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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1920
Page
3
The piece argues for bank insurance as prudent protection against financial stress. It compares bank credit protection to fire and tornado insurance, urging readers to establish a proper balance with their banker and open an account to secure bank insurance.
Mrs T E Smith of Humboldt arrived Wednesday to stay with Mr and Mrs Luther Marstellar at their home Mrs Frank J Pearce was summoned to Fairbury yesterday due to the serious illness of his foster mother Mrs Hannah Morris
Miss Fay Maw has been visiting with sisters Mrs. H.H. Green and Mrs. Frank Johnson and families since picnic day. F. T. Woods sold the Frank Pospisil 120 acre farm, bought a week earlier at 125 per acre, to A. Mayborn last Saturday.
The annual Nebraska Methodist conference begins September 8 at the First Methodist Church in Omaha with Bishop Homer Stuntz presiding.
Free tickets available for Child ren's Day at the Thayer County Fair on Wednesday Sept 1. Eligible school children may receive free admission and grandstand privileges on that date by obtaining a ticket signed by the editor. Call to claim if entitled.
Everett Green traveled from Lincoln to visit his parents Mr and Mrs H E Green and other Diller relatives while recuperating from hernia surgery at a Lincoln hospital. He has been employed about a year in an undert a king establishment in Lincoln.
State fair managers aim to enforce a one and one half fare round trip based on April 1920 rates. The pledge followed a June confession by the railroads, though higher rates have since been authorized.
Announcement from company connected figures states no rate hike will be implemented now after a survey of the middle west found no evidence that an increase is necessary.
The United States Census shows one quarter of Americans live in cities over 100 000. There are sixty six such cities. In ten years since 1910 census over 6 500 000 people left small towns for large cities while big cities hold their numbers. The Census Director notes the pull of urban life keeps drawing low population areas into cities.
Frank J Cheney files an affidavit as senior partner of Fats Cheney Co doing business in Toledo Lucas County Ohio. He swears to the firm’s purchase of one hundred dollars worth of Hall’s Catarrh Medicine and asserts its efficacy and testimonials in support of the product.
Mrs Ingersoll of Peoria arrives Wednesday for a visit with her old school chum Mrs Jack Clancy. Tennessee has ratified the equal suffrage amendment granting many women voting rights in the coming presidential election.
Mr and Mrs C A nee visited son Edwin in Ottawa Kansas and returned by rail via Kansas City. Mrs Henrietta Powell and Alpha Hafer returned from two weeks with relatives at Weeping Water and Lincoln. Mrs Geo Henrichs injured by broken glass in a wrist cut. Dick Fanders attended admin sale of Chris Remmers estate at Filley two farms: 120 acres near Crab Orchard at 150 per acre and home quarter four miles north of Filley at 337.50 per acre.
Druggist H. K. Shutt and his family left early Sunday in their Buick touring car for a weeklong visit with Mrs. Shutt’s parents in St Edwards Nebraska. They expect to return via Lincoln and stop there a day or two with friends, reaching home Tuesday or Wednesday next week.
The Lincoln Journal claims faster state news than Omaha papers due to train schedules, offering broad rural reach and early press. It markets a $5 price and positions as the paper of independence printing truth about parties and candidates. The offer includes $2,000 cash prizes plus commissions for six weeks, with details by writing State Journal Lincoln.
The Record urges Nebraskans to donate used clothing for Armenian and Caucasus refugees. Families should sort through closets, sending outgrown or worn items, especially for children, to Near East Relief in Omaha for shipment by September 1.
Lost yesterday a mud chain between Diller and Joe Adams nine miles west on Shea road. All arrangements for the Diler chautauqua are completed and tickets are on sale at local business houses. Committees named with chair F T Pearce and others handling advertising sales and decorating.
A mother brings her crying baby to the nursery where Billy quietly explains he now realizes pain. The scene ends with the mother comforting the child as she learns his new awareness.
The American Red Cross reports over 5 million dollars spent aiding Poland. Nearly 200 workers are in relief efforts with four bases and eleven mobile units active. In the past year authorities say the aid saved countless orphans and refugees, preventing widespread death from disease and starvation. The work continues for another year.
Frederick Dale Wood, a lecturer on the Chautauqua program, has a varied life from Kansas grasshopper days to a cowboy era, ownership of a newspaper, and service in the Indian Department. He practiced law in Washington, declined a governor nomination, and endured illness after two years in the Philippine conflict. He set a record for liberty loan bond sales and public meetings before health forced him to retire.
Announcement invites boys and girls ages six to fourteen to a free Junior Chautauqua with outdoor sports hikes picnics parades and many activities. Winners compete in field events including sixty yard dash and standing broad jump. First day attendees receive blue or red badges and may bring a friend.
Testimony at the first public hearing under Nebraska blue sky law covered Reliance Refining Co stock sales and alleged statements by director E F Bevard of Lincoln. Witnesses claimed Bevard could pressure for a permit to sell stock and sought to help investors recover funds from Atlas Refining. Proceedings noted July 2 with bonds to backers and rejected prior Atlas permit. J M Vanburg is Reliance president, with G F Wilson as VP and H Dickson as sec-treas.
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