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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1925
Page
3
A fragmentary poem voice laments low earnings and the struggle to make ends meet. The speaker jokes about ten cents a dime and ten dimes a punk while acknowledging the toil needed to earn pay. The mood is rueful and ironic about wages and expense.
A brief recap notes a full line of cu materials at E F Habicht and a garden seeds line at Cully's Grocery. Other offerings include painting and auto painting services by Ralph Beckmap, with contact listed. a fragment mentions a bee teacher and an ambiguous event code and per capita wealth estimate of 3200 dollars.
Alpha Wiemers sent a truck load of purebreds to a party near Hastings the other day. Daily deliveries of sows continue to roll out with regular shipments.
Byron Holcomb moved his family into the Hudson property in the town's east part on Saturday and left Monday for Fremont seeking employment.
Dr. Frank Crane argues people move to cities seeking privacy. He notes urban living places residents among ten families yet know little of each other, while rural communities have everyone watching neighbors.
Fragmentary OCR text notes farm work and a load of carrots reaching town. It mentions slavery implications and references a pioneer and a dealer or buyer, with garbled names and phrases. No clear event or individuals identified.
Mrs. Chasi Barber of Diller and relatives from Steele City attended a funeral in Wichita Kansas last week for their sister-in-law. The gathering included Mrs. Wit Barber and Mrs. Letha Wedder with Mr. Elmer James among attendees.
Fragmentary passage describes a gambler speaking to his daughter about life choices and social exposure, with garbled lines indicating disrupted dialogue and unclear moral guidance.
Harney Clark of Fairbury visited Diller relatives Sunday. Peter Walker of Harbine is in a hospital. Don’t miss the coaster number at Cully Grocery Lat h 14. Lorenz Willems starts clerical work Monday at E F Wright’s. Chicago cops ordered to shoot to kill, and crooks active without orders. Mr and Mrs Al Chwmsen Beatrice visitors. A nine pound boy born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Mahlon Walker fourteen miles north and west of Diller.
A chemistry professor discusses nitrate compounds focusing on their properties and applications. The dialogue touches on cost factors and compares nitrates to other reagents, noting affordability versus day rates in lab use.
Seede Wiemers and his son Henry shipped three loads of stock to the St. Joe market on Tuesday.
A brief notice lists a matched team of mules and two large horses weighing about 1350 pounds each. The sale details are sparsely provided with buyer interested in the pair.
Miss Alicé Specht, a Wesleyan University student at University Place, visited her home in Diller on Sunday.
Crippling weather persists as farmers warn crop losses may loom if conditions do not improve soon. Officials and ag growers urge action to protect potato yields amid ongoing adverse climate.
A Friday afternoon event at 1409 F hosted by Mrs N M Shults featured visiting and radio listening. Mrs Elemera hosted by Mrs Pittenger at 873 Meridian Street noted in the Sunday Journal.
Mrs H T F Davie entertained March 1 at her home near Bilis in honor of Elizabeth who wed February 21 in Council Bluffs Illinois to Melvin Nelson. A noon dinner featured a beautiful wedding cake at the center of the table.
Brandt visits Diller with a Gold Time Diller Bay, meeting local friends and relatives Tuesday. Grace Myers returns to Fairbury after weekend stay with her mother Clara Myers. W A Raymond, recently selling Courtland Kansas drug store, visits Diller relatives with his family. John Carrico Falls City and Will Carrico Wire visit Diller friends over Saturday night.
A jumble of names and brief mentions records social calls and visits. Mentions include Mr and Mrs J N at a business call in Baibars, Roy Wagner and Dona Mae visiting Fairbury, Wagner and family staying with relatives, and a trip to St. Joe by Monde Hen Wismora.
An Indiana educator known in state circles arrives at a college town for a fraternity term. He loves a suit but frets over a deep crease in the trousers, later becoming obsessed with maintaining it. One night classmates find him trouserless, explaining the crease costs him much to keep.
Nineteen shipwrecked men from the Canadian schooner Lady Kindersley owed their rescue to Capt. H. T. L. Whitlam of the United States Ship Boxer. The Boxer supplied by the Bureau of Education aided Alaska native schools and carried provisions, sailing within six miles of the wreck before rescuing the crew.
The vampire bat is described as somewhat larger and much heavier built than the common brown bat. The text mentions features of its body and wings though the wording is garbled.
Archeologists from the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania unearthed records at Ur of the Chaldees. The find includes the Temple of the Moon God bookkeeping records from before Abraham and what is likely Nebuchadnezzar’s Hall of Justice.
Ava Missouri reports renewed animal depredations prompt Douglas County residents to recall the legend of the Blue Man of Spring Creek. Elders describe a nine foot tall purple creature seen in the Ozarks about sixty years ago with some claiming a personal encounter.
A medical practitioner adds note to a Hot and There column suggesting that the ideas are common sense. The reader’s reaction references Family Herald and similar guidance.
A brief passage discusses whether the word editorial truly qualifies as a word in use, noting cross language views and questions about borrowing from French. The note highlights ambiguity in terminology and printers notes from the period.
The passage notes the cardinal flower and its relative Indian tobacco Leates with references to medicinal value and historical context. It presents an antiquated taxonomy and mentions familiar plant relations in a fragmentary, period tone.
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