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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1927
Page
5
A reflective note speaks of endless chores and cheerful children, with plans to reclaim and share them in the future. The writer signs as C. Barnett, noting aging joys and familial ties.
George Specht drives a Buick sedan. Mr and Mrs Alfred Sisk report their baby under doctor care. Dr G H Newton an eye ear nose throat specialist in Fairbury Nebraska. Ralph Frisbie and Frank Grone attended the husking contest in Seward last week. John Lamb's brother William Lamb and wife from north of Ellis visited here with him and other relatives Sunday.
Jake Lottman buys a nearly new four hole corn sheller and offers custom shelling. John Meyer with a badly injured right arm was trapped in a corn sheller elevator. Nebraska football will generate about 200000 dollars per year per John Selleck. Martha Frerichs married Archie Bell at Andrews Nebraska while living in Sidney. Graders near Kesterson unearthed three pioneer era burials. researchers seek identities. A double marriage occurred at Marysville Kansas with Eugene Powell Irene Casper and partners. Mrs Wolters recovering at home.
Reynolds schools remain closed for three weeks due to a diphtheria case and quarantine. Oliver Diehl teaches near Reynolds and visited his Diller home over the weekend. Local families including Schipper Diekhoff and Bergfelder joined the Hullman family for meals at their rural home.
C E Daar of Fairbury formerly with International Harvester has joined with Melander to form a partnership for selling Reo cars and operating a filling station in Fairbury.
An advertisement for the Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop urges shoe repair services at Fairbury Nebraska. A separate note from Diller plans to attend the Nebraska New York football game in Lincoln Thanksgiving Day with over 20 000 tickets sold and seats for all. reservations advised via the University of Nebraska Treasurer at Lincoln.
November 23 at 2 30 p m a special Thanksgiving program is being arranged with Mrs C C Andrews Co Pres elect and hostess Mrs Wrigley plus Asst hostesses Mesdames F Cully B Yost and B Bell. Members of the Steele City club will be guests. Do not fail to have a good response for roll call.
Prof F M Gregg speaks at Diller School House at 7 to talk to sixth grade pupils and higher about The Great Conspiracy Against American Youth. Adults hear at 8. Free event by P T A and school with many local endorsements.
The piece recalls Uncle Billy Smith shot by an Indian near a Jefferson County cabin in 1867. Ed Hawkes became family head after the incident as the Smiths and Hawkes built a mud-filled pioneer home. Other items note cattle averages, local visits, and a weathering Rex Green, with arrivals from Mankato Kansas.
The narrator details a long journey visiting relatives in Lincoln, Wood River, Nelor, and Belle Plaine, Kansas then Gage Oklahoma, Higgins Texas, Canadian and Hereford Texas, Amarillo and Saint John area. They note a bridge length of three miles at Canadian River and 66000 bushels of apples at John Alter. They also mention 57 head of Hereford cattle seen in Hereford.
Garrett Edwin Lines born April 16 1904 Beatrice Nebraska died October 31 1927 at age 23 years 6 months 15 days from accidental gun discharge while working on the farm southwest of Burlington Colorado He moved with his parents J E Lines in 1922 and was a member of the M E church at Ellis Nebraska He leaves his father and brothers Harold Earl and others and a large list of siblings including Alta Smith Elna Hattie Letha Neva Phylis Gerald Dean and Vern Lines.
The Fairbury D A R has rescued an 1862 log cabin built from local Blue river elm and cottonwood on the Ed Hawkes farm near Endicott. They will move and reconstruct it in Fairbury city park as a relic room, noting the McCanles cabin story predates this structure.
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