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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1929
Page
4
St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran near Diller announces German language services at 10 30 with Pastor H J Diekhoff conducting Bible class and school. Everyone is welcome.
The Methodist Church led a foreign mission emphasis on April 7 with church school at 10:00 a.m. under Mrs. Cavett. The program featured "Beyond Calvary" and "To Emmane and Badt" with Mrs. Siekmann and a 2:30 p.m. Junior class religious instruction. The pageant "Victory Dawning" drew full seating, and the Easter offering surpassed $3,000. A ministers and laymen meeting is planned for Fairbury April 22-23.
Diller notes include student visits from Lincoln and Lawrence, health education gains with a new Fairbanks scale, and an April 2 banquet in Fairbury for the county administration club. Examinations are set for Thursday and Friday as the second six weeks ends, with various class activities, spelling winners, operetta plans, and a patriotic music sketch upcoming on April 12.
The Diller Record announces subscription terms including rates for one year, six months, and advance payments. Advertising rates are available on request. Local ads charge five cents per line per insertion with open accounts and automatic mailing list removal at expiration unless renewed.
Stimson predicts four years of peace under Hoover but warns the new administration faces international tensions. He notes England’s sinking of a rum runner near Louisiana and other hard feelings to ease, with a skilled cabinet needed to handle delicate diplomacy.
The piece notes last year's income tax up to March 21 was 414.5 million and this year 526 million, a rise of 112 million. It argues that increased tax on big earners reflects broader prosperity, since if the small earners struggle the wealthy cannot profit. The author asserts figures prove the country is more prosperous.
A London analysis questions the sinking of a British boat, arguing it carried unlawful goods and had no rightful claim to protection. The piece contrasts this with views on Hoover, claiming his overseas view reinforces American superiority.
U S Department of Agriculture reports the farm population at January 1 1929 totaled 27,511,000 persons, the smallest since 1909 when 32,000,000 lived on farms. The drop marks a significant shift as urban and nonfarm living expands nationwide.
The passage ponders how spring arrives with rain followed by water and floods, linking weather events to seasonal cycles and the resulting damage. It frames natural cycles as an inevitable game shaping landscapes and livelihoods.
Dr A L Ambrose of Guide Rock Nebraska visiting California wrote home about a visit to Aimee Semple McPherson's Angelus Temple in Long Beach March 1929. The piece describes the crowded 5000 seat temple, Arab dressed choir, stage effects of Nile desert panorama, Aimee McPherson in white with roses, six songs, a sermon The End of the Trail, and revival announcements including healing and baptism days.
The article notes a woman who runs the Bible school and a new music school proposal. She heads a commissary department collecting food and clothing from four square members to aid the hungry and needy. She claims twenty years of preaching with a husky voice and modest singing.
The article notes many nations study methods to bring the United States into the League of Nations world court. It argues Americans hesitate to yield key reservations while believing the US will eventually join, with an unofficial representative already present advising on the matter.
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