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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1923
Page
3
The piece follows Mickey McGuire racing through the village with breeches afire. He seeks a doctor who declares the end is near as the scene closes.
A. H. Colman arrived from Fairbury yesterday for undisclosed engagements, with local residents noting his visit and possible meetings in town.
Mr and Mrs A Mayborn visited Beatrice yesterday. A regular Community Club meeting is planned for Monday evening October 8 with important business. Rev Duhrkop returned from a Lutheran conference in Columbus Nebraska Wayne. Thompson of Fairbury attended a farewell party for Mrs Innis at the M E basement Monday night. Mrs Dan Griswold visits her husband in Marysville Kansas hospital. Amos Colman and niece Nellie Davis of Seward and A H Coleman of Fairbury attended the funeral of Mrs Henrietta Powell last Friday.
Mr and Mrs W N Sparks returned the first of the week from visiting their daughter Mrs W G Myers and family at Harlock. They were hampered by high waters that made the roads almost impassable during the trip there and back.
The O E S hosted a Tuesday evening gathering in honor of Mr and Mrs W B Bell as they leave the city. Husbands and brothers joined in games and a reading of the Pumpkinville Squash items. Refreshments followed and the event concluded with warm farewells.
The Fairbury News lists top finishers with errors corrected. Scott Allan Miller Jr of Diler Nebr led with 992 percent, Dorra ine Willoughby of Fairbury led girls with 99 percent, Serenus Belden Viers of Diller was second boy at 994 percent, Louise E Connell of Fairbury second girl at 98 percent, first prize was a silver cup engraved Scott Allen Miller 1st Prize Baby Fairbury 1923, Corrine Willoughby won a silver necklace and matching bracelet, second prizes were gold rings.
Local ad states Martin Fanders offers home grown Early Ohio potatoes for sale at 90 cents per unit.
Fairbury advertisement for Dr Helzel offering reliable dental work with guaranteed results on the south side Phone 105.
In the Diller area several farmers are constructing cribs to store the upcoming corn harvest. The effort aims to protect grain from weather and pests while awaiting delivery or sale. Local farms coordinate gathering materials and share handling know how.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Orville Cherry of Valentine Nebraska but living in Diller on Tuesday October 2. The family announces the birth with the usual hometown notice.
A. J. Tiistman leaves an exhibit of corn and vegetables grown by his son Billie on the family farm in Wisconsin where the Tiistmans spent the summer.
Mr and Mrs Rex Green travel to Rochester Minnesota with their son Bobbie to begin further treatment at Mayo hospital Mrs Green will stay with him at the hospital during the visit.
Everett Clark, who sustained a knee injury while working at R. R. Island shops in Fairbury about two months ago, has not recovered as quickly as hoped and still moves with a cane.
Revs. C. F. and Iva M. Innis and family departed Thursday morning for their new field of labor at Douglas. The new minister Rev. EK. E. Pengelly and his family arrived that day with household goods to establish Diller as their home indefinitely.
Dr. S B Viers of Diller was summoned to meet a sick horse at the depot on No 16 Monday and found the horse was his father not ill, a curious ruse used by Viers to notify his son and family of his arrival.
On Monday evening a farewell surprise party was given to Mrs. W. B. Bell by the Potawatami Camp Fire girls and the Pollyanna class of the Federated church. The event featured games and refreshments. The Bells plan to leave Diller around the 15th for Bisbee Arizona to stay with Mr. Bell's mother before winter and later motor to White Salmon Washington to operate a fruit ranch and settle there.
The young people of the M. E. church hosted a farewell party for Pastor Mrs. Innis with over forty attendees. The program included games readings solos a grand concert and a cake prize for Buster Thompson. Elizabeth Starr toasted the pastor and Mrs Innis urged continued church work before best wishes for the Innis family.
Jas Pickard came back Sunday from Norfolk Nebraska after visiting his children and attending the wild west exhibit at the city's fall festival.
We have several usable household items for sale including a wringer two wash tubs a three gallon oil can a small center table a camp bed an electric iron a coal scuttle and a 9 by 12 foot rug. Contact V B Bell by phone 27 itt to arrange purchase.
Lanham Nebraska mail records must add Nebr for Lanham addresses and drop Kans. The Lanham post office recently moved across the state line to Nebraska side. The depot and bank remain in Nebraska as confirmed by Odell Oracle.
The older members of the Methodist church gave Iva M. Innis a farewell party in the church basement Saturday night. Rain kept attendance small, but attendees showed appreciation for her three years of service and wished her well in her new home at Douglas Nebraska where her husband Rev. C F Innis was appointed for next year.
Louie Wenz 24 miles south of town faced a near disaster when a fire broke out around noon yesterday between his engine and separator. The large belt and setting of grain were damaged but the separator was saved. The crib and barn stood within thirty feet of the stacks and wind drove flames toward the crib. Quick action by those present and responders saved the buildings and separator.
The Lincoln Star promotes its status as a leading 24 hour newspaper with strong wire service news from AP and INS. It highlights top cartoonists and feature writers, claiming comprehensive news coverage in every edition and urging readers it is the paper for home use.
Manual training groups craft sleeve-boards flower boxes and window-boards while domestic science girls sew aprons. Freshmen eye initiation as track practice builds. seniors show debating skills in Civics. Sophomores enjoy a Botany field trip as geometry class continues lessons.
The report covers sickness absences, class activities, student projects, and fundraiser results. Second graders study Roman numerals and clock faces while the eighth grade maps rainfall. Hearts sale nets 17.15 with eleven winners earning pens, and Girls' Athletic Club elects officers.
Ed Record recounts a pleasure trip from Diller to Denver Twin Falls and Idaho towns in August and September 1923. The diary describes meetings with Willie Ward Charley Orm and spouses, visits to Blue Lakes Snake River area Buhl and Castelford plus Sucker Flats farming community.
Mrs Pospisil raises geese on a 160 acre ranch while visiting Twin Falls. The party attends the Filer fair, bucking contest, and a roof garden dance, visits Shoshone Falls and Burley for a fair, notes irrigation fruit yield, and mentions relocation plans and relatives from Pocatello and Berkeley.
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine provides quick relief via a local ointment and a systemic tonic that acts through the blood to clear catarrh. It lists J Cheney & Co of Toledo as sellers and notes years of sale.
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