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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1922
Page
3
C H Ball departed on the early Wednesday morning train to Des Moines Iowa. H E Green traveled to Beatrice yesterday to visit his wife admitted to the Lutheran hospital.
Mr and Mrs J L Hughes returned yesterday from visiting their daughters at Reynolds. County Treasurer Jenkins paid out 100 dollars per day for three days this week for bounties on wolf and coyote scalps.
Shutt's Drug Store proclaims Tanlac as the people's medicine and credits the public with its popularity.
Found last Sunday a ladies fur collar on Steele City road west of Jack Hill school house inquiry to Theodore Senior.
Harm Weyerts of Gurley Nebraska arrived Sunday upon learning his sister Mrs Tena Diekhoff was ill. The week had been cloudy with little rain until Thursday evening when a good shower began as the Record went to press.
Mr and Mrs George Riddle and Mr and Mrs Less Hill attended the funeral of Arlie Culver at Beat Rice Monday. Mrs Culver is a niece of Mr Riddle.
Mr and Mrs Elias Hadley attended the funeral of his sister Mrs Ad Smothers a former resident of Diller held Monday of last week in Council Bluffs Iowa.
Mrs Rhodes and her children left on No. 17 Monday to return home to Haxtum Colo after visiting with her aunt Mrs Francis Starkey.
Shutt's Drug Store notes Tanlac as the most talked of medicine worldwide. Users repeatedly buy it and tell friends of their splendid results from its use.
George Pickard Mr and Mrs Fred Clark Wayne Thompson and Mrs Rex Green attended the funeral at Beatrice Tuesday for Mrs Ed Bartlett aunt of the latter a pioneer resident of the Ellis vicinity who died at her home in Beatrice Saturday aged about 68 years.
A 1919 statement by Postmaster General Hubert Work emphasizes that every postal worker is a vital human unit. He argues duties are accommodations for neighbors and friends, not just tasks for an absentee employer, urging cooperative service.
The Steele City county convention program aims to help workers with its strongest ever setup for Jefferson county. A key talk by a top educated state figure, How and when did we get our Bible, is highlighted. Mark May 16 and 17 for the event.
Mrs. F. J. Freytag and daughter Bernadetta visited the Odell greenhouse on Tuesday. The kindergarten or high school group will present the Japanese operetta Princess Chrysanthemum in the opera house tonight. An ad promotes Tanlac from Shutt's Drug Store promising restful sleep and good digestion.
A local repair shop in London invites customers to visit and explore services offered. The ad emphasizes customer-friendly service and a willingness to discuss what the shop can do for trade and everyday needs.
Rhue Green toured Diller relatives and then travels to Fairbury to assist Volney Raymond in his drug store.
Henry Kanter of Idaho Falls Idaho stopped here Sunday to visit old friends on his return from the eastern markets where he went to buy goods.
Rev. and Mrs. Herman Diekhoff of Princeton were summoned to Diller last Friday due to the illness of his mother Mrs. Tena Diekhoff. Reports say she was resting better and seemed to be improving.
We will sell at public auction at our place of business in Diller Nebr on Saturday May 13 1922 at 2 00 o clock one Studebaker automobile belonging to Bert Gerard to satisfy our claim for storage on sale Diller Auto Co 2t uel
Citizens urged to tidy up rural boxes and routes May 1 4 as a post office drive for better first impressions. Officials ask Mr Postmaster, Mr Farmer, and Mr Rural Carrier to start improvements to attract visiting strangers and potential benefits.
On April 19 at 2 30 PM in Lanham church a wedding united Edward G. Roelfs and Katie C. Eden. Rev Lentz led the procession with Adelia Roelfs and Wm Roelfs as attendants followed by Henry Eden and M Lentz. The couple plan to reside northwest of Diller after a reception at the bride’s home.
The United States mint in San Francisco is striking silver dollars at a rate of 200000 pieces per day, reflecting a high volume production for circulation and value.
