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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1939
Page
4
The week opened with Lincoln noted to have only measles cases. Mayor John torn overalls is mentioned in rumor. Harry Allen faced a $75 repair after walk in refrigerator coils burst at his store. Black Brothers elevator shelled late last week yielding 1670 bushels of rice corn with only a few apopfes.
Contractors place Te rails on both sides of the Boulder dam south of Indian Creek bridge. Drivers expect smoother passage once mud conditions improve with the rails in place.
The Record notes that Diller high school athletes kept thirty two of fifty two gold leaf ribbon penants from last Friday's track meet.
Speculation surrounds Ringling Brothers as reports recall a funding shortfall that paused operations last year, sending the circus back to winter quarters and delaying tours until this spring, with questions over payroll and reorganization.
George and John Rahman rode out in a Ford last Saturday aiming for Omaha for the Union Pacific celebration. They said the trip was a good time and what they missed in the big city proved not consequential.
Commissioners start trucks hauling gravel on a mile of road linking No. 103 and the Gage county rock road to ease mud travel for residents toward Diller. This work provides better access for Gage county folks during wet conditions.
Herman Sasse enters the office with a jar of spring hatch grasshoppers captured in his pasture west of Diller. The insects are large enough for fishing bait and capable of harming local vegetation.
The Rock Island railroad will move about thirty five round house and other employees from Fairbury soon. The note warns against repeating Wymore’s fate, once a lively Burlington division point, with Hanover also tied to railroad money fueling local prosperity.
Young Patrick Stanocheck of Odell, son of Mr and Mrs Wm Stanocheck, faces trouble for writing checks against his mother. The county reports a check writing mania among local youth with parents often settling accounts before law steps in. Several other young men are said to be guilty of the pad check habit in these parts.
The Clark circus hit bad weather and weak patronage prompting debts in Junction City Kansas.Residents and officials critiqued poor advertising while locals teased the failed show with humor and disappointment as confusion over dates lingered.
In a letter to the editor Jo Serra calls for a youth campaign to reach troubled young men. He proposes research into their values and blood in their arteries, condemns behavior where men let women take control, and suggests firm guidance or even a swift kick to reform.
Maynard Schwarzenbach visits Beatrice for his work with the Care More Ice Cream Company. His wife and baby reside at the home of her sister Mrs tarry Allen and family.
Mayor Homer S Yeakle proclaims May 11 as Railroad Day in Fairbury to honor long serving railroad workers during a screening of Union Pacific at Bonham Theatre. Plans include awards for the oldest railroad hands and related ceremonies, with local merchants supporting the event. A separate note recounts a pie purchase incident ending in a five dollar fine and a one dollar return to the ladies.
In a letter to Mr Cavett Reverend L Wolff describes completing advanced theology study at Northwestern Lutheran Seminary Minneapolis. He earned the Master of Sacred Theology after a 20000 word thesis and a Salem Church graduation. He aims to deepen knowledge and plans to return home May 7 for services.
A man obsessed with a grievance asks a doctor if care can cure all ills. The doctor replies with wit that one thing cannot be cured by cursing, and that item is a grievance. The exchange appears in Christian Herald.
Rural Electrification will provide electric current to the Line farm area as locals, led by residents near the cemetery, prepare for service. Joe Nippert owns a black pole beside his house on the Line farm across the road from the cemetery, a notable landmark in the setup.
Those with perfect attendance for April were Dale and Darrel Stahl Verneal Fasse Doris Wolken Harold Jones and Eldon Fanders. Normal Trainers Mildred Krebs and Virgina Norton assisted. Reuben Fanders gave an insect collection lecture on April 21. Knights of the Blue and White elected Eldon Fanders president Doris Wolken vice president Harold Jones secretary Wilmer Doerksen cheer leader and Dale Stahl song leader. Seventh and eighth graders were pleased with exam grades and hope to improve. Visitors Anna Mae Kenning and Milton Thomas attended last week.
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