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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
4
The Record notes an advertiser error on dates for Picnic Parade pictures. The photos actually screened last Friday at the Bonham Theatre, not Friday September 1 as previously listed.
Bernard L. Goerke, new Diller coach, and his father traveled from Burr Nebraska to attend the Kitten ball tournament. The coach lined out a bloomer and added hits in a lively first round as the senior Goerke returned home after the game.
George Hudson, living five miles northwest of Diller, suffered a stroke affecting his right side two years ago. He has regained some arm use but cannot walk and relies on a wheelchair though he remains optimistic about recovery.
Ben Behrends picked his peach crop this week with a three year old tree yielding a half bushel and peaches up to ten inches in circumference. Several fruits weighed three fourths of a pound and twelve weighed six pounds. He left samples at the Record office for his wife and noted other trees bearing one to three bushels each.
Local report visits Johan Wrigley’s farm where John Wrigley raises eleven Herefords from Omaha stock. His four sons manage seven young cattle including five Herefords and two calves slated for exhibition at the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln, Jefferson County Fair at Fairbury, and Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha.
The Band Festival at Fairbury last Sunday drew a larger crowd, with most bands on schedule except Plymouth hindered by a director’s illness. The Diller band has attended each year, and the event nearly outgrew the park seating, prompting some to stay away due to jammed capacity. Professor Chatelain earned high praise for directing skill and the festival’s success.
The text notes a vigorous battle and large gains as the liquor interests oppose holding elections. It mentions previous contests where days carried 60 percent of the territory where elections occurred, per the National Voice.
Joe Serra notes a shift from congressional chatter to fashion gossip as bustles make a comeback. He compares old hoop skirts to modern bustle styles, jokes about the clash of eras, and imagines grandmothers balancing bustle with sailor pants in today’s auto era.
Federal researchers note wild horses once common on western Nebraska plains vanished with open ranges. The last herd near Rushville was corraled around fifty years ago after cattlemen mobilized a large mounted force. The animals were elusive and highly vicious before capture.
Florence A. Cowles writes in the Cleveland Plain Dealer that Har refers to deer, favoring hart over hare for Harlow meaning dweller by the deer hill. Harley leigh would be from the deer lea or mead, Hartley from the lea of the stags, linking to Harley. Another authority suggests Harlow means a fortified field and Arlo is a contraction.
The muskrat feeds mainly on aquatic plants and roots and occasionally eats fish. If near a farm or orchard it may raid apples and pears. Many people enjoy the meat, a heritage possibly linked to early Americans taught by Potawatomi Indians who roasted or boiled it with corn.
A letter from Frank Cavett in Sturgeon Heights Alberta shares fishing tales and local life. He asks to invite old fishermen and mentions catching water fish like whitefish pike and sturgeon. The note describes wild berries vegetables irrigated land and his work as a ranger on a ten day patrol and a sixty mile trapline. He weighs 148 pounds now, not just fat, and is no longer a baby.
Historical note traces vitamin A awareness to 1500 B C with liver boosts vision in low light. Additional sources cited include yellow vegetables leafy greens egg yolks and whole milk.
August was a pleasant month with cool temperatures and 477 inches of rain. The rainfall totals are listed by date from Wiers' Store tabu lation, showing varied amounts including .46 inches on August 1 and .40 inches on August 14. The final two days brought heat with temperatures reaching the hundred degree mark.
An editorial echoes biblical warfare as a metaphor for spiritual struggle. It cites Israel’s exodus, the book of wars, and Ephesians 6 to argue that believers face hostile powers with God’s armor, trusting he will write new chapters of victory in each life.
The city of Holland operates a public department dedicated to protecting land from flooding. It oversees water management, levee maintenance, and flood risk mitigation efforts for the community.
Pastor C F Wagner invites the congregation to return from vacation as the Sunday School meets at 10 AM with the lesson God’s Call and Our Response on Isaiah. The 11 AM church service will administer the Lord’s Supper in the last morning service of the conference year.
Rev L J Woltz pastor C L Hullman Supt Sunday School 930 English service 1045 change from 1030 Ladies Aid meets next Thursday September 7 at Mrs Harry Ahrends home Annual Mission festival set for September 17
Pastor Howard H. Pyche returns from vacation and invites members and friends to Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 11. Mrs Far Weigel supervises Sunday School. Keystone Kensington to meet Friday afternoon with Mrs John Sailing.
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