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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1920
Page
3
Seven daughter of Professor and Mrs. P Beall who teach at Guide Rick visited here Sunday. Al Taylor of Wymore visited earlier this week with his brother in law Herb Stotts and family.
Mr and Mrs J L Seaman and Mrs Mary Miller left on No 16 Sunday for Pittsburg Kansas to visit relatives.
Mrs. Cedric Fanders visits her parents in Guide Rock on Wednesday with her son Wendel and twins Gordon and Gretchen.
Dr. S. B. Viers, veterinarian, notes a larger number of hog cholera cases in the area than at any time in his nine years of practice here.
Elmo Hadley traveled from Endicott on No 16 Sunday to spend the afternoon with his parents Mr and Mrs Harlan Hadley and returned on No 17.
Mr and Mrs Frank Grabber and Mr and Mrs Oscar Amos with Mr and Mrs Will Amos and their daughter Velma spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Will Egger in Lincoln.
Mrs and Mrs C A Reinhart announce the birth of a daughter to their son Edwin Reinhardt and his wife at their home in Ottawa Kansas. The newborn arrives Sunday and the grandparents are listed as proud.
Mr and Mrs Geo Riddle returned Monday evening from Kansas City where they visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Thos P Price and other former Diller friends.
A playful line from a local column describes a caller seeking Mrs. Smith who does washing near the railroad tracks. The note adds a quirky detail that her son might be named Tommy, painting a whimsical vignette of small town life.
Mr and Mrs W G Powers of Weatherford Oklahoma and Mr and Mrs G W Carmichael with several children of St Francis Kansas are visiting Diller relatives John George and Alonzo Specht to arrange the sale of their mothers estate home place and a town lot.
Mr and Mrs A E Price attended the funeral of Mrs Delila Nelson at Fairbury last Friday. They returned Sunday to their Kansas City home aboard the Burlington. Arthur Price drove from Fairbury on Saturday to visit Diller friends who greeted him cordially.
An advertisement touts RAT-SNAP as deadly to rats with cremation after killing and no odor. It promotes three sizes 35¢ 65¢ and $1.25, sold by H. K. Shutt and Waggoner Bros, claiming each 65c package can kill 50 rats and save about $10 yearly in losses.
Mrs. Chas. Brandt returned Monday from Beatrice where she visited her daughter Mrs. Ramsey and family. Mrs. G. C. Blauser traveled to Ohio Wednesday to visit her husband who is there closing out a stock of merchandise.
Attorney John J. Reinhardt of Aurora traveled here with his parents Mr and Mrs C A Reinhart making the trip by car during Sunday and Monday.
Dr and Mrs Jos Bixby from Genneva traveled here by car on Tuesday to visit their relatives Mrs F Hartzel and Mrs L M Cavett, then returned home the same evening with their sisters.
Reverend Mrs Iva M Innis pastor of the Diller M E church is visiting this week with her son and daughter who attend Wesleyan university at University Place Lincoln.
Rev and Mrs H W Wagner of Western Nebraska visited Diller friends on Tuesday and Wednesday driving over in their car. Mr Wagner was formerly pastor of the Diller M E church.
Mrs. Ollie Armstead of Tecumseh visited old neighbors near Diller last Friday to attend to business tied to the farm she owns four miles northeast of Diller.
Miss Pearl Bausch and her sister Mrs Geo Henrichs visited here and returned Sunday to Lincoln, planning a brief stop in Humboldt to visit relatives.
Amos Osiman and his sister Mrs Davis drove from Seward in his car to visit relatives Allen and Asa Colman and Henrietta Powell on Wednesday and planned to return today.
Mrs Gladys Pavey and her young daughter stayed a day or two with her parents Mr and Mrs Sam Freeman about six miles north of Diller. They returned Sunday to Stella Nebraska where she continues her teaching duties.
At a Jefferson County Farmers Union meeting in Fairbury on Tuesday a resolution was passed requiring members to pay seven cents and board to corn shuckers for the 1920 crop. The measure states this will be a fair price.
Two women from Fuaibury narrowly avoided going into the ditch Friday near the culvert north of Ernest Stahl’s residence. The car broke down the banister and nearly tipped over on a curved, muddy approach. The same culvert caused A. L. Tristman to overturn his car earlier. Road realignment is urged to reduce accidents and improve access to the cemetery.
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Friday October 22 at 3 p m Col Smith will speak at the Opera House on the World War and the Fields of France. The event is free of charge and open to the public.
Dr Claude Ellis his wife and daughter Ethel drove to Lincoln Sunday to visit their son and brother Cecil who is attending the university and returned Monday.
President Wilson designates Sunday November 14 as Armistice Sunday to honor Americans who sacrificed their lives in the World War. The day will be observed nationwide as a memorial observance.
Mrs. H Z Diller left yesterday for Oklahoma City to visit her daughter Mrs. Gertrude Bradley and plans to see her mother in Kansas City during the trip.
An offer from Fanders & Robertson gives a free inner tube with each standard size casing for a short period only while supplies last. A cautious note reads a word to the wise is sufficient.
The Nebraska Farmers Co operative Grain and Livestock association meets in Omaha November 23 with U S Senator P G Gerry of Rhode Island among the speakers.
Fifty Nebraska doctors attended the Nebraska College of Medicine alumni reunion in Omaha. Moving pictures were shown depicting injuries resulting from wearing high heeled shoes.
James Stucky reports a rat infestation that forced tearing up floors and pipes to clear a basement rat’s nest. Plumber charged 125 dollars while RAT-SNAP claimed to clean the rodent. product sold by H. K. Shutt and Waggoner Bros.
The jitney bus faces prohibition in Seattle where the city owns the street railway system. In Nebraska, open season for muskrats otter mink raccoon and opossum runs from November 1 to February 1 with trapping rules in place.
Mr and Mrs G T Eick marked their fifty fifth anniversary at their farm home northeast of town on Monday October first. They arrived in Nebraska in 1882 and have lived on this farm for thirty six years. Mrs Eicks poor health led to a quiet day as their children and grandchildren visited, with Harold Hutchinson away at the state university.
Voters in the precinct show support for General Colby of Beatrice as district judge for the two counties of Gage and Jefferson. The incumbent seeks reelection after twelve years, but supporters urge a new man to preside and question the current’s qualifications.
An 1826 letter held by F. W. Force in Gilman, reprinted in the Rockford Republic, signed by Lancaster Ohio school board refusing use of the schoolhouse for a meeting on railroad practicality. The excerpt notes welcome to debate proper questions but objects to discussing railroads and telephones.
The excerpt argues that God does not justify possibilities like rapid steam travel at fifteen miles an hour. It claims such speeds are a devilish device to ruin souls and asserts prophetic guidance would have forewarned believers if this were divinely designed.
The article notes a shift in public attitudes toward meat consumption during wartime, with propaganda highlighting vegetables’ food value. Dietitians predicted and observed that many people manage well on less meat, signaling the vegetarian’s acceptance in national eating habits.
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