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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1931
Page
5
The column lists livestock for sale including Aryshire calf and general trucking services. It mentions subscriptions, monument makers, a shotgun return, and a personal property listing drive. Local residents and visitors from Lincoln and Topeka are noted along with market and community updates in Pleasant precinct.
A raspy ad offers Crazy Crystals for sale at $1.50 for 15 gallons with a mail order option. The itemized notices mention residents from Beat Rice Nebraska and Hebron to Scandia Kansas visiting Diller, plus Paul Wupper the ex-Beemer banker jailed in Lincoln after pleading guilty to forgery and embezzlement in West Point.
Cornbelt Lumber Co offers Kill the Mites spray for mite proofing chicken houses for one year when thoroughly sprayed inside with Electrine Carbo-Creocene. Mr and Mrs Jos Albright and daughter Rachael visited Fairbury on Saturday returning by No 3 train to a corner 524 miles north of Diller due to a P W F condition.
Mr and Mrs C L Tristman and their sons Allan and Jale spent Easter with Humboldt relatives then stopped en route to Tobias and visited with Diller friends for a few hours.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Maw, returning from Blue Springs after attending their son John Maw’s funeral, stopped for a visit with daughters Mrs. Frank Johnson and Mrs. H. H. Green and families before continuing home to McDonald Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Maw came back Friday to Neligh Nebraska.
An 1910 view describes early cars lacking self starters, bumpers, and electric lights. Optional items like tops, windshields, or speedometers cost extra, with exterior hand brakes, brass gas canisters, and a rubber bulb horn. The high chassis and large wheels marked a very different era.
At the regular meeting the Diller Commercial Club decided to sponsor the 35th annual Diller picnic in August. Once dates are set, an announcement will be made through the Record.
From Apr 1 1930 to Apr 1 1931 the treasurer records a balance of 7.30 and expenditures 89.64 for gate and related items while the librarian reports 12225 books loaned 75 bought 8 donated 55 members and 7214 borrows with 1467 books on hand.
NCSA Mrs Viers hosted thirteen members on Wednesday April 1 with a brief business session led by the president. Members paid tribute to Miss Charlotte Loock. Roll call featured Cavalleria and Easter poems, with winners announced for two games and birthday songs for Mrs Waggoner. Guests included Mrs Geer Miss Hansen and Miss Bonnie Green. A two course luncheon followed with candy rabbits and Easter nests. Mrs Waggoner invites the club to meet April 15 with optional roll call.
The National Economics group surveyed leading problems with votes: Prohibition 1871, administration of justice 4750, lawlessness 1514, unemployment and economic stabilization 1434, taxation 966, efficient democratic payment 708, farm relief 694, political corruption 747, and the tariff 624. The non political body notes many issues drew trade but others attracted little but may reflect public sentiment for policymakers.
A wry observation compares pest control to politics with a dry figure throwing dirt and a wet figure throwing mud, suggesting money lending as a cure and implying varied ways of undermining opponents.
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