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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1923
Page
3
Classified items report livestock for sale including four milk cows two fresh soon and 8 to 10 tons of alfalfa. Other ads mention denatured alcohol prices coal hogs and Rhode Island Red cockrels. Local notes cover a broken arm a sick child visits and library shelving plus gas prices and corn market activity.
Cards received by Diller relatives announce the birth of a 104 pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Greenwood at their home in Waverly Nebraska on the 12th inst.
Mr and Mrs J W Foute left Fairbury by Rock Island railroad to Rochester Minnesota for a thorough Mayo Clinic physical examination to determine the cause of his ill health.
The Record declares anonymous letters will be discarded and urges signers to reveal their names for publication. The paper invites clear heat on public questions and warns against fictitious names or pen names, promising space to those who sign.
The last legislature proposed bills to curb trucks and buses on highways. The next session may act on weight limits speed restrictions dirt-road bans after rain higher license fees and state Railway Commission oversight. The editorial urges a fair plan balancing owner interests and public road needs.
Henry Wright of Powell Wye son of Col and Mrs J B Wright longtime Diller residents visited here and at Odell this week traveling to Omaha with a car load of horses.
The Jeffersonian in Hugginsville Missouri suggests using granite monuments in cemeteries and even erecting a concrete road several miles long to memorialize a benefactor like a local millionaire. The piece argues such monuments would bless communities but invites readers to consider the idea.
A Nebraska man with a large bank deposit was approached by a salesman promoting a get rich scheme. The banker warned against the investment, but the depositor trusted the pitches instead and withdrew funds to hand to the salesman. The investor now trusts bank counsel more than before.
A boy was born on the 14th to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Sisk who reside southwest of Diller.
Mrs J N Carpenter spent several days in Fairbury visiting daughter Mrs Wm Lee. Mothers and Daughters club met with Mrs Roy McCune and quilted. Mr and Mrs Rupert Andrews weekend in Lincoln visiting his parents. They attended the Nebraska Notre Dame game. Mr and Mrs Sam Stull and others visited Hebron with Oliver Stull family. Mrs J P Gill and Mrs J H Steinmetz shopped in Fairbury. Maurice Peterson visited relatives in Hebron. J H Logan and son George were business callers in Fairbury.
A student in Kansas City writes home November 13 1923 about finishing the term at Horner's and plans to visit Exeter after Christmas. She notes little time for study with Harmony Theory History of Music Methods Light Singing Piano and Voice and praises her voice teacher. She mentions friends and a weekend visit, plus hearing Chaliapin and Savi at Ivanhoe Temple.
A personal note from Pearl Diller in Kansas City Missouri describes neighbors Arthur Price and wife visiting, mentions local streets six blocks away, and comments on Ivanhoe club membership. It notes district tensions with race and asks about Eunice and Petty, closing with affectionate family sign off.
The library announces newly donated books now on shelves for circulation. Featured titles include School Days in Italy, Boy Travelers in Northern Europe, Bodley volumes, The French Revolution, Burke A Twisted Skein, Prose and Poetry Vol. 1, King Richard III, Shakespeare Tony the Hero, and Mrs. Wiggs of Cabbage Patch among others.
A dense compilation of book titles and authors including Verne Doyle Cooper Wells and Hawthorne arranged as a classifier list. It references classic literature poetry novels and educational texts alongside school and education topics. The fragment resembles a library or bookstore catalog entry with many proper nouns and no narrative.
Over four decades Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as effective for catarrh. It includes a local ointment to relieve symptoms and an internal tonic that acts through the bloodstream to reduce mucous inflammation. Sold by all druggists F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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