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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1909
Page
5
The page lists local schedule notes for passenger trains and freight, town observations, a dentist’s travel days, a turkey shoot, Thanksgiving visits, a lost pound weight with heat cure, and various residents’ short updates including visits, correspondence, and church society notes.
Thanksgiving activities spark local travel and social news. Stanley Blythe and Vern Blythe visit while Beatrice and University Place friends host Miss Leona Raymond. A Beatrice wedding at 2 30 p m features Miss Clara Bissie Pittenger and Mr Fred S McAtee with Velina Price as ring bearer.
A scattered Beatrice region item notes Mayborn's Omaha cattle purchase for a party. Loock and Habielt install a new fixture in a general merchandise store. A turkey shoot at Shea shows Diller sports participants. Stans of Prairie Bay queries on premises. Teallard to Terrbury then Mortoe event. Pittenner wedding at Beatrice. Carricg's father returns home to Kadis City, Nebraska.
An old style ad promotes Dr Shoop Cough Remedy claiming fast relief for coughs with harmless ingredients. It advertises the product as safe for children and promises no opium or harsh chemicals, urging mothers to choose this remedy sold by Spear Drug Co.
Mrs. McManes and Mabel Pongelies visited relatives near Wymore and near Diller on the week before Thanksgiving. A J Carmichael took a short business trip to Hosking Missouri. families from Gruide Rock Nebr to North Branch Kansas spent Thanksgiving with Bert Butler and sisters Mary and Lizzie Butler. Texas population claims noted in Galveston News. W W Calkins moved from Rigby Idaho to Rock Creek area then back to Idaho.
Priddy neighbors held a December social in the basement of a local church to raise funds for the High School Athletic Club. Guests included Mr and Mrs Chapman from Wy more and their grandson Dr Claude Ellis with family. TE Mayborn from Beatrice visited Diller over Sunday with uncle A Mayborn and relatives. Mayborn, once Ellis bank cashier, now works at Union State Bank Beatrice.
The public schools took a Thanksgiving recess. Kenneth Fouts was elected leader of the Literary Club which plans a drama and a public session. A debate on government ownership of public utilities will be held with an invitation to attend.
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