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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1933
Page
5
A lighthearted note describes a car rolling and hitting a telephone pole after a bee in a daytime pajama scenario. The item sits among local notices including Wheat yields by A A Eick and Hicken Bros and shop ads. Jane Raymond of Lincoln visits Diller relatives.
The Sunday BEE-NEWS now hosts Jigs Katzenjammers Popeye Nebbs Barney Google Toots Casper Skippy Sappo Blondie Toonerville Mickey Mouse and other popular panels, consolidating the lineup for readers.
Scientists say Arctic and Antarctic ice is melting and could lift sea levels by about 150 feet, but the change is projected to occur over roughly 50,000 years, offering a distant warning rather than immediate peril.
Mrs Lucille Sparks left Thursday for Lincoln where she met Miss Elizabeth Holge. They will depart Saturday for Chicago to attend the World's Fair for a few days and then proceed to Winona Lake Indiana for a several week summer stay.
Two cattle sprays are priced at 1.00 and 1.25 per gallon with a guarantee. A house spray costs 1.75 per gallon. Delivery offered to door. contact L. M. Hurst, Diller, by phone 142.03 or mail.
The N. R. C. gathers at Mrs. Guy Learned home with thirteen members and four visitors Mrs. Margaret Albers Mrs. Margaret Packer Mrs. Arthur Kunecke and Miss Helen Frisbie. Prizes awarded to Mrs. Albers and Mrs. Packer. Refreshments served. Next meeting with Mrs. Frank Grone in two weeks July 12. Roll call asks marital status and picture.
Farmers in fields uncover Indian arrow heads and ponder if a white settler was struck long ago. The pieces likely come from buffalo hunting rather than warfare. Indians hunted buffalo on the plains with men as hunters and leaders, while women did the labor. In the tribe a notable hunter was a busbanod.
Mrs Far Atkinson and her son Willard visit her parents Mr and Mrs W N Sparks. An exchange comments that it is terrible to be so poor we cannot afford anything except the things that are good for us.
Medical circles note a case where a black patient treated by a voodoo doctor recovered to find his skin whitened. The report discusses the unusual outcome and medical interest.
The state banking department announced last Friday the payment of a 10 percent dividend, totaling $5,400, to depositors of the defunct State Bank of Lanham.
The paper announces a limited time offer: a jigsaw puzzle with every new or renewing subscription to the Record, valid this week. It hints at a possible extension if demand remains high.
The item notes Mr and Mrs Norman Wenzell from Los Angeles visiting Diller relatives before heading to Beatrice to see J E Copeland and family. It also mentions a later Sunny California trip. C L Waggoner hosted a seven oclock dinner honoring the Wenzells and other Los Angeles guests including H A Bell Bert Bell and Millard Gemeny.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Siefford hosted a Sunday gathering at their Wy more home to honor Christ Siefford a Civil War veteran turning 89. He settled in Gage county long ago and has lived on a farm near Odell and in Wymore for over fifty three years. A bountiful dinner followed by ice cream and cake was shared with relatives including Christ Stefford of Steele City and neighbors from Man kato and Odell. The guest of honor remained in good health for a man of his era according to Steele City News.
In Naponee Nebraska Mrs. Douglas Haover and her daughter Mrs. Lizzie Cornell visited their sister-in-law and aunt Mrs. Matilda Hauver on Tuesday. A carload of No 1 dark hard wheat sold on the Omaha market Tuesday for 100 dollars per bushel, the first sale at that price there since June 1930.
J V Novotny harvested a sixteen acre field of wheat near Diller yielding 416 bushels, about 26 bushels per acre. A second tract yielded less.
Two games set for Diller next Sunday afternoon feature Diller versus Hanover in baseball at 1 30 p m and Diller against Bruce's Dubs in kittenball. Admission 15 cents for ladies.
L. M. Hurst named Red Ball dealer for south Jefferson and Gage counties. Red Ball Co. operates from Madrid Iowa and Memphis Tenn with a high grade line of household products stock and poultry preparations fly spray toilet articles and remedies. Also offering extracts at four bottles for a dollar.
Mr. and Mrs D W Carre of Beatrice and Mr J P Squire of Los Angeles visited with J L Lamb Tuesday. They were raised on neighboring farms in Blakey township Gage county. Mrs Carre is Daniel Freeman's daughter and Sam Freeman's sister. The Record notes a friendly call from Mrs Carre, a schoolmate of the editor's wife.
William Monroe McCanles provided a map showing Rock Creek Station layout at the time of the Hickok McCanles killing. The drawing details house barn well toll bridge Oregon Trail routes trading post and camping ground. Charles Howell arranged replicas for Quivera chapter DAR and two maps will be preserved in a fireproof vault and Hawkes log cabin park.
State Tax Commissioner W H Smith and State Auditor W B Price say delinquent real estate taxes from 1932 will bear 10 percent interest until August 10 and 7 percent thereafter under the new law. The Diller band gave a lawn concert at City Hall last Saturday drawing townspeople and country visitors, with plans for regular summer Saturday concerts.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Spear mourn the death of his 92 year old mother who died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Silas Weaklen in Dover Oklahoma. Services were held in Dover and Aline with burial at Aline. Survived by three sons W W Spear James Spear and Arthur Spear. The Spear Weaklen families formerly lived near Diller and Harbine.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stotts, Karl Johnson and his friend Miss Picking of Lincoln, and Glenn Long enjoyed a Sunday picnic in the canyons.
Invitation extended to Mr H H Beck to Beatrice for a banquet hosted by Goodyear Rubber Co for its Nebraska dealers. The talk by their speaker highlighted prosperity since the new deal with charts showing growth in most commercial lines and strong performance of the Goodyear tire line. Mr Beckwith has sold Goodyear tires in Diller for years at the Cassel station.
John W Miller of Lincoln died Tuesday evening after an illness starting Thursday. A former Diller resident and Van Sickle Paint and Glass traveler, he was interred in Diller cemetery after funeral services at the Congregational church. An obituary will be printed next week.
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