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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
8
The North Carolina Health Bulletin reports the Cadillac Motor Car Company has posted notices in its factories ordering employees not to smoke cigarettes, noting general condemnation of smoking as harmful to health especially for young boys and recognizing this by manufacturers and large employers.
The first chorus meeting last Monday drew a good crowd and progress was made on the special music for Sunday morning services at the chautauqua. The chosen music requires careful preparation by all choir members, and a second rehearsal is scheduled for Friday evening June 30 at 8 p m Com.
The state railway commission rules mutual telephone companies do not fall under the stock and bonds law as they are not public service corporations or common carriers. Thus they may issue stock for extensions without consent, since the commission's stock control applies only to public service corporations and common carriers.
A 1916 letter from Hollenberg Kansas invites M W A camp clerk W H Schnuelle of Diller Nebraska to attend the Modern Woodmen celebration at Hollenberg on July 4 1916. Clerk R A Hylana signs the note promising a pleasant time.
A man named Smith battles a stubborn car stalled by a faulty carburetor and steering gear. He tightens bolts and tests components, but despair grows as he realizes the problem is simply being out of gasoline. The scene unfolds under a spreading willow, highlighting a humorous mechanical miscue.
The Peru Normalite announces Howard Smith as the new editor of the school paper. He brings strong English work from the Peru summer program and prior success in Diller. The piece lauds his Peruvian spirit and promises high standards for The Normalite, following past editors and the school’s traditions.
Cattle receipts about 156 loads show buyers steady on yearlings and heavy cattle with price ranges from $8.25 to $10.50. Hogs sold around $9.55 to $9.80 top with some higher bids on urgent orders. Lambs and ewes were mixed with best lambs at $10.95 and ewes around $7.00 as market moved to steady to higher on some classes.
Erie Roelfs and Henry Hullmann cut wheat yesterday. Next Tuesday, July 4, prompts celebration plans. Harlen Hadleys returned Tuesday from Beatrice visiting relatives and friends. A new serial story Beyond the Frontier begins next week in the Record. Mrs Ray Colman and daughter Maxine arrived Friday from Deming New Mexico visiting Asa Colman and wife. Frank Nelson and wife from Plymouth visited L. L. Catlin and relatives at Mrs Ulmer’s Rock Creek Precinct home.
An old farmer and a customer discuss potato basket sizes with the farmer claiming potatoes grow quickly so the last in the basket are about twice the size of the first. The exchange underscores the humor in seasonal harvest chatter.
The Stanton News explains that the term Gringoes came from Mexican soldiers mishearing the U S troop song Green Grow the Bushes Oh during the 1846 Mexican War. They dubbed American soldiers Gringoes, a label that has persisted into modern usage.
A fragmentary reminiscence describes Sam recalling Joel at college visits. Sam says Joel appeared loony, then a young man claims Joel plays on the courts, hitting a rubber ball over a fish net and shouting that he loves everybody.
A promotional note invites travelers to plan a Glacier National Park visit for a refreshing change of environment. It extols high valleys, hidden lakes, forests, and cascading melts, urging tours via government trails to experience vast topography and renewal of energies. Signed by F. W. Black and L. W. Wakley of Omaha offices.
Classified style items record a farm sale with pig breeding details, a tailoring college ad offering a free course, and a probate notice in Jefferson County Nebraska with a court hearing set and party names mentioned. The fragmentary text includes addresses and dates around June 1916 in Fairbury and Atchison Kansas.
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