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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1927
Page
3
State fair dates September 4 to 9 and Gage county fair September 27 to 30 are noted. The Tuesday M W A meets on the second and fourth Thursday each month. Also a local oil delivery ad mentions Diiler Filling Station and a medical notice for De G. H. Newton eye ear nose and throat in Fairbury. Mrs Myrtle Northup assisted Mrs Henry Frisbie with canning peaches yesterday.
Fairbury Nebraska trade card notes establishment since 1886 offering quality monuments at reasonable prices. Mentions Eye Fixamined and dr Adams to Dr Garland in Peatrice. Frank Tucker departed Saturday for Denver to resume teaching in the Junior High School.
Farmers urged to visit for grain drills from Superior and McCormick Deering. John Saathoff promotes Kentuckys and related equipment at the supply shop.
Miss Gertude Lambert traveling from Pilley to Guide Rock stopped for a brief visit at the home of her sister Mrs. Dede Fanders and family, meeting with Mrs. Mattie Clark along the way.
Mr and Mrs Rupert Andrews and son Neal are expected home today after a Colorado tour largely funded by Burlington railroad. The trip used a round trip rate of 11.00 to Denver, compared with the regular one way fare of 16.00.
C L Waggoner Jerden Sanman and C E Waggoner of Diller and W J Wehling of Lanham attended Fairbury Gun Club’s second registered shoot in Fairbury on Sunday afternoon August 28. Waggoner led amateurs with 99 of 100, Sanman and C E Waggoner both 92, and Wehling 87.
The Bennett home in Princeton New Jersey hosted a simple pleasant christening for Lois Anne with grandfather Rev Victor F Clark officiating. Rev and Mrs Clark spent August in New Jersey and will return to Lebanon Missouri after the visit.
The operators thank patrons of Diller for their support and announce they will turnover the business to successor C. L. Tristman next Wednesday. All parties owing should call and settle accounts at once.
Aline Clark of Takoma Washington sends a subscription remittance for the Record and reports being well at 77 years old. He notes visits this year from former Diller residents Mr and Mrs Johnson Rose Bishop Mr and Mrs Jon Blair of Lincoln and Mr and Mrs D H Diller of Pittsburg Kan.
A brief sale notice lists Brown Leghorn roosters and home grown peaches at 1.25 per bushel. Items for sale include 21 Broad sows and forthcoming farrowing. Notices also mention visits by Howard Stotts of Lincoln and Mrs. Sarah Witty visiting Mrs. R. W. Gren with local farm products.
Genev a Shanks and Phylis Patton take nurse’s course at Fall’s hospital Beatrice. Reverend Glenn Shanks leaves for Wesleyan University Lincoln to prepare for a country pastorate.
C. E. and C. L. Waggoner received a telegram announcing the death of their uncle Calvin Waggoner of Carlisle Pennsylvania last Thursday. He once owned land north of Diller and was a frequent visitor to the area.
Mrs. Kate Tucker and her two children Mildred and Frank returned Friday from a motor trip visiting Ida Grove Council Bluffs Galesburg Chicago and Wayne Nebraska They stayed with sisters relatives and daughter Mrs W G Robertson and family in Wayne Nebraska.
Amos Bush of Zillah Washington sends a copy of the Special Progress Edition of the Zillah Mirror. The edition features a write up of the country with illustrations of homes orchards and farm scenes and highlights scenic wonders to attract settlers.感谢致意。
Mr and Mrs Harry Walker who ran the Harbine telephone office left yesterday after a short visit with her mother Mrs Anna Long chief operator for Diller Telephone Co They will visit Mr and Mrs Jasper Long at McDonald for a while then go to Gering Nebraska where he will work in a beer factory Miss Frances Johnson will stay with her grandparents Mr and Mrs S D Maw at McDonald.
Mr and Mrs Julius Packer of Brandon Colorado and their son Orville with wife and baby traveled from Belleville Kansas to visit Chas Packer in Diller and Mrs John Grweider in Wood River Nebraska. They plan to return home with their son Otho after visiting relatives and friends in Nebraska and Colorado.
Mrs Ruth Pickard assists Mrs Geo Champ with peaches for sale at 1.00 per bi at the orchard. Two rains this week improve fall wheat seeding prospects. E L Lopock heads to Peoria IL to visit mother relatives and old friends. Mrs Chas Hays returns from Chicago visit with daughter Mrs Neal V Diller. Mr and Mrs Ralph Millman visit from Bellvue IA. Dave Smith leaves Shea area after a visit with Free Logan for Pueblo CO.
More than 200 ex-service men have applied for 125 government homesteads offered in connection with North Platte Valley irrigation projects.
