One-cent Stamp Recalled as Past Courtesy
A fragment notes the one-cent stamp as a historical item and mentions poker as a beloved game, indicating enduring sentiment toward small values and gaming culture.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1925
Page
3
A fragment notes the one-cent stamp as a historical item and mentions poker as a beloved game, indicating enduring sentiment toward small values and gaming culture.
An assortment of local notices mentions Sudan seed at five cents per pound from John W. Roseman, a move by Harry Patton into a Pearce property, low harness prices and a full line of collars from Gus Dressen, and a reflective quip about past generations and tonsil clipping.
Ed Leaper formerly of Diller, now with a major Eastern shoe company based in Lincoln, spent Sunday renewing ties with former Diller acquaintances and recalling hometown days.
An invitation announces an afternoon of recreation for every girl in Jefferson county at the YWCA rooms in Fairbury on Saturday April 18 from 2 30 to 5 00. The event aims to help attendees get acquainted. Tests from Iowa indicate auto fuel efficiency varies by road type from 14 ton miles per gallon on dirt roads to 31 on paved roads and show gravel road maintenance costs per mile far higher than pavement, influencing Lincoln Highway paving decisions.
C. E. Atkinson of Liscon has been elected county agent for Gage county and will assume duties on May first. He is a graduate of the state agricultural college and was raised on a Pawnee county farm. Farm bureau costs are funded by members the chamber of commerce and the federal government.
Jessie Carmichael lost her personal damage case against Jefferson County for 25 000 in district court Thursday. The liability arose from a buggy accident in October 1923 when she and her child were injured after being thrown from a rough road near Fairbury. The Carmichaels previously resided at Diller.
The article extols gardening for personal satisfaction and quality food. It stresses a moderate effort yields nature’s touch, pride in home grown vegetables, and family enjoyment even if costs may be higher than buying produce.
Herman Sasse C T and Frank Cully shipped a car load of hogs from this station to St. Joe Tuesday. The humorous aside about paying bills notes a thriftily minded community while stressing the value of home trade and merchants boosting local commerce.
W A Boggs once of Diller is recovering at his Beatrice home after a four month illness and is able to be about the house.
Mrs Shipman and Mrs Wiggins of Red Cloud visited here with their parents at the home of their sister Mrs Dr Viers for a couple of days and returned home Sunday.
Dr and Mrs W S Diller of LeRoy Kansas welcomed a girl born last week. Diller, a former local boy, is met with warm congratulations from friends and the Record extends best wishes.
A.T. Watson, current railway station agent at Filley, is named relief agent by the railway with immediate effect. He has served on the Wymore division for thirty two years and previously acted as agent at Stoddard Diller and Hoag before moving to Filley four years ago.
The funeral for Mrs Hannah Morris who resided in Diller with her foster daughter Mrs Frank T Pearce was conducted at the Nazarene church in Fairbury by Rev. Drake. A mixed quartet provided music and Mrs W G Wooster sang "Very Deeply" a favorite song of the deceased. Burial followed in Fairbury cemetery beside her two children and a sister.
The Rand Sanatorium at Atwood Kansas reports treating over one hundred rheumatic cases with Oxhyform therapies and claims every treated patient who stayed the course found permanent relief. They state a 600 case record with no deaths and many formerly abandoned conditions improved.
Mr and Mrs E L Loock travel to Fairbury on Tuesday due to illness affecting their son in law E R Henrichs.
Lillian Wohlfarth a Beatrice teacher visited her Diller home during spring vacation. J Smith Diller added a garage playhouse for his children. Frank Peter Novotny of Odell booked a Bohemia trip next month with passports. Dr Cecil Ellis of Chester spent a few days visiting his parents, Dr and Mrs Claude Ellis.
Harold Bowers a University student who attended the Junior class play with his parents Mr and Mrs J A Pickard returned to Lincoln Sunday.
A baby boy weighing 8 pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rechtemeir. The family resides 44 miles north and 4 miles west of Diller. The article notes the birth occurred last week but provides no additional details.
The passage notes that people want good schools roads cars clothing and cigars but acknowledge these things cost money and that tax receipts represent the cheapest return for that expenditure. It emphasizes the value of tax funding despite cost.
The Diller High School Juniors presented The Way of a Maid at the opera house last Friday night. A full house praised the performance with high commendation for the young cast.
On hand numbers 15 DeLavel and 70 Great Western separators quoted as brand new and guaranteed. The notice invites interested customers to visit and have explanations provided by Fanders & Robertson.
A catalog of titles including Through the Windshield a modern Alice tale with Go-Go and Stop-Stop. Football Tactics claims easier commutes. Lost Years follows an actress seeking perpetual youth. Three Weeks in a Telephone Booth portrays a man’s decline and recovery. Check Book marketed as a gift for daddy.
Edward P. Mitchell recalls a moment in Washington during Grant's second inauguration era when a plump sober Senator Hoar in a night shirt and gold spectacles gesticulates to a full length mirror. He posits the scene as Hoar rehearsing his maiden House speech, occurred around 1869.
Nashville nurse Amy Weagle saved a dying fifteen year old who was to be lynched by masked attackers at Nashville General hospital. She confronted the mob, spread alarms after telephones were cut, and the victim was hanged despite her stand. A $6,500 reward was offered, with no arrests after days of investigation.
In a dialogue from historical recollection a speaker notes a millionaire made his fortune by early service in a city's hotel dining room. The other asks about his guiding motto and recalls the line Learn to labor and to wait.
A sailor superstition holds that a howling dog aboard predicts a storm and wind from its nose pointing direction. Traced to Norse myth, the tale links Odin and his wild hunt with dogs that accompany the souls during tempests, a belief echoed in Welsh and Devonshire folklore.
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