taken to port for repairs. All crew took to lifeboats and returned once it was clear the ship would not sink. It remains to be seen if the incident will affect U S German relations.
The United States Weather Bureau will install an apparatus at the University Farm to measure the sun’s total heat units. One of only three of its kind in the nation, readings will aid scientific research and Nebraska Experiment Station projects on crop water needs. Nebraska hosts the instrument due to long standing cooperation with the university and its suitability for the plains corn region study.
A Buckthorn bark glycerine mixture called Adler-i-ka is said to produce instant complete cleansing of the bowel after a single spoonful. Advertisers claim rapid relief for gas and sour stomach and cite widespread use, with the product promoted by Shutt Co.
George Powers moved this week to Fairbury. Mrs. Rigdon spent Sunday afternoon between trains with relatives at OdeT. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hutchinson visited St Joe this week. Diller relatives welcomed a Wednesday visit. Scarney will move soon onto a farm as Krider plans a message.
Two matches advertised at City Hall this Friday feature Walter Teaper versus Wayne Mann and Frank Cully versus Henry Arnold in a combined wrestling card.
A well improved square in Garfield county Nebraska sits near the school on the main road to Burwell. The owner Chas I. Smith of Rosevale Nebraska seeks a trade for a small place close to town.
East Rochester New York resident Mrs A L Ruckie suffered from sick headache and despondency due to a weakened stomach. She began taking Chamberlains Tablets found them pleasant mild and effective and within weeks was restored to her former good health. For sale by all dealers.
Mr L E Dunn of Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania has taken a clerical position in the Diller State Bank and will remain during Mr Andersons annual vacation starting next week and likely until the Mesers QO J and A Mayborn and their families return from the exposition in San Francisco and San Diego.
A new time card takes effect next Sunday with changes to train numbers. No 13 becomes No 15 for the early morning service and the evening No 15 becomes No 17. Running times remain unchanged.
Rhue and Esther Green closed their Stockham schools last week. Esther returned home Tuesday and left Wednesday to become bookkeeper for Von Steen Co. in Beatrice. Rhue planned a scout camp but returned yesterday and accepted a superintendent position at Giltner Schools for next year earning $100 a month and will attend Peru normal school again this summer.
Wm Riddle’s death prompted notification to his sons George and John Riddle at Higginsville Missouri. He died before their arrival after a tele gram reported his illness. His body returned with them on Thursday. The funeral is set for Friday at 2 PM at the Presbyterian church with A O U W lodge involvement. Interment will follow in Prairie Homes cemetery. Riddle was a Civil War veteran and a longtime respected resident who moved to Missouri after the death of his first wife.
Italy aligns with the Allies against Germany and Austria in the expanding war. Local notes mention Mrs. A C Wood returning from a Beatrice visit and Mrs. Jesse Hunnicutt returning from her sister’s in Wymore. Hod Diller and Debhert Stotts came back from a fishing trip to Endicott, claiming the usual luck. Also a sales pitch urges visiting to compare a leading John Deere two row cultivator, marketed as the simplest.
Mrs Tru bs of Lyningville Nebraska reports using Chamberlains Tablets off and on for six years when her liver shows a disorder and they have always given the desired relief. Sold by all dealers.
Free high school privileges available in Fairbury Nebraska. Persons must apply to the county superintendent within ten days. Henry Abrams county superintendent announces the deadline and procedures.
The Jefferson county eighth grade exercises marking the completion of the common school course will be held in Fairbury city park next Saturday May 29 at 10 o clock. One hundred fifty four diplomas will be presented to as many graduates with many from Diller and vicinity. The program includes an invocation musical selections and an address by A V Teed.
Mrs. George Specht suffered a broken right arm in two places when a rear end collision occurred while the Spechts and two other couples traveled home from five miles southwest of Diller. Millard Gemeny attempted to pass, causing the cars to overturn and injure all occupants. he drove them to a home where a physician treated the injuries.
Albert Loeper and Marie M. Colby settled their $3,600 suit before district court Monday after Loeper was convicted for selling intoxicating liquor without a license. The case arose from Colman’s $10,000 claim for alleged adultery involving Loeper and her husband, with a supreme court ruling upholding a lower court verdict. The parties reached a satisfactory out of court agreement delaying execution twenty days. A separate note from Beatrice papers indicates a $2,250 judgment in Loeper vs Colby was rendered by agreement of the same parties.
Mr Ira London and Miss Elna Stahl of Harbine together with Mr Seiboldt Seibolts of Diller and Miss Anna Junker near Fairbury secured marriage licenses from the county judge last week. Mrs Henrietta Powell of Griggs Okla attended her sister Mrs Gerard's funeral yesterday and will stay with her daughter Mrs Joe Adams near Shea for a few days.
On May 20 at Mrs. Martha B. Diller home the Young Men's and Young Ladies Classes of the M E Sunday school held a three month attendance contest. The score favored the Young Men 79 to 74. Thirteen Young Men attended despite a storm and enjoyed a four course luncheon with toasts by Mrs. Diller L M Cavett John Clausson and Grace Watson. The evening closed with an egg race and good humor as the men congratulated the ladies.
A veteran writes to urge the Record to sustain Civil War remembrances and Memorial Day observances. He notes dwindling turnout of Civil War veterans and W R C members, warning that the custom may fade unless younger generations assume responsibility and keep flowers and honors as tokens of national gratitude.
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