Past and present glimpses from Diller area memories
Memories from Diller era recount PB Miller installing a steam powered trip hammer in his blacksmith shop. Mrs Mary Stotts sick with pneumonia at her son Delbert Stotts home. Diller Telephone Co buys a new switch board. Delbert Stotts purchases an interest in Lightner Hutchinson’s General Store. John Kupper returns from Nemaha County with two carloads of stock and implements after buying the Ike Fesler farm. Mumps news reaches family. Bert Ballard visits J McClay. Tonneniker Bros prepare land opposite Bel Loock’s store for a new post office building.
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Mary Stotts
Delbert Stotts
Sufficient Seed Aims Big Victory Garden Expansion
The 1944 Victory Garden program pledges a sizeable output increase despite severe handicaps and labor shortages. Seed supplies vary by variety though shortages are common and gardeners should grow standard vegetables that store well. In 1943 Americans canned about 4.3 billion jars and expect to surpass this in 1944.
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Victory Gardens
Victory
Ferry-Morse Seed Co
Sami
United States
Ferry -Morse Seed Co
Simpler Taxes Proposal For A New Model Tax System
A reader argues for a sales tax over the complex 1944 income tax system. The piece contends the current form is mystifying and time consuming, urging a broad shift to taxation of average earners and the well paid while reducing red tape and auditing burdens.
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America
Uncle Sam
United States
Income Tax Bureau
Ecames Uet
Poultry Diseases Threaten Farm Profits Across America
Fowl pox, pullorum disease, and coccidiosis cut into poultry and egg profits. Vaccination and strict sanitation are advised. Fowl pox affects chickens and turkeys. pigeon pox vaccines used where needed. Pullorum disease has no cure. test flocks and cull positives. Sanitation helps control coccidiosis in chicks.
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America
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PB Miller
The
Diller Telephone Company
S C Hutchinson
Internst
Lightner
Mrs
Billy
Milla
Pacific Coast
John Kupper
Ike Fesler
Diller
Nemaha County
Kansas
Bert Ballard
Mre J . McClay
Tonneniker, Bros
BEL Loock
Ory
Post Flier
Ease
Monroe
Fairbury, Nebraska
George S. Benson
Maniting College
Drs
Hull & Hull
Fairbury
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Edw
B. Ackermeen Optometrist
Uiyasvoci
Burlington
Jimmy
Dad
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