Potatoes for sale at eighty cents per bushel
Roy Roelf advertises potatoes at 80 cents per bushel and notes a fresh stock of fly nets priced low from Gus Dressen.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1932
Page
5
Roy Roelf advertises potatoes at 80 cents per bushel and notes a fresh stock of fly nets priced low from Gus Dressen.
An item notes F. A. Moon & Son in Fairbury Nebraska, established 1886, offering quality monuments. A Farmers Union move relocates a large gas tank from one site to Plymouth, leaving another erect. A classroom line asks about poisons and a student answers with an airplane reference.
A tense exchange reveals a mother shocked by her cage being parked in a dark spot on a lonely road with a young man and her daughter insisting she was driven to it.
Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop promotes a grade plan for shoe repairs with prices per grade. Advertises women and men pairs from 85 cents, heels from 15 to 50 cents, and claims your price is our price.
Diller Farmers Grain Co announces constant hog purchases with the highest market price. I R Andres, manager, invites farmers to bring hogs and get their bid first. Sell at home where convenient.
The writer reminisces about postwar ease and simple pleasures from old straw hats to family vacations. Everett Blauser and family visited relatives in Diller while local band performances were noted but not reported. Corda Wiemers delivered the first Diller wheat load, yielding over 30 bushels per acre, selling around 28 to 30 cents.
A brief note describes a simple German remedy for stomach troubles. The item mentions A R Milow, a druggist, as part of the testing or endorsement.
Travel through the countryside shows many alfalfa stacks, suggesting good yields. Dr. and Mrs. Claude Ellis visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bowen, former schoolmates near Beatrice. The two groups praise the Republican platform as a victory for veterans, while locals hope voters remember them.
A dubious proposal from Blue Hill Leader suggests banks levy new fees including check taxes and per item charges to raise funds for indigent congressmen facing election. The list includes various small charges and notes these would be added as a precautionary measure by banks amid calls for printer and editor hardship.
Judge Messmore Frank Dutton and Attorney General Sorenson will speak at the Steele City Fourth of July celebration. Dr. and Mrs. Cecil Ellis of Cheater visited with their parents Mrs. Dora Woolforth and Dr. and Mrs. Claude Ellis on Sunday.
The bog market strengthens with Ogs selling around 4.00 after earlier 2.40 and cattle yielding about 6.25 to the shippers. The note adds a humorous aside urging a loving royal kiss to brighten a gray day.
Notice states Sam Thompson will run the Crittenden Grain Co elevator while Mr McCall is away in Lincoln Veterans Hospital. He will pay market prices for grain and can be reached at phone number 33 41.
A Wymore boy and his girlfriend visited a nearby city for a celebration. They parked near a popcorn stand where the girl commented on the appealing smell and the young man offered to move closer so she could enjoy it better.
Public highways are for vehicles not pedestrians. Children should not walk on roads unless necessary and then stay on the left side so they face oncoming traffic and can see approaching cars. When passing a car the child should step to the roadside.
A State Journal warning recalls several gasoline mishaps at filling stations where fires burned motorcycles, cars, and people. The plea urges strict caution: keep ignition off during fueling, avoid open flames, don’t wring or cleanse with gasoline, and treat it like dynamite.
Geo Lichty and his wife and daughter visited the Slocum home and returned Wednesday to Endicott. The Waubonsie Trail association formed by Iowa and Nebraska citizens aims to make highway No 3 a federal highway offering a direct scenic east to west coast route.
Mr. James Swain and his nephew Paul White arrived in Diller with Mrs White from Long Beach California. They traveled by car Wednesday, visiting sites en route. Swain owns land nearby and will stay while the Whites go on to Illinois. White teaches in Long Beach schools, a post held seven years.
A columnist laments fading crooners and rising orchestras cluttering airwaves. He predicts after two national conventions presidential candidates will buzz with praise and bandwagon shouters, creating an “agony” until November. The piece ends with a sardonic question about buying a radio.
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