Broadstone and Grei Bear Odd Ailments in Report
Broadstone and John Grei are noted as having illnesses with visible sores. Broadstone a facial carbuncle, John a neck lesion.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1938
Page
4
Harley Clark Camps by Viers-Patton Watermelon Patch
Harley Clark sets up a tent in the Viers-Patton 8 acre watermelon patch across the creek west of town. He stays alert at night and is described as friendly during daytime visits.
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Harley Clark
Harley
Oddities Grow at Ebe Roelfs Farm Win Prizes at Picnic
Ebe Roelfs raises curios at his farm and won a prize at a local picnic. He unearthed a potato that grew through a bone fragment from a round steak, the potato and bone weighing just under a half pound. The growth cracked the bone and the potato sits on the opposite side from the stem. See the spud at the Record office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebe Roelfs
Lawns Grow Tall as Capitol Grass Cutback Sparks Talk
Farmers in Diller report lawns dense with clover and other growth while locals recall the Lincoln capitol grounds cutting eight tons of blue grass and clover last week. The grass was hauled away free, and some yards remain sparse in blue grass.
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Capitol
Diller
Daily Stars
State Capitol
Lincoln
Mrs Doris Sand Takes Over Odell Oracle
Mrs. Doris Sand widow of Louis Sand has purchased the Odell Oracle from Mr G N Sorik and takes possession August 29. She will publish on Thursday September 1 and has worked in a print shop, familiar with the trade. Her parents Mr and Mrs W E Muth of Republican City Kansas will move to Odell to assist. The writer notes Mr Muth started the Odell Oracle nineteen years ago and the Record endorses Mrs Sand with local support.
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Doris Sand
Louis Sand
Odell Oracle
G. N. Sorik
Watermelon patch thefts and 1907 car sale notes
A first person account recalls rummaging a Viers-Patton watermelon patch with no living witnesses but many melons. A separate note reports seventeen 1907 automobiles found in an empty building in Helena sold for $26 rising to $125, still in active use or soon to be traded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viers-Patton
Helena
Montana
Ane
Ministers Exchange Calls Or Did They
Rev and Mrs Tudor visited Diller last Sunday aiming to meet Rev and Mrs Pyche but found them away in Boulder Colorado. They shared a noon meal at Mrs Jennie Line’s home and called at the Cavett home. A strange coincidence linked their visits as Pyches traveled to Aurora to see the Tudors while both parties had written plans that failed to connect.
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Tudor
Diller
Pyche
Rockies
Boulder
Colorado
Jennie Line
Steffen
Cavett
Rev
Aurora
Nebraska
Tudors
Pyches
World's smallest horse Little Pete killed in Massachusetts
The six year old dwarf pony Little Pete, just 24 inches tall, escaped his stall at Marsh field and wandered onto a highway where he was struck by a car. Born and raised on the Ted Connor farm, the owner laments the loss of the little animal.
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Marshfield
Massachusetts
Little Pete
Ted Connor
Sam Thompson Exhibits Large Free Stone Peach
Sam Thompson brought a free stone peach weighing twelve ounces and nine inch circumference to the Record office early this week. The fruit grew on a volunteer seedling tree in the Thompson yard and was one of twenty five large peaches. Mrs Thompson plans how best to preserve the fruit for the Jefferson County Fair.
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Sam Thompson
Thompson Yard
Roosevelt's purge effort ends in defeats for McAdoo and Johnson
President Roosevelt pushes to purge Democratic candidates from Congress. This week Tuesday both Senator McAdoo of California and Governor Johnson of South Carolina lost, signaling possible limits to his influence over the party. The article casts doubt on Roosevelt's ability to lead the Democratic Party versus the federal government.
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Roosevelt
U.S. Congress
McAdoo
California
Johnson
South Carolina
U. S. Senate
Silo Filling Tips Emphasize Packing and Moisture
Agricultural guidance stresses trench silo filling with sloping walls and careful moisture. The Farm Bureau motto urges cutting corn with moisture, packing with a tractor, covering with 4 to 6 inches of dirt, and ensuring drainage to avoid flood entry.
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Farm Bureau
Diller Faces Question On Gas Threat And War Crimes
A reader asks how soon Diller residents will face poison gas as Japan reportedly used gas to kill hundreds in Kuiangsi province. The piece quotes a Statesman remark on brutal force and laments the era’s grim realities including the supposed roasting of three prisoners in a special cell in a Piphia prison.
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Diller
Japan
Kuiangsi
Aitish Statesman
America
Piphia
Marines Triumph In Battle With Barbary Pirates In 1804
In August 1804 Lieutenant John Trippe aboard the Vixen led a hand-to-hand assault against Tripolitan mercenaries. He felled the pirate leader with a spear thrust after eleven wounds. Sergeant Meredith saved Trippe’s life by bayoneting a foe. An American destroyer later bore Meredith’s name.
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U. S
John Trippe
Vixen
Trippe
Meredith
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