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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1920
Page
3
The piece urges readers to prepare for chance by opening an account at Diller State Bank. It warns that opportunity may not help anyone unprepared and suggests being in a position to receive and use it.
M Callander attended a Wray for governor meeting in Wymore Wednesday. Onke Lottman received a car load of calves and added them to his feed lots last week. A D Acker promotes eye care as a registered optometrist in Fairbury. Joe Kasparek joined Farmers Union Co-Op store in Odell. Neal Skillet and Mrs Skillet of Humboldt visited relatives north of town with the Freitag family.
The District 85 carnival will be held Friday evening Oct 29 at a site located 0.4 mile south and 24 east of Diller. Mary Richardson reports a large double granary and implement shed on the Joe Price farm near Harbine owned by Henry Weaver was burned last Friday afternoon destroying several thousand bushels of grain and farming tools.
D. P. Gantt died on Tuesday, Oct 5. He settled north of town in 1867 and later lived in Steele City before moving to Crete. His memory is recalled by many long-time residents of the area.
A. Mayborn traveled to Omaha yesterday with five car loads of cattle bound for Guy Cassell and Noah Handley near Steele City and Albert Hiner and Chet McCurdy near Endicott.
Advertising note from Fanders & Robertson promises a free inner tube with every standard size casing for a limited period while stock lasts. The slogan A word to the wise is sufficient emphasizes urgency.
Mrs Callander attended a missi ypary meeting at Beatrice last week and was accompanied home by her cousin Mrs J L Kizer who visited with her until Tuesday noon before returning to Lincoln.
The Diller Dramatic Club presented An Arizona Cowboy on Tuesday night at the opera house. The house was filled to capacity with strong orchestral music supplied by a Beatrice orchestra.
A vintage ad promotes RAT-SNAP rodent poison with 65 cent packets claiming it can kill 50 rats and save $10 yearly in feed and property damage. It emphasizes cremation of carcasses, no odor, and a cake form, listing three sizes 35¢ 65¢ and $1.25 sold by H K Shutt and Waggoner Bros.
An advertising notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine for preventing and treating frequent colds and nasal catarrh. It claims internal action through the blood, promises testimonials, and offers $100 for any case not cured, listing J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
Mesdames Limprecht Bell Dieh and Green drove to Maryville Kansas Saturday after Mrs Nancy Clark who had visited there with her cousin Dr Ewart.
The lecture by Dr. Henry E. Rompel at the opera house under the Lyceum Club was cancelled this evening. A substitute program will be presented on January 20th.
All residents are invited to a free lecture by Col Dan Morgan Smith at 3 pm in the opera house. The talk covers The World War in France and is open to both men and women. Deacon Fowler, a former Steele City postmaster and editor of the Standard, died September 24 at the Soldiers Home in Marshalltown Iowa after living there since his wife’s death two years ago.
James Stucky reports a rat caused plumbing costs totaling 125 dollars after a clog forced tearing up floor and pipes. A plumber billed 125 dollars while RAT-SNAP was used to remove the rodent. Product sold by H. K. Shutt and Waggoner Bros with three sizes priced 35c 65c and 1.25.
Prominent Jefferson County resident John Peter Thiessen died at his Jansen home Tuesday morning. A pioneer who came to America in 1874 at age 22, he helped found the Jansen Mennonite settlement after fleeing Russia. Thiessen served in the Nebraska legislature 1907 to 1911 and held leadership roles at the Jansen Telephone company, a local bank, and the county fair association. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at his home.
The candidate touts his ability education and broad experience to qualify for the district judge position. Judicial officers are chosen on a separate ballot in the November 2 election. All voters should vote for Leonard W Colby for Judge.
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