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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1928
Page
3
A whimsical scene portrays a foolish man raving about wildcat stocks until a salesman arrives with risky offers. The man is stripped of bravado as the exchange unfolds, leaving him in a humbled state.
Dry cobs and wood for sale advertised by John Leaper and Henry Wiemers offer Rye for sale. C A Green traveled to Modoc Kansas on Monday. The M W A meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month. For barrel delivery of oil or gas contact Diller Filling Station. Eyes examined by Dr Adams successor to Dr Garland at 1114 North 6th Street Beatrice.
Purporting to sell purebred police puppies, priced reasonably. Contact W M Henrichs.
Fairbury Nebraska ad listing Moon and Son quality monuments established 1886 with Colorado coal option and competitive prices. Also notes a modern shoe repair and shining parlor by Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop and Shining Parlor north of the Bonham Theatre.
Wm Frisbier a messenger at the round house returned to work Tuesday after a ten day absence spent in Pontiac Michigan and Cleveland Ohio local Fairbury Journal report
Survivors of the St Francis Dam collapse filed damage suits totaling 1,690,000 against the city of Los Angeles and city engineer William Mulholland for loss of life and injuries caused by the disaster last March.
B B Kensington spent a pleasant afternoon at the home of Mrs. Harry Ahrends with six members and four children present. The next meeting is planned with Mrs. Claude Woods on Oct 9 and will be an old fashioned gathering requiring attendees to bring an old relic.
Roy H. Barnes son of Mr and Mrs W H Barnes of Fairbury died in a Lincoln hospital Wednesday of pneumonia. He was born near Reynolds Nebraska and had lived in Fairbury since 1899. He belonged to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Jefferson County Post No 24 American Legion. Funeral services were held Friday at the Christian church Fairbury with burial in Fairbury Cemetery.
Bank statements are scheduled for public publication this week. Officials say the release will provide detailed financial records and transaction histories for transparency and review.
Mrs. Ida Wood returned Saturday from Wood River after visiting her sister Mrs. J G Packer. The notice mentions purebred spotted Poland China male hogs offered by W M Henrichs.
J. L. Lamb relocates his cream and poultry station to the Kerr building on the east side of Main Street to improve accessibility and business convenience.
John Saathoff displays a Kewanee all steel portable elevator suitable for car corn shelled corn wheat or oats. The unit features roller bearings for light draft. Mr. George Saffie and son Ted visited last week with Mrs. Ida Wood and other relatives, returning to Burlington Junction Missouri on Saturday.
Roy H edging ton advertises a small house move sale including a coal heater on a 59 inch stand and two Congoleum rugs 9 by 12 feet with a rug border for a 12 by 15 foot room. The ad notes the items are offered cheap as the seller moves.
The plan calls for an 80 by 100 foot hanger with a 76 foot opening and 18 foot height to rise on a newly purchased 160 acre tract four miles northwest of Lincoln. The project will be erected at once, signaling rapid development for the city's aviation infrastructure.
The Diller Lincoln club met Friday for a 1 o'clock luncheon at Mrs. John W. Miller's home. Twelve members and four guests attended. The gathering was informal. The next meeting is set for November 2 at Mrs. Elmo Hadley's home.
Mrs I N Thom died at her Fairbury home from pneumonia. Born Julia A Haworth she married James Thompson in 1859. The family moved from Illinois to Nebraska City in 1867 and to Jefferson county in 1868. Survived by husband and children Alice Grossnicklaus Homer Thompson Lillie Spence Edgar Pi Angeles Annie Juhnke. Funeral at 2:30 p m at Methodist church Rev E M Kendall officiated. burial in Fairbury cemetery.
Spotted Poland China male hogs noted by W. H. Plager. Mrs. Warren Olmsted of Beaver City Nebr has visited this week with sister Mrs Will Gaisford and family. Mr. and Mrs J A Cully came from Beatrice to visit son C H Cully and his mother Mrs ear.
Notice lists high grade Polled Hereford bull calves for sale by E Wiemers and Martin Kuper. Also reports the death of 15 year old Martin Kuper of Mrs Kuper due to diabetes, buried at the Methodist church.
At a Fairbury meeting S C Hutchinson was named chairman and Mrs R W Green vice chair of the Hoover Curtis Club for Pleasant precinct. Another gathering is set for Friday at 8 pm in the courthouse with Congressman Holiday speaking on campaign topics. Several Diller residents, including the Albers, Hicken family, Garrels, Bernhardt, Plager, and Fanders, attended and reported large radio crowds and a good time.
John Rahman Dave Kuper Ira Casper and Merle Sieboldt came home Saturday after traveling through the Dakotas and about a hundred miles into Canada to Brandon crossing the line at St John On the return trip they got a telegram at Yankton South Dakota about illness at home and left there at 10 pm Friday arriving here at 9 am Saturday after driving all night
Four year old Bobby Hiatt of Diller area sustained a fracture of his right thigh when a folding bed toppled onto him Tuesday afternoon. He was taken to Dr Diehl’s office where an X ray by Dr Ellis confirmed the break and treatment followed.
Mrs. Cloyd Cully welcomed N C S A members on Wednesday afternoon September 26 with nearly all members present. Guests included Mrs. Harry Thompson and Mrs. W. E. Anderson. Members shared summer vacation tales, a puzzle Anagram was solved, and refreshments were provided by the hostess and her son Lynn. Charlotte Loock invited the group to meet October 17 with Halloween as the roll call topic.
A short sale note lists one dozen white Wyendotte pallets for sale by W. E. Ludwick. The rest of the text debates dry laws, prison sentences, and enforcement, arguing against repealing prohibitions and urging stronger enforcement to curb bootleg alcohol.
Fred DeBoer and family and Henry Wechsels returned last Friday from a 2100 mile auto trip through Kansas Oklahoma Texas New Mexico and Colorado visiting Bert Frisbie at Hereford Frank Hale and Walter Greenwood at Brush and passing through Hastings Nebraska. They reported good weather and roads and that Mr DeBoer owns land in eastern Kansas and Texas.
Diller State Bank of Diller Nebraska presents a financial statement as of Sept 20 1928 detailing assets including bonds pledged for public deposits banking house furniture fixtures and real estate. It reports deposits 338 228 87 up from 204 765 58 year ago with an increase of 133 463 29 and is sworn by cashier O J Mayborn and directors A Mayroox and W N Spaaks on an October filing.
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