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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1939
Page
5
The message urges opening a checking account and regularly depositing funds in any amount to rapidly grow the balance for emergencies and financial security. It promises peace of mind and invites readers to carry their account with the institution.
Market notes show corrected Thursday prices for Leghorn hens weighing 4 4 to 5 pounds and heavy stags at 20 13 07 per hundredweight. Readable figures indicate fluctuating demand and standard yard pricing.
Classified notice listing multiple items for sale including Irish Cobbler seed potatoes at 50 cents per bushel or seed revised price. John Deere Model D tractor offered cheap. Seed oats and Cobbler and Red Rose Ohio seed potatoes home grown from C H Malchow and Alpha Wiemers, Diller.
Thomas Hood born March 8 1864 near Callicothe Indiana moved with his parents to Creston Iowa then Diller where his father bought land He worked as a telegrapher and educator later a Burlington railroad agent for 31 years serving at Sugar Lake Corning Hamburg Percival Bartlett and MacPaul He married Mary Fulton January 10 1894 In 1914 he retired to a farm In health decline he died March 6 in St Marys hospital Nebraska City He leaves wife three daughters Dora Adah Elaine one brother two sisters and a adopted sister Funeral was March 8 at Thurman burial in Thurman cemetery.
Mrs. Bessie Daedla 68 of Crete mother of Mrs. Dr. C. E. Rice of Odell died Friday at Odell hospital Funeral services were held at the Congregational church Crete at 2 30 Sunday Burial was in Riverside Cemetery Crete Rev Balgers officiating She came from Czechoslovakia in 1870 and arrived in the United States in 1876
Pomegranates grow wild in Afghanistan and northwest India and in districts south and southwest of the Caspian Sea. They yield a refreshing acid juice valued for its tart flavor.
The Diller Woman's Club met at Mrs. Ralph Long's home at 2 PM with a garden theme. Members discussed garden week topics and plant care, with refreshments served by Mrs. Long and Miss Minnie Clausson. The next meeting is April 4 at City Hall.
Mrs. C W Hiatt spoke before the General Aid Society of the Christian church in Fairbury on her travelogue and review of The Tides of Mont St. Michel for the February Booklover's club. Guest Mrs. Cloyd Cully arranged the talk, and later a dinner party honored Cloyd, Mrs Hiatt, and birthday guests Clarence, Robert, and Ruth Ann.
Four mountains in China named holy by Buddhists include Wu Tai Shan in Shansi Omei Shan in Szechuan Chui han Shan in Anhwei and Pu To in the Chusan islands. Temples on Wu Tai Shan date to the first century A D.
A brief biblical reflection notes that the desire to be rich leads to temptation and snares, while emphasizing contentment with material possessions as nothing is brought into the world and nothing can be taken out.
A consecrated woman, raised in affluence, endures deprivation after her husband’s business failure. Rumor says oil may come from her father’s land, yet she fears sudden wealth with bright temptations for her children.
A Presbyterian minister in Houston recounts a tale of a Mexican man baptized by immersion in West Texas. After the baptism he returns for his clothes and is assured they are safe. He answers in Spanish with Si and adds that he wants his pocketbook immersed as well.
Elm Center PTA held a social at the school on March 16 with a St Patrick program. Music and readings featured Mrs R E Hubka Mr and Mrs A L Hubka Gwen Snyder Archie Raney and others including a Blind Badger boxing match between Lyman Finch and Alvin Hitt. Committees for the April 20 meeting are Lyman Finch James Hays and Harry Wells.
Mr and Mrs Eddie Weers hosted a southwest rock club gathering last Friday with 35 attendees. Six rock tables and one Chinese checkers table provided entertainment. Merlyn Lott and Henry Behrends earned high scores for ladies and men respectively. Special guests included Rev Wolff Mr and Mrs Glen Long and Norman Frisbie. A late meal featured chicken sandwiches fruit salad whipped cream cookies and cocoa.
The Fourth District convention of Nebraska Women’s Clubs was held this week at Milford Nebraska. Mrs Scott Miller District President Mrs Clarence Hiatt president and Mrs Glenn Long vice president of the Diller club Mrs L Sickey Mrs O J Mayborn and Miss Alice Specht represented the local club at the convention.
Denny and Denny Attorneys announce probate proceedings in Jefferson County Nebraska for the estate of Ephraim F Oaks deceased. A petition seeks the will’s probate and the appointment of Abbie Belle Oaks as executrix, set for hearing on April 1 1939 at 9:00 A M. County Judge E R Bee signs the notice.
Translated lines attribute the best known English renderings of Homer to Andrew Lang Chapman and others, highlighting prominent translators and editions.
Gaboon vipers and rhinoceros snakes native to West Africa blend with yellow and brown fall hues to remain unseen. Both species are closely related and venomous.
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, defines envy as the imagination running ahead to picture others enjoying better times. He cautions readers that unfounded comparisons fuel discontent and urges focus on personal progress.
The terms describe deficits in writing and reading abilities. Agraphia denotes impaired writing while alexia signifies impaired reading, each reflecting language processing disruption. No additional context is provided.
Sunday School at 10 A M with goal to reduce the 25 member shortfall. Worship service at 11 with sermon on God Spoke. Pastor’s class meets next Saturday morning. Prayer meetings at members’ homes each evening next week except Saturday, starting Sunday evening at the parsonage. You are invited to worship.
Pastor C F Wagner announces Sunday School at 10 A M with the topic The Cost of Our Redemption and a 7 30 P M church service. Parents may request infant baptism on Palm Sunday and others may unite with the church by confession of faith or by letter on April 2 after speaking to the pastor.
Rev L J Wolff pastor Luther League 7 30 p m Wednesday evening Lenten service 7 30 German Communion service 9 30 Sunday School 9 30 C L Hullman superintendent
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