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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1920
Page
3
The passage asserts that independence arises when individuals or nations conserve resources and use opportunities to build a solid foundation. It compares personal independence to national independence, noting that readiness to stand on one’s own depends on securing backing and a stable base.
A miscellany of short items records Dr. W. S. Liller traveling Burling ton to Omaha yesterday and a weed burner trip west on the division. Bud Jones claims 33d degree Old Clothes Weavers status. Krank Hubka purchased land from H. S. Tonnemaker on a Colorado trip. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gregory of Byron visit relatives in town. Edna Martin and John Rosencrans wed in Lincoln last Wednesday.
Mrs. O. F. Rigdon visited with Mrs. F. Hartzel and other Diller friends. Rigdon holds a job at Jenkins Crooks Co's store in Fairbury and was off on a two week vacation.
Jansen News reports crow populations have risen in timbered creek lands. Farmers fear losses from predation on chicks and young corn, prompting calls for preventive measures.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood and mucous surface remedy for catarrh and related ailments. It promises a $100 reward for testimonials and cites Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio as the distributor.
Mrs. W. E. Mudge recovers from illness. Mr and Mrs A D Stotts traveled to Lincoln and back on business. Mrs John Werts visited relatives at Reynolds. A child learns to walk and gasoline price jokes about adults. Arthur J Floyd piano tuner will be in Diller next week. Leave orders at Dr Ellis residence. O J Mayborn E B Habicht and Frank T Pearce visited Fairbury to promote the P W F highway.
Miss Pearl Bausen, a student at the State University, Lincoln, visited the Diller relatives on Wednesday. The brief call followed her campus activities and connected family in the area.
Mrs. C. E. Caldwell and Mrs. Lottie Miller of Beatrice visited and made brief calls on several Diller friends Saturday.
Beatrice plans a new well as officials warn of a water shortage. Attorney John Jay Reinhardt from Aurora, with his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. E Reinhart, visited Beatrice over Sunday, traveling by car.
Miss Ruby Smith attending summer school at Wesleyan University made an overnight visit at the home of her parents Rev and Mrs J R Smith.
Will Logan, a veterinary college student at St. Joseph Missouri, visited his father J. H. Logan at Shea for the summer. Mr and Mrs F M Smith of Elgin Nebraska were visiting W. S. Slocum and family last week. Mr Smith, a prosperous farmer, plans retirement and to buy a modern home in the west.
Evanston instructor E H Hahne visited his Shea farm while Dr Powell arrived from Topeka to oversee Diehl’s practice during a month of study in Chicago. J G Packer reports good rain and fine prospects as wheat nears harvest. A village warning urged residents against firing firecrackers near autos to prevent fires and violations of ordinances.
Dr G H Newton of Fairbury ophthalmology on record. An Omaha resident, healthy man, has lived 32 years without ever visiting City Hall. Editor and family toured Earneston hydroelectric dam site Sunday. Potato crop ruined by rain Thursday night and subsequent showers. Rumors spark talk of a Jess widow among Diller’s locals. W S Drullinger left after visiting sister to Oberlin Kansas to wed into a sister-in-law’s wheat harvest.
Leon Blauser, employed by a Kansas City hardware firm, spent Sunday visiting the home of his parents, Postmaster and Mrs. J. O. Blauser.
W E Anderson accountant at Diller State Bank, who had resigned to move west, has decided to remain and keep his job. Mrs Anderson will continue her clerkship at Habiebt’s store. The Record notes the couple’s decision will be warmly approved by local friends.
Mrs. Tom Murrey and sons Walter and Frank along with Gertrude Mudrow attended a ball game at Filley Sunday and visited Mrs. Rose Saum. Mrs. Richards of Stratton Neb visited daughter Mrs. Ralph Sandman. Mr. and Mrs. Onke Lottman were Harbine visitors Sunday. Dick Ommen was on the sick list. Mrs. Hazel Bowman and Miss Wilson visited Beatrice then stayed with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bishop. Bert Parker left for Thompson where he serves as relief agent for Rock Island R. Guehia and Werbel Mann from Plymouth spent days with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Mann.
George Fisher and Sylvia Ethel Kylander wed at the Methodist parsonage in Powell Wyoming with Rev Bowling officiating. Witnesses were the bride's parents and sisters Gladys and Goldia, plus the bridegroom's grandparents. The couple, who plan to live on the Fred Welch farm north of Powell, previously departed secretly to Lowell to elude gossip. George moved to Powell from Nebraska two years ago and works in the school transport program. The bride, a Powell graduate, is described as bright and energetic.
Beatrice plans a 50 percent water rate increase to cover higher material and operating expenses. Sweet clover sown at the State Farm in Lincoln on April 15 reached a foot tall by June 15 and proved an ideal spring pasture crop. Nebraska farmers report widespread success with sweet clover spreading in popularity.
The article notes U S voyages to Europe sold out until Fall while many Europeans who left for war return home for rest and the United States witnesses a surge of immigrant arrivals. Officials expect a million more to come, limited only by ship capacity as tensions ease and routes reopen.
A father explains to his son that a republic is guided by public opinion while an absolute monarchy is ruled by the ruler's private opinion, illustrating contrasting forms of governance.
Cattle receipts about 8 500 head with slow trade and narrow demand. Top beeves 16 65, most cattle 25 40c lower. Hogs up 15 25c with tops 15 90 and trading 14 35 15 50. Lambs and sheep cheaper 25 40c, western grass lambs 16 25, fat range lambs 15 00 16 25, feeding lambs 10 75 13 00. Ewes 6 00 7 75, culls and canners 2 00 4 50.
A child named Merle is told of a new baby brother arriving the night before. He is given a banana as he leaves the door and exclaims that the brother and the banana arrived on the same day. The moment is presented with simple joy.
The rye bread Pumpernickel is linked to Westphalian peasants and can weigh as much as 60 pounds. A French cavalry soldier allegedly dismissed it as “Bon pour Nicho las,” meaning fit for Nicholas, his horse.
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