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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1939
Page
3
Grain market report from Black Brothers lists Thursday prices for wheat at 60 lb sacks corn yellow and white oats and cream. No 2 be bone esc Leghorn hens light and heavy spring chickens with weights 44 to 5 pounds and heavy stags per pound. Prices shown as 73 45 30 IN G1 24 08 10 10. 05.
Doings south of town describe multiple family visits and celebrations. Carl Clarence and Alice Henrichs visited Loren Stephens home Friday evening. Several families including Wiemers, Haist, Meyers, Romih, Henrichs, DeBoer, Saathoff, and Schmidt joined birthdays and neighborly greetings through the week with ice cream and cake parties.
Reported craze in London features battles between Siamese fighting fish in 3 inch tanks. Bets as high as 2500 dollars at a 30 person party with a knockout style contest. Dealers import hundreds of fighters and handlers study form like horse racing.
Reverend H H Pyche accompanied J L M Cavett to Geneva last Thursday afternoon for a local afternoon event with the pair seen together amid community activities in the city.
For sale a limited batch of new all woolen suit samples offering a comfortable top for one dollar. Enquire at the Record office for details and availability.
Mr and Mrs Gray of Omaha arrived Friday and stayed through the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Moser. The two women are cousins.
Mr and Mrs W J Filley drove to Auburn and back last Sunday Roy Mathias of the Ellis neighborhood was in town Monday forenoon
Mrs. Carrie Sparks accompanied Mr and Mrs W F Myers to Lincoln Sunday where she will spend the winter.
Dr and Mrs C E Rice of Odell and Mr and Mrs A L Howell of Helvey were Sunday visitors at the Clarence Hiatt residence.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Blauser and their children were dinner guests Monday evening at the home of Mrs Wm Wehling west of Lanham.
Mrs Dora Schaioost of Gilead and Mrs Gladys Bradley of Lincoln spent last Thursday evening and Friday with Miss Alice Specht.
Mr and Mrs S C Hutchin and their son visited Harold Hutchin and his wife in Omaha then returned home on Monday.
Martin's Music Store at 10.5 Fairbury Nebr offers instruments for sale or rent. Coach Ludington and wife from Barneston attended a gathering at the home of his brother Supt Carl Ludington and wife in Diller Monday evening.
Dinner guests last Sunday at the Cavett home included Dr and Mrs Jos Bixby Joe Jr Bixby and Mrs Isabelle Bixby of Geneva. Mrs Roy Patton efficiently prepared and served the meal.
Mr and Mrs O J Mayborn came back Friday from Glen Rock Wyoming where they visited their daughter Miss Mildred Dick and husband.
Mr and Mrs John Weers hosted Sunday dinner with Mrs Henry Weers Mr and Mrs Mart in Weers and family Mr and Mrs Wm Weers and their son plus Rose and Bill DeBoer as attendees.
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Cummins of Falls City spent Saturday night and Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Eick. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Myers and daughters Roberta and Velva of Lincoln were Sunday guests.
Mrs Roy Patton and Mrs Sam Thompson were asked on Wednesday to dress one hundred fine spring chickens for the Protestant Orphans Home. The dressed birds will be kept in cold storage for future use.
Mr and Mrs LaVern A Pickard and children and Miss Helen Zubig of Fairbury with Mr and Mrs Fred Lottman and children and Mr and Mrs Chauncy Bickel and Gale and Ardith Arlene of Linn spent Sunday at the George Specht home.
We express sincere thanks for the kindness shown during the illness and death of our husband and father. Grateful for floral offerings the Ladies Quartette songs and Rev Pyche Mrs E S Dunn and families named.
Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Rippeteau and Donna Hiatt spent Sunday at C. W. Hiatt's home. Guests included Mrs. A. P. Hiatt of Beatrice, C. L. Rippeteau and son Malcolm, and Miss Martha Hewitt of Clay Center. Donna Hiatt is a State University faculty member and will continue her position next year.
Local agency advertises Pioneer Hybrid Seed Corn No 307 as a soft corn bred for the area. Pioneer claims top per acre yield and nine years with the Banner Trophy from Iowa State College. The variety has a stiff stalk and ears on the stalk at shucking time, with limited supply. For more details see Henry Behrends.
A steamship ticket from 1858 on display at the Gothenburg Maritime Museum shows weekly rations of seven pounds bread two pounds salt pork two and a quarter pounds flour one pound salt herring and a daily can of water. Passengers supply butter sugar mustard syrup pepper and vinegar and must bring bed clothing and tin eating ware. The master may withhold water until the promenade deck is swept. Other travel items are also on view.
On September 19 1939 the Diller Woman's Club held a reception at the Congregational church annex for ministers teachers and new members. The program featured welcomes responses from local figures readings songs by The Three Little Notes and an address on Education by H W Munson Gage County Superintendent. Daunty refreshments followed and Oct 4 1939 at 2:00 pm was set for the next meeting hosted by Mrs Hiatt and Mrs Weers with leader Miss Alice Specht.
Mr and Mrs Frank Brown of Beatrice visited the home of Mr and Mrs Albert Fasnacht last Sunday for a family gathering and social call.
A historical note asserts that a Japanese reader needs about 5,000 characters to read an ordinary newspaper. It frames the knowledge as essential literacy and cites the practical scope of hanzi-like kanji alongside kana in daily journalism.
The northern area of Lake of the Woods County in Minnesota, created in 1922 from Beltrami County, reaches the northernmost point in the United States. This region cannot be accessed by land without crossing Canadian territory, highlighting its extreme northern position.
Notice from the County Court of Jefferson Nebraska that a petition to probate the will of Elizabeth Greider deceased and to appoint Harry Greider as executor has been set for hearing October 14, 1939 at 9:00 AM. E R Bee County Judge. (Seal) Oct. 5.
Next Sunday October 1 the Congregational Church under Pastor Howard H. Pyche and Superintendent Mrs. Earl Weigel holds Rally Day across all departments. Sunday starts with a 10 A M Sunday School, an 11 A M worship service, noon dinner in the annex, and the 2 PM annual church meeting with reports and officer elections. Public invited to worship.
Rev L J Woltz and Pastor C L Hulsman preside as Sunday School holds 9 30 English service and 10 45 morning worship. Luther League leads 8 00 pm service. New officers include Clarence Hullman Supt Mason Walken Asst Supt Bernard Behrends Secretary and Mrs Mary Lottman Treasurer.
W H Clark pastor and Mrs Ray Lamb lead Sunday School at 10 and preaching services in the evening hour.
The practice is noted that Marie Antoinette wore potato blossoms in her hair to help popularize the potato in France though the tuber is a nightshade not grown for flowers.
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