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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
5
Real estate buyers rush to secure properties amid limited listings as investors target prime parcels. Local officials warn of rising prices and potential displacement while residents seek safeguards for communities and affordable housing.
Joe Grabber reports an average yield of 21 bushels per acre from a 60 acre wheat field.
Elmo Hadley returned Sunday to Beatrice where he is working at brick laying. Chas Hayes threshed 70 acres of wheat yielding better than 20 bushels per acre.
Harve Pittenager returned to his Beatrice home after tending farm interests. Dr Claude Ellis and family came back Wednesday from an auto trip to Cherokee Iowa where they visited relatives and friends.
Mrs. A. K. Barrack and son Floyd, who visited with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Line and other old acquaintances, left Wednesday for Newville Pa. They plan to stop in Carthage Mo. en route.
Notice urges buyers to visit Fairbury before purchasing monuments. Frank A. Moon & Son advertise the largest stock in southern Nebraska with guaranteed work.
Cards from former Diller residents Mr and Mrs Cleve Hiatt now of Hemipford report a fine trip through Wyoming. They attended Cheyenne frontier days and shared notes on their journey.
An irritable disposition is linked to digestion issues. A man with good health and bowels may have constipation. Tablets claim to strengthen the constitution and enable natural function. They also induce a gentle bowel movement.
Clell R. Shelley, business manager and city editor of the Fairbury News, married Miss Lulu Groff at Fairbury on Thursday evening. Shelley recently returned from overseas and was discharged at Camp Dodge. Lulu Groff is the daughter of David Groff, an old-time Fairbury businessman.
A strong diplomatic note has been issued requesting action from Mexico. Separately, Frank Johnson has moved onto the Bausch property in the town’s west sector, prompting local concern.
J W Fouts named referee in partition suit for the Jas Packer estate in Gage County. Glasses fitted for better sight and clarity.
Wm. Egger returned Sunday to Lincoln leaving his wife for a longer visit with the Amoses and Grabbers. Mrs. Egger went home yesterday. Johnnie Fife, recently discharged from four years in the navy, is visiting near Diller. Rev. Daniel Gretzinger has returned to Waterloo, Iowa, to resume his pastorate after vacation with relatives. Wheat prices are quoted at 20 to 385 dollars per acre and a notice about a good home in Phillips County, Kansas, is offered.
Harry A. Nye will become publisher of the Odell Wave this week, succeeding Jas.¢ Butler. Nye comes from Stanton Nebraska where for fourteen years he was foreman of the Register and will face the task of maintaining the paper’s established standard.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Plager and their two children left yesterday for Colorado to help their daughter's health as she has not tolerated the hot weather well. They plan to stop a few days with friends at Republican City.
A Louisville traveling salesman recalls a cholera morbus attack in 1838. He paid fifty cents for Chamberlain's Colic Diarrhoea Remedy and advised against substitutes. He took a dose, improved slightly, and continued his journey to the next stop the following morning.
Birt Miller packed his tractor and farm equipment at the station last Friday and left Saturday with his family for Hemingford Nebraska. They traveled via Linn and Stockton Kansas to visit friends and planned to return tomorrow evening. Miller harvests wheat on A. H. Colman farm south of town with about 2380 acres and roughly 4000 bushels, around 17 bushels per acre.
Misses Bernice and Vera Anderson arrived back Saturday after a two week visit to Colorado.
A fire wheat farm offering 210 acres in cultivation and 30 acres of pasture is available at 65 dollars per acre. Contact W. A. Barron in Phillipsburg Kansas for details.
Mrs Anna Matthey, who visited here with sister Mrs Marie Habicht and other relatives, returned Sunday to her home in Omaha.
Mrs. Newt Aspaugh of Gage Oklahoma and Mrs. Mart McCollough of Horton Kansas are here after being summoned due to their mother Mrs. Saffle’s serious illness and poor prognosis.
A Dupuyer Montana hotel man F Dear writes that four years ago he used Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy with wonderful results. He says he has since recommended it to friends and praises its merits.
Grand Island Business College notes its 35 year leadership in business education and claims it guarantees positions for graduates. It invites readers to send for a free catalogue and emphasizes no vacation breaks.
The text urges plowing stubble land to be sown to winter wheat by mid August. USDA and state experiment stations conducted tests in the past year supporting the rule that earlier plowing yields better results. Other factors being equal, earlier plowing increases yield.
State Fair management pledges a richer program with automobile and horse races. A three ring circus and gigantic night fireworks will thrill visitors, along with a world famed aviator and riding amusements.
The Better Lives Better Stock slogan introduces a national livestock improvement drive starting October 1. In cooperation with state agricultural colleges and other agencies, the USDA aims to replace scrub stock with pure bred or high grade animals to boost production efficiency and meet future food needs.
A critique of farmers who pursue modern methods in fields yet neglect home comforts. The piece argues the farm home should match urban standards, condemning reliance on grandfather era gear and urging modern conveniences to curb rural youth migration to cities.
The article argues poor water and waste disposal cause sickness and urges spending on a home water works system. A federal rural specialist says clean water brings farm families happiness, saving steps and lifting burdens. It suggests investing in a neat home with lights, water, sanitary closets, and trees over costly autos.
Farm Products by Parcel Poet, Wilmington is to receive farm products by parcel post truck service from Wilmington to Salisbury with eggs fish oysters crabs berries and other goods. Stops occur at every town along the route with a post office. Acceptance to New York transfers at Chester and a Wilmington to Philadelphia truck leg will be established.
Two Charleston women were detained after a patrolman found 17½ pints of liquor hidden in bed ticking life belts worn at the waist. Police searched them at Central station and they were bonded $500 each for grand jury appearance, later furnishing the bonds.
Government appeal for a large crop of vegetables and farm products spurred strong local response with many early entries received for the Victory State Fair farm products show at Lincoln Nebraska from August 31 to September 5.
A War Savings Certificate lost or destroyed will not be paid or duplicated unless registered per Postmaster General rules. Registrants may apply at the registering post office for a duplicate or payment. the duplicate invalidates the original. No duplicate issued after original maturity. Registration is free at any post office. The Government isn’t liable for payments to nonowners unless registered.
A man visits Prof. W. M. Proctor in San Francisco for vocational guidance after bouncing through college, accounting, law, sales, and dental study. He seeks an occupation aligning with his interest in idealistic philosophy, while Proctor advises focusing on one pursued field as a main career and developing his philosophical side as an avocation.
The Kansas City Federal Reserve reports Treasury will issue 1919 series Savings Certificates in $100 and $1,000 denominations. Stamps of $5 convert to these with 4 percent interest compounded quarterly. Certificates are redeemable after value and may be purchased at post offices, banks, and trust companies acting as War Savings agents.
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