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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1921
Page
5
Want ads mention Next Thursday as Thanksgiving Day and listing White Wyandotte cockerels for sale by Mrs E E Weigel. Shutt s Drug Store promotes Tanlac with medical assertive claims. Also reports the birth of an eight pound boy to Mr and Mrs Albert Sasse Falena Lottman on Nov 17.
Henry Duensing Jr of Odell Nebr hosts a Sunday shooting match for turkeys geese and ducks. Weather in Nebraska in November praised as finest. Mrs John Wabruska dies quietly at about 80 at her daughter Mrs Frank Hubka’s home east of Diller.
Mayor and Mrs. H. K. Shutt and Mr. and Mrs. Will Henrichs drove to the Gage county capital for a combined business and pleasure trip on Wednesday. Beatrice residents Mr. and Mrs. Allen Puterbaugh and daughter Mildred visited Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Highland, along with Mrs. Milton Pathast and three children.
Edward Hughes Sr a pioneer settler of Jefferson county died Monday at his farm near Jansen where he had lived more than fifty years He was 77 and survived by four children
Albert Leaper was gravely ill with heart trouble a week ago and feared unlikely to recover. The doctor pulled him through but he has not left bed and will likely be confined to the house all winter, with his children summoned in alarm.
The notice explains higher energy costs in fall and winter due to earlier darkness. It contrasts shorter days with extended evening lighting and longer morning usage, noting roughly two thirds more darkness per day in colder seasons leading to larger bills.
President Harding formally proclaims peace between the United States and Germany on Monday. The item notes social visits as Frank T. Pearce and his wife dine with foster mother Mrs Hanna Morris in Fairbury on Tuesday.
Miss Warthen the nurse who cared for Mrs F D Carr was released Wednesday and will visit friends in Diller and Steele City before returning home to Beatrice. Amos Cummins quips that news is when a dog bites a man and not the other way around. O H Mahaffy of Nashville says Tanluc has helped him gain 40 pounds and feel stronger after twenty five years. Shutt's Drug Store.
The Evening State Journal offers a yearly rate of 3.50 or 5.00 with Sunday. The sale proclaims the Journal as the biggest bargain in Nebraska and directs readers to subscribe at the Record office.
The Freuhling property in Diller failed to sell at last Saturday's public auction due to no bidders. Auctioneer Col. Henry Eden said the property remains for sale.
A meeting was postponed due to a date conflict with a lecture. It was held Tuesday evening with an interesting program and plans announced for a membership drive. further notice appears elsewhere.
Nebraska residents are urged by Governor Samuel R McKelvie to enroll in the American Red Cross membership drive. The program, opened on Armistice Day, runs through Thanksgiving, giving momentum to the Roll Call effort.
The piece urges members to attend meetings and share the workload rather than complain that a few run things. It argues the work of organizations depends on willing volunteers who shoulder responsibilities and help keep groups alive in Diller and similar towns.
County superintendent Miss Eva Shuman visited Diller schools Tuesday escorted from Fairbury by Mrs Diehl who visited at Dr O C Diehls home. Miss Vera Green traveled to Atchison Kansas on Wednesday to reach a sick friend. Mrs Russell Campbell suffers typhoid at her parents home near Harbine with nurse Cornelus from Fairbury tending her.
Fred A. Horn, a Loom banker, claims to have rediscovered the long lost Stradivarius varnish process. He builds violins in his shop after hours, testing slabs that speak to him, and says his instruments rival modern fine fiddles in sound and beauty though he will not reveal his method.
Dr. Leo H. Baekeland argues in New York that photosynthesis powered by sunlight drives the formation of sugars, starch, and cellulose, and that fossil fuels are stored light energy from ancient plant and animal life. He foresees a new era of chemistry once artificial sugar production via sunlight is mastered.
The excerpt laments the lack of progress in utilizing solar energy for electrical storage and solar chemistry. It argues for plant‑like methods using large exposed surfaces, dilute solutions, rapid product separation, and narrow temperature ranges to mimic nature and avoid harsh synthesis.
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