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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
4
A subscription letter from Ben and Rudy Senior states they are getting along fine and crops are good with general prospects fair this year. The bache lore live on a farm near Ashton Idaho.
Charley Waggoner added overhead doors to his garage with a rope operated mechanism that opens and closes without leaving the car. Marten Fanders designed the mechanism, Charley installed it for convenient drive up access.
A personal communication from Will Friabie of Ogema Wisconsin says he and the boys are preparing hay after heavy rain season. He notes abundant potatoes and corn for silos, a bit of oats, and good fishing inviting friends to visit and try their luck.
Mr and Mrs Rudolph Hubka faced a quiet week with their young children away from home. The youngest son stayed with the parents for companionship while their daughter went to cousins near Virginia and Verna stayed with the Huab ka sister near Odell. The children returned home last Saturday.
Arthur Timm shares a note from Ed Buff Meyer of Libbyville Alaska in April. Meyer a blacksmith with Libby McNeil Canning Company works April to September in Alaska. Company operates eighty boats catching about 100000 salmon daily with two fishermen per boat earning roughly 3700 dollars per man per season. Flowers bloom under the midnight sun and the ground thaws about a foot in summer.
The article notes that paper was produced by hand until 1804 when mechanized production began, marking a shift in papermaking technology and industry.
The Diller Band wore new blue and gold coats belts and white trousers for its Barneston picnic outside engagement. Members say funds came from four years of events and paid gigs at picnics and county fairs. Marilyn Miller demonstrated baton twirling skills during the program.
The editor visits the Viers 22 acre truck garden on Indian Creek bottom land last Thursday evening. Eight acres host watermelons in four patches plus half an acre of musk melons ripening soon. Crops include corn tomatoes potatoes cucumbers and more. Beetles swarm Red Rout weeds but are herded away by Robert Drake and Robert Patton.
The report notes the ground has grown too dry for effective plowing in the vicinity making farming tasks difficult and delaying field work.
The area endures hot dry weather with temperatures near 95 degrees and no rain above an inch for weeks. Corn is stressed but not ruined and may recover with better conditions. A heavy dew appeared this morning while four inches of snow fell on Pikes Peak causing radiator problems for motorists.
Hod Diller and his six foot grandson Frank Bradley of Detroit spent a day driving from Lincoln to Jefferson County to visit Hod's sister Effie Clark and later Gene Diller in Fairbury. They planned a noon meal with two fried chickens and spent the afternoon visiting friends and relatives. The Bradley boys had stayed with grandparents in Lincoln for the summer working.
A postal card from Henry Wiemers party passed to W. J. Filley as they headed toward the western coast. It notes crossing Western Nebraska was hotter than crossing the sandy desert in a season with 95 degree highs for two weeks.
Private Robert Williams of the U S Marines rests on a hillside near Yokohama after being buried with honors once denied to foreigners. Perry’s insistence on a proper resting place led to a rare joint Protestant Episcopal service as a Buddhist priest performed rites, signaling a revival of Christian missions in Japan amid a long history of destruction.
Governor Cochran filed for the United States Senate nomination yesterday and will oppose Senator Burke on the Democratic ticket.
Estimated daily visitor expenditure totals 546 cents with 36 cents eaten in restaurants and 186 cents spent at refreshment stands. The figures illustrate spending patterns for meals and snacks on the fair grounds.
The first New Englanders formed organized religious congregations where each member had equal rights, reflecting early communal governance and shared authority.
The earliest reference to the cigarette appears in 1842 to 1843 noting smoking in France and Italy. Laurence Oliphant is credited with introducing the cigarette to English society, though it did not gain popularity until 1870.
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