12 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
1
Our Depositors are protected by the state Guaranty Fund of Nebraska. Interest paid on time deposits and in the Savings Department. Safety Deposit Boxes for rent at very reasonable rates. Citizens State Bank.
Readers report visits to Red Cloud Beatrice and Lincoln for family and business matters. cattle deliveries, auto trips, and local sales discussed. A dealer promotes auto shawls robes and horse blankets. Farmland sales noted including a 160 acre Diller farm at $75 per acre and a nearby parcel at $1065 per acre.
The report describes the season's first killing frost on Monday with temperatures near zero. Vegetation wilted at sunrise and a small fire in the kitchen range provided welcome warmth.
Ralph Buchtel resigned as manager of the Avery Lumber Co. yard at Diller and left with his wife and baby for Hastings Nebraska. Roy Gear becomes the new manager of the Diller yards.
Acting Governor Howard issued a statement referencing a new day and mentions reforms. Officials plan observance, with public ceremonies and statements from state leaders.
Community updates list Mr and Mrs John W Miller and Grace Myers visiting Lincoln for university events. Ellie attends Lincoln state university. the Blausers resign as Harbine telephone operators and move to Fairbury for a hardware position. A stocking cap mix up is noted and finder should return it to the Record office. Business cards mention F H Stafford and J A Stafford of Los Angeles visiting local residents.
The Rex theatre will show A Tale of Two Sleeves a birds-eye view motion picture of the Willys-Overland factory and a close-up of John N Willys. The program includes a Willys-Knight Sleeve Valve motor story and new sections to be added.
Paul M. Logan offers two new wagons and additional machinery for sale. Potential buyers should contact the seller for details and availability.
Henry Lohmeyer sold 240 acres four miles south and one of Biller to Anton Rousiska, four miles west of Odell, for 115 dollars per acre. The transaction covers the land at that location and price.
Diller Lodge proposes centralizing monthly statements for rural postmasters at the county seat. The plan notes stamps and other supplies will be procured there with audits of every postmaster in the county continuing. The measure aims to streamline war loss accounting and support the postal system.
The program linked to the Art Exhibit is postponed until October 18 and 19. The paintings will be displayed all day and evening.
The remaining fifteen per cent of the sg quota designated for military service will be called on October 23.
The first of five numbers in a musical series will be staged at the Ward Waters Company next Tuesday evening in the tediat church. Five performers will present a high class program. Remaining acts include Sarah Mildred Willmer November 19 Hampton Court Singers December 3 Burnell Ford January 8 Beverly Entertainers February 21. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children under twelve.
For rent a house with two adjacent lots in Diller. Includes a good barn and wood house, a dependable well and cistern. Inquiries at Rigdon's store.
John Cherry came back Saturday from Merrick County where he had been planting wheat and making improvements on the farm he purchased last summer.
W. W. Calkins, after selling his Rock Creek precinct farm at sixty dollars per acre, has purchased 200 additional acres nearby near Ft. Riey Minnesota, suggesting growing satisfaction with the country.
A. D. Stotts returned Wednesday noon from Missouri points where he and J. C. Stucker investigated apple prospects. They found fine samples, as shown in Stotts' store. Stucker stayed to oversee loading. car arrivals expected Saturday or me 2, with orders for apples at Stotts' Store.
The Fairbury Journal urges readers to mail letters now to avoid higher rates when the new revenue law takes effect. Sealed letters will cost 2 cents and postal cards 1 cent until the change, then 3 and 2 cents respectively.
Dr H Rabin, renowned European eye sight specialist, will hold diagnostic and corrective sessions in Diller on Friday Saturday and Monday October 12 13 and 15. He will address all forms of eyesight defect including deviations and will provide treatment recommendations.
The plan uses county central committees to distribute pledge cards and collect donations with public school teachers serving as the direct contact channel. Some fifteen thousand Nebraska teachers have pledged assistance via the State Superintendent Clemmons office.
Preaching next Sunday morning by Rev. Larkins. Sunday school and Christian Endeavor scheduled as usual.
At 9 30 Sunday the Lutheran church holds Sunday school and a 10 80 seas service. A sermon will include a thank offering.
The church calls all denominations to a 9 union meeting and Bible study this week, with a 10 o'clock Sunday service and a brief rally for Sunday School day exercises. It urges everyone old and young to attend, join in prayers, readings, and music, and to support a larger school program and evening youth league drive.
OCR text shows scattered grain prices for Pars Wheat and corn with unclear figures and missing data. The legible items mention No 2 hard wheat and oats with unspecified quantities alongside incomplete corn entries.
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