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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1921
Page
5
A poem by Carol Ricket details a modest lass whose long skirts, plain attire, and visible ears convey restraint. The piece ends with the blunt proclamation that the lass is dead, prompting a reflective tone on restraint and mortality.
Rex Green and family attended the Gage county fair midweek. St Herb Stotts and family visited Wymore with relatives. Henry Wiers builds a large machine shed and double corn crib west of town. Fatty Arbuckle case reduced to manslaughter with $5,000 cash bond posted. Beatrice pastors back a city ordinance regulating Sunday funerals. I found a red heifer about 450 pounds and ask owner to identify and pay for this notice.
Mayors bankers lawyers prominent government state and county officials and ministers of the gospel have endorsed Tanlac. Shutt Drug Store.
Mr and Mrs John Gretzinger and relatives visited their daughter and sister Mrs Harry Gregory at Byron for a day or two at the start of the week.
A Fort Worth printer named Charley Harris wrote a cheeky bid request after a doctor sought bids on thousands of letterheads. The note joked about an operation and appendicitis with humorous rigmarole, aimed at undercutting the doctor’s bid process.
Mr and Mrs E S Dunn drove to Sabetha Kansas Sunday returning Monday Harlan Hadley came back Monday from Beatrice after a few days with relatives A Tanlac ad promotes Shutt Drug Store A wedding took place last week Thursday in Beatrice between John Omar Schell 31 and Emma Minnie Allen 22 both Endicott a birth reported of a 6 lb daughter to Milo and Mrs Brugh on the I D Steiner farm east of Diller
Beatrice citizens overwhelmingly defeated a bond issue for a municipal electric plant and approved extending the franchise of the local privately owned gas and electric company.
Harry Thompson and family began a Monday morning drive to the western part of the state to visit her brother Elmer Glather in Alma and his sister Mrs. Chester Sparks in Madrid with their families.
Betty Jane Fouts of Fairbury visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fouts while her parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fouts attend the third annual convention of Nebraska American Legion men in Fremont.
Avery Lumber Co promotes building a hog house chicken house or machine shed for winter. Visit to learn the cost and see how low material prices can be.
A historical local scene from Thomasville Georgia reports a darkey entering the post office on the eve of Christmas and asking the clerk at the money order window to issue an order to Jacksonville. The exchange highlights the town's dry status and a styled dialogue between customer and clerk.
The class of 22 organized Sept 15 with officers Clarence Thompson president Pearl Diller vice president Elsie Walters secretary treasurer John Starr sergeant at arms Harold Bowers class reporter. Six girls and six boys. Physics studies include fluid pressure and a city water plant field trip. Jefferson County Teachers Institute brought education leaders to discuss modern methods. Boys began basketball practice in the city hall with a schedule to balance sports and studies.
Fred Witty and his son in law Mrs. Sarah Witty and Miss Maude Conner from Vicets Kansas arrived by car Saturday evening and stayed until Monday morning as guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Green.
Harbine reports T L Ewing of Lincoln called on Monday. Russel Campbell recovering from typhoid fever shows improvement. Chas Gaisford and family dined with Harlan Weaver. Mrs Kroetsching and Mrs Lottman and Hazel visited Fairbury on Monday. Geo Jansen of Gregory South Dakota visited relatives last week. Byron Halcomb and family spent Sunday in Diller with Mrs Halcomb’s parents Mr and Mrs C H Ball.
Frankell and family visit kin in Kansas City this week. Rohrbaugh Watt and Messenger attend Methodist conference in Lincoln. Mrs. Mer on sick list. A baby girl born to John Strain. John improving. Rock Creek church painting charity project. Mrs Ziov of Hubbell visiting sister Mrs Morgan. Mr and Mrs E E McCune travel to Odell Wymore and Beatrice. Day niece of McCune joins. Serrel Savage returns from western Nebraska after six weeks, preparing wheat. Henry Wiemers sale of Chester hogs well attended with buyers from eight nearby towns across Colorado Kansas Iowa and Illinois.
Following the war period the market returns to conservative investments in utility and industrial stocks. Nebraska bankers sell these securities to small holders, offering higher interest than savings banks. An estimated 30 million dollars from Nebraska funds flowed into wild cat propositions.
The United States Department of Agriculture announces a new live stock improvement series designed to promote breeding and better stock. Five photographs depict Jersey cattle at a farmers’ picnic, a refined draft size horse, purebred Southdown sheep, prize poultry, dairy herd stock, a tuberculosis free official, and six juvenile hogs cultivated for distribution to schools banks and clubs nationwide.
Specimens illustrating leading swine breeds are offered as uniform 113 by 15 inch pictures. Interested parties may obtain them by addressing the United States Department of Agriculture.
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