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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1920
Page
2
One year prepaid offer and six month option with 1.50 price. Notice of post office mailing at Diller Nebraska as second class matter. Advertising rates available on application. Business locals run until ordered out and charged at 5 cents per line per insertion.
Democratic electors will decide her bid for the office of clerk of the District Court. Gladys Hughes declares her candidacy and seeks party support in the upcoming election.
F. M. Tippin announces his candidacy for sheriff of Jefferson County on the Republican ticket. He seeks the nomination at the April primaries and election in November if nominated.
A editorial warns of bolshevik threats and the need for police protection amid rising radical activity. It notes Alaska's call for vigilance and traces Bolshevik influence from Europe to Asia, then shifts to census methods and the 1920 political clash over prohibition.
Art Bluto tested a parachute labeled Made in Omaha by leaping from an airplane at 2500 feet to evaluate performance. The feat showcased Omaha manufactured gear and safety design in a field test.
Extension agents and state colleges implement programs to teach American living to immigrants. In Lake Chartés parish a Mexican community hosts sewing, gardening, and cooking classes to blend Mexican traditions with American methods and language, aiming to exchange cultural skills.
John Fox of Junction City Kansas received multiple cuts to one hand after chasing and shooting an unusually large black chicken hawk that had plagued Milford area farmers. Moritz driven car blocked hawk, Fox jumped out and shot hawk through the wing, bird fought back before being killed. Wing span measured four feet.
In Topeka between October 11 and October 21 three families welcomed twins, all healthy. Each family has four older children: the Thompson family with Margaret Maxine and Max Reese born October 17. the Cornell family with Robert and Charles born October 14. and the Coffee family with Frank and Fred born October 21. The three mothers range from age twenty five to thirty five.
The shipping board reports 37 million dollars in costs from marine harbor longshoreman and shipyard strikes since January 1. The figure covers Atlantic Pacific and Gulf coast disruptions but excludes the coal strike.
In Berlin souvenir Kaiser crowns fall to about one mark per pound as food and dwelling costs rise. Previously they sold for two to three marks each.
Peter Cecare of Waterbury and Joseph Catadore of Bridgeport met on Waterbury’s main street and exchanged gunfire. After the smoke cleared both duelists were dead.
The Philadelphia Press notes that 1926 marked the 150th anniversary of American independence celebrations and that 300 years would pass in November since the Mayflower voyage. It cites age details of the 102 Mayflower passengers and a deadly four month epidemic akin to tuberculosis that claimed 44 lives.
Inventor Benjamin F. Lockwood unveils a glove based watch light. A motorist glove holds a battery and bulb wired to a cuff mounted lamp. To read time you pinch to activate the thumb finger contacts and illuminate the watch.
John Perino was caught stealing 28 pennies from a New York church poor box. Police say he used a corset tool tipped with adhesive to fish the coins from the box.
Reading the current advertising pages in Grit helps readers choose gifts. Ordering now ensures delivery before Christmas with ample time to secure desired goods.
An aeroplane swerved into a crowd at a landing field in Chattanooga killing two spectators and injuring about a score. The pilot could not control the craft due to broken steering gear.
The State of Nebraska Jefferson County probate notice on Jane D London also known as Dorothy Jane London deceased. Daisy C Gerard petitions for administration to J L London as Administrator. Hearing set for March 1 1920 at 9 am in Fairbury county court. Notice published in Diller Record for three weeks prior. Louis J Nutzman County Judge. L Rain attorney for estate.
On January 19 1920 George W Saffell filed a petition to partition the Mary Ann Saffell estate in Nebraska County Court. It asserts undivided interests of Walter Smith Francis Smith and others in Lot 3 West half Section 24 Township 2N Range 4E and seeks partition or sale with proceeds divided. Defendants Walter Smith and Francis Smith must answer by March 8 1920.
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