Seed corn testing urged amid March bluster
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1931
Page
5
A blustery March day prompts readers to test seed corn. The Record offers subscriptions for all newspapers and magazines at its office.
A local advertisement notes F. A. Moon and Son in Fairbury Nebraska offers quality monuments at seasonable prices. The snippet also includes a social comment about people who think the world owes them a living facing tighter collections.
General trucking and livestock specialty listed by Art Kunecke of 138 Diller. An offer to paint and paper at reduced price by Rolf Beckman, phone 4. Mention of hog house construction by C J Saathoff on Charley Brandt farm where Henry Saathoff resides.
An Arkansas newspaper reports a woman was injured when she fell out of a buggy. The incident is described as a personal injury event with details limited to the fall and resulting harm.
Eldred Carpenter leaves to tend his father’s farm while his parents travel. J. H. Emerson moves into the Christian car property vacated. T. H. Waggoner, Burlington section foreman’s brother, visited last week and returned to Johnson Nebraska. He is a retired railroad man now drawing a pension.
If you have tried to wear false teeth without success do not think you cannot wear them Consult Dr Leach dentist Golden Rule Building Fairbury for guidance.
An advertisement promises spring sale in the Record as farmers report oats sowing underway. Beatrice resident Henry Polfus spent Sunday with Paul Renz and family. Lincoln visitors included Geo Renz and Henry Weimers. Flu illness confines Mrs. Paul Stange and Mrs. Sarah Warman to bed. Related funeral attendances noted for Auburn and Fairbury.
Gerd Henrichs shipped twelve head of cattle to the St. Joseph market on Tuesday with the Diller Farmers Shipping Association. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Snyder visited Sunday with their son in law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sandman, of near Harbine.
Mrs. Henry Frisbie as president elect and Mrs. S A Miller as delegates from their local club attended the 4th District convention of the Woman's clubs in Seward. They found the gathering very enjoyable and profitable.
The 7th annual conference of the 1st Dist Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers will be held at Fairbury on April 4 in the Presbyterian church. Dist No 1 includes thirteen counties and about three hundred associations. All parents and teachers are invited.
The writer credits Sheriff Foster Helvey for strong leadership after the Daykin Bank robbery. Two bandits were jailed within two weeks and a third is expected to be captured soon. Robbers from the Powell store are also jailed, attributed to Helvey's persistence. The note expresses hope his name deters crime in the county.
Citizens asked Rep. Frank S. Wells about rumors of abolishing traveling libraries. Wells replies the Library will not be abolished but may transfer to the University of Nebraska to avoid duplication and save taxpayers money.
Mr Karl Wagner of Concordia Kansas and Miss Helen Wagner of Peru Nebraska visit their sister Mrs C L Geer and attend G G Wagner’s funeral in Fairbury. George and Mrs Riddle travel to Lincoln for the golden wedding of Berry and Berry Lobb. Diller public library, damaged by fire, to reopen next Wednesday after re decoration and repairs funded by insurance.
Henry Frisbie operates his confectionery in the S. C. Hutchinson building two doors north of the hotel. His old restaurant stand in the R. W. Green building was damaged by fire and is being fixed up, with occupancy likely next week for Hank's Cafe to reopen.
The 1930 world travel bill totaled about 7.5 billion dollars with two thirds sent by Americans at home and abroad and returning to the shores. Americans spent nearly 325 million entering Canada in over 5 million autos and more than 300,000 went abroad. Domestic travel spending fell due to shorter tours and lower per capita costs.
Mr and Mrs Wilmers hosted the N B C at their home on March 20. Henry Saathoff won the high prize Floyd Girtz took the consolation. A lunch followed. Next meeting planned for March 27 at the Saathoffs with four young men entertaining. The group hopes the newlyweds attend.
The N R C gathered March 14 at Mr and Mrs Leonard Richardson home for a surprise birthday eve with rock games and a dainty lunch. On March 20 Mrs Henry Frisbie and Mrs Herman Albers hosted at the Frisbie home despite muddy roads and illness, with Marguerite Hicken winning first, M Albers second, and Grone consolation. lunch followed and all departed noting a pleasant evening.
A San Francisco man has married three grass widows. He is likely a vegetarian. The of the era notes a cook who can handle new can openers. At year end 48 991 Union veterans received federal pensions.
A Kansas motion picture theater installed scales at the box office and announced that all women weighing 160 pounds or more would be admitted free. The stunt drew about 21 tons of women to the screening, enjoying the free entry.
A twelve year old Brooklyn orphan, stealing a cod basket to feed siblings, is spared punishment after a judge declares the crime born of hunger. The judge offers light sentence and later care, as an angel witnesses this mercy toward a child in distress.
In Indianapolis eighteen men moved an eight story building fifty feet without disturbing workers. A St Louis policeman arrested five men gambling on license plate numbers after spotting them watching motor cars.
A Salina Journal clipping decries dead beats who avoid debts and civic duties. It condemns swindlers and high society shirkers alike, calling for garnishment and public shaming from New Year to Christmas.
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