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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1929
Page
3
A jumble of notes on sales and goods from Fairbury Nebraska includes sale ads for seeds and sewing machines, two 2nd hand items, and a monument firm F A Moon and Son. Community notices mention church meetings, jury postponement in Gage county, and local travel plans. Compact items list residents traveling to South America and a depot painting update.
Mrs Knowstall tracks the newcomers with keen interest noting their lack of possessions like a car, porn, phonograph, radio, and grand piano while her husband jokes about possible wealth or a bank account. The passage plays on neighborhood gossip and social status through the couple’s dialogue.
For Sale a nearly new hog house 7 by 24 feet with single roof. Can be seen on Will Plager’s farm 24 miles north and one mile east of Diller. Wm Bernhardt. 31 W. Epley, a former Diller resident, returned from visiting Nebraska relatives to Burlington Colorado. Gertrude and Evelyn Weyer visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Freitag and other Diller relatives and returned to Fairbury Saturday.
Evanston police investigate a burglary at the A E White residence marked by unusual acts. The thief took 150 dollars, built a cracker tower, arranged potatoes around it, and traced a path with a set of child blocks, displaying deliberate psychology rather than ordinary burglary.
A Lorain Journal vignette recalls Old John Robinson the circus man inspecting a decorator painting Shakespeare on the ceiling of Robinson’s opera house in Cincinnati, ordering the picture replaced with his own portrait. The piece then discusses livestock breeding and the need to discard scrub sires to improve stock and farming communities.
Mrs. Roy James of near Steele City visited relatives in Dyler and Fairbury with Mr and Mrs J D Farders. Supt A J Nelson’s residence is being painted white by F Clark and Roelf Beckman.
Yesterday's grain prices show wheat 112 dollars, corn 5? to Gale, oats 45c, cream 4c, eggs 26c, heavy forage springs 20c. Dr O C Diehl and daughter Eleanor and friend Evetsh Etway of Meade return from Omaha with their son after visiting relatives. Maxine Bracken Evansville Wyoming visits sister Frans Frenzen at the Moser home, planning Kansas City trip to visit relatives.
An unclear historical snippet shows multiple quoted phrases and fragmented speech about a man and marriage. The legible content mentions a young man, four wives, and taunting phrases, but the overall meaning is garbled and lacks coherent events or names.
The county treasurer says that auto drivers licenses are being issued from his office at about two hundred per day and should run to six per day to meet demand. Many drivers may have to stop running their cars after October 1 unless applications are processed faster. Finder Chester Sparks reports a stray Jersey yearling with paper number 13 on the right hip.
A court case notes Owens, a resident of a rural farm, was sentenced by Municipal Judge Cameron to attend church every Sunday for six months and remain sober, with a full payment of ten dollars and possible thirty days in jail if not complied. The brief mentions his prior sentence completion and references to church attendance and sobriety as conditions.
Farm Improvement Howard Souder of this city has the contract for a fine new barn on the Hifkle farm west of Diller. The 34 by 46 foot structure will be modern and cost about 5 000 pounds. It replaces the barn wrecked by the June wind storm on the Orvil and Roy McCune place.
C F Redlich offers free one day consultation at the Maryetta Hotel from 10 am to 4 pm on a rupture appliance. He promotes a retention shield device claimed to repair ruptures without external support and to ease related stomach and back issues.
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