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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1939
Page
4
Motorists struggle to stay on their side of the road when approaching hill crests. The danger of oncoming traffic appears greatest at blind spots, prompting calls for better speed control and warning measures.
A Nebraska incident about a person losing part of a thumb after a pig bite makes the Sunday Journal-Star lead in its It Happened in Nebraska column.
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled yesterday that former Lieutenant Governor Walter H. Jurgensen of Omaha must serve two to five years in the state penitentiary for embezzlement.
The speaker notes that every individual in the United States would owe Uncle Samuel 303.00 under the latest figures. He then ponders what percentage could pay the sum if given 30 days notice.
The Nebraska weather section reports temperatures rising to 72 degrees after Monday dinner, setting a January 2 high in the state's weather history. The prior record was 638 set in 1928 and 934.
William Fox remains hospitalized in Superior Nebraska after severe burns from last week while burning right of way at Byron. Doctors say he may not be permanently disabled though some burns are deep and recovery will be lengthy. Today county officers will be inducted as new terms begin.
A missionary describes returning from India to a United States filled with advertising, alcohol, and saloons. He notes college girls using vulgar language and modern literature he deems lewd, contrasting it with heathen converts who adopt modesty and restraint.
Masry J Dildive of Geneva and Lester W Wesner of Watsonville Pa were married by City Jucy George F Ditmars. At the bride’s request the lines As long as we love each other or until legally divorced were substituted for Until death do us part.
The initial bill in Nebraska's second unicameral calls for gasoline to contain at least 10 percent Agaol a grain alcohol.
The Lincoln Star reports 323 traffic fatalities in Nebraska for 1989 up to press time on December 31, contrasted with a figure of 22 in 1987.
A room ornament uses a pine cone laid on a stove until scales open. Fill gaps with sand and grass seeds, place lower half in water, keep in dark a week. In light the seeds sprout, hang in a window and water daily with lukewarm water.
F E Wolken visited the Record office last Friday to check subscriptions. He commented that Elmo seems luckier now than when seen at Steele City returning from fishing in the Blue with only one fish at that time.
A irate reader quit the newspaper then sold a coin below market value. He avoided sheriff sale by not reading the tax notice, paid ten dollars for forged notes warned against, prepaid years of subscriptions, and forced the editor to sign a contract to punish him if the paper stopped again.
Two 15 year old boys reportedly entered the U S mint in San Francisco and stole a copper souvenir before being stopped. A boy and a girl allegedly obtained an audience with President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt on New Year’s Day, drawing shocked reactions from White House guards.
The Aurora paper notes a recent meeting sparked considerable excitement similar to two prior events led by the same organizer. The article claims the organizer tried to bar a speaker at a public gathering, triggering a clash. It quotes the organization’s constitution giving him control of funds and says he reportedly left town Tuesday morning.
The American Indians were not nomadic in the sense of wandering without homes. The U S Bureau of American Ethnology states that most tribes claimed and dwelt within a defined tract or region, with boundaries passed down by tradition and rarely relinquished unless forced.
An Ordnance map of Britain lists repeated biblical and biblical styled sites including Jericho Paradise Egypt Eden Nineveh Mount Zion Ararat Ephraim Calvary Bedfordshire Jordan Hill Dorset Job’s Hill Durham Land of Nod Hampshire Moab’s Wash Pot Worcester Noah’s Ark Kent Jeru salem Bethlehem Gideon Gebron Joppa Herod Babe Golgotha. The catalog highlights widespread use of sacred toponyms in regional mapping.
A famous remark attributed to Abraham Lincoln defends steady effort despite criticism. He states he will keep doing his best until the end and that outcomes at the end will validate or outweigh attacks. If wrong, even ten angels cannot prove otherwise.
Scientists report the Great Smoky Mountains host more than 150 native deciduous tree kinds and about 170 shrub and vine species. The region remained largely undisturbed for centuries until modern exploration reached its remote areas.
Forty guests attended a rock party at Mr and Mrs William Behrends home last Friday evening. Bernard Behrends won high score in star checkers and Merlyn Lottman took the booby prize. Mrs Behrends and daughters served lunch of sandwiches pickles jello cookies and coffee. Guests departed at a late hour thanking the hosts for a pleasant evening.
Snakes never close their eyes whether alive or dead and sleeping or awake. They lack eyelids and their eyes are protected by a transparent scale that grants perfect vision.
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