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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1939
Page
4
The Daily Sun notes Mrs. A. T. Watson has returned from a visit with her grandson James Logan in Denver.
Grandparents Vester Carmichaels celebrate the birth of a 10-pound daughter to their son and wife Mr and Mrs James Carmichael at their Holmesville area home on Monday morning April 3.
A light note suggests housewives may one day receive cash dividends from electric refrigerators. The prompt encourages reading another column in this issue to understand the point.
Patrons of District 70 praise Miss Margaret Buls for guiding the local school to success in the Pioneer Music Contest. Her tasteful approach and talent helped the achievement without unnecessary show.
A mass meeting of farmers at Harbine fifty years ago discussed binder twine monopoly and other issues. Plym outh band provided music. Today farmers urge action against binder twine supply and consider buying a combine. The Pioneer Music Contest at the opera house drew record entries and large attendance. The editor and wife attended church services at Dundee Presbyterian Omaha. Palm Sunday featured baptisms with 13 babies, plus 22 children baptized and 52 youths received church membership. Nine adults were baptized, 60 couples joined by letter, and about 216 people were touched by the service.
The narrative describes Amoses friend Andy nearly marrying on Monday evening but the wedding did not proceed and Amos and the speaker remain unsure if the marriage occurred.
New county commissioner Sam Hutchinson faced an unexpected incident as a man stole his top coat from the courthouse. The thief did not substitute with any returned garment.
County Clerk Homer Brunk reports from the Federal Commodity Credit Corporation that Jefferson County has 520 corn loans covering 269,786 bushels, totaling 153778 02 dollars.
Paul Allerhiligen, a former Hanover man, was struck in the ear by a bullet fired by Paul Durand in Powell Wyoming on March 23. Allerhiligen reportedly went outside a tavern to see the disturbance when a rifle shot from Tarzan's rifle hit him.
An account notes the ancient method of tempering Damascus swords by plunging red hot blades into a slave's body and letting the blood cool the steel. Modern practice replaces blood with heated oil and electrical systems as a substitute.
The notice promotes electric cooking demonstrations in Odell Steele City and Diller with afternoon and night sessions on April dates. It also cites a United States News report about a flood of European gold entering the U S, including a 56 million dollar shipment on the Manhattan and a 28 million dollar shipment on the Normandie. The article notes Europe’s deposits move to safe holdings, boosting America’s gold stock to 15 billion dollars, about 58 percent of world monetary gold.
An old Scottish tradition has the bride carried over the threshold to her new home and met by the groom’s mother who breaks a currant bun over the bride’s head. A mis-aim is believed to bring bad luck.
A quotation from Uncle Eben warns that dwelling on hardship harms reputation and invites sympathy. The saying suggests resilience and avoiding self pity to gain respect and progress.
The Record visits the Protestant Orphans Home to view six boys and their tasks. Wellington Dean tends poultry and tractors, Glenn Ballie cares for 500 chicks, Howard Whitney tends pigs, Craig and Keith Baker handle cattle, and Jackie Baker is versatile. The boys milk cows, feed a rich ration, and assist visitors, showing eagerness in home life and duties.
A short religious piece notes courts set various damages for body parts from a boy with a missing hand to a girl harmed in an auto crash, then argues true value lies in the soul as shown by Calvary. The Railway Evangel source contrasts monetary injury with divine price.
The report mentions a batch handling when Mrs Epperson is away. J. Smith Diller stood in for superintendent Schmadenke during his absence visiting relatives. Schmadenke's sister had recently visited Diller several days earlier.
A blustery period brings cool damp and cloudy skies this week. One inch of rain is expected Tuesday. Morning thermometers dip to 27 with a thick ice coating on water and puddles.
Buddhist sacred books are written in Pali, India's living tongue, spanning from the Seventh to the Seventeenth centuries.
Imbehbeh, a Cairo suburb, hosts the world’s largest camel market where camels from across the Near East are bought and sold daily.
A Dil ler circus offers two performances with Clark s Wild Animal Circus featuring Miss Maxine Henry and several acts. Tickets cost 15 cents for children and 25 cents for adults with merchants tickets providing lowest prices. Center grand stand seats available for 15 cents.
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