Mr and Mrs J H Pittenger of Lincoln and Mrs Thos P Price of Kansas City were called by the illness of their sister in law Mrs G C Blauser early this week.
The new grandstand at Fairbury city park finished Saturday. It will seat 500, and with the old stand the total capacity for ball games this season reaches 1,100 spectators.
The article recalls Ben Franklin’s era and explains modern postal practice. It emphasizes including number and street in addresses to prevent Delays at the Office of Delivery and improve mail handling. It cites examples like Ezekiel Smithers and John Smith in New York and Chicago to illustrate incomplete addresses.
A reader insists postal clerks should spell out the state in full within addresses to avoid confusion between Trinidad California and Trinidad Colorado. The note urges precise wording to prevent misdelivery.
President Harding urges Congress that government work should mirror business efficiency. Postmasters are highlighted as local managers of branches of the world’s largest business, signaling reforms and stronger oversight in postal management.
Harbine reports include visits by Mrs. Roland Trumbull and Mrs. Dick Ommen, a 11 to 2 Harbine win over Ellis, and births at Pawnee City. Notables: deaths of a local homeowner, Beatrice visitors, and the Harbine Equity Exchange annual meeting with officers elected and praised assets and business health.
Old Mr. Grabit defends his stake deftly, taking as much as he can from others. The exchange hints at sharper bargaining and a wily, winning temperament. The lines suggest a satirical look at greed and success in a bustling scene.
A Miss Olden dismissed her butler amid talk that he boasted of growing gray in her service. The remark implied loyalty and age as factors in the firing.
A brief dialogue-joke frames a humorous exchange about starting with pie and eating dinner backward. The quip ends with the line My stomach's upset, highlighting playful wordplay and phrasing.
Gas practically incombustible is yielded by some wells drilled for natural gas in Oklahoma. The finding notes a nonflammable fraction amid which workers study its potential uses and implications for local gas industry.
The color of goldfish can be altered by adjusting mineral substances in the aquarium water. Moderate mineral levels impact pigment outcomes and may shift hue over time according to water chemistry.
Courtesy is urged for postmasters and employees to enhance public dealings during Postal Improvement Week starting May 16 1922 with the Post Office Department highlighting its use in daily service.
The Bureau of Standards reports 13,560 licensed U S radio stations in 1921, up over 3,000 from 1920, with 600,000 to 1 million receiving sets. Prewar 1916 saw about 5,600 licenses. wartime bans reduced activity. Investment rose from 114,050 in 1904 to 7,600,688 in 1919. Merchant ships equipped approached 3,000 in 1921.
Postal Improvement Week has been set for May 1 by the Postmaster General to rally business organizations advertisers and 826000 postal workers in a country wide push for better mail handling. Citizens are urged to address letters clearly including street state full names and a return address in the upper left corner.
A brief note describes a May day scene with mothers cooking in a shaded grove of myrtles, accompanied by an aid offering of 1d.
Kim Milk proves a boon to housewives as a versatile substitute for whole milk. It can be used in most dishes and is sold widely at low cost. In cream soups, adding extra butter, skim milk works particularly well.
Combine butter and pulverized sugar until creamy then add milk gradually. Stir in flour and vanilla, drop onto a prepared pan, top with chopped nuts and cinnamon, and bake slowly.
A historic recipe combines New Orleans molasses brown sugar cinnamon ginger and nutmeg with an egg sour cream and soda. Add flour eggs nuts raisins figs and dates mix bake slowly in loaf form for a fruit cake.
Instructions describe making cookies with shortening sugar eggs milk and a large amount of flour and anise seeds. The mixture is rolled cut into shapes and baked in a hot oven.
A historic dough recipe blends raised dough, sugars, eggs, and butter then rolled with cinnamon curants and raisins. The mixture is cut into buns placed on a sugared sheet, allowed to rise until light, and baked to five inch highs with careful heat control.
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