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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1932
Page
5
An old item listing needs for cattle fodder and farm goods. Notes include wanted stock for pasture, bids, and small ads from E Crocker and S J Friday. Mentions Dr Leach dentist Fairbury Nebr Moon & Son monuments harness greasing and Nebraska roads funded by a four cent gasoline tax.
Rabbits are being bred in large numbers across Nebraska for both fur and meat. Demand for rabbit fur as trim for garments is described as strong, supporting ongoing production growth.
Nebraska observes Arbor Day on April 22 continuing a program that teaches other states the value of tree planting and public forestry.
The press notes women are taking part in public affairs though humor questions their influence. It highlights the growing presence of women in civic life and public matters.
Diller Farmers Grain Co led by I R Andrews offers top market price for hogs year round. Farmers are urged to get the bid first and sell at home.
1932 sale offers men and women's shoes at $1.00. Work funded for the unemployed through the Fairbury employment office at half price. Located at the corner north of Bonham theatre. W. F. Mathis, Prop. Fairbury Nebraska.
An old resident and a new Californian discuss a pronunciation quirk in San Juan California. The visitor explains months and pronounces J as H while the resident corrects and notes typical local speech.
For sale Pal-Pinto Crystals advertised by Mrs. John Wiegand Route 2 Beat Rice Nebraska. Claims cure all sickness including diabetes high and low blood pressure stomach rheumatism colitis and other ailments. Offers method to get well upon sending a 2 cent stamp. Also available at local Farmers Store in Diller.
Wm. Webling of Lanham was taken to a Beatrice hospital for treatment Sunday. Orville Riddle of Denver arrived Sunday to visit at the home of his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Riddle. Grapes may be pruned now.
Mr. John Harvey, who visited with his daughter Mrs. Elias Hadley, traveled on No. 16 Wednesday to his home in Wymore.
Several vehicles were hauled out of muddy ruts along the supposed to be graveled P W F highway west of Diller cemetery during the past week.
Mr and Mrs C H Cully and their son Dale hosted a coffee demonstration Saturday in Humboldt for Lincoln wholesale house represented by Mr Cully.
Henry Wiemers arrived in town yesterday in a truck and, aiming for a smoother ride, drove north to the P W F highway. He encountered two cars stuck in mud and used his vehicle to push them free.
An unnamed woman in the western part of town was seen vigorously digging with a spade in her back yard last Sunday. It is unclear if she was draining dammed water or preparing an early garden from the observer’s viewpoint.
Burglars entered the Farmers elevator at Odell and stole a radio from the manager. The oil storage house of the Farmers Union was broken into. A track velocipede was stolen from the Burling ton section house and recovered in Wymore the following morning.
Herb Royle and Ray Calkins faced dire travel on the way home from a farm sale near Diller Saturday as their car bogged in mud twice. A mule team helped pull them back to the highway near Harbine, delaying their arrival to Beatrice until Sunday morning.
Mrs. Helen Esau of Beatrice receives a maximum compensation of 5250 payable 15 weekly with 150 for burial expenses after her son William Esau died from injuries in a head on collision near Beatrice in September 1930. The award is against his employer Smith Bros and their surities who laid pipelines east of Diller.
The Axis club of Fairbury invited Mesdames Frank Cully C L Trist Tobias Willis Clark and R Green to sing at their February 24 meet. The business women group meets biweekly with a dinner at the Maryetta hotel. The quartet enjoyed the dinner hour as guests. Ab Bristol drove them to and from the county seat despite the poor highway conditions noting careful handling of the car.
Glenn Colman and family from Wymore visited Sunday at the home of his father Allen Colman. Mr and Mrs Walter Guard of Lincoln are visiting T H Waggoner in the Methodist parsonage. The first robin arrived at Diller on Saturday and chirping and hopping were noted in Lon Snyder's yard with roving birds increasing in numbers.
A university president asserts that students have changed very little in the last thirty years, suggesting a enduring continuity in student attitudes. The remark evokes a period when learners were believed to be more knowledgeable than their instructors.
John Harvey returned Sunday from an extended visit with a daughter in Phillips Nebraska and after a short visit with his daughter Mrs. Elias Hadley will live with a sister in law at Wymore Nebraska.
Mrs. Frisbie, who had been staying with her sister Mrs. E. E. Hill since returning from Odell hospital where she underwent an operation, was able to go to her country home on Wednesday.
A community note questions who qualifies as a good citizen for supporting town growth through local trade. It weighs who should be listed among those praised for aiding development.
Miss Mary Fasnacht died at her mother's home after a long illness. Her funeral will be held Friday afternoon at the Congregational church with Rev. Helms presiding.
Onka Lottman held a postponed sale last Saturday near Sioux City Iowa. A large crowd attended despite bad roads and cold conditions. Several items sold though prices were low. Lottman and his family plan to relocate nearby.
A letter from Dr O C Diehl, the hometown physician now visiting Hot Springs Ark, is printed with permission to publish. A second letter arrived too late for this week and will be printed next week.
A small N C S A gathering met Wednesday afternoon February 17 at Mrs Loock’s home with twelve members present and guests Mrs T F Rochrkasse and Miss Carrie Lynn. Mrs Carrico led the business session and welcomed new member Mrs Moser.
Will Fox, once a Diller resident, and his family were visiting at his brother Otto Fox's home early this week. Fox, a Burlington section foreman who recently lost his post, had a bid in for a new location and expected word on his transfer, likely to Odell.
The speaker laments missing road repairs on the P W F highway near the Blauser and Oaks school houses. They argue fixed-up sections would ease travel to the county seat for taxes church entertainments and shopping, noting residents might miss services and goods unavailable in Diller.
The article notes the American Legion aims to secure work for one million, likely partial success, while six million more remain unemployed. It stresses immediate needs for food clothing and shelter, urges broader aid beyond the legion, and cautions that recovery may take months to years.
Jones buys a suit from Hurst last week and praises Simpson styles as carefully designed to meet fashion needs. The ad highlights evolution over revolution in men’s tailoring with models for all ages and occasions and offers home or office samples from L. M. Hurst in Diller.
A Dillerite reader urges publication of a list of former Diller residents who subscribe to the paper, excluding inmates and the poorhouse. He then supplies a lengthy Yakima Strait Juan de Fuca fishing tale about salmon hatcheries, spawning behavior, and devastating river conditions, ending with humorous asides about rabbits and local readers.
Miss Esther Hilder granddaughter of George Hilder was married November 28 in Ada line Kansas to Mr. Frank Fritz of Lincoln. The couple kept the wedding secret until recently and plan to reside in Lincoln after her three years teaching career and studies at the state university.
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