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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
2
Successors to F T Pearce editor L M Cavett and Marthe B Cotth Pearce announce publication for Diller Nebraska. Mail service entry indicates second class matter as a community record notice.
Mr Haddix and his father, editors of the Steele City News, announce suspension of publication for the week due to insufficient local subscriptions and advertising. The nine year old paper, central to the town, faces decline as new papers consider entering Steele City.
The article notes a new Nylon hose made from plastic yarns of coal water and air, finer than silk and stronger than steel, with a factory planned at Seaford Delaware. Early production will be costly but mass production could replace silk hosiery due to durability.
A Nebraska town endures deep freeze with 17 below and heavy snow. Four inches on Saturday and several inches more on Wednesday drifts block Highway No. 4. Strong winds double the impact as thawing remains minimal since Christmas.
Notice that the regular annual meeting of Prairie Aiome Cemetery Association lot owners will be held in City Hall on Thursday January 2 at 2 PM to elect two trustees for two years and one clerk for one year. Bert A. Bell President Charles E. Waggoner Clerk.
Members of the Masonic and Eastern Star organizations held a large public installation at their hall on January 11. The event aimed to introduce nonmembers to the societies and outline their aims and work, with numerous names listed among attendees and officers announced for the new year.
The item lists Odell residents including Miss Susan Taylor and families of Linville Leeper Clark Mann plus Fairbury visitors and McDon ogans and Plattsmouth groups. It notes a color schools lesson by Jimmie Redmond and a Gaullivers Travels cartoon feature at Bosham for three days. It also mentions George Raft in Invisible Strips and upcoming Hollywood films including Gone, Judge Hardy and Son.
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