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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
2
One year and eight months in advance notices for Diller Nebraska postal matter. Advertising rates set at 6 cents per line per insertion. Business locals run until ordered out with notices for second class matter. Rates available on application.
The country enters a period of road-building after the war with large federal and state appropriations. Roads unite cities and countryside, boosting economy, farm distribution, and social ties. The motor age promises cheaper, efficient transport, with trucks expanding interurban service and easing rail burdens. The piece notes road programs as vital to reducing farm costs and improving national cohesion. It also mentions the Volstead Act’s constitutional status and the nullification of stricter state alcohol laws.
Dr A Zimm ern cites cases from Presse Medicale warning that 110 volt currents can kill when hands or feet are wet. Do not touch lights heaters or fixtures in a bath or when floors are wet as even small insulation defects may cause fatal shocks.
The Boston Transcript notes Lionel Barrymore compares acting to carrying diamonds up a mountain, saying everything is hard work and one should pursue top achievement rather than easy tasks.
The Boston Post reports that advancing American troops found a vast steel bridge across the Rhine not shown on old maps. Built during the war by labor of British French and Russian prisoners, it stood far from Caesar’s historic crossing.
A reader rants about coverage and chastises editors for not printing a story. The missive laments dwindling subscriptions and urges broader distribution to win back readers and prevent further loss.
Purebred S C White Leghorn eggs offered for hatching at prices £1.00 per setting and $5.00 per 100. Satisfaction guaranteed by Mrs T C Henrichs.
The fragment lists a contact for land inquiries in Eastern Colorado referencing soils and crops. It reads as a brief notice directing readers to consult R. F. Starr, with unclear surrounding context or dates.
A short promotional poem invites readers to return to Colorado next Thursday offering cheap travel and lodging. It extols pleasant air, comfortable Pullman travel, and dining at diners with promises of low prices and value. The author signs as H.S. Townemaker the land man and mentions Boy George.
For sale at a bargain a 112 25 Waterloo Bay tractor with bottom plow has plowed about 125 acres in fine shape four new John Deere stag sulky plows two new John Deere walking plows three new John Deere 4 shovel V A riding cultivators plus overland 7 passenger car recently repainted in fine shape and a real bargain call or write John A Friesen Jansen Nebraska phone T3 21
H S Tonemaker promotes Colorado land offers with a guarantee of better land for less money and coverage of trip expenses. He invites inquiries at 850 and via Clancy's billiard parlor office or by mail, mentioning alfalfa and crops to entice buyers.
The Diller telephone directory adds numerous names including Henry Airens A Cooper C Hiatt A Holloway W Lohman D Lambert Geo Leaper Ira London Ira Place H Patton W Roden H Stahl H Scott J Lainer W H Schmelle C L Tristman Fern Cavett and Ruth Bowers with manager notes. Please clip and insert these updates and limit line holds to five minutes during busy periods.
First published May 28 1920 last June 18 1920 creditors of Jacob Lottmann deceased will meet the executor before the county judge of Jefferson County Avon county on August 26 1920 at 9 00 AM for the purpose of settling the estate.
Three months are allowed for creditors to file claims against the estate from May 25 1920. All claims not filed in county court by August 25 1920 will be barred. By order of the Court. Louis J. Nutzman County Judge seal. H W Fouts attorney for estate.
Public court record from Fairbury Nebraska June 2 1920 in the County Court for Jefferson County. In the matter of the estate of Jane D London also known as Dorothy Jane London. Proceedings held at the County Court Room.
A petition filed June 2, 1920 seeks administration of the estate of London deceased and final account approval. A hearing is set for July 6, 1920 at 9:00 AM in Fairbury County Court to determine distribution rights and grant or deny the petition. Notices will be published in The Diller Record for three weeks prior to the hearing.
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