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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1931
Page
5
Fragmentary text references a match that could set the world aglow and questions about Cupid striking the event. Details are missing to confirm names, places, or contexts.
Mildred Mayborn seeks inquiries for piano lessons at home this summer and offers a phone contact 139 205. Elmer Meyer advertises chinchilla rabbits for sale with phone 124 45, and Moon & Son monument makers promote quality monuments in Fairbury Nebraska.
Item listed by Paul Kuper mentions a Dempster overshot stacker and two hay sweeps for sale.
E. E. Hill offers Ponderosa and other tomato plants priced at 9c per dozen, a bargain noted in the advertisement.
Paul Stark of Diller Farmers Grain Co announces weekly hog purchases every Thursday at the Diller market offering top prices for hogs. He invites all hog producers to bring stock for sale.
Beatrice seller advertises Pal Pinto Crazy Crystals one half pound box for $1.50 with 15 gallon quantities available. Thousands of people get well. Purchase at Farmers store.
Fragmentary text mentions Susan Simpson and Stephen with unclear dialogue. Mixed phrases suggest a literary or dramatic snippet with names and fleeting actions but lacks coherent narrative or event details. Further readable content is needed for a reliable summary.
Mr. Paul Stange has been sick for several days. Mrs. Leo Jressen and daughter Joyce recover from flu. Mrs. Howard Peters improves after a relapse. Miss Rachael Albright, Diller high school teacher, will attend a summer school in Kearney on Sunday. Adam expressed fear of nakedness to the lord. his daughters seem not to share it.
Will Pringle of Harbine area reports his brooder house burned down Monday morning, destroying three hundred chicks. No injuries reported. Fire crews investigated the scene for cause.
The Thompson elevator and two Burlington box cars were set ablaze Wednesday night. Officials suspect lightning caused the fire, with the structure and rail cars consumed by flames.
The Wymore boosters with their band stopped in Diller for a short time Monday. Eighteen car loads joined a friendly gathering as they traveled through town.
Readable text notes pasture stock protection by grounding fence lines with rods to maintain moisture. It describes a cheap measure against lightning and suggests practical steps for farm safety.
Mr and Mrs C C Andrews and son Wells of Steele City and Mrs Floyd Moon of Seana bd Springs Colo were Sunday dinner guests at Rupert Andrews home with family.
Two men from Chicago connected to an $800,000 robbery of the Lincoln Nationals are held in the penitentiary and scheduled for arraignment today. They were transferred from Chicago on a heavily guarded Burlington special Tuesday.
Earl Slocum, 35, of Ea Dicott died Tuesday morning after several weeks illness. Survived by husband and others. Funeral arrangements forthcoming.
Fragmentary note describes a planned trip to Lineot on Wednesday with unclear details and references. No clear names or events are readable.
In a brief note a reader reports a new 1981 Chevrolet Delase was delivered as part of a local celebration. The incident highlights community interest in retrofitted vehicles and local car ownership trends.
Bonnie Green travels to Lincoln with her sister Nellie for several weeks of visiting relatives and friends.
John W Miller of Lincoln spent a day or two in Diller this week attending to business and visiting relatives and old friends.
Mrs. Chas Gehrt age 40 died Monday at her home three miles west and four south of Diller. Survived by her husband and two sons.
Allen Bridwell, whose residence in Steele City burned about a week ago, has purchased from Frank Lowe another residence about a block north of their old home place.
Mrs C C Andrews of Steele City and her daughter Mrs Floyd Moon of Steamboat Springs were involved in a fatal Wednesday night incident. Local authorities investigated the circumstances surrounding the event.
Mr and Mrs J H Emerson Mr and Mrs E W Harris and daughter and Mr and Mrs Frank Robison ded the funeral at Wymore Thursday of their sister in law Mrs Earl Slocum.
Mrs. Herman Drugg men of Johnson and Mrs. W Hewitt of Dunbar, sisters in law, with Mrs Ilda Casps and their husbands, motored in Saturday afternoon and visited with her family until Sunday evening.
The state land commissioner announces that the ator pedi incom by ele tors will be taken between 8 a.m. and 5 a.m. daily with exceptions. On Saturdays the tower opens until noon.
Hayden coal and Crested Butte lump coal advertised for this week. R Andrews promotes cheap good quality coal. Mentions John Greider seen on the street in a wheelchair with a broken leg from an accident.
The readable fragment mentions heavy rain and moisture in the ground affecting the area. No further specifics or identifiers are available in the text.
Fragmentary text notes a dollar bill's short life span of seven or eight months and references a town small scene with jargon and incomplete phrases. It hints at a local anecdote or anecdotal remark without clear names or events.
The fragment mentions brushing teeth, a doctor’s examination, sleeping with windows open, a diet with plenty, tonsil removal, and sewer-related wear. It hints at hours slept, drinking, and countless habits, but the text is incomplete and scattered.
A fragment references Mr and rang His Men A Cat and Groves linked to Neal Diller's Chicago cad Adelta Hays Lincoln. The text lists individuals and places but lacks a clear event or outcome.
The Diller Commercial Club road committee held a conference with county commissioner Geo. van at Steele to discuss improving a road. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
Mr and Mrs Isaac Saylor and Mrs Harrold with Velma and a friend from Carleton Nebraska visited in the Saylor home at Diller. They shared a lunch and later a dinner with Mr and Mrs Joseph Albright and daughter, all joining for a fine angel food cake and a meal.
A stray reminiscence recalls Thomas Edison working as a train butcher and seller of candy, rust, and papers between Chicago Detroit and Grass Lake Kalamazoo and Port Huron. A patron recounts meeting Edison in Grass Lake and Kalamazoo before he hopped trains between Detroit and Chicago.
A Bethel district school event included ice cream and cake after a one o clock program. Some disputes occurred among girls but guests enjoyed the gathering. Mrs Saylor and family attended, along with Erma Ramish and others. Mrs William Hinds was elected for the next school year.
A witness describes a head on crash involving a bad heading toward a crossing. The attorney questions if the observer saw Wesker down the track as another figure approached at high speed. The exchange reveals confusion and a mumbled self reflection about running on rails.
A fragment discusses the origin of the term Dixie and how the South acquired the nickname. It notes ambiguity in its roots and mentions New York as a source of the term’s spread, reflecting a casual, incomplete manuscript snippet.
Between your ears average human intellect defines weight and measures worth. The text emphasizes that mental fellowship shapes character more than physical size or strength, noting how what happens in the mind determines weight, height, and girth.
The population of Oxford is about 57 000. There are 22 colleges each a separate corporation: University Balliol Merton Exeter Oriel Queens New College Lincoln All Souls Magdalen Brasenose Corpus Christi Christ Church Trinity St John s Jesus Wadham Pembroke Worcester Mansfield Hertford and Keble.
A small fire on a golf course fairway was blamed on a cigarette. Investigators or witnesses cited careless smoking as the ignition source and firefighters responded to the incident. No injuries reported.
A brief reflective quote from Ameritas Magazine about how people often assume they hold all truth when a small fragment is found. It notes the danger of overclaiming certainty and the fixation on one truth among many.
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