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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1931
Page
5
Fragmented OCR notes mention a scene with Oswald and a broken brake, a dentist in Fairbury Dr Leach, and Moon & Son monuments. References to old wagon days, a possible medicine show, and a large window screen with one mile of wire are included as scattered details.
A Bonham Nebraska theater ad proclaims we use the best materials and offer the lowest price on rice and shoes, promoting Fairbury fair security and value at the corner North.
Diller Farmers Grain Co. offers top market price for fat hogs and buys any day. Get our bid first and sell at home. Andrews, Mar.
A patient recalls being advised to avoid dampness to cure rheumatism and now asks the doctor for permission to take a bath. The doctor affirms the warning and approves the request.
A farmer explains in a humorous tale that a cow without horns is not a cow at all but a horse. The joke hinges on the misidentification and the many reasons cows may lack horns.
The Diller library suffered extensive fire damage with only a few hundred books saved in poor condition. The insurer paid $900 in full as total loss, and the library has secured a new room near Mrs. Dora Wohlfarth's building to reopen, with many new books expected soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Broadstone and Leila, with Clyde Broadstone, were in Omaha for Armistice Day. Little Twila McBride and Grace Catlett, after a week at Mrs. E. J. Catlett’s, returned home to Pawnee City Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Paul Beckwith and family of Omaha spent the weekend at the home of her mother Mrs Jennie Line and with other Diller relatives and friends.
Mr A C Lammel drove from Topeka Kansas for a weekend stay. He was accompanied home by his wife who had spent the prior week with her parents Mr and Mrs A J Hutchinson.
Howard Peters was injured at home stepping on a sharp wood prong that pierced his shoe and foot. He received medical care for potential lockjaw and is improving, soon able to walk without crutches.
An optimistic argument urges lifelong self education through daily reading and study. It cites Lincoln and Andrew Johnson to show that formal schooling is not the only path to achievement, noting modern access to books, magazines, and newsprint enables personal growth for those who pursue it.
George Andrews of St Joe visited Diller Monday and lost a Buick hub cap. W E Mudge attended to business in Beatrice Monday. William Jensen of Sioux City injured himself with blank cartridges in a shooting incident. Cedar class at Congregational church held a waffle supper last Friday and Lucile Sparks joined the class. Clark Riemers body exhumed for reinterment in York Neb after long burial in Prairie Home cemetery. Rev Victor Clark and family welcome a grandson born in Schenectady New York on November 6 1831 now settled at Memorial Homes Penny Farms Florida.
Mr and Mrs Henry Mayborn and daughter from Billings Montana visited Diller relatives for the funeral of Nathaniel Thompson who died the 15th at his son in law and daughter near Ellis. Mayborns will return home later this week. Mr Mayborn is nephew of A Mayborn president of the Diller State Bank.
Riddle style verse about a sequence of letters or clues. Each line hints at a letter in sequence. First relates to speller and tea. Second hints at rivets. Third letter in her. Fourth letter in silver and lead. Whole word answers footwear and a seven pledge in gardens and hedges, yielding tree as the solution.
A teacher improvised a moral lesson to his class asking Willie about a hypothetical act of stopping cruelty to a donkey and the virtue displayed. Willie, in a brief reply, framed the concept as brotherly love.
A century old water mill on the Wolf river near Moscow Tennessee remains active on Saturdays. Owner W.H. Pearce operates it and farmers travel from surrounding areas to grind grain into flour. It stands as one of the few remaining mills of its type in the region.
In Tucson Arizona Alfred A Hudgin Nogales aviator landed in a sorority yard and arranged a date with one girl. Police chief John Dwyer said the stunt was prearranged and fined Hudgin $25 under a city ordinance prohibiting operation of motor vehicles without sufflers. The plane was kept outside city limits.
The Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs Iowa founded in 1882 and serving over 500 children yearly faces a critical funding shortfall. Appeals urge urgent nationwide donations to ensure food shelter and care for homeless children as winter nears and demand rises. Please respond at Thanksgiving with gifts to the Christian Home Orphanage Council Bluffs Iowa.
Stephen Stevenson retiring president of the American Bankers Association reports from his year of travel that US banks show renewed strength and courage. He notes few bankers have fallen short under crisis and expresses pride in bankers meeting the nation’s Great Test with optimism and renewed faith in banking traditions.
A historical note explains mainsprings fail under mysterious fatigue and atmospheric conditions. Scientists seek fatigue laws of steel to solve why springs break. Watch repairers see increased business after storms as balance wheel timing hundreds of millions of ticks yearly, needing annual oiling.
Irma Clara Franzen Eick seeks administration of the estate of Carl E Franzen deceased. Hearing set for November 28 1931 at 9 o clock AM in Jefferson County Court. Notice to interested parties via three weekly issues of the Diller Record. Attys for Estate. E R Bee County Judge.
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