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The Diller Record

Location

Diller, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1931

Page

5

What Is Success Its doing your job the best you can

A compact quote on success frames it as fairness ambition and perseverance. The page also carries stray notes and notices from Fairbury Nebraska including dental ads monuments oblique jokes about earthquakes and motley local chatter. It mentions a camp fire incident with a Monterey convict and a hobo incident on a Rock Island freight train. Local social notes report funeral attendance and residents visiting Fairbury for winter. Gravel being spread on Grain Growers Highway projects near Plymouth to Fairbury.

Plymouth No. 15 Fairbury

Court House Closed During Funeral Observance

A local courthouse closed Thursday afternoon for the funeral of Mrs. Helen Hughes Beckwith, sister of District Clerk Gladys Hughes, with county officials attending. The issue includes an editorial from the Port land Telegram praising quiet courage of a mother who keeps smiling as her son battles a paralyzing injury.

Helen Hughes Beckwith Gladys Hughes Fairbury Journal Herman Hegenberger McCook Nebr Portland, Oregon Telegram

Fairbury Electric Shoe Repair Ad

Prepare for cold weather. Let us repair your shoes. Men's sales $1.00, Ladies' sales 75c, good as comes on average shoes. Fairbury Electric Shoe. Shop corner north of Booham Theatre.

Fairbury Electric Shoe Booham Theatre

Diller Farmers Grain Co Advertises Hog Buying Bid

The notice proclaims ongoing market activity for fat hogs with top market prices. It invites farmers to get the bid first and sell locally, led by manager I R Andrews.

Diller Farmers Grain Co I. R Andrews Mgr

Nebraska Highways Cuts 275 Grade Crossings This Year

The Nebraska Highways department will eliminate 275 grade crossings when this year’s work finishes. Ten are overhead crossings and 50 grade crossings were eliminated by the relocation of highways.

Nebraska Highways Department

Landscaping Worker Chas Kasparek Dies at 50 in Fairbury

Chas Kasparek of Fairbury died Friday after a three year illness. He was 50 and had done notable landscaping for the new park. His funeral was held Monday at the Christian church.

Chas. Kasparek Fairbury Christian Church

Fined for Possession of Liquor in Fairbury Area

Antone Zeleney living 11 miles east of Fairbury on the Diller road was fined 100 dollars and costs in justice court for liquor possession. A raid by Sheriff Helvey and Deputies Clark and Manning found 42 quarts of beer and brewing equipment at Zeleney’s farm Tuesday. The liquor was in the house near the C. C. Andrews farm four miles northwest of Diller. He is listed as paying the fine at Hotel de Helvey.

Antone Zeleney Fairbury Diller Helvey Clark and Manning Zeleney C. C. Andrews Hotel de Helvey

Gravel spreads on Liberty highway to Missouri river

Earl Johnson's little girl is on the sick list. The gravel has been spread on the Liberty highway No. 68 between Steele City and Odell, completing a gravelled route to the Missouri river except for eleven miles between Liberty and Burchard. Sheriff Helvey advises farmers to mark harness with name or initials in several pieces to identify stolen gear.

Earl Johnson Steele City Odell Missouri River Liberty Burchard Hélvey

Woman's Club Armistice Day meeting and book review notices

The Woman's Club held an Armistice Day program at the J.R. Andrews home with a World Peace through Education address by Genevieve Cross and a talk on The League of Nations by W Schindler. A book review session covered A Lantern in Her Hand and Whites Bird Flying. Special guests included Mrs H K Shutt, ak Waggoner, and Miss Vivian Waggoner.

Thomas Carlyle Mesdames- Moser Hay Bick Mesdamési O J.mayborn Joe Nipper H. Frisbie Bess Streeter Aldrich France Genevieve Cross Co. Supt. of Public Instruction Fairbury W Schindler League of Nations World Court S. A. Miller Vivian Waggoner

Thanksgiving Day origins and a troubled prayer

A historical note traces Thanksgiving origins from early colonial observances to Lincoln's 1864 proclamation. The piece includes a wartime and presidential context, and closes with a strenuous prayer asking divine guidance amid economic hardship and social inequality.

Probate Notice in Jefferson County Nebraska

In the matter of the estate of Carl B. Franzen deceased Irma Clara Franzen Eick petitions for administration to S Moser. November 28 1931 at 9 A M set for hearing in Fairbury County Court. Notice to interested parties by publication in the Diller Record for three weeks prior.(SEAL) Enney & Denney Attys for Estate KK R Bee County Judge.

Nebraska Jefferson’ County Carl B. Franzen Irma Clara Franzen-Eick Erma-Clara Franzen Eick Moser Aoa Fairbury the Diller Record

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