19 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1917
Page
1
An old advertisement extols opening a bolbenk account in youth while noting it is never too late to start. It urges readers to see the bank today for account information and services.
Frank Johnson moved yesterday into the John Pahseler property. Harry Thompson has moved to Shea and will work for Paul Logan next year. Everett Green has gone to Lincoln for a position with Harlington. A brother of Mrs Emma Fry arrived from Iowa for a short visit. Mrs A Cherry went to Beatrice to visit her daughter Mn Earl Pearce and family. Mr and Mrs Oscar Amos and family went to Beatrice Sunday.
Dale Bugbee who has tenure as postmaster at Plymouth faces a competitive examination in Fairbury on October 27 to determine his successor. The event will select the next Newport County postmaster.
Rent notice for a residence in Diller offering a house with two lots, a barn, and a wood shed. Noted contact at Royle store in Beatrice. Details unclear due to OCR errors. reader advised to visit the store for more information.
Local notes recall G Packer owner of the Tower Restaurant on Main Street Dilier who has been very ill. The report mentions his ongoing sickness and uncertain recovery prospects.
Superintendent Abrams reported everything running smoothly on Monday. Etchison shipped a car load of horses and mules bought near Diller to Sl from this station. Bankers in Fairbury including Gondrich Geo Halopen S M Bailey and Luther Bonham worked in Diller on Wednesday for Libarty bond sale.
Paul Eogen advertises two new wagons and other new machinery for sale at a bargain offer.
Aen Of Clark McCurdy living five miles south of Diller suffered a serious leg laceration requiring multiple stitches after a concussion incident. The seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs HR Elliott three miles southeast of Diller fell at school Wednesday and fractured her left forearm. a local physician reduced the fracture.
About ninety men have been drafted to the army camp from Jefferson county with twenty seven yet to be sent to Gi for duty. Officials issued eighty two notices at a salary twice the needed amount to reach the required number. Those called from the Diller vicinity included Marshall, Betty Ben, Ruben Steen, and others.
Mrs. B F Lightner came back Sunday from Omaha where Mrs H Z Diller and daughter Gertrude were Burlington passengers for Washington Kansas Monday to visit friends with Mrs Diller due back Tuesday An acre of alfalfa provides twice the protein of a ton of bran four times that of cornmeal and nine times that of timothy grass
Henry Fouts prepares for Camp Funston as Jefferson County awaits the last national draft contingent. J D Fanders notes interest in four light cars and the new model at the showroom while orders may advance this week.
Word reached here Thursday via Charles E. Waggoner that J Silas Diller died at 7 a m in Lincoln. He was son of the late Wok H Diller and Anna C Diller and had been confined for years in the state hospital for the insane. Burial will be in the Di 3 cemetery.
The fragment describes a performance by Ward Waters Co. with a modest crowd and praise for the act. It notes a future number featuring Sarah Mildred Willmer, a nationally known teacher, scheduled for November 19th.
A columnist argues there is no excuse for farmers to lack knowledge. The USDA in Washington provides information when requested, sending bulletins or bulletins free or at nominal cost after a stamp request.
Col Tristman writes from Bainbridge Ohio on October 21 1917 describing travel from Stiller to Pennsylvania to meet Rice Wine Magee Boyer Reanlon and relatives. He reports Missouri corn Ohio wheat and fruit crops while crossing Illinois Indiana at night and mentions prices for butter pork and beef in Pennsylvania.
Postmaster J O Blauser reports Washington instructions require gifts to American expeditionary forces in France be mailed by November 15. Each package must read Christmas mail and include full recipient and sender addresses, be easy to inspect, and carry postmaster certification confirming no prohibited items. Government aims to deliver Christmas morning.
At a Omaha meeting the State Executive Committee of the Federal Food Administration named a joint committee to determine an equitable husking price. The panel recommends six cents per bushel for good corn plus machine unloading facilities and lodging for the crew. The committee includes George Coupland T P Reynolds C G Smith C H Gustafson and C W Pagesley, all part of Nebraska’s Federal Food Administration executive group.
A fragment from a Nebraska wartime page urges citizens to contribute to the banner coin crop and answer the call that Nation is that Food Will Win the War, highlighting patriotic effort to support food production during the war.
A noon Tuesday fire in the Kansas City stock yards burned twenty five acres and caused losses exceeding a million dollars. Five thousand hogs were present, eight hundred were released to the wet bottoms, and about 7,500 hogs and 3,100 hogs perished in the flames as the Kaw river banks burned away. The fire’s origin remains a mystery.
A fragment notes church items for next Sunday morning at Larkins. It mentions the Sunday Cessons Christian Endeavor as a casual gathering.
All Sunday morning and evening services drew good crowds. The Sunday School Rally sparked new interest in raising a fund to assist retired ministers, aiding the church grant. Wymore and nearby areas noted participation as plans progress.
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