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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1937
Page
4
A passerby suggests using a Supreme Court image on a one thousand dollar note noting its permanence, since the court cannot be changed.
Forty years ago a notable birth is recorded in the forties column but the child’s name is withheld as she is among Diller’s young Misses today.
A research staff concludes that the entire United States working population would need to work seven days a week for ten months to earn enough to pay off the national debt. The finding frames a hypothetical effort illustrating debt scale rather than a policy proposal.
The past ten days of extreme heat damaged corn but a recent rain renews optimism in Pleasant precinct. Some pessimists fear a near failure, yet locals believe enough corn will survive to avert total loss.
The quote on faith echoes the idea that people trust the road ahead only when traveling unfamiliar routes. It suggests reliance on unseen assurance while navigating uncertain paths in an auto mobile.
Marie Roelfs who trained 1500 hours in hair styling announced a home project in Diller north corner but has secured a job in Beatrice and left to work there leaving Diller ladies to seek hair waved and permanents elsewhere.
Nellie Audrain mails note from Wells ton Missouri noting Bennie Pearce has spent eleven months tracing Pearce lineage back to Richard I. She hopes her relatives Uncle Frank and her father could read of proud ancestors now. Address 326 East Northeast Washington, D is incomplete.
A quirk of sight and memory triggers tactile recall as a man passes a barber shop, provoking a subconscious brush of his cheek. The brief moment hints at habits tied to grooming and familiar routines.
Lou Gehrig, Yankee first baseman, was presented a gold watch as a prize for achieving his 1900th consecutive start. The feat appears unlikely, underscoring Gehrig’s durability and place in baseball history.
A. E. Brunk has served twenty one years on the school board in the district near Daykin according to the Herald. He had hoped to retire at the recent election but was elected again anyway.
Dr. E C Mann who aided his father Dr M D Mann during President McKinley’s shooting in Buffalo on September 5 1901 died in Diego California on August th. The report notes his involvement in the historic emergency operation and his later years.
A historic J Sterling Morton Memorial elm planted 36 years ago on the Nebraska City post office grounds is dying. The large elm is being destroyed by the flat-headed beetle in memory of Arbor Day founder.
The government continues to pension two dependents of veterans from the War of 1812, a widow and a veteran's daughter, according to the U S News Service.
Representative Speakman of Alabama introduces a bill for Congress to award medals similar to military honors for distinguished civilian service. The note mentions a proposal circulating among unicameralists in Nebraska.
The town of Hollenburg Kansas votes to incorporate and modernize. Mrs Mabel Barr is elected mayor and Harry Henderson along with four others win seats on the city board.
A news item notes 19 of 95 U.S. Senators omit birth dates in congressional directory autobiographies, and only two of six women in the House provided their ages to the directory.
Farmers including Henry Marchman Jr reported large grasshoppers up to three inches long found south and west of Daykin. The insects described as big fat green with no wings feed on yellow hoppers during a Saturday night sighting reported by the Daykin Herald.
The News reports Fairbury will hold its annual softball tournament at the city park in August. Teams from twelve towns are invited including Reynolds Jansen Endicott Plymouth Harbine Mahaska Narris Hubbell Hebron Diller Steele City and Alexandria.
Scientists say elephants existed at least 50 000 years before humans. Dinosaurs supposedly roamed 20 000 000 years before elephants, according to early reports.
Two showers passed Monday with one moving north and the other south of Diller, leaving the area between them dry. Wymore experienced rain wind and hail with lightning and reports of damage.
A Diller correspondent notes 115 thousand bushels of wheat arriving at Diller elevators in July valued at 200 thousand dollars. The stated value likely overstates actual worth.
The surge in sewer inflow from widespread air conditioning prompts city officials to limit water-using devices in many urban areas while small towns still waste water by letting it run down alleys or into gardens.
The U S News reports federal spending on pensions and benefits for Veterans of all American wars and their dependents amounts to 21.993 billion dollars. The figure yields an average per capita of about 2930 dollars for each man who served in wartime military or naval service from the Revolutionary War through World War I.
Governor Cochran elevated Beatrice District Judge Fred Messmore to the Nebraska Supreme Court to fill the vacancy from Judge Good’s death. Attorney Cloyd Ellis of Wymore was named to Messmore’s seat on the 18th judicial district, serving Gage and Jefferson counties.
John Piles recollects a Daykinite tale told at Bill's Barber Shop of a man who started from scratch last year and harvested 17,000 bushels of wheat in Oklahoma. He borrowed for machinery, worked 14 sections with two hired men, and netted profits as wheat prices rose. The land echoed his father’s former fields.
Frisky, a long familiar black and white dog living near Jos Novotny’s place, was found dead beside the road. Local observer Dean Barber gave him a burial. The dog, adopted by Fern, often begged meals at Dean’s cafe and was a fixture around the Record office.
Investigators report prehistoric man endured rickets spinal deformities and other diseases tied to poor posture and vitamin deficiency.
The Pink Rag essay argues fear governs behavior from odor products to fashion and workplace jokes. It links self doubt to consumer choices and social judgment, noting bosses vent fear on workers and business owners fear ruin while comparing themselves to the less fortunate.
A reflective note on recreation linking sleep to leisure and health. The text cites Saint Thomas Fuller and questions whether true refreshment can come without proper discipline. It underscores the value of rest as a purposeful activity.
J G Wiese, long active in German Reformed and Methodist circles, served Sunday School and church affairs. Surviving wife, sons Harold Gilbert Kenneth Roger Keith, daughters Mabel Maude Norma Ruth, twelve grandchildren, brothers Ernest Fred Ed J Vene, and many relatives. Gilbert Wiese to take over the family stain business at Meadow Grove.
A report identifies Neuis chatel as Switzerland's largest lake with an elevation of 1 420 feet above sea level. The datum underscores the region's high altitude lake system and geographic significance.
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