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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1937
Page
5
Market notes show Corn Oats and assorted fowl items with prices for hens Leghorn roosters and springs. Entries include weights from 4 to 5 pounds and 5 pounds, with per pound rates listed amid fragmented OCR text.
Large geese offered for sale at 1.40 each. Contact Mrs. John Sedlacek or John Steiner of Black Bros. Elevator for purchase. Includes notes on feeding molasses and cattle feed options such as cotton seed cake. Location referenced as Mer. area.
Jefferson County notice seeks a man with a car to investigate a writing investment proposition offered by S F Baker & Co of Keokuk Iowa. It notes weather and roads are good for delivering wood on subscription while warning wagons muddy yard access when ground is wet.
Advertisement for 100 percent wailess air cushioned health shoes by Lloyd Hurst in Diller. Chiropodist prices range from $10 to $12, but the offer is $6.95 with a guarantee of relief.
Oklahoma blue flame coal promoted by exclusive dealer Roy Geer claims high BTU output with minimal soot ash and no clinker. Suitable for furnace heater and cook stove, advertised at eight dollars per ton. phone 158:02 for orders.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams. Positions include Draftsman and chief draftsman with 1620 to 2600 dollars yearly, associate entomologist taxonomy at 3200 dollars, junior scientific aid fossils 1440 dollars, senior steward 2600 dollars, junior steward 2300 dollars, and senior cook 2000 dollars. Full details from the U S Civil Service Commission Washington DC.
Local residents share weekend visits travel and family news. Mr S C Hutchison spent time with son Harold in Omaha with Mrs Cora Colman visiting relatives in Lincoln. Mrs Anderson and Mrs Bertha Abbott from Beatrice visited the Diller Woman's Club on Wednesday.
Bud Ziebig of Kanardo Kansas visited last Sunday and stayed at Dr. Ellis's home. He is the grandson of Louis Lohr, a local farmer, and is visiting relatives in the area.
Mrs Vera Ball and three children arrived by train last Friday from Henry Nebraska to visit her mother Mrs Mary Green and numerous relatives and friends in Diller.
Mr and Mrs Francis Clark and daughter Connie Mae drove to Omaha last Saturday night after closing to visit relatives and finish buying Christmas goods for their store at this place.
Mr and Mrs Henry Ahrends of Fairbury Mr and Mrs Martin Fanders and Mr and Mrs Fred Diekhoff of Beatrice were among guests from outside the city who attended the Luther League play Wednesday evening.
Mr and Mrs John Gretzinger of Kansas City arrived Wednesday to spend a few days with his brother Adam Gretzinger and family at Steele City and with his nephew Reuben Gretzinger near Diller.
Mr and Mrs C M Windsor and family arrived last Monday from Minneapolis Minnesota for a few days visit with relatives as friends at this place. Mrs Windsor is the daughter of Mrs Harriet Barton.
The editor and wife visited the Congregational annex last Saturday, paying 30 cents each for a full dinner. The menu included chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetables, gravy, salads, rolls, jellies, fruit, cake, and coffee with refills. The writer notes the price was fair and jokes about cafe prices and social aspects.
The Beatrice Activities Association contracts the Ted Shawn Dancers, eight trained men billed as America’s greatest all male dance troupe. They have performed in 300 cities across 46 states plus England Canada and Cuba. The program at Beatrice Junior High Auditorium offers reserved seats at 1.50 and 1.00.
The term brother in law is restricted by many authorities to mean the brother of one’s husband or wife or the husband of one’s sister. Benjamin Hardin Helm, married to Mary Todd’s sister, was not Lincoln’s brother in law but was Mrs. Lincoln’s brother in law. Popular usage ignores this restriction and broadens the meaning to include the husband of one’s wife or husband’s sister.
Dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nippert Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. King and family from Qdell, Mr. Wm Malchow and family of Bills, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Worent (Viola King) and little son of Beatrice, Mr. Searing, auctioneer from abroad, Miss Arlene Sehnelle of near Harbine, and Max Hall of Diller. A nice time was reported.
Core drills provide mining engineers with a detailed view of subsurface conditions beneath a site by extracting continuous rock cores for analysis and mapping formations, structures, and mineral potential.
The Congregational Church invites the public to a missionary praise service next Sunday at 7 PM. Mrs. S Miller and Mrs. L Sinkey lead. Assembly Church Orchestra, devotional readings, violin and piano pieces, a child’s Thanksgiving story, a ladies quartet, and the play Aunt Fannie’s Miracle will be performed. A special missionary collection will be taken.
The notice adjusts Sunday services to 10 45 AM due to the pastor preaching at Lanham at 9 30 AM. Visitors are invited to tour congregation homes Sunday afternoon. A Thanksgiving morning service at 10 AM precedes a meal. The Ladies Aid sponsors a Food Sale at the Farmer's Store on Saturday November 20.
C F Wagner pastor and Mrs Ray Lamb superintendent announce S S Board meeting Friday at 7 30 at Mrs D V Fanders home. All teachers urged to attend. Sunday School at 10 with topic The Need for Christian Workers. Thanksgiving service at 11 with sermon Our Thanksgiving Day. Bazaar set for December 4 with further details to come.
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