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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1928
Page
5
Community items include M W A meeting schedule, births, sales and services, such as a fresh five year old milk cow for sale, oil delivery contact, eye exams, radio installations, monuments, geese for Thanksgiving, a gravel purchase by the village of Odell, and attendees at Congregational church services in Diller from Lincoln.
A compact reminiscence references old political slogans and everyday prices from wartime and early 20th century life. It notes phrases like fifty four forty or fight and a woman’s place in the home alongside shop prices for shave bath and haircut, illustrating how the era’s slogans and costs shaped daily living.
As green feed runs low and garden cleanup continues, laying hens benefit from leafy alfalfa hay in winter. Keep hay thrifty by feeding hot from boiling water, or use two inch netting racks to let hens pick leaves without roosting. Hay can be cut or ground for easier eating.
Local businessmen farmers and citizens in Q Odell have challenged the town council by offering to donate gravel and spread it on six blocks of Main Street from the railway station to the hill and to the highway. Endicott gravel has been ordered and a free dinner will be served to volunteers next Monday.
Mrs. Sarah Murry 78 died at her Harbine home Friday November 9 1928 after a long illness. Born Sarah M Hare June 10 1850 near Pittsburg Pennsylvania she married John Connor in 1866 at Forest City Nebraska. They had three sons all living except three infant deaths. John Connor preceded in death 1874. She remarried Thomas Murray in 1877 at Forest City and they had seven children with two more children dying in infancy. Surviving are husband Frank Martin Walter Arthur an adopted daughter Rose Saum sixteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral was held November 12 1928 at St Michaels Church Fairbury with burial in Fairbury cemetery.
A girl weighing 74 nds was born to Mr and Mrs Rudolph Hubka on the 9th inst. C A Green returned Wednesday to Modac Kansas where he now resides. High School boys plan to resume basketball in the city. C H Koenig Plymouth county commissioner elect from the second district spent Wednesday afternoon with Diller friends. Nippert and family visited Bruning relatives Sunday and the father accompanied them back for a two week stay.
A playful classroom exchange has children calling out long words. Peculiarities idiosyncrasies stretch beyond simple terms as the teacher prompts more.
Final official vote in Nebraska's Fourth District announced by Fillmore County Attorney Guy C. Hamilton at Geneva shows Charles H. Sloan Republican defeating J. N. Norton Democrat by 209 votes after a district wide recheck by county clerks.
Dr Harvey H Harris born Steele City Nebraska April 29 1893 died of heart disease in Chicago Illinois November 6 1928 age 35 6 8. He held degrees from Peru State Normal School University of Nebraska and John B Murphy Hospital internship. He served in World War I and helped campaign against wheat rust. He married Elsie Adee on January 1 1922 and leaves a wife a son a sister and several relatives. Burial followed at Steele City cemetery.
We express sincere appreciation for the help during the burial of our husband and brother. Special thanks to those who furnished music and to the American Legion.
Mr and Mrs Lew Starkey traveled to Steele City for the funeral of Dr Harvey Bruce Harris the brother of Mrs Starkey. They returned to Ft Collins Colorado on No 17 Wednesday evening. The item includes a juvenile quote about drowning kittens and a mother's reaction.
A humorous exchange asks why men wear unsightly suspenders, joking they keep shirts from flying off. The dialogue emphasizes casual banter over fashion norms.
A. Atwater Kent personally tuned the two millionth radio produced by his company and announced it would be awarded to the next U S president. The piece notes the radio’s rapid rise from a new invention to a common item and hints at growing popular enthusiasm.
The speaker notes a company that produced two million radio sets and sold them worldwide. He recalls the first set in the town and highlights radio’s global impact as a transformative invention.
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