The Waggoner brothers invite visitors to view and learn about celebrated Allen Parlor furnaces. The Bonars Verlin and Mrs admire views while visiting Washington and Diller, noting Bonar’s former role at the Diller State Bank.
Illness of Superintendent Siekman halts launch of the school news column at the Record before its planned editorial staff setup this week.
Mr and Mrs Herman Peters and son Howard joined Mr and Mrs H M Holle for a Sunday trip to Shenandoah Iowa to tour the Fields and Mays radio broadcasting stations. They called at Morton Park in Nebraska City, snapped photos and enjoyed the outing.
Roy Mansfield purchased the Weddle property in the town’s north section and is repairing the house and cleaning up the lots with plans to convert it into a desirable residence.
Mrs. Thos. Cox of Topeka and Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Viers of Lebanon, with Dr. and Mrs. S. B. Viers, traveled to Lincoln for the fair yesterday.
Mr and Mrs John Drake and daughter traveled home to Red Cloud after visiting with his brother in law and sister Dr and Mrs S B Viers and family, returning Thursday morning by car.
Audry Diller spent his vacation at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs J Smith Diller and returned Sunday to Urbana Illinois where he is an instructor at Illinois State University.
The Steele City church will dedicate its new building next Sunday September 11 with an 11 a m sermon by Rev J W Pressly of Omaha a 3 p m sermon by Rev Edwin B Dean D D of Crete and an 8 p m sermon by Rev Knauer formerly of Diller now of Seward They expect many attendees from nearby towns for the afternoon service.
Will Bowers endured a painful incident early Wednesday morning after a foreign object entered his left eye. He was rushed to a Beatrice specialist for treatment and reports indicate he is much improved at the time of writing.
Sheriff Tippin left Thursday for York and then Lincoln with Mr and Mrs Austin who began sentences that day under Judge Moss arrangement to stay a month to settle affairs. Judge Moss informed Dr Chapman head of York reformatory that Mrs Austin is accustomed to refined home life and fears cattle. Mr Austin reportedly may obtain a job as wardens car driver at Lincoln Fairbury Journal.
Homer Brunk manager of the Farmers store and his wife depart for a western trip through this state and Kansas with Denver and other Colorado resorts on the itinerary, planning to return part of next week.
Della and Donna Weddle returned to Sterling Colorado with grandparents Mr and Mrs Chas Barber after a visit here. They left on the early Burlington train from Endicott on Sunday morning.
Nebraska readers are urged to subscribe to The Journal a daily paper at Lincoln offering university news sports and rural route coverage. It highlights low rates four dollars yearly with options for three months and weekly Sunday editions. Subscriptions accepted at the Record office.
Mrs J L Christie Thompson Seaman of Davenport Iowa visited Wednesday at the home of her sons S J and Harry Thompson with Diller relatives. She came from Lincoln where she stayed with her daughter Mrs Chester Sparks and family.
Walter Roelfe, who suffered spinal injuries last February while employed by Henrichs Motor Co. at Fairbury, was ordered to Omaha for examination by the insurance firm. Doctors say he must wear a corset for at least two months.
The Womans Club meets Wednesday September 14 at 2 30 p m with hostess Mrs Clara Myers and assistant hostess Mrs Will Woods. Business reports and parliamentary law by Mrs M Callander. A review of June Club Women by Mrs Myrtle Northup.
A reflection on Nebraska’s latitude being similar to Italy and Turkey and the challenge of distinguishing sinners from saints in familiar places. The text suggests a moral contrast and regional proximity without specific events or dates.
The Crete community club promotes building a line of hitching posts for farmers who drive teams to market. The project aims to support local agriculture by providing organized spaces for horse and oxen teams.
Lemon slices used with fish add lemon juice to brighten flavor and boost vitamin C. Some people prefer serving the lemon separately. Slices look attractive when sprinkled with chopped parsley.
Nebraska hunters face reduced daily bag and possession limits as the waterfowl season runs September 16 to December 31, and prairie chickens and grouse season from October 16 to November 1. Daily limits cap five brant and five geese, with broader totals across all game birds not to exceed 50 in possession. Restrictions include no more than 25 plover, 25 rails, 25 snipes, 40 ducks, 40 coots, five prairie chickens, and five brant. Shooting with rifles or gauges above ten is illegal and hunting hours run from sunset to half an hour before sunrise. stalking by vehicle is prohibited.
This item lists a set of trivia prompts including two famous British authors who were opium addicts and a heavyweight champion. It asks who was president when Washington died and what battle followed the peace treaty ending a war, among other general knowledge questions.
The set lists answers covering Thomas DeQuincey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Gene Tunney, John Adams, the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812, a value of sixty five percent, the air’s primary components oxygen and nitrogen, John Bunny, the Zugspitze peak in Bavaria, President Woodrow Wilson, and an estimated about sixty percent.
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