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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1920
Page
3
The Diller Shipping Association shipped stock by two-car load and residents report multiple visits and trips to Lincoln Chadron Peoria and Deshler. A 79th birthday surprise for Mr Saylor drew neighbors ice cream and cake. New thrashing rigs arrive as wheat yields rise with local farm activity and visits from relatives.
The passage estimates last year the American public spent about one billion dollars on soft drinks candy cigars tobacco and snuff cigarettes motion pictures and other amusements plus over fifty million on chewing gum.
A Methodist preacher fishing in a river loses both sets of teeth and retrieves them by tying a chicken leg to the line. He felt a pull and pulled up the line to discover his upper and lower teeth still attached to the chicken leg. Lawrence Gazette reports this odd fishing mishap.
A six foot eight inch diamond back rattlesnake with eighteen rattles was killed last week near Corpus Christi. It was found in a den in a cotton field among thirteen others. The snakes are dangerous and strike quickly, often jumping their full length when provoked.
An advert promotes a $100 reward for a remedy said to relieve catarrh, claiming it cures a wide range of symptoms and diseases through a blood-based treatment. The copy asserts rapid, permanent relief and offers testimonials as proof, though specifics are unclear.
Steele City residents sign up to organize the thresher men, meet in City Hall Friday at 2 o clock. The Steele City Press notes a Wednesday meeting adopted price scales for oats barley wheat and lists historic prices from mid fifteenth century and wide use of sweet clover as pasture crop across Nebraska farms this spring.
Col J Bills investment banker and Nebraska capitalist died Sunday afternoon in Lincoln at his home on 1508 H street after a recent attack of acute heart trouble. He organized Lincoln Telephone Company and served as its treasurer, chaired banking and livestock ventures, and held Masonic memberships. Survived by wife Florence Lewis and daughter Mrs. Walter Duisenberg.
Farmers thresh and stack while Lawrence Madden yields 41 bushels of barley. Mrs. Ludwick visits from Atchison to see Miss Lydia Drullinger. A six foot coal seam is found near Talmage, Otee county on Theodore Roos farm. Leland Kraus and Katherine Kautzman wed at Diller M E church parsonage. Maitland coal advertised at 11.75 per ton. John Glathar returns from west state auto trip, rain en route made ten miles take two and a half hours.
At sun up last Saturday about twenty members of the Jefferson County organization and sponsors Professor Shouse and Mrs. Shouse gathered on the campus. They built a fire at the athletic field and cooked ham and eggs and coffee. After breakfast twenty Normal students enjoyed games and stories, with the meeting deemed a wonderful success and likely to inspire future entertainments at Peru Normalite.
August Jaedicke Jr the defaulting bank president from Hanover Kansas was arrested in Alexandria Louisiana after detectives traced him via Western Union drafts. He admitted identity and faced possible extradition, with Kansas weighing charges including telegraph company and embezzlement.
Railroads report strong business and expect high activity for some time. Master mechanic says mechanical departments, especially the repairing plant, need experienced carpenters at 67 to 72 cents per hour for nine hour shifts.
The Nebraska legislature required auto dimmers but did not define the type nor provide penalties. As a result the provision cannot be enforced and remains effectively unused in state law, leaving glare from passing cars unaddressed.
In Fairbury Nebraska A D Ackerman advertises optometry services with registered optometrist credentials. Contact info includes a phone listing. The ad also promotes plum pie plant for sale and mentions employee specialization in eye care.
A Popular Magazine note explains that ironing, once done by many girls at a large stocking mill, has been replaced by a broad mangle or rotary press. The new machine delivers stockings in a continuous stream.
A passage from Conversations with Carlyle by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy reflects that the wise man should ponder the right path within his heart and pursue it despite the crowd's loud opposition, which may last for a time.
An amused farmer notes his son Josh reads about agriculture and may prefer literature. He jokes farming is hard work unless taken up as a literary pursuit, reflecting uncertain expectations about the boy’s future.
A brief exchange notes a man’s extravagance as one asks why others think so and the reply highlights a simple habit of adding two spoonfuls of sugar to his tea.
Dr. Michelson becomes resident physician to old Mr. Homer Sidney and confronts a bizarre tyranny from the past. A piratical Spanish sailor seeks a manuscript he must possess while Mr. Sidney regains strength on a yearly day. Mrs. Sidney hides a melancholy mood and Sidney’s rare malignity deepen the puzzling tale.
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