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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1925
Page
3
Allan D. May writes in the Auburn Herald that spring in Nebraska remains uncertain despite birds and buds. He notes lingering signs of winter such as a lazy loafer on a sunny street and a neighbor’s bonfire as he pines for a true spring longing to fish.
Local notice reminds residents of village and school elections to be held next Tuesday. An accompanying ad from Frank Grabher lists sale of apricot trees aged two years at 15 cents each.
Notice lists Fanders Garage offering fire insurance on automobiles at a rate of $2.75. S J Thompson notes. John Starr, an employee of an Omaha tobacco firm, spent Sunday at home and returned to Omaha Monday.
Advertisement offers a large stock of harness for spring work and a full line of collars in various sizes at low prices. The note mentions Gus Dreasen as seller and hints at broad distribution to households in the community.
Popular Science Monthly reports a German inventor, Frits Pollak, perfected a glass substitute. The material can be rolled, bored, polished, or cut without splintering, suitable for automobile windows optical instruments ornaments and toilet articles. It results from condensing carbamide and theocarbamide with formaldehyde.
Export demand rises for shin bones from Chicago stockyards to China where lack of domestic animals drives demand. Mammal bones are sent by the ton as a growing article of commerce. China relies on imports for these items.
Mrs. R. E. Colman and daughter Maxine visited over Sunday at her sister Mrs. R. W. Green's home. A humorous prize note rewards the wife who resisted her husband's Easter bonnet purchase. The new Diller telephone directories are being distributed this week by Geo. Riddle, manager.
Widespread demolitions in London uncover hidden historic houses and landmarks. The Old Savoy chapel and St Ethelburga church, each revealed by new building work, offer glimpses of the city’s early architecture and past figures like Henry Hudson and his voyage beyond the frozen north.
The piece contrasts two ways people spend Sunday evenings. Some read sensational current issues from the Sunday paper or crime stories for titillation. Others attend church with family, enjoying fellowship and spiritual reflection.
C C Andrews of Steele City Nebraska advertises young mules and horses for sale including a 2 year old Percheron stallion registered. He invites interested parties to come view. Also a note that Mr and Mrs J C Herwig and Mrs A L Tinstman attended to business for the A L Tinstman estate at Fairbury and traveled from Humboldt, staying overnight. Cal remained until roads dried.
A University of Minnesota feeding experiment shows milk output per cow rising 86.7 percent with a ration tailored to needs, increasing annual profit and suggesting over 500 million dollars in yearly gains nationwide. Creamery Institute cites potential savings of about 111 dollars per farmer for up to 4.5 million dairy producers.
A dinner party Tuesday evening entertained by Min and Andy Gump featured a host of comic celebrities including Uncle Bim John Steiner and guests like Mia Perkins Violet Maggie Jiggs Mahoney and Ma and Pa Perkips. The event ended with a magic lamp transport to a second dancing gathering with Micky McGuire and his gang providing music and laughter.
The American Forestry association calls for the government to purchase thousands of acres of cut-over land and replant or seed them with forest trees. It argues many acres can only be used for tree growing and that a large appropriation would be acceptable to taxpayers.
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