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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1930
Page
3
A small classifieds notice seeks the owner of a lost tire holder and number plate 33-2275. The ad mentions Filley and Moon & Son quality monuments from Fairbury Nebraska established 1886 as context.
Erwin Fanders advertises Chester White bears for sale from prize winning litter at reasonable prices. Included is a child’s quip about a giraffe and a joke about a long neck. The notice references Wm Geisler R F Odell Nebraska and contact details.
Owing to conditions we are obliged to sell coal for cash. Cornbelt Lumber Co. Diller Farmers Grain Co. If your shoes are not worth first grade material, try our second grade material. Men's soles $1.00, heels 40c. Ladies soles 80c, heels 35c. We dye, clean or shine.
On and after Oct 5 1930 we are compelled to go on strictly cash basis and which applies to one and all alike without exceptions. D V Fanders Jno Pulec.
Whiz Bang Jake Fleagle, head of the Lamar Colorado bank gang, was dangerously wounded and captured in Branson Missouri after the 1928 First National Bank robbery. He faces Colorado murder trial. four victims died in the raid. three accomplices were captured and executed. Freagie died from wounds after capture.
Mrs. Cloyd Cully and her sons Gayle and Lynn spent Sunday visiting relatives in Johnson Nebraska.
Mrs Viers offers an oak library table and a leather couch in good condition at a reasonable price.
A Beatrice Nebraska ad notes October as the seventy sixth anniversary since Nebraska’s admission as a territory with statehood in 1867. It promotes a 17 plate battery for light cars, claiming easier winter starts and battery installation at Gamble Stores for $6.89.
Fern Lottman and Gerd Hinrichs of Diller along with Henry Miller of Lanham left Monday for Iowa to shuck corn for several weeks. They will visit Fern’s sister and brother in Remsen with Mr and Mrs Henry Reinholdt and son Melvin.
Mrs. Katherine Frerichs moved into Diller last week with assistance from Mr. and Mrs. Hank Elgert of Reynolds Mrs. John Weerts of Thompson Mrs. Harm Diekman the Misses Katherine and Gertrude Lottman Mrs. Ben Gebhardt and Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Taddeken who helped straighten the house.
Graveling continues on Main street at Lanham to connect with Hanover Kansas while Main street marks the Nebraska Kansas border. T Gebhardt buys the old meat market site across the line in Kansas to convert into a filling station competing with three Nebraska side stations amid a four cent gas price gap.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Pearce returned from a road trip visiting W. C. Lamb in Bethune and Carl Pilger in Cheyenne Wells and toured Wray Burlington Cheyenne Salina Hebron and Arapahoe. They observed alfalfa corn and winter wheat, noted rain and muddy roads, and finished the week without incident.
The Methodist ladies reported strong patronage at a Saturday doughnut sale hosted at Waggoner Bros hardware store. Many buyers admitted eating four doughnuts immediately, praising them as exceptionally good and fresh.
The fifty sixth annual Nebraska W. C. T. U. convention at Scottsbluffs drew one hundred seventy six delegates. Rev. Ira M. Innes of Wilcox, former pastor of the Diller M. E. church, was elected vice president.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Grone traveled by car last Saturday visiting his brother and sister in Hebron and another brother and nephew in Davenport. They then went to Grand Island on Monday with his brother and returned home to Diller on Tuesday.
Erwin Fanders reports Chester White and spotted Poland China results from Jefferson Saline and Gage County fairs. Multiple firsts dominate boars, sired and dam yields, with champions in pig club and open class across breeds.
A collage of home style tips and humorous exchanges. Advice on weather stripping and coal for winter heating sits beside lighthearted quips about insurance, drinks, sports, and eccentric conversations, reflecting a historical newspaper page mix of domestic topics and playful dialogue.
The Nebraska historical society issued a fresh history volume the first in eight years. A second volume will appear soon as abundant historical matter shifts demand, reducing the need for as many books as before.
Herman Stahl Less Hill George Will and Frank Rose man W H Plager E E Weigle Will Henrichs and Carl Schuelle were among those from Diller who attended the annual stock holders meeting of the Fairbury Farmers Union Co op Creamery company at Fairbury Tuesday.
Mrs Brown questions an after-dinner speaker while Mrs Tomkins confirms. The remark hints that what the speaker can say after dinner influences the household’s stance on keeping a cook.
A humorous exchange shows a couple dissecting a late night sleep talk. She reveals she wasn’t asleep while a jibe about herself emerged, and he jokes about the remarks.
Fragmentary dialogue about a delayed warning and a missed kiss, with characters Rudy and Cutie mentioning a late brother. The text reads like a script excerpt rather than a news story or notice.
A witty exchange banters over match of hearts and wealth with promise of love and fortune. The quip turns on sufficiency of fortune to secure affection.
The Union Pacific bone road era opened Nebraska lands to settlement and Arbor Day reshaped soil and climate, boosting rainfall. The two events stand as state pillars, influencing settlement patterns and environmental awareness.
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