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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1928
Page
3
A motivational passage urges readers to be prepared for opportunity by ensuring they have cash or financial readiness. It emphasizes that the ash barrels of history hold those unprepared when opportunity arrived and challenges individuals to act now to avail themselves.
Rye for sale by Henry Wiemers. The M W A meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month. Red Duroc bears for sale by Fred DeBoers, phone 103 24. Barrel oil or gas delivery by Diller Filling Station. Eyes examined by Dr. Adams successor to Dr. Garland at 1114 North 6th Street Beatrice.
F. A Moon and Son advertise quality monuments at fair prices in Fairbury Nebraska founded 1886. Local notices promote threshing services by Christ Malchow with a phone contact. Additional ads tout Colorado coal prices and a feathered Hawaii coat claim while noting fashion changes.
Fairbury Electric Shoe Shop and Shining Parlor promises to repair shoes and return them looking like new. The shop operates north of Bonham Thea tre, offering professional service.
Mattie J. Clark was granted a divorce from Harley W. Clark in Beat Rice district court last Friday on cruelty charges. Former residents of the Diller vicinity, the Clarks finalized the separation in the local court.
Multiple farm implements offered by Jansen Lumber and Implement Co of Jansen Nebraska. Items include a near new McCormick Deering horse drawn corn picker a 14 hole corn sheller with blower and extension feeder a corn binder grain drills a sandwich sweep grinder a power grinder two truck wagons a five year old horse weighing 1400 pounds and portable John Deere elevators just unloaded from a car load. Phone 13.
The duck hunting season opened last Sunday. The Record will not carry a school column this year due to the faculty decree. Opal J. Johnson was granted a divorce from Lyle E. Johnson in Beatrice district court last Friday. they lived in Wymore.
Miss Mary Edgington left last Friday for Lincoln to begin teaching. Roy Edgington and wife returned Sunday from Denver after a two week visit. Noah J. Handley has completed excavating for his new brick and tile bungalow residence.
A September 14 gathering at Dr Viers home celebrated Serenus seventh birthday. Guests included Miss Atwood Gretchen Fanders Gordon Fanders Mary Beckwith and others. The afternoon featured games, cake and ice cream with pink and blue decorations and seven pink candles on the centerpiece cake.
The Gage county free fair will be held at Beatrice four days next week from Tuesday through Friday inclusive. Mrs. J. G. Packer returned Tuesday to Wood River with her sister Mrs. Ida Ward for a visit of several weeks. Mrs. John Koenig, Jefferson county pioneer, died Sunday in Plymouth at 83. she is survived by husband and thirteen children. A blind beggar near a subway kiosk refused a drink when a passerby offered alcohol.
Washington letter from Geo H. Clark notes Nebraska corn shown at Fairbury looks good and includes squash and pumpkins. He mentions Charley Pearce and family touring in a Nash car, Charley aging slowly, wife gray, Charley en route from Seattle to Boise, Idaho, with greetings to the friend.
The writer shares a Kansas prohibition tale about a saloon keeper fined to match license costs and jailed after moving towns. He critiques Senator Robinson’s temperance stance, arguing that those who claim reform may tolerate or mask policy failures. He closes with a personal, affectionate sign off.
Mrs. F. M. Walburn traveled on No. 16 from Endicot to join Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Pearce for a motor trip to Omaha to visit family relatives.
Sam Thompson announces takeover of Emer son Bakery handling bread buns cinnamon roses Parker house rolls cookies and cakes by order ahead. Call in orders at Swift Co cream station. Open until 9 p m nights.
Alvin Schipper nine year old son of Mr and Mrs W Schipper living fourteen miles north one west of Diller was taken to Lutheran hospital for an operation which revealed a broken and gangrenous appendix. He is recovering as well as could be expected after the removal.
Radio announcer Quip Ryan of WGN says celebrities grow nervous before microphones. He notes three equal spots for all: roller coaster, dentist chair, and radio studio. He observes that the famed are gracious once interviewed and revealed as folksy despite pedestal status.
A New York Times report explains that many Indians keep wealth as gold and silver due to limited banking access. In prosperity they buy small amounts of metal as a reserve, while in hardship people rely on moneylenders at high interest or famine relief when crops fail.
Astronomers say if the North Star suddenly stopped shining, Earth would remain unaware for about 300 years due to light travel time and cosmic distance. The fact stresses how distant the star is from our planet and how longits light takes to reach us.
An aquatint is an etching process on copper or brass plates using nitric acid to create an effect resembling a fine drawing in watercolors. The method produces tonal areas and delicate lines for selective ink application.
Fragmentary lines describe rice, water, and a journey home in a bright and cheerful tone. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names, places, or dates to identify a full event.
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