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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1926
Page
8
Vacation ends and church members urged to attend Sunday school and services. Lenhart orchestra of Beatrice, thirty players, will perform Sunday evening under Epworth League, with a silver offering for youth work. No charge for attendance.
Rev W F Clark urges steady faith as the IHE Federated Community Church holds worship and a pulpit talk about belief in God. He notes the school’s progress during absence, warns against resting on laurels, and calls members to reflect on their profession of faith in Him.
Otto Bergfelder pastor announces no Sunday School or preaching this coming Sunday due to the mission festival south of town and the Luther day celebration at Odell. Sewing circle meets Thursday afternoon September 2 at Mrs Frerichs' home.
A nearly white terrier named Trixie, living in the city, moves with her family to a white square farmhouse. She enjoys chasing rabbits and kittens, meets a skunk near a rock, and is banished from the house for a week after the encounter.
A traveler recounts a July to August trip starting in Diller Nebraska, entering Kansas and Osage County Oklahoma. They describe rough oil country, Osage Indians, and a visit to Hominy and Tulsa with a view from a seven million dollar hotel roof garden. The journey then proceeds to Siloam Springs Arkansas before returning.
Visitors describe orchards yielding fifteen boxes per tree and four year old vineyards producing four tons per acre. Farm outputs include corn, wheat, oats, Irish and sweet potatoes with the latter two hundred to four hundred bushels per acre. The Ozark association helps market surplus. Native oaks and hickories line yards, and Jersey cows appear alongside Dutch Belted cattle. Springs and baths abound as residents boast Arkansas boosters. The trip ends back in Diller with reflections on roads and crop conditions from Tulsa to the surrounding area.
The board completed the official canvass of last week's election with Cal Clark ahead by 44 and Sheriff Tippin by 172. J G McFarlane was nominated for county clerk after votes met the requirement and accepted the nomination. Expense reports show many candidates spent little, with totals listed for F A Leonard to W Clark. The Fairbury News notes high school music study correlates with better academic performance and future demand for skilled musicians.
Federal statistics dispute the idea that Nebraska and the central states lie in a cyclone belt. Since 1910 Illinois reported ten percent more tornadoes than Kansas while New Jersey exceeded that state by nine percent. Massachusetts and Maryland also surpassed Iowa Missouri and Nebraska combined.
On June 1, 1926, about 24 percent of U S counties were actively eradicating bovine tuberculosis within their borders. The estimated cattle population affected in these counties reached 21 million head.
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