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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1929
Page
3
Local notices mix sales and services with personal updates. Items mention For Sale offerings, a M W A meeting schedule, sick lists, a filling station ad, a grinder service, medical health notes, a high cost church or hospital transfer, and several small business promotions in Beatrice Nebraska. A court arrest anecdote and a theater or piano tuner mention also appear amid farm and livestock ads.
H C Ramsey offers the Perchon registered stallion No 150671, coal black, 1800 pounds, available at his place five miles southeast of Diller Nebraska. Service fee ten dollars, insure cost to stand and suck. He declines responsibility for accidents and will take precautions. Phone number listed.
Wremiers Bros. reported forty dinners served at the Mary Etts hotel to distant buyers. Fifty five head of Chester White bred sows sold at their sale in Fairbury Tuesday, with a 55 dollar average on fifty catalogued sows. The top hog went to J H Rud of Columbus Nebraska. Eipler Bros of South Omaha bought sixteen head. Nine went to Nelson, four to Milford, and three to Bala.
Ex convict Metafferty, newly paroled in Columbus, seeks a living by collecting cemetery names to mail soap samples. He builds a customer list through the post office and sells soap, then repeats after answering a Urbana petition ad. He is caught and jailed again.
The Nebraska tax dollar is divided on average into 47 cents for public schools 20 cents for general county purposes 18 cents for cities and villages 3 cents for townships and 12 cents for state taxes.
Frank Nelson of Fairbury traveled to Omaha last week due to his sister Mrs Melissa Nelsons illness. The former Diller teacher and ex wife of Thomas Nelson, she suffered a broken leg in the fall and was known in the Diller community.
The Board of Education employs a stable of teachers for the Diller school for the coming year. Presently teaching are L. H. Siekmann as Superintendent, Josephine Conger as Principal, Margaret Morton in the High School, Rachael Albright in Grammar, and Flossie Raymond in Primary.
A local tale recounts a collector describing his attempts to gain access through a worn doorway and a watchful resident. He recalls hearing sounds in a hall and a cat playing near the door while his rubber heels were noticed by the resident after he left.
The groundhog forecast remains uncertain as the date approaches. A New York Stock Exchange seat that cost $1,000 in 1864 sold recently for $530,000, while Jefferson County will get $5,858.89 from the semi annual state school fund distribution.
Frances Tullett of Chicago claims a world record for her cat with 26 rats captured in one day. Chicagoan Charles Zerlinck faces 10 arrests for alleged drunken acts and mustache cutting. Henry Brett near Diller advertises sale bills with a February 13 sale date. Wiemers sale attendance lists include Diller and nearby locals. A ram named Joe, termed Judas Iscariot of the ram family, dies after a lifetime at Armour Chicago slaughterhouse.
Fire alarm was turned in from the J. H. Emerson residence about 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon and in a very short time the fire department was throwing two streams of water and soon had the flames extinguished, but not until considerable damage had been done to the roof of the main part of the house. How the fire originated no one seems to know but it is supposed to have started from a defective flue.
Miss Gwendolyne LePoidevin celebrated her thirteenth birthday Sunday January 27. Mrs. Matilda Hauver is ill at her daughter’s home in Hanover Kansas. Bernard Armstrong has been quite sick but improves. Bernetta Ramsey turned seven on January 28, daughter of Homer C Ramsey. Jack Armstrong shelled corn with Mr and Mrs Jno Carrice and Mr R J Williamson and son Bobby reported as Beatrice victors Saturday.
A readable fragment describes Canton wedding customs where Chinese tradition blends with Christian influence. It notes firecrackers and rice throwing imported by students abroad, brides wearing foreign veils, and grooms in Western shoes alongside Chinese attire, with rites honoring ancestors and portraits of officials guiding the ceremony.
Mrs. Rodrick of Blue Springs met with the Degree of Honor lodge at the Waggoner home to discuss new rate changes affecting older members. Nearly all members attended a luncheon before the discussion, and she explained the procedure in each case. Several long-standing members have already left due to the higher rates.
The Triangle explains bonds as promissory notes where the borrower repays a fixed sum at maturity and pays interest until then. Coupons attach for semiannual interest, and denominations typically include 1000, 500, 100, or 50 dollars. Some bonds are secured by mortgages while others are backed by government or corporate credit.
A playful gender aimed column urges girls with wedding bids to tuck a piece of the wedding cake in their pocket for luck. The instruction promises marriage before the dress wears out, attributing the quip to McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
Fatty Arbuckle, once expelled from the movies for alleged immorality, opens a cafe only to have it shut by California law enforcers. A pointed verdict marks his latest setback as authorities again act against him. Separately Nebraska bus routes pay state fees totaling about 307.84 dollars per year per bus, with license and gasoline taxes covering the rest.
Quote by Lowell notes true sacrifice in sharing with those in need beyond mere meals. Emphasizes value of service over lavish dishes as true Holy Supper.
A compact home recipe collection outlines dishes using mush with milk fried in butter or bacon fat and bacon, a prune raisin marshmallow cream dessert topped with pecans, a fruit batter baked crust dish with sour milk eggs and spice, and a cheese cream bake served as a luncheon dish.
A 1929 era recipe describes making Tomato Ice by cooking and seasoning tomatoes with sugar salt paprika and nutmeg plus lemon, straining and freezing. Serve with lettuce nest and mayonnaise on crackers. Also prep a potato soup using stock in place of milk and finish with cream or whipped cream and chives.
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