Don't Trust to Luck
A cautionary note warns that current luck against poverty does not guarantee future security as unforeseen events may alter fortunes.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1924
Page
3
A cautionary note warns that current luck against poverty does not guarantee future security as unforeseen events may alter fortunes.
Rev and Mrs Clark traveled to Beatrice on Monday. Mrs Hiram Packer rode a Burlington train to Lincoln on Saturday to visit her daughter.
Forest Hartzel brought four car loads of cattle to the St. Joe market Sunday and sold them at eight dollars and sixty cents per hundredweight.
Born to Mr and Mrs Jas Novotny four miles west and one south of Diller a girl born April 6 weighing standard. Paint sale advertisement from Cornbelt Lumber Co lists price from 1.95 a gallon and up.
J. E. Kerr of Lincoln was in the vicinity Wednesday conducting business. He was formerly a resident of Diller.
Farmers were active near Fairbury on Monday with four teams in most fields, some fields hosting two or three teams. They cut stalks disc and plowed while some ground appeared a bit wet but workable.
The Bureau of Naturalization within the Department of Labor states about 18 000 men remain unfilfilled for naturalization certificates though on file. Applicants can obtain certificates by writing to the bureau now to avoid future confusion from delays.
A fragment notes that at 15 mph a car may stop in 15 feet but the data show 22 feet at 15 mph and 36.66 feet at 25 mph while 45 mph requires about 66 feet. It suggests clipping this for windshield reference, and mentions heart men claiming 15 feet stop distance at 15 mph. Ex
Extension Circular 1401 Care and Feeding of Baby Chicks is off the press and ready for free distribution by County Extension Agents and the Agricultural College at Lincoln. The circular covers brooding methods summer care feeding methods rations nutrient requirements and the effect of light on growing chicks in a clear understandable form.
The MWA group schedules sessions on the second and fourth Thursday of each month. The text notes spring and other seasons influence energy and activity levels, with summer fall and winter also described as making people lazy.
Mr and Mrs V A Raymond and daughter Donna Jane drove from Courtland Kansas in their new Chevrolet sedan to visit Diller relatives on Saturday and spent Sunday there before returning home Sunday evening.
Sheriff Tippin arrested a feared safe blower and gunman named as a killer. He was taken to Hutchinson Kansas after stealing a car following last Thursday night.
John Cullom, sentenced by Judge Colby to one year in the penitentiary for shooting with intent to do bodily harm, has started serving his term in the Fairbury county jail due to no room at the state prison.
A St. Joseph banker notes cattle feeding can yield gains. He lent a Nebraska farmer 10 000 dollars last fall and bought 210 head at 4.65 each with 8 056 of the loan. He sold in February at 8.15 each, total receipts 18 725, gross profit 10 666.97, feed labor and interest 6 250, net profit 4 316.97.
Jefferson County commissioners authorize the state to spend 31000 from federal and state funds to extend highway travel through the county starting in Fairbury. Two projects exist Beatrice to Fairbury near completion and Fairbury to Western authorized but not built.
A 92 year old man in Atchison asks a young observer why he wants to reach 92 when the youth admits no smoking chewing liquor or late nights. The elder questions the aim of long life, prompting a humorous moral about health and restraint.
County fans met in Fairbury to organize a county league of eight clubs: Diller Fairbury Endicott Steele City Reynolds Powell Gladstone Harbine. Plymouth left. Powell joined. Season opens May 4 with Endicott vs Harbine at Endicott and Steele City vs Reynolds at Reynolds. No hired players. only Sunday games. intercounty club contests preferred.
E. G. Limprecht and a Lincoln family visited Diller relatives for the weekend. They previously resided in the area and spent time with their extended family.
A compact assertion extols the United States as the fastest, richest, greatest nation. It claims cleaner, healthier, wealthier, happier people with higher education levels, greater per capita wealth, and widespread home ownership compared with other countries.
A three month crow killing contest sponsored by a major powder maker offers 2500 in prizes. Audubon Societies condemn the event, arguing crows help farmers by controlling insects and warn of ecological harm. Governor Baxter of Maine opposes promoting powder sales with such contests, while naturalists urge protection of the crow as a farm friend.
A civic appeal urges Diller residents to back local churches farms stores factories amusements parks and services. It argues prosperity grows when citizens invest in existing institutions and support enterprises that serve the community and advance town development.
H H Greider and family visited Fairbury Friday. Roy and Mrs. McCune welcomed a son born April 4. Mrs. Glen Riddle stayed with her parents in Fairbury. Henry Jess made a business trip to Fairbury. W T Logan and family visited the Wiemers home. Andrews and son Russel from Steele City attended to business in the area. Lee Stull suffers measles. J N Carpenter and family hosted Fairbury guests. Mayborn of Diller shopped in Shea Monday. Ellison delivered hogs to Andrews in Steele City.
Elizabeth Anna Hiner born in Oldenberg Germany December 27 1852 died April 4 1924 at her daughter Mrs Joe Larkins home aged 71 years 8 months 8 days She leaves four sons and four daughters eight children and twenty grandchildren plus a great grand child Her husband died four years ago one daughter Anna died fifteen years ago She joined the German Lutheran church at age 15 later the M E church at Diller Nebr She came to America in 1870 and settled in Diller Nebr with her family.
In 1872 she married Fredrick Hicken. Rev Martin of Ellis M. E. church officiated at the funeral at the house. Burial was in Prairie Home cemetery. The Hicken family thanks neighbors and friends for kindness during illness death and burial and for floral offerings singers and auto conveyances.
Health Commissioner Bundesen directs 100 inspectors in a city wide anti noise drive targeting late night disturbances. Cited offenders include saxophone and ragtime players, late night phonographs, radio fans, early streetcar gongs, locomotive whistles, and car horns disturbing sleep.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine promises relief from catarrh and deafness caused by catarrh. It combines an ointment for local inflammation with an internal tonic that works through the blood to restore mucous membranes. Sold by F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio for over 40 years.
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