Farmers plan corn planting as weather holds
A good number of farmers intend to plant corn within days if the present fine weather continues, signaling a quick start to field work and seedings across the county.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1921
Page
3
A good number of farmers intend to plant corn within days if the present fine weather continues, signaling a quick start to field work and seedings across the county.
I D and John Steiner returned from Lincoln with news of Jess Brandt's operation there. They report Brandt doing well and note the procedure revealed only adhesions.
FE Habicht visited the St Joe market. Clark Miller of Fairbury visited with his mother Mrs Mary Miller. A H Colman drove from Fairbury in a Mercer touring car. Mr Jand and Mrs C E Waggoner visit Lincoln relatives. Fire extinguisher urged for every home. Seed ad lists cane seed 0.75 per bu Sudan grass 0.60 per bu mittet 1.00 per bu alfalfa 9.00 per bu and other seeds at White Jones Hardware Co Fairbury. 2t
Charley Wibley and neighbors completed a cave at his home 14 miles north and 3 miles east of Diller. The chamber measures 10 by 12 feet in the clear with a stairway and arched roof. Construction used 114 sacks of cement.
Nebraska creates a commission to license and regulate horse racing but will not oversee races at state and county fairs. An older law bans racing at fairs and bars fair funds from support, while another law permits speed trials serving the same purpose.
Nebraska Kansas South Dakota Colorado Wyoming Montana banks lumber companies and other firms seek trained personnel. If you graduated from a reliable business college we can place you in excellent positions. Address Grand Island Business College oldest largest leading business training school.
A collage of quotes from diverse speakers. women confess wardrobe concerns, men defend fidelity, and youths boast, while elders recall long marches and governors challenge opponents on honesty. The fragment presents a tapestry of attitudes about virtue, effort, and public image.
Will Bristol moved the first of the week into one of G B Pearce's residence properties in the Steele City area.
A metal roof is being installed this week along with other upgrades at John Lambs poultry and cream station, reflecting ongoing renovations to the facility.
Reverend Duhrkop attended the funeral of a retired Lutheran minister in Beatrice on Tuesday and then proceeded to Lincoln for a business trip.
The state bureau chief projects 250 miles of new Nebraska roads for the coming summer at an estimated cost of 2,000,000 dollars.
Mrs George A Joslyn announces plans to erect a 5 million dollar building west of Omaha High School. The new art institute will honor her late husband and serve as a memorial.
The Record defers reporting any new developments on the mysterious fire linked to J. W. Fouts last week in Iowa, noting that the incident has been sufficiently covered and no fresh details have emerged.
A playful riddle about a telephone describing its features and social uses. It hints at calling, ringing, buzzing, and being mounted on the wall, with lines about paying bills and getting the popular air “hot sir.” The tone is light and period style.
An Animas County report notes a Burlington farmer contracts to grow watermelons with 10 percent alcohol using a grafted plug and yeast fermentation. The scheme, tied to a local concern, promises $1.90 per melon maturing to standard, with August half-grown melons injected and sealed to initiate fermentation.
Wheat market activity at Shea this week. Henry Jess traveled to eastern parts of the state on Saturday. Will Logan, a veterinary student in St. Joseph Missouri, returned home for summer vacation Tuesday. District 74 plans a year end program and picnic dinner. Rock Creek church yard showed busy times with wagons buggies and one auto last Sunday. An Assyrian minister delivered a fine sermon on the twenty third Psalm. A snowstorm kept mother indoors to tend the chickens by the kitchen fire. Snow in April proves inconvenient.
The Nebraska College of Agriculture circular warns high school graduates and families against costly outfits for commencements. It urges simplicity and modesty to avoid financial burden and social snobbery, noting mothers sacrifice for older sisters and urging affordable dress standards.
A lyrical piece by Jano Collins elevates the farmer's wife as the household anchor of America. It blends vivid duties from dawn coffee to milking kine, mending, feeding animals, and managing the home while supporting the farm’s survival and family well being.
Dr. Vartan K Osigian, the silk king of the South, claims a super silkworm that spins cocoon twice as large and colors silk in 18 hues. His New Orleans nursery houses 2.5 million silk trees, 10 million eggs, and 200 thousand silkworms. The worm spins a 1800 yard cocoon in three days, with fibers wound in one continuous thread.
Literature over a thousand years old notes two poultry breeds in China. Modern incubators rely on the same basic principle as those used in ancient Egypt about 4000 years ago.
A narrator recalls an embarrassing moment after marriage when an old acquaintance asks why she never called. The friend explains she did not know about the marriage due to no announcement being received, prompting the narrator to admit they only sent announcements to friends, and noting another friend named Jess.
An excited farmer flags down a car as a boy inspects the vehicle from the roadside. The father tells the child the machine is an auto, and the boy concludes he has seen enough before the car continues.
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