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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1915
Page
1
Next Sunday invites readers to attend church services as part of a local civic promotion. The column lists new cloaks by express and notes Mr. W C Starkey reporting a high corn yield of 70 bushels per acre. Dr Bauguess plans city water connections at his home this week.
Mrs. Fred Clark returned to Beatrice on Tuesday to assist in caring for her aunt, Mrs. G. H. Bailey, who is very low.
Mr and Mrs C G Erwin who had visited with Mr and Mrs E Wrigley returned Monday to their home in Lincoln.
Mr and Mrs Neal Skillet of Humboldt visited her sister Mrs Wm Freitag after arriving Friday in their Ford. Cleave Hiatt and wife and J L Hughes and wife left Thursday in Hiatt's new car to visit relatives in Seward and Beaver Crossing.
A. H. Colman and Asa Colman with their wives came back Wednesday evening from an automobile tour to Seward Nebraska where they spent two or three days visiting relatives.
Mrs. Sarah Phelan, owner of the Tucker farm where the incident occurred, arrived Saturday from the eastern part of the state with a car load of personal effects and will establish her home there with them.
Mr and Mrs Frank Tincher and others from Fairbury attended the production of Queen Esther presented by local talent at the Diller Opera House Friday night.
The Diller municipal lighting plant remains on the brink as current village authorities oppose its operation. Carbide supply has again run out and no new orders are expected, signaling continued hardship for the plant and residents.
Alfalfa sells for 6.00 per ton at the site. L. D. Calkins listed. Repaint the wagon before husking all colors. Shutt Drug Co. Lt E. L Loock tore down a barn and is building a garage for his new car. Mr and Mrs Harlan Hadley visited Beatrice relatives. Christian church ladies raised over 25 dollars at a buffet luncheon in the city hall Saturday evening.
Mrs. Renelda Stafford visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Fanders in Fairbury on Wednesday. Henry Fouts returned to Lincoln to attend the state university after visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fouts since Friday.
G E Hughes and his wife with their son visited Beaver Crossing Nebraska from Saturday to Monday, staying with Mr. and Mrs J L Hughes and other Diller relatives. J L Loock and family left for Peoria Illinois by train to attend the funeral of Mrs Fuchs, who died suddenly on Sunday.
J. S. Blair his wife and son Roe and Mrs. M. E. Fish and daughter Adeline visited relatives and friends in Diller on Sunday. They drove from Lincoln in Blair s car and returned the same evening.
Mrs. Martha Diller’s class hosted a buffet luncheon at Miss Grace Watson’s home on Wednesday evening November 3 to honor Viola Kerr who is moving to Steele City. Music filled the night and guests left early wishing her happiness in her new home.
Queen Esther the Oratorio was performed in the Diller opera house over Friday and Saturday by local talent under the Diller Male Quartet and Prof. Lyman S. Leason. Cast includes Rex Green as King and Grace Watson as Queen with J L Leock as Haman. The production drew good crowds and showcased strong local voices. The report also notes ongoing dog races at Ode and various local updates from Diller.
Mr and Mrs T L Ewing and Mrs C E U Caldwell of near Harbine attended the Queen Esther oratorio in the Diller opera house last Friday night. Mrs Harry Harris of Hanover Kan and Mrs Lyman S Leason of Lincoln visited here with sister Mrs E I Loock and saw Queen Esther Friday and Saturday. Harry Strockey dislocated his right elbow Monday threshing northeast of town when his jacket sleeve caught. this is the third time clothing has caught at the same place. Mr and Mrs J A Reuling of Wymore attended the oratorio in Diller Friday. Reuling played King in a Queen Esther production and praised the visit.
J. D. Fanders touts Mitchell wagons as durable with a fifteen year record in this territory. He notes this car load follows the first shipment fifteen years ago and claims wagons remain tireless and in use.
A column of notices includes a sale of old papers for a nickel at the Record office, farm goods and paint offerings, court hearing on Maria Blauser estate in Fairbury next Monday, and local visits from Calkins household moving to Minnesota. Also mentions subscriptions, migrations, and family connections across Council Bluffs Endicott and Rock Creek areas.
A fragmentary notice references personal taxes payable at Citizens State Bank and mentions ongoing sewing machine promotion by Wageguner Bros. The text hints at a chaotic local commerce scene with unrelated ads in a single column.
The Church of Christ invites attendance at Sunday school next Sunday. Sunday school begins at 10, with preaching at 11. Endeavor service is at 6:30 followed by a second preaching at 7:30.
The Nebraska governor proclaims November 7 as Go To Sunday School day urging all to attend church and renew religious interest. Diller and Rock Creek Sunday schools report active programs with about 80 in Diller’s class and a live Epworth League.
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