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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1927
Page
3
A brief flyer promotes opening a checking account with an unnamed bank. It offers guidance for first time account holders and emphasizes the benefits of establishing a banking relationship. The text is terse and lacks specific details.
A narrator describes a mocking bird and hillside bloom at dusk, then reflects on her husband’s return home along a bordered lane. The scene shifts from beauty to quiet anticipation as he finally arrives, fulfilling her wish to see him.
Dr G H Newton of Fairbury Nebraska operates an eye ear nose throat practice. The note references a thirty aa of silver in the Bible valued today at about $22.50.
Jake Lottman announces a nearly new 4-hole corn sheller is in use for custom shelling services.
An old proverb promotes Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop in Nebraska urging repairs. The ad invites customers to bring worn shoes to the shop corner north of Bonham Theatre for expert refurbishment.
A tense scene unfolds as a man stares at a frail small white hand pressing against another face. He utters “My God” in an expression of horror and helplessness at the sight before him.
Winter care tips advise ensuring the radiator has adequate water, the battery is fully charged, and generator charging is increased. The article notes higher energy use in cold starts, more wear from lights and starting, and the need to avoid engine overheating and sluggish performance during winter driving.
Notes highlight hummingbirds spend winter in Central America. A meeting reminder states the M. W. A. gathers on the second and fourth Thursday each month. A lyric-poem style line compares widows’ view of husbands to dough and jokes about a silver dollar’s light weight versus men’s lifting challenge.
Ray Lamb, nephew of J L Lamb, bought the Tristman farm one mile north of Diller and will move in spring. A A Ballard traveled from Beatrice to collect his sister Miss L O Ballard for Thanksgiving dinner.
Mrs. W. S. Fiiley and her daughter Eleanor rode the early morning Burlington train to reach Kansas City in time for a Thanksgiving dinner with relatives.
A Swedish schoolmaster records a note from a mother excusing Peter's absence. The letter says Peter must substitute for his father, a doorkeeper, while solving a math problem. It details long walks at three quarters of a mile per hour to circle a field, hoping the father returns home by evening so Peter may attend school tomorrow.
Mrs W S Filley hosted the N C S A Club gathering on Wednesday November 16 1927. Members answered roll call with a piece or childhood poem recalling old days. A peanut jar game followed with Mrs Ellis guessing the exact count and winning a prize. Music by students including Rachael Viers Filley and Erma closed the program.
Gas prices in Beat Rice Tuesday fall to 17e per gallon. Mr and Mrs Homer Brunkie of Plymouth welcomed a fine boy, weighing 9 1 2 pounds, Tuesday morning. Raleigh Southwick and wife had a son. W H Schmuelle and family from Fairbury visited Herman Sixel near Harbine for Thanksgiving.
Miss Eleanor Diehl, a student at the state university, spent Thanksgiving day and the weekend at her home in Diller.
Mrs. Agnes Freeman widow of Daniel Freeman first homesteader marked her 84th birthday on the 16th inst in Beatrice.
Dr. Cecil Ellis drove from Chester early in the week and then traveled to Lincoln on Thursday to attend the Nebraska NY football matchup.
Ford dealers statewide were told to be in Omaha today for a major event likely marking the arrival of a new Ford model. The staged gathering signals a high profile launch with dealership participation across the region.
Yesterday many Diller businesses kept Thanksgiving hours with most shops closed for the day. The post office ran Sunday hours and rural delivery was suspended.
Hargid Frisbie, 15, son of Mr and Mrs W J Frisbie of Fairbury formerly of Diller, ran away last Saturday, was found Sunday evening in Lincoln and sent home to his anxious parents.
Mr and Mrs Henry Henrichs traveled from Wichita to funeral services for his uncle J T Henrichs. Accompanying them was Mrs Fordyce who then proceeded to Lincoln to visit her sister Mrs Elmo Hadley.
Sam Thompson manager notes remaining potatoes at one dollar and cabbage at about 1 85 a head. Flour shorts and bran seeds and laying mash available. Prices listed as one to two dollars with limited quantities.
The D H S Juniors staged The Hoodoo at the opera house on Wednesday night with an audience response better than an $85 house. Players learned their parts well and received repeated applause. Specialities and music were especially fine.
Mr and Mrs Tom Rand celebrated Thanksgiving Day with Mrs Rand's parents in Beatrice enjoying family gathering and holiday meals.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Brasel spent Sunday at the home of his sister Mrs. T. B. Waggoner. Oliver Diehl who teaches near Reynolds is spending the holidays at his home.
Mrs. S. M. Hughes left this morning for Hebron to visit her daughter Mrs. Cleve Hiatt and family.
Miss Grayce Myers a Falls City schools teacher spends Thanksgiving at her home in Diller Nebraska with relatives and friends during the holiday season.
Mr and Mrs T H Waggoner visit Rascarmy Hig for a dinner hosted by brother Brazel and family at their Fai residence. The intimate gathering highlights kinship and hospitality within the local community.
Chas. Osborn of Lincoln, once a Diller resident, was en route to Haddam Kansas when he stopped for dinner Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. John Greider.
Mr and Mrs D C Simmons and children Gordon and Kenneth of Lincoln spent Sunday at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs H Waggoner.
Ben Albers of Kanorado Kansas John Albers of Gothenberg Nebraska and Dick Albers of California are in town to attend their father’s funeral this afternoon.
Michael Mitchell died Thursday from arterial hardening at his home six miles southwest of Diller. He will be buried Saturday in Wymore.
Diller folks traveled to Lincoln to watch the Nebraska versus New York game. Thirty thousand fans roared as the Cornhuskers triumphed 27 to 18.
Mrs. F. W. Hansen of Steele City is on the sick list. Mrs. Rice Evans of the Ellis neighborhood is under doctor care. Roy Geer is overhauling platform scales at the Cornbelt Lumber and Coal office. Robert Diller, a state university student, spends Thanksgiving at his parents’ home.
Mrs Will Kennedy files in the district court at Fairbury through attorney J C Hartigan against Aetna Insurance Company of Hartford Conn seeking $5000 the amount of her husband policy at his death on September 10 which the company refuses to pay.
On Sunday November 20 1927 a large gathering at the Amos farm welcomed 45 relatives and friends from St Charles Beatrice Odell Homesville Hord Bennett and other Nebraska towns. They shared a noon barn dinner hosted by Mrs Oscar Amos and helpers as the group bid farewell to travelers from Minnesota headed to Long Beach California for the winter.
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