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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1927
Page
3
Local notices list the Gage county fair set for September 27 to 30. Additional items include Toe M W A meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays, Brown Leghorn Roosters for sale, and personal notices from Diller Pilling Station and Fairbury.
Jobo Seathoff advertises grain drills from Superior and Me Cormick-Deering Kentucky dealers. The note invites customers to visit for product selection and purchase.
John Gretzinger directs reconstruction of a cave on his residence, with Elias Hadhey and G. B. Pearce performing the work to ensure a good job for Rupert Andrews who resides nearby.
C. C. Rogers from Steele City has moved his family into a Fanders residence in Diller and is employed on the Burlington railroad under section foreman T. H. Pregover.
A notice indicates the next meeting will be held with Mrs Freak Frisbie on September 16. The fragment confirms an event date and participant name for a local gathering.
After two weeks of record heat for September, corn crops mature well. An eight pound baby boy was born on the 13th to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Schmuelle near Diller, with Ida Ermgelman listed as a relative.
Luther Marstellar has bought a 40 acre farm 1% miles north of Washington Kansas for a home place and plans to move onto it in the spring. John H Saat hoff notes sale.
Mr and Mrs C E Waggoner returned Monday from Lincoln where they attended the state fair and stayed over Sunday with his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Jas Coniff.
Mr and Mrs H E Farnsworth and their little daughter of Paige Nebraska visited several days with friends Mr and Mrs C H Cully and family and returned home last Friday.
The article advises hanging seed corn from barn rafters or an open shed to cure. After curing, store in a dry place to keep the seed safe from mice, rats, birds, and insects.
Pearly Miller of Pittsburg Kan visited here with relatives and friends after attending the funeral of his brother-in-law Will R Kennedy of Fairbury. He has left the railroad for a career in real estate.
The store shelving has been remedied and the room is being papered and painted. Fixtures will be rearranged to create a self serving layout, promising a significant improvement in appearance.
An OCR fragment mentions Friday and family with references to Mr and Mrs Sem Friday, suggesting a family-focused note or notice but lacks clear context or event. The usable bits indicate a social or personal item possibly announcing a gathering or obituary fragment.
Beatrice reports Governor McMullen spoke in an interview about Nebraska politics and local development amid discussions on state initiatives. The piece notes the governor’s views and references Beatrice as a backdrop for the interview.
Funeral for William R Kennedy age about 49 will be held Wednesday forenoon from his Fairbury home. Survived by wife Adeline Miler and two sons Junior and Bobby, plus his father J L Kennedy. Rev J L Howe to preside with many local attendees listed. Also a closing note urges farmers to select abundant seed corn at corn ripening time.
Everett Blauser rural mail carrier at Powell visited his parents Mr and Mrs J C Blauser over the weekend. The notice mentions Crittenden Grain Co selling good Colorado coal and International Hog and Dairy Peeds in the region.
Miss Mattie Henrichs daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Henrichs went Wednesday to Beatrice to enter the Lutheran hospital training course for nurses.
Mr and Mrs Narold Neely of Windside Nebraska attended the Kennedy funeral at Fairbury and then made a short visit with their Diller relatives in the afternoon.
The Woman's Club meeting originally set for Wednesday September 14 was postponed and will be held at Mrs. Clara Myers home on Wednesday September 21 at 2 30 p m.
Mr and Mrs Herbet Barber and daughter Garnet returned Tuesday from Bethany Missouri where they visited their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Geo Ports.
A Nebraska discussion on changing the state motto from Equality before the law to a pay-as-you-go theme reflects current budget and fiscal priorities, signaling a shift in public messaging and legislative focus.
In Pail City a 6 000 population prides itself on two rock-cribbed wells that yield sweet water daily for domestic use via their oak buckets. The wells are a defining local feature and source of pride for residents.
Nebraska farmers work about 200 acres per man while eastern states average 40 acres. The gap stems from power machinery used in the western prairie states.
A set of ten broad questions spans history science language and literature. Topics include the longest National League game the impeached president the president at Roosevelt’s death brain stem death the English portrait question the world’s largest country the Vedas and quotes about grape Captain Bragg and teaching usage and the Bible’s opening verse
The entry notes a May 1 1920 Boston versus Brooklyn game lasting twenty six innings with a 1 2 score, plus scattered items referencing Andrew Johnson Wilson medulla oblongata Sir Joshua Reynolds Russia sacred Hindu literature General Zachary Taylor and a line from Genesis describing creation.
The text notes public libraries are typically owned or controlled by the public, freely accessible to the public, or possess two of these features or all three. It discusses common governance and access characteristics of public libraries in the United States.
The steamship Savannah departed Savannah Georgia on May 24 1819 bound for Liverpool. The voyage covered 22 days marking a long earlier crossing before the present six day passages.
Adam de la Halle, famed medieval French poet and dramatist of the thirteenth century, produced the earliest known comedy in the language of common people and the first specimen of comic opera.
After a month of drought peasants in Changhsintien paraded two men dressed as fish and poured water over them to invoke rain. The rainfall reached Pe king and nearby towns, while New York reported vivid lightning and a thunderous roar. Priests in temples burned beasts and prayed, but the fish procession was cited as the breakthrough method.
Old phonograph needles can be repurposed for framing pictures by using the sharp points to hold items in place without scratching backs. They also serve as decorative displays in bowls and can clean sour milk from bottles by shaking. A handful of needles can loosen stubborn gasoline carbon when used with warm soap water.
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