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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1931
Page
5
A collage of small town notices covers sales pitches from Electric Shoe Shop and Moon & Son, dental and painting ads, a neighborly editor note on paper subscriptions, and a rally day at Congregational church. Obituary notes for D.S. Partlow of Steele City, long resident of York, conclude the roundup.
A distressed speaker vents about legal troubles over property and laments the death of her husband, expressing years of hardship and desire for relief.
Farmers Grain Co advertises daily hog purchases offering the highest market price and ready pickup. Mgr Andrew TeoR.e Ant Drews is listed, inviting hog producers to bring hogs for immediate bids.
A local girl recounts a curious birthday penalty joke exchanged with a boy. She recalls the fading moment when she says the gift cannot be shown, prompting the friend to guess it is something to eat.
A $50 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for stealing articles from the Nebraska farm shop. The notice mentions past thefts and future protection, noting one article and three gallons of white paint. Names Corda and Orval Wiemers appear as owners identified.
At the annual meeting in Hastings on Wednesday the Nebraska Good Roads association urged more road construction funded by either a one cent raise in the state gasoline tax or bonds. It called for circulation of an initiative petition for a vote at the next election on the bond plan, opposed diverting highway funds, commended the highway department for efficiency and economy, and approved the state gasoline tax.
The Odell Oracle reports slow progress on graveling Highway 68 hindered by a faulty gravel pump at Steele City and a truck shortage. About five miles were completed by Sunday night, with twelve miles total to be finished from the west end, the pump sited near the river half a mile south of Steele City.
Rev. Iva M. Innis former pastor of Diller M E church was elected president of the State Woman’s Christian Temperance Union succeeding Mrs. Clara Clayton who led for seven years. Innis the first Nebraska woman ordained in the Methodist church has preached fourteen years and has long been active in temperance work as organizer and leader.
Nebraska enters the Union as the 37th state. Local residents and visitors from Steele City Diller Endicott and Fairbury traveled for business and family visits. The Diller area saw pheasant hunting with several nimrods out early. Mrs Windsor of Columbia Missouri visits Diller relatives. Bank president A Mayborn and family return from Shenandoah with LR Mayborn and wife Beatrice.
A light local item notes twins christened with the names Steak and Kidney caused by a clergyman's question. The father suggested Steak and Kidney, the mother corrected with Kate, and Sidney. Meanwhile pheasant hunting parties thrive with wary birds brought in by local sportsmen and several pheasant dinner parties shared among guests.
Mrs. Charles Pierce aged 58 wife of the Paris Cloak and Suit Co proprietor of Fairbury was killed in an automobile accident northeast of Tobias Friday. She reportedly jumped from the car after it struck gravel and overturned in a ditch. she died at a Tobias physician's office while alone in the vehicle. Funeral held Sunday in Geneva where the family resided.
The article explains Chinese surnames come first and are capitalized when written in English. Hyphenated given names keep only the first part capitalized. For two-name forms with no hyphen, both parts are capitalized in uppercase. Abbreviations follow the anglicized order, as in Y S Sun and K S Chiang.
A historic newspaper fragment recalls a colored man hired as an extra who refuses to enter a lion cage at a picture studio. An assistant director tries to insist the lion is a pet, while the man objects citing safety and his own upbringing.
Harold Marks, a robbery convict at San Quentin, claimed a patent escrow of 100000 for his unpickable lock invention. He plans to relocate his family to California and pursue a two year sketch before starting his own business, possibly writing a book on wealth from prison.
In Columbia Missouri the city weather signals from the water and light plant dictated shoppers plans. A long blast warned fair weather while two long and three short blasts advised umbrellas or coats. George Reeder arranged with the plant to broadcast forecasts and spread the code, showing weather prospects before printed forecasts.
Edward Streater, a poultry raiser in Salem, warns that Oregon turkeys are increasing in size. He notes many toms weigh 50 pounds or more and suggests halter training to lead them, comparing the need to manage them to handling cattle.
A broken clipping reports a large theft near Chehalis Washington involving honey valued at about 250 dollars. Authorities describe the incident as a hijacking and note significant losses from a storage or transport location.
In Mexico City the compulsory bathing rule faces strong pushback from Jose Maria Velazquez who resisted two baths in nine months. He produced a foil certificate claiming an official bath last December to challenge the officers and warned he would sue the city. Velazquez argued the police infringed his private rights and claimed the policy harmed his health.
In Philadelphia two youths arriving late to St. Alban's Protestant Episcopal Church were charged by a patrolman with stealing a parked car. The car allegedly crashed into a tree during the escape and the pair fled into the church to avoid arrest.
Corrugated ron tubes across the roadway in Tombstone Arizona provide a safe crossing path for rattlesnakes, allowing them to move without endangering themselves or disrupting traffic.
Augusta New York railroad workers found a robin’s nest on an air brake compressor aboard a Lehigh and New England gasoline locomotive traveling 90 to 100 miles daily. Two small healthy nestlings lay hidden in the nest as the engine ferried along, with the mother bird likely feeding them during trips.
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