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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1915
Page
8
The brief notes recall a moonless February 1915 and a history of wars since Christ. It then covers a Methodist Sunday school rally with a children’s program, and mentions Miss Tillie Braasch’s Omaha visit plans. Also reported are condolences for Mrs. Kaylor and travel notes of Mr. Nida and the Deputy family.
We thank friends and neighbors for assistance during our wife and mother I. Du Steiner's sickness and passing and for the floral offerings. I. Du Steiner and family.
Governor Morehead designates November 7 as Come to Sunday School Day and aims for 500000 in the state to attend. The State Sunday School association backs the movement with every school in the state likely to participate. Col J R Wright and wife depart for Diller then Powell Wy to visit friends and settle their new home after shipping goods this afternoon.
The oldest native-born Nebraskan is identified as Mrs. F. M. Barnes of Barneston aged 88. She is the daughter of Major Andrew Cripps once linked with the American Fur and Hudsons Bay companies. Also, Diller High School earned four year first class status for 1915-16, per state approval to J. W. Fouts.
Last Friday evening Beulah Bell entertained several friends at a slumber party followed by a three course breakfast honoring Miss Gertrude Diller. Guests included Gertrude Diller Grayce Myers Edythe Wrigley Fern Raymond Pearl Bell Lissie Campbell Marie Stotts and Beulah Bell. A railway official quips that crossing inferior stock with a locomotive is a failed grade crossing analogy.
A Plymouth report in the State Journal notes Jefferson county farmers lead in progressiveness. About twenty local farmers have bought tall engines for plowing and many are connecting them to churn, pump water, and wash clothes. Etrosene replaces gasoline in these machines.
The family expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for assistance during the final illness and after the death of their mother. Appreciation is also given for the beautiful flowers. Signed by Mrs. E. J. Catlett and others.
The Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station released Bulletin 147 summarizing three years of North Platte substation pork production and past bulletins on the topic. The report appears in two editions a brief popular edition mailed to subscribers and a complete edition on request both free to Nebraska residents from the station in Lincoln.
Ttacolumite is a stone found in Brazil with sand grains shaped to interlock like clasped fingers. When cut thin and viewed under a microscope it shows interlocking grains that allow bending. It is also found in North Carolina and has specimens in the Philadelphia collection.
The tale recounts Napoleon losing temper at a meal, rising from his chair and smashing the table. A waiter draws a few symbols on paper, doubling the emperor's check. Napoleon thanks the waiter, then the incident ends with his signature smile.
The piece notes Roger Bacon as England's first great scientist who died in 1294 and suggests his birth year is uncertain. It describes his persecution, imprisonment, and claims of early discoveries such as the camera obscura and gunpowder, while acknowledging much of his work was destroyed. It also mentions his ahead‑of‑time contributions in chemistry, mechanics, and mathematics.
The article explains saving juice from canned fruit to make sauce for puddings or flavoring for tapioca. It suggests balancing sweetness with lemon or sugar, diluting if strong, and thickening with a flour and butter mixture to create a delicious sauce.
Cattle receipts about 9 000 yesterday and 21 500 over two days. Prices steady to higher for western beef and feeders, with good demand from cows, heifers, and stockers. Hogs active with prices 20 to 25 cents higher. top packing hogs cashed at 7.40 and shipping hogs to 8.15. Sheep and lambs totaling 30 000 head with fat lambs steady. top loads at 8.70, feeders around 7.75 to 8.50, ewes and yearlings selling at firm to steady levels.
A brief, humorous exchange on poverty and success. The speaker muses that if fortune ever smiles, many would recall knowing him before wealth, highlighting social contrast and personal irony. The Detroit Free Press quotation captures a wry reflection on upward mobility and recognition.
A farmer recounts Chinese authorities claiming land there has thrived for five millennia and remains productive today. The author argues that long history does not prove farming must exhaust soils, noting two century old U.S. farms still yield richly when managed properly and urges raising the right crops in the right way to preserve soil abundance.
Local Road Improvement urges the community to repair drainage and drag roads for better farming transport. In the matter of Louis P. Raymond deceased, heirs must present claims to the Administratrix at the Jefferson County Court by March 18 1916. Six months to file claims from September 13 1915. deadlines bar further claims after March 12 1916. Notice published in the Diller Record for four weeks. By order of County Judge Louis Nu tzman.
A Pearsons Weekly reflection notes how a simple act like sharpening a pencil can reveal a child’s future character. Observant teachers and parents can detect care, economy, artistry, impulsiveness, and destructiveness in small behaviors.
The excerpt asserts there is no calm medium in a seventeen year old girl's vocabulary and dismisses imperfect rows as odious according to the American Magazine. It reflects a provocative stance on language and behavior.
A terse maxim warns against acting on matters that do not involve you. The phrase implies restraint and personal boundary setting to avoid unnecessary involvement or risk. It stresses prudence and discretion in everyday decisions.
In Jefferson County Nebraska the county court in Fairbury fixes October 25 1915 at 1 PM for hearing the petition of Alfred Mayborn Executor for final settlement and discharge from trust in the estate of Albert C Wood deceased. Notice to interested parties via publication in The Diller Record for three weeks prior to hearing. Louis J Nutzman County Judge.
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