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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1921
Page
5
A mixed readable fragment includes a Valentine style plea to speak up at graves, classified short notices for White Wyandotte cockerels and a 240 lb Chester White pig for sale, local Sherman Lincoln area social notes, Tanlac ads, and Nebraska corn market observations with questions about livestock and meat sales.
Several young men debate preferred Bible versions at an Exchange gathering. One speaker favors his mother's version, praising daily acts of love, kindness, and patience as its living translation.
Agent Filley promotes a nationwide November packing month to improve package condition. Railroads seek fewer claims by proper marketing and careful packing, aiming to reduce daily submissions and benefit all parties.
For Sale 40 ft steel wind mill tower by Ben F Henrichs. Diller schools observe Armistice Day with half holiday. Big Type Duroc Jersey bears for sale priced right. Everything immuned by S F Clark. Dr Diehl reports birth of 82 pound daughter to Mr and Mrs Henry Siebelts last Friday. Residents urged to maintain company manners during disarmament conference. Mrs J B Wright and daughter Mrs Roy Hagerman of Powell Wyoming visiting relatives at Diller and Odell.
At the Omaha Gipsy Smith religious meetings a family of father mother and 19 children went forward for prayers. The scene highlighted the revival gathered attendance and spiritual appeal of the event in Omaha.
The advertisement notes that Tanlac has broken all world records with over twenty million bottles sold since market introduction six years ago, as promoted by Shutt's Drug Store.
Assistant Attorney General Charles S. Reed states in an official opinion, requested by State Superintendent John M. Matzen, that persons without children and without property taxes cannot vote in school elections, regardless of age or twenty days residency in the district.
Neighbors held a quiet evening gathering for Mr and Mrs Mike Mitchell and their young daughter. Music games and lunch filled the night as friends said goodbye before the family departs for Beatrice next week. Nebraska’s prohibitory laws ban physicians from prescribing alcoholic beverages for medical use and no such federal permit exists locally.
The article explains that on farm butchering is a marketing system for livestock and stresses meat perishability. It notes losses from improper handling and outlines Nebraska Extension Bulletin 52 which presents a 52 page guide with 47 illustrations detailing slaughtering cutting curing and keeping meat on the farm.
Beatrice educator Mies Pearl Bell visited home folks over the weekend. An old humorous verse on man describes human behavior and fears, noting variations in color and a humorous line about blue versions during dull business periods.
The Nebraska legislature established eleven holidays including New Year’s Day January 1 and Armistice Day November 11. Other dates include Washington’s Birthday February 22 Memorial Day May 30 Independence Day July 4 Labor Day first Monday in September Columbus Day October 12 and Christmas Day December 25. The governor or president may designate a day of thanksgiving.
Harry Ralph Gardner of Kansas City died November 5, 1921, at age 36. He was born in Belmont New York and lived in Fostoria Ohio and Diller Nebraska before moving to Kansas City in 1916 with his wife Sarah Bixby Gretzinger Gardner and their son Ralph Fred Gardner. Survived by wife, son, brother Fred C. Gardner of Detroit and sisters Isabel Logan and Rose Gardner. Funeral by Rev. Knauer at John Gretzinger home in Diller with burial at Prairie Home Cemetery Diller Nebraska.
Family of Harry R. Gardner thanks friends and relatives in Diller and nearby for help and sympathy during illness and death. Mrs H R Gardner and family.
Archaeologists at the Baltimore Young Men’s Christian Association camp on Rehoboth Beach Delaware uncovered an old Indian burying ground with well preserved skeletons. The find on a hilltop revealed a cross section of a grave, teeth, a metal piece etched with a bear, tomahawks and spear heads, suggesting a battle site and burial ground for young men believed buried after rioting. Hundreds visit the cliff now guarded to prevent souvenir theft.
A Kerr Line ship plows into a large iceberg, ice and rock weighing around 100 tons crash onto the deck. A polar bear is jolted from its iceberg bed and lands on the deck before leaping into the sea, with the vessel continuing its course.
A Chicago American article traces how tennis emerged from ancient Greek and Roman ball games to European spread. It explains the French cry Tenez and the linguistic path to tennis, and notes the English term rackets derived from the Arabic rahat.
Jud Tunkin asserts life would be pleasant if human nature could forget resentments as readily as obligations, reflecting on forgetfulness and personal conduct.
The largest known insect, now extinct, boasted a two foot wingspan, dwarfing modern species and signaling dramatic prehistoric air dominance.
A fifteen year old boy, Charlies N. Roberts of Butte Montana, hanged himself in his room using a transom after attempting to learn lessons. Authorities report no other immediate suspects or factors.
Paris journal reports a Strassburg committee forms to erect a monument to Close the cook of Marshal de Contades in memory of the pate de foie gras and truffles which fed the city, earning 20 million francs yearly before the war.
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