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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1924
Page
5
Diller hosts chautauqua June four to eight with a town picnic planned for August 13 and 14. Four of Emil Krebs' children are ill with measles. The Diller team routed Steele City 11 to 0 in a county league baseball game last Sunday. Rain fell Thursday night and Monday, and warm weather is hoped to follow.
Mrs Mises Nellie Green visited for the commencement exercises and returned to Lincoln Friday via the Rock Island route to Fairbury.
H. K. Shutt the druggist and his family left Sunday by car for a week or ten days visit with relatives at St. Edwards Nebraska.
The speaker suggests if China cannot provide cash reparations for the latest bandit attack it may offer film rights instead. The remark highlights tension over compensation methods and potential leverage through media rights.
Eilert, Hullman and sisters Miss Edna and Laura visited relatives and friends in Johnson and Auburn Nebraska from Friday to Monday.
Dry seasoned furnace wood and stove wood offered at 5.00 per load delivered and 3.45 on site. Straight oak and walnut priced at 6.00. Seasoned oak and walnut posts two for 2.65. Contact J. M. Hiatt around May 1 for purchase.
Notice is given to qualified voters of School District No. 70 Diller Jefferson County Nebraska that the annual meeting will be held at the District school on June 9 at 8 p m The question of raising 12000 by taxation for the coming school year will be voted upon as required by law See 6801 Revised Statutes of Nebraska as amended by chapter 121 1917 Board of Education Dist No 70
A log crewman fell into a rapid stream and clung to a large log. With the current sweeping him under, he surfaced with feet showing on the opposite side as a fellow worker reached to pull him free. He urged to "save the poor fellow that's in dead fist" if possible.
In Washington Lieut. David Rittenhouse, holder of the world rumor deaplane record, remarks that flying is a dangerous yet fascinating sport. A woman asks if his life has been interesting, and he replies with four marriages three ces and two familiar and Ove canitariums.
Miss Helen Green returned to Lincoln on No 16 yesterday. O J Mayborn made a business trip to the county seat Tuesday. Walter Fisher of Endicott and several of his children have measles. Ira Place and Charley Lukas and families motored to Crab Orchard Sunday to visit relatives. Miss Alice Specht of Fairbury visited Sunday at the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs George Specht in the city.
Mrs. Esther Gregory traveled from Byron yesterday to visit at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs John Gretzinger.
Despite doomsayers arguments, annual statistics show church membership increasing. The data indicate sustained growth across denominations and regions, underscoring continued religious participation.
Cal Waggoner and Jorden Sandman of Diller and Wm Wehling of Lanham drove to Kearney Sunday to attend the state shooting tournament.
Misses Flossie and Fern Ray mond return from Foland Kansas with brother Volney and family in his new Chevrolet sedan. They enjoyed the trip and visit immensely.
Miss Velma travels to Diller with her parents Mr and Mrs Thos P Price of Kansas City to spend Friday through Sunday with relatives. The brief visit is part of a family trip noted in local society items.
Mr and Mrs Thos P Price of Kansas City spent a day or two this week at the home of his brother Jos A Price and wife in Beatrice Nebraska They are on vacation visiting Nebraska relatives and friends The Price brothers were once partners in a mercantile and cattle feeding business in Diller and shipped a special cattle train to Chicago market A Price now runs a grocery in Beatrice and Thos P Price is in the furniture business in Kansas City.
The Petit Parisien recounts Queen Wilhelmina’s act of kindness on a Hague outing. She spoke with a laborer’s child who waved, later sending a palace parcel containing a right glove filled with caramels and a left with gold pieces. A note asked the child to declare which glove pleased her most.
Powell and Diller will play ball at Diller next Sunday. The note adds a humorous line about an experienced husband remembering his wife's birthday but forgetting which one. A cryptic remark mentions sealskin coats being provided somehow.
The Woman's Club met in the M E church basement for a social closing event. Members and families exchanged comical letters mailed as invitations and played a deciphering puzzle. The group enjoyed letter reading, a mail themed game, and refreshments served by the social committee.
The $30,000 Odell school house bond election was held Saturday and bonds were defeated by a vote of 94 to 106. The result redounds to the county school district's plans for new facilities.
Astronomers say Mars and Earth will be about 30 million miles apart in August if measured by a straight line. Mr and Mrs Newt Hayes, Mr and Mrs Chas Hayes and the latter's mother drove to J ohn son Saturday to visit old friends and relatives.
Mr and Mrs Roy McCune traveled to Beatrice on Wednesday and were joined on the return trip by Miss Koons after a brief visit with them.
Mrs Vedric Fanders went on No. 17 Wednesday evening to attend the funeral of her sister in law Mrs Arch Lambert at Yuma.
Harry Weddle and John Leaper announce weekly hog sales at Diller every Saturday and Tuesday forenoon. Prices will be 60 cents per 100 pounds under the St. Joseph market on all hog classes.
Frank Frisbie, a World War I veteran, traveled to Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis Missouri last week where he had surgery Friday morning for an ailment contracted during his military service.
Miss Helen Green, previously a Clatonia school teacher, returned Saturday to her home in the city. She has contracted to teach another year at Clatonia and will attend summer school at the State University in Lincoln.
Rev. E. E. Pengelly, pastor of the Diller M. E. church, preached the baccalaureate sermon Sunday evening for the nine member class. Pengelly returned home Tuesday evening.
A humorous line of kinship ties among a minister’s wife and their many named birds. The piece mentions Hawke Ave in Eagleville Canary county and lists relatives as a Lyre with family connections to the birds.
Ross Tanner, sole survivor of the Redwood Minnesota massacre of 1862, now lives in Amaranth Manitoba. He spent years seeking relatives after being found as a baby in bloody mud and taken to Canada by a Sioux woman. He later discovered he was not Indian and hid from danger while wandering with buffalo hunters.
An article discusses the Chapelle-aux Saints skull in France as possibly the oldest bodily relic of prehistoric man. It notes the skull’s similarity to a monkey but limited signs of intelligence, inviting careful consideration of early human evolution.
Mr and Mrs George Mayborn of Beatrice attend the commencement exercises at Diller high school showcasing community support for local education.
Mr and Mrs J C Turner visited the home of Hiram Packers with their daughters Margaret and Elizabeth and Mrs Turners mother. They returned to Lincoln Monday.
Fragmentary text notes catarrh as a local disease in international conditions with unclear details and context, offering little concrete information beyond the term and general mention of illness.
Dudley L. Pickman displayed rare Western Australia and New Zealand stamps in New York, including two 2 penny violet error stamps from the 1860s valued around 125 dollars each. The swan-adorned issues trace back to Boston shipping firms Silsby Pickman & Allen and memories of early ocean service.
The Mothers and Daughters Club met with Mrs. eman for an afternoon of fancy work and dainty refreshments. Several local residents visited relatives and traveled for business, including the Riddle and Andrews families, Roy Wagner’s Beatrice trip, and Lloyd Steinmetz’s weekend with his parents. Lloyd graduates from Fairbury High School this week.
Minnesota lands are suited for diversified farming including stock raising dairying grains corn clover timothy vegetables and small fruits. Also engages in trading with offers to exchange goods. Benton County Real Estate Co Sauk Rapids Minn.
Alma bears three roots: Latin alm meaning fair fits alma mater. old Erse poetry hinted all good. later linked to the Crimean river and Russia shaping its use in Europe. The tale adds Alma’s talisman the topaz, famed for night light and gloom dispelling, worn on the left arm with lucky number four.
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