This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1937
Page
4
A collection of small town items notes and rumors from Fairbury including fines for beer throwers camp removal from county CCC unit sale and business updates. Mentions a radio ad about boys pants with padlocked zipper pockets and a local horse and mule sale expanding to three venues. Also references China Japan tensions and the “yellow peril.”
The Fairbury News reports Cyrus Slater of the National Labor Relations Board attempting to settle disputes at Fairchilds Clay Products Co between management and employees who recently formed a union. The piece rejects CIO blame and notes AFL affiliated Brick and Clay Workers of America led by Wm Green, with broader small industry labor pressures expected in Jefferson and Gage counties.
An article explains the eye as a delicate instrument with key parts such as the optic nerve retina lens and iris. It notes aging farsightedness common after forty and warns that the eye is highly susceptible to injury from dust or cinders requiring immediate treatment to prevent sight loss.
A historical listing of American colleges and universities with founding years ranging from Harvard established in 1656 to Washington University in 1795. Institutions include Yale 1701 William and Mary 1693 Princeton 1746 Columbia 1754 Brown 1764 Dartmouth 1769 Penn 1740 and many others across states.
The text notes that land areas once submerged may rise and fall with tides, revealing vast resource wealth below. It asserts rich metals gems and other valuables lie under oceans and hints at oil possibly secured beyond human reach.
A Collier's Weekly account describes Morel's Gang as the era's largest criminal band with over a thousand horse thieves forgers and highwaymen terrorizing the South. It notes leaders' boldness toward seizing New Orleans and cites a singular French visitor tale tied to Napoleon era St Helena.
In 1897 Fairbury papers published the delinquent tax list at half legal rate. Mrs Townemaker visited her sons Ike George Charles and Seymour with Fred staying nearby. Jurors drawn include Andrew Baker A M Strawbacker Frank Mathias Thomas Nelson John Brown C W Lambert and Clyde Wright who moved to Omaha then Diller to run a restaurant before returning. A child of Taylor Gerard was buried in Diller Cemetery forty years ago after travel from Superior. Clyde Wright came from Omaha to Diller and Sam Rickabaugh left for Omaha to join the restaurant trade. An incident spilled cash into James Moreland’s thrashing machine engine delaying startup. Sam Green suffered a heavy loss from fire in his corn sheller at noon while workers were away. A large barn near Diller owned by John Scheve burned, destroying wheat oats corn hay horses wagons and more valued over 10000. The Diller Corner notes band boys beat the Diller first team 26 to 6 in a base ball game forty years ago. The usual band lineup included Ditler Ballard Zook Hadley Clark Henrichs Zook Cavett and often Henrichs. L Cavett c Aug
Fifty years ago in Endicott deputy sheriff N D T Willey served. Four new brick buildings neared occupancy. Local peach seller F S Watts moved a hundred dollars of fruit. Visitors from Diller and Peoria shared news of births, accidents, shops, and travel hardships, with sharp editorials on a cranky traveler and a humorous misadventure in travel plans.
Ballard recalls his baseball era noting Hod Diller served as the regular catcher on the first team and likely played behind the plate in the referenced game. The reminiscence highlights the casual practice of pitchers and catchers of the period.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.