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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
2
Students recite the pledge of allegiance to the flag during a school assembly as part of daily patriotic exercises. The ceremony emphasizes unity and equal rights with liberty and justice for all.
Mrs Scott Miller as picnic program chairman announces this year’s Patriotic Parade for the annual community picnic.
The report notes corn looking fine after a Sunday rain totaling .69 inches. It also mentions auto tires now lasting ten times as long while costing less than half of their 1910 price.
The region has experienced pleasant cool mornings this week with temperatures around 50 degrees on Monday morning.
Research advances enable creation of superior sponges from everyday agricultural and lumber products such as cotton and wood. The development promises practical applications across cleaning and industrial uses, leveraging common materials to achieve enhanced performance.
A dismissive remark questions a four month old baby's heavier weight at one o clock in the morning compared to the mother’s past experiences at that hour. The line hints at contested ideas about infant growth and timing in a domestic setting.
The 1940 census counts 905 839 of Nebraska’s estimated 1 300 000, signaling a population drop of 37 570. J L Lamb marked his eighty first birthday quietly, praising his era’s friendships. Roy Geers fished Leech Lake in Minnesota, delivering a Rainbow trout, while Lesney Moser was pecked by a Blue Jay protecting its nest, leaving bloodied marks and a chance of a scar.
Reports indicate formal steps have begun toward merging the Evangelical and Reformed Lutheran churches. The idea traces to earlier attempts sparked by Luther and Zwingli after their 1529 Marburg confab. The Philadelphia effort follows earlier Columbus roots and 19th century fusion patterns in Germany.
A new development in lard preparation uses tiny amounts of a vegetable extract from the quarium tree to enhance freshness and odor while maintaining natural advantages. The process, approved by federal authority, will be produced at Swift & Co’s Chicago plant.
Will Maupin recounts Wild Bill Hikok as a Nebraska hustler with a scattered crime record. He was jailed then released in Beatrice after a Rock Creek murder, vanished before trial, and later lore says he killed in backstabbing fashion. The tale links Hikok to Ned Buntline and dime novels shaping his notoriety.
A comparison notes that a factory worker earned a pair of work shoes in nine hours in 1914 but now requires only three and a half hours of labor to buy the same footwear. This reflects a shift in wage and price levels over time.
In a recent newspaper clipping a reader recounts a tale from a memoir about a woman who nursed the agnostic Professor I H Huxley through his final illness. He reportedly looked upward in his last moments and whispered that the sight proved Christian belief.
The Barnett family near Chadron in 1891 suffered a sequence of calamities beginning with diphtheria deaths among children. A fall from a hayloft, a wagon accident killing the mother and sister-in-law, then the father and remaining child dying from injuries and a fire. With no kin, the state claimed the farm, marking one of Nebraska’s most tragic tales.
Four H Club members met at the Protestant Orphans Home on Tuesday June 17 for the monthly session. President Wellington Dean led business and project reports covered feeding and care of litters. An inspection trip was planned with a Friday afternoon tour to Richard and Fred Garrels home and later the Orphans Home to view Duroc Jerseys and Hampshires.
Uncle Eben quotes a preference for plain speech and quick aid. The speaker argues against formal terms like assistance and urges using the word help for faster action.
Jimmie Redmond describes Bing Crosby in If I Had My Way with Gloria Jean Chas Winnengar and El Brendel in supporting roles. Linda Darnell heads Star Dust with top billing. Also shown is Beyond Tomorrow with Jean Parker and Richard Carleon. Bonham Theatre plans a full remodeling soon and will close about ten days with screenings moved to the Majestic Theatre.
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