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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1931
Page
5
In a clipped carnival of phrases a roadside eating place run by Etta Pancake in southern Pennsylvania is cited. The column riffs on wealth and gangster labels while quipping about mean men and the Congress again.
Local classified notes list a dentist Dr. Leach of Fairbury seeking difficult cases for false teeth. Additional items include Sabbath observance reminder, strained honey for sale at 50 cents per gallon with containers, and a monument firm F A Moon & Son offering seasonable monuments in Fairbury Nebraska Est 1886. A bizarre Paris street tale describes a gypsy girl mobbed by over 200 cats.
A light note on audiences reacting differently to printed jokes. Some readers laugh at jokes in print while others remain unmoved by the humor.
Henry Alexander of St. Paul was fined 50 dollars after testimony that he could not repeat a tongue twister during his drunkenness arrest.
Austin Matthews aged 65 an Omaha shirt salesman died after taking poison in a Fairbury hotel last Friday. He was the son of A W Matthews a longtime Jefferson County official and former county judge. He had been in Fairbury a few weeks. Survived by a Milwaukee daughter a Chicago son and a Los Angeles son.
Jansen Lumber Co of Jansen Nebraska advertises a large assortment of used farm equipment in good condition for bargain prices. Items include multiple John Deere and Twin City tractors and shellers, a McCormick Deering setup, a 1 ton truck with grain box, a De Laval cream separator, grinders, a corn picker, threshers, a portable grain elevator, and several hundred acre tracts for sale with easy terms. Prospective buyers are invited to inspect offerings locally.
Mrs Lotta Farrow and her child spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs Clarence Darling of Steele City. Mrs Jennie Line announces the arrival of a six pound daughter at the home of her son Harrison Line county attorney at Loupity Neb Sunday Nov 29th.
Advertisement notes a free show lunch and dance in Fairbury on December 8 with 10 percent off all shoe repairing at Electric Shoe Stop. Located corner north of Bonham Theatre, proprietor W F Mathis operates in Fairbury Nebraska.
Hogs wanted at Farmers Grain Co. We pay the highest market price and take them any day. Get our bid first and sell at home. I. Drews, Manager, promotes regular hog purchases for farmers.
A Colorado Wyoming scientist group gathered in Greeley Colorado for a session several days ago. Topics included limits and reduction of armaments and debts and reparations.
Lawrence Logan of Diller files a damage suit against brothers August and Clarence Brott in county court. He claims $500 in damages to his car after a collision on highway No.3 a mile west of the Gage county line on August 26, 1931, per Fairbury Journal.
The Native Sons and Daughters of Nebraska announce a first prize of 25 dollars for the best dramatic moment in Nebraska history story. Entries must align with the title and be under 700 words. Closing date is December 18. Send to F. C. Radke at 2144 B St Lincoln. The region’s pioneer history invites submissions from the state.
Plymouth resident W F Bersche keeps Turkens a cross between Rhode Island Red and Bronze turkey. The birds combine chicken bodies with turkey necks and heads and are noted for easy care and tender meat. Eggs resemble duck eggs in size and appearance and taste like chicken.
The Diller high school team will play its first scheduled basketball game here tonight. An advertisement notes Mrs. Chas Barber has a car accident scar on her right arm that has been distressing but is improving at this time.
Mrs. Broyles of Pittsburg Kansas spent Thanksgiving in Diller with her daughter Miss Magret ta Broyles a High School department teacher in the Diller schools.
Mrs E L Loock Mr and Mrs E R Henrichs and Mr W E Mudge traveled to Beatrice for business but had to return via Fairbury because the road directly north of Piller was too muddy to pass.
State University students spent the Thanksgiving holiday at Diller homes with Lynn Waggoner Ralph Beckwith Richard May born Eleanor Filley Robert Diller Helen and Lois Henriche visiting or staying with relatives.
A large furniture van from Davenport Iowa unloaded the Seaman household here on Wednesday. Mrs Kristie Seaman enroute to visit friends in Lincoln and Omaha has not arrived but is expected in a few days to establish her home here with her children.
Mr and Mrs Charles Osborn of Lincoln announce the engagement of their daughter Pearl Lavain Osborn to Mr John F Powell of Pine Ridge Ky The couple plan a holiday season wedding Pearl Osborn has appeared in Lincoln Sunday papers.
A Chester special reports R. H. Atwood and his daughter Juliet were returning from Lincoln when a pheasant struck their car window. Both were cut about the face. the pheasant lay fatally injured in the back seat.
B B Kensington club members gathered at Mrs Effie Anderson’s home on Tuesday November 24 to bid farewell. Eleven members and one visitor attended. They spent the afternoon piecing quilting blocks and enjoyed a dainty lunch. The group expressed good wishes for Mrs Anderson’s health and happiness among new friends. Hastings Democrat notes community sentiment and seasonal chatter.
Cornbelt Lumber Co advertises coal prices with bundles and tonnages in Hayden Colorado and nearby towns. It lists lump coal prices and briquettes with phone contact 15302 for placing orders.
A Saturday dawn blaze destroyed the Steele City hotel and most contents. Dell Heady and family escaped with minimal bedding. Fire damaged nearby Clark’s Store and the bank building. insurance coverage around two thousand dollars.
In a reminiscence from eighteen years ago Roy Linley writes about Cal Waggoner of Diller Nebraska, a traveling hardware salesman turned trap shooter. Waggoner, a multiple state champion, earned the nickname natural shot for rare practice and success, once winning forty turkeys and ducks across five towns before being ruled out.
A satirical piece on reckless driving advice. It mocks speed, risky maneuvers, and unsafe behavior on wet roads. It suggests ignoring signals, racing to railroad crossings, and paying off officers, ending with a grim warning about pedestrians and the dry cleaners.
A promotional piece extols The American Boy Youth's Companion as a formative influence for youths aged ten to twenty. It urges subscriptions, notes benefits from stories, sports, editorials, and biographies, and provides pricing and mailing details from Detroit Michigan. It ends with a moral remark about those causing world troubles.
A satirical note contrasts phased loyalties with modern cost concerns. The piece mocks travelers who spend on luxury limousines Sundays and face higher fuel charges from gas providers the following Monday.
Creditors of Laura B. Diller deceased must file claims with the Jefferson County Nebraska County Court and present claims to the administrator for examination and allowance. A March 16, 1982 deadline bars all claims not filed. Dated October 1, 1933 with seal and attorney Denney & Denrie shown.
Creditors of Carl E. Franzen deceased must present claims for examination, adjustment, and allowance to County Judge in Jefferson County Nebraska by March 26, 1932. Three months allowed from December 26, 1931 to file. claims not filed by March 26, 1932, barred. Court order dated December 28, 1961. Denney & Denney attorneys for estate.
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