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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1932
Page
1
Local items report weather with freeze thaw cycles making streets icy. Ralph Long and George H. Clark travel for visits, with Clark returning from a month in Pittsburg Kansas. Ray Green renovates for Shutt drug store. post office observes Washington’s Birthday with no rural delivery. Cornbelt Lbr Co advertises.
Owing to weather conditions the big public sale by Ouaka Lottman was postponed from Tuesday to Saturday with all items to be sold as per bills.
Mrs Belinda McKenzie died at six this morning at her son's home in London. Her body was moved to Hebron on Tuesday for burial. Mrs Isabella Raymond received the news from LaForrest Raymond about the loss of his wife's mother.
Sheriff Foster Helvey and Chief E Cook issue a warning notice in the Record that driving a car in Jefferson county after March 1st without a 1932 license plate leads to arrest and enforcement. Mr and Mrs Mayborn attended the funeral of William Eby in Beatrice on Monday.
The State Bank of Harbine was robbed by a yeggman last Thursday night. George Arnold, the cashier, reported only $43 taken from safety deposit boxes as robbers failed to open the inner vault door despite battering the combination. Tools used came from two Ellis elevators, and fingerprints were collected to aid arrest.
A commentary favors a tax on high incomes. Mrs. James Runyon of Beat Rice visited at brother Roy Mansfield’s home. A note on wood chopping mentions saw use. Diller Board of Education re elected all teachers for the agricultural year with a ten percent salary cut.
The Misses wary and Virginia Wright of Powell Wyoming are spending the winter in Nebraska and are visiting this week with relatives and friends at Diller.
Dr and Mrs D H Reinhardt of Scottsbloff announce the birth of a daughter named Susan on February 9. The doctor is a former Diller boy, son of Mr and Mrs CA Reinhardt, longtime Diller residents now living in Lincoln.
A civic message stresses faith in residents businesses schools and churches. Leaders urge collective belief to keep the town a fine place to live and prosper.
DeVere Hale left Brush Gale Sunday noon with his wife who had cared for her father F. W. Frisbie and was visiting her mother in Odell for an operation. They planned to return home after dinner at Mrs. E. E. Hill's and hoped to drive through that night.
Early Saturday, a filling station and residence belonging to Harry Smith, about a quarter mile north of Jansen on Highway 3, were destroyed by fire. Not many gasoline units burned but several alcohol containers exploded during the blaze. Smith his wife and all three children were driven to the highway for safety. The station will be rebuilt.
Charles Darr of Fairbury was run over by his own car while at Cassell’s filling station. He had the engine off and stood on an inclined driveway when the vehicle rolled forward, knocking him down and running over both thighs before stopping in a yard of bushes. He was not seriously hurt, but he is limping.
Last Sunday February relatives neighbors and friends gathered to surprise Mr and Mrs Onka Lottman and family as they move to Town. The event coincided with their 37th wedding anniversary. Guests included Mr and Mrs Wm Wiemers and families and many others. Afternoon featured visiting and card games.
Mr and Mrs John Mains and family from Norman Nebraska visited to be at the sale of Mr and Mrs Onka tammans postponed to Saturday because of bad weather. Danniel Lampe, resident five miles south and one west of Diller, died February 15 at age 86 9 3. Funeral held at 10 am from the house and 2 pm from Zion Lutheran church with Wagstaff Bros Diller morticians in charge.
The Woman's Club met at Mrs Isabel Wieths on February 10 with 21 members and invited guests including Mrs Loock Mrs Coleman Mrs Casper Mrs Mathias and Miss Helen Frisbie. The event celebrated the Diller Woman's Club anniversary and featured a four day chautauqua style program.
A town log cites the post office flood and the impact on Roebuck catalogs, noting postage and about 150 catalogs arriving at a cost around $12 while ads remain costly. The piece laments high advertising expenses during hard times and hints catalogs are unnecessary at home.
The article recounts chocolate as a widely distributed product, traced from Mexico to Spain and Europe. It notes chocolate's high food value, its common sweetened form, and cautions that very sweet versions can be hard to digest for some people while praising its stimulant nourishment for active individuals.
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