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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1921
Page
3
A reflective poem on the ideal of the home with lines about wives children and a peaceful life. It ends noting Mr and Mrs D V Fanders made a business trip to Fairbury yesterday.
In Filley last Sunday the Diller ball team was shut out by Filley 2 to 0 with Filley collecting five hits to Diller's two. Dr and Mrs Albert Steffen of Scottsbluff Nebr visited relatives in Diller this week along with his parents Mr and Mrs F W Steffen.
Mr and Mrs Ed Wrigley announce they are moving back from California and will resume correspondence at 1720 Sumner Street Lincoln Nebraska beginning today.
Edwin Kielsmeier of Milwaukee a former Diller youth visited from Saturday to Wednesday with his aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs August Engelman. He is a chemist who has worked about four years for a dye company and is now on vacation. He reports his parents in good health especially his father who had rheumatism when they lived here.
The Fairbury News notes Mr Townley, a convicted disloyalty and sedition offender, visited the city last Saturday night and demanded access to the county courthouse. It recalls that Minnesota Supreme Court upheld lower courts and that Townley was out on bond awaiting sentence, implying potential public criticism for granting access.
Slight hopes are entertained for the recovery of Wm. A. Wolfe, a Beatrice banker, who is ill with pneumonia. H. K. Shutt offers painting or paper hanging services. Grand Island Business College advertises courses and tuition refunds. Mrs. Joel Adams of Graham county Kan. visits in Lincoln before taking her mother home. Aura Zook visits Nebraska City relatives before returning to Evergreen, Col.
Carrol Diller and Harold Hutchinson drove down Wednesday morning in Hutchinsons Henry. After spending a few hours with Diller, relatives returned on No. 16 to Lincoln where they are attending the state university.
Mrs Sophia Mathias receives official word that her son Oscar, who served with American troops and died of pneumonia in a Toul hospital, is expected to arrive in Hoboken New York on May 21. Arrangements are made for a military burial upon arrival at Diller.
Ex Sheriff John Schick of Gage county who pled guilty to violating liquor laws surrendered Saturday to a deputy U S Marshal in Lincoln. He will serve fifteen days in Lancaster county jail and pay a $100 fine. He reportedly said he would take his medicine.
Henry Lehmeyer, a former Diller area resident, celebrated his 72nd birthday at the home of his son Fred Lohmeyer in New Sweden. About forty friends gathered for a dinner, cake, music, and games, with guests traveling from nearby Idaho locales to attend the event.
The Nebraska supreme court ruled the Masonic order is not a religious or charitable body under the state constitution and thus not tax exempt. Regional visits included Rhve and Sowerett Green from Lincoln and Daniel and Esther Innis from Wesleyan University staying with Beatrice parents. A ten car Burlington Pullman special carrying Omaha boosters will reach Diller at 7:30 a.m. next Tuesday for a brief thirty five minute stop.
Buffalo statues, symbolizing early Nebraska plains scenes, will crown the central tower of the new capitol building. The capitol commission approved plans to place them atop the tower and to replace the square door with an imposing arched north entrance.
The county Sunday school convention scheduled for Plymouth on Saturday May 21 is moved to Fairbury due to smallpox. Delegates will meet at the Fairbury Presbyterian church with a fellowship meal in the basement. the program remains unchanged.
A Nebraska manufacturing firm with 100000 authorized capital is forming to market a device by S. J. Franklin that pulverizes Russian thistles, straw and farm refuse with a dash of petroleum into chunks the size of stove wood. The automatic machine aims to produce a cheap coal substitute for a few dollars a ton and should appear on the market soon.
The Beat Sunday Sun described a brilliant Aurora Borealis over southern Nebraska seen by many in Diller. The spectacle appeared before midnight with green streamers rising from the north, then intensified toward 11:30 and peaked around midnight with green, orange and crimson hues spanning the northern sky.
Prices reflect regular manufacturer authorized rates not closeouts. Stock is fresh and guaranteed for 6000 miles. We adjust pricing to save you trouble, so few changes are needed on the lines we carry.
An upcoming column by Tommy Milton will present a guide on cleaning radiators. Readers can look for practical steps and tips in the next issue.
A vivid northern night sky show unfolds with saffron and green ribbons across the eastern horizon. As the display peaks a dark veil spreads, revealing the moon and stars through mistlike color waves arcing over the zenith.
A young woman asks for a nickel's worth of cheese at a grocery meat counter. The butcher doubts she will get any cheese for a nickel, but she insists it is for a mouse trap, making a sharp, humorous exchange in the New York Evening Post.
The article clarifies that the blindworm is not actually blind nor a worm but a reptile of the lizard family. It explains common misnaming and offers details on its biology and classification.
English traveler John Josselyn describes the cranberry or bear berry as a small trailing plant growing in salt marshes overgrown with moss. He notes that Indians and English boil them with sugar for sauce to eat with meat, illustrating early use in New England.
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