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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1939
Page
4
Arthur J. Denney succeeds Frank M. Rain as City Attorney for Fairbury after receiving the appointment last week. Rain became County Attorney the previous Thursday amid a wave of farming activity in the area with moles and bull snakes noted in local reports.
Mrs Lulu Babb of Nevis Minnesota writes that her mother Mrs John Hayworth and others are doing well. She mentions a lot of snow but notes the weather is pleasant and thaws occur almost daily.
The reader is reminded of the editor and their dual role as friend in sorrow and joy. The poem extols the editor who speaks truth with kindness and wisdom, often under tight budgets, living on scarce pay.
Tom Mooney declares he will devote his remaining life to organizing every worker. He speaks after a 22 year prison term for involvement in a labor day incident in San Francisco.
Clyde R Moore becomes partner in the Fairbury News with E P Weeks of Marysville Kansas holding controlling interest in the News plant. Moore has served with the publication since 1927 and became editor four years after Doyle Buckles, expected to drive the paper toward greater usefulness with a home owned element.
A radio advertisement extols Lucky Strike tobacco as the cream of the crop and claims three year seasoning. Readers question how a 1938 crop could be used in 1939, suspecting a catch or misstatement.
A baby boy born January 6, 1989 to Mr and Mrs Charles J Correll in Hollywood California lived about one day. The father is known as Andy and the partner of Amos.
High school boys from Barneston and Diller meet at the Diller High School gym next Tuesday night to honor their coaches, brothers Wm Ludington of Barneston and Carl Ludington of Diller. Capone, recently moved from Alcatraz to Terminal Island, plans to serve a year or two more in Cook County jail.
Last Saturday afternoon Henry Hullman and Herman Diekman visited Fred DeBoer at his son Wm De Boer’s home. The pair, aged and with crutches, recalled younger days and discussed ailments while sharing a pleasant visit. Hullman still drives a car despite mobility limits.
National Voice News Bureau reports each drunk arrest costs Los Angeles 5133, totaling 2,360,898 for the year. A resolution seeks over two million dollars annually to enforce liquor laws, covering officers stenographers fingerprint experts filing clerks and related costs while noting no funds for flowers.
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown laments that ancestral wisdom was not great enough to teach profit, urging readers to learn from the past while seeking better means. The remark reflects a witty, sharp critique of missed lessons and contemporary greed.
The article defines sedilia as three chairs placed behind the pulpit in churches and notes the singular form sedile.
Erling Olsen recounts a business elevator meeting where Peter Stamp shares faith with the operator. Stamp notes his age of seventy and his hope to meet the operator in heaven, leaving a lasting impression on the unseen listener.
A small group of U.S. Marines ventured in Samar Philippines to survey a route for ore wire construction. They become lost after rivers proved non-navigable. A rescue was organized but only some survivors returned with severe tropical illnesses and injuries.
A Marine log recounts three weeks of peril in Samar with ten men dead or missing before rescue. It notes savage attacks by native guides and that officers once saluted survivors with Stand, gentlemen, he served in Samar.
Gooseberries grow widely and are commercially canned in parts of the country. They are outlawed in white pine states because the bushes host the white pine blister rust.
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