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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1938
Page
4
Over the past week hot air furnaces provided needed warmth at home and in offices. Averages show drivers aged 30 to 60 are safer than younger or older motorists. The Firemen's dance at city hall last Saturday attracted many young people, with the Schipper twins providing music.
The calendar marks autumn starting today September 23 with the sun crossing the celestial line. Day length shortens by six minutes with sunrise at 5 49 and sunset at 5 55.
Today bids are opened for constructing and finishing State Highway 103 from Diller five miles south to number 35. The state engineer's office in Lincoln hosts the opening. A report of the setting will likely appear in tomorrow's newspapers.
Radio announcers and papers note frost in parts of the state with the thermometer at 38 degrees. Skeptics question frost at such temperatures, claiming 28 or 30 degrees would bring no frost and noting the unusual conditions this week.
Elias Hadley works on his yard cleaning up curbing digging grading and seeding to grass. Laur ice Diller cleans the curb line at his father’s place to lay blue grass sod. If successful others may follow to improve lawns.
A radio rail in Chicago advertised a prize a widower dentist, tickets sold by widows, while New York touted a widow to be raffled to the winning widower. Persistent oddity appears in a fragmentary report referencing Acts 341 from Paul.
A near record twenty nine inning game between the Fairbury Independents and the Plymouth All Stars ended with Fairbury prevailing nine to eight after lights were used to complete the contest. The game began last Sunday afternoon at Fairbury park ended 2 2 after eighteen innings, resumed Thursday evening, and reached a dramatic 11th inning break before Fairbury pulled ahead in the 29th frame on a lucky fly that allowed a runner to score.
The Czechoslovak government agrees to cede the German populated Sudeten area to Germany amid British and French pressure. Opinion splits on Prime Minister Chamberlain with some praising restraint to save lives and others condemning concessions in hopes of avoiding war. The piece notes long standing postwar treaties and rising German strength in central Europe and questions America's role if it avoids conflict.
President Grover Cleveland taught at the New York Institute for the Blind in New York City. He conducted classes and engaged with students during his tenure, reflecting his interest in public service and education.
The 1988 Nebraska Federation of Women’s Clubs state convention will be in Kearney October 5 to 7 with a pre-convention meeting October 4. Highlights include speakers Sadie Orr Dunbar and C A Boucher, plus topics on federation memorial forests and “The American Home.” The program lists multiple sessions, addresses, a reception, and faculty organizers.
Ray Pickler and Matteo Zacek of West Point Nebraska watched a large toad stop by their spot. In two hours the toad ate 37 grasshoppers and about 18 beetles, nearly doubling its size before the men moved on and the road hopped away.
Report says a motorist was halted outside a Michigan filling station when attendants removed a four and a half foot blue racer from the front brake mechanism of the car after claims of snake oil on the brakeband.
Henry Novotny living six miles south west of Diller farmed millet on Wednesday and produced a strong yield of thirty five bushels per acre. Sam Woods noted the location and harvest details for the report.
The Ibury Journal notes the Agricultural Exposition booster trip last Monday showed good things, contrasting with what De Diller fellows observed. The piece highlights positive impressions from the publication's view.
An automobile publication reports 3 100 000 truck drivers in the United States in 19387, a figure exceeding the combined populations of Arizona Delaware Idaho Maine Montana Nevada and Wyoming.
Charcoal long served as Japan’s main fuel across generations, shaping daily life and industry with its widespread use and enduring importance.
A large group of friends gathered last Saturday afternoon September 17 to honor Mr and Mrs Max Hall with a miscellaneous shower. Old time games and advice for preserving a husband entertained the guests. Refreshments were served and the evening charivari party followed before departures.
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