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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1924
Page
3
Endicott plans a July 4th celebration in Creede Colorado. The item warns readers about get rich quick schemes and advises saving dollars to avoid the poorhouse.
Advertisement notes cane seed for sale at one dollar per bushel by Chas L Nickeson. The clipped text also mentions Europe’s intentions are good and a remark about preferring to owe rather than cheat.
Ellis resident Temple Pierce came back last week after several months on the Pacific coast. Miss Maxine Colman visited her aunt Mrs. R. W. Green in town for spring vacation. Between the writer’s place and Herman Stahl’s last Saturday night a Dodge car was chained off. Theodore Henrichs seeks the finder. Reverend G F R Dubrkop will preach a trial sermon at Hooper next Sunday. Audrey Diller spends spring vacation at home with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J Smith Diller.
A columnist argues that adopting a mature wage philosophy could lift all workers. The piece contends that paying for a full day’s work should be honored and explored as a path to better collective welfare.
Mrs. S. B. Viers was taken to a Fairbury hospital Tuesday for treatment and possibly an operation for appendicitis. Her mother Mrs. Drake of Red Cloud is in town caring for the children.
A proud father called his brother to announce a handsome boy claiming to be his nephew. The brother wired back denying any nephew and labeling the youth an impostor.
St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church schedules Sunday school in English at 9 45 a m and German worship at 10 45 a m Pastor Duhrkop away Mrs Koenig a senior at Martin Luther Seminary Lincoln Nebr will preach if weather allows the seminary quartet may accompany him
The M. W. A. meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month. John Gretzinger and Charley Brandt planted potatoes yesterday. A Friend is someone who points out noticeable mistakes and stays silent about minor ones.
A government mint operation stamps 310-cent pieces per minute. The machine churns out coinage steadily, reflecting ongoing production capacity and efficiency in currency manufacture.
Mrs. Vern Pickard from Fairbury arrived early this week to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo Specht at their home.
Individuals believed to be thieves were frightened off Abram Epp’s premises near Ellis Tuesday night by a couple of shotgun blasts from his fowling piece.
A historical aphorism stresses that avoiding major danger requires no specialized knowledge but everyday caution. It urges residents to apply prudence in both urban and rural settings, highlighting the value of steady attention and practical safety habits.
Diller reports a Tuesday stock shipment totaling six cars. Charley Barber leads three cattle cars and one hog car, Forrest Hartzel provides one hog car, plus one mixed car and one hog car by Farmers Grain Co. Charley and Herbert Barber and Ralph Long proceed to St. Joe with the freight.
Gas experts claim refrigeration in individual homes could soon be practical by applying gas head to evaporation. They even promise the same pipes supplying winter heat could deliver summer cold.
Herbert Weichel solved charging farm radio batteries by mounting a windmill with a generator on a tower. He keeps a storage battery charged for use with a loud speaker, avoiding trips to town on windy days as the generator runs. Plymouth News.
On April 1 1924 neighbors and friends gathered at Charlie Hood’s house for an evening of card games. Four tables played with Mrs Jessie Pierce taking high score and Alice Specht winning the booby prize. A guessing contest awarded Guy Clancy an April Food Prize as refreshments were served late.
The piece argues income from tax exempt securities avoids taxes boosting other investments and business burdens. It promotes alfalfa hay as the best feed for dairy cattle and notes 90 percent of alfalfa grown west of the Mississippi but only 30 percent of dairy cattle in that region. It contends Eastern buyers pay extra to baling and freight yet Western hay supplies dairy profits, urging regional dairy industry growth.
The Teapot Dome pipeline from the Teapot Dome pumping station in Wyoming to Freeman Missouri, a 700 mile route tapping Gulf lines to Chicago, is finished and tested except at Deshler Nebraska and Washington Kansas. Deshler work includes concrete floors and tank connections while telegraph and pump inspectors operate. Oil has reached Kearney and two 55 000 barrel tanks at each station take two days to fill.
A field party in 1920 reports ancient canals in Meade and Clark counties Kansas carved by prehistoric builders with engineering skill. They diverted Four Mile creek using embankments and earth moved by wicker baskets or rawhide sacks. Ruins extend into Beaver County Oklahoma and the article notes the builders predated Spaniards by centuries.
A sixteen year old Tim Ruggles leaves his grandfather's farm to seek future in a city job. He saves and plans, buying back the farm with his wife and child after years of looking ahead. The story mirrors a financial statement style closing with manager E. J. Schenk.
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